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Five arrested in New Jersey football shooting

(NBC News) Five men have been arrested after a Friday night shooting that wounded three people at a New Jersey high school football game. Players on the field and fans in the stand scrambled for cover when shots rang out at the game between Pleasantville High School and Camden. “It’s almost like, almost like bulls, everyone just started running, and…

Impeachment Week Two: Eight More Witnesses Scheduled

(NBC News) Eight witnesses are expected to testify over three days as public impeachment hearings continue in Washington. The open testimony includes the first time those with first hand knowledge of the controversial call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine will speak. The first witness scheduled is Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, who was on the July 25th phone…

Yovanovitch: “I Felt Threatened By Trump”

(NBC News) Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, abruptly removed from her post last spring, told Congress Friday “no real reason was offered as to why I had to leave and why it was being done in such a manner.” She was recalled without cause, Yovanovitch says, falsely painted as disloyal by the president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who she…

Dozens of children found behind daycare’s false wall

(KOAA/NBC News) A Colorado Springs daycare has been shut down after police conducting a welfare check found more than two dozen children hidden behind a false wall that led to a basement. Police said when they arrived, owner Carla Faith was refusing to cooperate despite officers hearing the children. They found 26 kids under the age of three in the…

Cameras capture school bus DUI crash

(KGW) A school bus driver was arrested for DUII after he crashed a bus with 10 children aboard Wednesday morning near Forest Grove, Oregon. No one was injured, according to police. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said the driver, 20-year-old Jonathan C. Gates of Hillsboro, appeared to be impaired and was arrested for a DUII-controlled substance. He was taken to…

‘Unicorn Puppy’ goes viral

(WPSD) A puppy with a growth that resembles a tail on his head is gaining national attention. That dog is Narwhal, a 10-week-old puppy who is under the care of Mac’s Mission in Jackson, Missouri. The nonprofit rescues homeless dogs with special needs or injuries. “If you think of the worst of the worst of abuse, trauma, illness, birth deformities,…

Pelosi: Impeachment inquiry shows “Evidence Of Bribery”

(NBC News) Fallout continues from the first day of public impeachment hearings, with both sides of the aisle claiming the testimony helped them. Democrats are pursuing the revelation of another phone call involving President Trump that they believe will advance their case. “The devastating testimony corroborated evidence of bribery,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Republicans, meanwhile, downplayed the account of…

Murdered teacher mourned

(WPBN) A school community in Grand Traverse County, Michigan is mourning the loss of a friend and former teacher murdered in the Dominican Republic. Patricia Anton, 63, was found bound, gagged and strangled to death in her apartment on the north side of the island Tuesday. Investigators said her death appeared to be part of a burglary, because her phone,…

Too early for Christmas?

(WOAI) How soon is too soon to start putting up Christmas decorations? A battle over a snowman in one Texas neighborhood is putting that question to the test. A snowman, some reindeer and a Santa hanging from a helicopter. These are just some of the decorations on display in front of the Simonis home in San Antonio. The decorations have…

Broom Vs. Knife: Clerk Swats Armed Robber

(WVTM) A store clerk in Birmingham, Alabama used a broom to fight off a suspected robber with a knife. Police just released surveillance video of the incident that happened last month at a Chevron gas station. The video shows a man walk in and look around, before approaching the counter as if he’s going to make a purchase. The man…