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9-month-old baby revived with opioid overdose-reversal drug

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a 9-month-old baby overdosed on drugs and had to be revived with an opioid overdose-reversal drug. News outlets cite a police report that says the baby was brought to a Covington fire department Sunday night. When police arrived, CPR was being administered and the baby was taken to a hospital and given Narcan, a…

Kentucky AG advocates ‘Green Dot’ anti-violence initiative

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general says his office is joining in an initiative that encourages bystanders to actively prevent violence. Attorney General Andy Beshear said Tuesday that employees in his office will take part in the training as part of the so-called “Green Dot” initiative. Its supporters say the strategy has spread to 42 states and five countries….

Preschool students forced to strip

(KSDK) Police are investigating claims that preschool students were forced to strip naked and stand in a closet as punishment at an East St. Louis, Illinois daycare. Michelle Mitchell left the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center Tuesday afternoon with her two sons by her side. “I can’t do a daycare ever again,” Mitchell said. Mitchell said she was disappointed but not surprised…

Bodies found in Georgia storage locker

(WXIA/NBC News) The bodies of two men missing since December have been found inside a Georgia storage unit. The bodies of Joshua Jackson and Derrick Ruff were found Sunday inside a unit at Extra Space Storage in Gwinnett County, according to Athens-Clarke County investigators. During a press conference Tuesday, Corporal Michele Pihera with the Gwinnett County Police Department said evidence…

“Bublé!” returns to NBC tonight

(NBC) Michael Bublé has kept audiences smiling for years on NBC, but he’s more than just a musical guest. He’s had six stand-alone specials on the network in addition to appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” “The Voice,” and “America’s Got Talent.” Even with all that exposure, he says he’s revealing parts of himself for the first time on his seventh…

Caught on Cam: Machete vs. Knives!

(WAFF/NBC News) Security cameras were rolling when an Alabama convenience store clerk armed with a machete faced two knife-wielding criminals during a recent robbery attempt. It happened at 3:15 am on Saturday, March 16. According to police, suspect Seth Holcomb walked up to the counter to make a purchase. He leaves the store and then comes back in as if…

“LifeVest” saves heart attack victim

(WDIV) Paul Piasecki didn’t realize he was having a heart attack. “I was feeling pain in my right shoulder, and I actually felt it probably more than a week before I decided to go to the hospital because I always heard that it’s the left shoulder, if you felt pain in, that was a heart attack,” he recalls. When he…

YouTube mom accused of horrifying abuse

(KPNX) An Arizona mother behind a YouTube channel seen by millions is in jail on charges of abusing her seven adopted children. Machelle Hackney of Maricopa, Arizona is accused of forcing her adopted children to participate in her YouTube channel and abusing them if they did not recall their lines or perform as directed. On Wednesday, March 13, Hackney’s biological…

Mom tosses kids from burning building

(WHO) Police officers helped save several children from an apartment fire Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa, including three who were tossed out of a third story window. O’Sheana Harrison and her three kids were trapped inside during the fire. Desperate to save her children’s lives, Harrison made the only choice she could and relied on Des Moines police officers to…