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  • Bus driver filmed breaking multiple traffic laws with special needs students on board

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — A school bus carrying students in North Carolina was filmed committing multiple dangerous traffic violations on Wednesday afternoon. Lance Parker was driving in Guilford County when his dash cam recorded the bus driver failing to use a turn signal and merging into a left turn lane at the last second to turn onto Summit Avenue. Minutes later, the bus ran a red light. At 4:59 p.m., Parker filmed the bus failing to stop at a stop sign when […]

  • Photographer searches for couple in Yosemite wedding proposal he caught on camera

    CALEDONIA, Mich. — A Michigan photographer snapped a special moment completely by accident. Matthew Dippel was shooting at Yosemite National Park when he photographed a proposal in progress, and now he wants to find the couple he captured. He says he was shooting the beautiful landscape at the park, only to notice two people in his shot, one on bended knee. When he looked for the couple, they were gone. “Honestly, I couldn’t believe what was happening,” Dippel said. ” […]

  • Colorado mom warns of ‘choking game’ after losing 11-year-old son

    ELIZABETH, Colo. — A Colorado mother who lost her son is warning other parents about the so-called “choking game.” Tia Bodkins said the last thing she said to her 11-year-old son Carson was, “I love you very much. I’m very proud of you,” before he went upstairs to pack for a family trip. Ten minutes later, he was not breathing. Bodkins said she performed CPR. Paramedics administered treatment, and the team at Children’s Hospital worked tirelessly to revive Carson. But his […]

  • Lioness kills father of her cubs at Indianapolis Zoo

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo announced Friday a 10-year-old male lion died after being injured by a lioness, according to WXIN. The male lion, Nyack, died Monday morning in the outdoor yard before the zoo opened for the day. Zoo officials said staff heard an usual amount of roaring from the lion yard and saw one of the adult female lions, Zuri, being aggressive with Nyack. The lions’ 3-year-old daughter, Sukari, was also in the yard at the time of […]

  • Delivery driver travels 225 miles to bring pizza to man in hospice

    INDIANAPOLIS – A Michigan pizzeria worker made sure a man battling cancer got to eat his favorite pie – even if it meant a delivery that would take him more than 200 miles away from the restaurant. If it was your last pizza ever, where would you order from? For Julie Morgan and her husband Rich, the answer has always been Steve’s in Battle Creek, Michigan. “Whenever they got a paycheck they would go to Steve’s Pizza because they loved […]

  • Video shows 2-pound metal balls pour out of truck, damaging cars

    SEATTLE — Cellphone video captured the moment a truck’s load came free as it climbed a hill, sending a river of metal balls rolling down a West Seattle street Wednesday. Hundreds of the two-pound metal balls rolled downhill, bouncing and damaging several vehicles along the way. According to The Seattle Times, the “really big ball bearings” rolled down Southwest Genesee Street, forcing the street to close from Southwest Avalon Way to Delridge Way South. The balls tore into several cars, […]

  • Mural of cigarette-smoking bunnies is upsetting neighborhood

    INDIANAPOLIS — A new painting on the outside of a restaurant has gotten mixed responses from neighbors. The mural of two rabbits suggesting they’re having sex and smoking was finished this week on the side of Beholder, a restaurant in Indianapolis. According to the owner of Beholder, Jonathan Brooks, the mural raising concerns was done by a graffiti artist from Los Angeles. Brooks said the artist was in town and was looking for places to leave her work and asked […]

  • Mom and dad arrested for riding moped with infant between them

    SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia couple was arrested after investigators said they rode on a moped with their infant positioned between them. Athena Colon, 24, and Cane Hartwick, Jr., 26, both of Spotsylvania, were charged with two counts of felony child neglect. The incident that led to their arrests began around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. “The Emergency Communication Center began receiving calls about a very young child riding as a passenger on a moped in the area of Plank Road […]

  • 89-year-old baseball legend evicted from Memphis apartment

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lonnie Harris still remembers his baseball days and some of those he played with: “Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson,” he tells WREG. He still signs his Red Sox baseball cards even though he’s a few months shy of 89-years old. Back in the 1950’s, he was known as “Showboat” when he played for the Negro Baseball League for the Memphis Red Sox. But as of Thursday afternoon, the self-proclaimed baseball legend and veteran was looking for a […]

  • Thousands raised for 85-year-old McDonald’s employee who lost his wife

    LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tragedy struck Wendall Gill about two months ago when his wife of 68 years visited him for lunch at the Lexington, Ky., McDonald’s he’s worked at for some four decades. Della Gill went to the restroom, WKYT reports, where she had an aneurysm and later died. Gill, 85, was devastated, telling the Washington Post, “They say you get over things, but when I think of her, I start crying. I don’t think I’ll ever get over that.” Now, Gill is […]