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• 37th Unity Day Celebration to be held in Fort Wayne

  15-01-2023 23:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- To honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Martin Luther King Jr, Club, Inc. is hosting its 37th annual Unity Day Celebration.According to the event flyer, the program will include a reenactment of "We Shall Overcome" Part II, scholarship presentations, vendors and more. The event will also highlight community service for awardees including Tomi Cardin, Erick T. Baker and Janee' Johnson.Today in History: JAN 15, Martin Luther King Jr. is bornThe celebration runs from 10:
  
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• 37th Unity Day Celebration held in Fort Wayne

  15-01-2023 23:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- To honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Martin Luther King Jr, Club, Inc. is hosting its 37th annual Unity Day Celebration.According to the event flyer, the program will include a reenactment of "We Shall Overcome" Part II, scholarship presentations, vendors and more. The event will also highlight community service for awardees including Tomi Cardin, Erick T. Baker and Janee' Johnson.Today in History: JAN 15, Martin Luther King Jr. is bornThe celebration runs from 10:
  
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• As tornadoes hit, survivors hid in tubs, shipping container

  15-01-2023 22:24 via wane.com
  
  MARBURY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado from a violent storm decimated his shop and killed two of his neighbors along its destructive path across Alabama and Georgia.The harrowing stories of David Hollon and other survivors of Thursday’s storm are emerging as residents comb through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes and blistering winds that have led to the deaths of at least nine people.In Alabama’s rural Autaug
  
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• Man convicted of murder, other counts in boy's beating death in Indiana

  15-01-2023 21:24 via wane.com
  
  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Michigan man of murder and other charges in the beating death of a 3-year-old boy in Lafayette.Jermaine Garnes of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was convicted of murder, neglect resulting in death, aggravated battery resulting in death and battery on a person under 14 resulting in death. The jury returned the verdicts Wednesaday.Garnes and his girlfriend, Crystal Lynn Cox, were both charged in August 2021 in connection with the death of 3-year-old
  
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• Kendallville police warn residents of suspects posing as delivery drivers

  15-01-2023 20:49 via wane.com
  
  KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) - Kendallville Police are warning residents of suspects posing as delivery drivers and asking for personal information.A Facebook post Saturday said police were receiving calls in Kendallville and Avilla about people pretending to be FedEx or UPS drivers holding a damaged package and asking residents for personal information.
  The Facebook post included photos of the vehicle involved. According to the photos, the suspect car is a Honda with the Indiana license plate numb
  
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• Kendallville PD: Suspects posed as delivery drivers 'for YouTube videos'

  15-01-2023 20:49 via wane.com
  
  KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) - Police investigated a string of reports over the weekend of people posing as delivery drivers and asking homeowners for personal information, including one incident in Fort Wayne that led to a fight.A Facebook post Saturday said Kendallville Police were receiving calls about people pretending to be delivery drivers- with one of the suspects even wearing a FedEx shirt- holding a damaged package and asking residents for personal information. The post included photos of
  
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• New Jersey home explodes with firefighters inside; 5 injured

  15-01-2023 20:45 via wane.com
  
  POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five of them and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns, authorities said.The Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department in Passaic County said on its Facebook page that crews were dispatched at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday after a police sergeant reported smelling smoke coming from the home.Officials said members of the department entered the home to try to
  
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• Paramedics charged with murder after patient who was in stretcher face-down dies

  15-01-2023 20:33 via wane.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- Two emergency workers in Springfield, Illinois, were charged with first-degree murder after a patient they transported in an ambulance died.
  Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan were charged in connection to the death of 35-year-old Earl Moore Jr, Sangamon County State's Attorney Dan Wright announced Tuesday.Both Finley and work for Lifestar, a private ambulance company. Indiana University: Student stabbed on bus because she is AsianSpringfield Police said in December 2022,
  
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• 68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

  15-01-2023 19:11 via wane.com
  
  POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades.Hours after dark, scores of onlookers crowded around the crash site near the airport in the resort town of Pokhara as rescue workers combed th
  
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• Driver rescued as SUV dangles over California cliff

  15-01-2023 18:27 via wane.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB) -- Firefighters rescued a man whose car went off the road in San Diego and was left dangling off a cliff.The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department first got a call about the incident around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters said the vehicle went through a guardrail and landed on rocks on the beach in La Jolla Cove. The SUV was left in a precarious position, its front half hanging over the edge.
  “Very crazy scene,” said Tyler Mitchell, who works at Duke's La Jolla, a restau
  
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• UGa football player killed in wreck after title celebration

  15-01-2023 18:12 via wane.com
  
  Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member were killed early Sunday in a car wreck, the school said, just hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship with a parade and ceremony.Two other members of the football program were injured in the crash, which occurred in Athens, south of the Georgia campus. They were not immediately identified, but the school said both were in stable condition.ESPN reported that another offensive l
  
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• Unclear whether Hamlin will attend Bills' home playoff game

  15-01-2023 17:27 via wane.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — It is unclear whether Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, plans to attend Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.A person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule had told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamlin planned to attend. He later said those "plans may have changed.”The person spoke to the AP on condition
  
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• Hamlin plans to attend Bills game after collapse: AP source

  15-01-2023 17:27 via wane.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest during a game at Cincinnati two weeks ago, plans to attend Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, a person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Hamlin has kept his schedule and recovery private since being released from a Buffalo hospital
  
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• Bills' Hamlin says 'heart is with' team at game, he's home

  15-01-2023 17:27 via wane.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, said he will be cheering from home Sunday during Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins.“My heart is with my guys as they compete today!” Hamlin tweeted less than hour before kickoff.“Supporting from home as I focus on my recovery. Nothing I want more than to be out there with them!
  
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• Photos show skimming devices hidden in gas pumps

  15-01-2023 17:16 via wane.com
  
  STURBRIDGE, Mass. (WWLP) - Police are reminding drivers to check for skimming devices at gas pumps after several were found at a truck stop in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.According to the police department, officers were called Friday to a Pilot Travel Center for a report of skimming devices found on the diesel pumps. Three skimming devices were found on three different pumps at the truck stop.
  The discovery came after another three skimming devices were found at the same location earlier in the w
  
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• AP source: Hamlin visits teammates for 1st time since injury

  15-01-2023 16:28 via wane.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin visited with teammates at the Bills' facility on Saturday for the first time since being discharged from a Buffalo hospital, 12 days after the safety went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati.Bills linebacker Matt Milano posted a photo on his Instagram account of a smiling Hamlin shaking hands with a teammate.A person with direct knowledge of Hamlin’s schedule confirmed to The Associated Pres
  
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• Celebration of life honors trailblazing drag queen

  15-01-2023 15:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A celebration of life Saturday honored a trailblazing drag queen known as Charles “Tula” Miller, who passed away on January 2.Charles "Tula" Miller (left) with Branden "Della Licious" Blaettner (right) Photo Courtesy: Della Licious
  Friends, family and fans gathered to celebrate Miller's life at After Dark, a club where Miller was the manager for decades. Community remembers trailblazing drag queenMiller opened the first gay bar in Fort Wayne, and started an
  
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• Regular fast food consumption linked to liver disease, USC study suggests

  15-01-2023 15:02 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) - A new study from the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine has linked the regular consumption of fast food with potentially life-threatening liver disease.The study, published this week, suggests that eating fast food can increase the likelihood of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which causes fat to build up in the liver.While regular fast food consumption has been linked to obesity and diabetes, researchers say this is one of the first studies to demo
  
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• $20k Hoosier Lottery ticket sold in Auburn

  15-01-2023 14:33 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) — A $20,000 lottery ticket was sold in Auburn for the Mega Millions drawing Friday, Hoosier Lottery announced, the same night the $1.35 billion jackpot was won in Maine.
  A Kroger in Auburn was one of two places where $20,000 winning tickets were sold in Indiana. The other lucky Hoosier bought a winning ticket at the Fastbreak Convenience Store in Princeton.Hoosier Lottery Mega Millions tickets should be checked carefully as two entries matched four out of five numbers a
  
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• Today in History: JAN 15, Martin Luther King Jr. is born

  15-01-2023 12:08 via wane.com
  
  Today in History:Today is Sunday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2023. There are 350 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.On this date:In 1559, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.In 1892, the original rules of basketball, devised by James Naismith, were published for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game originated.In 1919, in Boston, a tank contai
  
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• Miami Heat home arena gets temporary name after FTX collapse

  15-01-2023 00:58 via wane.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The home of the Miami Heat has yet another name: Miami-Dade Arena.That will be the temporary moniker for the building where the NBA team plays its home games, while the search for a more permanent naming-rights partner commences.The Heat and Miami-Dade County announced the new name Friday, two days after a bankruptcy court terminated the county's naming rights deal with collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. A county official had said earlier in the week that it would be
  
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• Texas man dragged 500 feet by truck; family seeks help for his recovery

  15-01-2023 00:14 via wane.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The family of a man who was dragged 500 feet by a vehicle in Cameron Park is asking for the community's help in his recovery.Jesus Marroquin, 31, is currently hospitalized in San Antonio after being dragged by a vehicle on Christmas morning.
  ValleyCentral spoke with Juan Manuel Marroquin, Jesus's uncle, who started a GoFundMe page titled "Help Jesus Reconstruct His Body Back." Early morning house fire kills mother, 3 childrenJuan Manuel said that Jesus
  
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