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• What is Indiana's favorite ‘so-bad-it’s-good’ movie?

  02-04-2023 23:28 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA (WTWO) – Does Indiana have a favorite “bad” movie? One study has the answer.To determine the answer, CenturyLink, a telecommunications company, compiled a list of the lowest-ranked movies of all time using data from IMBd and Rotten Tomatoes. After that, the company analyzed data from Google Trends to figure out which low-rated movie was most googled in each state, picking out the top 15 movies.Those 15 movies included:“Cats” (2019)“Crossroads” (2
  
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• After 2 winless years, record-setting jackpot finally won

  02-04-2023 22:04 via wane.com
  
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) - It's been nearly two years since someone won the jackpot playing Lotto America, a draw game played in 13 jurisdictions. That all changed on Saturday.
  A ticket purchased in Dubuque, Iowa, matched the winning numbers - 2-38-43-46-51 and Star Ball 7 - to claim the April Fools' Day prize, worth $40.03 million. The jackpot, which had been building since July 2021, overwhelmingly set a record.
  Previously, that record was held by a $22.82 million prize won in March 2018 by a M
  
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• Egg hunt wraps up at Francis Thomson Park

  02-04-2023 21:29 via wane.com
  
  WATERLOO, Ind. (WANE) -- The last few eggs are being found at Francis Thomson Park during Sunday's Easter egg hunt!The hunt was hosted by Waterloo Main Street. Along with the search, attendees also got to take a picture with the Easter Bunny, participate in Easter activities and win prizes including baskets.
  Children had to be registered ahead of time in order to participate. To learn more about the event or Waterloo Main Street, visit Facebook.
  
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• American Legion Post 47 hosts children's Easter party

  02-04-2023 19:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Did you hear? The Easter Bunny is at American Legion Post 47 this afternoon!The Children's Easter Party at Post 47 is underway. With Easter is just a week away, Post 47 is hosting a bunch of festivities including games, lunch and photos with the Easter Bunny. Children will also get to go home with their very own basket full of treats.
  The event was open to current children and grandchildren of Post 47 members who previously signed up. It runs until 4 p.m.
  
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• Which names are most commonly used in song titles?

  02-04-2023 19:02 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Go, Johnny, go!A new study of popular music trends has determined “John” to be the most common name used in song titles, followed by Mary, Maria, Johnny and David.The study, commissioned by an online music-industry resource called Music Industry How To, pulled its data from a total of 2,262,292 different song titles included in roughly 1 million Spotify playlists. Analysts then determined the frequency of the names that most commonly appeared, excluding any track ti
  
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• Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans

  02-04-2023 18:09 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan, the State Department said Sunday.In the call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Blinken conveyed “grave concern” over the Kremlin's detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich o
  
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• 'This is all for you': Miss NC USA wins crown days after boyfriend diagnosed with brain tumor

  02-04-2023 17:43 via wane.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – Jordyn McKey was stunned when she was crowned Miss North Carolina USA after an emotional week supporting her boyfriend through a health crisis.
  "I showed up very raw, I showed up very emotional," McKey said. "Earlier that week, my boyfriend had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, which was a huge shock to all of us."
  Her boyfriend's tumor was the size of a baseball. Days before the pageant, he had brain surgery."I obviously, at that point, knew that I
  
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• Pope Francis marks Palm Sunday in Vatican square

  02-04-2023 17:07 via wane.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.The sun broke through the clouds during the Mass, one of the longest services on the Church's calendar, as Francis, red vestments placed over his coat, sat in a chair under a canopy erected in the square.He took his place there aft
  
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• Train derailments renew U.S. focus on railroad safety

  02-04-2023 16:48 via wane.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Americans are renewing their focus on railroad safety after a string of recent derailments, especially two fiery ones involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota that prompted evacuations.Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more to prevent derailments. They want standards for the trackside detectors used to help identify equipment problems, more notice to states about hazardous chemica
  
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• The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why

  02-04-2023 14:24 via wane.com
  
  The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting peninsulas like Florida, clashing storm fronts and the jet stream combine to naturally brew the nastiest of weather.That’s only part of it. Nature dealt the United States a bad hand, but people have made it much worse
  
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• Man charged with OWI after hitting trucker in northwest Indiana

  02-04-2023 14:15 via wane.com
  
  LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A northwest Indiana man is facing multiple charges after police say he struck a trucker who had exited his cab after pulling over on I-80/94 in Lake County, Indiana.According to Indiana State Police, on Friday, March 31, at approximately 11:00 p.m., troopers responded to a report of a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on I-80/94 eastbound at the 10.4 mile-marker.  The preliminary investigation determined that a semi pulled over to the right side of the roadway.&n
  
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• No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters

  02-04-2023 14:01 via wane.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The wheels may be about to come off Paris' ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters.Zipping around the City of Light on one of them, wind in the hair, or romantically but naughtily e-scooting à deux on one machine when the gendarmes aren't looking could soon be over if Parisians vote Sunday to do away with the 15,000 opinion-dividing micro-vehicles.The question City Hall is asking in a citywide mini-referendum is: “For or against self-service scooters in Pa
  
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• What is Indiana’s favorite movie from the 2000s?

  02-04-2023 13:32 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA (WTWO) – Movies that came out in the 2000s brought new technology, perspectives, and experiences to the big screen, but which 2000s movie are Indianans searching for the most?According to a study by USDirect, an authorized DirecTV dealer, “Iron Man” is the 2000s-era movie that folks from the Hoosier searched for the most.To determine the answer, USDirect put together a list of the 100 most popular 2000s movies using data from Marie Claire, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb. Nex
  
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• Couple dies at Owen County campground during Friday night's storm

  02-04-2023 05:12 via wane.com
  
  OWEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The bodies of a couple were found at a campground site after a severe storm passed through Owen County Friday night, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.The couple was unaccounted for and later found after a search of the property at McCormick’s Creek State Park was conducted.They were identified as Brett Kincaid, 53, and Wendy Kincaid, 47, both of Rossville, Indiana. According to the DNR, the campground suffered extensive damage due to
  
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• Fort Wayne Komets play April Fool's joke on fans

  02-04-2023 04:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Komets played an April Fool's joke on fans Saturday morning.The local hockey team announced it would be changing the spelling from "Komets" to the "more widely accepted spelling of Comets with a 'c'", starting with Saturday night's game.
  But after reading the fine print, a link with more information takes fans to a page that says "April Fools!" complete with an animated GIF of the mascot, Icy D. Eagle, shaking his head.
  
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• Recapping Friday night's severe weather outbreak

  02-04-2023 04:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred Friday evening into early Saturday morning across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The area experienced large hail, strong winds, and a couple of tornadoes. NWS confirms 2 tornadoes, including an EF-2, in Allen CountyWe experienced two distinct rounds of storms. The first round during the early evening hours brought large hail to our northern communities. 1.75 inch diameter hail was the largest hailstone recorded at Clea
  
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• Rain, hail, and tornadoes: A recap of Friday night's severe weather outbreak in northeast Indiana

  02-04-2023 04:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred Friday evening into early Saturday morning across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The area experienced large hail, strong winds, and a couple of tornadoes. NWS confirms 2 tornadoes, including an EF-2, in Allen CountyWe experienced two distinct rounds of storms. The first round during the early evening hours brought large hail to our northern communities. The largest hailstone recorded was 1.75 inches in diameter - that
  
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• Drone photos capture storm devastation in Indiana

  02-04-2023 03:47 via wane.com
  
  WHITELAND, Ind. (WXIN) — Footage captured from a drone shows the devastation that was caused by a storm late Friday night and early Saturday morning in Whiteland, Indiana.This aerial view captures the Park Forest neighborhood and the damage done to some of the homes.Relief for those in need of shelter can be found at Greenwood Middle School. Non-emergency reports can be called into the Johnson County Public Safety Communications Center at (317) 346-6336.Police say Whiteland took ‘dir
  
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• I&M works to restore power in northeast Indiana

  02-04-2023 02:46 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) -Indiana Michigan Power is working to restore power across northeast Indiana following storms from Friday.
  As of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, more the 70% of customers have power restored, according to I&M officials. Approximately 3,500 customers remain without service.
  I&M customers in Fort Wayne and Muncie areas are expected to regain power by 11:00 p.m. Saturday. Those in northeast Allen County are expected to have power restored by 11:00 p.m. Sunday.
  Officials say most of the outages o
  
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• Winds decrease tonight ahead of a pleasant Sunday

  02-04-2023 02:30 via wane.com
  
  It has been another active weather day. We've been dealing with cold air, gusty winds, and scattered rain/snow showers as the center of the low pressure system that brought us the severe storms last night works its way through the area. We wish the weather was better for the clean up efforts ongoing after last night's severe weather. NWS confirms 2 tornadoes, including an EF-2, in Allen CountyThe good news is winds will decrease substantially tonight, which will allow for the precipitation to gr
  
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• NWS confirms 2 tornadoes, including an EF-2, in Allen County

  02-04-2023 02:00 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Friday night's storms brought powerful wind, rain, and more to the Allen County area. Along with that, two tornadoes touched down in the county.The National Weather Service confirmed Saturday that one of the tornadoes was an EF-2 that had a peak wind of 120 MPH and traveled nearly eight miles with a path width of 400 yards.The summary for that tornado concluded it developed in northeast Fort Wayne and raced northeast toward the town of Harlan.The second tornado was an
  
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