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• Despite recall, plant closure, Boar’s Head meats still available

  28-09-2024 23:45 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — The listeria-caused recall of Boar’s Head deli meats produced at a now-closed plant in Virginia involved more than seven million pounds of products distributed in 19 states. But it’s still easy to find its turkey, ham, beef charcuterie and other items on sale around the nation.While the plant in Jarratt, Virginia was identified as the source of the listeria outbreak that has led to about 60 hospitalizations and ten deaths, Boar’s Head operates eight ot
  
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• Utah mom raises over $750k for own funeral after terminal cancer diagnosis

  28-09-2024 18:38 via wane.com
  
  OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) -- A mother in Utah who has been fighting for her life after being diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer has now been given three months to live, and she's decided to spend it with her kids. People across the country have rallied around her, donating over $750,000 to her GoFundMe, which had an original goal of only $5,000.Erika Carr, 30, is a single mother of two children -- Jeremiah, 7, and Aaliyah, 5. She calls them her "whole life, light and soul ... and what keeps [her] go
  
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• WeightWatchers CEO who oversaw diet company's move into weight loss drugs abruptly leaves role

  28-09-2024 18:35 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership.
  WW International announced Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would leave her role effective immediately. Tara Comonte, a WeightWatchers board member and former Shake Shack executive, was made interim chief executive.
  The New York-based weight loss company didn't reveal the reasons behind the abrupt move, but it noted that Comonte would step into the role of CEO at a time when the company is “focused on improving its operational
  
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• 3,600 chemicals from food packaging found in people: Research

  28-09-2024 17:08 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Just over 3,600 chemicals — including some known carcinogens — from food packaging, processing and storage have been found in humans, according to new research.Published in the journal Nature, the peer-reviewed research highlighted the link between food packaging and preparation and human exposure to sometimes-harmful chemicals.
  The chemicals (found in human blood, hair, breast milk and urine) include PFAs, bisphenol, metals, volatile organic compounds and phthal
  
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• Missing 17-year-old found

  28-09-2024 16:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — UPDATE: Allen County Dispatch confirmed that 17-year-old Aiden Turner has been found.The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) issued a Public Safety Alert for a missing teen last seen in southeast Fort Wayne.
  Police were looking for 17-year-old Aiden Turner, who the FWPD described as a white male with short brown hair and brown eyes.Anyone with information is asked to call Fort Wayne Police Desk at 427-1222.
  
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• FWPD issue Public Safety Alert for missing 17-year-old

  28-09-2024 16:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has issued a Public Safety Alert for a missing teen last seen in southeast Fort Wayne.
  Police are looking for 17-year-old Aiden Turner, who the FWPD described as a white male with short brown hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and yellow with black/red Spider-Man pajama pants.Turner was last seen around 4200 Casa Verde Dr. just off E. Paulding Rd.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Fort Wayne
  
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• Cleanup efforts begin after Helene leaves dozens dead and millions without power

  28-09-2024 15:48 via wane.com
  
  PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.Crews are beginning cleanup efforts on Saturday, more than 24 hours after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida.According to National Hurricane Center, a disturbance is being monitored that could for
  
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• FORT4FITNESS: Earning the all-seasons medal

  28-09-2024 14:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - One Fort4Fitness participant is going for it all this year, working towards earning an all-seasons medal.
  Christine Goshert, is one of the thousands of participants for Fort4Fitness. Her journey has been everything but easy.
  "Last year was really hard," said Goshert. "I had a really bad concussion where I had to relearn some words with speech therapy, and then also doing physical therapy."Goshert then decided to join a local boxing class at The Fight Lab last October, w
  
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• Dozens dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern US

  28-09-2024 13:29 via wane.com
  
  PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, u
  
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• Fort4Fitness: Firefighter killed in Trump rally remembered by sister

  28-09-2024 12:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Pennsylvania woman makes the trek to Fort Wayne to fly a flag in Fort4Fitness on Saturday honoring her brother who was shot and killed at a Trump rally.Dawn Comperatore-Schafer drove about 5 hours to walk in the Fort4Fitness 10k, carrying a customized flag in remembrance of her brother, Corey Comperatore, who died at the Trump rally assassination attempt in July.Dawn first heard about Fort4Fitness through Flags4fallen, an organization dedicated to remembering lo
  
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• Fort4Fitness: Mom honors daughter, makes healthier choices

  28-09-2024 10:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Rain or shine, Melissa Lee takes the starting line on Saturday alongside her two daughters, LaTrisha and Taylor, with one goal: to carry LaTasha Lee's flag to the finish line.
  However, Melissa hadn't always felt ready to finish a 4k."It was really hard to get out of bed," Melissa said.Grief touches everyone's life differently, and for Melissa Lee, the loss of her 24-year-old daughter LaTasha drove her to seek comfort."I was eating a lot of bad foods, I was eating
  
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• A few showers today with more steady rain coming

  28-09-2024 10:41 via wane.com
  
  We're still dealing with Helene's remnants and we'll get a little break during the day with widely scattered showers. As the tropical low turns to the west and moves closer to our area tonight you can expect more steady showers. Showers will linger on Sunday.Humidity will be higher today and levels won't go down to comfortable until Tuesday of next weekIt will be overcast this morning with widely scattered showers and temperatures in the lower 70s by noon.Temperatures will climb into the middle
  
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• Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 40 in 4 states

  28-09-2024 03:02 via wane.com
  
  PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 40 people in four states, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people from floodwaters.The Category 4 hurricane knocked out power to some hospitals in southern Georgia, and Gov. Brian Kemp said authorities had to use chainsaws to clear debris and open up roads. The sto
  
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• WATCH: Tampa hospital uses 'AquaFence' to keep storm surge out

  28-09-2024 01:58 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Heavy storm surge from Helene left the streets of downtown Tampa looking more like the open ocean – except at the base of Tampa General Hospital, which employed a special fence to keep the water out. Heavy rainfall floods roadways to Davis IslandsVideo taken by a TGH employee showed the waters near the hospital, sloshing outside of the AquaFence, technology that was generating buzz on social media Friday.
  "Designed to protect the vulnerable area of our campus, th
  
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• ICE released over 435,000 migrants with criminal convictions, data shows

  28-09-2024 01:48 via wane.com
  
  McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a Texas border lawmaker this week that 435,000 undocumented migrants with criminal convictions have been released by the agency to cities around the United States.Border Report Live: Where illegal immigration is trending up
  ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, saying as of July 21, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on the agen
  
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• ATV rider found dead in Warsaw pond

  28-09-2024 01:27 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A rider of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) was found dead in a pond in Warsaw Friday afternoon, according to the Kosciusko Sheriff's Department.
  The man was identified as Thomas J. Bussell, 73, who was found in a pond at 1345 S. Ferguson Road at 3:10 p.m. A four-wheeler was also inside the water.
  An investigation found that the four-wheeler was driving around the pond and for an unknown reason, drove off the grass and into the water.Bussell was pronounced dead at the
  
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• Rain chances extend into the weekend

  28-09-2024 00:44 via wane.com
  
  Winds have been strengthening through the day and reach their top speeds this evening. Wind gusts will be up to around 40 mph and may even exceed this mark, at times, south of Fort Wayne (up to 45-50 mph).Rain from the system that was once Hurricane Helene is now starting to fall. It will continue, at times, from now through Sunday.Higher rain totals are expected from Fort Wayne southward where some spots may see an inch or more of rain. Only light amounts of rain reach some of our northern citi
  
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• West Noble's Mawhorter joins WANE live to preview GOTW

  28-09-2024 00:16 via wane.com
  
  LIGONIER, Ind. (WANE) - The Highlight Zone "Game of the Week" will feature a battle of unbeaten teams in Garrett and West Noble, and Chargers head coach Monte Mawhorter joined WANE-TV live during the 6 p.m. newscast to preview the NECC showdown in Ligonier.Friday's game between the Railroaders and Chargers should go a long way in determining who will win the NECC's Big Division title as season's end. Garrett is 5-0 overall and 1-0 NECC Big Division play, while West Noble is 5-0 overall and 2-0 i
  
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• Northeast Indiana crews, volunteers head south to help with Helene recovery efforts

  28-09-2024 00:02 via wane.com
  
  NORTHEAST IND. (WANE)— Crews from northeast Indiana power companies and volunteers from the American Red Cross are heading south to aid in cleanup efforts in Hurricane Helene's wake.Northeastern REMC sent four linemen and several trucks to the Atlanta metro area. They left Whitley County around 1 p.m. on Thursday and started working on restoring power early Friday morning. Director of Marketing and Communication for Northeastern REMC, Chris Todd, said before restoring power, the linem
  
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