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• Indiana House Republicans file bill to repeal state's death penalty

  23-12-2024 23:37 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Several Statehouse Republicans have filed a bill that would repeal the death penalty next year if passed.
  This comes as the state executed death row inmate Joseph Corcoran, the first execution to take place in Indiana in 15 years.“It’s a human system, and it’s therefore fallible,” Deputy Public Defender Joanna Green said. Green has represented several of Indiana’s death row inmates over the past few decades, including Corcoran.According to Green, Hou
  
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• Light rain tapers off late this evening

  23-12-2024 23:00 via wane.com
  
  A weather system is tracking through the area today. We were watching for a brief period of freezing rain to the north of Fort Wayne, but this chance has ended this evening. Any Winter Weather Advisories are no longer in effect.We're now just tracking some light rain showers this evening until around midnight. We then dry out overnight, with cloudy skies in place. Overnight lows will drop down only into the mid-30s.Rain exits and we turn cloudy late this evening.Temperatures stay in the 30s over
  
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• Holiday Lights at Parkview Field bring business to downtown

  23-12-2024 22:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Holiday Lights at Parkview Field have done more than just ring in the holiday season, with many people looking for a bite to eat following the magic of Christmas glow.
  Businesses such as Powers, located just a block away from Parkview Field, have seen an uptick in foot traffic, especially when the weather is good.
  "When the weather's good, which we've had a good run of weather here in the last few weeks, people are getting into that holiday spirit, and so they're c
  
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• Light rain tapers off this evening

  23-12-2024 22:30 via wane.com
  
  A weather system is tracking through the area today. We were watching for a brief period of freezing rain to the north of Fort Wayne, but the chance has ended this evening. Any Winter Weather Advisories are no longer in effect.We're now just tracking some light rain showers this evening until around midnight. We then dry out overnight, with cloudy skies in place. Overnight lows will drop down only into the mid-30s.We stay cloudy on Tuesday (Christmas Eve), which means you will not need the umbre
  
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• New Chipotle set to open on Fort Wayne's northside

  23-12-2024 21:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A new Chipotle location is set to open Sunday, adding a fourth location for Fort Wayne.The new Chipotle, located at 5044 East Dupont Road, is set to open Sunday. The location features a Chipotlane, a drive-thru pick-up lane for online orders.
  The new location is hiring, hoping to fill 30 jobs at the location. Hours for the restaurant are 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
  
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• Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

  23-12-2024 18:47 via wane.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he's picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.In a Sunday announcement naming his ambassador to Denmark, Trump wrote that, “For purposes of National Secur
  
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• Chat with Santa or find out if you are on the naughty list with these tech features

  23-12-2024 18:05 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) - We've moved past simply mailing your wish list to the North Pole. Santa has arrived on ChatGPT and you can talk to him.You can access the new (and limited!) Santa Chat feature through the ChatGPT app by starting a new chat, hitting the live chat button, and then using the setting switch to choose a voice. You'll then have to swipe until you see Santa, who will greet you with a hearty "Ho, Ho, Ho!""Santa can answer anything. I would say he’s particularly good at holiday questions.
  
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• Two million dollar Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in Indiana

  23-12-2024 17:31 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE0 Two $1 million Mega Millions® tickets were sold in Central and West Central Indiana this weekend.
  A $1 million winning ticket was purchased at Big Red Liquors #222 located at 2290 E. 116th St. in Carmel.Another $1 million winning ticket was purchased at Buck’s Clinton (Sunoco) located at 1458 E. State Road 163 in Clinton.The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, Dec. 20, are: 2-20-51-56-67 with a Mega Ball of 19.Additionally, a $50,000 winning Powerball&re
  
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• 4 Greenwood men charged after New Jersey homicide

  23-12-2024 17:20 via wane.com
  
  GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Four Greenwood men were charged with murder in New Jersey after a missing man was found dead in Ocean County earlier this month.According to a news release from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, 23-year-old Sourav Kumar, 27-year-old Guarav Singh, 30-year-old Nirmal Singh and 22-year-old Gurdeep Singh were charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder after a missing man from India was recently found dead.
  Gurdeep SinghNirmal SinghGuarav SinghSourav KimarThe charges w
  
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• FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn't work. So what does?

  23-12-2024 16:50 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion.Phenylephrine is used in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications, but experts have long questioned its effectiveness. Last month the Food and Drug Administration formally proposed revoking its use
  
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• At $944M, jackpot could become largest Mega Millions prize won on Christmas Eve

  23-12-2024 16:41 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Christmas Day could become even more magical for someone, if they’re able to match all six winning numbers for a record-setting Mega Millions jackpot. Without a winner in Friday’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $944 million, with a cash option of roughly $429.4 million. Should there be a winner in the next drawing, slated for 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday, it would mark only the second time a Mega Millions jackpot has been hit on Christmas
  
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• Florida boy undergoes open heart surgery after being hit by falling drone at holiday show

  23-12-2024 16:39 via wane.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A young boy required open heart surgery after multiple drones at a holiday show in Orlando, Florida, unexpectedly fell from the sky. The Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating.Adriana Edgerton, the 7-year-old boy's mother, told local news outlet WESH that she and her family were watching the holiday drone show at Lake Eola. Suddenly, according to video obtained by the outlet, several drones collided and crashed into the crowd.Another person in attendanc
  
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• Congress is looking to ban Chinese drones that are widely used in US. What to know about the debate

  23-12-2024 16:04 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic and technological rivalry between the United States and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player.Lawmakers in Washington are seeking to ban new sales of drones from two dominant Chinese manufacturers, arguing they could be used to spy on Americans and that the low-cost models are hurting the U.S. drone industry.A defense bill that passed Congress last week would bar new Chinese drones from DJI Technology and
  
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• Grown-ups grapple with Santa Claus question at Christmastime: To tell or not to tell?

  23-12-2024 14:34 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, it's a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn't laughing that December day almost 20 years ago.She had just parked the car in the garage when her then-8-year-old son let loose with something he had found out while at school.“My son looks at me, he goes, ‘There’s no Santa. You’ve been lying to me,'" recalls Highfill, 56, of Pleasanton, California. “He caught me red-handed, I didn’t know what to say.”She
  
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• All Netflix wants for Christmas is no streaming problems for its first NFL games

  23-12-2024 13:19 via wane.com
  
  Netflix is planning to provide plenty of gifts for viewers of its two Christmas Day games, including Mariah Carey kicking it all off with a taped performance of "All I Want for Christmas is You.”Yet, Netflix executive Brandon Riegg realizes it all amounts to a lump of coal if there are streaming problems.Riegg, vice president of nonfiction series and sports, has had to answer plenty of questions about the streaming giant's readiness for the influx of viewers on what could be its biggest da
  
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• Nissan, Honda announce plans to merge, creating world's No. 3 automaker

  23-12-2024 13:00 via wane.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses.Honda's president, Toshihiro Mibe, said Honda and Ni
  
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• Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can't have them executed

  23-12-2024 12:48 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug
  
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• Wintry mix across the area today

  23-12-2024 10:27 via wane.com
  
  Clouds are racing into our area this morning as a low-pressure system stations itself to our west. That hasn't stopped us from having a chilly morning, though, as temperatures are in the 20s across the area.Temperatures this morning climb through the 30s, so you'll still want the coat. Clouds stick around, as well, so sunglasses are not a must-have today.Mid-30s by 11AM as warmer air filters in.While our day will start off quiet, the weather world gets a little shake-up by lunchtime. As the weat
  
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• Rain/Snow with moderate gusts ahead

  23-12-2024 04:03 via wane.com
  
  This morning will end up dropping to 25 degrees, making it a chilly start to the work week. With winds regularly climbing into the mid-teens as the morning progresses, it will feel somewhat chillier.
  Monday will bring a chance of mixed rain and snow to northeast Indiana. Freezing rain will be possible in areas north of Fort Wayne close to noon. While the accumulation of freezing rain/snow is not expected, it can still cause some slippery roads. Right before a large portion of the precipitation a
  
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