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• Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere

  11-05-2024 14:31 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. The effects of the Northern Lights, which were prominently on d
  
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• Lottery player wins $50K Powerball Double Play ticket at Fort Wayne gas station

  04-06-2024 22:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- One lucky person is due for a big payday after purchasing a lottery ticket worth $50,000 in Fort Wayne, according to Hoosier Lottery.The ticket came from a Phil's One Stop gas station at 1810 W. Coliseum Blvd.Powerball Double Play is an add-on feature that gives players in select areas another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million. Players can add the Double Play feature to their Powerball ticket for an addit
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Tuesday, June 4

  04-06-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Tuesday, June 4.
  
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• Wegmans announces recall of pepperoni product that may contain metal

  04-06-2024 21:36 via wane.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Wegmans is recalling some of its Italian Classics Uncured Pepperoni due to possible foreign metal materials.According to the recall, which was posted this past weekend, the pepperoni products under recall have a UPC code of "2-07939-00000-6," with "best by" dates of August 28 and August 29, 2024.Wegmans has over 100 stores across eight states – Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The grocery chain also
  
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• Wabash County town cites 'significant financial losses,' cuts water to mobile home park

  04-06-2024 21:36 via wane.com
  
  LAFONTAINE, Ind. (WANE) — The decision on whether or not water would be turned back on for those living in the Fountainvue mobile home park in Wabash County was left in the hands of a judge after an emergency court hearing on Tuesday morning.Residents of the mobile home park have been without water or sewage utility services since Friday. This was the result of a years-long dispute between the owner of Fountainvue and the Town of LaFontaine. The residents of the park are not named in the l
  
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• Biden says he's restricting asylum to help 'gain control' of the border

  04-06-2024 21:07 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.“The border is not a political issue to be weaponized,” Biden said, while accusing former President Donald Trump and top Republicans of undermining bipartisan legislation that would have better addr
  
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• LOOK: List of WWII Army casualties from Allen County

  04-06-2024 20:57 via wane.com
  
  The video above is from 2020 when veteran Al Edwards' family shared more about his service.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - June 6, 2024, marks 80 years since D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy. This brought together land, air, and sea forces in the largest amphibious invasion in military history. While this did not end World War II, it did set in motion the path to victory for the Allies.During the six years of war, many lives were lost. That includes people from Allen County. Below is a list of Army cas
  
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• 'Grave concerns:' Court docs show sheriff requesting prosecutor and judges release inmates to ease jail population

  04-06-2024 20:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Continuous overcrowding at the current Allen County Jail and looming construction delays for a new facility now have officials looking at a prospect they wanted to avoid:
  Releasing inmates.
  That's according to the most recent court filing in a class-action lawsuit in which a federal judge ruled conditions at the current downtown jail violates inmates' constitutional rights and ordered the Allen County Sheriff and Allen County Commissioners to fix the problem.Meanwhil
  
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• Heritage grad Saalfrank suspended by MLB for one year

  04-06-2024 19:57 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (WANE) - Heritage High School graduate Andrew Saalfrank has been suspended by Major League Baseball for one year for betting on MLB games.Saalfrank made his MLB debut last fall for the Arizona Diamondbacks and pitched in the 2023 World Series for Arizona. He began the 2024 season in Triple-A Reno, was called up for a brief stint with the Diamondbacks, then sent back down to Reno.According to the Associated Press, Saalfrank placed 29 baseball bets from September 9 through October 29 of 2
  
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• Dog left in hot U-Haul nearly an hour while owners went to Florida beach: police

  04-06-2024 19:57 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Florida officers rescued a dog Sunday after it was locked inside a hot U-Haul truck while its owners went to the beach.The dog had been inside the moving truck with its windows "cracked only slightly" for nearly an hour without any water, according to the New Smyrna Beach Police Department."The temperature outside at the time was 86 degrees with no cloud cover, meaning the temperature inside the vehicle was likely 100 degrees or more," the police department wrote on Facebook
  
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• PFW swears in new police chief

  04-06-2024 19:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE (WANE) -- Former Butler University senior patrol officer Anthony Harrison will be the next police chief of Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) University Police, the University announced Tuesday.Harrison, who was sworn in Tuesday afternoon, will head a 13-person staff. He will replace Tim Potts, who retired in January after serving as PFW police chief for six years.Glen Nakata, PFW's vice chancellor of financial and administrative affairs, said Harrison possesses a unique blend of expe
  
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• Hot air balloon struck Indiana power lines, burning three people in basket

  04-06-2024 18:38 via wane.com
  
  LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday.The balloon contacted the power lines Sunday evening in Hebron, Indiana, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to The Associated Press.A flash of light can be seen as the balloon rises past power lines in a video recorded from a ve
  
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• Hot air balloon strikes Indiana power lines, burning 3 people in basket

  04-06-2024 18:38 via wane.com
  
  LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday.The balloon contacted the power lines Sunday evening in Hebron, Indiana, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to The Associated Press.A flash of light can be seen as the balloon rises past power lines in a video recorded from a ve
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing 14-year-old from Grant County

  04-06-2024 18:20 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday for a teenager from Fairmount.The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of Brittney Ann Moser, a 14-year-old described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 130 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes.
  According to the release, she was last seen Sunday at 12:01 a.m. wearing a dark blue baseball hat, dark blue jacket, gray sweatpants, black Nike slides, and carrying a blue duffle bag with a red strap.Anyone with info
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for 14-year-old from Grant County

  04-06-2024 18:20 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Silver Alert issued Tuesday has been canceled for a teenager from Fairmount.The Grant County Sheriff’s Office was investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Brittney Ann Moser, according to the alert shared by Indiana State Police around noon.By 4 p.m., the alert was canceled, ISP said.
  
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• Woman mistakenly pronounced dead dies hours later

  04-06-2024 18:13 via wane.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (WANE via STORYFUL) - The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said a woman who’d been pronounced dead and later came back to life in a Lincoln funeral home has died. Constance Glantz, 74, was pronounced dead for a second time on Monday at 4 p.m., according to Chief Deputy Ben Houchin.Lancaster County Attorney Pat Condon ordered an autopsy that will be performed at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The sheriff’s office will give an update once the final autopsy report is completed. T
  
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• Afternoon headlines Tuesday, June 4

  04-06-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Tuesday, June 4.
  
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• Marijuana reclassification could change research

  04-06-2024 17:34 via wane.com
  
  UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WANE/AP) - With the United States government seeking to reclassify marijuana to be less controlled, the way the drug is researched could change. Currently, marijuana is considered Scheduled I. This is the drug classification with the most restrictions. The change would take it to Schedule III, recognizing the potential medical benefits of marijuana."Since the early 70s, with the Controlled Substance Act, cannabis has been lumped in with drugs such as LSD, PCP, heroin, crystal
  
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• MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball, four others get one-year suspensions

  04-06-2024 16:44 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for betting on baseball and suspended four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook.Marcano appears to be the first active major leaguer banned under the sport's gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O'Connell in 1924. Pete Rose, baseball's active career hits leader, famously agreed to a lifetime ban in
  
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• Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

  04-06-2024 16:20 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows.About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an EV the next time they buy a car, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, while 46% say they are not to
  
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• Community-wide Diaper Drive will provide diapers and wipes to families in need

  04-06-2024 15:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Healthier Moms and Babies accepting donations for their annual Diaper Drive to combat the need for essential products for parents and infants."We've been in the community since 1995. It is our mission to prevent infant mortality and improve birth outcomes in our community." said Healthier Moms and Babies CEO, Paige Wilkins.This year will be the third annual Diaper Drive. Wilkins estimates that they've collected and donated a grand total of more than 350,000 diapers and
  
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• Hunter Biden's federal firearms case opens after jury is chosen, with First Lady again sitting in

  04-06-2024 15:04 via wane.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial while the first lady watched from the courtroom and the president sent a message of support.Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. He has been accused of lying to
  
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• Morning headlines Tuesday, June 4

  04-06-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, June 4.
  
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• Judge rejects latest motion seeking her removal from Delphi murders case

  04-06-2024 14:21 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. – Special Judge Fran Gull will not disqualify herself from the case surrounding Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen.Allen, charged with four counts of murder in the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, is set to go on trial in October.Indiana State Police announced Allen's arrest in October 2022, more than five years after the teens were killed. Since his arrest, the case has been bogged down in legal maneuvering
  
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• WATCH: US Space Force tests nuclear deterrent

  04-06-2024 14:14 via wane.com
  
  VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (CBS) - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle on June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.First Space Force Guardian will launch into space this summerThis test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States’ nucle
  
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• Would you use AI to speak to a dead relative?

  04-06-2024 13:10 via wane.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death.She told him one of the things she'd miss most is being able to ask him questions whenever she wants because he is so well read and always shares his wisdom, Bommer recalled during a recent interview with The Associated Press at his home in a leafy Berlin suburb.That conversation sparked an idea for Bommer: Re
  
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• Summertime heat returns with uncomfortable humidity

  04-06-2024 10:10 via wane.com
  
  We will continue to see warm temperatures with high humidity creating uncomfortable conditions through Wednesday.Humidity will make it uncomfortable today and Wednesday
  It will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures reaching the low 80s by noon.
  This afternoon will be warm with high humidity, making it uncomfortable, with a high of 88 making it feel like it's in the lower 90s.
  High temperatures will be close to 90The temperatures will begin to cool off tomorrow as thunderstorms will rol
  
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• Man in custody following police standoff in Huntington

  04-06-2024 08:24 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Police took a man into custody early Tuesday morning, following a 4 hour standoff in Huntington.According to Huntington police, they received a tip around 9:30 Monday night that Nathan Lee Fugate, 33, was at a house in the 200 block of Roche Street. Fugate had outstanding warrants for his arrest, issued out of Allen County.Officers from the Huntington Police Department responded and attempted to locate Fugate. When they knocked and announced their presence at the home,
  
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• Large police scene in Huntington cleared

  04-06-2024 08:24 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- A large police presence in northern Huntington early Tuesday morning near Guilford St. and Roche St. cleared out around 3 a.m.A WANE 15 crew at the scene heard police talking over a megaphone to someone inside a home, witnessed drones in the air, and heard what sounds like officers firing canisters. Some units from Fort Wayne were assisting the Huntington Police Department.Police have not been able to provide any information on the situation. WANE 15 was told to expect
  
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• Hot and humid Tuesday

  04-06-2024 04:47 via wane.com
  
  After a Monday afternoon with highs in the low 80s, Tuesday's early morning temperatures only drop as low as the low 60s, giving us an above average start to an early June day.Tuesday becomes an even hotter day than Monday and it'll be humid, making it uncomfortable to be outside for longer stretches of time.Tuesday and Wednesday are more humid than Thursday through Saturday.
  High temperatures will be in the upper 80s.Highs reach the upper 80s Tuesday afternoon.During Tuesday night into Wednesda
  
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