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• Pizza Hut enters the burger game with unique creation

  16-05-2024 13:18 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – While no one may be able to outdo the Hut, Pizza Hut is trying to outdo burger establishments nationwide.The pizza chain is now offering a limited-edition Cheeseburger Melt made with all the components of a bacon cheeseburger. Beef, applewood-smoked bacon, onions, mozzarella, and cheddar are all sandwiched between two parmesan-crusted thin pizza crusts. Krispy Kreme partners with Dolly Parton for ‘Southern Sweets’ collectionThe dish is also served with “the world
  
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• 'Party Bus' the bull banned from competing after jumping into Oregon crowd

  12-06-2024 23:43 via kfor.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 1,400-pound bull that jumped the fences at an Oregon rodeo and charged into the crowd on June 8, injuring at least three people, will never compete in another professional bull riding event, the Sisters Rodeo Association told Nexstar's KOIN on Tuesday.Toward the end of the Sisters Rodeo on Saturday, Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull, leaped over a six-foot tall fence, into a sold-out spectator arena and onto the rodeo grounds. Video shows a woman being flipped in the
  
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• O.J. Simpson's lawyer asks Las Vegas judge for approval to auction off personal items

  12-06-2024 22:48 via kfor.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The lawyer handling O.J. Simpson’s estate wants to auction off pieces of the former football star and celebrity murder defendant’s property, court documents filed Wednesday said.Simpson died on April 11 at the age of 76. His long-time attorney, Malcolm LaVergne was tasked to handle his trust and estate.In Wednesday’s filing, LaVergne asked a Las Vegas judge to sell Simpson’s “unique and high-profile personal property through auction houses,
  
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• Woman, who didn't know she was pregnant, gives birth at Golden Corral in Arkansas

  12-06-2024 22:47 via kfor.com
  
  NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) — An all-you-can-eat buffet turned into an all-out surprise when one Mississippi woman — who didn't know she was pregnant — gave birth at the Golden Corral in North Little Rock, Arkansas.The new mom said she didn’t know she was pregnant until it was time to deliver in the restaurant bathroom.“I’m still in shock,” Tayvia Woodfork, the mother of Tamaar Kylon Corral Woodfork, said.Woodfork had experienced a rare case of crypti
  
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• Competing bills on IVF access face uncertainty in Senate

  12-06-2024 22:44 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Competing bills in the Senate seek to protect in vitro fertilization, but in very different ways. Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse on how to pass legislation on the issue. On Capitol Hill, many lawmakers have a personal story about IVF. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) often shares how she used IVF to have her own children. "IVF is the reason that I've gotten to experience the chaos and beauty, the stress and the joy that is motherhood," Duckwort
  
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• Video shows camels run loose at Ohio amusement park: 'Everyone's jumping in the pens'

  12-06-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (WJW) – Video shows a wild surprise for some who visited Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio Tuesday.Justin Garcia, who was at the park with his family, captured the video above showing two camels outside their home at the park’s petting zoo. ‘Can’t get out’: Woman swallowed by quicksand while walking on beach with husbandOne camel appears to get spooked and jumps a few times close to some of the park guests."That dude almost died!" Garcia can be heard
  
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• Sony Pictures announces acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

  12-06-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) – A multinational mass media conglomerate has officially acquired a popular movie theatre chain.
  On Wednesday, June 12, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced via a press release their official acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.Life360 becomes target of criminal extortion attemptAlamo Drafthouse, which first opened in 1997 in Austin, Texas, is an American cinema chain that doubles as a restaurant. Patrons are able to enjoy dinner and drinks while watching Hollywood's
  
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• Fed chair holds rates steady

  12-06-2024 22:12 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - It won't get cheaper to make big purchases this summer.The Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at current levels of 5.3% which is a 23-year high.President Biden says prices are still too high but praised the new economic report as progress, saying inflation is trending down."Inflation has eased substantially from a peak of 7% to 2.7%,” said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Despite the decrease, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says inflatio
  
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• Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year

  12-06-2024 22:02 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday that inflation has fallen further toward their target level in recent months but signaled that they expect to cut their benchmark interest rate just once this year.The policymakers' forecast for one rate cut was down from a previous forecast of three, because inflation, despite having cooled in the past two months, remains persistently elevated.In a statement issued after its two-day meeting, the Fed said the economy is growing at
  
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• Drummond endorses federal legislation for child exploitation in AI

  12-06-2024 21:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced on Wednesday, his support for a congressional measure targeting the use of artificial intelligence for child exploitation.Drummond alongside a coalition of 43 other state and territory attorneys general penned a letter to U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial
  Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. Langworthy is the bill’s chief sponsor. Oklahoma AG Drummond joins multistate
  
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• Three deputies, suspect wounded in shooting at gated Illinois community: sheriff

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Three deputies and the suspected gunman were shot and injured after officers responded to a home inside a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.Law enforcement went to the Lost Lake gated community near Dixon after being told just before 8:40 a.m. CT that someone was threatening to kill themself or others, according to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle.He said the SWAT team responded and hostage negotiators tried repeatedly to make contact
  
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• Three deputies shot while responding to Illinois home; suspect also wounded: sheriff

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Three deputies and the suspected gunman were shot and injured after officers responded to a home inside a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.The mass casualty incident occurred when law enforcement went to the Lost Lake community near Dixon around 12 p.m. CT. after being told that someone was threatening to kill themself or others, according to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle.Three victims were transported to Katherine Shaw Bethea Hosp
  
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• Police respond to 'mass casualty incident' in rural Illinois community

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Police are responding to an incident in a rural area in Northern Illinois Wednesday that authorities are calling a "mass casualty incident."Reports of a shooting prompted law enforcement to respond around 12 p.m. CT to the Lost Lake gated community near Dixon.Three victims were transported to KSB Hospital, according to Nancy Varga, Chief of Staff.
  Multiple agencies, including the Ogle County Sheriff and first responders from Dixon, Oregon, Mount Morris, and Polo were c
  
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• Multiple people shot in rural Illinois community: authorities

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Multiple people were shot in a "mass casualty incident" at a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.Law enforcement responded to Lost Lake community near Dixon around 12 p.m. CT.Three victims were transported to Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, according to Nancy Varga, Chief of Staff.
  Multiple agencies, including the Ogle County Sheriff and first responders from Dixon, Oregon, Mount Morris, and Polo were called to the scene.Ogle Count
  
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• Arizona man indicted for guns sold as part of alleged plot to start race war

  12-06-2024 21:34 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - An Arizona man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling guns as part of an alleged plan to commit a mass shooting and spark a race war ahead of the 2024 presidential election.Mark Adams Prieto, 58, of Prescott, Ariz., was indicted on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime, and possession of an unregistered firearm, the U.S. attorneys office in Arizona said in a release Tuesday.Starting in January 2024, according to the U.S. attorn
  
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• Biden administration moves to ban medical debt from credit reports

  12-06-2024 21:22 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will be following through on plans to bar medical debt from being included on credit scores."One of the most significant consequences of carrying medical debt is the harm it does to a person's credit score," Vice President Harris said in a press briefing."Medical debt makes it more difficult for millions of Americans to be approved for a car loan, a home loan or a small business loans. All of which in turn makes it more difficult to just
  
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• Biden administration targets human-trafficking cartels in Darién Gap

  12-06-2024 21:20 via kfor.com
  
  HIDALGO, Texas (Border Report) -- The Biden administration is expanding efforts to stop human trafficking through the remote Darién Gap in Colombia and Panama and is offering rewards for information on cartel leaders.Smuggling of endangered monkeys taxing South Texas zoo
  During a call with reporters on Tuesday, senior officials with the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and State, said the remote jungles of the Darién Gap will now be the target zone to stop the smuggling no
  
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• $842.4M Powerball jackpot claimed by 'The Breakfast Club'

  12-06-2024 21:19 via kfor.com
  
  GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan couple and a lawyer from the west side of the state were announced Tuesday as winners of an $842.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot from a ticket purchased on New Year's Day.The Breakfast Club lottery club opted for a cash lump sum of $305 million after taxes, Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli told reporters outside the Food Castle convenience store in Grand Blanc Township near Flint, where the winning ticket was sold.The winni
  
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• Watch: Coyote tries to enter California home, attack cat

  12-06-2024 21:17 via kfor.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (KTLA) - Baby gates are designed to protect children from getting hurt, but in this case, they likely saved a house cat from becoming an easy meal for a coyote in Mission Viejo, California.Cindy Stalnaker told Nexstar's KTLA that she and her husband were watching television around 11 p.m. Monday night when they heard a loud bang outside. When they went to the front door, they noticed muddy paw prints on the front porch and walkway.“We immediately closed the door and t
  
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• Life360 becomes target of criminal extortion attempt

  12-06-2024 21:17 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP)-- Life360, a safety and location services company, was the target of an extortion attempt after sensitive information was stolen from the group's Tile customer support platform.According to a statement on Wednesday, an unknown actor contacted the company claiming that they breached and stole Tile customer information, which quickly prompted an investigation.Life360 stated the affected data includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and Tile device identification number
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street climbs on hopes for coming cuts to interest rates

  12-06-2024 21:09 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging update on inflation. The Federal Reserve also gave reassurance that its policymakers still see a cut to interest rates, something Wall Street deeply desires, as likely this year.
  The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading and on track to add to its all-time high set a day earlier. The Nasdaq composite was also building on its own record and was up 1.9% as of 3 pm. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Ind
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street rallies on hopes for coming cuts to interest rates

  12-06-2024 20:31 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging update on inflation. The Federal Reserve also gave reassurance that it still sees a cut to interest rates, something Wall Street deeply desires, as likely this year.
  The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading and on track to add to its all-time high set a day earlier. The Nasdaq composite was also building on its own record and was up 1.7%, as of 2:15 pm. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial A
  
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• Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations

  12-06-2024 20:24 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history.
  The nine-member court upheld the decision made by a district court judge in Tulsa last year, ruling that the plaintiff's grievances about the destruction of the Greenwood district, a
  
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• Teens can now earn learner permit at 15 in Oklahoma

  12-06-2024 20:07 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - According to Service Oklahoma, teens no longer have to wait until they're 15 and a half to earn their Learner Permit."With more time to complete your 180 days behind-the-wheel training through driver education or parent-taught driver education, it's easier than ever to be ready to take your test on your 16th birthday!" said Service Oklahoma. LOCAL NEWS: Service Oklahoma Launches Sweet 16 GuaranteeService OK says a Learner Permit is a limited driver license that allows new
  
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• VIDEO: 3 hospitalized after deer crashes through bus windshield, dies in aisle

  12-06-2024 20:06 via kfor.com
  
  WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) – A deer jumped through the windshield of a public bus in Rhode Island on Monday, landing in the aisle before succumbing to its injuries.The incident, which was captured in footage released by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), also sent three passengers to the hospital.Capt. Charles Boisseau of the Warwick Police Department said the deer ran into the street and launched itself at the bus shortly after 3 p.m. Deer killed after charging pregnant woman,
  
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• Watch: Officer rides woman's wheelchair to hospital after medical emergency

  12-06-2024 19:30 via kfor.com
  
  UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, Ohio (WJW) - Police helped a woman suffering a medical emergency who wouldn’t go to the hospital without her wheelchair, which didn’t fit into the ambulance.“She had some grimace on her face,” said Officer Jeff Ridler, with the University Circle Police Department. “You could tell she was in some immense pain, and so it was definitely a medical emergency.”It happened Saturday around 3 p.m. at the annual Parade the Circle in Cleveland. Ab
  
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• OU football player arrested by OU police

  12-06-2024 19:28 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - As first reported by SI.com, a member of Oklahoma's secondary was arrested by the OU Police Department on Wednesday.SI.com reports, Wednesday, Oklahoma sophomore defensive back Makari Vickers was arrested by the OU Police Department.The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office says Vickers had been arrested by the OU Police Department and booked into Cleveland County, but the Sheriff's Office was unable to give any additional details. Makari Vickers , Image co
  
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• Emergency crews respond to rollover crash in OKC metro

  12-06-2024 19:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash Wednesday afternoon.Officials say the accident happened near Piedmont Rd. and Wilshire Blvd. around 12 p.m.It is unknown what led to the crash or if anyone was injured.No more information is available at this time.This is a developing story.
  
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• Chihuahua overdoses at South Carolina motel, owners arrested: police report

  12-06-2024 19:25 via kfor.com
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — The owners of a 15-pound chihuahua have pleaded guilty to charges after the dog allegedly overdosed on heroin and cocaine at a motel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, according to police documents.Myrtle Beach police charged Shane Harris and Serrena Young with mistreatment of an animal after the May 27 incident at the Palmetto Vista Motel. Young was also charged with possession with intent to deliver heroin. They were both taken to the Myrtle Beach Jail.
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• United is rolling out targeted in-flight ads – what to know and how to opt out

  12-06-2024 19:24 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If you're flying United the ads you see in the app and on the seat-back screen may soon be a little more ... personal.The airline announced Friday that it will target ads to individual customers who decline to opt out.United spokeswoman Remy Milburn confirmed to Nexstar that personalized ads are already being served to some United passengers on the airline's app and nearly 100,000 in-flight screens, with plans to expand over the next several months.iOS 18: Which iPhones won&rsq
  
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