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A Virginia inmate was honored Tuesday with a Citizen’s Service Award after saving a deputy who was choking on his food.

A little dog that found himself in a dangerous situation on Friday is safe, thanks to a man in Tonawanda, New York.

A Denver police officer rescued a baby who stopped breathing during a parade on Thursday.

A family from Miami was walking around a frozen lake in Lac Beauport, Quebec, on December 30 when they discovered a dog had fallen through the ice and was trapped, crying out in the cold water.

A little dog named Lady Bug in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, reached a major milestone this week.

Californians are bracing for flooding as another “atmospheric river” is set to arrive by Tuesday, following storms this week and last week that brought record rainfall to the San Francisco Bay Area.

A suspect who allegedly chewed off a 78-year-old man’s ear on a Portland suburb train platform thought the victim was a robot, according to prosecutors.

California whale watchers witnessed the moment a gray whale gave birth to a calf on Monday and could not believe their eyes.

An 18-year-old suspect died Wednesday after he and an accomplice attempted to hijack a vehicle which accelerated and crashed into a Chicago Transit Authority pillar.

A Colorado funeral home director was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for illegally stealing and selling body parts without the consent of the families of the deceased, the Department of Justice stated in a press release. 

A Chicago carjacking suspect was arrested after running from pursuing police officers but was then caught hiding in a dumpster behind a police dispatch building, according to CWB Chicago.

Police say a Pasadena man named Dharmesh A. Patel, identified as a doctor in multiple news reports, intentionally drove his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff with his wife and two kids still in the car. Miraculously, the entire family survived the ordeal. Patel now faces charges of attempted murder and child abuse.

An 18-year-old pilot remained calm, cool, and collected when he was forced to make an emergency landing on Route 66 after the engine failed in his small plane.

California is bracing for a “bomb cyclone” that will accompany several “atmospheric rivers” starting Wednesday, bringing high winds and heavy rain and snow to a state that has been drenched since last week.

A Good Samaritan gave a Los Angeles ice cream shop owner a huge helping hand after his store was looted and vandalized on New Year’s Eve.

A Memphis man charged with first-degree murder was rearrested after being mistakenly released from jail with no bond on Sunday. 

A 21-year-old man died after his snowmobile triggered an avalanche on Saturday in Cook City, Montana.

A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was robbed in Chicago Friday evening as mail theft incidents continue to rise in the city and surrounding suburbs.

The first homicide of 2023 in Chicago occurred 90 minutes into the New Year when a 38-year-old male was shot to death at a hookah lounge, CWB Chicago reported, citing police.

A good Samaritan is being praised for saving the lives of two police officers during the arrest of an armed robbery suspect that almost turned deadly.

Two tightly knit senior dogs have found a permanent home, long-awaited news that brought joy to many people.

Police officers in Severna Park, Maryland, took quick action when a young person was in a dangerous situation last week.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck Northern California on New Year’s Day — less than two weeks after a larger, 6.4 magnitude quake struck the coast nearby.

An American Airlines regional carrier ground crew employee was killed in a workplace accident on New Year’s Eve at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama.

A small dog is alive and well thanks to officers in Saginaw, Michigan, who knew exactly how to save her life.

A suspect with possible Islamic extremism ties is in custody after three police officers were injured in a machete attack near Times Square on New Year’s Eve.

Historic, heavy rainfall in the San Francisco area has caused “sewer geysers” to explode on city streets, sending jets of water high into the air as the city’s overwhelmed drains cannot contain the high volume of rainwater.

An Arizona man was arrested after he was caught on video allegedly sexually molesting a 4-year-old boy, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. 

A one-year-old dog that was apparently abandoned at the Des Moines airport Thursday is now in safe hands.

A couple in Lakeland, Florida, got a huge surprise recently when something they lost more than 20 years ago was found.

A father in California frustrated with Southwest Airlines drove to Denver to pick up his daughter, who the airline had stranded there since Christmas Eve.

A 28-year-old suspect was arrested in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Friday regarding the murders of four University of Idaho students.

Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard.

Police officers escorted an unruly woman from a Broadway theater Tuesday after she disrupted a performance of the Arthur Miller classic “Death of a Salesman.”

A gunman fatally shot a woman in the stomach outside a liquor store Wednesday night in Detroit before escaping with the victim’s vehicle.

Robert and Edith Mae Schaum, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, are celebrating a lifetime of love and happiness.