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Officials are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of stabbing a woman to death outside a Dollar General store in Fruitland, Florida.

Employees at a Louisiana factory got mind-boggling bonuses after their boss sold the company earlier this year.

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Times Square will be hosting a patriotic ball drop shortly after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, and a Fourth of July ball drop.

A grandfather tragically died at a McDonald’s drive-thru on Tuesday in Grand Island, Nebraska, in what a law enforcement official said was “a freak accident.”

A church in Manvel, Texas put on a Christmas display with 1,000 drones showing the Christmas story and the life of Jesus Christ. 

A 25-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history was released on bond a few days before allegedly being involved in a fatal shooting at a transit station in Cleveland, Ohio.

Christmas shoppers at a grocery store in Burleson, Texas, received their holiday goods for free this week after a computer glitch brought checkout lines to halt. 

The case of a transgender murderer in Utah took another startling twist as convicted killer Mia Bailey told a judge he has converted to Islam behind bars and deserves the death penalty after he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

A family cat, missing for more than a year after it was lost during Hurricane Helene, evoked one of its nine lives and was reunited with its family in North Carolina — with the help of a feline microchip.

A snake wrangler was deployed to remove a Burmese python in a Miami-Dade residential neighborhood after a resident out for a walk saw the snake hiding inside a palm next to a home. “Oh gosh, oh my gosh,” an unidentified

A massive power outage in San Francisco that darkened 130,000 homes Saturday was further complicated as self-driving cars stopped in the middle of the street, triggering extensive traffic jams.

A teacher in Idaho whose family was forced out of their home after a dangerous incident has received a heartfelt gift from a Secret Santa.

A single mother in East Idaho who has endured extreme health challenges got a huge Christmas surprise from a Secret Santa with a generous heart.

A group of majestic bald eagles gave a man quite a thrill recently in Old Town, Maine, as he was on his way to work.

A woman accused of shoplifting in Hartford, Wisconsin, arrived at a Walmart on December 6 and bumped into the people she most wanted to avoid.

The 400th Safe Haven Baby Box nationwide opened at a Texas hospital on Friday afternoon. 

Police said a Dollar Tree employee found a woman’s body inside the store’s freezer on Sunday in Miami, Florida.

An apparent propane leak in a U-Haul truck resulted in a devastating explosion that took the life of a 61-year-old Idaho man who was in the vehicle.

Officials are investigating after a United Airlines flight lost an engine Saturday on takeoff and also sparked a fire on a Virginia runway.

A purple-haired DoorDash driver in southern Indiana was arrested after being caught on doorbell video allegedly spraying her food delivery with pepper spray. The act was discovered after the late-night delivery from Arby’s left a customer choking and vomiting after

A young woman in east Idaho got the surprise of her life when East Idaho News’s Nate Eaton showed up on her doorstep to give her a new car from a Secret Santa.

Santa’s job to determine who was naughty or nice at a Christmas celebration on Nantucket was made more conspicuous by a street brawl that broke out in the upscale Massachusetts enclave among some people who showed up for his arrival.

A man recently became a hero to a young girl for making sure she made it safely to school when he saw her walking alone in freezing cold weather in Detroit, Michigan.

A woman targeted in a chemical attack while walking in a Savannah, Georgia, park on Wednesday evening is recovering from her injuries.

A family in east Idaho received huge blessings from a Secret Santa after a terrible accident severely damaged their home.

A doorbell camera caught a house exploding in northern California after a construction crew apparently damaged a gas line, the blast injuring six people and resulting in a three-alarm blaze.

An autopsy report made public Wednesday revealed that a Wisconsin graduate student who mysteriously vanished accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River.

A mother in East Idaho got some big help from a Secret Santa to make life more comfortable for her daughter, who has special needs. 

An elderly woman in east Idaho received big surprises thanks to a Secret Santa who found out she was in need.

A U.S. Army veteran and his family are enjoying a very special place they now call home thanks to the non-profit group Homes for Our Troops. 

A Michigan man died of rabies less than two months after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who fought a skunk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

A team of elite skydivers set a new world record by flying a 3,200-square-foot American flag in a 10,000-foot drop over Arizona on Pearl Harbor Day.

A small plane made an emergency landing on a Florida freeway this week, miraculously avoiding a serious crash — even though it set down on top of a car traveling below its flight path.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is being sued over a man dying aboard one of its ships after he was allegedly served 33 alcoholic beverages. 

Former small-town beauty queen Trinity Madison Poague cried out in shock as she learned her fate from a Georgia jury after being tried for the murder of her ex-boyfriend’s toddler son.

A Secret Santa in eastern Idaho blessed a family with a much-needed gift recently when he learned they were struggling this Christmas season.