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Red Cross: National blood shortage prompts urgent plea for donors

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Escaped Pennsylvania murderer captured after 2-week manhunt

An escaped Pennsylvania murderer who has been on the run for two weeks and had been evading capture is now in custody.
Local News

TIMELINE: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 — 22 years later

On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes shortly after their departures from airports in Boston, Newark and the Washington, D.C. area.
National

Ex-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 conspiracy

Tarrio and four other members of the Proud Boys were convicted at trial of multiple conspiracy counts for plotting to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
Nation World

3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits from US service members

The service members alleged that a defective design allowed the earplugs to loosen slightly, leading to hearing damage.
National

'Joe the Plumber' dies at 49

Joe Wurzelbacher rose to prominence when he questioned then-candidate Barack Obama during his presidential campaign in 2008.
Nation World

3 US Marines killed, 20 injured after military aircraft crashes in Australia

The crash happened during Exercise Predators Run, which involves the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
National

US Attorney's Office, FBI provides update on international 'sextortion' ring

Three men from Nigeria were charged with sexually extorting Jordan DeMay and numerous other young men and teenage boys in West Michigan and across the United States.
Local News

'Nowhere to go': West Michigan parents say daughter, family, escaped Maui wildfires

Kayleigh Orr-Anacleto, her husband Jesse and two daughters were some of the thousands evacuated out of Lahaina after wildfires raged through their neighborhood.
Local News

US Military finally searching for service plane 70 years after it crashed

"Bring him home," said Gail Daugherty's sister, Claudette. Gail and 18 others died in an Alaskan plane crash in 1952. Now, the military searches for what remains.
Nation World

Law expanding benefits for toxin-exposed veterans nears anniversary: 'I still wake up pinching myself'

Although there's no deadline, anyone who files an eligible claim or signals the intent to do so by Wednesday could collect payments retroactive to last year.
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In the News Now: Historical context of latest Trump indictment

An associate professor at Case Western Reserve University breaks down the latest indictment against Trump with a historical and global context.