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Doswell, VA

Margaret Minnicks

This time of the year we see twinkling Christmas lights and beautiful decorations almost everywhere. We also hear the sound of Christmas music playing just about everywhere we go. Here is a place where you can see lights and hear beautiful Christmas music at the same time.

The longest drive-thru synchronized Christmas lights display is in Doswell, Virginia

San Jose, CA

India Currents

Divya, a 30-year-old first-generation immigrant from India came to the US in 2015 on a student visa. She studied software engineering and now works with a multinational company in San Jose on an H1-B visa. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she started working remotely from home and has continued to work from home since then. Divya is unmarried.

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Chicago, IL

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.

Only minor injuries resulted, officials said will have operations restored by Sunday. An Amtrak train destined for Chicago experienced a derailment in Michigan after striking a large truck that was obstructing the tracks resulting in considerable travel disruptions for passengers on their journey to Chicago.

Amtrak Train to Chicago Derails Due to Collision with Tow Truck Leading to Major Travel Disruptions

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Eagan, MN

Limitless Media

EAGAN, MINNESOTA - Following a request for more information from the Eagan Police Department, we have learned that back on the morning of Thursday, November 16, 2023, around 7:15 AM, Officers with the Eagan Police Department were called out to the area of Nicols Road and Eagan Outlets Parkway near the Eagan Outlet Mall for suspicious activity. When Officers arrived at the scene, they found a deceased male. The Eagan Fire Department was also dispatched to the call.

Man Found Dead in Eagan, MN

Santa Maria, CA

Edhat

The Santa Maria Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance with locating 13-year-old missing juvenile, Elvia Romero Jacinto. Elvia was last seen by family on the morning of December 1, 2023 in the1700 block of S Biscayne St.

Santa Maria Police Seeking Help with Missing 13-year-old Girl

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El Paso, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics indicate more than 140,000 pounds of methamphetamine were confiscated in 2023. But there's a little more added to the pile, according to a release from the law enforcement agency.

Border Patrol says Mexican woman arrested in attempt to smuggle over 350 pounds of meth into Texas

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Hartford, CT

Connecticut Public

Trinity College student one of three young Palestinian men attacked over Thanksgiving break. Tahseen Ali Ahmad, 20, was shot nearly a week ago while visiting relatives in Vermont. Ali Ahmad , a student at Trinity College in Hartford, was walking with two others, according to police, when a man attacked...

Week in CT News: Palestinians shot in Vermont, local hospital deal, UConn men travel to Kansas

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Charleston, WV

Michael Ramsburg

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Buck firearm season begins on Monday, Nov. 20 in all but four West Virginia counties. As one of the most popular hunting seasons in the state, the two-week period which this year runs through Dec. 3 sees a large harvest of deer -- nearly 49,000 in 2022 alone.

Bag a big buck? The governor wants to see it

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Newtown, CT

Three corrections officers are facing criminal charges for allegedly assaulting an incarcerated person at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown. According to court documents, camera footage from the facility shows prison guards Anthony Marlak and Joshua Johnson allegedly punching an incarcerated person who they said threatened them and refused to go back to his cell on the evening of Sept. 25.

Connecticut prison guards charged with assaulting incarcerated man

Milford, CT

Chris Unsworth was observing some ducks at a tidal lagoon at Milford Point this fall when he noticed the body of a bird with speckled, spangled plumage on the shoreline. As the Cheshire man got closer, he saw it was the body of a Black-bellied Plover and it had on its leg a small aluminum bracelet. The bird had been banded by scientists.

Record-setting bird found at CT's Milford Point

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Strong Nor'easter storm knocks out power to nearly a quarter of a million customers

Heavy, wet snow is expected to bring power outages and make travel \"dangerous to impossible\" in the Northeast, as the first nor'easter storm of the season...

Heavy, wet snow is expected to bring power outages and make travel "dangerous to impossible" in the Northeast, as the first nor'easter storm of the season...

Strong Nor'easter storm knocks out power to nearly a quarter of a million customers

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