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Knox County Sheriffs Office(KNOX COUNTY, Tenn.) -- A quick thinking police officer with even quicker reflexes saved the life of a man attempting to jump off of a bridge while police were speaking with him in dramatic newly released video.The Knox County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee posted a message from Sheriff Tom Spangler on Facebook congratulating the officer for saving the man’s life at the last second.“Sheriff Tom Spangler would […]

tacojim/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) -- Merriam-Webster has added another definition for the word "they" that can be used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary, or someone who expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male or entirely female.The reference book company used the word as an example in this sentence: "They had adopted their gender-neutral name a few years ago, when they began to consciously identify […]

iStock(SUMMERVILLE, S.C) -- A former high school principal in South Carolina has been arrested for his wife's murder, authorities said.James Yarborough called 911 to report his wife missing on Tuesday, said police in Summerville, about 25 miles outside of Charleston.He told the responding officers that his wife, Karen, had been missing since Monday night; he said when he went to bed, his wife said she was going for a walk, […]

iStock(KOKOMO, Ind.) -- A group of 30 bikers visited one little girl's lemonade stand as a long-awaited thank you to her mom.The Milwaukee Iron motorcycle group of Kokomo, Indiana, lined up at 8-year-old Bryanne's stand after her mom, Daryn Sturch, a nurse, helped them after a highway crash."When I pulled up, it looked like one of them had lost control and their bikes [got] tangled," Sturch of Denver, Indiana, told […]

Granville County(DURHAM, N.C.) -- Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was indicted Monday after allegedly discussing killing a former deputy who he believed possessed an audio recording of him using "racially insensitive language."A grand jury indicted Wilkins on two felony counts of obstruction of justice for advising and failing to arrest a man with whom he had allegedly discussed details of a murder plot against deputy Joshua Freeman. The plot was […]

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept.(INDIANAPOLIS) -- An Indiana police officer who can be seen striking a 17-year-old student in the face on video has been charged in the incident and accused of lying about what went down, officials said.Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Robert Lawson was charged Monday with battery after allegedly hitting the teenager “without a legitimate concern for self-defense” during the altercation at Shortridge High School on Aug. 29, […]

AntonioGuillem/iStock(DILLON, Mont.) -- Wildlife officials in Montana are trying to determine whether the same grizzly bear is responsible for attacking three different people in two separate incidents. The first attack occurred south of Cottonwood Creek at the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Dillon around 7:30 a.m. Monday, when the bear charged at two adult hunters, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Both men were injured but were […]

ABC News(DENVER) -- Amelia Guana is 5 years old.She believes in superheroes, but she also wonders about “a bad guy coming” to her school. “That’s why we have lock out,” said the girl, wearing an orange flower headband.In a classroom filled with smiling and giggling children, art work on the walls and brightly colored chairs, a new reality unfolded recently for Amelia and the kindergarteners of Pinnacle Charter School outside […]