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• Apple announces new feature to help airlines track your lost luggage

  13-11-2024 16:03 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Apple is making it easier for airlines to track down your lost luggage, and the Silicon Valley company said Monday that at least 15 carriers will accept the new tool.For air travelers who have popped one of the the trackable, Mentos candy-shaped AirTags in their luggage – but still struggle to get help when suitcases are misplaced – this software update is for you.(Credit: Apple)
  Previously, the locations of AirTags and other devices have only been visible to the ow
  
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• Electric Works releases report on positive economic impact of campus

  14-11-2024 16:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For the past two years, Electric Works has worked to cement its role in the city as an avenue for economic growth and a place for the community to gather.Thursday, Electric Works released a report showcasing the numbers behind the ongoing development and how it has impacted not only Fort Wayne but northeast Indiana as a whole."The project is forecasted to have an annual economic impact of $375 million upon completion and full occupancy," the report said.The report
  
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• Teddy Bear Clinic welcomes toys, promises no needles

  14-11-2024 16:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Eel River Elementary students are conquering their fear of the doctor on Thursday as local nursing students are performing mock check-ups on young ones to familiarize them with medical professionals.The Teddy Bear Clinic at Gigi's Playhouse hosts Indiana University Fort Wayne nursing students to practice their technical skills on the children. Nursing students perform children's vitals, do mock x-rays and other routine procedures. No needles are involved. Stuffed
  
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• Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside

  14-11-2024 15:39 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The South African government has cut off supplies to an estimated 4,000 people participating in an illegal mining operation in the town of Stilfontein.Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested."We are not sending help to criminals. We are going to smoke them out. They will come out,” Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the Minister in the Presidency of South Africa, told reporters on Wednesday, per
  
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• Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families

  14-11-2024 15:16 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday."The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was k
  
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• Inside one of the most consequential UFO encounters of all time: the 'tic tac' incident

  14-11-2024 15:10 via wane.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Thursday marks 20 years since what could be the most consequential UFO encounter of all time—the "tic tac" incident. The case helped reignite public interest in the UFO mystery and directly led to ongoing inquiries by members of Congress into the phenomena. However, few know that the groundbreaking investigation has origins in Las Vegas.Pentagon officials did their best to downplay the incident, and the U.S. Navy didn't bother to investigate, but the "tic tac"
  
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• Man thrown from aerial lift after semi crashes in Ohio construction zone

  14-11-2024 15:05 via wane.com
  
  LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) - A 19-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday night when a semitrailer crashed into the aerial lift the man was sitting in.Just after 8 p.m., a woman was driving a semi on State Route 2, approaching a closed construction zone near milepost 9 in Springfield Township, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Meanwhile, Jaiden Barnes of Massillon, Ohio was in a bucket seat on the aerial lift of a utility truck over active traffic, according to the release.As the se
  
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• Bear that attacked luxury car was actually man in costume, insurance investigators say

  14-11-2024 14:13 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) -- Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was determined that the culprit was actually a man in a costume.Four Los Angeles residents were arrested as part of the scheme, which allegedly happened on at least three occasions.A suspected man in a bear costume is seen entering a vehicle and causing damage in January 2024 in a video released by the California Department of Insurance.Video from the California Department o
  
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• Dodging raindrops this morning with drier weather coming

  14-11-2024 09:46 via wane.com
  
  Showers will taper off late this morning and become scattered during the afternoon. It will be dry overnight and Friday with clouds sticking around.
  Temperatures will top out in the upper 50s todayCloudy with showers through late this morning and temperatures in the middle 50s by lunchtime.
  Scattered showers through the middle of the afternoon will become less likely through late afternoon.Rainfall totals will be around a quarter inch less through todaySkies will remain cloudy with temperatures
  
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• Miss Indiana Teen 2024 brings epilepsy awareness across the Hoosier state

  14-11-2024 04:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - November marks Epilepsy awareness month, a neurological disorder that causes seizures. Miss Indiana Teen 2024 was diagnosed with epilepsy, her goal is to spread awareness across the Hoosier state.
  18-year-old Bella Bauer was in fifth grade when she experienced a grad mal seizure. During the time of her diagnosis, she found it difficult to find support from others who had experienced what she had."Really going through that and steps and process of figuring out what that
  
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• Rain showers continue into our Thursday

  14-11-2024 04:20 via wane.com
  
  Grab your umbrella! A weather system is bringing widespread rain to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. This is great news for the drought that we have in place. Severe drought continues for the areaPeriods of rain will continue overnight through sunrise Thursday morning. Temperatures will range from the mid-40s to the lower 50s as you step out the door to go to work or school.
  Periods of rain continue through sunrise Thursday.
  After sunrise Thursday, the rain becomes more scattered in nature
  
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• New holiday lights attraction set to debut at Parkview Field

  14-11-2024 04:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Parkview Field has been home to summer fun in the summit city for many years and now they're adding a new tradition this winter.For 50 nights starting in November and lasting through the new year, “Holiday Lights” will bring more than 1 million lights and displays to the ballpark. The attraction opens to the public Thursday, Nov. 14 and will run through Jan. 4.You can expect holiday trains rides for the kids, smores stations, scavenger hunts, lett
  
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• 'Holiday Lights' attraction set to debut at Parkview Field

  14-11-2024 04:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Parkview Field has been home to summer fun in the Summit City for many years, and now they're adding a new tradition this winter.For 50 nights starting in November and lasting through the new year, “Holiday Lights” will bring more than 1 million lights and displays to the ballpark. The attraction opens to the public Thursday, Nov. 14, and will run through Jan. 4.You can expect holiday trains rides for the kids, smores stations, scavenger hunts, le
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on role with Warsaw medical technology company

  14-11-2024 02:18 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) -- A medical technology company headquartered in Warsaw will be partnering with famed bodybuilder, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger for a new role within the company.Zimmer Biomet, which develops orthopedics products such as artificial hips, knees and shoulders, will bring on Schwarzenegger in a new role titled "chief movement officer."
  "I am energized by Zimmer Biomet's mission because it aligns with my own 50-year fitness crusade. I want every single person in the
  
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• Driver partially ejected from car in single-vehicle crash in Huntington County

  14-11-2024 01:55 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- One person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Wednesday following a single-vehicle crash in Huntington County.At approximately 4:10 p.m., a Hyundai Elantra heading west on County Road 200 South left the road for an unknown reason, struck several fence posts and rolled over, according to the Huntington County Sheriff's Office. Steel Dynamics helping with proposed U.S. 30 improvements in Whitley CountyThe crash caused the driver -- who was not wearing a
  
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• Tracking periods of rain and wind tonight

  14-11-2024 01:30 via wane.com
  
  Grab your umbrella! A weather system is bringing widespread rain to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Stay dry if you have plans through the rest of the evening...Rain showers will continue to overspread the area as the hours go by this evening. Rain will then continue overnight, with pockets of heavy rain in the mix. Overnight lows will drop down into the mid-to-upper 40s and it will be windy; watch out for occasional gusts up to 30 mph.Rain will be widespread tonight.Pockets of heavier rai
  
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• Cloudy with rain arriving this evening

  13-11-2024 22:15 via wane.com
  
  Grab your umbrella! A weather system is set to bring widespread rain to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. You'll want to stay dry if you have plans this evening.Look for rain showers to arrive around 7 to 9 PM, overspreading the area from west to east. Rain will then continue overnight with pockets of heavy rain in the mix. Overnight lows will drop down into the mid-to-upper 40s and it will be windy; watch out for occasional gusts up to 30 mph.Rain moves in this evening.Rain will be widespre
  
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• Man arrested in connection to 2001 homicide in Fort Wayne

  13-11-2024 22:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man was arrested in Fort Wayne Wednesday in connection to a 2001 cold case, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.Tommy Harris Jr., 43, faces preliminary charges of felony murder and burglary. FWPD said he was taken into custody without incident in the 4400 block of Lillie Street.It's a short drive from the 5300 block of McClellan Street downtown, the scene of a homicide over two decades ago. A man named Larry Lovelace Jr. was killed there on June 27, 2001.FWP
  
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• 'Shocking and heinous crime': Markle man gets 85-year sentence for killing grandmother

  13-11-2024 21:30 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A trail that started in Markle, made its way to Georgia and returned to the Hoosier State ended in Huntington Wednesday after a judge sentenced a man found guilty of killing his grandmother to the maximum sentence allowed for murder.The judge sentenced Anthony J. Castleman to 65 years in prison with an additional 20 years for being a habitual offender. Castleman also received 365 days of jail credit for time he has already spent in jail."This was a shocking and
  
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• Fort Wayne man pleads guilty to trafficking charges in 2022 case

  13-11-2024 21:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a human trafficking case a week after his accomplice.Kirk Depoister, 49, faces six years in prison after making a deal with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to promotion of human sex trafficking and child exploitation.He and Stephanie Followell, 41, were first charged in September 2022 with promotion of human sexual trafficking and possession of child pornography. The pair had allegedly coerced two teenage boys&nb
  
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• Pokagon among state parks set to close for deer management hunts

  13-11-2024 20:55 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE)Select Indiana State Park properties including Pokagon will close temporarily for controlled deer management hunts in the coming weeks according to a news release issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Wednesday.
  Each hunt runs two days. The first hunt is Monday, Nov. 18, and Tuesday, Nov. 19. The second is Monday, Dec. 2, and Tuesday, Dec. 3. The participating state park properties will close to the general public on the evening before each of th
  
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• Police investigating fatal crash on I-69 near Auburn rest stop

  13-11-2024 20:35 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic is backed up Wednesday on Interstate 69 after a fatal crash near Auburn.DeKalb County Central Communications posted on Facebook that I-69 northbound was being closed off around 2 p.m. near the 326 mile-marker. That's by the Auburn rest stop.Dispatchers confirmed at least one person died in the crash.Indiana State Police said troopers will be diverting traffic off the highway at the exit for County Road 11A.
  A map showed traffic was stalled from roughly the Al
  
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• 1 dead, 1 seriously injured after car rear-ends semitruck on I-69 near Auburn

  13-11-2024 20:35 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - One person died and another suffered critical injuries after the car they were in crashed into a semitruck on Interstate 69 near Auburn.DeKalb County Central Communications posted on Facebook that I-69 northbound was being closed off around 2 p.m. near the 326 mile-marker, which is located near the Auburn rest stop.The scene of a fatal crash on I-69 near Auburn on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
  Indiana State Police (ISP) confirmed one person, identified as 22-year-old Mia
  
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• 1 dead, 1 seriously injured after car rear-ends semi on I-69 near Auburn

  13-11-2024 20:35 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - One person died and another was hospitalized after the car they were in crashed into a semitrailer on Interstate 69 near Auburn.DeKalb County Central Communications posted on Facebook that I-69 northbound was being closed off around 2 p.m. near the 326 mile-marker. That's by the Auburn rest stop.The scene of a fatal crash on I-69 near Auburn on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
  Indiana State Police confirmed one person died in the crash and another was taken to the hospital
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured after car rear-ends semitruck on I-69 near Auburn

  13-11-2024 20:35 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - One person died and another suffered critical injuries after the car they were in crashed into a semitruck on Interstate 69 near Auburn.DeKalb County Central Communications posted on Facebook that I-69 northbound was being closed off around 2 p.m. near the 326 mile-marker, which is located near the Auburn rest stop.The scene of a fatal crash on I-69 near Auburn on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
  Indiana State Police (ISP) confirmed one person, identified as 22-year-old Mia
  
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• Inflation is cooling, but these 5 things are still getting more expensive

  13-11-2024 20:20 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Inflation is far from its peak of 9.1% we saw two years ago, but prices are still creeping up. Consumer prices are up 2.6% from a year ago, the Labor Department announced Wednesday.
  While certain spending categories are down – fuel oil for example is 20% cheaper than it was last fall – inflation is still being driven up by growing rent prices, expensive used cars, and pricy air travel.A big driver of inflation over the past month is rising rent, which is up 5% year-
  
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• 'I think he'd be proud': Local industrial park named after Former Mayor Tom Henry

  13-11-2024 19:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Former Mayor Tom Henry's legacy was commemorated on Wednesday after a local project aiming to boost economic development was named after him.The Tom Henry Industrial Park not only serves to remember the beloved mayor, but to also facilitate business activity on the south side of Fort Wayne.The park has been under construction for several years now. The 12-plot, 160-acre park is complete with roads, as well as water and sewage systems already installed. Organi
  
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• Steel Dynamics helping with proposed U.S. 30 improvements in Whitley County

  13-11-2024 18:27 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) Proposed changes to a busy stretch of U.S. 30 in Whitley County were unveiled Wednesday morning by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb during a media event at Steel Dynamics east of Columbia City.Holcomb announced that the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) INDOT is proposing a new interchange at the current intersection of U.S. 30 and County Road 700 East and an overpass at County Road 600 East.“Business is booming in northeast Indiana,” said Gov. Holc
  
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• Man found guilty of murder in Angola shooting fueled by paranoia

  13-11-2024 18:16 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man who claimed he'd been talking to a witch days before a shooting likely fueled by paranoia has been found guilty of murder.Yoshua Monday was found guilty after a five-day jury trial that ended Tuesday. Bryan Hall, 56, was shot multiple times while sitting inside an Angola apartment Oct. 12, 2023.According to court documents in the case, witnesses said 29-year-old Monday “had been talking to a witch" and was “acting very strange and paranoid for the
  
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• Trail connecting Auburn and Waterloo officially opens

  13-11-2024 17:25 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) Another segment of a trail that will eventually stretch from Steuben County to Wells County is now officially open.
  Wednesday morning a ribbon cutting ceremony took place to celebrate the completion of the Auburn-Waterloo Trail that runs adjacent to 427 and stretches from Morningstar Road in Auburn to Cedar Street in Waterloo.File - A section of the Auburn Waterloo Trail.The asphalt multi-use trail was constructed by the community foundation with help from a $1,055,200 Next L
  
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