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Angela Kennecke is a popular reporter for a television news station in my hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Each weeknight, Kennecke is at the anchor desk for KELO, a CBS affiliate, and has been there as long as I can remember. For many people in the “Sioux Empire,” Kennecke’s work on television is a normal part of the day, and they can count on her to tell them how it is.But Kennecke’s objectivity was shaken in May 2018, when her 21-year-old daughter, Emily, was found dead after overdosing on heroin that had been laced with the opioid fentanyl....

VANCOUVER, Washington -- A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition and fighting for her life after deputies say her own father nearly beat her to death. But one man is being credited with giving her the chance to survive. Don Gilbert is still in shock after he intervened when the girl's father, 32-year-old Kyle Holder, started attacking his daughter at a motel in Vancouver, Washington, authorities say. Deputies say Holder and his girlfriend were in their motel room and their 2-year-old daughter was sleeping when suddenly, Holder grabbed the girl and threw her out the window onto the concrete. Law...

harlie Sheen has run into a spot of trouble during a recent family holiday to the Big Apple. Sheen has been accused of causing $7,000 in damages at the Plaza Hotel. His paid female companion says Sheen went into a rage after discovering his mobile-phone and wallet missing. There are also allegations of drug and alcohol abuse. Sheen's publicist, however, says Sheen had an allergic reaction to medicine.

A licensed practical nurse arrested this week for allegedly stealing large amounts of an anesthetic narcotic from a Denver hospital was jailed last year in a similar theft at another medical facility, according to court records. The former pharmacist at the Colorado Acute Long Term Hospital, where the nurse, Keith W. Little, worked before his latest brush with the law, also was arrested and charged in July for being in possession of a controlled substance. The pharmacist, Loren Priem, told Denver detectives that he helped Little steal the potent painkiller, Fentanyl, in February when the two worked at the hospital...

Woman released from life sentence A woman sentenced to life in prison for getting caught with $40 worth of cocaine is now enjoying her freedom. By Corey Rangel KSNT-TV May 18 A woman sentenced to life in prison for getting caught with $40 worth of cocaine is now enjoying her freedom. Gloria VanWinkle had been in prison for 12 years before a Geary County judge ordered she be released for time already served. Last month, the secretary of corrections had reviewed her case and recommended her sentenced be shortened. The judge agreed and freed her. Since then she's already...

<p>NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (AP) -- Living in a college dorm can mean little privacy and exposure to a lot of booze. That can make it a tough place for young adults who are in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.</p>