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TODAY AT ABC40 – AMR World CPR Challenge

May 22nd, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- All it takes is two hands to save one life. It's called compression-only CPR and it's easy to learn and is effective in saving lives. Wednesday, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., come down to the ABC40 Studios,...


Two Infants Among 10 Kids Killed in Oklahoma Tornado

May 22nd, 2013
(AP Photo/Steve Gooch) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado...

Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Top $2 Billion

May 22nd, 2013
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Insurance...

Three People Injured by Lightning Strike in Granby

May 22nd, 2013
GRANBY, Mass. (WGGB) -- Three people are recovering after being struck by lightning during Tuesday's storms in Granby. Granby Police Chief...




Remembrance Ceremony Held for Fallen Officers at STCC

May 22nd, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Law enforcement paused Wednesday morning to remember those officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Under cloudy skies, the Western Mass. Chiefs of Police Association held their 25th annual Memorial Day ceremony...




Strong to Severe Thunderstorms Possible This Afternoon

May 22nd, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB)- The Storm Prediction Center has placed all of western Massachusetts and southern New England under a slight risk for Severe Weather this afternoon. A warm front will lift through the area this morning as clouds break to...




IRS Official Lerner: I Did Nothing Wrong

May 22nd, 2013
By ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has...








Police Identify Orange Street Homicide Victim

May 22nd, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Police have identified a man killed Tuesday night in the city's Forest Park neighborhood. Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney says that officers responded to 273 Orange Street around 8:00 p.m. Tuesday for a...




House Fire Caused by Lightning

May 22nd, 2013
COURTESY MGN ONLINE WHATELY, Mass. (WGGB) -- Multiple fire departments worked to put out fire in Whately early Wednesday morning. Whately Fire Chief John S. Hannum told ABC40 that lightning struck the roof of the house shortly after 3:00...




Okla. Residents Come Home to Pick up the Pieces

May 22nd, 2013
A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any...




Wednesday’s News on the Go 5/22

May 22nd, 2013
(WGGB) -- ABC40's Tom Lewis and Emily Volz bring you the very latest on today's top stories with your News on the...




Official: Treasury Played no Role in IRS Targeting

May 22nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department's No. 2 official is telling Congress that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. In a prepared statement, Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin told the...




Anthony Weiner Launches Bid to Become NYC Mayor

May 22nd, 2013
Photo Courtesy: MGN Online (AP) -- Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the...




Marathon Bombing Victims Urged to Apply for Funds

May 22nd, 2013
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund says so far just five people have filed applications for a portion of the $30 million the One Fund has already collected. Kenneth Feinberg tells the...




Arias Speaks out About Case in Jailhouse Interview

May 22nd, 2013
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team...