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By Olivia Acree

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    OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KSHB) — A volunteer at Overland Park Regional Hospital has been honored for the care he provides to the hospital’s tiniest patients — babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Terry Berggren volunteers through the hospital’s Warm Arms program, which provides human touch to NICU babies when their families can’t be there. He received a Humanitarian Award from the hospital for his dedication.

“I have held a little over 540 kids,” Berggren said.

There is science behind what Berggren does. Dr. Robert Holcomb, a neonatologist at Overland Park Regional Hospital, explained the benefits of human touch for premature babies.

“It’s incredible when you look at the studies that have been done, and we see changes in the babies when they actually have human touch. It can stabilize their vital signs. They can drop their oxygen requirements,” Dr. Holcomb said.

Berggren witnesses those changes all the time, particularly when parents can’t be at their child’s bedside.

“There’s a sense of calm when I’m in here, and I think you can tell that just when I look in Stetson’s eyes here,” said Berggren. “Parents just simply can’t be here all the time.”

Holcomb said families continue to remember Berggren’s presence long after their time in the NICU.

“These families, when they come back, they remember things, and they remember when Terry was sitting there holding their child during its toughest times,” Dr. Holcomb said.

The hospital held a reunion for past NICU families and staff last Friday. Holcomb reflected on what that event means to the people who work there.

“Everybody here is dedicated to seeing that child reach the maximum potential that they can and for us it’s gratifying to see what they’ve done and what’s happened and for the family to come back and say thank you,” Dr. Holcomb said.

Berggren said the Humanitarian Award is meaningful, but the real reward is knowing the impact of those moments.

“It’s a personal success. It’s not defining what you did, but it helps to define who you are, and that’s who I want to be known as — the kind guy that can just take care of a kid, that lasts forever,” Berggren said.

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By Keenan Mills

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    LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) — The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile takes trips across the country, opening its doors to those in the community to explore the released Epstein Files while also relaying the history between Epstein and President Trump.

In the traveling van are over 400 volumes of files at around 800 pages each, totaling 2,500 pounds of paper.

Dani Bensky, who was abused by Epstein, travels with the van, sharing her story.

“I keep saying that it feels kind of strange to take this around the country and just basically campaign for basic human decency, because it’s never been political for us,” said Bensky. “So I hope people walk away with the sense of humanity at the end of it all.”

Bensky said she hopes the magnitude of the number of documents inside of the bookmobile for onlookers to see is what sticks out.

“We used to really live in isolation and think that we were buried in our own shame and really be locked into our own stories,” answered Bensky. “But once we found each other and we started talking about how many of us there were, we’re talking about numbers of over 1000. We think the number is closer to 1400 at this point, of survivors and victims just within the Epstein and Maxwell case. So, just remembering how big this is. And it’s oddly validating to see this much paperwork.”

Joining Bensky on Saturday was Matt Dunlap, Democratic candidate for Congressional District 2, who said, if elected, he would make further investigation, removing the statute of limitations and accountability a priority.

“It’s just an extraordinary story of how simple authority that we derive from the electorate as public officials can be abused and to power over people, change their lives, traumatize them and keep them anonymous, keep them quiet,” stated Dunlap. “And it shouldn’t be quiet.”

The bookmobile will be back in Lewiston on Sunday before leaving the state, continuing its journey across the nation.

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By Keenan Mills

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    BIDDEFORD, Maine (WMTW) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, spent the weekend in Maine campaigning with U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Troy Jackson.

The pair was joined by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, candidate for CD1, to close out the weekend in Biddeford.

All three spoke on a range of issues but focused largely on ICE reform.

“This activity has to stop,” said Pingree. “And ICE has to get out of Maine, and we have to abolish ICE.”

It comes after Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this year in Biddeford.

“Immigrants aren’t deciding whether you can afford health care, gas or groceries, and immigrants sure as hell aren’t the reason that working people have been getting screwed in this country my whole damn life,” stated Jackson.

Sanders and Jackson held events in Bangor on Saturday and earlier on Sunday in Lewiston.

Sanders largely emphasized Democratic control of the Senate, stating the race between Troy Jackson and Republican Sen. Susan Collins holds incredible importance to a Democratic majority.

“If you want to hold Donald Trump and his disastrous policies accountable, the only way to do that is by electing a Democratic Senate,” added Sanders.

According to Collins’ campaign team, she spent the weekend cheering on UMaine’s hockey team, focusing the efforts of the campaign on Mainers. Rather than, they said, on whom the Democratic Socialists of America want in Washington.

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By Shaun Boyd

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    DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A deepfake political ad is at the center of a precedent-setting court case in Colorado.

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to generate fake images of a person that look and sound real.

The ad in question is in opposition to Proposition NN, which allows the state to keep money it would otherwise have to refund taxpayers and use it for education among other things.

Democratic state Sen. Cathy Kipp sponsored the bill that put Prop NN on the ballot. She insists it’s not a tax increase because taxpayers have already given the money to the state.

Opponents disagreed and made an ad to make a point. The ad shows an AI-generated deepfake of Kipp as a store clerk who refuses to give customers change when they overpay and instead tells them, “Our new policy allows us to keep customers change to help educate children.”

Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint saying the ad violates a state law that requires specific disclaimers for deepfakes unless they’re satire or parody.

Attorney David Lane is representing the Independence Institute, the libertarian-leaning think tank that paid for the ad. He says there is a real danger to AI-generated images, and, had the deepfake shown Kipp making a blatantly racist speech or taking a bribe, it would be different. But he says the ad is obviously satire and parody.

He filed a motion to dismiss Kipp’s complaint. “The test for parody and satire is would a reasonable person watching it understand that it’s parody or satire,” Lane said. “No reasonable person would believe, ‘Oh, this is an actual event. She’s actually stealing money as a grocery store clerk.'”

But the state elections division has a different take. It says satire and parody are “grounded in humor.” The deepfake, they say, isn’t comic relief but political advocacy.

Lane says political speech is perhaps the most important type of protected speech.

“The message that this is sending to the public is, ‘Don’t come after thin-skinned politicians because it’s gonna cost you money,'” Lane said. “They’re trying to shut the Independence Institute up by intimidating them with bogus administrative claims like this, and they’re going to be answering to a federal judge at the end of all this as to why they don’t understand the First Amendment to the Constitution.”

Lane says the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has found bad faith investigations alone are violations of free speech. He plans to sue Kipp and the state for his attorney fees.

Kipp previously released a statement saying, “We should not allow the rampant misuse of AI and the spread of false information to become normalized in our elections.”

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By Jacqueline Policastro | Quincy News Correspondent

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    Washington (Quincy News) — Market Recap: U.S. stocks finished Friday higher ahead of a busy week for inflation data and corporate earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%, the Dow gained 0.8% and the Nasdaq added 0.6%.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield ended Friday around 5.24%, keeping borrowing costs in focus. Oil prices also edged higher, with U.S. crude and Brent each settling up about 0.4%.

Today’s Focus: U.S. stock markets are open for a regular session today, while the bond market is closed for the Columbus Day holiday.

September consumer prices arrive Wednesday, followed by producer prices and retail sales Thursday. The reports will help shape expectations for the Federal Reserve’s October 27-28 meeting, after the central bank raised interest rates last month.

Major banks begin reporting third-quarter earnings Tuesday, offering a closer look at consumer spending, lending and how higher borrowing costs are affecting the economy.

Energy policy also remains in focus after President Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine supported a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure but was awaiting details from Washington. He also reported that Russian attacks on energy facilities had continued. Trump’s announcement came two days after he announced a diesel supply deal with Russia.

ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026

-Columbus Day holiday; U.S. stock markets remain open, while the bond market observes the holiday

-Tuesday, before the market opens – Third-quarter earnings from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo

-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September Consumer Price Index

-Wednesday, 2 p.m. ET – Federal Reserve Beige Book

-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September Producer Price Index; September retail sales and weekly jobless claims

-Thursday, noon ET – EIA weekly petroleum report, delayed by Monday’s holiday

-Thursday, 11:30 p.m. ET – Fed Chair Kevin Warsh joins IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for a discussion in Bangkok

-Friday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September import and export prices; 9:15 a.m. ET – September industrial production and capacity utilization

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By Madisen Keavy

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    SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Several drivers are raising concerns about a towing company they believe is operating illegally after cars were towed and damaged during the weekend of Aftershock.

Bruce Capagli is one of those drivers. He parked in a lot on Bercut Drive and attended the Aftershock music festival. When he returned to the lot after the shows, his car was gone, but there was a temporary sign with a phone number to call for vehicles that had been towed.

Capagli said he became concerned when he called the number and instead of answering his questions, the person on the other side of the line gave him an address on Del Paso Boulevard where he could come retrieve his car.

When he arrived at the address, Bruce immediately had more questions. The towing company, identified in paperwork and a sign on the door as “J&B Towing”, required payment to retrieve vehicles, as outlined by pre-printed receipts for the total: $562.

That location, CBS Sacramento confirmed, was a shared office with an auto body shop.

From there, Capagli said he was driven in a white Honda Civic to another location, a dirt field in a residential area.

“I knew something was up when we saw a rig that was a Lincoln Navigator with a trailer pulling another car off the lot,” Capagli said.

CBS Sacramento confirmed that the dirt lot where drivers picked up their vehicles does not have any signage related to a towing operation or the company on the paperwork.

Capagli said he was given an affidavit of towing authorization that he believes was forged. The document named Allied Universal as the company that requested the tow, but the number written on the form was connected to the towing company.

In a statement, Allied Universal told CBS Sacramento they do not provide guarding services over the weekend at the location where Capagli’s car was towed and they do not contract with towing services.

“Our services at this location only include guarding services in the lobby inside the building of one tenant. We do not provide guarding services over the weekend and we are not responsible for the building’s parking facilities. In addition, Allied Universal does not contract with towing services,” the statement says.

Capagli also questioned the preprinted invoices, which he said did not include key information, including the vehicle identification number, the time of the tow or the time the vehicle was released.

“I knew immediately when I went to a location that’s not a tow yard and I could find no record of being an authorized tow company that something wasn’t right,” Capagli said.

Capagli ultimately got his car back, but said it was damaged so badly that he cannot drive it. His insurance is treating the incident as a stolen vehicle, not a tow with damage, he said.

“My vehicle wasn’t towed. It was stolen,” Capagli said.

Capagli is not the only driver describing a similar experience. Other drivers have reported returning to find their vehicles missing, receiving a phone number to call and being directed to an address on Del Paso Boulevard to retrieve their cars, and paying the same $562 amount.

Multiple other drivers have provided us the same pre-printed receipt with a “J&B Towing” name on it for towing operations that happened on other days in other areas of Sacramento.

The towing company’s owner said Friday the company was legitimate, but did not provide a license number. The owner also declined interviews and did not provide any requested license documentation.

A company with the name, “J&B Towing”, is listed on the Department of Transportation Registration System with an active status. However, there is no company with the same name listed on other license and business searches required to legally operate a towing company in California.

“My vehicle wasn’t towed, it was stolen,” Capagli said.

A police report has been filed with the Sacramento Police Department.

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