Waukegan police investigate reports of ‘foreign objects’ found in unopened Halloween candy - WGN-TV
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"Waukegan police investigate reports of ‘foreign objects’ found in unopened Halloween candy - WGN-TV" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include WMTV 15 NEWS, NBC 5 Chicago, CBS News and Syracuse.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (7)
- Scottsbluff Police Investigating Report of Tampered Halloween Candy Rural Radio Network · 9h ago
- 'Foreign objects' reportedly found inside unopened Halloween candy after trick-or-treating in Waukegan Lake and McHenry County Scanner · 9h ago
- Columbus family says they found a needle in son’s Halloween candy WMTV 15 NEWS · 22h ago
- Metal hairpins, wire reportedly found inside Halloween candy in northern suburb NBC 5 Chicago · 22h ago
- Child receives tampered Halloween candy in Pennsylvania as police investigate CBS News · 22h ago
- Halloween candy tampered with? Needles, other trick-or-treating scares reported in 5 states Syracuse.com · 22h ago
- Waukegan police investigate reports of ‘foreign objects’ found in unopened Halloween candy WGN-TV · 22h ago
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