A woman died from an explosion at a gender reveal party
A woman has died after an explosion at a gender reveal party in Iowa, authorities say. The 56-year-old woman, unnamed by authorities, was pronounced…
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Detectives found year-old remains in a Southern California area burned by the Tick Fire
As public works crews cleaned up a rural Southern California area after the Tick Fire, they noticed something strange sticking out from the ashes. It…
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Justice Department appeals order to turn over Mueller grand jury materials
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to put on hold an order requiring the disclosure of grand jury…
Continue Reading A bus falls backward into a gaping sinkhole in Pittsburgh
Morning commuters in Pittsburgh got an eyeful Monday when a bus fell backward into a gaping sinkhole, leaving the front half hanging several feet…
Continue Reading Girl, 11, charged after elementary school teacher stabbed in Australia
An 11-year-old girl has been charged with wounding and knife possession after a teacher was stabbed at an elementary school in Australia Monday. The…
Continue Reading A baby woke up from a coma and smiled at his dad. Now his family is raising money to save his life
As 14-week-old baby Michael began to wake up from a five-day coma, he recognized his dad and smiled in the precious way that only babies can.…
Continue Reading Dallas police officer shoots his son after mistaking him for an intruder
A Texas police officer shot his adult son Saturday, thinking he was an intruder. Dispatchers received a call around 6 p.m. CDT from a man reporting a…
Continue Reading New fossil treasure trove shows what happened for a million years after the dinosaurs went extinct
When searching for dinosaur fossils, paleontologists know that there is a certain layer in the Earth where the fossils disappear. That layer marks…
Continue Reading An NYPD officer is out of a coma after getting hit in the head during a deadly confrontation at Brooklyn nail salon
A New York Police Department officer who was placed in a medically induced coma this weekend after he was hit in the head with a metal chair is now…
Continue Reading Baghdadi is gone, but ISIS isn’t dead yet — and could be poised for a resurgence
The head of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is dead. The man who led the state that called itself Islamic — first capturing Raqqa in Syria and then…
Continue Reading California’s getting scorched again. Here’s how these fires compare to previous years
Wildfires are nothing new to California. In fact, they’re a natural part of the state’s landscape, officials say. So the state continues…
Continue Reading With Baghdadi gone, a political battle is just beginning
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is gone, like his short-lived Islamic caliphate. But the battle to claim credit for his death is just beginning. President…
Continue Reading Gunfire erupts at vigil for two killed at off-campus college homecoming party in Greenville, Texas, police say
The candlelight vigil for two people killed at an off-campus homecoming party near Greenville, Texas, was interrupted by gunfire Sunday, police said.…
Continue Reading The terrified Kashmir families who call one of the world’s most militarized zones home
Brightly-colored houses are pock-marked and cracked in Jura, a town of about 6,000 people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Shops and walls are…
Continue Reading Small plane crashes in upstate New York
A small plane crashed Sunday in LeRoy, New York, a city about 30 miles southwest of Rochester, officials said. All four people who were in the…
Continue Reading California governor declares statewide emergency as Kincade Fire grows to 50,000 acres
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency on Sunday as wind-whipped wildfires in the north and south of the state gobbled up land,…
Continue Reading California racetrack Santa Anita Park euthanizes second horse of the weekend, the 36th since December
A horse that was racing at California’s Santa Anita Park had to be euthanized on Sunday — the second horse to be put down at the track…
Continue Reading Protesters in Lebanon formed a human chain across the entire country
Protesters across Lebanon joined hands on Sunday to form a human chain that connected the country’s north and south, a symbolic display of…
Continue Reading Lyft is offering free rides so that people can go to job interviews
Lyft announced a new initiative that will give riders free or discounted rides to job interviews and during the first three weeks of employment. The…
Continue Reading Houston Astros owner apologizes to Sports Illustrated journalist
Houston Astros owner Jim Crane apologized to Sports Illustrated journalist Stephanie Apstein after the team trashed a story she wrote criticizing…
Continue Reading Kidnapped from a birthday party and killed, ‘Cupcake’ McKinney to be laid to rest in Birmingham, Alabama
Mourners packed the pews of a Birmingham, Alabama, church Sunday for the funeral of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the girl who was…
Continue Reading Start your Monday smart: Missouri abortion law, impeachment, Patrick Frazee, Brexit
Here’s what you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox…
Continue Reading NASA posts a photo of the sun looking like a giant flaming jack-o’-lantern
If you thought the super blood wolf moon was scary, you haven’t seen what the sun is capable of. NASA on Sunday shared a photo on Facebook and…
Continue Reading The week a royal rift broke beyond palace walls
It was billed as a behind-the-scenes look at their recent royal tour in southern Africa. Instead the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s documentary…
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Man wins $200,000 lottery prize on the way to his last chemo treatment
A man on his way to his last chemotherapy treatment won a $200,000 lottery prize, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Ronnie Foster…
Continue Reading A NYPD officer is in critical condition after an altercation at a Brooklyn nail salon
A New York Police Department officer was in critical condition in a medically induced coma after an altercation with a suspect Friday night at a nail…
Continue Reading Watch South Carolina’s Bryan Edwards make an amazing one-handed catch
Fans are already dubbing it the “catch of the year.” In the second quarter of a game Saturday against the Tennessee Volunteers, South…
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President Trump announces U.S. military kills ISIS leader in raid
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State. He announced…
Continue Reading How ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became a feared preacher of hate
A preacher of hate. The instigator and inspirer of some of the most hideous acts of violence ever put to video. An elusive fugitive, hunted by…
Continue Reading He saw his friends massacred. He has heard their names recited daily for a year.
Some things are very clear to Joe Charny — remembering the dead is the right thing to do. Other things are not so clear — why a gunman…
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