A series of brutal assaults in downtown Minneapolis is highlighting the city’s skyrocketing robbery rate amid a critical shortage of police…
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Continue ReadingPurdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, said it has filed for bankruptcy as part of a plan to settle lawsuits accusing the company of…
Continue ReadingA 17-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department apparently took his own life Monday night, becoming the force’s fourth officer this year to…
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Continue ReadingThe woman who has accused Antonio Brown of rape met with the National Football League on Monday, according to a source close to the case. The meeting…
Continue ReadingHe designed a machine that makes water from the air. Now, after Hurricane Dorian, he’s trying to bring it to the Bahamas. Moses West, of San…
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A 2013 Phoenix law that adds “sexual orientation, gender identity or expression” to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance violated…
Continue ReadingA federal judge in Florida handed down a loss Monday to Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, who have for years been trying to get payments and undo…
Continue ReadingA visiting scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has resigned over comments he made about Jeffrey…
Continue ReadingA Florida man allegedly killed his wife and their four children and then stored the bodies at his home and in his van for several weeks before taking…
Continue ReadingAn Alabama police officer was killed in the line of duty Monday night, the city of Tuscaloosa said. Officer Dornell Cousette, 40, died after…
Continue ReadingA judge denied bond Monday for Roland Gramajo, a community activist who was arrested by immigration agents weeks after hosting a forum to quell…
Continue ReadingFor years before his death, Anthony Bourdain brought the world and its cultures into our homes. Now, fans can own some of what the adventurer had in…
Continue ReadingA judge took “no action” during a Monday bond hearing for Maria Domingo-Garcia, an undocumented immigrant mother who was breastfeeding at…
Continue ReadingA man involved in a viral video showing him laughing and smiling as a shark gets dragged to death behind a high-speed boat in Florida was sentenced…
Continue ReadingNearly 50 years ago, in 1969, 14 black football players at the University of Wyoming wanted to protest a racist policy. The team was set to play…
Continue ReadingA fire captain was killed and six colleagues were injured in a building explosion in Farmington, Maine, that may be related to a propane or gas leak,…
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A pedestrian was struck and later died over the weekend after El Paso police say she walked out in front of a car in an apparent case of suicide. It…
Continue ReadingNo, this is not an announcement about a new reality show on TLC. The South Florida Water Management District really is looking for a few dozen…
Continue ReadingA Texas girl has died after battling a brain-eating amoeba for more than a week, according to her family and school. Lily Mae Avant, 10, swam in the…
Continue ReadingBomb-sniffing dogs sent from the United States to its Middle Eastern ally Jordan are falling ill and dying due to poor treatment and negligence, a…
Continue ReadingA man suspected of burning a synagogue in Duluth, Minnesota, said he tried to put out the fire by spitting on it and walked away when he was not…
Continue ReadingPurdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy as part of its plan to settle litigation with dozens of states and and other plaintiffs who say the company…
Continue ReadingAid is pouring into the Bahamas as the relief effort after Hurricane Dorian ramps up. Some of that aid will be coming via a special World War II-era…
Continue ReadingGenetic genealogy led Florida investigators to a suspect in a 2016 killing, and he has been linked through DNA and other forensic evidence to at…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon man beat cancer. Then he beat it again. Then he won the lottery. He seems to be his own lucky charm. Stu MacDonald of Bend buys Oregon…
Continue ReadingWhen a group of special-needs adults in Louisville, Kentucky, made a video of themselves lip-syncing to a Backstreet Boys song, they expected friends…
Continue ReadingFor 10 years, Michelle Phan taught millions of beauty lovers how to ace their makeup routine with YouTube tutorials that made her a star. Then she…
Continue ReadingMembers of the University of Tennessee marching band got to be some of the first people to wear the wildly popular anti-bullying T-shirt inspired by…
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