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Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(ATHENS) — Investigators probing the cause of a series of wildfires in Greece that killed at least 82 people this week have found “serious indications” the blazes near Athens were set deliberately, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Victims of domestic violence in New Zealand now have new protections, including paid leave from work to allow them time to recover and seek safety. The domestic violence victims’ protection bill, approved [Read More…]

Hulton Archive/Getty Images(SEOUL) — Seoul – Shinil Group which claimed to have found a Russian Navy warship that sank more than a century ago containing $13 billion in gold bars backed off on Thursday, saying [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The IRS spent $20 million on private debt collectors who ultimately collected just $6.7 million, according to a report from the Taxpayer Advocate, the agency’s in-house watchdog. The report deems the Internal [Read More…]

Rob Hess/ABC News(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Investigators in Iowa have zeroed in on missing jogger Mollie Tibbetts’ digital footprint, including her Fitbit — which can capture GPS data — as they work to solve her mysterious [Read More…]

Alex Mallin/ABC News(ARLINGTON, Iowa) — Pig prices are plunging – so, too, those of American soybeans. America’s heartland farmers, in states largely supportive of President Donald Trump, say they are starting to feel real financial [Read More…]

Virginia State Police(BRISTOL, Va.) — The man who allegedly abducted a teenage girl in Tennessee was arrested Thursday morning, shortly after authorities issued an Amber Alert. The FBI’s field office in Knoxville, Tennessee, announced via [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — A lawyer for the family of a man gunned down over a parking space in Florida called on lawmakers Thursday to change the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law to stop “wannabe cops [Read More…]

Virginia State Police(BRISTOL, Va.) — Police issued an Amber Alert Thursday morning for a missing teenage girl allegedly abducted by a man in Tennessee. Grace Olivia Galliher, 17, of Bristol, Tennessee, is believed to have [Read More…]

Mented Cosmetics(NEW YORK) — What started off as a friendship between two musical theater lovers has turned into a cosmetics business worth millions. Mented Cosmetics co-founders KJ Miller and Amanda Johnson became fast friends after [Read More…]

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Police in California on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man accused of setting multiple wildfires in Riverside County that have scorched thousands of acres and forced mass evacuations. Brandon N. McGlover of Temecula [Read More…]

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Police in California on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man accused of setting multiple wildfires in Riverside County that have scorched thousands of acres and forced mass evacuations. Brandon N. McGlover of Temecula [Read More…]

Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images(BEIJING) — An explosion near the US embassy in Beijing appears to have injured only the alleged bomber, officials said. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. local time in a public space off [Read More…]

Civilian Office of Police Accountability(CHICAGO) — The Civilian Order of Police Accountability in Chicago has released body camera footage showing the shooting a 24-year-old man while he was running away from officers last month. Maurice [Read More…]