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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Authorities in Cameroon are looking for more than 80 students and staff members who were kidnapped from a school in Cameroon in the early hours of Monday morning. At least 79 students [Read More…]

Weld County Sheriff(DENVER) — A Colorado man arrested in the killing of his pregnant wife and two young daughters pleaded guilty Tuesday to all nine charges against him, prosecutors said. In exchange for Chris Watts [Read More…]

Google(NEW YORK) — The top Google trend search on the morning of the 2018 midterm elections was “Donde votar,” Spanish for “Where to vote,” providing further evidence that the Latino vote is becoming more of [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — (NEW YORK) — Many voters around the country had to carry umbrellas and wear rain boots to the polls Tuesday as severe storms hit the Interstate 95 corridor along the East [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. goes through one of the most contentious midterms in recent years, the amount of spending in the 2018 election is setting records — both in individual races and overall. Election [Read More…]

Facebook(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook has blocked 115 accounts on its platforms due to alleged “inauthentic behavior” ahead of the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday. Facebook made the announcement in a statement Monday evening, saying [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Bangladeshi immigrant charged with detonating a homemade pipe bomb in a passageway between subway stations in New York City was found guilty on all charges Tuesday. Akayed Ullah was convicted of [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) — Border patrol officials on Tuesday abruptly canceled a “crowd control exercise” it had planned for Election Day near a Hispanic neighborhood along the Texas-Mexico border a half a mile from a [Read More…]

Tim Boyle/Getty Images(DES MOINES, Iowa) — A single mother was all smiles (and a few tears) recently when she claimed a $343.9 million check for being one of two winners of the $687.8 million Powerball [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(REDFIELD, Iowa) — A single mother was all smiles (and a few tears) recently when she claimed a $343.9 million check for being one of two winners of the $687.8 million Powerball jackpot. “I have [Read More…]

Facebook/Brent Taylor(NORTH OGDEN, Utah) — The widow of Maj. Brent Taylor said Tuesday that it was “fitting” that the remains of her slain husband were returned to the United States on Election Day. Taylor, a [Read More…]

Facebook/Brent Taylor(NORTH OGDEN, Utah) — The widow of Maj. Brent Taylor said Tuesday that it was “fitting” that the remains of her slain husband were returned to the United States on Election Day. Taylor, a [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) — U. S. Border Patrol said it planned to conduct a “crowd control exercise” Tuesday near a Hispanic neighborhood along the Texas-Mexico border a half a mile from a polling place. The [Read More…]

Nicole Merseal(ST. LOUIS) — Authorities in St. Louis have charged two former day care teachers with one count of endangering the welfare of a child after the two women were captured on video surveillance and [Read More…]