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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future food shortages, says a study published last week in the journal Science. [Read More…]

Boys and Girls Club of Miami Dade(MIAMI) — The college dreams of two teens in South Florida are looking brighter — and a bit less stressful — after they were each awarded six-figure scholarships at [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(AMSTERDAM) — An Afghan man suspected in the stabbing of two American tourists in Amsterdam told investigators he traveled there to carry out an attack as vengeance for offensive statements made in the Netherlands about [Read More…]

ABC News(CHICAGO) — As Chicago police tried to break-up an anti-violence protest on Chicago expressway, several people agreed to be arrested. The protesters had planned to march on part of Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway Monday, aiming [Read More…]

Mohave County Sheriffs Office(LAS VEGAS) — One of four people missing since two boats packed with people collided on Saturday night on the Colorado River in California was recovered Monday morning, officials said. Officials said [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) — Eight people were shot and wounded Sunday evening in an apparent exchange of fire at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California, authorities said. The incident happened at around 10:45 p.m. [Read More…]

ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast and a hurricane watch has been issued from Alabama to Louisiana as Tropical Storm Gordon looms. The storm is moving [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — One U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday. The service member who died in the attack Monday is the sixth American killed [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(AMSTERDAM) — A 19-year-old Afghan man who allegedly stabbed two American tourists in Amsterdam’s bustling, main train station is believed to have acted alone, authorities said. The suspect, identified only as Jawed S., is expected [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Protesters confronted the archbishop of Washington in Mass on Sunday as he addressed the ballooning sexual abuse scandal within the church. One parishioner shouted “shame on you” and walked out as [Read More…]

Pomona Police Department(NEW YORK) — One smiling kindergartner received a warm welcome on his first day of school this week. Ontario resident Gregg Casillas was escorted to class on Aug. 29 by a slew of [Read More…]

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the edge of the Florida Panhandle. The tropics are getting active just in time for the peak of [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A South Carolina woman was charged with murder after she allegedly poisoned her husband by putting eye drops in his drinking water, police said. Lana Clayton, 52, confessed to killing her husband, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A disgruntled concertgoer was shot by police outside a concert by Ice Cube at Del Mar racetrack in San Diego on Sunday night. The San Diego Sheriff’s Homicide Unit said a man [Read More…]

Pinellas County Sheriffs Office via AP(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — Breaking his silence in a jailhouse interview, the white Florida man charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in a dispute over [Read More…]

USA Latinx(HOUSTON) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was a frequent target of Donald Trump’s Twitter ire when the two competed for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. But in an increasingly tight senate race [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — With summer winding down and syllabus week upon college students, campus law enforcement teams are doing their own type of studying — on the best ways to keep their schools safe. Colleges and [Read More…]