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Berenika_L/iStock(MOSCOW) — Free diver Alexey Molchanov — the son of famed Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova — is no stranger to death-defying feats. He has held his breath under water for an eye-popping 8 minutes [Read More…]

D-Keine/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,190 points, more than 4%, on Thursday as economic uncertainty over the spread of the novel coronavirus continued to rattle markets. The losses mark the worst [Read More…]

FILE – Joel Carillet/iStock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Fashion retailer Lane Bryant has taken measures to make their mannequins just as diverse as their customers. On Wednesday, the brand announced the updated store design of their flagship [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to the influx of new coronavirus cases outside of China. Here is how the situation is unfolding. (Please refresh for updates.) 11:18 a.m. WHO [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 900 points on Friday, as financial markets continue to plummet on uncertainty over the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Dow suffered its worst [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Blizzard conditions and the biggest lake effect snow of the season are slamming Western New York. The National Weather Service calls this lake effect snow band a “monster,” stretching for more [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 500 points on Friday, as financial markets continue to plummet on uncertainty over the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Dow suffered its worst [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Lake effect snow with blizzard conditions will continue in Western New York Friday as a blizzard warning continues north of Syracuse. The highest snowfall total so far is south of Buffalo [Read More…]

drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) — More than 15 years after her husband died of stage three brain cancer, Kim Brooks of Norwood, Massachusetts, shared his story with lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m here today because my husband, Lt. Col. [Read More…]

dlewis33/iStock(HOUSTON) — When Houston police narcotics detectives served a search warrant on one of her clients in 2016 for possession of drugs, defense attorney Monique Sparks questioned the validity of the case as soon as [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s military has denied it is responsible for airstrikes that killed dozens of Turkish soldiers Thursday night in the Syrian province of Idlib, an incident which threatens to cause a major escalation in [Read More…]

Mimadeo/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus outbreak has already upended an entire industry, resulting in canceled flights, resorts on lockdown, and a deadly cruise ship quarantine. With the world bracing for a pandemic, experts say [Read More…]

Mimadeo/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus outbreak has already upended an entire industry, resulting in canceled flights, resorts on lockdown, and a deadly cruise ship quarantine. With the world bracing for a pandemic, experts say [Read More…]

Powerofflowers/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus continues its spread around the globe, a single word is coming from the mouths of experts at an alarmingly growing rate: pandemic. But what exactly is a pandemic and [Read More…]

Mercedes Rancaño Otero/iStock(NEW YORK) — Plastic shopping bags are going the way of the dodo in New York. The state’s ban on plastic bags, adopted last year by the Legislature, goes into effect March 1 [Read More…]

Mercedes Rancaño Otero/iStock(NEW YORK) — Plastic shopping bags are going the way of the dodo in New York. The state’s ban on plastic bags, adopted last year by the Legislature, goes into effect March 1 [Read More…]

Courtesy Debbie Reese(PHILADELPHIA) — Four children were taken to hospitals after a car barreled into a day care in Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Seventeen children were in the room, and some of them [Read More…]

Google Street View(ATHENS, OH) —  Two Ohio University students pleaded guilty Thursday for their involvement in the hazing death of an 18-year-old freshman, prosecutors said. Dominic A. Figliola, 21, and Cullen Willi McLaughlin, 21, both [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) —  A 19-year-old was taking a video of herself with a gun when she allegedly shot her 10-year-old nephew by accident, according to Texas authorities. Caitlyn Smith, 19, has been arrested as her nephew [Read More…]

tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — They are supposed to be a deterrent for misconduct, yet some New York Police Department officers are sending verbal and non-verbal signals to each other when their body cameras are tuned on, [Read More…]