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ABC News(NEW YORK) — A protester picked a patriotic location to demonstrate Wednesday by climbing the Statue of Liberty. According to the U.S. Parks Police, the female protester is scaling the statue. Liberty Island, where [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(AMSTERDAM, Netherlands) — In Amsterdam, one society’s trash is truly another’s treasure. While excavating two parts of the Amstel riverbed to build a new subway line, city archeologists discovered a trove of 700,000 everyday objects [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — The 12 boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped inside a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand appeared healthy and upbeat in new video released Wednesday morning. The footage, taken [Read More…]

Texas Medical Center(HOUSTON) — A Houston couple who welcomed quadruplets early last month brought their babies home swaddled in patriotic style. These little bundles were decked out in stars and stripes ahead of their first [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At 5 years old, Joseph Livingston faced a brutal third-degree burn. The cause: consumer fireworks. He was celebrating Labor Day in Columbia, Md., with his neighbors back in 2016. One of the [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) — Kim Kyung Jae was 19 years old when he fled south to take shelter as the Korean War broke out in 1950, leaving behind a younger sister he hasn’t seen since. [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.) — Whitney Prieto was diagnosed last September with stage 2B triple negative breast cancer. She was 35, early in her pregnancy with twins and said she had no family history or genetic [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — A girl swimming at a popular resort town in South Carolina was injured in what was an apparent shark attack on Monday. Cristy Torres, who was at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, [Read More…]

Bolivar Herald-Free Press/Jill Way(PLEASANT HOPE, Missouri) —  A fireworks retailer in Missouri went up in flames on the eve of Fourth of July. Firefighters responded to a major fire at AM Pyrotechnics in Pleasant Hope, [Read More…]

Diane Palmer(HONOLULU, Hawaii) — A Navy corpsman’s mom hopes her missing son is still alive after he vanished following a night on the town with a few Marine buddies, taking in a state fair and [Read More…]

Royal Thai Navy SEAL(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Experts in cave diving say a plan floated to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand by teaching them on the fly to [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHESHIRE, England) — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing eight babies and attempting to kill another six while working as a healthcare professional at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, North [Read More…]

Delta Air Lines(NEW YORK) — Some economy-class travelers flying on Delta Air Lines’ refurbished Boeing 777s soon will have a bit more room to spread their wings. Delta announced on Monday its “full-fleet interior renovation” [Read More…]

Juan Almestica (LANCASTER, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania man who was videotaped being tasered by police while sitting on a curb is suing the department for use of excessive force. Attorneys for Sean Williams, 27, filed [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Amid growing doubts about North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization, the State Deparment said Tuesday it’s monitoring the situation, but with Secretary Mike Pompeo heading to Pyongyang Thursday, “We’re in a good spot.” The [Read More…]

DigitalVision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A July 2 report from the National Partnership for New Americans found a “shocking” 88 percent increase in citizenship application processing backlog since 2015. The report, presented at a news conference with House [Read More…]

ABC News(GRESHAM, Ore.) — A wallet lost in 1970 at a high school turned up during a building demolition at the school – and took its long-lost owner on a trip down memory lane. After [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — It’s been almost three months since homeless tents began to crop up on the streets surrounding Seattle’s famous Space Needle, but now teams of city employees have begun clearing out the encampments near [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is looking at additional facilities that could accommodate migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border beyond housing at U.S. military bases in Texas, officials said Tuesday. “We are looking at [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A few “loyal unidentified accomplices” helped infamous French gangster Redoine Faid escape from a prison in the southern suburbs of Paris, authorities said more than 48 hours after the audacious breakout. “According to [Read More…]