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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  Vermont is more than the place that provides the nation with delicious maple syrup, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders. Now, it’s the state that will pay you [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  Facebook, the behemoth social media platform that has faced a raft of challenges in the past year, got more worrisome news yesterday: a new report showing its usage among teenagers sharply declining. [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) —  An Uber driver allegedly shot and killed his passenger in Denver on a major interstate early Friday morning, police said. The shooting happened as the vehicle drove across a ramp from University Boulevard [Read More…]

Abcnews.com(ATLANTA) — Two Georgia parents are facing fines and prison time for allegedly giving their 15-year-old son marijuana to treat his seizure disorder, authorities said. Suzeanna and Matthew Brill of Macon were arrested in April [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The man accused of organizing the assassination of the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko — who faked his own death in order to avoid the alleged plot — denied the allegations in court [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE) — The fugitive who allegedly killed a sheriff’s sergeant has been captured after a dayslong manhunt in Tennessee, authorities said. Steven Wiggins, who had been on the run since the fatal shooting earlier this [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reached a $210 million settlement to be dispersed among 450 survivors of alleged clergy abuse as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, an archbishop [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 300 damaging storm reports were made Thursday from the Rockies into the Midwest, including 11 reported tornadoes. Lots of damage was reported in the Ohio Valley from Louisville, Kentucky, [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — Karthik Nemmani won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, after correctly spelling the word “koinonia.” Koinonia means a Christian fellowship or body of believers, according to Merriam-Webster. [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) — Three bodies have been found at a Massachusetts home associated with a kidnapping suspect. The investigation is active and ongoing, according to Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni. The bodies were found in [Read More…]

South Korean Presidential Blue House/Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the communist regime’s commitment to denuclearization Thursday. Pyongyang’s state media, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported the reaffirmation occurred [Read More…]

Wildwood Police(WILDWOOD, N.J.) — The attorney for a 20-year-old woman who was punched multiple times by police on a New Jersey beach insisted on Thursday that officers reacted excessively. “What they did to her was [Read More…]

McDonough County Jail(MACOMB, Ill.) — An Illinois pet store owner was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty this week after 41 dead rabbits, hamsters, snakes and mice were discovered in her store, authorities said. [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — The man accused of killing a teenage girl in a car accident in Houston had previously been deported from the United States three times, federal records show. Edy Lopez-Hernandez, 27, was arrested after [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — “Jane” thought driving a truck would be her ticket into the middle class. She had been working two full-time jobs – one at the local McDonald’s, the other as a housekeeper [Read More…]

John Stillwell – WPA Pool / Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be on their honeymoon, but they are not far from sight for Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The 92-year-old monarch [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that it’s very likely a delegation of North Korean officials “will probably be coming down” to Washington Friday to hand-deliver a letter to him from Kim Jong [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that it’s very likely a delegation of North Korean officials “will probably be coming down” to Washington on Friday to hand-deliver a letter to him from [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A transgender woman who was a part of a migrant caravan that arrived at the southern border of the U.S. earlier this month has died in custody. Roxana Hernandez traveled with the [Read More…]

Dickson County Sheriff’s Office(DICKSON, Tenn.) — As an intense manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer in Tennessee, a community is left mourning the Dickson County sergeant who was shot and killed after 10 years [Read More…]