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Thousands of developers heading to Silicon Valley for Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — It’s that time of year again where thousands of developers head to Silicon Valley for Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, aka WWDC. The five-day conference, which will take place [Read More…]

More rain on the way, flash flooding possible for drenched mid-Atlantic states
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A slow-moving cold front is pushing through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday morning, bringing rounds of strong thunderstorms to area. The cold front will slide south on Saturday and as it [Read More…]

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 65 years on
Stefan Wermuth – WPA Pool /Getty Images(LONDON) — On June 2, 1953, the 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II and her husband The Duke of Edinburgh were driven in the Gold State Coach from Buckingham Palace to [Read More…]

A Berlin club owner’s mission to give back to Detroit, the city that gave Europe techno
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(DETROIT) — When Berlin club owner Dimitri Hegemann first visited Detroit in the 1990s, he was struck by city’s decaying, decadent buildings. “In any empty building I see an opportunity—and there are so [Read More…]

Ohio state representative was told by statehouse security that she doesn’t ‘look like a legislator,’ she says
Ohio House of Representatives (NEW YORK) — Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes has had trouble on multiple occasions getting into the statehouse building and was even once told by security that she didn’t “look like [Read More…]

2 police officers suspended after video shows them beating suspect
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two police officers in South Florida have been placed on administrative leave while their department investigates a video that purportedly shows them beating a suspect on the ground with batons. Officers Jaime [Read More…]

Two stabbed to death at Circus Circus casino in Las Vegas
iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — A couple visiting Las Vegas from Vietnam was stabbed to death at Circus Circus hotel and casino on Friday, according to authorities. The man and woman were part of a Vietnamese tourist [Read More…]

Gun control advocates stage ‘Wear Orange Weekend’ and NRA hits back
Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — On the first day of “Wear Orange Weekend,” the National Rifle Association and gun control advocates traded barbs on Twitter. Wear Orange Weekend is an initiative started by [Read More…]

Newly released data shows a spike in deaths in Puerto Rico around Hurricane Maria
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The number of deaths in Puerto Rico spiked dramatically toward the end of 2017, according to data released Friday by the island’s Demographic Registry, bolstering claims of an undercount of fatalities [Read More…]

A 12-year-old already working in a university lab said he hopes ‘to help people’
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Daniel Liu has aspirations to one day go to Harvard or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Until then, he will spend lots of time in a University of Toledo laboratory — where [Read More…]

Police snatch woman from the edge of 180-foot Texas bridge known for suicides
La Porte Police Department(HOUSTON) — Newly released dashcam footage shows Texas police officers snatching an apparently distraught woman from the edge of a 180-foot bridge as she sat precariously with her legs dangling over the [Read More…]

Worker survives van plunge off parking lot’s 4th floor
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — An airport worker suffered minor injuries Friday, after his van plunged off the fourth floor of an airport parking lot, crashing into the roadway below. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, the American [Read More…]

Alleged thief leads cops on epically slow car chase
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — An alleged car thief suspected of driving under the influence led police on an odd, slow-speed car chase through the surface streets of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, according to [Read More…]

Vermont will pay you up to $10,000 to move there, work remotely
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…]

Facebook use sharply drops among teens: Report
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…]

Uber driver allegedly fatally shot passenger on interstate
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…]

Parents of teenage boy face prison, fines for treating his seizures with marijuana
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…]

Suspect in case of Russian journalist who faked his own death denies plot
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…]

Fugitive suspected of killing sheriff’s sergeant captured, authorities say
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…]

Clergy abuse survivors to receive $210M from Catholic archdiocese in Minnesota
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…]