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Facebook(NEW YORK) — An allegation that a Facebook employee potentially used work-granted access to stalk a woman online has prompted a company investigation. The alleged incident stems from a cybersecurity consultant who tweeted Sunday that [Read More…]

Michael Dodge/Getty Images(NEW YORK) —  Cardinal George Pell was ordered to stand trial on decades-old sexual assault charges on Tuesday, making him the most senior official to be tried in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse [Read More…]

FBI(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The combination of two key ideas helped break open the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case. One of which was a forensic pathologist’s insistence on making duplicate rape kits and the second was [Read More…]

J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS via Getty Images(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A bipartisan committee investigating Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens released a document knocking down his attempt to discredit a hair stylist who claims he allegedly [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S.-backed rebel force in Syria says it will resume its offensive to defeat ISIS in the country. The renewed offensive comes months after the fight against ISIS in eastern Syria stalled after [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — All newly manufactured vehicles to be sold in the U.S. are required as of Tuesday to have backup cameras equipped as a standard feature. Advocates for the rule, which was mandated by [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A strong and slow-moving storm system has already brought severe weather to the Great Plains today, and over 25 million Americans in the central U.S. are at risk for severe weather over [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It might be a hollow victory but it’s a victory nonetheless for relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday ordered Iran to [Read More…]

Deanna Recktenwald via WFTS(LITHIA, Fla.) — Florida resident Deanna Recktenwald may be alive today because of her Apple Watch. The 18-year-old from Lithia, Florida, was at church on April 22 when she got a notification [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A mysterious breakup may have sparked the “Golden State Killer” suspect’s anger against women, according to an investigator on the case. During one attack on July 5, 1978, the serial burglar, rapist [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Tuesday is the first day of May, which means it’s May Day. Here’s what you need to know: What is May Day? May Day is an international labor day commemorated by political [Read More…]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In her first interview since she took the podium at the White House Correspondents’ dinner this weekend, Michelle Wolf defended her scathing jokes about politicians, the media and the press secretary, [Read More…]

Steve Back/Getty Images(LONDON) — With less than three weeks before the royal wedding, Britain’s Royal Mint today released a special commemorative coin to mark the occasion. A new British five-pound coin (about $6.88) celebrates Prince [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police in Tennessee used a stun gun on a hospital nurse who they say refused to comply when medical officials asked him to leave the facility’s emergency room, according to court documents. [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A strong and slow-moving storm system has already brought a first round of severe weather to the Great Plains. Another round will bring an increased threat of severe weather, including tornadoes, to [Read More…]

Michael Dodge/Getty Images(NEW YORK) —  Cardinal George Pell was ordered to stand trial on decades-old sexual assault charges on Tuesday, making him the most senior official to be tried in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Puerto Rico Governor’s Office announced on Monday that the island will be receiving $589 million in federal disaster assistance from the U.S. Department of Education as the island continues to recover [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAU PAULO) —  A massive fire engulfed two high-rise structures in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, causing one of the buildings to collapse. Video posted on social media early Tuesday showed the 20-story building crumbling [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The first migrants from the much-publicized caravan that had been making its way through Mexico for the previous few weeks are now being processed, according to authorities. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) —  Actress Ashley Judd and her lawyers have filed a lawsuit Monday against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, claiming that he damaged her career by blocking her from getting major movie [Read More…]