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Missing Iowa jogger is ‘fighting her best to get back home,’ says brother

Missing Iowa jogger is ‘fighting her best to get back home,’ says brother

Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — It has been one week since 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts mysteriously vanished in her rural Iowa town. Tibbetts went for a jog the evening of July 18 in her rural town of Brooklyn, Iowa, and never returned. She was reported missing the next day. Her […]

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Major flooding set to hit East Coast as West endures scorching temperatures

Major flooding set to hit East Coast as West endures scorching temperatures

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Excessive rain and major flooding are expected to hit central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, potentially sparking evacuations. Flash flood watches and warnings are stretching from South Carolina to New York state on Wednesday, and a flood advisory was even issued for New York City. As of Wednesday […]

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More than a thousand migrant parents reunited with children, US government says

More than a thousand migrant parents reunited with children, US government says

Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Facing a court-ordered deadline of Thursday to reunite more than 2,500 migrant children separated from their parents at the southern border, the U.S. on Tuesday said 1,012 parents have now been successfully reunited with their children, up from the 879 parents cited by the government on […]

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Fifteen-year-old girl dies after she was shoved to ground in mysterious assault in Massachusetts

Fifteen-year-old girl dies after she was shoved to ground in mysterious assault in Massachusetts

iStock/Thinkstock(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — A 15-year-old girl has died after she was shoved to the ground in a mysterious assault in Cambridge, Massachusetts, prosecutors said. Now investigators are looking for answers. The 15-year-old girl was “walking to an acquaintance’s house” in Cambridge at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday when she was thrown […]

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Suspicious package labeled ‘anthrax’ left at office of Rep. Maxine Waters, officials say

Suspicious package labeled ‘anthrax’ left at office of Rep. Maxine Waters, officials say

Google(LOS ANGELES) — A hazmat crew in Los Angeles investigated the office of California Rep. Maxine Waters due to a “suspicious package” left there that was labeled “anthrax,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire department later tweeted that no hazardous materials were found and that no one […]

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Federal judge orders release of Ecuadorian man detained after delivering pizza to military base

Federal judge orders release of Ecuadorian man detained after delivering pizza to military base

WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A federal judge has ordered the release of an Ecuadorian man who was arrested and held for deportation after delivering pizza to an army base in New York City, court documents show. Federal Judge Paul Crotty, who presides over the Southern District of New York, ordered the […]

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Bodycam footage shows officer saving man just seconds from being hit by oncoming train

Bodycam footage shows officer saving man just seconds from being hit by oncoming train

Perth Amboy Police Departmen(PERTH AMBOY, N.J.) — Body camera footage shows the harrowing moment when a New Jersey police officer saves a man who was on the train tracks just seconds before an oncoming train came speeding by. The shaky video begins as Perth Amboy Police Officer Kyle Savoia runs […]

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Crews searching for 24-year-old woman who went missing after swimming in Lake Michigan

Crews searching for 24-year-old woman who went missing after swimming in Lake Michigan

WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Crews are searching for a 24-year-old woman who went missing after swimming in Lake Michigan on Monday night, ABC Chicago station WLS-TV reported. The family of Tiara Hardy watched from the shore as searchers in boats and ATVs, as well as drones in the sky, looked for any […]

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Dramatic increase in voters purged from voter rolls between 2014 and 2016: Report

Dramatic increase in voters purged from voter rolls between 2014 and 2016: Report

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A recent report from the Brennan Center for Justice found that between 2014 and 2016 states purged almost 16 million voters from the rolls, four million more voters than removed from 2006 to 2008. Jonathan Brater, a counsel in the nonpartisan center’s Democracy Program and a co-author of […]

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Mega Millions lottery: Grand prize of $512 million up for grabs

Mega Millions lottery: Grand prize of $512 million up for grabs

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tonight may be the night one lucky person wins one of the largest jackpots in the history of the Mega Millions lottery. The lottery game’s jackpot grew to a whopping $512 million after Friday’s drawing yielded no winners of the top prize. One lucky ticket […]

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