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Soldier surprises daughters after returning home from deployment in Afghanistan

Soldier surprises daughters after returning home from deployment in Afghanistan

iStock/Thinkstock(BLUE ROCK, Ohio) — A soldier who returned home after a year-long deployment surprised his two adorable little daughters — and his wife captured the emotional reunion in a video that is now going viral. Sergeant First Class Terry Gottke of Blue Rock, Ohio, who served a stint in Afghanistan […]

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Spring snowstorm headed toward Northeast; 5th major storm since March

Spring snowstorm headed toward Northeast; 5th major storm since March

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — After pounding the Midwest, a spring storm is getting ready to hit the Northeast early Monday — the fifth major storm since March to barrel through the region. By around 3 a.m., Scranton, Pennsylvania and Hartford, Connecticut, will be blanketed by about 1 to 4 inches of […]

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Tens of thousands of teachers planning massive rallies and classroom walkouts

Tens of thousands of teachers planning massive rallies and classroom walkouts

iStock/Thinkstock(FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Tens of thousands of public school teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma plan to attend rallies on Monday at their state capitols in what they hope will be the latest display of muscle by the nation’s educators demanding higher wages and better classroom resources. The double demonstrations come […]

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Megachurch pastor with ties to Presidents Bush, Obama to surrender Monday: Attorney

Megachurch pastor with ties to Presidents Bush, Obama to surrender Monday: Attorney

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — The notable Houston reverend and former spiritual adviser to both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who stands accused by federal prosecutors of bilking millions from investors in a Chinese bond scheme, plans to turn himself in, ABC News has learned. “The surrender date will be arranged […]

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Andrew Young: Martin Luther King Jr. ‘never lost faith in the American dream’

Andrew Young: Martin Luther King Jr. ‘never lost faith in the American dream’

CNP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Martin Luther King Jr. “never lost faith in the American dream,” said Andrew Young, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who was a King ally in the civil rights movement. Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week Sunday about what […]

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Protester hit by police vehicle during Stephon Clark march in Sacramento

Protester hit by police vehicle during Stephon Clark march in Sacramento

iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A protester taking part in a march in Sacramento, California, against the police shooting of Stephon Clark was struck and injured by a police vehicle Saturday night. The California Highway Patrol confirmed that a protester was hit by a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department vehicle around 9 p.m. […]

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Spring snow moving from Plains to Northeast, with cold to follow

Spring snow moving from Plains to Northeast, with cold to follow

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The first storm of the holiday weekend moved through the upper Midwest on Saturday, bringing as much as a foot of snow in northern Minnesota. Now another storm is developing in the Central Plains on Sunday and rapidly moving to the east — with snow likely […]

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Baton Rouge chief showed ‘courage’ for not firing police officer who Tasered Alton Sterling: Attorney

Baton Rouge chief showed ‘courage’ for not firing police officer who Tasered Alton Sterling: Attorney

iStock/Thinkstock(BATON ROUGE, La.) — The attorney for one of the police officers in the deadly confrontation with Alton Sterling said the Baton Rouge police chief showed “courage” for not terminating — and only suspending — his client. Kyle Kershaw, who represents Police Officer Howie Lake II, told ABC News that […]

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Shooting of unarmed black man by Sacramento police sparks 5th consecutive day of protests

@alexreagan123/Twitter(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Dozens of protesters hit the streets for a fifth consecutive day to call for justice in the wake of the shooting of Stephon Clark. Black Lives Matters and other various groups again protested the shooting of the 22-year-old man, who was shot to death by police in […]

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How UFO sightings have captured human imagination for centuries

How UFO sightings have captured human imagination for centuries

iStock/Thinkstock(ROSWELL, N.M.) — For centuries, mankind has reported seeing UFOs in various parts of the world. The alleged sightings have captivated the public imagination and raised questions about life beyond our planet. Early cave drawings, ancient texts and centuries-old paintings appear to depict or describe human contact with extraterrestrial beings […]

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