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August 04, 2020

3 men rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from ...

August 04, 2020

Kids getting caught in crossfire as US gun violence surges

July in Chicago ended as it began: Mourning the death of a child whose only mistake was venturing outside to play when ...

August 04, 2020

3 Wyoming sightseeing balloons crash, as many as 20 injured

Three sightseeing balloons crashed Monday in a popular Wyoming tourist destination, injuring as many as 20 people in what one ...

August 03, 2020

Virgin Orbit determines cause of rocket launch failure

Virgin Orbit said Monday it has determined what caused the failure of its debut rocket launch and is working toward a second ...

August 03, 2020

Sorry, boomers: millennials and younger are new US majority

Sorry, boomers. Millennials and their younger siblings and children now make up a majority of the U.S. population. A new ...

August 03, 2020

Mexico arrests violent gang leader known for emotive videos

Mexican police and military forces on Sunday arrested the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang who spread violence through ...

August 01, 2020

Search continues for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks

The search continued Saturday for eight U.S. service members missing after their landing craft went down in hundreds of feet ...

August 01, 2020

Carjacking suspect charged in shooting of 3 Chicago officers

A convicted felon on parole has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of three Chicago police officers outside ...

Two Oklahoma jail escapees are recaptured after fleeing jail

Two county jail escapees, including a murder suspect, have been arrested after breaking out of the Oklahoma County jail in ...

Ex-Houston officers indicted in wake of deadly drug raid

A grand jury has indicted six former Houston police officers whose work with a narcotics unit has been under scrutiny since ...

Crew makes ocean trip to recover deceased Paralympian's boat

A sailing crew embarked from Honolulu on a mission to locate and recover the boat of Paralympian who died during a solo ...

Police: Suspect shoots 3 Chicago officers who then shoot him

A carjacking suspect being led into a Chicago police station on Thursday shot three officers, who returned fire and shot him, ...

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes Los Angeles, but no damage

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake gave the Los Angeles region a predawn wake-up call Thursday, triggering local alerts from the ...

Train derails on Arizona bridge that collapses, catches fire

A freight train derailed Wednesday as it traveled on a bridge that spans a man-made lake in a Phoenix suburb, setting the ...

Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior

Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able to see themselves floating weightless against ...

Couple apologizes for sheltering accused school shooter

A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at ...

Farmer returns prosthetic leg that skydiver lost during jump

A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, thanks to a farmer who kept an eye out for it and ...

Austin police identify protester shot, killed by driver

Police have identified an armed protester who was shot and killed by a person who had driven into a crowd at a demonstration ...

Long haul: Dog lost on South Carolina highway found in Miami

A pet dog that jumped out of a car window on a South Carolina highway has been found two weeks later, nearly 600 miles (966 ...

Black Catholics' history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?

The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a dramatic mix of struggles and breakthroughs, but it has been largely ignored ...

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