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The search for a 12-year-old swimmer who disappeared off the Virginia shore has been called off with no body. The search started Saturday, June 16 around 7 p.m. when a child disappeared about 50 yards off Norfolk, Virginia’s Ocean View Pier. Three children were spotted struggling in the water near the pier Saturday evening. A […]

Kellogg Co is recalling an estimated 1.3 million cases of its Honey Smacks cereal from more than 30 US states due to the potential for Salmonella contamination, the company announced on Thursday, June 14. The US Food & Drug Administration said it worked with Kellogg to issue the recall after preliminary evidence linked the product […]

Four people were injured at a birthday party in western Michigan on Monday. Police say a fight began outside a home in Kentwood, and officers responded at about 1:00 a.m. to reports that a person was hit with a bottle. They responded again around 3:30 a.m. to reports that several people had been stabbed. Four […]

A Florida woman was arrested after she left a young child in her car overnight, leaving the 3-year-old girl overheated and drifting in and out consciousness, officials said on Sunday. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, in a statement, wrote that Casey Dyan Keller, 33, of Sanford, was charged with child neglect with great bodily harm. […]

A new study by the Pew Research Center found that only a quarter of American adults could fully identify factual statements—versus statements of opinion—in news stories. The survey, published on June 18, comes amidst rising concerns of “fake news,” a term used to describe made-up news that is presented as being factually accurate. Pew polled 5,035 adult […]

NEW YORK—Fujifilm Holdings Corp sued Xerox Corp on Monday for well over $1 billion, faulting the printer and copier company for succumbing to pressure from activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in calling off a proposed merger. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Fujifilm accused Xerox of breach of […]

DETROIT—General Motors Co will invest $175 million to modernize and retool a plant in Lansing, Michigan, to build the next generation of luxury Cadillac sedans, the company said on Monday. Much of Cadillac’s growth is expected to come from China, the luxury brand’s largest market. “We expect global luxury sales will continue grow, with Cadillac’s […]

At least 46 people were shot, killing 9, across Chicago over the weekend—the latest round of violence to rack the city. The Chicago Tribune counted the shootings and deaths between Friday at 5 p.m. and Monday at 5 a.m. In the latest incident, one person was killed and five were injured during a shooting in […]

American satisfaction with the way things are currently going in the United States has reached the highest level since September 2005. According to a June 18 Gallup poll, 38 percent of Americans are satisfied, marking a 12-year high. It’s also the second month in a row where the satisfaction rate has been above 35 percent. The rate rise […]

One person was killed and five were injured during a shooting in Chicago’s University Village area, according to local media reports. The shooting took place at 5 a.m. local time in the neighborhood, located on Chicago’s Near West Side, WGN-TV reported. People were attending a party when shots rang out. A woman in her 20s […]

A woman in Northern California was severely injured after being mauled by her own dog, according to reports. The 29-year-old woman now has life-threatening injuries, according to Fox affiliate reports, after the Tuesday morning attack. A neighbor in Fairfield called to report hearing the woman screaming around the 1600 block of Kentucky Street. When the […]

NEW YORK—Major central banks took significant steps last week toward dismantling the emergency stimulus they’d used to lubricate financial markets and escape recession in the decade since the financial crisis. But most are clear that they’re not ready to get out of the business of supporting their economies. After raising interest rates for the second […]

A son decided to donate one of his kidneys after he found out that his father’s donated kidney had completely failed due to a bad infection. Matt Fulton and his father, Don Fulton, are a close father and son team who would regularly spend quality time bonding over their passion for Harley Davidsons and cruising […]

WASHINGTON—Two dozen members of the violent MS-13 gang have been charged in a New York federal district court with three additional murders on top of 12 they’ve already been charged with, according to a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kevin Torres, the leader of the Sailors clique of MS-13 in New York, and […]

WASHINGTON—Two Republican immigration bills are set for a vote in the House this week in a move by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to tamp down efforts to employ a rarely used “discharge petition” procedure. The discharge petition, which was two votes shy of succeeding, would have gone around the speaker to force a vote […]

High-level FBI officials investigating Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information claimed they had no recollection of key events when questioned by the Office of the Inspector General (IG), Justice Department’s watchdog. Specifically, the officials were foggy on the month that followed a late September 2016 discovery of a large trove of Clinton emails on the […]

In this year alone, the FBI has rescued 1,305 children from child predators, FBI Director Christoper Wray said in a June 14 statement. The youngest children rescued were just 7 months old. Each year, thousands of children across the United States fall victim to sexual abuse. Worldwide, more than 1 million children are currently being sexually […]

A report by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General reveals that Hillary Clinton directly communicated with 13 individuals using her private email account while serving as secretary of state. Clinton used an account on her domain clintonemail.com to conduct official government business while secretary of state, including sending and receiving classified information, […]

News Analysis A yearlong investigation by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz detailed the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to send classified information while serving as secretary of state. Tens of thousands of e-mails sent by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted on a private server were permanently […]

At least 20 people were shot at an event in New Jersey, including a boy who is in critical condition, according to officials. A suspected gunman was fatally shot by police and a second suspect was arrested when gunfire erupted at 3 a.m. in Trenton, according to reports. “Preliminary investigation reveals that multiple individuals attending […]