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  • Researchers Say They’re Closing in on Captain Cook’s Ship
    Researchers Say They’re Closing in on Captain Cook’s Ship
    September 22, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Researchers are exploring whether a shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island could be the vessel that 18th-century explorer Capt. James Cook used to sail around the world. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, which is leading the search effort, and the Australian National Maritime Museum identified the vessel. It’s one of 13 shipwrecks […]
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  • Florida Tour Guide Captures Rare Saltwater Run-In With Alligator on Camera
    Florida Tour Guide Captures Rare Saltwater Run-In With Alligator on Camera
    September 22, 2018 | By Zachary Stieber
    A Florida tour guide captured an unusual run-in with an alligator on camera. Brian Scuderi, who works for Marco Island Water Sports, captured a video on Sept. 17 of the alligator while leading a tour group on a WaveRunner tour at the Gulf of Mexico resort. Scuderi and guests discussed whether it was a saltwater […]
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  • Mariska Hargitay Feels ‘Fulfilled’ After 20 Years on ‘Law & Order: SVU’
    Mariska Hargitay Feels ‘Fulfilled’ After 20 Years on ‘Law & Order: SVU’
    September 22, 2018 | By Annie Wang
    Mariska Hargitay recently revealed that portraying Detective Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit” makes her feel “fulfilled,” while she was attending the 20th anniversary celebration of the show during the Tribeca TV Festival in New York City on Sept. 20. The 54-year-old actress told Entertainment Television about the connections and similarities between herself and […]
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  • Trump Rallies in Missouri for GOP Senate Candidate Josh Hawley
    Trump Rallies in Missouri for GOP Senate Candidate Josh Hawley
    September 21, 2018 | By Bowen Xiao
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—President Donald Trump traveled to Springfield, Missouri, to stump for Republican senate candidate Josh Hawley at a MAGA style rally as the midterm elections draw ever closer. Trump made the Sept. 21 trip to the JQH Arena to help re-energize his voter base ahead of Hawley’s face off against Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill this […]
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  • Video: Raccoon Climbs 9 Stories, Jumps to the Ground
    Video: Raccoon Climbs 9 Stories, Jumps to the Ground
    September 21, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    A video showed a raccoon scaling a tall building before dropping several stories to the ground. The clip, recorded in Ocean City, New Jersey, showed the animal nine stories above the ground, climbing on the side of a building, said Micha Rea, who recorded the video. A group of people gathered around the bottom of […]
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  • Four General Electric Power Turbines Shut Down in US Due to Blade Issue
    Four General Electric Power Turbines Shut Down in US Due to Blade Issue
    September 21, 2018 | By Reuters
    General Electric Co. said on Sept. 20 that four of its new flagship power turbines in the United States have been shut down due to an “oxidation issue” and warned it expects the problem to affect more of the 51 units it has shipped, sending shares lower. The giant machines form the beating heart of […]
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  • Car Thief Steals Driver’s Ed Car in New Mexico
    Car Thief Steals Driver’s Ed Car in New Mexico
    September 21, 2018 | By Zachary Stieber
    A car thief took off in a driver’s ed vehicle in New Mexico this week. The thief swiped the car, which has “student driver” markings on it, from a parking lot at the Achievement Driving School in Albuquerque late on Wednesday, Sept. 19, or early the next day, school officials said. Instructors at the school […]
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  • US Prosecutors Charge Three Men in $364 Million Ponzi Scheme
    US Prosecutors Charge Three Men in $364 Million Ponzi Scheme
    September 21, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have accused three men of portraying themselves as investment professionals and using a phony portfolio of consumer debt to defraud hundreds of unwary investors out of tens of millions of dollars as part of a $364 million Ponzi scheme. Kevin Merrill of Maryland, 53, Jay Ledford of Texas and Nevada, 54, and Cameron […]
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  • Gov. Brown Signs Bill Requiring Mental Health Professionals Have Suicide Prevention Training
    Gov. Brown Signs Bill Requiring Mental Health Professionals Have Suicide Prevention Training
    September 21, 2018 | By Bay City News
    Mental health professionals will be required to undergo suicide prevention training under a bill signed on Sept. 19, by Gov. Jerry Brown. Assembly Bill 1436 by Assemblymember Marc Levine, D-Marin County, establishes minimum training requirements for mental health professionals to assess suicide risk and intervene. It had bipartisan support in the state Senate and Assembly. […]
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  • Dam Breach at Duke Plant, Coal Ash Could Spill
    Dam Breach at Duke Plant, Coal Ash Could Spill
    September 21, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA—Florence’s floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant on Sept. 21, and coal ash from an adjacent dump could be flowing into the nearby Cape Fear River. Duke Energy spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said the company does not believe the breach at the L.V. Sutton Power Station […]
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  • Hurricane Raises Questions About Rebuilding Along North Carolina’s Coast
    Hurricane Raises Questions About Rebuilding Along North Carolina’s Coast
    September 21, 2018 | By Reuters
    RODANTHE, N.C. —When Florence was raging Sept. 14 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the hurricane tore a 40-foot chunk from a fishing pier that juts into the ocean at the state’s most popular tourist destination. The privately owned Rodanthe pier has already undergone half a million dollars in renovation in seven years and the owners […]
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  • FDA: More Contaminants Found in Recalled Valsartan Heart Drugs
    FDA: More Contaminants Found in Recalled Valsartan Heart Drugs
    September 21, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    A brand of recalled heart failure and blood pressure medication was found to have a second, carcinogenic impurity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three lots of Torrent Pharmaceuticals’ valsartan drugs have NDEA, known to cause cancer in animals and is believed to be carcinogenic to humans, according to a statement on […]
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  • NBA Star Richard Jefferson’s Father Killed in Drive-By
    NBA Star Richard Jefferson’s Father Killed in Drive-By
    September 21, 2018 | By Chris Jasurek
    The father of NBA player Richard Jefferson was shot and killed on Sept. 19 in a drive-by shooting in Southern California, authorities said. Richard Allen Jefferson, 65, who lived in Inglewood, California, was standing on a corner of West Peach Street and Paulsen Avenue in the city of Compton, which neighbors Los Angeles to the […]
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  • Wells Fargo to Cut As Many As 26,500 Jobs Over 3 Years
    Wells Fargo to Cut As Many As 26,500 Jobs Over 3 Years
    September 21, 2018 | By Tom Ozimek
    Banking behemoth Wells Fargo is poised to become considerably leaner by cutting between 5% and 10% of its 265,000-strong workforce. CEO Tim Sloan said on Thursday, Sept. 20, that Wells Fargo will shed as many as 26,500 jobs, citing “changing customer preferences,” as the financial institution contends with the rise of online banking and grapples […]
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  • Spotify Welcomes Independent Artists to Upload Music Directly
    Spotify Welcomes Independent Artists to Upload Music Directly
    September 21, 2018 | By Annie Wang
    Music streaming giant Spotify announced a new feature for independent artists to upload their music directly onto the platform on Sept. 20. According to a statement, the feature will allow artists to deliver the music they make straight to Spotify from the “Spotify for Artists” program and plan for a certain release date. Artists will also be […]
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  • Hurricane Florence Remnants Could Reform, Hit North Carolina: Report
    Hurricane Florence Remnants Could Reform, Hit North Carolina: Report
    September 21, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    A week after Hurricane Florence crushed the Carolinas with heavy rain, flooding, and winds, the remains of the storm have a slight chance at reforming back into a cyclonic storm before hitting the region again. The U.S. National Hurricane Center is still monitoring Florence’s remnants as it moves into the Atlantic. According to the Wilmington […]
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  • Report: 75 Women Come to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Defense
    Report: 75 Women Come to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Defense
    September 21, 2018 | By jack.a.phillips
    More than 75 women have come to the defense of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 21, in light of allegations of sexual assault against him by a professor in California. The group of dozens of women took to the stage at a Washington, D.C. hotel to support Kavanaugh, who is being nominated for the Supreme […]
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  • Ticketmaster Accused of Working With Scalpers to Double the Fees
    Ticketmaster Accused of Working With Scalpers to Double the Fees
    September 21, 2018 | By Mandy Huang
    Some fans of touring artists and other performing arts concerts have often wondered why popular concert tickets sell out so quickly on Ticketmaster.com, then seem to appear on reseller platforms almost immediately afterwards. A recent report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from Sept. 19 makes a bold claim: The ticketing company is “recruiting professional […]
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  • Las Vegas Hotel Window Falls 200 Feet to Street Below
    Las Vegas Hotel Window Falls 200 Feet to Street Below
    September 21, 2018 | By Chris Jasurek
    A huge pane of glass fell 23 stories from a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, pelting the street below with shards and fragments. Miraculously, no one was hurt. The outer pane of the double-glazed glass wall of the 23-floor Sky Lobby of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard shattered and dropped just […]
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  • Thermal Spring Erupts at Yellowstone, Not Linked to Supervolcano
    Thermal Spring Erupts at Yellowstone, Not Linked to Supervolcano
    September 21, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    A Yellowstone National Park thermal spring near the famed Old Faithful geyser erupted for the fourth time in 60 years. Ear Spring, which is shaped like a human ear, began shooing steam 20 to 30 feet up in the air, U.S. officials said. A height of that size has not been recorded since 1957. The […]
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  • Rabid Raccoon Attacks Georgia Toddler, Mother Shoots It
    Rabid Raccoon Attacks Georgia Toddler, Mother Shoots It
    September 21, 2018 | By Chris Jasurek
    A Georgia toddler was attacked by a rabid raccoon on the porch of his home and will have to undergo rabies treatment. Amber Mahaffey heard screams coming from the porch of her Covington, Georgia, home. She ran to investigate and found her 4-year-old son Chandler wrestling with a raccoon. “My son went outside on the […]
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  • Google Defends Gmail Data Sharing, Gives Few Details on Violations
    Google Defends Gmail Data Sharing, Gives Few Details on Violations
    September 21, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO—Alphabet Inc.’s Google defended how it polices third-party add-ons for Gmail in a letter to U.S. senators made public on Sept. 20, saying that upfront review catches the “majority” of bad actors. Google said it uses automated scans and reports from security researchers to monitor third parties with access to Gmail data, but gave […]
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  • UFC’s McGregor Offers Khabib Whisky And Calls His Manager ‘Terrorist Snitch’
    UFC’s McGregor Offers Khabib Whisky And Calls His Manager ‘Terrorist Snitch’
    September 21, 2018 | By Tom Ozimek
    Conor McGregor offered whiskey to Khabib Nurmagomedov and called his manager a “terrorist snitch” during a promotional UFC press conference that was, unsurprisingly, profanity-laden and wild. McGregor sipped his own brand of whiskey at the Sept. 20 presser, held at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and boasted he would make quick work of Nurmagomedov […]
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  • Video Shows Texas Man Shot Dead by Neighbors During Alleyway Dispute
    Video Shows Texas Man Shot Dead by Neighbors During Alleyway Dispute
    September 21, 2018 | By Zachary Stieber
    Shocking new video footage shows a Texas man being shot dead by neighbors. The video was recorded in Abilene on Sept. 1 and shows an argument that escalated to the point that two of the men shoot the third man, killing him. The Abilene Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to the […]
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  • Feinstein’s Close China Ties Under Scrutiny After Chinese Spy Discovery
    Feinstein’s Close China Ties Under Scrutiny After Chinese Spy Discovery
    September 21, 2018 | By Zachary Stieber
    News of a Chinese spy working for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein broke recently, revealing the spy was employed by Feinstein for 20 years. Initially reported as part of a larger story about spies in Silicon Valley, a former intelligence official later revealed that the staffer was Feinstein’s driver for many years. The source told the […]
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  • Iranian Official Slams Regime Over Mistreatment of Imprisoned American Resident
    Iranian Official Slams Regime Over Mistreatment of Imprisoned American Resident
    September 21, 2018 | By Susan Crabtree
    A senior Iranian official’s pointed public criticism of the regime’s mistreatment of a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned in Iran for three years is offering a glimmer of hope for his family and advocates of all western prisoners held in Iran after years of despair and stalled negotiations. Shahindokht Molaverdi, an outspoken senior adviser on human […]
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  • Trump Rallies in Las Vegas Ahead of Nevada Midterm Race
    Trump Rallies in Las Vegas Ahead of Nevada Midterm Race
    September 21, 2018 | By Bowen Xiao
    LAS VEGAS—President Donald Trump returned to Las Vegas, Nevada, to head one of his flagship campaign rallies as he endorsed party candidates, energized his voter base, and planned to sign bills in the major resort city. Trump’s Sept. 20 visit ahead of the midterm elections comes just two weeks after Vice President Mike Pence was […]
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