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Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman whose kidnapping as a 14-year-old drew national attention to the issue of crimes against children, said in an interview that the release of one of her kidnappers on Wednesday, Sept. 19, posed a danger to the public. Smart was taken at knifepoint in 2002 from the bed she shared with […]

More than 53,600 U.S. homes and businesses, mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, were still without power on Sept. 19, after Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast last week, power companies said. That was down from a peak of 1.9 million customers that lost power during the storm. Duke Energy Corp, the biggest […]

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck near San Bernardino, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Sept. 20. There were no immediate reports of damage or any injuries. The quake hit at around 5:44 a.m. local time about 2 miles north of Colton, said the USGS. Some on social media wrote that they could feel […]

A gunman opened fire outside a crowded Pennsylvania courtroom, shooting at police and others before an officer fired multiple shots at him, killing him. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower said on Sept. 19, that a German Township police officer shot and killed the gunman after he entered the lobby in Masontown with a handgun […]

U.S. President Donald Trump set off for North and South Carolina to help with the recovery, his first stop was in North Carolina on Sept. 19. Trump arrived in New Bern on Sept.19 to meet everyone who was affected by the hurricane. While Trump was handing out food at the Temple Baptist Church, a young […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will donate $10 million to women’s organizations following a 7-month investigation into sexual harassment allegations within the organization, the National Basketball Association (NBA) said on Sept. 19. The investigation followed a Sports Illustrated report in February that described a culture in the Mavericks’ front office “rife with misogyny and predatory […]

Trump administration officials have expressed doubts that the 2010 New START arms-control treaty will be extended, because of concerns about Moscow’s failure to comply with that agreement as well as several other arms treaties. The Pentagon, meanwhile, is moving ahead with designing a new ground-based missile to counter Russia’s illegal cruise missiles, which were built […]

Married men sit at the highest rung of the wage ladder in the United States, according to new data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Single men and single women had little difference in their incomes throughout their careers, according to an analysis by Guillaume Vandenbroucke, a Fed research officer. But married men far exceeded […]

Hurricane Florence is finally passing, and North Carolina residents are finally able to return whatever is left of their homes. Hurricane Florence pounded the state with high winds and extremely heavy rains for several days. Rain started falling before the storm’s official landfall on Sept. 14, and was still falling on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The […]

Julie Chen will still be the host of “Big Brother,” amid speculation after sexual allegation against her husband, former CBS CEO Les Moonves, and her recent departure from “The Talk.” Sources told TMZ that CBS isn’t looking to punish Chen for the accusations against her husband. They want her to stay on as host and […]

The Air Force general who commands NORAD says approximately 13,000 Defense Dept. personnel have been working on the federal response to the hurricane that came ashore in North Carolina days ago and continues to cause havoc in the Southeast. Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy praised the military response, saying it is working “seamlessly” with FEMA, as well […]

A woman shared a video to Facebook that allegedly shows maggots squirming inside a slice of pizza in Syracuse, New York. Kate Hancock Malicek said she opened the box of pizza and made the disgusting discovery. “Just went to grab a take out order of wings from Senioras on Thompson Rd and decided to grab […]

A shooting was reported at the Pennsylvania, district judge’s office in Masontown in Fayette County, according to reports. Four people were shot and injured, officials told Triblive. The shooting occurred at around 2 p.m. local time at the office of District Judge Daniel Shimshock at 1 East Church Ave. It’s not clear if Shimshock was […]

A man was captured on video faking compliance and ramming his car into a Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop on Sept. 19. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona released video footage of the incident, showing the officer getting out of the car and approaching the man’s black car. The man, who […]

A man has spoken out after being widely mocked by blogs and social media users for shaving on a train. Anthony Torres departed New York City on a New Jersey transit train to see his brother, about an hour’s ride away. Another train passenger filmed Torres shaving on the train, with the caption: “Welcome to […]

A dashcam video shows the moment a man shoots and kills two Georgia deputies, and the footage was never shown to a jury, WSB reported. Ralph Stanley Elrod Jr. instead pleaded guilty to murder charges, and he will spend life in prison. In the Nov. 6, 2016, dashcam video, deputies were speaking to him after […]

President Donald Trump is handing out warm meals and encouragement to some North Carolinians recovering from Hurricane Florence. Trump assisted volunteers at Temple Baptist Church in New Bern, North Carolina, on Sept. 19. He passed out styrofoam containers with food: including hot dogs, chips, and fruit. He also asked how the drivers were doing. “How’s the […]

A body was found in a trailer in North Carolina, surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence. Lt. Sean Swain, a spokesman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, told the Fayetteville Observer that deputies could see the man’s body through a trailer window but couldn’t retrieve the body because of the swift water surrounding the trailer. […]

Several people were wounded in a shooting inside an office building in Middleton, Wisconsin, police said. UW Health University Hospital confirmed told NBC News that they received four patients from the shooting. The severity of their injuries is not clear. Judy Lahmers, a business analyst at WTS Paradigm where the shooting took place, said that […]

Video footage shows water rushing over a failed dam in North Carolina following the deluge of rain brought by Hurricane Florence. The footage from Instagram user Rob Thompson shows a dam in the city of Boiling Spring Lakes in Brunswick County failing. Thompson said he and his family had “just driven over” the section of […]