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An outdoor concert in Oklahoma featuring 90’s boy band favorites Backstreet Boys and 98 Degrees was canceled on Saturday after an intense storm struck the area and injured at least 14 people, venue officials said. “We never want to put our fans in harm’s way and with tonight’s weather and the injuries from earlier, we […]

ABU DHABI—U.S. forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilize regions previously controlled by Islamic State, a spokesman for the U.S.-led international coalition fighting the militants said on Sunday. “We’ll keep troops there as long as we think they’re needed … The main reason, after ISIS (Islamic State) is defeated militarily, […]

The Louisiana Department of the Treasury cut banking giants Citigroup and Bank of America out of a $600 million project because the two companies took concrete action against people and businesses who legally sell and manufacture firearms. The Louisiana State Bond Commission voted 7 to 6 to prohibit Citigroup and Bank of America from participating […]

What type of music Americans listen to may say a lot about their bank account. According to findings from a TD Ameritrade survey released this month, the richest Americans in the country listen to classical music. Out of the 1,500 millennials surveyed, respondents who enjoyed classical music earned the highest personal income. On average, classical music […]

A pair of beer-truck drivers used their cargo to help save a man’s life in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Aug. 15. Jason Gabel and Kwame Anderson were driving their daily delivery route when they saw a man clinging to a fence on the Earl Street Bridge over Interstate 94 in St. Paul. They realized the […]

Antifa rioters who cover their faces while committing violent crimes may soon be held federally liable, if a newly proposed law providing enhanced penalties against rioters who use clothing to conceal their identities becomes law. Antifa is short for “anti-fascist.” Despite its name, Antifa uses heavy-handed fascistic tactics and are infamous for assaulting conservatives, Republicans, […]

NEW YORK —It’s official for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. The two on Saturday announced on their respective Instagram accounts they are engaged. Each posted the same picture, a close-up of them gazing lovingly at each other, an engagement ring on Chopra’s finger. The two are in India with both of their families. “Taken … […]

The White House is taking steps to prevent meddling in the 2018 mid-term elections by China, Iran, and North Korea, according to national security adviser John Bolton. While the threat of election interference by Russia is well known, President Donald Trump has said on multiple occasions that other foreign powers are also attempting to meddle […]

NEW YORK—The very mention of Manchester still brings Ariana Grande to tears. The singer cried during an interview Friday with Ebro for Beats 1 on Apple Music as she shared thoughts on the 2017 concert in England, when a suicide bomber killed 22 people. She said that terrorists “want you to be afraid,” adding that […]

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, admitted in an interview on Aug. 18 that the majority of employees at his company share a leftist bias. In response to mounting criticisms that the company smothers conservative voices, Dorsey told CNN in a televised interview that he “fully admit[s]” such a bias exists and that they are trying […]

The Nashville Police Department has warned residents of the Tennessee city to be on their guard after a string of shootings that have left three dead. Police officers told Nashville residents to travel in groups if possible and to be extra alert. Officers said they’re searching for two suspected killers. The latest shootings, on Friday, […]

The people shot during a high school football game in Florida on Friday, Aug. 17, were targeted, officials said. “This shooting WAS NOT a random act of violence,” said the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. “The shooting occurred just outside the seating area of the stadium near the ticket booth.” Emergency responders and police officers […]

The death of Shannan Watts came just days before a party in which she planned to reveal the gender of the baby in her womb in a celebration of her growing family. Watts, 34, was found dead along with her daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, on the property of Anadarko Petroleum near their home […]

A request by the defense attorneys for Chris Watts, the Colorado father accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, was denied by a judge. The bodies of Shanann Watts, 34, Bella Watts, 4, and Celeste Watts, 3, were found on Thursday, Aug. 16. Strange DNA Request The defense on Friday made the unusual […]

The affidavit in the case of Chris Watts, the Colorado father accused of murdering his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their two young daughters, is expected to be made public on Monday, Aug. 20. The affidavit will include the suspected motive for the alleged killer, reported CBS. The release of the affidavit will come as […]

A man who rescued multiple people after a duck boat in Missouri capsized in July is suing the company that owns the vessel, Ripley Entertainment, as well as the captain. Gregory Harris, who works on another boat in Branson, saw the duck boat sinking and jumped into the water to help people who were in danger […]

DUBLIN—The Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, withdrew on Aug. 18 from next week’s World Meeting of Families in Dublin, the second senior cleric to pull out of the Roman Catholic event amid clerical sexual abuse scandals in the United States. The meeting, a major congress held every three years, will be closed by Pope Francis during the […]

Emergency search and Rescue teams are searching for an Orange County man and two children who have gone missing in the Neversink River in Cuddebackville, New York.

Mourners gathered on Friday in a small Colorado town where the remains of a pregnant woman and her two young daughters were reportedly discovered in oil storage tanks the day after police took the father into custody for their murders. Shanann Watts, 34, and her daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were reported missing from […]

New court documents suggest that within weeks of a south Georgia teacher’s 2005 disappearance, two of her ex-students told friends at a party they had killed her and burned her body. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Ryan Alexander Duke and Bo Dukes made the admission a month after Tara Grinstead was reported missing in October 2005. Court documents […]

Four U.S. senators on Friday urged the Army to detail the steps it is taking to safeguard children from lead poisoning, citing a Reuters investigation into hazards on military bases. “We write to you today concerned about recent reports of lead poisoning at a number of Army installations,” the senators wrote. “The health and safety […]

There are still more questions than answers as the Christopher Watts investigation moves forward. Close friends are looking for any clues from their past conversations with the Watts family. Christopher Watts, a 33-year-old Colorado man, was arrested on Aug. 15 in connection to the death of his wife, 34-year-old Shanann, and two daughters, 4-year-old Bella […]

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with more than 100 synthetic-marijuana overdoses, many of them in the same New Haven park, after authorities say they caught him with 32 bags of the drug, police said Friday. Some of the victims identified John Parker, of New Haven, as one of the people who was […]

A man caught taking a selfie with bears escaped without being attacked but he now faces charges, federal officials said. An online bear camera that continuously broadcasts from Katmai National Park in Alaska captured the man entering a closed area and taking a selfie with multiple bears in the background. The man and two companions […]

Court documents revealed that the cause of death for the Colorado woman and her two daughters found dead this week may have been strangulation. The documents revealed the bodies of Shanann Watts, 34, and her two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were found on the property of Anadarko Petroleum on Aug. 16. Shanann Watts […]

The bodies of the two young girls allegedly killed in Colorado by their father had been submerged in oil. Defense attorney James Merson said in a court motion Friday, August 17, that the bodies were in crude oil for four days before being found, reported the Associated Press. The motion asks the judge to order […]

Low-carb diets might be popular now, but they could also be deadly over time, a long-term study shows. Esteemed British medical publication The Lancet Public Health released a study of the diets and health of a group of 15,400 Americans that spans 25 years, which showed that a more balanced diet might decrease one’s risk […]