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Body Found in National Park ‘Preliminarily Identified’ as Missing Virginia Firefighter
Remains found Thursday in a remote part of Shenandoah National Park have been tentatively identified as a Virginia firefighter missing since this past Friday. Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller confirmed in an email to the Associated Press that the body is likely that of 31-year-old Nicole Mittendorff, of...
Michael Strahan Gives Heartfelt Speech on Leaving ‘Live’
After it was announced yesterday that Michael Strahan was leaving "Live with Kelly and Michael" to take on a full-time role at "Good Morning America," the NFL Hall of Famer took some time out on Wednesday's show to share an emotional message with his fans. "Kelly's off today," he started,...
Jennifer Aniston Is People Magazine’s ‘World’s Most Beautiful Woman’
Actress Jennifer Aniston is once again People magazine’s World’s Most Beautiful Woman, the magazine announced today. The 47-year-old actress tops the list of fellow celebrities in a special double issue that hits newsstands on Friday. She said she was flattered when she learned she would be on the cover. "I...
After Trump’s NY win, Cruz now officially can’t clinch with pledged delegates
Donald Trump just made it impossible for Ted Cruz to clinch the GOP nomination. Results in New York's primary mean it is now mathematically impossible for Cruz to clinch nomination based on pledged delegates. In order to maintain the slim, infinitesimal hope that he might be able to clinch the Republican nomination by...
Increased Search Efforts Announced For Virginia Firefighter Missing Four Days
Police and firefighters in Fairfax, Virginia gathered Tuesday at the fire department to announce increased efforts — and to request for tips from the public — in their search for missing firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff. Her family joined in the public call for help. Mittendorff, 31, of Woodbridge was...
Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on $20 bill
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will announce that Alexander Hamilton will stay on the front of the $10 bill Wednesday, while anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will go on the $20 bill, a department official told USA TODAY. Lew will also announce that a group of women voting rights activists will appear on the back of the $10...
A Goodbye Letter to My Babies
Today marks the bittersweet end of an era. Today, I’m closing a chapter in my life that has lasted six years and yielded me four precious little beings — little bodies that I harbored safely within my own for a combined 160 weeks. Perfect little people that share my eyes, their dad’s nose, and have brought me...
Utah declares porn a public health hazard
The US state of Utah has become the first to declare pornography a public health risk in a move its governor says is to "protect our families and our young people". The bill does not ban pornography in the mainly Mormon state. However, it calls for greater "efforts to prevent pornography exposure and...
EU Charges Google With Abusing Android Market Dominance
The European Union charged Google on Wednesday with abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system, opening a second front against the U.S. technology giant that could lead to large fines. European Union antitrust regulators said that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and...
Pat Boone: ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit was anti-Christian
Pat Boone is calling out “Saturday Night Live” for a recent skit that parodied “God’s Not Dead 2.” Boone claims the skit – titled “God is a Boob Man”— is anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and “outright sacrilege.” In the skit, a woman is being forced by a...
Fidel Castro Gives Rare Speech Saying He’s Nearing the End
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive. "I'll be 90 years old soon," Castro said in his most extensive public...
US judge rules against Virginia transgender toilet ban
A US appeals courts has ruled that a Virginia school policy that barred a transgender student from using the boys' toilet is discriminatory. Gavin Grimm filed the lawsuit after the school board adopted a policy that required students to use a private toilet or one that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth...