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Ex-teacher Tad Cummins sentenced to 20 years in kidnapping of teen student

Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint after his 2017 arrest that Cummins took his victim across state lines in order to engage in "criminal sexual activity."

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'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen arrested over $13,000 in bounced checks

Police issued a warrant for Hansen's arrest after he refused to speak with them.

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Hotel dishwasher awarded $21 million after boss made her work on Sundays

The jury also found she was due $35,000 in back wages and $500,000 for emotional pain and mental anguish.

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Mother of 8 adopted children with special needs arrested after one found dead in tub

When police responded to the home, they found garbage-covered floors, soiled bedding and a urine stench.

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Michigan man falls 9 floors to his death playing hide-and-seek

Jonathan Mazqai, 21, and two friends were inside an abandoned food storage warehouse in Detroit.

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Fire department rescues child from icy pond

Emergency responders rescued a boy after he fell through an icy pond in Illinois

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Activists worry ex-Chicago officer will get 'slap on the wrist'

"People want Jason Van Dyke to do virtual life in prison," one activist said before Friday's sentencing. "Anything less would not be justice for Laquan McDonald."

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California torture house: Adult kids aren't bitter after alleged abuse

"They came from a situation that seemed normal to them. And now, they're in a new normal," said the attorney for the adult children.

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Watch: Man arrested after a bizarre police chase in Dallas, Texas

A bizarre police chase featuring a mini-van ended with the arrest of a man in the parking lot of a local gas station in Dallas, Texas.

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Video of Ice disc phenomenon in Maine goes viral on social media

Drone footage showed spectacular footage of an ice circle floating on a river in Maine.

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Euroviews. Washington continues to underestimate Trump at its peril | View

Trump is an opportunist, but it is his beliefs — and not a thirst for power — that drive him.

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Women's March this week comes amid controversy, with some partners now off list

Several prominent civil and women's rights groups are absent from the list of partners of the third Women's March in Washington on Saturday.

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Rihanna sues her dad for using her Fenty brand name

The suit claims the singer's father and his business partner try to trade on Rihanna's "hard-earned success and the recognition and goodwill associated with her last name."

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Former N.Y. Yankees pitcher John Wetteland charged with sex abuse of a child

The former major leaguer is accused of sexual abuse of a child between October 2004 and October 2006.

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Gillette is woke now? When brands try to keep up with the times

Gillette's new ad about toxic masculinity and #MeToo drew quick and sharp criticism. Some experts say it was a strategic move meant to appeal to millennials.

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Good luck making sense of your hospital's price list

Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got a bad case of MR BR PLEXUS/NECK W 6467

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Drive-by shooting that hit the outside of a mosque sparks investigation

At least two rounds struck a car and building at the worship center and school in Katy, Texas.

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3 adults overdose in same county where 1 died, 14 stricken from fentanyl

An overdose incident Monday occurred in the same county where one person died and 14 were hospitalized in a mass overdose on Saturday.

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Federal judge denies request to pay federal workers during shutdown

"It's hard not to empathize" with federal workers, the judge said, but the shutdown is a "political problem" that the judiciary cannot get involved in.

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Texas woman took her own life and two girls found near her were murdered

Even though the medical examiner ruled Olson's cause of death a suicide and the two girls homicides, an official said it's still too early to say who killed the younger victims.

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