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A prison transfer request led to Samuel Little confessing to 90 murders

Little is very good at remembering his victims and where he killed them, even drawing "pictures of many of the women he killed," according to the FBI.

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Bobby Brown files lawsuit against Showtime and BBC over Whitney Houston documentary

The film has an 86 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with one critic saying it "makes you want to reach right into the screen and tell Whitney Houston to draw herself back from the abyss."

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting treated as hate crime, victims' families 'in shock'

The victims ranged in age from 54 to 97, authorities said during a press conference.

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Margaret Atwood announces sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Atwood said she drew inspiration for her new novel from reader's questions and "the world we've been living in."

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Video of boy in England attacking smaller boy in 'racially-aggravated assault' goes viral

Police say the 16-year-old boy, who can be seen in the video yelling, "I'll drown ya," will face assault charges.

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Six-year-old boy steals spotlight from Pope Francis

A 6-year-old boy climbed on stage during Pope Francis' general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. The pontiff said, "Let him be, let him be."

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Magnus Carlsen defeats Fabiano Caruana to retain World Chess Championship title

This showdown followed a record-breaking streak of 12 drawn games of regular chess.

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UK GDP 'could shrink by up to 8% with a no deal, no transition Brexit'

The Bank of England has warned that the UK's economy could shrink by 8% in the event of a "disorderly" no deal Brexit.

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Two Iranian citizens indicted on charges of carrying out ransomware attacks at U.S. cities, hospitals

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called the attacks a "high-tech, sophisticated, extortion plot".

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Mother and 10-month-old daughter killed by grizzly bear outside their remote cabin

The mother, a 37-year-old schoolteacher, was on maternity leave. She and her family had been staying in a lake cabin in the Yukon for three months.

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Russia follows up sea clash by deploying anti-aircraft missiles

The Ukrainian president believes his country is under the "extremely serious" threat of a land invasion.

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Dutch rail company to pay reparations for mass deportations of Jews in WWII

The rail company, NS, said that its involvement in the deportations "is a black page in the history of our country and our company."

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Russia's Putin says Ukraine guilty in Black Sea standoff

Putin on Wednesday accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of orchestrating a naval "provocation" in the Black Sea to boost his ratings ahead of next year's elections.

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Massive cow too big to be slaughtered

Owner Geoff Pearson said Knickers was too heavy to go to the slaughterhouse.

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Paul Manafort's now-murky plea bargain brings challenges to him and the Mueller probe

A possible broken deal amounts to "a real blow" to Mueller, because he's lost a cooperating witness and any past information Manafort passed could now be severely weakened.

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U.S. envoy moves fast to make peace with Taliban before Trump pulls plug

Aware Trump has expressed impatience with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has moved quickly to get the Taliban to the negotiating table.

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Feds say Russian hackers duped U.S. companies out of millions in ad dollars

The schemes made it appear to advertisers that human beings had clicked on internet ads, when in reality it was automated bots doing the clicking.

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Accused Russian agent Maria Butina wants to be released from solitary confinement: Lawyer

Butina was arrested and charged with allegedly conspiring with her ex-boss to infiltrate powerful U.S. organizations, including the NRA, and to push Moscow's agenda.

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'SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

"We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS," Nickelodeon said in a statement.

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Elon Musk's L.A. freeway tunnel won't see the light of day

Elon Musk's Boring Company made a lot of noise about drilling a tunnel below a busy Los Angeles freeway, but in the end the idea was nixed.