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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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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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U.S. service members wounded in Syria explosion

The attack comes weeks after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. had "defeated ISIS in Syria."

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Hairs, specialists offer hope to family of toddler trapped in Spanish well

"Now they are making progress ... we have a bit more hope," the two-year-old's father said.

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Another day of Brexit intrigue looms as opponents aim to oust PM May

Before this week, the biggest government loss in the British Parliament was by a margin of 166 votes and came in 1926. May smashed that record on Tuesday.

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More bullets fly the morning after deadly attack on Nairobi hotel complex

"It's so sad that such a bright young person is taken away by terrorism," the mother of the American victim told NBC News.

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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

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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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Captured American ISIS member says he 'wanted to go see exactly what the group was about'

A Muslim convert, Warren Christopher Clark and another American were being held in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on the border with Turkey after being captured

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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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Theresa May's Brexit deal crushed in parliamentary vote

Moments after the vote, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, announced he would seek to oust May's ruling Conservatives by bringing a motion of no confidence.

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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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Woman who found Jayme Closs feared kidnapper would come after them

A criminal complaint outlines horrific details about Jayme's time held captive by the man who allegedly killed her parents.