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The suspect was tackled by library patrons after the stabbing.
After a self-identified atheist requested the plates in 2016, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet denied the request on the basis it violated anti-discrimination guidelines.
Fraudsters continue to capitalize on the sudden death of Kobe Bryant by publishing misinformation about his family.
Surgeons at King's College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.
Major league players could be punished for future sign-stealing violations in the wake of the Houston Astros' scandal that only resulted in discipline for managers, coaches and executives.
An up-and-coming rapper known as Pop Smoke was fatally shot during a break-in at a Hollywood Hills home.
About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess at the end of a much-criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan, that failed to stop the spread of the new virus among passengers and crew.
Even Cinderella needs an “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption.
Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again.
Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases.
The airline is not celebrating its anniversary in February 2020 with a ticket giveaway.
After more than three decades on death row, Don Johnson weighed the options for his own demise: He could keep a promise to his daughter that he wouldn't die in the electric chair. Or, he could opt for the chair and avoid a method that he had heard might make him feel like he was being buried alive.
A 6-year-old South Carolina girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said.
DuBois had a prolific career beyond the 1970s hit “Good Times,” winning two Emmy Awards for her voice work on the WB series “The PJs.”
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A People's Daily video claiming to show "full-front disinfection work" in Wuhan included footage taken at an airport in Taiwan.
If a prediction is only noticed after an incident occurs, is it really a prediction?
Rumors that spread in February 2020 about the death of Kobe Bryant's widow were junk news.
A meme about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders displayed questionable accuracy and relevance.
“The babies kept coming and coming and coming and coming ..."
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign tried to distance him from a 1972 essay in which he wrote that a woman "fantasizes being raped by three men simultaneously."
A summary of the 1956 Republican platform describes a significant divergence from the party's focus in recent decades.
This photograph is not all you need to know before you vote in 2020.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
President Donald Trump supposedly sent former President Barack Obama a bill for all the vacations the latter took before leaving office.
A meme about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders displayed questionable accuracy and relevance.
Trump supposedly proclaimed that Republicans are the "dumbest group of voters" in a 1998 'People' magazine interview.
