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Israel to Amazon: Stop promoting Holocaust-denying literature

Israel's official Holocaust memorial has asked Amazon to quit selling literature on its internet site that denies the genocide of 6 million...

Schenectady ravine death not suspicious

CaptionCloseSCHENECTADY — Police have identified the body of a man found in a city ravine Friday and say his death does not appear to...

‘He’s shocked he’s not in control of the press’: Once king of New York...

WASHINGTON—The White House press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, has taken to slapping journalists who write unflattering stories with an epithet he sees as the...

Book captures 82 years of Plant City Strawberry Festival history

PLANT CITY3 Weeks Ago4 Months Ago4 Months AgoIn 1993, 3-year-old Lauren McNair, standing all of about 3 feet tall, showed a 1,000-pound dairy cow...

Hunt on for Level 3 sex offender charged with impregnating Twin Cities preteen girl

Authorities are trying to find a Level 3 predatory sex offender wanted in Dakota County on charges that he raped and impregnated a preteen...

Deputies: One dead, two in critical condition after car strikes tree

A passenger was killed after a vehicle left the westbound lanes of State Road 528 and struck a tree early Sunday morning, troopers said.The...

Woman and her baby die in house fire

A young woman and her infant child were killed when a fire ripped through their family’s Mt. Vernon home on Sunday, officials said.The fire...

OJ Simpson may be released from prison this year

O.J. Simpson could be released on parole as early as October 2017 after serving just nine years of his 33-year sentence for kidnapping, robbery,...

Trump’s feud with the New York Times hits a new high

President Trump ripped the New York Times on Sunday for its planned Oscars ad — and hours later the paper’s executive editor called the...

This is why Trump is skipping the Correspondents’ Dinner

WASHINGTON – President Trump won’t attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner because he wasn’t elected to “pretend” to like reporters, a Trump...

Jersey City teacher honored as one of N.J.’s own ‘Hidden Figures’

JERSEY CITY - Marion Johnson remembers every detail of July 20, 1969. As everyone waited in anticipation of Neil...

2 charged in massive cockfighting bust in Newark

NEWARK - Police announced Sunday the arrests of two city men after they removed nearly 50 roosters, including five that...

Headstones reportedly knocked over at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA -- New Jersey resident Aaron Mallin told 6ABC that he traveled to the Mt. Carmel Cemetery Sunday to visit...

Celebrities, fans react to sudden death of actor Bill Paxton, star of ‘Twister,’ ‘Big...

Bill Paxton, the actor who starred in the HBO series “Big Love,” “Titanic,” “Apollo 13,” and “Twister” died due to complications from...

Investigation continues into body found in LA River that may be missing teen

LOS ANGELES >> The body of a young man was found on an island off of the Los Angeles River near the...

Naming airport after Clintons doesn’t fly with GOP lawmaker

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A Republican state lawmaker wants to remove the names of Arkansas' most famous Democrats from Little Rock's airport.Sen. Jason Rapert...

Lyle Yost of Shaker Heights wins Boys Division I diving state championship

CANTON, Ohio – Shaker Heights sophomore Lyle Yost won the boys Division I diving competition Saturday afternoon at the...

Parma Area Chamber of Commerce’s Pride Award Gala was a splendid time for all

PARMA, Ohio - Although the Parma Area Chamber of Commerce's Pride Award Gala was held in Brooklyn at the...

Burglars net two TVs, a laptop and golf clubs: Olmsted Township Police Blotter

Burglary, Mark Court: A man reported Feb. 19 his brother's apartment was burglarized. He was looking after the place...

Police investigating fatal Saturday shooting near Thorncliffe Park | Toronto Star

A man in his 20s has died after a shooting near Thorncliffe Park on Saturday evening.Police said they found the victim in life-threatening condition...

Father of Navy SEAL killed in Yemen raid refused to meet Trump at ceremony...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.—The father of a Navy SEAL killed during an anti-terrorism raid in Yemen is demanding an investigation into its planning and criticized...

Actor Bill Paxton, star of 'Apollo 13,' 'Twister,' dead at 61

LOS ANGELES — A family representative says prolific and charismatic actor Bill Paxton, who played an astronaut in "Apollo 13" and a treasure hunter...

Busy middle-aged robber grabbing smokes by the carton, punching Twin Cities clerks

A middle-aged robber is going around the Twin Cities area snatching up hundreds of dollars in cigarettes at a time in stores, punching the...

NYPD marks 29th anniversary of hero cop’s ambush murder

Some 100 people gathered in South Jamaica, Queens early Sunday to mark the 29th anniversary of the ambush murder of hero NYPD officer Edward...

WATCH: Space Farms Zoo and Museum takes big hit in storm

WANTAGE -- The owners of Space Farms Zoo and Museum were up at 5 a.m. Sunday, inspecting damage from a...

Man likely on drugs when he barricaded himself, child in home, cops say

BERLIN -- Police said they expect to file charges against a man who may have been on drugs when he barricaded...

What to Watch: Endorsing a constitutional convention — again

CaptionCloseAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott says state legislatures nationwide should convene a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution and restore freedoms embodied...

Two hospitalized after pair of overnight knife attacks

CaptionCloseSan Antonio police say a man was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition after being attacked with a knife by a suspect, they...

Clerk restrained at gunpoint in 5th cellphone store robbery, cops say

The fifth cellphone store robbery across the Lehigh Valley and northwest Jersey Saturday evening mirrored the same chain of events...

Actor Bill Paxton dies at 61 due to complications from surgery

LOS ANGELES >> Bill Paxton, the prolific and charismatic actor whose many memorable roles included an astronaut in “Apollo 13” and...

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