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Divers visiting the wreckage of the Titanic say the legendary ship is getting swallowed up by the ocean floor. This month saw the first dives to visit the Titanic shipwreck in over 14 years. Researche...

Three Safeway grocery stores in Washington state found a special surprise in their weekly banana shipment – about a million bucks’ worth of cocaine. Authorities say 22 kilos of coke were f...

Former White House communications director Sarah Huckabee Sanders is joining Fox News as a contributor. The network announced on Thursday that Sanders would make her first appearance on a Sept. 6th ep...

“Hey, do you think a man who butchers a woman and then eats her heart and brain is thinking correctly?” That’s the question an Indiana jury will have to answer in deciding the fate o...

Illinois is raising the minimum salary for teachers in the state to $40,000 a year. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed off on the bill on Thursday, saying it sends a message to both students and parents that &...

When Anthony Dierolf and his wife left a 74 cent tip for a New Jersey waitress, who they said gave them bad service, Senator O’Scanlon took to Twitter to call them out. Dierolf says him and his ...

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have become so severe, they’ve created a plume of smoke that’s now visible from outer space. That’s according to NASA’s Earth Observatory, wh...

Some advice for all the up-and-coming muggers out there: When selecting a victim to rob, it’s probably a good idea to stay away from champion boxers. Just ask two Chicago men who earlier this we...

While few would argue that the mass shooting epidemic in the U.S. has gotten out of control, it turns out the problem may be worse than most people know. Since the El Paso and Dayton tragedies occurre...

Vice President Mike Pence is due in Iceland next month but he won’t be getting any facetime with Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. Is she snubbing the VP? Jakobsdottir says no, it’s quit...