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Tax season is in full swing, and many Americans are discovering they won’t get a refund this year – which could end up affecting the U.S. economy. Tax reform laws passed in 2017 have meant...

Are you tired of nonstop robocalls? Well here’s some good news if you’re a Verizon customer – the company will soon block unwanted calls free of charge. Verizon already offers a robo...

A prize-winning show dog who went missing for several days at an Atlanta airport has finally been reunited with her owner. Gayle, a 22-month old American Staffordshire terrier, was set to fly home to ...

UFC star Conor McGregor is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault in Ireland late last year. According to reports, a woman claims she was assaulted by McGregor in a Dublin hotel room in Dec...

How did the U.S. Supreme Court spend its Tuesday? By deciding whether or not it’s okay to hunt moose from a hovercraft. The case centered around a man named John Sturgeon, who had been barred by...

A county in New York has taken a proactive approach to help stem the spread of measles — by banning unvaccinated minors from public places. Making the announcement Tuesday, Rockland County Execu...

A South Carolina teen has been arrested for shooting a man in a dispute over a movie theater seat. Indian Land resident Bryant Eaves Jr., 18, was taken into custody Monday night in connection with the...

An Ohio woman led state troopers on a high-speed chase that left several police cars smashed and put hundreds of lives in danger — all because she didn’t want to be late to work. The drama...

Police have made a second arrest in the case of a North Carolina man accused of imprisoning a teenage girl to use as his sex slave. The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody ...

A Phoenix man is dead after he was punched in what police say was an “unprovoked” attack. But it wasn’t the punch that killed him. The victim, who hasn’t been identified, was s...