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Bank mistakenly deposits $37M into Texas woman’s account
DALLAS — A clerical error by her bank made a North Texas woman a millionaire for a day. KTVT-TV reports that when Dallas resident Ruth Balloon checked her bank account earlier this week, it had some extra money in it: an extra $37 million to be exact. Balloon had wanted...
Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme Courtruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled correctly...
3 of 4 men kidnapped from oil tanker off Africa released
ATHENS, Greece — Three of four crew members who were kidnapped by pirates from a Greek-flagged oil tanker off the coast of Togo last month have been released, while the fourth has died, the vessel’s managing company said Friday. European Products Carriers Ltd. said in a statement that the three...
Man found eaten by alligator actually died of meth overdose
FORT MEADE, Fla. — Florida officials say a man who was found partially eaten by an alligator in June actually died of a meth overdose. According to an autopsy report from a central Florida medical examiner, Michael Glenn Ford II had methamphetamine in his system when he died, and that...
Planned Parenthood shooting suspect insists he’s competent
DENVER — A man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015 appeared in court in Denver on Friday on new charges. Federal prosecutors have asked the judge to order a new mental evaluation for Robert Dear, who was previously ruled to be incompetent...
LAPD officer’s own body cam captured him allegedly touching dead woman’s breast
Since the Los Angeles Police Department started rolling out body cameras worn by officers, the videos have captured confrontations with suspects, pursuits and other high-profile interactions. But authorities allege a body camera worn by Officer David Rojas recently captured something highly disturbing: the lawman fondling a dead woman’s breasts. Rojas...
Trump says U.S., China have reached deal; Sunday tariffs offVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has canceled plans to impose new tariffs on $160 billion worth of Chinese imports Sunday as part of a modest interim agreement that de-escalates a 17-month trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. The United States is also reducing...
Man dresses as mom to take driver’s test for her
After seeing his mom fail her driver’s test three straight times, a Brazilian man decided to lend a hand. In a dress. Heitor Márcio Schiave showed up at the State Department of Traffic in Porto Velho, Brazil, in a long skirt, floral blouse, heavy make-up, a handbag, earrings and a...
New Zealand recovers 6 bodies from toxic volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand — As grieving families sang traditional Maori songs, New Zealand military specialists wearing protective gear landed on a small volcanic island on Friday and recovered six bodies of the 16 people who died in an eruption four days earlier. The specialists — six men and two women...
Outgoing Kentucky governor pardons man convicted of beheading a woman, stuffing her in a barrel
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It’s not clear if Betty Carnes was killed by asphyxiation or by the eight blows to her head that Delmar Partin delivered with a metal pipe. The coroner couldn’t tell which killed the mother of three first, but it was very clear that her head was then...
Trump says US, China have reached deal; Sunday tariffs offVideo
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. and China have reached a Phase 1 trade deal, de-escalating a 17-month dispute between the economic powers. The U.S. is dropping plans to impose tariffs Sunday on $160 billion in Chinese imports and is reducing some existing tariffs on Chinese goods. In...
Great Recession having effect on U.S. Christmas tree supplies this year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Customers searching for the perfect Christmas tree typically glance at Sandy Parsons’ limited offerings, then keep walking. Parsons never got her order for 350 trees from a North Carolina farm. Supplies were short, she was told. Instead, she was shipped some smaller ones for her lot at...
Pound and stocks jump on U.K. election, talk of U.S.-China deal
BANGKOK — Stock markets and the British pound rose Friday after Britain’s Conservative Party claimed a big win in the country’s general election, easing uncertainty over Brexit, and amid talk of a China-U.S. trade deal. The British pound jumped to $1.3470 from $1.3150 late Thursday but then eased back to...
Key takeaways from Boris Johnson’s sweeping British election victoryVideo
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has led his Conservative Party to a landslide victory in Britain’s election that was dominated by Brexit. Here are five takeaways from the British election: Brexit is happening Johnson’s campaign was built around his pledge to — finally — complete Brexit. With his whopping...
Obama says Paris climate deal is still the way forward
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Former U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday the Paris Agreement on climate change may fall short of expectations but is still the way forward to achieve progress and encourage businesses to invest in clean energy. Nearly 200 nations pledged to cut greenhouse emissions and help poor...
Mississippi family says 8-year-old daughter’s Ring security camera was hackedVideo
A mother in Mississippi said hackers commandeered her daughter’s Ring security camera and taunted her 8-year-old daughter. A video obtained by NBC affiliate WMC shows a view of the child’s room while mysterious music starts playing from the Ring. A voice can also be heard saying, “Hello there.” During one...
Group of moms show up at hearing to support ‘overwhelmed’ mom who left special needs son at hospitalVideo
It takes a village. A mother who left her 14-year-old special needs son at an Atlanta hospital last week was shocked to find out a group of mothers showed up to court Thursday in support of her during her child cruelty hearing. According to Atlanta’s NBC-affiliate WXIA-TV, Diana Elliott reportedly...
What was trending on Google in 2019? Find out here
Can you believe it? Another year (almost) gone. But while you get nostalgic about 2019 or try to find ways to skip ahead to 2020, check out the work Google has done to recap what was trending in the United States this year. In overall searches, Disney took the top...
Officials: Ohio weatherman sent nearly 16,000 child porn files
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio television weatherman accused of downloading child porn emailed himself nearly 16,000 such images to view on other devices, investigators said in recently unsealed search warrants. Mike Davis used one email account to regularly send himself “batches” of files depicting sexually explicit images of young...
College freshman, 18, stabbed to death near her Barnard campus in NYCVideo
NEW YORK — An 18-year-old Barnard College freshman from Virginia was fatally stabbed in a park near the school’s campus in New York City. Tessa Majors was walking in Manhattan’s Morningside Park just before 7 p.m. Wednesday when she was accosted by an unknown number of people — possibly as...
Appeals court rehears arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. — A divided federal appeals court spent more than three hours Thursday sparring over whether President Donald Trump is illegally profiting from the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel. The state of Maryland and the District of Columbia asked 15 judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Regulators to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911Video
NEW YORK — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. Once it’s implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help, similar to...
Overturned ship’s fuel tanks drained of 320,000 gallons
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Crews have finished draining all of the fuel from an overturned cargo ship three months after it capsized off the coast of Georgia, the team overseeing salvage operations said Thursday. Divers and other workers removed more than 320,000 gallons of oil mixed with water aboard the South...
Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job. The Pentagon’s inspector general sent a letter Thursday to House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson telling him the contract...
Laundromat, car dealership, grotto and pubs used in U.K. vote
LONDON — Some citizens in the English city of Oxford could have been forgiven for bringing their dirty laundry with them when they went to their polling station to cast their vote in Britain’s first December general election in nearly a century. That’s because the Ace Launderette was pressed into...
