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  • News headlines today: Aug. 20, 2019

    Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.

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  • NC man arrested for human trafficking after police find woman, baby in home

    Police say James Bryan Peterson, 54, faces 11 charges, including sexual servitude and human trafficking.

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  • 125-year-old dime sells for $1.32 million

    The 1894-S Barber dime is ranked No.6 in a list of greatest coins.

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  • 'Scariest moment of our life': Video captures bear raiding the fridge as family

    A bear got trapped inside a California home -- and made itself right at home.

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  • New measles numbers show the disease still spreading at a slightly slower pace

    There have been 1,203 confirmed cases so far in 2019, according to the CDC.

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  • Man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide; 2-year-old unharmed at the scene: Police

    The 2-year-old girl was found safe in a bedroom at the Sun Valley home.

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  • 'An unspeakable act': Retired administrator was targeted, stabbed to death on campus

    Steven Chan was stabbed to death on CSU Fullerton's campus Monday morning.

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  • How cold should your home be?

    Temperature-setting guidelines released by the federal government have sparked a heated debate.

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  • Father walks into North Carolina police station to confess daughter's murder: Police

    The teenage girl's cause of death has not yet been released.

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  • It's Morning, America: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019

    Officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold fired, White House considers tax cut to jolt economy, natural hair has its moment and more.

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  • Boy makes big donation after $15,000 win at fair

    An Ohio school district celebrated one of its students in a social media post on Monday after he made a generous donation to St. Jude Children's...

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  • Bag found by searchers looking for firefighters

    The desperate search for two firefighters who disappeared during a fishing trip off the coast of Florida continues into its fourth day.

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  • 'Joke or not, these types of comments are felonies': Police arrest Florida teen

    The student insisted the comment was a joke, authorities said.

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  • Severe storms targeting Midwest, Northeast as West stays hot

    Phoenix could see a high of 113 on Tuesday.

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  • 'Start Here': Fallout from NYPD firing and Planned Parenthood drops federal program

    Here's what you need to know to start your day.

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• Aug 19

  • Ohio boy makes big donation after winning $15,000 at county fair

    The post racked up more than 4,000 reactions, shares and comments.

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  • Kayakers get up-close look at collapsing Alaska glacier

    A kayaker's incredible footage captures the moment part of Alaska's Spencer Glacier suddenly collapsed into the sea.

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  • School won't say if students were disciplined for giving Nazi salute on video

    The video shows several male students from Pacifica High School in California.

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  • White nationalist who allegedly threatened Ohio Jewish center pleads not guilty

    Police have confirmed that the man attended the deadly Charlottesville rally.

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  • Big fish swallows teen's hand in Florida Keys

    A massive tarpon bit the hand that fed it at a Florida tourist attraction.

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  • Retired administrator stabbed to death on college campus

    The victim was found in a car with "numerous" stab wounds, police said.

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  • NYPD officer involved in Eric Garner's death fired

    NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo was "untruthful" and "self-serving," a judge said.

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  • Bag found by searchers looking for firefighters who vanished on fishing trip

    They took the boat out for the day to honor one of their departed fathers.

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  • Parents claim school staff laughed while coloring student's head with marker

    Staffers told Juelz, 13, that his haircut violated the school's dress code.

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  • Several people injured after out-of-control dump truck barrels down street

    Authorities blamed a "catastrophic mechanical failure" for the incident.

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  • 'Why her?' Family mourns school teacher shot to death in front of her child

    Nancy Magana was shot while sitting in a car with her boyfriend and child.

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• Aug 19

  • 'Nobody believes this could happen to them': 2 more hot car deaths in 1 afternoon

    Nationwide, 35 children have died in hot cars so far this year.

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  • Elizabeth Warren apologizes at Native American forum

    Warren opened her remarks with an apology regarding her past ancestry claims.

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  • Defense Department tests first land-based cruise missile since end of INF Treaty

    On Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. PST, the Department of Defense conducted a flight test of a conventionally-configured ground-launched cruise...

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  • Woman thinks she has kidney stones, ends up giving birth to triplets

    Dannette Giltz is now a mother of five.

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  • NYPD Commissioner's speech firing police officer over Eric Garner case

    Police Commissioner James O'Neill made his announcement Monday.

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  • 'I just need some answers:' Loved ones of man fatally shot by police outside his home

    Rashad Cunningham, 25, was shot and killed outside his home in Gary, Indiana.

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  • NYPD officer fired 5 years after Eric Garner chokehold death

    NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill announced Monday that officer Daniel Pantaleo has been dismissed from the NYPD five years after the death of Eric...

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  • Parents sue school after employees color in boy's haircut with permanent marker

    Schools officials said seventh-grader Juelz Trice's fade haircut line did not adhere to its dress code.

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  • Authorities thwart 3 alleged mass shooting plots over weekend

    Police say they seized weapons, ammunition and body armor in two of the weekend raids in Ohio and Connecticut.

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  • Storm sends Pittsburgh brewery patrons running for cover

    Fierce winds and rain swayed trees and tents, forcing patrons at a brewery running inside.

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  • 'Extensive' probe into Philly police standoff to take months

    Six offers were shot in Wednesday's hours-long standoff. All survived.

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  • Family wants answers in wake of man's officer-involved shooting

    Rashad Cunningham, 25, was fatally shot outside his home in Gary, Indiana.

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  • Judge calls NYC officer 'reckless,' recommends firing in report

    Daniel Pantaleo is accused of using an illegal chokehold on Eric Garner in July 2014.

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  • Husband of TV anchor killed in plane crash: ‘I will never get over this'

    The Friday plane crash killed both on board: anchor Nancy Parker and the pilot.

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  • Runner walks off barefoot after gifting shoes to man on NY sidewalk

    The man appeared to give a stranger the shoes off his feet.

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  • South Dakota woman thought she had kidney stones, gives birth to surprise triplets

    Dannette Giltz did not know she was pregnant when we went to the hospital with abdominal pain.

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