It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.
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The acclaimed actor has been dogged by two sexual harassment lawsuits filed against him by two separate women in 2010. The Academy says it appreciates his decision not to attend the ceremonies.
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Scientists who assess threats each year and express their concerns using the clock are worried about President Trump's unpredictability and governments' failure to trust each other.
Read More »Reporter May Have Discovered Clotilda, The Last American Slave Ship
There's still some uncertainty but Ben Raines says based on research, local lore and physical evidence, this might be the ship that illegally carried more than 100 Africans into slavery.
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Meet Anna Catharina Bischoff, an 18th century syphilitic woman found in 1975. Researchers announced her name Thursday. And the U.K. foreign secretary says he's "very proud" to have the new family tie.
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Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik filed a lawsuit in California on Wednesday accusing the hip-hop mogul of raping her in 2016. She is one of more than a dozen women alleging sexual misconduct.
Read More »Baltimore Police Officer Indicted On Charges Of Misconduct, Fabricating Evidence
A video released last summer showed the officer appearing to place drugs in a spot and then return to "discover" them.
Read More »Grumpy Cat Awarded $710,000 In Copyright Infringement Suit
A jury said that Grenade Beverages illegally used the social media star's likeness on a line of coffee grounds and T-shirts promoting its "Grumppuccino" brand iced coffee.
Read More »Logan Paul Issues Suicide Awareness Video, In Return To YouTube
Three weeks after a backlash over footage of a dead body in Japan's "suicide forest," Logan Paul publishes a new video. It focuses on a suicide survivor and promotes awareness.
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