'I'm in shock about the whole thing': 3 Girl Scouts killed in roadside crash

A suspected hit-and-run driver was facing four homicide counts Sunday after his pickup slammed into Girl Scouts collecting trash along the side of a Wisconsin road, killing three children and an adult chaperone, police said. Colten Treu, 21, was driving the black Ford F-150 that veered off the road and into the troop Saturday in Lake Hallie, about 95 miles east of Minneapolis,...

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How Daylight Saving affects your sleep and overall health

Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks will "fall back" an hour this weekend, giving Americans the feeling of an extra hour in the morning, which could negatively affect their health.  "Ever since the institution of Daylight Saving Time, there has been controversy regarding whether it accomplishes its goals or not, and if so — at what cost," Timothy Morgenthaler, Mayo...

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Utah mayor Brent Taylor killed in latest Afghanistan 'insider attack'

A Utah mayor was killed in Afghanistan during an "insider attack" while serving with the Utah National Guard in Kabul, the second deadly such attack in the war-torn country in less than a month. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor, 39, a married father of seven, was killed and another soldier was wounded Saturday by a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces,...

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11-year-old shoots grandmother, kills self after refusing to clean his room, police say

PHOENIX — An 11-year-old boy in Arizona fatally shot his grandmother before turning the gun on himself after refusing to clean his room Saturday, officials said.  Yvonne Woodard, 65, and her husband lived with their grandson in a home in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, according to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez.  The...

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President Trump: Democrats will take 'a wrecking ball' to American progress if they win control in Congress

Perez said Trump wants to "change the subject" because Republicans are "hemorrhaging (votes) on health care."                   Trump took Air Force One to Tennessee on behalf of U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, who is now running for a Senate seat. She faces a close race against Democrat Phil Bredesen, the state's former...

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Kavanaugh won't make traditional walk down court steps due to security concerns

Justice Brett Kavanaugh will not participate in the tradition of walking down the marble steps in front of the Supreme Court following his formal investiture ceremony next Thursday, the Supreme Court announced, citing security reasons. Kavanaugh, who has served since being confirmed early last month, will have his formal investiture ceremony, which has often been followed...

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