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piola666/iStock(ROME) — An Italian police officer who was allegedly killed during a confrontation with two American teenagers was stabbed with “much violence,” some wounds so deep that the base of the 7-inch blade left marks on his

Kuzma/iStock(BOSTON) — Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman is set to be sentenced on Friday for federal crimes stemming from the massive “Varsity Blues” college entrance scam, and prosecutors are asking a judge to send her to prison.

Michael Hannegan Jr.(BOWIE, Md.) — A plane’s pilot and passenger were seen standing in the median of a highway in Bowie, Maryland, on Thursday after surviving a crash shortly before noon. “I’m blessed that we’re not hurt.

ABC News(NEW YORK) — As a tropical system developing in the Atlantic threatens the hard-hit Bahamas, the Midwest is recovering from — and facing more — severe weather. Over 78,000 customers lost power in Michigan overnight as

jamesbenet/iStock(LONDON) — Astronomers have located the first planet outside our solar system containing water vapor and temperatures that could support life, according to NASA. Data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope allowed astronomers from the Center for Space

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles deputy city attorney allegedly shot and killed his wife and 19-year-old son in their home on Wednesday before dying by suicide, police said. Eric Lertzman, 60, first killed his wife, Sandra,

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has debuted her latest project, a capsule fashion collection for charity. The Smart Set capsule collection of “workwear essentials” is on sale in stores and online for at least two

Nirian/iStock(LONDON) — J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, has donated almost $20 million (£15.3m) to support research into neurological conditions in honor of her late mother. The latest philanthropic act from the woman behind

Twitter/@VCFD_PIO(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — Divers have recovered the body of the final missing victim of a boat fire off the Southern California coast that killed 34 people last week. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced on

WoodysPhotos/iStock(NEW YORK) — Purdue Pharma, the makers of the highly-addictive painkiller OxyContin that many blame for fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic, have reached a tentative settlement deal with thousands of local governments and a handful of states