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Plastic fibers were found by researchers in tap water sampled at sites like Congress buildings and even in Trump Tower.

Jasmine Block endured physical and sexual abuse by her kidnappers on a daily basis for 29 days before she made her escape.

Leslie Van Houten was serving a life sentence in relation to the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

As the Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean islands, Richard Branson chose to stay on his private island along with his team, despite knowing that the category 5 storm will create a havoc in the area.

Officials found seven live sandbar sharks, two dead leopard sharks and one dead hammerhead shark in a basement pool in Dutchess County.

“I have seen Americans suffer and grieve. I have seen Americans rejoice and show resilience and recover. I have seen America at its best and at its worst, so I know ‘this is America’" Nydia Han said.

Police killings in the U.S. have seen a rise in the last few years. More people have been killed by police in 2017 than in each of the last three years, according to statistics maintained by a national database tracking the deaths.

Principal Bill Messerole of Creston Community High School confirmed all the students in the photo were disciplined.

Sonya Ann Wilks Bailey was arrested for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a student while she was employed with the Etowah County Board of Education. She was also accused of sending sexually-explicit pictures to the student.

The conviction took less than an hour.

The canceled visitations were made as a proactive measure in wake of Hurricane Irma.

Joel Osteen faced significant backlash after refusing to open his Houston megachurch to victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Tropical storm Jose officially became a hurricane Wednesday afternoon.

Harvey devastated Houston and was a Category 3. Irma is a Category 5.

Hurricane Irma is expected to hit South Florida where major power plants lie, but can the plants withstand the potential damage?

More than 2,200 square miles of land were engulfed in flames.

Video showed a woman commandeering a police cruiser after she escaped arrest.

One Florida Sheriff is seeking to arrest people — Hurricane Irma or not.

As Irma ramps up, where are evacuations happening?

Hurricane strength ranges 1-5. Despite Irma's strength, there is no 6.

Jessica Winfield started gender reassignment treatment after being sentenced to life imprisonment for raping two young girls.  

The seven-and-half-month pregnant woman was denied service at Buzz Inn Steakhouse as her outfit was deemed to be a violation of a health code at the restaurant.

The weather plane was ordered to collect data that would be used to build prediction models for Irma, believed to be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez's corruption trial is set to begin Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey. For the first time in nearly four decades, a sitting U.S. senator goes on trial on federal bribery charges.

Previously the cause of VTE has been traced back to age, obesity and side effects of diseases such as cancer or lupus. Some of the triggers for VTE are surgery, immobilization and hospitalization.

Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the father of the late singer Selena, posted on Facebook that the family killed in Harvey floodwaters last month, were his relatives.

A grizzly bear attacked a hunter in Montana on Monday when he and his hunting partner were out on a hunting excursion and left the former.

The confirmation about the remains will be determined after the DNA results are out.

While Barack Obama said "Dreamer" may not know any other country besides the United States, Bill Clinton called the undocumented migrant children, protected under DACA, "a part of the American Dream."