Bank accidentally puts $120,000 in couple’s account. They were arrested after spending it, police say.

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Imagine waking up one day to find an extra $120,000 in your bank account. You did not make $120,000 or win $120,000, but there it is, $120,000, just sitting there. Cool!  What would you do with all that cash? Pay off the mountain of student loans you’d otherwise be stuck with till you die? Buy a...

Two Billion Years Ago, up to 99 Percent of Life on Earth Died in an Event More Catastrophic Than Mass Extinction of the Dinosaurs

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Scientists have discovered a mass die-off that took place two billion years ago—with up to 99.5 percent of life on Earth disappearing. The massive die-off saw more of the planet's biosphere vanish than when the dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the planet 65 million years ago, researchers...

A Mississippi wedding venue rejected an interracial couple, citing ‘Christian belief.’ Facing a backlash, the owner apologized.

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When LaKambria S. Welch drove to Boone’s Camp Event Hall on Saturday, she was in search of an explanation.  Welch told The Washington Post in an email that her brother and his fiancee had recently been coordinating with the wedding venue in Booneville, Miss., about hosting their upcoming...

Harry Potter Books Removed from Nashville School Library on the Advice of Exorcists

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Harry Potter might have been able to defeat Voldemort, but he was no match for the administrators at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville. The Roman Catholic parish school — which educates students in pre-K through 8th grade — has removed all seven volumes of J.K. Rowling‘s popular Harry...

Michigan city council candidate wants to keep town 'a white community'

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A candidate running for city council in Michigan told attendees at a forum Thursday night that she wants to keep the town's demographics as "white" as possible. The Port Huron Times Herald reported that Jean Cramer, one of five candidates running for an open seat in Marysville, vowed to work to...

13-year-old girl with cancer mandated to have surgery over mom's objections

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An Oregon court is ordering that a 13-year-old girl with a rare liver cancer have surgery and receive other medical treatment despite the objections of her mother. The battle over Kylee Dixon's treatment began after her mother, Christina Dixon, halted a doctor-prescribed regimen to instead...

El Salvador court absolves woman accused of killing her stillborn child

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CIUDAD DELGADO, El Salvador (Reuters) - A Salvadoran court absolved a woman previously convicted of aggravated homicide after she gave birth to a stillborn child, the woman's lawyer Bertha DeLeon said on Monday, in a closely watched retrial that overturns a 30-year prison sentence. Defendant...

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Cup title as Serena Williams withdraws

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TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu is the first Canadian to win the Rogers Cup in 50 years. She was up 3-1 in the first set when American opponent Serena Williams called for a medical timeout. Less than a minute later, the chair umpire announced that Williams was retiring from the match, handing...

Man in body armor and armed with rifle sparks panic at Missouri Walmart

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The armed man who walked into a Missouri Walmart store dressed in body armor and fatigues and was detained at gunpoint by an off-duty firefighter is "lucky he's alive still" considering the situation he created, a police official said. No shots were fired in the incident that happened just after...

Sexsomnia case: Dad who molested young teen daughter found not criminally responsible

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An Eastern Ontario father who molested his 14-year-old daughter in 2016 has been found not criminally responsible because he was “suffering” from sexsomnia at the time. His daughter had just moved back in with her father only for him to molest her in her bedroom at night. The father, 39, was...