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The largest city in Brazil was suddenly plunged into darkness in the middle of the day on Monday after billowing smoke from ongoing wildfires in the Amazon region combined with a weather pattern, creating an ominous, dark blanket over the metropolis.  Read Full Article

A top government watchdog on Wednesday alerted President Trump and Congress that Customs and Border Protection (CBP), through a “disturbing” pattern of misconduct, has endangered the public for nearly a decade by failing to comply with a federal law requiring that the agency collect DNA samples from detained migrants. Read Full Article

An Ohio man faces kidnapping charges after a woman told police she escaped from a freezer at a Cleveland-area home where she may have been held for days, according to police.  Read Full Article

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans a likely visit to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire next month or in early October, a top Kasich adviser told Fox News. Read Full Article

Often touted as a safer alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes can have negative effects on a user’s blood vessels, damaging them after just one use, a new study says.  Read Full Article

Washington Nationals reliever Hunter Strickland revealed Tuesday he was injured in a weight room mishap at PNC Park before the team’s game that day against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Read Full Article

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield blasted reporters Tuesday after he said a GQ magazine profile misrepresented his comments about New York Giants rookie Daniel Jones, turning the remarks from what Mayfield claims was a more nuanced point about the NFL draft into simple “click bait” fodder. Read Full Article

A man in South Africa was mauled to death by his captive lions in a game reserve as he was fixing a broken fence inside the enclosure. Read Full Article

By examining Antarctic snow, researchers have discovered, for the first time, interstellar dust that recently fell to Earth, a new study finds. Read Full Article

Is it a bird? Or is it a bunny? Read Full Article