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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Executives with the social media company Meta announced Thursday that they recently removed 480 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, and groups associated with the Proud Boys, for violating......

Maddie McGarvey/For The Washington Post via Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The Columbus teachers union has reached a "conceptual agreement" with its school board after three days of picketing. The Columbus Board of Education and......

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite efforts by major Western nations to combat climate change, the frequency of heatwaves is expected to increase, according to a study released Thursday.......

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Officials have identified a set of human remains that surfaced earlier this year in Lake Mead, as the reservoir deals with a historic drought. The remains, found May 7......

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Torrential rain has pounded Mississippi, sparking flooding and forcing evacuations from an assisted living home and a day care. Dozens of seniors were evacuated......

Michael Runkel/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Tennessee's "trigger" law banning abortions went into effect Thursday, making providing abortions a felony in the state. The Tennessee near-total abortion ban, which was enacted in 2019, criminalizes performing......

U.S. Department of Justice(LOS ANGELES) -- A California man has pleaded guilty to importing wild animals into the country, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Wednesday. Prosecutors said Jose Manuel Perez, 30, smuggled more......

Tetra Images/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) -- In a March 3, 2021, school board meeting, Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo, raised concerns about security issues in schools. Uvalde school board officials unanimously voted Wednesday to fire......

Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A jury awarded Vanessa Bryant $16 million in her invasion of privacy trial against Los Angeles County over photos taken at the scene of......

Etienne Laurent-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been granted an appeal in his New York sexual assault case. The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court,......