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Mom says daughter's 1st grade assignment promotes body-shaming

“The way they illustrated it, it bothered me more than anything. Big girl being put on display just really hurt."

Puppy loses ear after grooming appointment at Petco

Former 'American Idol' contestant sentenced to 45 months in prison for possession of fentanyl

Bumble Bee Foods files for bankruptcy, plans to sell assets for $925 million

Plane makes emergency landing at Los Angeles airport after flames shoot from engine

US identifies service members killed in Afghanistan chopper crash

Floyd Mayweather says he is 'coming out of retirement in 2020' after UFC talks

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Davis Cup organizers already looking at changes for 2020

Communication items stolen at Copa Libertadores final venue

Sandusky arrives at court for resentencing in sex abuse case

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World high jump champion assails Russian track officials

Russia beats Serbia 2-1 to reach Davis Cup semifinals

Ole Miss selects Keith Carter as its athletic director

Fleetwood, Rahm chase Lorenzo-Vera in Dubai; McIlroy fades

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Tesla unveils the Cybertruck, its 'bulletproof' electric pickup

The Cybertruck looks nothing like any pickup you've ever seen.

A Boston College student was accused of telling her boyfriend to kill himself. She just made their last text messages public

A former Boston College student accused of encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself appears to have pleaded with him to "stop," according to text messages released by a public relations firm representing her.

137 women have been killed by their partners in France this year. Critics blame a 'deeply sexist society'

Marie-Alice Dibon and Luciano Meridda's relationship began with poetry.

Monsanto pleads guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii

Agrochemicals company Monsanto on Thursday pleaded guilty to spraying a banned pesticide on research crops on the Hawaii island of Maui in 2014, prosecutors said.

NY man gets prison for messages to 2 GOP Congress members

A western New York man convicted of leaving menacing phone messages for two prominent Republican members of Congress was sentenced to five years in prison, prosecutors said Thursday.

Security guard charged with punching girl, 11, for shoplifting

A 225-pound security guard at a Boston fashion store has been indicted on charges of assault and civil rights violations after allegedly punching an 11-year-old girl who was shoplifting, authorities said.

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements

Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them little money and required them to remain silent about the alleged abuse.

Deputies accused of stealing from Dallas store after tornado

Two Texas sheriff’s deputies accused of stealing items from a Home Depot they were guarding after it was destroyed by a tornado last month have been charged with theft.

Brick and mortar stores are hurting many retailers, but Nordstrom is pushing them as key to the company's future

The growth of e-commerce has gutted many traditional retailers and led to the shuttering of brick-and-mortar stores. In response, many retail companies have shifted their focus away from physical stores and tried to rapidly grow their digital presence.

FBI official under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe

An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser, several people briefed on the matter told CNN.