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Teen finishes 40-mile walk while carrying brother
 

A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday.

Aid targeted for southern Arizona site holding migrant kids

Officials are working to improve conditions at a makeshift holding center in southern Arizona where immigration authorities are housing hundreds of unaccompanied migrant minors.

Tennessee pastor’s wife ministers to strippers

Erin Stevens isn’t that kind of evangelist who stands outside the strip club with her bullhorn, yelling at the customers to repent or face the flames.

Vermont gun importer lays off 41, blames rules, White House

A Vermont gun importer is blaming the White House for its laying off of 41 workers because the government blocked its plan to bring nearly $30 million worth of antique, American-made military rifles home from South Korea.

 
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Human remains found in Wisconsin suitcases

Police say two suitcases containing the remains of two people have been found in long grass near a road in southeastern Wisconsin.

 
Student prevented further carnage by tackling Seattle gunman, police say

The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis saw his chance. The 22-year-old building monitor pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday afternoon in Seattle Pacific University’s Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police and university officials.

What we know, don’t know about saving Sgt. Bergdahl

Just a week after the president announced that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been freed in Afghanistan, details emerging about the soldier, the deal and how the rescue came together are only adding to the list of questions. Here’s a look at what’s known — and unknown — about saving Sgt. Bergdahl.

Robot with emotions debuts in Japan

In February 2015, a cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions and was created by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son will go on sale for $1,900.

Greece becomes 56th country to use Google Street View

After blocking the ground-level map application for five years for fear of lost privacy, Greece has now approved Google’s Street View map service.

Suspect in Canada shooting arrested

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday, police said.

 
1 dead in Seattle university shooting

A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, killing one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, Seattle police said.

 
Families release videos of couple held in Afghanistan

In two short videos received by Caitlan Coleman’s parents last year, Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, are seen calling on the U.S. government to free them and their child, who would be about 18 months old, from Taliban captors.

 
Officials: Threat to Bergdahl’s life led to action

The Obama administration has told senators it didn’t notify Congress about the pending swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban officials because the Taliban had threatened to kill him if the deal was made public, three congressional officials have told The Associated Press.

 
NYC child stabbing suspect arrested, eyed in 3rd attack

A recently released convict suspected of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and injuring a 7-year-old girl in a Brooklyn elevator is also being eyed in the stabbing of a homeless man days later at a Manhattan subway platform, a police official said Thursday.

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