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Mother Found After Fetus Found In The Bathroom Of American Airlines Flight Out Of Charlotte

Police have tracked down the mother whose fetus was found in the bathroom of an American Airlines flight out of Charlotte.

Disney Says Its New Streaming Service Won’t Rival Netflix

Disney’s upcoming streaming service won’t try to compete directly with Netflix and Amazon, but will focus instead on quality — namely original programs from Disney’s “Star Wars,” Pixar and Marvel brands.

Ruby Rose Cast As Lesbian Superhero Batwoman For The CW

Ruby Rose is making history with her latest role as Batwoman, the first openly gay superhero to headline a TV series.

NFL Helmet Rule Enforcement Unclear For Players, Coaches

Visceral blowback to the NFL’s updated rule that players can’t lead with their helmets to make contact is straight out of tough-guy football 101. Hard-hitting defensive backs say the league is destroying the physical element of the game or lament that it’s changing the sport entirely.

Lady Gaga To Launch Las Vegas Residency

Lady Gaga is heading to Las Vegas for a residency in December and offering fans two kinds of shows.

RNC Site's Link For Maryland GOP's Twitter Delivered Porn

For half a year, the Republican National Committee’s website directed seekers of the Maryland Republican Party’s Twitter to a porn account.

France Takes Leave From NASCAR Following DWI, Drug Arrest

NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France announced Monday he was taking an indefinite leave of absence a day after his arrest in New York’s Hamptons on charges of driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of oxycodone.

MoviePass Puts Caps On Discount Ticket Plan Instead Of Price Hike

MoviePass, a discount service for movie tickets at theaters, is walking back a planned 50 percent price increase following a subscriber backlash. But it will soon impose a cap of three movies per month, instead of one every day.

PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi Latest High-Profile Female CEO To Exit

With Indra Nooyi exiting PepsiCo as its longtime chief executive, the circle of CEOs in the Fortune 500 is losing one of its highest profile women.

First Lady Praises LeBron's Charity Work After President Trump's Disparaging Tweet

A spokeswomen for the first lady says, "It looks like LeBron James is working to do good on behalf of our next generation."

Police: Suspect In Bush’s Doctor’s Death Killed Himself

A man accused of killing one of former President George H.W. Bush’s doctors fatally shot himself during a confrontation with authorities in Houston on Friday morning, the city’s police chief said.

Las Vegas Gunman Lost Money, Became Unstable Before Shooting

In the year before Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock carried out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the high-stakes gambler appeared to have become increasingly unstable, distant and constantly complained of being sick, according to a final investigative report released Friday.

Couple Thinks They Found Prohibition-Era Booze In New Home

A couple moving into a Massachusetts home have found what they believe is a stash of Prohibition-era booze.

China Announces $60B Of U.S. Goods For Tariff Retaliation

China on Friday announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its latest tariff threat.

Backlash From Aviation Experts Over Proposal By The TSA To Get Rid Of Passenger Screening

The proposal is for smaller airports. According to the proposal, the money that would be saved by those cuts would be used to increase security at larger airports.

Dispute Over 3D-Printed Guns Raises Many Legal Issues

A little-known dispute over 3D-printed guns has morphed into a national legal debate in the last week, drawing attention to a technology that seems a bit of sci-fi fantasy and — to gun-control advocates — a dangerous way for criminals to get their hands on firearms that are easy to conceal and tough to detect.

White House Asserts ‘Vast’ Effort To Protect Elections

Responding to wide-ranging criticism that it lacked a clear national strategy to protect U.S. elections, the Trump administration put on a show of force Thursday and said the president had directed a “vast, government-wide effort” to safeguard a cornerstone of American democracy.