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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in California, authorities said Wednesday.Read More

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An hourslong standoff where a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home somehowRead More

Stocks fell sharply Wednesday after the bond market raised another warning flag on the economy. The yield on the 10-year Treasury briefly dropped below theRead More

(CNN) — An Ohio boy playing around in a creek bed stumbled across an odd, ridged object jutting out of the mud. To his surprise,Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company withRead More

(CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a law that would require insurance companies to cover costs for kids needing EpiPen injections for casesRead More

NEW YORK (WSVN) — Over 100,000 people have signed a petition to name a stretch of road in New York City after former President BarackRead More

NEW YORK (AP) — An economic alarm bell has sounded in the U.S., sending warning signs of a possible recession ahead. Yields on 2-year andRead More

PARIS (AP) — France’s Culture Ministry says several stones fell from the vaulted ceiling of the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral after last month’s heat wave,Read More

STOCKHOLM (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky was found guilty of assault Wednesday by a Swedish court, six weeks after a street brawl in StockholmRead More