A group of anti-Islam protesters gathered at a conference in Washington, D.C. One woman’s reaction: ‘I smiled in the face of bigotry.’
Author: Brett Molina, USA TODAY
Driver speeds into pedestrians, including teen, and injures eight near California shopping center, police say
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Woman discovers she has 29 siblings after taking DNA test. And counting.
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