Officials are set to announce an update in the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings after the arrest of suspect Rex Heuermann last month.
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Hearts, brains and bones: Stolen body parts scandal stretches from Harvard to Kentucky
They bought and sold human hearts and lungs and livers and brains — not to mention skulls, spines, skin and fetuses. It was ghoulish and macabre.
Okinawa braced for return of Typhoon Khanun
Typhoon Khanun was expected to head back east and return to Okinawa, days after sweeping over Japan’s southwestern islands. (Aug. 4)
US economy likely created 200,000 new jobs in July
The American economy has generated at least 200,000 new jobs for a record 30 straight months. And the streak likely continued into July. But just barely. (Aug. 4) (AP Video shot by Rodrique Ngowi.)
Philippines and US conduct joint disaster drills
Philippine and United States soldiers conducted joint humanitarian and disaster response drills in Cagayan province. (August 4)
After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself could be in peril
Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived. But some scientists and activists fear the act itself is in trouble (Aug. 4)(AP video: Mike Householder)
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Justin Jones, Justin Pearson win reelection following ‘Tennessee Three’ expulsion vote
Months after being expelled from the Tennessee House, Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson won re-election to their seats in the General Assembly.
James Barnes, Florida man who dropped appeals, executed for 1988 hammer killing of nurse
James Barnes, 61, was executed on Thursday for the brutal murder of Patricia “Patsy” Miller, a nurse, inside her Melbourne, Florida, home in 1988.
Texas Border Patrol agents find seven spider monkeys hidden in a backpack
Texas Border Patrol agents were in for a surprise Thursday morning after they found seven spider monkeys in a backpack. They said the monkeys may have been smuggled in.
Pope addresses World Youth Day in Lisbon
Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving young people from around the globe gave Pope Francis a raucous welcome to the World Youth Day festival in Portugal’s capital on Thursday, in a sign of youthful support for the 86-year-old pontiff and his calls for i…