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The Federal Trade Commission building, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Rejuvica makers ordered by FTC to refund customers at least $650,000

The manufacturers of a supplement that claimed to reduce cravings for alcohol will now have to refund at least $650,000 to customers under a Federal Trade Commission order proposed Wednesday. Published July 19, 2023

A Georgia girl who was 4 years old when she went missing in April 2021 has been reunited with her father after being found in Mexico. Photo credit: Smyrna Police Department

Georgia girl missing for two years rescued from Mexico, reunited with her father

A Georgia girl who was 4 years old when she went missing in April 2021 has been reunited with her father after being found in Mexico. Published July 19, 2023

An alligator is seen in a pond at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006. Florida's alligator hunting season started Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, with new rules expanding the time and weapons that can be used. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File)

Gator bites snorkeler in U.S. Forest Service swim area in Florida

The Alexander Springs public swimming area in Florida's Ocala National Forest was shut down temporarily Monday after an alligator bit a man while he was snorkeling. Published July 19, 2023

A sign stands outside the corporate headquarters of Cheyenne-based Taco John's, Aug. 1, 2019, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Taco Bell rang up a win Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in its quest to make “Taco Tuesday" free of trademark restrictions, with Taco John’s formally abandoning its decades-old claim to own the phrase amid a challenge from its bigger rival. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)

Taco John’s restaurant chain surrenders rights to Taco Tuesday trademark in victory for Taco Bell

The phrase Taco Tuesday will now be available to most after restaurant chain Taco John's abandoned its claim to the phrase in a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing Tuesday. Published July 19, 2023

A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration on June 16, 2022, in Miami. A 19-year-old South Florida man captured 28 Burmese pythons during a 10-day competition that was created to increase awareness about the invasive species, and the threats they pose to the state's ecology. Matthew Concepcion was among the 1,000 participants from 32 states, Canada and Latvia who participated in the annual challenge, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a news release. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Hunters snag record-breaking Burmese python in Florida swamp

A pair of hunters operating in the Big Cypress National Preserve made history when they caught a 19-foot Burmese python, the longest such snake ever caught in Florida. Published July 13, 2023

This photo provided by Hillsborough County, Fla., shows a sinkhole that in 2013 fatally swallowed a man sleeping in his own house. The sinkhole has reopened for a third time, this time behind chain-link fencing and doing no harm to people or property. Hillsborough County officials said the sinkhole located in the Tampa suburb of Seffner, Fla., appeared again on Monday, July 10, 2023, which they said is not unusual for such underground formations especially in central Florida with its porous limestone base. (Todd Pratt/Hillsborough County via AP)

Tampa-area sinkhole that killed man in 2013 opens for third time

A sinkhole in Seffner, Florida, that swallowed part of a house and killed a man in 2013 reopened Monday, the third time the sinkhole has appeared. Published July 13, 2023

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3 decomposed bodies found near Colorado campsite

A hiker's tip led to the uncovering of three heavily decomposed corpses near the Gold Creek Campground in Colorado, the Gunnison County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. Published July 13, 2023

A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $875 million after no winning ticket was sold for the Wednesday, July 12, 2023, drawing. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Powerball jackpot surges to $875 million, the third-largest prize in game’s history

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $875 million -- the third-largest prize in the lottery's history -- after no one picked all of the winning numbers Wednesday night. Published July 13, 2023

A T-Rex dinosaur casting is shown in the new wing of the Maryland Science Center on Wednesday April 28, 2004 in Baltimore, Md. The Center, which is located near the Inner Harbor, will be home to a new dinosaur exhibit and museum. (AP Photo/Matt Houston)

Dinosaur ‘bone bed’ unearthed in Prince George’s County park

Paleontologists have unearthed a dinosaur "bone bed" including the largest leg bone ever found in the eastern U.S. at the Dinosaur Park in Prince George's County, county officials announced Wednesday. Published July 12, 2023

Prince George's County police block the road to the police station, Monday morning. (AP photo/Jessica Gresko) **FILE**

Greenbelt man pleads guilty to federal gun and drug charges, including owning a machine gun

A 19-year-old man from Greenbelt, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to federal drug dealing and firearms charges, including the ownership of a modified pistol legally considered a machine gun. Published July 12, 2023

Police car against city street background. File photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock.

Eight-year-old Alabama boy arrested after alleged armed carjacking and police chase

Police in Montgomery, Alabama, arrested an 8-year-old boy Tuesday morning accused of stealing a car at gunpoint and attempting to flee from police in the vehicle. Published July 12, 2023

Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

D.C. police seek public’s help after motorcycle hijacking in Northwest

The Metropolitan Police Department is soliciting the aid of the public to find two suspects accused of hijacking a motorcycle in the 1500 block of 11th Street NW on Monday. Published July 12, 2023

Margot Robbie arrives at the premiere of "Barbie" on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Philippines lets ‘Barbie’ air in theaters, with map possibly blurred

The "Barbie" movie might blur a map of Chinese maritime claims and can be shown, the Philippine Movie and Television Review and Classification Board announced Wednesday. Published July 12, 2023

In this Dec. 18, 2020, file photo, a person passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. Some Americans are receiving tax forms saying they owe money on unemployment benefits they never received. The notices from state governments could be a sign of the extent of identity theft in the nation's state-run unemployment systems. Unemployment benefits are taxable, so government agencies must send a tax form to people who received them. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Woman serving life term for mom’s murder sentenced to 7 more years for COVID-19 unemployment fraud

A California woman locked up for life for the first-degree murder of her mother in 2001 was sentenced Monday to seven more years for her role in a COVID-19 unemployment benefits fraud scheme. Published July 11, 2023

Ypsilon Mountain in winter in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. File photo credit: P.A.12 via Shutterstock.

Woman killed in climbing accident in Rocky Mountain National Park

A woman died after she fell 500 feet Sunday while trying to "free solo" climb Blitzen Ridge, a rock formation on Ypsilon Mountain in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Published July 11, 2023

TK Holdings Inc. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., is pictured on June 25, 2017. In a statement issued Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Stellantis is urging the owners of about 29,000 older Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator. The company says owners of the 2003 model year pickups should contact a dealer or the company to find out if their trucks are part of the massive Takata recall. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Do-not-drive warning issued for 2003 Dodge Rams after Takata airbag death

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put out a do-not-drive warning for 2003 Dodge Ram trucks Tuesday. The vehicles were recalled in 2015 over faulty Takata airbags. Published July 11, 2023

A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) **FILE**

Powerball drawing reaches $725 million for Wednesday

After the jackpot was not hit for the 35th straight time Monday, the Powerball grand prize is up to $725 million for Wednesday's lottery drawing. Published July 11, 2023

This image taken from video and provided by KABC-7 TV shows a single-engine plane that crashed nose-first into the roof of a hangar at Long Beach Airport in Southern California, Monday, July 10, 2023. Authorities say the pilot escaped with only minor injuries after the plane crashed into a hangar at the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash happened around 2:30 p.m., local time, while the pilot of the Cessna 172 was practicing landings and takeoffs. (KABC-7 via AP)

Pilot survives crashing plane through hangar roof at Long Beach Airport

A pilot is lucky to be alive after crashing his plane through the roof of a small hangar at 2:18 p.m. local time Monday at California's Long Beach Airport. Published July 11, 2023

Emergency responders work the scene of a deadly house fire on Saturday, July 8, 2023 in New Scotland, N.Y. Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, just before sunrise Saturday. (Jim Franco /The Albany Times Union via AP)

Four dead and a teenage boy injured after a house fire in upstate New York

A house fire in New Scotland, New York Saturday morning claimed the lives of two adult men, an adult woman and a five-year-old girl. Published July 8, 2023

New Bedford Public Library Director Olivia Melo, pulls the 100 year overdue book from the box shipped to New Bedford, Mass., from West Virginia University Library on Friday, July 7, 2023. "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" by James Clerk Maxwell was returned to the West Virginia University library one hundred years after it was taken out of the New Bedford Public library in 1903. (Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times via AP)

Overdue library book returned from West Virginia to Massachusetts library over 119 years late

A book checked out of the library in New Bedford, Massachusetts was returned recently, more than 119 years after it was first checked out. Published July 8, 2023

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