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benstevens/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The number of people suing the Catholic dioceses in New York over abuse they allegedly suffered as children continues to grow.Ten new lawsuits were filed on Monday, adding to the list of cases that have mounted against the diocese of Brooklyn in the wake of New York’s Child Victim’s Act, a new law that took effect Aug. 14 and allows a one-year window for victims to file […]

U.S. Coast Guard(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) -- One of the rescuers who helped get four crew members out of the Golden Ray, the cargo ship that capsized and caught fire off the coast of Georgia on Sunday, described the harrowing attempt to free the trapped men.Sean Cogan, a rope access supervisor for Elevated Safety, a company that trains and helps people rappel on ropes, was appointed the rescue team leader for salvage […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least 22 large uncontained wildfires are burning in the West Tuesday morning, not including smaller fires that erupted in southern California Monday. Wildfires that began Monday late afternoon just north of Santa Barbara, California closed roads and prompted evacuations. Most evacuations, however, were lifted Monday as of 8 p.m. according to the Santa Barbara Fire Department. Several wildfires are also burning in northern California where […]

vistoff/iStock(RICHMOND, Va.) -- The state of Virginia is being sued over "controversial" race labels listed on applications for marriage licenses. Those seeking a license to wed in Virginia are required to label themselves by their race, according to a lawsuit, filed last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. A list of "race codes," obtained by a law firm representing seven plaintiffs, features more than 200 labels, including seemingly outdated terms […]

Tuscon Police Department via Facebook(PHOENIX) -- A murder suspect who escaped custody with his wife by overpowering a transport team has been added to the Unites States Marshals' 15 Most Wanted List.The move to include suspect Blane Barksdale on the 15 Most Wanted List provides more resources to develop leads as investigators push to find Barksdale and his wife, who have been on the run for over two weeks, Timothy […]

Peter Topp Enge Jonasen/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A rare type of full Moon will soon grace the sky that coincides with a spooky date: Friday the 13th.The so-called “harvest moon,” which is the full moon nearest to the start of fall, or the autumnal equinox, will be seen in the U.S. on Friday in the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones, according to the Farmers Almanac.For those in the Eastern time […]

diegograndi/iStock(NEW YORK) -- An upstate New York art foundry has been hired to repair the "Charging Bull" sculpture in Lower Manhattan after it was smashed and cut open by a man with a metal banjo.Polich Tallix, a fine art foundry located in Rock Tavern, is expected to begin the repairs at the end of the month when the sculpture's artist, Arturo Di Modica, returns from Sicily, Arthur Piccolo, the chairman […]

Michael Ver Sprill/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The "Tribute in Light," New York City's annual homage to the victims who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, endangers an estimated 160,000 migrating birds a year, drawing them off course and trapping them in the powerful twin beams that shoot into the sky and can be seen from 60 miles away, according to avian experts.The illuminating installation on display for seven days […]