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bahia-principe.com(NEW YORK) —  An American woman died of respiratory failure in her Dominican Republic hotel room days before a Maryland couple was found dead of the same cause at the same resort, a hotel staff member told ABC News. Miranda Schaupp-Werner was found dead at the Grand Bahía Príncipe hotel in La Romana on May …

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Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May stressed the importance of the U.S.- U.K. “special relationship” in dealing with Iran, but noted “we stand by the nuclear deal” at a joint news conference on Tuesday with President Donald Trump. “We can also differ sometimes on how to confront the challenges we face,” May …

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s deputy has been fired and arrested on felony charges in connection to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Deputy Scot Peterson, 56, was arrested on seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of …

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Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Apple announced that it would kill iTunes, music aficionados, who have perhaps already been burned by MySpace losing 12 years of music, worried. What about non-Apple music? For now, the answer seems to be relax: your songs are safe. “Users will have access to their entire music library, whether they …

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New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — The mother of Jennifer Dulos, a Connecticut woman who has been missing for over a week, has filed a motion for custody of her daughter’s five children. In the documents, Dulos’ mother, Gloria Farber, cites the arrest and incarceration of Dulos’ estranged husband and the children’s father, Fotis …

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Prince George’s County Police Dept.(WASHINGTON) — Police in Maryland have found a 16-year-old girl who they believe was kidnapped in Langley Park Tuesday morning — more than a week after she was originally reported missing in Washington, D.C. Erica Alvarez was safely located and is talking to authorities, Prince George’s County police said Tuesday afternoon. …

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ABC News(LAS VEGAS) — The father of a Texas woman who died along with her husband from a mysterious illness while on a dream vacation in Fiji says he wants the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct an independent investigation of the deaths to determine if his loved ones perished from an …

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Prince George’s County Police Dept.(WASHINGTON) —  Police in Maryland are searching for a 16-year-old girl who they believe was kidnapped in Langley Park Tuesday morning — more than a week after she was originally reported missing in Washington, D.C. Erica Alvarez was abducted shortly before 8 a.m. by a suspect driving a dark Ford SUV, …

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DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) — Former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tom Frieden avoided jail time on Tuesday after pleading guilty to groping a longtime family friend in New York. Frieden, who is also the former New York City health comissioner, turned himself in to police in August 2018 after the woman reported …

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Eloi_Omella/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has announced new steps to further restrict Americans’ travel to Cuba, including banning group tours and cruise ship stops to the island nation. The changes are meant to tighten the economic pressure on the Cuban government, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called “one of our historically most aggressive adversaries.” The …

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