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iStock/Hydromet(NEW YORK) — Almost 40% of American adults wouldn’t be able to cover a $400 emergency with cash, savings or a credit-card charge that they could quickly pay off, a Federal Reserve survey finds. About 27% of those surveyed would need to borrow the money or sell something to come up with the $400 and …

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WXYZ(DETROIT) — Calls to a tip line led to the arrests of five former Michigan priests over allegations of sexual misconduct. Michigan’s attorney general announced the arrests Friday and detailed the charges against the men, who previously worked at different dioceses in the state. Michigan is one of at least 15 states or territories that …

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iStock/Graffizone(NEW YORK) — A few days before beverage magnate Gregory Abbott pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with the college admissions cheating scam, police say he was beaten up by one of his children in the family’s swank Fifth Avenue home. Malcolm Abbott, who raps under the name “Billa,” repeatedly struck his father …

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midesi69/Twitter(LYON, France) — An explosion in the French city of Lyon on Friday left eight people with minor injuries, local officials said on social media. The blast occurred at the corner of Victor Hugo Street and Sala Street, and authorities are urging people to avoid the area. The New York Police Department’s counter-terrorism division said …

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Teller County Sheriff via KMGH(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Patrick Frazee, the Colorado man accused of killing his fiancé, Kelsey Berreth, in a vicious assault in her home, pleaded not guilty on Friday. At Friday’s court appearance Frazee was shackled, dressed in a jail jumpsuit with a bulletproof vest, as his mother and sister looked on. …

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DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Julian Assange has always been a lightning-rod for controversy, but the latest charges against him have journalism watchdog groups crying foul. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, was charged by U.S. authorities Thursday of violating the Espionage Act. Now there’s a debate whether prosecutors can claim the same about journalists who publish stories …

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DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his former studio have come to a tentative agreement in bankruptcy court to resolve lawsuits filed by several women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. The deal would be worth $44 million, sources told ABC News. “We now have an economic agreement …

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(DETROIT) — Julisa Abad said she’s one of the more fortunate transgender women in Detroit’s Six Mile and Woodward area. The 34-year-old said she’s never worked in the sex industry, but she understands why many others feel as if they don’t have a choice. “When I first moved to Detroit, despite everything that …

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ABC News(NEW YORK) — The storm system that brought 97 reported tornadoes to the central U.S. this week finally moved into the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday, bringing an EF-1 tornado with winds of at least 86 mph. Meanwhile, the rain earlier in the week has caused the Arkansas River to continue to flood. It will be …

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ABC(NEW YORK) — It seems to happen almost every week: a cop in America is called to respond to some sort of disturbance -– a man with a weapon, a woman disrupting the midnight calm at an apartment complex, an escalating domestic dispute. Law enforcement arrives, confusion ensues, a shot is fired, and suddenly the …

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