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nycshooter/iStock(NEW YORK) — Getting around the nation’s largest city is getting more expensive. A judge in New York cleared the way for a $2.50 surcharge to be added to a taxi fare. An extra $2.75 will be added to the cost of Uber, Lyft and other for-hire rides. The extra fees apply to rides in …

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yelo34/iStock(MILWAUKEE) — A 62-year-old man was “frozen solid” when he was found dead in his Wisconsin backyard on Thursday, according to a local official. The man didn’t come to work, prompting his co-workers to call authorities to respond to his home in Cudahy, about 7 miles outside Milwaukee, said Karen Domagalski, operations manager at the …

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andresr/iStock(CUPERTINO, Calif.) — Apple’s Group FaceTime is fixed and a software update will be released next week that no longer allows iPhone users to eavesdrop on others, the tech giant said in a statement Friday. “We have fixed the Group FaceTime security bug on Apple’s servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable …

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Pardeep Pandit/Hindustan Times(LONDON) — Editor’s note: The following contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised. A wild leopard injured six people in India after being on the loose for 11 hours, officials said. The animal was finally captured in the northern Indian city of Jalandhar by a local wildlife department, according to the Indian Express. …

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wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 304,000 jobs to their payrolls in January, the Labor Department reported Friday morning. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the job gains were in leisure and hospitality (74,000), construction (52,000), health care (42,000), and transportation and warehousing (27,000). The unemployment rate, meanwhile, rose from 3.9 percent to 4 …

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ronniechua/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is withdrawing from a historic Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty because of Russia’s ongoing violation, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, Treaty has been central to limiting the kinds of nuclear weapons both countries can deploy, and without it, experts fear there will …

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ABC News(NEW YORK) — The deadly arctic blast is winding down with one last cold morning from Chicago to New York City. At least 15 people were killed, including a student at the University of Iowa, in the spate of cold weather across the northern U.S. over the week. Towns such as Moline, Illinois, and …

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Urupong/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Last summer, during the largest fire in California history, firefighters encountered an unexpected danger. It had nothing to do with flames or smoke or wind speeds. They couldn’t communicate. In the middle of battling the Mendocino Complex Fire, Verizon was throttling, or deliberately slowing, internet speeds on their phones, Santa Clara fire officials …

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rustythedog/iStock(DETROIT) — A Detroit police officer is under investigation Thursday after he allegedly posted racist video of a black woman he pulled over for driving with an expired license plate. The Detroit Police Department said it placed officer Gary Steele on restrictive duty while it looks into allegations of racism and misconduct stemming from the …

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Middlesex County Prosecutors Office(WOODBRIDGE, N.J.) — A New Jersey man was arrested in mid-January and charged with insurance fraud after he was caught on surveillance video tossing ice on the floor and allegedly faking a slip and fall, authorities said Thursday. Alexander Goldinsky, a 57-year-old independent contractor, was working for a company in Woodbridge, New …

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