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A woman whose 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration detention center in Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the private prison company that operates the facility.

The burglary happened Monday, July 22 at a residence in the 800 block of Brooks Road.

Carolyn Wilkerson pleaded guilty to six counts of public assistance fraud for her role in defrauding the State of Alabama’s Department of Human Resources daycare subsidy program.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet jet crashed Wednesday in the California desert and a search-and-rescue helicopter was sent to the scene.

Exxon Mobil says 37 people suffered minor injuries from an explosion and fire at one of its Houston-area facilities.

Mobile home parks are first on the list for demolition and then the city will move to abandoned homes and buildings.

Franky Zapata’s wife, Christele, said Wednesday that he will retry the 36-kilometer (22.4-mile) journey Sunday from the French town of Sangatte to the area near Dover.

Passengers were surprised to be greeted by a flight attendant hanging out in the overhead luggage bin on a Southwest Airlines flight.

The Anti-Defamation League says it found that nearly 74 percent of adults playing multiplayer games have experienced harassment in some form.

Authorities haven’t said when the incident took place or why she allegedly relieved herself on the potatoes at a Walmart in Pennsylvania.