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Alabama Law Enforcement Agency(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- A body that was found inside a dumpster near Alabama's most populous city has been identified as 3-year-old Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney, who was abducted…

MCCAIG/iStock(CHICAGO) -- Teachers in the nation's third-largest public school system and their supporters are taking to the streets in Chicago as a week-long strike continues.All told, thousands are expected to…

New Jersey State Police(BRIDGETON, N.J.) -- The family of 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez, who has been missing for more than a month, is planning a "massive search" in Bridgeton, N.J.,…

BCFC/iStock(DALLAS) -- Attorneys for Amber Guyger, the former Dallas Police officer convicted of murdering her neighbor in his own apartment, have filed a notice to appeal her conviction.The notice was…

vmargineanu/iStock(SOMERSET, Calif.) -- A California sheriff's deputy was shot and killed after responding to a call for service Wednesday morning.Deputy Brian Ishmael was a four-year veteran with the El Dorado…

FILE - Erik Grønnestad/iStock(CROSSVILLE, Tenn.) -- The world's largest treehouse was reduced to ashes Tuesday night after an uncontrolled fire raged through it, the fire department said.The Minister's Tree House…

Sumter Police Department(SUMTER, S.C.) -- Authorities in South Carolina say they have found the remains of a 5-year-old girl, more than two months after the man suspected of slaying her…

bmcent1/iStock(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) -- One teenager is injured after a shooting near Ridgway High School in Santa Rosa, California, Tuesday morning, authorities said.A possible suspect is in custody, authorities said.Santa…

USPS(WASHINGTON) -- Trailblazing journalist Gwen Ifill will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp.She will be the face of the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series,…

WPVI(PHILADELPHIA) -- A 2-year-old girl was shot dead in her home one day after an 11-month-old boy was shot and critically injured in a car in two horrific crimes that…