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Shiva Ayyadurai, who is running for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's seat, is suing the city of Cambridge, Mass., for ordering him to remove signs that call Warren a

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'Real Indian' challenging Elizabeth Warren must remove signs calling her a fake Indian, city says

Shiva Ayyadurai, who is running for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's seat in Massachusetts, is suing the city of Cambridge for ordering him to remove signs that call Warren a "Fake Indian." Warren has been criticized for saying she has Cherokee ancestry.

Uranus smells like rotten eggs, according to research released this week. But the cold will kill you before the smell does.

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Scientists now know how Uranus smells. Rotten eggs is the polite way to say it.

Scientists have discovered the composition of the atmosphere on Uranus and it turns out to be gases that are similar in smell to a fart. The discovery is helping researchers figure out the origin of the planet.

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Now Amazon wants the keys to your car, too, for package deliveries

Amazon has expanded its in-home delivery service, called Key, to include deliveries to the trunks of customers' vehicles in 37 US cities, including Miami, Kansas City and Sacramento. The offering only covers Amazon Prime members with Chevrolets, Buicks, GMCs, Cadillacs or Volvos.

Beaux Tox is a self-sustaining dog with a smushed face, a 9-5 job, a sophisticated collection of ties and a heap of followers on Instagram.

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'I laugh at him all the time': Meet Beaux Tox, the dog with a face made for Instagram

Jamie Hulit, of Mountain Home, Texas, renames every animal she fosters as a way of giving them a new lease on life. This is the story of Beaux Tox the dog, who has a facial deformity because of a lack of room in his mother's womb.

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A pregnant woman tripped a 4-year-old boy on purpose, video shows. He got a concussion.

Police in New York City are looking for a suspect who they say robbed a 68-year-old in a walker and put him in a chokehold before stealing $300. The same person is accused of robbing a 48-year-old man in the same way and at the same apartment complex in February.

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Video shows robber using chokehold on man in walker before stealing $300, NY cops say

Police in New York City are looking for a suspect who they say robbed a 68-year-old in a walker and put him in a chokehold before stealing $300. The same person is accused of robbing a 48-year-old man in the same way and at the same apartment complex in February.

Saraland Police are defending the arrest of Chikesia Clemons in an Alabama Waffle House, viral video of which has spread across the country. Police released new information, including surveillance video from the restaurant.

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Police defend arrest of black woman at Waffle House, say women threatened employees

Saraland Police are defending the arrest of Chikesia Clemons in an Alabama Waffle House, viral video of which has spread across the country. Police say she and a friend brought alcohol in the restaurant and insulted and threatened employees.

Police say they found Te'Myah Plummer, a toddler from Virginia, dead and stuffed in a pink suitcase near the PATH tracks in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Police said this missing girl wasn't in danger. They found her body in a suitcase

Police say they found Te'Myah Plummer, a toddler from Virginia, dead and stuffed in a pink suitcase near the PATH tracks in Jersey City, New Jersey. In March, police issued a missing persons alert for Plummer and her father Travis Plummer, who was arrested in Puerto Rico. They said that they believed the father-daughter duo weren't in danger.

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in Sunday's suicide attack at a voter registration center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 23, 2018. Taliban attacks in western Afghanistan killed 14 soldiers and policemen on Monday as residents in the capital, Kabul, prepared for the funerals of those killed in the horrific bombing by the Islamic State group on a voter registration center that left at least 57 dead the previous day.

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Afghan officials: Taliban attacks kill 11 troops, policemen

Afghan officials: Taliban attacks kill at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen, latest in particularly deadly week.

Afghan men prepare the graves for the victims of Sunday's suicide attack at a voter registration center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 23, 2018. Taliban attacks in western Afghanistan killed 14 soldiers and policemen on Monday as residents in the capital, Kabul, prepared for the funerals of those killed in the horrific bombing by the Islamic State group on a voter registration center that left at least 57 dead the previous day.

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The Latest: Taliban kill 2 Afghan police, capture 6 troops

The Latest: Afghan official says Taliban killed 2 policemen, captured 6 troops in attacks in western Badghis province.

Arnold Vanleer says he saw a car leaning up against a building in Brockton, Massachusetts. His wife was pinned under the car.

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'Oh my god, no’: Husband heard a car crash — and made a ‘heartbreaking’ discovery

A Brockton, Massachusetts, man says he heard a car crash from his apartment, and walked outside to find his wife pinned underneath a vehicle.

Missouri Department of Conservation officials found a dump site with 163 poached turtles in Hayti, Missouri, and are looking for information on who killed them.

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Firefighters were battling a grass fire. It revealed a grave of 163 poached turtles, Missouri officials say

Missouri Department of Conservation officials found a dump site with 163 poached turtles in Hayti, Missouri, after a grass fire — and they are looking for information on who killed them.

Roberto Rodriguez' new gun rests in the same spot as the one he used to thwart an attack on April 1, when he shot two teens he said tried to rob him.

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He tried to buy an iPhone via Facebook. Now he’s glad he brought a gun to the deal

Roberto Rodriguez, 29, shot two of four men he says tried to rob him in Fort Worth, Texas in a Facebook Marketplace iPhone purchase gone wrong. Fort Worth police have arrested one of the men and have three warrants out

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges after police say he drove drunk and high at 80 mph into an 86-year-old grandmother’s bedroom in Franconia Township.

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86-year-old grandma was in bed. DUI suspect drove an airborne car into her room, Pa. cops say

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges after police say he drove drunk and high at 80 mph into an 86-year-old grandmother’s bedroom on April 6, 2018, in Franconia Township.

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For the first time, Facebook spells out what it forbids

For the first time, Facebook spells out how it decides whether to delete your posts.

Officials carry a body into a vehicle after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into pedestrians in Toronto on Monday, April 23, 2018. The rented van jumped onto the crowded sidewalk Monday, killing and injuring people before the driver fled and was quickly arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said.

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Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk

Police in Canada's biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.

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