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President Donald Trump is criticizing hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and says the government can't keep federal aid there "forever."

Half Mourning Gown | c.1902 —
Worn by Queen Alexandra the year following Queen Victoria’s death, this evening gown expresses the opulence of court dress in tones of half-mourning. This gown demonstrates a dramatic shift from the sober mourning attire of Queen Victoria, whose wardrobe in her later years responded little to changes in fashion. This contrast reflects differences in individual sensibilities, along with a more broadly shifting sense of propriety regarding mourning fashions at the turn of the twentieth century, which saw a loosening of the rigid prescriptions of earlier decades.

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The couple had met in grade school in Wisconsin and been together ever since, celebrating their 75th anniversary last year.

At least 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed by wildfires burning in the Napa Valley wine country as crews work to get ahead of changing weather conditions to contain the different wildfires.

Major insurance provider Cigna says it will no longer cover Oxycontin for customers in an effort to reduce opioid abuse in the U.S.

A woman was told to walk in a straight line and couldn't believe what happened next.

Temperatures could drop to negative 30 degrees in some parts of the country.

Wedding Gown worn during Mourning | c.1868 —
According to family history, Amelia Jane Carley (1844–1892) wore this dress at her marriage to William Edward Chess (1842–1926) in 1868 in West Virginia, the half-mourning colors chosen in honor of those who died during the Civil War. Both bride and groom were fortunate not to have lost any immediate family during the war, though Ms. Carley’s brother and Mr. Chess served in the Union Army. This family narrative suggests that the bride chose shades of mourning in response to the widespread losses suffered during the war rather than to memorialize an individual. A subdued palette of gray and black may have felt more respectful than a showier bridal gown while so many families still grieved. Etiquette manuals and women’s magazines frequently offered guidance for brides whose weddings intersected with a period of mourning, though the choice of dress under such circumstances often reflected a woman’s personal judgment rather than prescriptive advice.

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Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through Northern California on Monday, killing at least 41 people and destroying more than 5,000 homes and businesses.

Mourning Dress | c.1861 —
“I just can’t bear gong around in black! It’s bad enough not being able to go to any parties – but looking this way, too?” - Scarlett O’Hara

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"An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully. We deeply regret the offense it caused."

Vice President Mike Pence left the game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers because of a protest during the national anthem.

The head of FEMA said the four hurricanes that have struck the U.S. and its territories this year have "strained" resources.

A lifelong supporter of the Second Amendment and guitarist for a popular country band had his thinking on gun control changed by the Las Vegas massacre.

The Office of Student Conduct is also investigating whether students supplied the minor student with the alcohol that led to his condition.

A black Labrador retriever named Reptar is one of only approximately 50 dogs in the world with his particular abilities.

They're peacock spiders, a group of tiny arachnids that are small in stature but giants in the charisma department, best known for their brilliant colors and energetic courtship "dances" — much like the showy, fan-tailed peacocks that inspired the spiders' name.

And scientists recently described seven new peacock spider species — so let the spider dance party commence! [In Photos: 7 New Species of Peacock Spider]

Researchers found the newly described species — all of which were in the genus Maratus — in Western Australia and South Australia, bringing the total number of known Maratus species to 48. The spiders in this genus measure on average about 0.16 to 0.20 inches (4 to 5 millimeters) in length, with females a bit larger than the males.

Females that belong to this genus tend to be dappled in different shades of brown. But it's the males' dramatic coloration that catches the eye and prompts biologists to assign them whimsical nicknames like "Sparklemuffin," which was bestowed upon a peacock spider species described in 2015. Colors and patterns are displayed on the males' abdomens, frequently on a "fan" — a flat structure that is lifted up toward the female during the male's courtship performance.

According to the Orlando Police Department, officers spoke to a witness who said they saw a man standing at the urinal with a baby committing a sexual act.

California is suing the Trump administration for allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming moral or religious objections.

It was reported that the “police profile” of a mass shooter in the United States, of whom at least 56 percent have been white and 97 percent have been male, was not “fit” by the Las Vegas gunman, a white, male, reclusive, itinerant, high-stakes gambler who had purchased 33 guns in the previous year....

The White House press secretary said “it would be premature” to talk about gun control; US president Donald Trump said that he was “not going to talk about” gun control; and a 60-year-old man in New York shot and killed his 27-year-old disabled daughter with a shotgun in his back yard and then shot and killed himself, a 46-year-old woman was shot and killed in her mobile home in Florida, a 40-year-old man was shot and killed in a house in Maryland, a 52-year-old man in Louisiana was shot and killed in his back yard, four people attending a vigil for a 30-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Florida were then shot by an unknown assailant, a twentysomething man in Tennessee was shot and killed outside the group home for disabled adults where he worked, a 25-year-old man in Georgia was shot and killed during a bar fight, a 27-year-old man in Michigan was shot and killed while walking his dogs, a 22-year-old man was shot and killed in his kitchen in Michigan while showing a visitor his gun, a two-year-old in Illinois was shot by an unknown assailant while the car the child was riding in was stopped at a red light, a construction worker in New York was shot and killed on the 37th floor of an unfinished building by a co-worker who then shot and killed himself on the fifth floor, an 18-year-old boy in New York was shot and killed three blocks from his home, a 14-year-old boy in Washington was shot and killed by a 13-year-old boy with a handgun he had borrowed from a 12-year-old, and, in Utah, a video was released of a police officer fatally shooting a black man who was running away after being pulled over for erratically riding his bicycle without a rear reflector. “Deadly force,” said the district attorney on the case, “was justified.”

The billionaire investor says there is a chance he will throw his hat in the political ring in 2020

It's not entirely Rose's fault.

Cam Newton reportedly laughed and said that it was “funny to hear a female” ask the question.

"She sees my other dogs running around and playing, and she wants to, too. But she can't right now, because it's too painful."

A former judge accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in return for nude photographs and sexual favors has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and witness tampering.

Parents were warned Saturday that a music teacher with a nonprofit group may have handed out flutes to schoolchildren that were tainted with his own semen