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In Mississippi, A Mountain Lion Was Reported On The Loose

6:31am October 16, 2017

When FOX 13 TV went to investigate, a house cat was sitting calmly in the spot. Confusing viewers who saw this little animal with the words "large cat spotted" stripped across their screens.

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SSV Oliver Hazard Perry ran aground in Newport's Narragansett Bay after losing engine power late Sunday.

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Tall Ship Loses Power, Hitting Boats In Newport Harbor

6:15am October 16, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The three-masted 200-foot SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was departing a Rhode Island festival in Narragansett Bay when it hit "multiple" boats and ran aground, the Coast Guard says.

She's not tuning in, she's tuning inward — letting go of stress, or at least trying to, with a mindfulness app on her phone.

Mindfulness Apps Aim To Help People Disconnect From Stress

5:05am October 16, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

Finding inner calm hard to come by? Some people use their device obsession to help them disconnect. The apps aren't a quick fix, therapists say, but might help you stick to a mindfulness practice.

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'The Day We've Dreamed Of Has Arrived': Napa County To Begin Wildfires Recovery

6:13pm October 15, 2017

by Sonja Hutson

The Northern California wildfires killed at least 40 people and forced some 75,000 to evacuate. But Napa officials say firefighters have made enough progress for the county to switch to recovery mode.

Members of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park, Ill., at a "Mitzvah Day" earlier this year, a day when families participated in projects to help others.

Chicago's Jewish Community Unites To Be More Inclusive Of People With Disabilities

5:57pm October 15, 2017

by Monique Parsons

Houses of worship struggle with how to be inclusive of people with disabilities. An ambitious effort in Chicago is part of a nation-wide movement to help synagogues be more welcoming.

Vice President Mike Pence and gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, R-VA, wave during a campaign rally Saturday at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Abingdon, Va.

Vice Presidents Enter Fray In Final Weeks Of Virginia's Governor Race

3:43pm October 15, 2017

by Vanessa Romo

Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Joe Biden attempt to sway Virginia voters in governor's race, which is widely expected to be an early indication of 2018 mid-terms elections.

Aidy Bryant moderates a film panel sketch featuring Leslie Jones as Viola Davis, Cecily Strong as Marion Cotillard, and Kate McKinnon as Debette Goldry, that rips into Weinstein's alleged history of sexual abuse.

'SNL' Goes After 'Well-Dressed Skin Tag' Weinstein, Stages Pence Walkouts

9:23am October 15, 2017

by Emma Bowman

Slammed for last week's silence on Weinstein, the show ripped into sex abuse allegations against the producer. Elsewhere, Kate McKinnon revived Kellyanne Conway as an eerie Pennywise from It.

Hundreds of homes in the Coffey Park neighborhood that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire on October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.

As She Evacuated Patients From The Hospital, Her Home Burned

8:36am October 15, 2017

by April Dembosky

On extremely short notice, two hospitals had to evacuate all their patients as wildfires spread rapidly through Santa Rosa, Calif., last Sunday and Monday. One nurse on duty tells her story.

More Destructive, Expensive, Dangerous: What's Ramping Up Wildfires?

8:04am October 15, 2017

by Renee Montagne

The author of Megafire: The Race To Extinguish A Deadly Epidemic Of Flame, says a wet spring counterintuitively is feeding Western wildfires this year — and dangerous dry winds haven't peaked yet.

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Tape worm pills were once advertised as a way to stay thin.

'Quackery' Chronicles How Our Love Of Miracle Cures Leads Us Astray

8:04am October 15, 2017

by April Fulton

Tobacco enemas? Mercury pills? Ice pick lobotomies? A new book explains how throughout history, miracle "cures" often didn't just fail to improve people's health, they maimed and killed.