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A <em>Star Wars</em> fan, dressed as R2D2, arrives during the annual Star Wars Day in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 4.

#MayThe4thBeWithYou: How The Internet Is Celebrating Star Wars

It's Star Wars day, so dust off your Stormtrooper costume and bake a Princess Leia cupcake. (Just kidding, we know there's no dust on that costume.)

Family and friends of the four slain women gathered for a candlelight vigil at a park in downtown Laredo, Texas, in September. Juan David Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder.

Border Patrol Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 4 Women

Juan David Ortiz, a supervisor in the U.S. Border Patrol, killed the women believed to be sex workers because he wanted to "clean the streets," prosecutors say.

World Series Preview: Houston Astros Host Game 4

Game Four of the World Series is Saturday night in Houston, where the Astros take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kars4Kids advertisements, like this TV commercial on a hot-pink set, feature children turning the charity's phone number into a catchy jingle. But they do not disclose that most of the proceeds go to a Jewish nonprofit that supports programming for young adults.

After the Kars4Kids ad is banned in California, we check in on nostalgic jingles past

A California judge has given Kars4Kids 30 days to either take its ads off the air or update them to disclose its affiliations to a Jewish charity based in the Northeast.

The Johnstone Fund for New Music Presents 'Hawari'

The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents Olivier Messiaen’s Hawari, with Liz Pearse, soprano and Karl Larson, piano, Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm at the…

Matt Gleason fainted at work after getting a flu shot, so colleagues called 911 and an ambulance took him to the ER. Eight hours later, Gleason went home with a clean bill of health. Later still he got a hefty bill that wiped out his deductible.

A Fainting Spell After A Flu Shot Leads To $4,692 ER Visit

A 39-year-old man fainted after getting a flu shot at work, so his colleagues called 911. The man turned out to be fine, but the trip to the emergency room cost him his annual deductible.

D.C. May Try Paying Criminals To Stay Out Of Trouble

Washington D.C. is debating a bill that includes a provision to pay criminals annual, taxpayer-supported stipends of around $9,000 to help them transition out of prison.

The Tomato

Recipes highlighting the tomato, a great source of nutrients like Vitamin C and lycopene.

A jug of used needles to exchange in Camden, N.J., on Oct. 29, 2015.

Appalachian Ohio's High Hepatitis C Rates Blamed On Opioid Epidemic

A new study blames the opioid epidemic for high rates of Hepatitis C in Ohio’s Appalachia region. Ohio University researchers led a team of health…

C. diff infections, which rose for decades, are now falling, according to the CDC.

C. Diff Infections Are Falling, Thanks To Better Cleaning And Fewer Antibiotics

The bacterium C. difficile causes one of the most common infections in hospitals and nursing homes. After climbing for decades, the rate of new infections is now falling.

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