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Chrysler is voluntarily recalling some of its 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to replace their side curtain airbags, if needed. The recall potentially affects 250,651 vehicles, and it’s because some side curtain airbags may not hold enough pressure during deployment to limit the risk for passengers during certain types of …

Silentó, the rapper known for “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to his cousin’s death in 2021. The 27-year-old Atlanta rapper, whose legal name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and …

Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, defeating eight other finalists and earning more than $50,000 in cash and prizes. Faizan, a 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, was a favorite to win this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee and was last year’s runner-up. In its final …

Police arrested and charged parents months after a 5-year-old boy shot and killed his toddler brother, officials in Indiana said Tuesday.  Deonta Jermaine Johnson, 27, and Shatia Tiara Welch, 24, of Lafayette were arrested on a slew of neglect and drug charges.  Johnson, who is the father of the toddler, …

Jamie Foxx shared his first video since being released from the hospital after suffering an undisclosed medical problem earlier this year. In his Instagram post, where he updated fans about his health journey, Foxx received an outpouring of support from fans and fellow celebrities. Many former co-stars left supportive messages …

A top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday accused the Department of Health and Human Services of “changing their story,” after the Biden administration defended the legality of its reappointments for key National Institutes of Health officials that Republicans have questioned. The claim from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the GOP-led …

Millions of Americans woke up the morning after Independence Day to air quality advisories across the U.S. Amid ongoing concern about smoke from wildfires burning in Canada, many were left wondering: How do fireworks affect air quality? The number of Independence Day pyrotechnic displays in a typical year increase concentrations of …

The IRS on Monday warned of a new refund scam being mailed out to taxpayers.  The letter, which comes in a cardboard envelope, is designed to trick people into believing that they are owed a refund, the tax agency said. The agency said there is an IRS masthead on the …

Explosive devices were detonated and a Molotov cocktail-style object was thrown outside three Washington, D.C., businesses early Sunday, police said.  All three incidents happened in a roughly 15-minute period in northeast Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department said. No one was injured, but there was damage at each location.  Police …

A Massachusetts woman who recently pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her newborn daughter almost 40 years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison.  Lee Ann Daigle, 58, of Lowell, Massachusetts, admitted in court to abandoning the newborn, Baby Jane Doe, to die in a gravel pit …