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Freezing temperatures are hitting millions in the Midwest and Northeast on Thursday and Friday, bringing a brutal cold usually seen in January, not early December. On Thursday morning, the wind chill ...

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Two North Texas men are accused of conspiring to invade an island off Haiti, where they planned kill the men and enslave the women and children for sex, according to federal prosecutors. Gavin Rivers ...

Two north Texas men have been indicted for allegedly plotting to recruit homeless people from Washington, D.C., to help invade an island off Haiti. Federal prosecutors say the men planned to kill the ...

Two North Texas men are facing charges after allegedly plotting to invade an island off Haiti, kill all the men and turn the women and children into their sex slaves, according to the U.S. Attorney's ...