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A Detroit police officer was killed and another was wounded after responding to a home where a man apparently broke in looking to confront his girlfriend. The officers arrived at the home invasion on the city's west side Wednesday evening when the suspect opened fire with a high-powered rifle, authorities said. One officer, an 18-year veteran of the force, died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the neck.

21 Nov 2019 3:56am GMT

The fifth presidential debate featured sharp exchanges on Wednesday over U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposed wealth tax and which of the Democratic contenders is best prepared to lead. Unlike past debates, which were dominated by how the candidates favor expanding health insurance coverage to millions of Americans, Democrats touched on the issue only briefly before moving onto meaty exchanges over experience and foreign policy.

21 Nov 2019 3:54am GMT

More than 1,350 Australian women won a seven-year-old class action lawsuit on Thursday against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for misleading patients and surgeons about the risks of the pharmaceutical giant's pelvic mesh implants. The suit is one of many J&J has faced in the United States, Canada and Europe over the implants, used to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, in which organs shift from normal positions. J&J in October agreed to pay nearly $117 million to resolve claims in 41 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

21 Nov 2019 3:54am GMT

A Texas mom says she sent her 5-year-old son to daycare with a special note inside his lunchbox: "Please tell (my son) that his mommy loves him so much and I'm thinking about him."

20 Nov 2019 8:13pm GMT

A man serving 24 years in a Nigerian maximum security prison used a network of accomplices to conduct an international scam that brought in $1 million, officials said.

20 Nov 2019 3:46pm GMT

When KC Ahlers read the words on the sign, he was stunned.

19 Nov 2019 9:57pm GMT