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Chris Brown came out of his Los Angeles home peacefully Tuesday after an hourslong standoff with police who responded to a woman's call for help. Police Lt. Chris Ramirez told reporters that several people were escorted from the residence after a search warrant was served. No arrests had been made and everyone has been cooperative, he said. Police said the woman who made the call for help about 3 a.m. was not inside the hilltop estate in the San Feando Valley. Ramirez did not identify the woman or elaborate on the assistance she needed. He did not know if she was injured. Brown's attoey Mark Geragos arrived at the home shortly before the warrant was served. According to multiple medi...

A homemade gun allegedly exchanged in a gun buyback program. (Miesota Gun Owners Caucus) A Mieapolis gun buyback program targeting weapons used in street crimes may be shooting blanks, as detractors said a Saturday collection mostly took in antiquated, unused or homemade arms from legal owners and did little to thin the firearm supply actually available to dangerous criminals. Two Mieapolis locations collected about 150 firearms Saturday, but both exchanges were forced to shut down several hours early when officials ran out of Visa gift cards – $25,000 worth, The Mieapolis Star Tribune reported. And at least some of that money helped finance the purchase of even more guns. One anonymous ...

A tropical depression chuing 400 miles off the coast of North Carolina on Sunday had weather watchers eyeing a potential upgrade to a tropical storm that could impact the Outer Banks as early as Sunday night, while residents along the Gulf Coast are keeping their eyes on another potential system. Tropical Depression Eight had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving westward at about 9 mph, according to a 5 p.m. National Hurricane Center update. The depression was located 355 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. No coastal watches or waings were currently in effect, but a tropical storm watch could be required for “interests along the Outer Banks” as the depression progresses. T...

More than seven weeks after FBI Director James Comey’s July 5 aouncement closing the case on Hillary Clinton’s personal email use, Republican calls are growing for prosecutors to take a closer look – at everything from perjury questions to the tangled dealings with Clinton Foundation donors during the candidate’s tenure leading the State Department. And on Thursday, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy pointed out another potential problem with the bureau’s original email investigation. After viewing the FBI’s tightly held file on the case, the South Carolina congressman told Fox News it doesn’t appear investigators asked Clinton about the issue that was the basis for not pursuing charges – kn...

The U.S. Olympic Committee apologized late Thursday for what it called a “distracting ordeal” involving four of its swimmers in an alleged robbery that Brazilian police have said they made up. “The behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of Team USA or the conduct of the vast majority of its members,” the USOC said in statement. “We will further review the matter, and any potential consequences for the athletes, when we retu to the United States.” Jack Feigen will pay $10,800 on Friday to leave Rio de Janeiro. Feigen's attoey said the money will go to an "institution" and under Brazilian law, such a donation can be made to avoid criminal prosecu...

Joaa and Chip Gaines, of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” aren't too happy that some of the homes they have remodeled in Waco, Texas, are being marketed as vacation rentals. The Waco Tribune reported that at least six of the Gaines’ remodeled homes are on the rental sites Airbnb and VRBO. One more Gaines' remodeled home will reportedly be listed in the near future. "Fixer Upper" follows the Gaines as they find waabe homeowners in need of a new place who can't afford a home with all the bells and whistles. The couple then works to remodel an older home. The couple, according to a spokesperson, say never intended for their remodeled homes to be used for financial gain. The Gaines actually have a ...

Toya Graham caught smacking son last year during Baltimore riot. A mother who was widely praised after she was caught disciplining her son on video for taking part in the Baltimore riots last year said Monday that her family is now homeless after an accidental fire. Fox Baltimore reported that the fire occurred Saturday. Toya Graham said the same son she was caught reprimanding on video last April accidentally started the fire when he was frying chicken tenders. Mom, caught on video smacking & pulling son from riots, says family homeless now after fire, accidentally set by son pic.twitter.com/q2r4KxwkTw — Keith Daniels Fox45 (@KeithDFox45) August 15, 2016 "I had stepped away to the ...

Home of Mark and Megan Short in Sinking Spring, Pesylvania. (Google Street View) Police found a handwritten “murder-suicide” note in a Pesylvania home where a family of five, including a toddler who underwent a heart transplant a week after birth, was found dead of gunshot wounds, prosecutors said Sunday. Police found the bodies of Mark and Megan Short and their three children, as well as a deceased dog Saturday afteoon in the living room area of the family’s home in Sinking Spring, Berks County District Attoey John Adams said. [embedded content] “A handwritten note was discovered in the home which appeared to be a ‘murder-suicide’ note,” he said on Facebook. A handgun was discovered nea...

Home of Mark and Megan Short in Sinking Spring, Pesylvania. (Google Street View) Police found a handwritten “murder-suicide” note in a Pesylvania home where a family of five, including a toddler who underwent a heart transplant a week after birth, was found dead of gunshot wounds, prosecutors said Sunday. Police found the bodies of Mark and Megan Short and their three children, as well as a deceased dog Saturday afteoon in the living room area of the family’s home in Sinking Spring, Berks County District Attoey John Adams said. [embedded content] “A handwritten note was discovered in the home which appeared to be a ‘murder-suicide’ note,” he said on Facebook. A handgun was discovered nea...

This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. (AP) DETROIT – Several CDs marked with slain radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki's name were seized from the home of a Detroit man who was arrested after buying five grenades from an undercover federal agent, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by The Detroit News. Federal authorities would not disclose what the CDs contained, but listed them plus seven rifles, two assault rifles, a shotgun, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, computer equipment and cellphones that were found at Sebastian Gregerson's west side home, the newspaper reported Saturday. Gregerson, 29, is charged with possessing an unre...

People gather Saturday at the unveiling of the new Lucille Ball statue at Memorial Park in Celoron, N.Y. (Katrina Fuller/Jamestown Post Joual via AP) CELORON, N.Y. – A new statue of Lucille Ball was unveiled in the late actress' hometown on Saturday to replace one that was so hated it was dubbed "Scary Lucy." Hundreds of fans chanting "Lucy! Lucy!" gathered in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the weste New York village of Celoron to watch as the tarp was removed from the statue made by sculptor Carolyn Palmer. An unflattering version by another artist was banished after detractors started a Facebook campaign named, "We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue." The earlier statue's creator, Dave P...

People gather Saturday at the unveiling of the new Lucille Ball statue at Memorial Park in Celoron, N.Y. (Katrina Fuller/Jamestown Post Joual via AP) CELORON, N.Y. – A new statue of Lucille Ball was unveiled in the late actress' hometown on Saturday to replace one that was so hated it was dubbed "Scary Lucy." Hundreds of fans chanting "Lucy! Lucy!" gathered in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the weste New York village of Celoron to watch as the tarp was removed from the statue made by sculptor Carolyn Palmer. An unflattering version by another artist was banished after detractors started a Facebook campaign named, "We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue." The earlier statue's creator, Dave P...

Nov. 27, 2015: Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, left, and his chief of staff Josh Alpert visit the Hazelnut Groove homeless camp in North Portland, Ore. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, File) PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Tuesday aounced the end of pilot program that allowed homeless people to sleep on the streets undisturbed by law enforcement, saying it created confusion because some believed it legalized public camping, but defended his overall approach. The so-called "Safe Sleeping Guidelines" policy will end immediately, but several other pilot programs that also were rolled out in February in the famously liberal City of Roses will continue or even expand, the ma...

Nov. 27, 2015: Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, left, and his chief of staff Josh Alpert visit the Hazelnut Groove homeless camp in North Portland, Ore. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, File) PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Tuesday aounced the end of pilot program that allowed homeless people to sleep on the streets undisturbed by law enforcement, saying it created confusion because some believed it legalized public camping, but defended his overall approach. The so-called "Safe Sleeping Guidelines" policy will end immediately, but several other pilot programs that also were rolled out in February in the famously liberal City of Roses will continue or even expand, the ma...

Ivanka Trump has shown her strength as a surrogate for her father in the boardroom and on the campaign trail. But as Election Day draws closer, the Donald Trump team faces a decision on how to balance the 34-year-old’s weighty responsibilities –as executive vice president of The Trump Organization, and top campaign adviser and advocate. If the response to her recent convention address is any gauge of her impact, pollsters suggest the Trump campaign may want to do whatever it can to get Ivanka on the trail. “She [was] off the charts,” Lee Carter, a pollster with Maslansky+ Partners, told Fox News in reviewing the focus-group reaction to Ivanka right after her speech. “The bottom line is...

Ivanka Trump has shown her strength as a surrogate for her father in the boardroom and on the campaign trail. But as Election Day draws closer, the Donald Trump team faces a decision on how to balance the 34-year-old’s weighty responsibilities –as executive vice president of The Trump Organization, and top campaign adviser and advocate. If the response to her recent convention address is any gauge of her impact, pollsters suggest the Trump campaign may want to do whatever it can to get Ivanka on the trail. “She [was] off the charts,” Lee Carter, a pollster with Maslansky+ Partners, told Fox News in reviewing the focus-group reaction to Ivanka right after her speech. “The bottom line is...

Ivanka Trump has shown her strength as a surrogate for her father in the boardroom and on the campaign trail. But as Election Day draws closer, the Donald Trump team faces a decision on how to balance the 34-year-old’s weighty responsibilities –as executive vice president of The Trump Organization, and top campaign adviser and advocate. If the response to her recent convention address is any gauge of her impact, pollsters suggest the Trump campaign may want to do whatever it can to get Ivanka on the trail. “She [was] off the charts,” Lee Carter, a pollster with Maslansky+ Partners, told Fox News in reviewing the focus-group reaction to Ivanka right after her speech. “The bottom line is...

Ivanka Trump has shown her strength as a surrogate for her father in the boardroom and on the campaign trail. But as Election Day draws closer, the Donald Trump team faces a decision on how to balance the 34-year-old’s weighty responsibilities –as executive vice president of The Trump Organization, and top campaign adviser and advocate. If the response to her recent convention address is any gauge of her impact, pollsters suggest the Trump campaign may want to do whatever it can to get Ivanka on the trail. “She [was] off the charts,” Lee Carter, a pollster with Maslansky+ Partners, told Fox News in reviewing the focus-group reaction to Ivanka right after her speech. “The bottom line is...

A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in a field in central Texas Saturday moing, officials said, adding that there were no survivors. Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper that 16 people were killed when the balloon crashed in Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin. However, federal investigators would not confirm the exact number of deaths. Erik Grosof of the National Transportation Safety Board would only say that there were "a number of fatalities." Caldwell County says there are no survivors in hot air balloon incident in Lockhart. pic.twitter.com/tAmuAIUxy7 — Marcus Officer (@MarcusonFO...

A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in a field in central Texas Saturday moing, officials said, adding that there were no survivors. Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper that 16 people were killed when the balloon crashed in Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin. However, federal investigators would not confirm the exact number of deaths. Erik Grosof of the National Transportation Safety Board would only say that there were "a number of fatalities." Caldwell County says there are no survivors in hot air balloon incident in Lockhart. pic.twitter.com/tAmuAIUxy7 — Marcus Officer (@MarcusonFO...