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Ava Bye (Pesylvania State Police ) DEVELOPING: Pesylvania authorities have canceled an amber alert for a 3-year-old girl they say was abducted and perhaps taken to the NewYork City area, FOX5NY reported. No further details - including her current location - were immediately available. Related Image Expand / Contract Robert Bye (Pesylvania State Police ) The alert was issued Friday for Ava Bye, who was last seen around 12:30 a.m. on Vine Street in Nescopeck Borough, Pa.,according to the Pesylvania State Police. Authorities said at the time they believed the girl was kidnapped by 24-year-oldRobert Bye and could be in great danger. Ava, who has curly brown hair and hazel eyes, was last...

Rescue crews aided by sniffer dogs dug through crumbled homes in Italy Thursday looking for earthquake survivorsas the death toll topped 241 and officials anguished over how to secure their ancient towns and mode cities from the country's highly seismic terrain. Hundreds of people were injured in the quake that struck at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday, investigators said. At least 470 aftershocks have since rattled the area, triggering more damage to centuries-old buildings in Amatrice. One aftershock had a magnitude of 5.1. After a night of uninterrupted, flood-lit search efforts, firefighters and rescue crews worked in teams around the hard-hit area in central Italy, pulling chunks of cement,...

Rescue workers were searching through the night Wednesday, nearly 24 hours after at least 159 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured by a powerful earthquake that destroyed a cluster of small mountain villages in central Italy. Italy's health minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, said that many of the victims were children. Premier Matteo Renzi said the death toll was likely to rise. At least 368 people were injured. "She's alive!" two women cheered as they ran up the street in Pescara del Tronto, one of the three hardest hit hamlets, after a 10-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble after nightfall Wednesday. Related Image Expand / Contract Map showing where Italy quake ...

Amid rampant online speculation about Hillary Clinton's health, one New York Times columnist has a solution – simply get Google to “fix” the search results. The theories about Clinton’s health, often under the hashtag #HillarysHealth, have been gaining traction on social media in particular. Democrats have dismissed the claims as a mix of conspiracy theories and misinformation. But now New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo has called on Google to step in. “Google should fix this. It shouldn't give quarter to conspiracy theorists,” he tweeted. A year ago, Clinton’s doctor said she was in “excellent physical condition.” But that has not stopped speculation, with some Republicans ...

A hacker or group of hackers using the name "Guccifer 2.0" posted the private email addresses and cell phone numbers of almost 200 current and former Democratic members of Congress Friday. The disclosure is the latest dump of information stolen in recent cyberattacks on a number of Democratic Party organizations, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Guccifer 2.0 posted a spreadsheet containing the contact information of 193 current and former Democratic House members as part of a larger document dump on his personal blog. In an accompanying blog post, Guccifer said accessing the DCCC server "was even easier than...

MOOSE, Wyo. – Searchers have found a hiking boot that belongs to an Ohio girl missing in Grand Teton National Park. MISSING PERSON: Fauna Jackson search enters 2nd day. Call 307.739.3517 with info. Summary: https://t.co/tsSEtvrLFZ pic.twitter.com/SDIUkQV5lY — Grand Teton NP (@GrandTetonNPS) August 5, 2016 Park officials say 16-year-old Fauna Jackson's boot was found Friday, but they do not believe the girl was wearing it when she disappeared Thursday moing. More than 115 people looked for the teen Friday, and Saturday's search will include ATV patrols and help from the Wyoming Civil Air Patrol. Jackson, from Cinciati, is part of a youth volunteer conservation corps called Groundwork USA. S...

Police in Dallas say criminals have been installing Bluetooth-equipped skimmers on gas pumps that allow them to steal drivers' credit card data remotely. (Fox 4 News) Police in Dallas are waing drivers about a new method criminals are using to steal credit card information at gas pumps. At least five Exxon stations in the North Dallas area recently have been targeted by tech-savvy criminals who installed Bluetooth-equipped skimming machines on gas pumps, authorities told Fox 4 News. “They're not visible from the outside of the gas pump and appear to be made by the same person or same group,” said Lieutenant Tony Crawford, commander of the Dallas Police Financial Investigations Unit. "The...

It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health:Flossdaily to prevent gum disease and cavities. Except there's little proof thatflossingworks. Still, the federal govement,dentalorganizations and manufacturers offlosshave pushed the practice for decades. Dentists provide samples to their patients; the AmericanDentalAssociation insists on its website that, "Flossingis an essential part of taking care of your teeth and gums." The federal govement has recommendedflossingsince 1979, first in a surgeon general's report and later in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued every five years. The guidelines must be based on scientific evidence, under the law. Last year...

It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health:Flossdaily to prevent gum disease and cavities. Except there's little proof thatflossingworks. Still, the federal govement,dentalorganizations and manufacturers offlosshave pushed the practice for decades. Dentists provide samples to their patients; the AmericanDentalAssociation insists on its website that, "Flossingis an essential part of taking care of your teeth and gums." The federal govement has recommendedflossingsince 1979, first in a surgeon general's report and later in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued every five years. The guidelines must be based on scientific evidence, under the law. Last year...

A veteran FBI electronics technician – who had top secret clearance – was charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attoey’s office on Monday with acting as an agent of China. The man was identified as Kun Shan Chun and also went by “Joey Chun,” according to the official complaint. He was expected to plead guilty, Reuters reported. Chun, bo in China, began working for the FBI in 1997. Chun's duties with the FBI included "accessing sensitive and, in some instance, classified information." Chun is charged with four counts of working to "falsify, conceal, and cover up by trick, scheme, and device a material fact." He allegedly did not disclose his ties to foreign organizations and individuals in a written...

McLEAN, Va. – Armando Morales was a gang leader, drug dealer and a jailhouse snitch. But he was also a commanding, dynamic presence on the witness stand when he told jurors that his cellmate, Ingmar Guandique, confessed to the murder of Washington inte Chandra Levy. Jurors believed Morales, and prosecutors obtained a conviction against Guandique at his 2010 trial despite lacking a confession, witnesses or DNA evidence. They obtained a conviction even though everyone knew that police had initially suspected another man, former Califoia congressman Gary Condit. But for the past five years, while Guandique was imprisoned on what was to have been a 60-year murder sentence, defense lawyers ...

Ariel view of the area along Rio Grande in northe New Mexico where Randy Bilyeu disappeared. (Associated Press) SANTA FE, New Mexico – The now-deadly hunt for a treasure worth as much as $2 million and hidden somewhere in the rugged wildeess of the Southwest will continue, although the ex-wife of a man who perished in the search told FoxNews.com she wants proof it really is out there. Linda Bilyeu, whose husband’s remains were discovered and identified this month, more than six months after he vanished while hunting for treasure hidden by Santa Fe eccentric octogenarian Forrest Fe, said she deserves proof Randy Bilyeu did not die on a wild goose chase. “I think that Fe should man up and ...

Ariel view of the area along Rio Grande in northe New Mexico where Randy Bilyeu disappeared. (Associated Press) SANTA FE, New Mexico – The now-deadly hunt for a treasure worth as much as $2 million and hidden somewhere in the rugged wildeess of the Southwest will continue, although the ex-wife of a man who perished in the search told FoxNews.com she wants proof it really is out there. Linda Bilyeu, whose husband’s remains were discovered and identified this month, more than six months after he vanished while hunting for treasure hidden by Santa Fe eccentric octogenarian Forrest Fe, said she deserves proof Randy Bilyeu did not die on a wild goose chase. “I think that Fe should man up and ...

Jesse Wilson (Buckeye Police Department) Authorities in Arizona continued the search Thursday for a missing 10-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen in three days. The Arizona Republic reported that police and civilian searches worked around the clock to try and find Jesse Wilson, of Buckeye. Volunteers split into groups and scoured the area around the boy’s house. Buckeye police spokesman Jason Weeks said there was “easy access” from Wilson’s home to Skyline Regional Park, which is located about a half-mile away. Hikers also searched the rougher terrain around his house. The searchers tued over every bush and ditch to try and find Jesse, but nothing tued up. The Buckeye SWAT team and the Ar...

Katie Barlow. (FBI) The FBI aounced Tuesday it joined the search for a 14-year-old girl dressed only in pajamas and no shoes who vanished Sunday after she ventured out of her family’s cabin and into 50-degree weather to use the bathroom. Kately Barlow was in Washington state's Big Lake area during a trip with her family from Florida when she disappeared around 9 p.m. Sunday, Q13Fox.com reported.Her uncle said he believed somebody lured her away from the cabin and kidnapped her. Barlow had been staying with her aunt and uncle, who have primary custody of her. The teen’s cellphone was found at a rest area near Interstate 5, about 32 miles away from where the family had been staying. Juven...

Katie Barlow. (FBI) The FBI aounced Tuesday it joined the search for a 14-year-old girl dressed only in pajamas and no shoes who vanished Sunday after she ventured out of her family’s cabin and into 50-degree weather to use the bathroom. Kately Barlow was in Washington state's Big Lake area during a trip with her family from Florida when she disappeared around 9 p.m. Sunday, Q13Fox.com reported.Her uncle said he believed somebody lured her away from the cabin and kidnapped her. Barlow had been staying with her aunt and uncle, who have primary custody of her. The teen’s cellphone was found at a rest area near Interstate 5, about 32 miles away from where the family had been staying. Juven...

Jason Earl Armstrong Jr. and surveillance video of Armstrong on July 1, 2016. (FBI) The FBI is hunting a man wanted in the killing of his wife, a Fort Bragg soldier. The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of 27-year-old Jason Earl Armstrong Jr., Fox 11 Los Angeles reported Saturday. A federal warrant charges him with killing Iris Armstrong in the couple’s Fort Bragg home in North Carolina July 1. She had been stabbed and beaten, the station reported. The FBI said Armstrong was captured on a surveillance video using his wife’s debit card shortly after the murder, the station reported. He has ties to South Carolina; Atlanta; New Orleans; Amarillo, Texas; ...

FILE--This undated artist' sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971. The FBI says it's no longer actively investigating the unsolved mystery of D.B. Cooper. The bureau aounced it's "exhaustively reviewed all credible leads" during its 45-year investigation. (AP-Photo, file) (The Associated Press) FILE--In this Feb. 13, 1980, file photo, FBI agents scour the sand of a beach of the Columbia River, searching for additional money or clues in 9-year-old D.B. Cooper skyjacking case in Vancouver, Wash. The FBI says it's no longer actively inv...

Zachary Herron, Tate Rose, Samuel Lein. (Dodge County, Wisc. Sheriff's Office) Three Wisconsin boys who vanished late Sunday and prompted a massive oveight search of bat-infested, abandoned mine tuels have been found safe, officials said. Tate Rose and Zachary Heron, both 16, and Samuel Lein, who is 15, spent a harrowing night down in the old iron ore mine, but were none the worse for wear after they were discovered Monday afteoon, according to local reports. "All three teens were found safe and uninjured, inside the mine," Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt told Fox 11. "They have been released to [their] parents." The boys were reported missing by their parents around 9:45 p.m. Sunday, ...

Zachary Herron, Tate Rose, Samuel Lein. (Dodge County, Wisc. Sheriff's Office) Three Wisconsin boys who vanished late Sunday and prompted a massive oveight search of bat-infested, abandoned mine tuels have been found safe, officials said. Tate Rose and Zachary Heron, both 16, and Samuel Lein, who is 15, spent a harrowing night down in the old iron ore mine, but were none the worse for wear after they were discovered Monday afteoon, according to local reports. "All three teens were found safe and uninjured, inside the mine," Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt told Fox 11. "They have been released to [their] parents." The boys were reported missing by their parents around 9:45 p.m. Sunday, ...