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The latest tests of poisoned water in West Virginia have shown that the quality is improving “in the right direction,” the state’s governor said Sunday — a hopeful sign for the 300,000 residents currently under a strict tap water ban following a chemical spill four days ago.

The head of retail powerhouse Target is pledging to "make significant changes" in the wake of the latest revelation that as many as 110 million customers were ensnared in a massive data heist at stores across the country."Clearly, we're accountable and we're responsible.

More than 300,000 West Virginia residents remained without safe tap water Sunday for the fourth straight day — testing their resilience while officials warned it could be “days” before the problem is resolved.

A sign marking the mile 420 on a Colorado highway was replaced with one that reads "MILE 419.99" — after the old one was repeatedly stolen by weed-enthusiasts, according to the state’s transportation department.

One out of every two children in the United States at some point will be on federal food assistance. The hunger problem is not because of a shortage of food, it's because of poverty. 

Although in recent decades women have made historic advances in nearly all areas of American public life, a staggering number of women across the country are still teetering on the verge of poverty and economic disaster, a new report released Sunday shows.

A Massachusetts teenager who became a well-known face of the premature aging disease progeria has died, his family confirmed online. Sam Berns, of Foxborough, Mass., died on Friday at 17 years old, according to a statement posted on the website of the Progeria Research Foundation.

Accenture has been chosen to replace CGI Federal as the lead contractor on the Obamacare enrollment website, which failed to work when it launched in October for millions of Americans shopping for insurance, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Saturday.

A former Portland pimp is suing Nike for not placing a warning in their shoes specifying that the kicks could be used as a dangerous weapon, after he was sentence to 100 years in prison for beating a john severely with his Nike sneaker.

A 36-year-old Montebello, Calif., firefighter is facing charges after allegedly peeping on a teenage girl in Torrance while she showered and got dressed, NBC4 reported.