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Massachusetts lawmakers are pledging to pass a law against "upskirting" after the state's highest court ruled that a man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of female subway riders did not violate existing statutes.

An anchor with the Russia-sponsored U.S. network RT — or "Russia Today" — dramatically quit on the air Wednesday afternoon, saying the Kremlin-funded television network "whitewashes" the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with killing his neighbors — two sisters of an Iowa lawmaker — during a robbery at their home last month, police said.

Three third-graders were caught smoking marijuana in the boys' bathroom of their northern California elementary school last week in what the local police chief says marked the youngest pot bust he has ever encountered.

"Help us — our mom is trying to kill us!" a young child screamed as a pregnant woman drove her minivan — with three children inside — into the ocean in Florida, a man credited with helping to save their lives said Wednesday.

The U.S. military is increasing its presence in Poland and the Baltics in response to the crisis in Ukraine, officials said Wednesday.The military will deploy jets now in the Britian — six F-15 fighters and one KC-135 re-fueler — to Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania, a U.S.

The United States has frozen more than $458 million hidden in bank accounts in the Channel Islands and France by the former military dictator of Nigeria, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.

Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton says, "As for President Putin, I know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin,” adding, "I’ve had a lot of experience, not only with him but people like that."

Officers interviewed a pregnant woman just two hours before she drove her minivan — with three children inside — into the ocean in Florida, but they had no grounds to stop her, authorities said Wednesday.Ebony Wilkerson, 32, of Cross, S.C.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday.