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A DNA genealogy test to explore his mother’s heritage led Kyle Bylin to discover that he wasn’t biologically related to who he had thought were his parents.

Search operations for three people who went missing when their craft sank in the San Francisco Bay this week will be suspended at sunset Wednesday evening, the Coast Guard said.

The mother of 18-year-old Daniel Erving is calling for murder charges against the two teenagers who failed to report his alleged drowning in April, while attorneys for the family criticized Dallas police’s handling of the investigation.

Nolan Wells, 18, went missing after a July 4 beach trip with friends. A U.S. park ranger found his body two days later.

A man grabbed a kitten from the adoption area of a Maryland pet store, then allegedly tried to use her to rob a nearby bank.

Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico.

Civil rights leaders announced plans for a Washington march ‌in August to defend voting rights, saying that recent court decisions have weakened key federal protections against racial discrimination in voting.

A China-born American seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years, an advocacy group advising the family said Tuesday, a revelation that came a couple of months before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — One day after Nolan Wells’ family lamented that they had not heard from those investigating the teen’s death in a week, the local district attorney told NBC News that her office is set to meet with the parents on Wednesday.

A crewmember has died after going overboard from a Princess cruise ship that left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company said Monday.