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Coroner: Body found in early September identified as missing Illinois State student, Jelani Day

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Coroner: Body found in early September identified as missing Illinois State student, Jelani Day

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How can you stop robocalls?

We set out find out who are the robocallers, who are the victims and what can be done to stop the calls.
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Colorado adventure park closes after 6-year-old girl dies

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is closed after a child was fatally injured on a ride.
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Mysterious Ohio high school football team plays in Canton on ESPN: Why is there no information about the school?

Bishop Sycamore played against Florida's IMG Academy Sunday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, losing 58-0.
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Inquiry finds mistakes in OWI break given to Iowa prosecutor

An Iowa investigation has found that sheriff’s deputies erred when they did not investigate a neighboring county prosecutor for drunk driving.
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No, you will not be getting a 4th stimulus check any time soon

Social media reports claiming a fourth stimulus has already been approved and started being available in late July are simply false.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED

Meet the robocallers

Every second, Americans receive 62 robocalls. Right before the pandemic began, we set out to find a serial robocaller.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED

Why are robocalls such a big problem?

One of out of every 6 American adults loses money every year from phone scams, costing victims a total of $10 billion, according to Hiya State of the Calls Report.
Robocalls

We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them

Americans got 58.5 billion robocalls in 2019 -- the most ever. Our investigative team bought 16 new phones all over the U.S. and measured when they got spam calls.
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Woman cites robocallers in grandmother's death

A woman's warning about robocallers.
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Why most robocallers will never be caught

The overwhelming majority of robocallers will never be caught. Here's why.
Robocalls

'Don't answer': Iowa AG's office says ignore numbers you don't know if possible to fight robocalls

By ignoring the call, the automated system used to spam callers won't register your number as active.

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Coroner: Body found in early September identified as missing Illinois State student, Jelani Day

How can you stop robocalls?

Colorado adventure park closes after 6-year-old girl dies

Mysterious Ohio high school football team plays in Canton on ESPN: Why is there no information about the school?

Inquiry finds mistakes in OWI break given to Iowa prosecutor

No, you will not be getting a 4th stimulus check any time soon

Meet the robocallers

Why are robocalls such a big problem?

We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them

Woman cites robocallers in grandmother's death

Why most robocallers will never be caught

'Don't answer': Iowa AG's office says ignore numbers you don't know if possible to fight robocalls

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