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PHOTO: Hope Lamonica, told ABC News that she was inspired to take a DNA test last summer, following a dream trip to Africa.

News July 30, 2018

When a DNA test upends your identity, some find 'family' in secret Facebook group

PHOTO: A Burger King sign is seen in Toronto, Ontario on Aug. 27, 2014.

Richard Lautens/ Getty Images, FILE

News July 28, 2018

Burger King raises awareness of the pink tax with 'Chick Fries' that cost $1.40 more

PHOTO: A firefighter lights backfires during the Carr fire in Redding, Calif., July 27, 2018.

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News July 27, 2018

California fire forces on-air evacuation of TV anchor: 'I've never seen anything like it'

PHOTO: Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, went missing after going out for a jog on July 18, 2018.

Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office

News July 27, 2018

'You won't see me giving up hope': Mother of missing Iowa woman

PHOTO: Marama Davidson, Jan Logie, and Golriz Ghahraman, members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, applaud after the passage of a bill to grant victims of domestic violence paid leave from work, in Wellington, New Zealand, July 25, 2018.

News July 26, 2018

New Zealand gives victims of domestic violence 10 days of paid leave

PHOTO: Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones poses with a young child after a swim class in New York.

Rachel Scott/ABC

News July 25, 2018

How Olympian Cullen Jones is challenging the stereotype that 'black people don’t swim'

PHOTO: Demi Lovato poses during rehearsals for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at Avalon Hollywood on Aug. 23, 2017 in Hollywood, Calif.

John Shearer/Getty Images, FILE

News July 25, 2018

Demi Lovato hospitalized after suspected overdose: Report

VIDEO: Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said the officers are "devastated" that Trader Joe's employee Melyda Corado, 27, died from their efforts to stop the gunman.

News July 24, 2018

Trader Joe's worker who died in hostage standoff was killed by police

PHOTO: Stacey Schaffer Bender and Paul Bender, the mother and stepfather, respectively, of Stephanie Schaffer, the 22-year-old who lost both of her legs in a boat accident in the Bahamas, revealed what it was like the day of the accident.

News July 24, 2018

'She didn't deserve this,' says mother of 22-year-old woman who lost both of her legs in a tour boat explosion in the Bahamas

PHOTO: Women who accused a former University of Southern California campus gynecologist of sexual misconduct speak out in an exclusive interview with ABC News.

News July 23, 2018

Women accuse ex-USC campus doctor of sexual abuse, say the school 'let it happen'