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Missing Hoggle Kids: Two Years With No Answers

Another birthday missed, another legal obstacle, another year with no sign of Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, two Maryland children taken from their home nearly two years ago by their mentally unstable mother. During her children’s mysterious absence — Catherine Hoggle has said only that the youngsters are safe with someone — their father and Hoggle’s mother have begged her for answers, only to be met with silence.

Despite nearly two years of treatment at a state mental hospital, Catherine, the mother responsible for the September 2014 disappearance of Sarah, now 5, and son Jacob, now 4, is still not competent to stand trial. A Montgomery County judge will not let police question the schizophrenic mom about what she did with the siblings. >>> Read more.

Girl Scout Leader Accused of Stealing $85K From Troops

A 42-year-old Florida woman faces criminal charges after deputies say she left a trail of evidence behind while allegedly swiping nearly $85,000 from the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida.

The case against Stephanie Marie Person began to unfold in May when the Girl Scouts’ organization reported it was missing and estimated $77,000 from its banking account. Person, who served as the Girl Scouts’ member services coordinator, was identified as a suspect at that time, the sheriff’s office wrote in a media release. Person was responsible for managing 500 different troops’ banking accounts and money, the sheriff’s office noted. >>> Read more.

Donald Trump, The Businessman, Goes to War With Washington, D.C.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is no stranger to litigation, and his lawyers are in the midst of a big legal battle with the city of Washington, D.C., over how much he'll have to pay in taxes for his new hotel at the Old Post Office Building, which will open in September — a sign of just how much his relationship with D.C. has deteriorated in the past year. >>> Read more.

The Next 10 Storm Names This Hurricane Season

We'll be talking about the effects of Hermine through this week, as the storm stalls off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast. Here are the next 10 storm names for the 2016 season.

• Ian
• Julia
• Karl
• Lisa
• Matthew
• Nicole
• Otto
• Paul
• Richard
• Shary
• Tobias

Since 1953, tropical cyclones that develop in the Atlantic have been named by the National Hurricane Center. The name lists are maintained and developed by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization, according to the hurricane center. >>> Read more.