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Rep. Steve Cohen's KFC stunt wasn't finger-lickin' good

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Steve Cohen turned up to Thursday's House Judiciary Committee hearing intent on mocking absent Attorney General William Barr by enjoying a helping of Colonel Sanders' finest. The stunt got attention -- but Barr's absence from the hearing should instead have been treated as a serious issue, writes Douglas Heye

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College kid dies 6 days after suspected hazing. He was sent to the hospital for medical reasons.

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18-year-old college freshman dies six days after suspected hazing incident

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An 18-year-old University at Buffalo student died Wednesday after falling victim to a suspected hazing incident last week, his school's president said in a statement.

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This article is about trump talking about releasing immigrants that were detained at the borders. Trump says that he is thinking about releasing immigrants into democratic states. He says by doing this it will make liberals happy because they want immigrants to be allowed in the US even if there illegal

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggests the IRS should do your taxes for you: As reform legislation Opens a New Window.  advances through Congress Opens a New Window. that may eliminate a future IRS-created free filing software for taxpayers, New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested most Americans shouldn’t be preparing their own taxes. In a speech on the House floor, the freshman lawmaker referenced a Vox article which deemed it a “huge scandal” that lawmakers have not yet required the IRS to automatically prepare taxes for most Americans. This relates to me because everyone has to file their taxes and right now in civics I'm learning about how to file your taxes.

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As reform legislation advances through Congress that may eliminate a future IRS-created free filing software for taxpayers, New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested most Americans shouldn't be preparing their own taxes.

In a speech on the House floor, the freshman lawmaker refereced a Vox article which deemed it a "huge scandal" that lawmakers have not yet required the IRS to automatically prepare taxes for most Americans.

"Long-term, we should be looking at a solution where everyday people do not necessarily have to spend hours every year preparing tax returns, when the majority of Americans have relatively simple and straight-forward returns," she added.

Bipartisan reform legislation advancing through Congress - The Taxpayers First Act - contains a provision that would prevent the IRS from creating free tax preparation software to compete with private sector offerings from companies like TurboTax.

That particular provision was first pointed out by ProPublica, which notes that a free program provided by the IRS could cut into the profits of private tax software businesses. According to the publication, Intuit and H&R Block spent $6.6 million on lobbying related to IRS filing and they also contributed $16,000 to House Ways and Means Committee chair Richard Neal (D-Mass.) over the last two election cycles.

Currently, the IRS offers a service called Free File for certain qualifying, lower-income taxpayers. It offers this service through authorized third-party providers, including companies like H&R Block.
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Ocasio-Cortez's idea is not necessarily a new one.

Austin Goolsbee, a former economist in the Obama administration, proposed the idea of a " simple return " more than a decade ago. Since the IRS is asking the majority of people to copy information it already has onto forms and then submit it, the "simple return" would have the IRS send the taxpayer the documents with pre-filled information. It was a voluntary program designed to save taxpayers who opted into the program both time and money.

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As reform legislation advances through Congress that may eliminate a future IRS-created free filing software for taxpayers, New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested most Americans shouldn't be preparing their own taxes. In a speech on the House floor, the freshman lawmaker refereced a Vox article which deemed it a "huge scandal" that lawmakers have not yet required the IRS to automatically prepare taxes for most Americans.

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Chinese scientists defend implanting human gene into monkeys' brains

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The first black hole picture ever fully developed! Black holes don’t produce visible light so capturing a real picture of one has been a long process. The team of scientist have been working on developing the image based off of Albert Einstein’s theory. Which held true.

https://www.dogonews.com/2019/4/11/the-first-ever-image-of-a-black-hole-is-stunning

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When internet trolls tried to detract from (CNN) - Katherine Bouman's rise to stardom for her part in creating the first-ever image of a black hole, her colleague quickly shut them down.

Bouman, 29, created one of the algorithms that led to the groundbreaking black hole image. She also helped develop the imaging and verification process.

However, a nasty corner of the internet tried to downplay Bouman's role and started spreading posts claiming that Andrew Chael -- a white male scientist -- was actually the mastermind behind the project.

The misleading posts, on Reddit and Twitter, said Chael alone had authored "850,000 of the 900,000 lines of code that were written in the historic black-hole image algorithm!"

However, the effort quickly backfired.

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To undermine Katherine Bouman's role in the Black Hole photo, trolls held up a white man as the real hero -- until he fought back

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When internet trolls tried to detract from (CNN) - Katherine Bouman's rise to stardom for her part in creating the first-ever image of a black hole, her colleague quickly shut them down. Bouman, 29, created one of the algorithms that led to the groundbreaking black hole image.

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20 killed in a market blast by a Sunni muslim at a fruit market.

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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb claimed by a Sunni Muslim militant group ripped through a fruit market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday.

The attack hit the city's Hazarganji district, which is home to a large community from the Hazara Shia Muslim minority, Quetta's Deputy Inspector General of Police, Razzaq Cheema, told CNN.

At least seven Hazara were among the dead, along with one security official, Cheema said.

In a news conference, Ziaullah Langove, home minister for Balochistan, said it was a suicide attack, confirmed the death toll and added that as many as 48 people were injured.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group known to target the Hazara community, said it carried out the bombing.

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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb claimed by a Sunni Muslim militant group ripped through a fruit market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday.

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OI President Donald trump is releasing immigrants to “sanctuary cities”to retaliate against democrats , he did this against his administration officials denial.

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Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering releasing immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats, undercutting earlier denials from his own administration officials.

"Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump tweeted. "The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy -- so this should make them very happy!"

The President's tweets come after the White House and Department of Homeland Security said they were no longer pursuing the suggestion to have DHS release immigrants detained at the southern border into sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats who oppose Trump's plans for a border wall.

"The idea was briefly and informally raised and quickly rejected," a White House official told CNN Friday "No one at ICE was pressured by anyone at any time."

A DHS spokesperson said: "This was a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion."

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Trump says he's looking at releasing detained immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities

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Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering releasing immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats, undercutting earlier denials from his own administration officials. "Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump tweeted.

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Yeager, the 12 year old service dog, did 100 tours detected dozens of IEDs and received a Purple Heart after he lost part of his ear when an IED exploded,  the blast killed his handler, Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe. Yeager was retired and adopted by a Marine family. He is now running for the American Humane Hero Dog Award, which honors working dogs and shelter dogs. You can vote online (http://herodogawards.org/)until May 2, the seven finalist will be on a live broadcast on the Hallmark Channel.

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- A former military dog living in Cary is in the running for the American Humane Hero Dog Award, which honors working dogs and shelter dogs.

Yeager, 12, served on three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an improvised explosive device (IED) detection dog with the Marine Corps.

He went on more than 100 tours and detected dozens of IEDs, according to the award organization's website.

He received the Purple Heart after being injured when an IED exploded, losing part of his ear.

The blast killed his handler, Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe.

Yeager retired and was adopted by a Marine family.

He lives in Cary and is an ambassador for the Project K-9 Hero Foundation.

People can vote online until May 2. Seven finalists will attend a gala broadcast on the Hallmark Channel.

Categories include law enforcement dogs, service dogs, therapy dogs, military dogs, search and rescue dogs, guide dogs and shelter dogs.

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A former military dog living in Cary is in the running for the American Humane Hero Dog Award, which honors working dogs and shelter dogs. Yeager, 12, served on three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an improvised explosive device (IED) detection dog with the Marine Corps.

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Yesterday a Olympian weightlifter was at the European weight lifting championship when she was trying to break her personal record and ended up hurting herself in the process. She was on her third attempt to lift 110 kilograms of weight when she got the bar over her head and ended up dropping the weight because of her left arm giving out. She was taken to the hospital and broke her arm in 2 different places and dislocated her elbow. Do not watch the video its gross.

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A female weightlifter who represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics suffered a horrific injury during the clean and jerk competition at the European Championships on Thursday.

Gaelle Nayo Ketchanke was competing in the 76-kilogram category at the games, which were being held in Batumi, Georgia. Nayo Ketchanke was attempting to lift the bar at 110 kilograms and had failed twice before going for her third attempt, according to Yahoo Australia.
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On the third try, Nayo Ketchanke tried to get the bar up and over her head when it appears that her left arm gives out.

Nayo-Ketchanke screamed as she fell to the floor. She was taken to the hospital for surgery, according to Yahoo Australia.

She reportedly broke her arm in two places and may have suffered an elbow dislocation.

Nayo Ketchanke had competed at the European Championship before, finishing with a silver medal in 2016 and 2018 and a bronze medal in 2015 in the 76-kilogram competition.
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Last year, she finished in sixth at the World Championships in Turkmenistan.

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A female weightlifter who represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics suffered a horrific injury during the clean and jerk competition at the European Championships on Thursday. Gaelle Nayo Ketchanke was competing in the 76-kilogram category at the games, which were being held in Batumi, Georgia.

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Wednesday a gas line explosion occurred at a coffee shop in Durham, NC. The owner Kong Lee refused to evacuate and died in the shop. Authorities are still investigating what caused the gas to ignite. There were not other victims.

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The Durham, North Carolina, coffee shop owner killed in a gas line explosion that leveled a downtown building stayed behind as firefighters evacuated properties before the blast, the city's fire chief said Thursday.

"All the people in the business did evacuate other than the owner," Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos said Thursday.

"The owner decided that he did not want to evacuate, our engine captain went to find a police officer to enforce that evacuation order and that is when the building exploded and collapsed," the fire chief said.

Killed in the explosion Wednesday was Kong Lee, 61, the owner of Kaffeinate coffee shop, police said.

The force of the explosion, which authorities said occurred after a contractor boring into a sidewalk ruptured a gas line, was felt or heard all over the city, witnesses said.

Search dogs were taken through the wreckage, but no other victims were found and no missing people were reported, Zoldos said. The investigation is ongoing, including into what caused the gas to ignite, he said.

Authorities responded around 9:38 a.m. to a call of a gas odor and immediately began an evacuation of surrounding businesses, officials said. The explosion and fire occurred just after 10 a.m.

Seventeen people were injured in the blast, including nine firefighters, officials said.

The most seriously injured firefighter, Darren Wheeler of the Durham Fire Department, underwent surgery and was expected to be released from the hospital soon, Zoldos said.

Deputy City Manager Bo Ferguson said there was an active permit to do work at the location where the gas line ruptured.

All the other people, except for Lee, who were inside Kaffeinate when the gas odor was detected were evacuated before the explosion, the fire chief said.

"He was just making sure everyone was out, everyone was OK, and he was doing his job," Jennifer Oldham, the owner of a nearby business, told NBC affiliate WRAL of Raleigh. "We're just heartbroken for that family and his children."

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The Durham, North Carolina, coffee shop owner killed in a gas line explosion that leveled a downtown building stayed behind as firefighters evacuated properties before the blast, the city's fire chief said Thursday. "All the people in the business did evacuate other than the owner," Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos said Thursday.

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At least 20 people were killed and many others injured by a bomb that went off in a fruit market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday. The bomb was claimed by a Sunni Muslim militant group, which hit the cities Hazargangi  district, home to a large community from the Hazara Shia Muslim minority. In a news conference Ziahaullah Langove, home minister for Balochistan, claimed it was a suicide attack. Bombings are an issue Pakistan has been dealing with a lot recently, especially with the presence of ISIS.

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At least 20 people were killed in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, after a bomb blast ripped through a fruit market.

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A 90 year old pilot died in a small plane crash in 2017. It turns out that his death was most likely caused by his seventy pound dog that he allowed to sit in the passenger seat. There were no signs of the plane malfunctioning so investigators assume that the dog might have had contact with the flight controls during the landing. The plane crashed 50 feet from the landing and the 90 year old pilot died due to multiple blunt force injuries. The dog on the other hand only suffered with minor injuries and was treated by a veterinarian after he was seen running from the crash.

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A 90-year-old pilot's death in a small plane crash in 2017 was likely caused by his decision to allow his large dog to fly in the passenger's seat, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined in a report released Monday.

Jerry Naylor, a former commercial pilot who was flying the single-engine airplane, crashed into a cornfield, 50 yards away from the runway at Monticello Regional Airport in Iowa.

While the late pilot's son said his father routinely flew with his 70-pound dog, NTSB officials report that Naylor's loss of control of the plane was caused by the "dog's likely contact with the flight controls during landing." Officials say Naylor died from "multiple blunt-force injuries sustained during the accident."

The NTSB found no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures in the small plane, which led them to zero in on the dog as the cause of the crash.

The dog, whose name and breed were not identified by the NTSB, survived. A witness at Monticello Airport saw the dog running out of the cornfield after the crash.

"First responders were able to catch the dog, who was treated for minor injuries by a local veterinarian," the NTSB said.

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A 90-year-old pilot's death in a small plane crash in 2017 was likely caused by his decision to allow his large dog to fly in the passenger's seat, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined in a report released Monday.

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Three historical black churches in Louisiana had been set ablaze in recent days. Surprisingly the son of sheriff deputy had been the one to set the religious buildings on fire. Holden Matthews, a twenty-one year old white man, was arrested for arson on the torched churches. The scorched buildings brought back memories of the "civil rights era violence". Evidence showed that Matthew had receipts that proved the purchases of a red gas can, cloths, and a lighter. Fortunately Matthew's father helped with the arrest and no one else seemed to have been involved, quickly subduing the danger of further historical damage.

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- The suspect in a string of fires that destroyed three black churches in rural Louisiana is the white son of a sheriff's deputy whose father helped arrange for his arrest, authorities said Thursday.

Holden Matthews, 21, was jailed without bail on arson charges in connection with the blazes in and around Opelousas, a city of 16,000 where the flame-gutted remains of the buildings evoked memories of civil rights era violence.

Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning offered no motive for the fires. He and other officials stopped short of calling them hate crimes. Eric Rommal, the agent in charge of the New Orleans FBI office, said investigators were still looking into whether the fires were "bias motivated."

Browning said there were no indications that anyone else was involved and the danger to churches was over.

"This community is safe again," he told a news conference. "We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person who is responsible for these tragic crimes."

The Rev. Harry Richard, pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, which was destroyed, said the arrest put him at ease and let him sleep at night.

"I felt relieved my congregation didn't have to worry anymore," said Richard, who was told of the arrest late Wednesday. "I was reassured that law enforcement was on our side, that things were finally coming to an end."

Investigators used surveillance video, cellphone tracking and a Walmart receipt to help identify Matthews, who was arrested late Wednesday. They moved quickly, arresting him within 12 hours because they were worried that "other crimes were imminent," Browning said.

The charred remains of a red gas can recovered at one of the churches was sold at Walmart locations, and the company's investigators found that the same type of gas can was bought March 25 at a store in Opelousas, along with automotive cloths and a lighter.

The debit card used in that purchase belonged to Matthews, according to court documents.

"The purchase time on this receipt is less than three hours before the first church fire was reported," an affidavit said.

In addition, cellphone tower data showed Matthews was in the area of all three fires. Surveillance video from businesses and homes near the churches, and on the roads to and from each fire scene, repeatedly showed a vehicle that was consistent with the beige pickup that belonged to Matthews' father. Matthews apparently drove the truck to buy the gas can and other items, according to the court documents.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz confirmed that the suspect was the son of deputy Roy Matthews, whom he described as an excellent employee who knew nothing of his son's actions.

The elder Matthews was heartbroken when told his son was a suspect, the sheriff said.

"He broke down," Guidroz said. "It was hard." He said the father arranged for the son to leave the house and go to a place where he could be arrested without incident. He did not elaborate.

The younger Matthews was arrested on three counts of arson of a religious building. A conviction could bring up to 15 years in prison on each count, Browning said.

The fires set many people on edge in and around Opelousas, about 140 miles northwest of New Orleans.

An Associated Press reporter was turned away from what was believed to be the home the suspect shared with his parents.

Matthews had a defender in Nygyl Bryyn, a Facebook friend who identified himself as a south Louisiana native, musician, entrepreneur and agent. In a telephone interview from Los Angeles, Bryyn described Matthews as a talented, sometimes frustrated musician but not a racist or violent person.

"As far as being a white supremacist? No. Absolutely not," Bryyn said.

Bryyn said he met Matthews after moving out of state when Matthews, who played guitar and sang, answered an online ad while seeking a record deal. They worked together and met face to face over the years.

Matthews had long been upset with his parents for not supporting his musical efforts, Bryyn said. He also said Matthews had been discouraged in recent months as Bryyn urged him to improve the quality of his recordings. But Bryyn said he never sensed anger that would lead to arson.

Matthews had shown interest in "black metal," an extreme subgenre of heavy metal, Browning said. The music has been linked, in some instances, to fires at Christian churches in Norway in the 1990s.

A Facebook page that appeared to belong to Matthews showed him with the words "black metal" spray painted on a wall behind him. He also posted a comment on a movie's portrayal of black metal musician Varg Vikernes, a far-right figure convicted of manslaughter and arson at three churches.

Black metal lyrics often espouse satanism and paganism, and a few bands feature neo-Nazi beliefs.

Bryyn acknowledged that some people involved in black metal music have expressed racist ideas, but he insisted it's not typical of the genre.

"We've got friends of all races," he said. "This is a very large community. Despite the awful image, this is the most loving community you could imagine."

The fires happened over a 10-day period. The first blaze torched the St. Mary Baptist Church on March 26 in Port Barre, a town just outside of Opelousas. Days later, the Greater Union Baptist Church and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas were burned. Each was more than 100 years old.

The churches were empty at the time, and no one was injured.

Denzel Washington, a 23-year-old black resident of Opelousas, lamented the loss for the congregations that now have to rebuild.

"But what's the sense in hate? Forgiven. Forgive what he's done. It's not going to change nothing," he said.

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McGill reported from New Orleans and Opelousas. Associated Press writers Stacey Plaisance in Opelousas, and Michael Kunzelman in College Park, Maryland, contributed to this report.

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This story has corrected the spelling of 'Bryyn' throughout.

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My current even is about why Saturn's moons are shaped like "ravioli" Scientist have been in space for 20 years and have discovered that it was due to the accumulation of material from several of Saturn's rings. They are also different colors which is caused by bright icy particles and water vapor from Saturn's frozen larger moon.

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Saturn's oddly-shaped moons have intrigued researchers for many years (Credit: JPL/NASA.gov)

After almost twenty years in space - thirteen of which were spent making extraordinary discoveries about the Saturn system, including its rings and natural satellites - NASA's Cassini spacecraft finally ran out of fuel. However, shortly before plunging into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, 2017, the probe completed one final important mission: six close flybys of tiny moons located inside, or near, Saturn's rings.

While all of Saturn's 62 moons are intriguing, researchers were particularly curious about six small, odd-shaped satellites that are nestled against the edge of its rings and sport different colors. Fortunately, Cassini was able to collect detailed data on five of them - Daphnis, Pan, Atlas, Epimetheus, and Pandora - allowing scientists to solve yet another mystery about our solar system's second largest planet.

In a new study published in the journal Science on March 28, 2019, the team of 35 researchers, led by Bonnie Buratti of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, reported that the satellites are the result of the accumulation of material from the surrounding rings, which has settled around a dense core. They suspect the core is a remnant of a larger object, which broke apart, resulting in multiple smaller "moons."

NASA's Cassini spacecraft provided scientists with incredible insights about Saturn (Credit: JPL/NASA.gov)

The scientists arrived at this conclusion after observing that the moons' surfaces were covered with ice and dust, and were highly porous. They maintain the porosity also explains the satellites' ravioli-like shapes, as material has accumulated around their equators than at their poles.

"We found these moons are scooping up particles of ice and dust from the rings to form the little skirts around their equators," Buratti said. "A denser body would be more ball-shaped because gravity would pull the material in."

As for the different colors? The scientists suggest that Pan and Daphnis, which circle around the innermost red rings sport a similar hue due to the deposits from the rings. The experts suspect the red material is a blend of organic compounds and iron. Though Atlas, Epimetheus, and Pandora, which are situated on the outside of the massive planet's rings, have similar deposits, they appear blueish. The researchers believe the color is caused by the bright icy particles and water vapor from Saturn's frozen larger moon, Enceladus.

Deposits from Saturn's rings caused its moons to appear either red or blue" (Credit: JPL/NASA.gov)

"The daring, close flybys of these odd little moons let us peer into how they interact with Saturn's rings," Buratti said. "We're seeing more evidence of how extremely active and dynamic the Saturn ring and moon system is."

The researchers still have many questions, including what caused the six Saturn moons to form in the first place. The recent discovery has also led them to wonder if other planets sport similar satellites. "Do any of the moons of the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune interact with their thinner rings to form features similar to those on Saturn's ring moons?" Buratti wonders. "These are questions to be answered by future missions."

Resources: Jpl.nasa.gov, livescience.com

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The Mystery Of Saturn's Ravioli-Shaped Moons Has Finally Been Solved

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After almost twenty years in space - thirteen of which were spent making extraordinary discoveries about the Saturn system, including its rings and natural satellites - NASA's Cassini spacecraft finally ran out of fuel. However, shortly before plunging into on September 15, 2017, the probe completed one final important mission: six close flybys of tiny moons located inside, or near, Saturn's rings.

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A florida woman plummeted six stories this week to her death after her boyfriend tried several times to pull her off the ledge. The woman plummeted from a six story hotel room. The police have not confirmed if this was a suicide but it is said that she got “a running start.” The woman's name was Alexis Carroll who was only 19 years old. She was staying with her husband at the Holiday Inn resort in Daytona beach. Multiple guests reported disturbances from the woman’s hotel room before the tragic event. Carroll was specifically heard saying “ Tell me I won’t.” Footage from the hotel was provided of the woman hanging over the edge of the balcony minutes before her death.

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A Florida woman plummeted to her death from a sixth-floor hotel balcony this week after police said her boyfriend made several attempts to pull her to safety.

Police did not confirm it was a suicide but said she ultimately took "a running start" and dove over the edge.

Alexis Carroll, 19, was staying with her boyfriend at the Holiday Inn Resort Daytona Beach Oceanfront on Tuesday night. Several witnesses had contacted the front desk to complain of a disturbance from their room, a spokesperson with the Daytona Beach Police Department told Fox News on Thursday.
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The couple was heard yelling at one another before a guest in the room next door saw a woman, later identified as Carroll, hanging over the railing in a squatted position, according to an incident report. She was overheard saying, "tell me I won't!"

Carroll then went back into the room where she was met by security. However, police said she later went back out to the balcony where she verbally harassed the guests staying below her room for contacting the front desk.

Then, Carroll was seen leaning over the balcony multiple times before she took "a running start" and dove off the edge, the police spokesperson said.

A Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue officer on duty witnessed the fall and contacted Daytona police. He examined the woman and discovered she had no pulse.
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Hotel surveillance footage provided to police showed Carroll hanging over the balcony with the boyfriend trying to pull her in several times, minutes before she jumped to her death.

Police said they suspected no foul play the boyfriend's part, adding that video evidence clearly captured the moment leading up to her death.

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A glacier in Greenland known to be the fastest shrinking glacier in the world is now growing. Scientists have used this glacier in the past to predict sea level rise. The temperature of the water has decreased severely, and has not been this cold since the mid 1890’s. This relates to history, because of the way it has changed from the past years, and the glacier may alter our environment, and understandings later on.

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A glacier in Greenland known as the fastest shrinking glacier is now growing

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A glacier in greenland known as the fastest sheikh glacier is now growing.

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SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the 3 most powerful reusable rockets ever created. This was done after 3 delays due to poor weather conditions. This shows that it is a reliable option for future space endeavors.

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The Falcon Heavy rocket is many things, but "timely" is not one of them. Delay after delay have plagued its development. And this week, the same fate befell its launch schedule. Originally planned to liftoff last Sunday, the Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch was thrice delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions before it finally left launchpad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center today.

The wait was worth it. The minute the launch window opened on Thursday, the rocket boosted its payload, a Saudi Arabian telecommunications satellite, toward geostationary orbit. Even from across several miles of water, the power of 5 million pounds of thrust was enough to rattle your ribcage. One nearly had to shout to be heard over the roar of the 27 Merlin engines as the rocket departed the launchpad, but few felt the need to say anything. Instead, most of the reporters I was with on the causeway cast their eyes to the sky, tracking the rocket between breaks in the low-hanging clouds as it boosted a 13,000 pound satellite thousands of miles above the Earth.

Less than eight minutes after launch, the rocket's two side boosters appeared overhead, looking like two building-sized candlesticks in the twilight sky. As the rockets executed their final burn to perform a nearly simultaneous landing, two sonic booms ripped through the otherwise peaceful Florida night. Everyone on the causeway erupted in cheers after it was clear that both boosters had successfully landed, the tops of which could just be seen over the trees. Only a few minutes later, the center core attempted a landing on Of Course I Still Love You, a drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean 600 miles from the launchpad.

A handful of spectators were listening to a radio broadcast from the launch command center waiting to hear the fate of the center core. The two minutes between the side boosters landing and the center core's attempt was tense. During the Falcon Heavy's demo flight last year, the center core landed in the water and the resulting explosion damaged the drone ship. The botched landing was due to insufficient fuel to light some of the engines, Elon Musk later revealed, but he said "the fix is pretty obvious."

Whatever obvious fix Musk and the SpaceX crew employed this time around clearly worked. The center core nailed its landing on the drone ship and once word made its way from SpaceX command center, the journalists and photographers assembled on the NASA causeway went absolutely wild. Only a few years ago, the idea of landing a rocket booster was unthinkable. And now, SpaceX had just aced a landing by three boosters from the same rocket.

The company's success was not guaranteed. Musk had warned his followers that SpaceX was being " extra cautious" ahead of the Falcon Heavy's first commercial flight to give engineers the time to make sure it would go off without a hitch. The caution is understandable. Although the Falcon Heavy had flown a demo mission once before, this rocket used new block 5 boosters, which are seven percent more powerful than the ones used for the demo flight. "First flight for Falcon Heavy Block 5 means there is some risk of failure between 5% to 10% imo," Musk had tweeted. "Many good design improvements from Falcon Heavy demo, but the changes are unproven."

The success of the Falcon Heavy's first commercial flight is good news for the Air Force. The next flight of the Falcon Heavy will be an Air Force rideshare mission that is expected to occur no earlier than mid-June. That launch will use the two side boosters that landed at Kennedy today to boost 25 satellites built by organizations including Georgia Tech, the Planetary Society, and NASA.

Musk has long said that he will consider SpaceX successful when landing rockets becomes boring. But after watching the world's most powerful operational rocket go to orbit and then return each of its three first-stage boosters to Earth, I can't help but think that SpaceX will never be successful-at least by Musk's metrics. The nearly simultaneous landing of the two side boosters is the most futuristic thing I have ever seen. In fact, one of the only things I can imagine that is more extraordinary than this feat of engineering would be treating it as mundane.

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The Falcon Heavy rocket is many things, but "timely" is not one of them. Delay after delay have plagued its development. And this week, the same fate befell its launch schedule. Originally planned to liftoff last Sunday, the Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch was thrice delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions before it finally left launchpad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center today.

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More teachers have gone on strike this week. On Thursday, teachers in Sacramento went on strike over things like class size, resources, and fiscal mismanagement. Over a year ago superintendent of Sacramento City Unified School District, Jorge Aguilar, signed a contract which was supposed to reduce class sizes and improve the availability of services to students. The teachers are claiming that this contract is not being honored. It is important to note that this contract was issued in order to prevent a strike last year over the same issues. The officials of the school district are saying that the reasons that the strike occurred are unfounded and the officials are being accused of making false statements and leaking information. District officials think that the strike is irresponsible and the ways that they are handling the situation are uncivil. Strikes have worked in the past for getting things done and putting idea across but these strikers are not being taken as seriously. It is said that the mediator was laughed at when trying to make negotiations between the two sides. Information is being leaked on social media, making the process to peace even harder.

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Thousands of teachers marched on strike through Los Angeles in January. Sacramento teachers went on strike amid unfair labor practices by the Sacramento City Unified School District, on April 11, 2019.

Teachers in Sacramento went on strike Thursday morning over issues of class size, lack of resources and general fiscal mismanagement, marking the first time educators in California's capital have walked the picket lines in 30 years.

The 3,000 members of the Sacramento City Classroom Teachers Association allege unfair labor practices by the district. They argue that Jorge Aguilar, superintendent of Sacramento City Unified School District, is refusing to honor the teachers union contract that he signed more than a year ago, which was supposed to reduce class sizes and improve access to services for students, like nurses and psychologists, in exchange for changes in an employee health care plan.

Notably, that contract was brokered to avert a strike over the very same issues.

"Administrators simply need to honor the contract and obey the law," David Fisher, president of the city's teacher union, said in a statement. "Our superintendent, and school board talks a good game about 'equity, access and social justice.' It appears to be just talk, which is why Sacramento's educators today will just walk."

Officials from the Sacramento Unified School District pushed back hard, saying the grounds outlined for the strike are "unfounded," and they accused union officials of making false statements and leaking details of a mediation process on social media.

The two sides had been working with a mediator as recently as this week to overcome differences, but negotiations crumbled after word about the process, which was supposed to be confidential, was leaked.

"Yes, we have disagreements, but acting uncivilly toward each other, making statements that are not true, or worse yet, laughing after a mediator made the determination that the session should end, is not the kind of behavior that is going to bring us closer together to save our schools," district officials said in a statement.

District officials framed the strike as irresponsible and said it puts the district at increased risk for state takeover.

"I look forward to tomorrow to making sure we begin the process of figuring out how we are going to come together and put ourselves in a position where we can achieve long-term viable fiscal sustainability so we can avoid in the immediate future a state takeover," Aguilar said at a press conference Thursday morning.

The discontent on display in the opening months of 2019 follows a year rocked by educator unrest, in which teachers in places like Arizona, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia organized around the same issues of pay, class size and resources, and ultimately motivated thousands of educators to run for office in the 2018 midterm election. And it's a sign that education could be an important issue in the 2020 election.

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Lauren Camera is an education reporter at U.S. News & World Report. She's covered education pol... Read more Lauren Camera is an education reporter at U.S. News & World Report. She's covered education policy and politics for nearly a decade and has written for Education Week, The Hechinger Report, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She was a 2013 Spencer Education Fellow at Columbia University's School of Journalism, where she conducted a reporting project about the impact of the Obama administration's competitive education grant, Race to the Top.

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Thousands of teachers marched on strike through Los Angeles in January. Sacramento teachers went on strike amid unfair labor practices by the Sacramento City Unified School District, on April 11, 2019. Teachers in Sacramento went on strike Thursday morning over issues of class size, lack of resources and general fiscal mismanagement, marking the first time educators in California's capital have walked the picket lines in 30 years.

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Daniel Hect was recently appointed to become the chief of police at Mount Holyoke and Smith College's shared campus. When this was announced, some students searched for Hect on Twitter and they found that he had liked conservative-leaning posts. Hect had liked a few posts from the NRA and one post from President Trump. The students claimed that the man was therefore racist and could not successfully protect such a diverse campus. Because of several objections to the new chief of police on campus, Hect was put on leave and a new person was put in place as the acting chief of security.

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On Wednesday, Mount Holyoke College announced that the newly-selected campus police chief Daniel Hect was placed on administrative leave after a backlash when students discovered he had liked conservative tweets on his Twitter account.

The whole ordeal started when Hect was appointed to lead the Mount Holyoke College and Smith College shared campus police departments. Then on February 6, Hect announced his new appointment at MHC and Smith on his personal Twitter account, The Daily Wire previously reported.​

"I am excited to announce I have accepted the position of Chief of Police at Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges, two of the most prestigious all women's institutions in the nation," he tweeted.

Hect's excitement was short lived because soon after, students investigated his Twitter account, finding a few conservative-leaning tweets that he "liked." Two tweets were from the National Rifle Association, one wishing followers a Merry Christmas and one stating, "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." Other tweets were from President Trump discussing the border wall and the government shutdown.

The MHC student who shared screenshots of the tweet said it was "unacceptable for someone in charge of keeping any community safe, let alone a campus as diverse as MHC's, to be publicly displaying his support for hateful regimes and organizations, as well as for individuals who demonize migrants from Mexico or other latin american nations."

Following the controversy, Hect and the colleges' administrations hosted several events to try to ease the students' worries.

Mount Holyoke community members were able to ask him questions at a March 21 forum. According to the student newspaper, the event "hosted tension and tears." During the event, Hect said he wanted the campus police to grow a better relationship with the community so students can get to know "the campus police as human beings." Many of the students' questions reportedly focused on his social media and his political ideology.

Hect told the audience that "when [Trump] did something that I thought he did well, I wanted to like [the tweets] in hopes to lead to more good behavior," adding that he does not support Donald Trump overall.​

Hect also apologized for liking the tweets that mentioned building a wall, calling it "a huge mistake."

After the forum, Hect sent an email to the MHC community, claiming he was "appreciative" of the "level of participation."

"It was clear to me during the event that I have work to do in order to better lead a campus police department charged with supporting and protecting this wonderfully diverse, intelligent and committed community of students, faculty and staff," Hect wrote.

Hect also listed "immediate steps" he would take in the coming days to achieve his goal of making the campus police be "a positive influence on campus safety." The steps included creating a Campus Safety Advisory Committee and attending an "immersive training program" to learn about "challenging biases and exploring beliefs." His steps also included events such as meeting with a class for a "restorative justice circle," and two "listening sessions" where community members could express their concerns about safety on campus.

He concluded that he was "committed to developing relationships and trust with all members of our communities - students, faculty, staff and campus police."

But before any of these events even had the chance to take place, MHC Pesident Sonya Stephens announced that Hect would be placed on "administrative leave" Wednesday night.

"Over the past few weeks, members of our community have expressed concerns about the ability of Chief Daniel Hect to develop the level of trust required to engage in community policing," MHC President Sonya Stephens said in a campus-wide email.

Stephens added that Deputy Police Chief Ray LaBarre was appointed as the Acting Chief of Campus Police.

"We are working closely with Smith College on this issue, and I will continue to keep our campus community informed," Stephens concluded.

Hect has worked in police departments for over 30 years. He previously served as director of public safety and chief of police at two universities in Ohio: Xavier University and Denison University. He also served as a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force Security services, according to his Linkedin profile.​

An article from Xavier's student paper from January said that Hect "made a career out of connecting to his communities," adding that "Hect believes that a job as a police officer isn't confined to formalities, but efforts need to be made to engage with those you are sworn to protect."

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On Wednesday, Mount Holyoke College announced that the newly-selected campus police chief Daniel Hect was placed on administrative leave after a backlash when students discovered he had liked conservative tweets on his Twitter account. The whole ordeal started when Hect was appointed to lead the Mount Holyoke College and Smith College shared campus police departments.

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The Googles wings kick off first drone delivery service in Australia. This is big because this is a step closer to the future and this makes Google's Company bigger in money and fame. This drone began to deliver food and drinks over the medications. Google says that it is right now delivering food and drinks but it will upgrade.

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The first photo of a black hole has been released to the public. This is a photo of a massive hole in the galaxy M87. It has a mass that is 6.5 million times that of our sun. It is larger than the orbit of Neptune, which takes 200 years to go around the sun once.

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In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. This is the first direct visual evidence that black holes exist.

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The Amazon Alexa now has new technology rendering it capable of safely transferring patients' private information. Some select hospitals can now use the Alexa to access patients' personalized records like surgeries. HIPAA is a health privacy law, and now the Alexa can transfer information protected by it. However, many people accuse the Echo of being a listening device, and may wonder if their private medical information is compromised due to this.

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A mazon unveiled software on Thursday that allows health care companies to build Alexa voice tools capable of securely transmitting private patient information, a move that opens the door to a broad array of uses in homes and hospitals.

The announcement was accompanied by the launch of six voice programs built by large health businesses ranging from Boston Children's Hospital, to the insurance giant Cigna, to the digital health company Livongo. The new tools allow patients to use Alexa to access personalized information such as progress updates after surgery, prescription delivery notifications, and the locations of nearby urgent care centers.

Perhaps more significant than the individual uses is Alexa's ability to now traffic in patient information that is protected by the U.S. health privacy law known as HIPAA - a step many stakeholders in the industry have been anticipating. The move will embolden hospitals, insurers, and other health care firms to expose Alexa to more sensitive details of patients' lives and medical conditions, and potentially embed the technology deeper into clinical settings.

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So far, Amazon has only invited the six companies to use its HIPAA-compliant software to build voice programs. But the company said Thursday that it expects to enable additional health companies to access it as well.

"Every day developers are inventing with voice to build helpful and convenient experiences for their customers," Amazon wrote in a blog post announcing the news. "These new [Alexa] skills are designed to help customers manage a variety of healthcare needs at home simply using voice."

The announcement is the latest of several moves telegraphing Amazon's effort to make inroads into the nation's $3.5 trillion health care market.

Just in the past year, the company bought the online pharmacy PillPack for $1 billion, presumably to begin selling and shipping prescription drugs. It expanded its business selling supplies to hospitals and launched an exclusive line of over-the-counter products. It also introduced a product called Amazon Comprehend Medical, a machine learning tool that allows users to extract relevant clinical information from unstructured text in patient records.

In addition, the company has formed research partnerships with several major hospitals, including Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. And it is working with Accenture and the pharmaceutical giant Merck to create a data-driven drug development platform on Amazon Web Services, its cloud service.

The company sees its voice technology as one of the most promising lines of business, one that could be used to give patients and caregivers more timely information to help manage their conditions and access services. These are the Alexa tools unveiled Thursday:

Cigna created a voice program to allow employees of its large national clients to manage their health improvement goals and earn wellness incentives.

Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager acquired by Cigna, built a tool to allow people to check the status of home delivery prescriptions.

Boston Children's Hospital built a program enabling parents and caregivers to provide clinicians with updates on their progress after surgery and get information on post-operative appointments.

Swedish Health Connect, a network of 51 hospitals in seven states, created a tool enabling customers to search for a nearby urgent care center and schedule a same-day appointment. Atrium Health, which operates more than 40 hospitals and 900 clinics in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, built a similar tool.

Livongo, a digital health company that helps users manage chronic conditions, launched a program that allows people to query their last blood sugar reading and blood sugar measurement trends, and receive personalized health advice.

Alexa itself was still catching up to the news Thursday morning. Asked whether it was HIPAA-compliant, it responded: "Sorry, I don't know that one."

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A mazon unveiled software on Thursday that allows health care companies to build Alexa voice tools capable of securely transmitting private patient information, a move that opens the door to a broad array of uses in homes and hospitals.

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A man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious "Ripper Crew" that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison. His name is Thomas Kokoraleis and he is now 58. He was initially sentenced to life in prison in 1984. His early release infuriated victims' families. This may now put the community or nation into more danger from his release. If the victims' families are worried, we should be too.

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Authorities say a man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious "Ripper Crew" that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison.

An alert from Illinois' victim notification system was issued Friday saying 58-year-old Thomas Kokoraleis had been discharged from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Kokoraleis was initially sentenced to life in prison for the 1982 slaying of 21-year-old Lorraine "Lorry" Ann Borowski.

But prosecutors allowed him to plead guilty on appeal in exchange for a 70-year prison term. The deal allowed for his release this week.

Relatives of some victims were infuriated in 2017 when they learned of Kokoraleis' expected release and delayed his initial parole date.

Records show Kokoraleis was held at the Illinois River Correctional Center in Canton, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Peoria.

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Authorities say a man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious "Ripper Crew" that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison. An alert from Illinois' victim notification system was issued Friday saying 58-year-old Thomas Kokoraleis had been discharged from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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A team at New York's Rockefeller University has discovered a way to make mosquitoes not want human blood. They want to fill mosquitoes with diet drugs to curb their appetite. They can not give diet drugs to every mosquito on the planet but it is effective if applied.

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Female Aedes aegypti mosquito preparing to feast on human blood (Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Female mosquitoes, which feed on human blood to obtain iron and amino acids required to produce eggs, are notorious for transmitting viruses responsible for deadly diseases, such as yellow fever, Dengue, and Zika. Over the years, researchers have devised various solutions, ranging from repellents to vaccines to genetic engineering, to combat the vectors. Now, a team at New York's Rockefeller University has come up with a unique solution to fend off the dangerous insects - filling their little bellies with diet drugs to curb their appetite for human blood.

For the study, the scientists, led by neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall, picked the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The adult females can lay up to five clutches of more than 100 eggs each, during their three-week-long lifespan, requiring multiple servings of human blood. This results in numerous opportunities to pass infectious viruses between humans. However, once the females fill up on human blood, they showed no desire to eat again for at least four days.

Mosquitoes spread a lot of deadly diseases (Credit: medicalindiatourism.com)

Vosshall and her team suspected that the neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors responsible for food-seeking behavior in humans may be present in mosquitoes as well. The scientists wondered if appetite-suppressants that work by targeting the NYP receptors in humans could have the same effect on the insects. To test this, they crushed some diet pills and mixed them in a saline solution that contained ATP - a molecule found inside most animal cells that mosquitoes find irresistible. After the mosquitoes had filled up on the concoction, the researchers teased them with a piece of nylon stocking with a strong human odor. While this would typically have drawn in all the insects, the test group showed no interest in the clothing, leading the team to conclude the diet drugs had temporarily curbed the mosquitoes' desire for human blood.

"On a lark, we thought, 'Let's go for it. Let's do the craziest experiment possible and get some human diet drugs and see if they work on mosquitoes,' " Vosshall told NPR. "It was surprising that it worked so well."

To identify the particular receptor that the human drugs were affecting, the scientists recreated all 49 of the species' possible NPY receptors and exposed each to the same compounds. They found that only one, NPYLR7, reacted to the human drug. To confirm their results, the team fed the drug-infused solution to some Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which had been genetically modified to lack the NPYLR7 receptor. Sure enough, the human drugs had no impact on group, which remained hungry for blood.

Human appetite suppressant drugs work on mosquitoes as well (Credit: Rockefeller University)

While the results were encouraging, the scientists knew that the human drug used to manipulate the receptor in the lab wouldn't be suitable for use in the wild. In addition to being expensive it could also trigger human receptors and affect people. To resolve the issue, the scientists searched through a catalog of 265,000 readily-available chemicals to find one that would activate the mosquitoes' NPYLR7 receptor without triggering human NPY receptors. After narrowing the list down to 24 possibilities, they found that compound 18 worked like a charm.

"When they're hungry, these mosquitoes are super motivated. They fly toward the scent of a human the same way that we might approach a chocolate cake," Vosshall said in a press release "But after they were given the drug, they lost interest."

The study, published in the journal Cell on February 9, 2019, is still in early stages. The researchers need to find a cost-effective way to test the drug in the wild and ensure its release does not adversely affect the ecosystem. However, if successful it would add to our arsenal of ways to prevent these tiny bloodsuckers from spreading disease. "All of these advances are complementary," said Vosshall, who believes no single method can help eradicate mosquito-borne diseases and advocates using several methods at once. "Our behavior control is something else in this portfolio."

Resources: smithsonianmag.com, npr.com, europeanscientist.com

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Female mosquitoes, which feed on human blood to obtain iron and amino acids required to produce eggs, are notorious for transmitting viruses responsible for deadly diseases, such as yellow fever, Dengue, and Zika. Over the years, researchers have devised various solutions, ranging from repellents to vaccines to to combat the vectors.

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The United States is 1 of only 56 nations that practice capital punishment. It ask if we think the death penalty should be taken away? I think that the death penalty should stay in affect because there are times it should be used. Some of the reasons it should be used are if you kill a cop, rape a little kid or anyone.
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A member of the "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners earned a reprieve from execution Thursday night for killing a Dallas police officer in a fatal shot. He claimed his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser wasn't allowed to be in the death chamber with him. Murphy's attorney's used his religious freedom as a way to prevent his execution, though lower courts rejected his argument. Brett Kavanaugh, the newest justice on the court, stated the Texas prison system allows a Christian or Muslim inmate to have a state employed Christian of Muslim religious adviser present either in the execution room or the room adjacent to it, while other religions may only have their adviser present in the viewing room. Arguing government discrimination against religion, Murphy was able to argue for a reprieve from execution.

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A member of the "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners won a reprieve Thursday night from execution for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer after claiming his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser wasn't allowed to be in the death chamber with him.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Patrick Murphy's execution about two hours after he could have been executed.

Murphy's attorneys had said that Texas prison officials' efforts to prevent the inmate's spiritual adviser, a Buddhist priest, from being with him when he is put to death violated Murphy's First Amendment right to freedom of religion. Murphy, 57, became a Buddhist almost a decade ago while incarcerated.

Lower courts had rejected Murphy's argument.

But in a concurring opinion Thursday night, the newest justice on the court, Brett Kavanaugh, said the Texas prison system allows a Christian or Muslim inmate to have a state-employed Christian or Muslim religious adviser present either in the execution room or in the adjacent viewing room. But inmates of other religious denominations who want their religious adviser to be present can have the adviser present only in the viewing room and not in the execution room itself, he said.

"As this Court has repeatedly held, governmental discrimination against religion_in particular, discrimination against religious persons, religious organizations, and religious speech_violates the Constitution," he wrote. "The government may not discriminate against religion generally or against particular religious denominations."

Kavanaugh said Texas can't move forward with Murphy's punishment unless the state permits his Buddhist adviser or another Buddhist reverend of the state's choosing to accompany Murphy in the chamber during the execution.

"What the State may not do, in my view, is allow Christian or Muslim inmates but not Buddhist inmates to have a religious adviser of their religion in the execution room," the justice said.

Kavanaugh did not hear any death penalty cases in his 12 years as an appeals court judge joining the Supreme Court.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel the state would review the ruling to determine how to respond.

Desel said Murphy would be returned from the Huntsville Unit prison, where executions are carried out, to the Polunsky Unit, about 45 miles to the east, where death row inmates are imprisoned.

"I knew there was a thin thread of possibility," a smiling Murphy said from a holding cell just a few feet from the death chamber after he was told by the warden he received a reprieve.

Texas officials argued to the court, citing security concerns, that only chaplains who had been extensively vetted by the prison system were allowed within the chamber. While Christian and Muslim chaplains were available, no Buddhist priest was. Prison officials allowed Murphy to visit with his spiritual adviser for about 40 minutes Thursday afternoon.

Murphy was among the inmates who escaped from a South Texas prison in December 2000 and then committed numerous robberies, including the one in which they shot 29-year-old Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins 11 times, killing him.

Hawkins, who had been with the Irving police force about 14 months, had just finished Christmas Eve dinner with his family when he responded to the call about the robbery at a sporting goods store and was ambushed.

The escaped inmates were arrested a month later in Colorado, ending a six-week manhunt. One of them killed himself as officers closed in and the other six were convicted of killing Hawkins and sentenced to death. Murphy would have been the fifth to be executed. The sixth inmate, Randy Halprin, has not been given an execution date.

Murphy would have been the fourth inmate put to death this year in the U.S. and the third executed in Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state.

In February, the Supreme Court rejected a request from a Muslim death row inmate in Alabama to have his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber. Dominique Ray, who was executed , also argued his religious rights were violated because Alabama allows a Christian chaplain employed by the prison to be in the execution chamber.

Murphy was convicted under Texas' law of parties, which holds a person criminally responsible for the actions of another if they are engaged in a conspiracy.

Murphy's attorneys had also asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stop his execution, arguing his death sentence is unconstitutional because he was only the lookout during the robbery, never firing at Hawkins because he had left the scene before the shooting began.

The appeals court earlier this week turned down the request while the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend either a commutation of his sentence or a 90-day reprieve.

"It is unconscionable that Patrick Murphy may be executed for a murder he did not commit that resulted from a robbery in which he did not participate," his attorneys, David Dow and Jeff Newberry, said in a statement.

Toby Shook, the lead prosecutor who handled Murphy's case and those of the other five members, said Murphy actively participated in the robbery, monitoring a police scanner from a getaway vehicle and telling the other inmates when Hawkins was coming to the back of the store.

"He alerted them. That allowed them to set up their ambush," said Shook, who is now a criminal defense attorney in Dallas.

Murphy was serving 50 years for a Dallas sexual assault but was only 15 months away from being released on mandatory parole when he took part in the prison escape.

Shook said Murphy has a very long and violent criminal history, including molesting his step-sister and pulling a gun on his father.

"They all were violent felons," Shook said. "So, he fit in perfectly with the rest of the Texas 7. He actively participated in all their robberies and all their crimes when they were out on the run."

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Lozano reported from Houston.

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Associated Press writer Jake Bleiberg in Dallas contributed to this report.

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A member of the "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners won a reprieve Thursday night from execution for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer after claiming his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser wasn't allowed to be in the death chamber with him.

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In two separate events two tourist dies at the Grand Canyon. One man from Hong Kong fell over the rail after taking a selfie. A second body has been identified in the area in a wooded area however the cause of death is still unknown. These deaths come within a week of each other months before peak tourist season in a park that receives an average of 6 million visitors annually.

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Chicago PD are livid after Smollet is dropped without charges after a presumed fake hate crime. Evidence is clear to Chicago that the hate crime had been orchestrated by Smollet and two friends. Officials in the Whitehouse and statehouse have been demanding a formal investigation on the dismissal of Smollet, even the FBI is slowly getting involved. Even those who “practiced law” said that Kim Foxx and those who resolved the case with her, was abnormal. “If Smollet hadn’t been an actor with influence, he would have been held to a different standard.” The entire case including Smollet and Foxx is considered sketchy, a way for a celebrity to get out of court troubles.

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(CNN) - Prosecutors who dropped felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett over his report of a hate crime attack "have fundamentally misled the public on the law and circumstances surrounding the dismissal," an Illinois lawyers group said.

The way Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her office resolved the case also was "abnormal and unfamiliar to those who practice law," wrote the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association.

The scathing statement, issued Thursday, follows claims by Foxx and her top deputy, Joe Magats, that "alternative prosecution," like the resolution brokered in Smollett's case, is not uncommon and is available to all defendants, celebrity or not. Smollet, 36, agreed to forfeit $10,000 bail and complete community service in exchange for the dismissal of 16 charges alleging he'd orchestrated a fake racist, anti-gay attack on himself.

Further, Foxx and her office "falsely informed the public" that sealing the criminal case was "mandatory," the prosecutors' organization said. And a special prosecutor should have been appointed when Foxx, citing familiarity with a potential witness, recused herself from the case, the group insisted.

Meantime, Chicago's corporation counsel on Thursday asked Smollett to pay $130,106.15 to cover the cost of the investigation into his claims of an attack.

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The Jussie Smollett prosecutor 'misled the public' about the dropped felony charges, a lawyers group says

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(CNN) - Prosecutors who dropped felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett over his report of a hate crime attack "have fundamentally misled the public on the law and circumstances surrounding the dismissal," an Illinois lawyers group said.

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The grand Canyon has been seen in a negative light recently due to all the people loosing there lives at the Grand Canyon in two separate occasions this week someone has fallen of the Grand Canyon and lost there life. The first man to fall this week was a tourist and went to take pictures of the Grand Canyon and ended up slipping and falling of the ledge to his death. The second victims cause of details of death have not been given out but it was told that the second victim died due to falling off a large distance. These acts taking place so close together are making people question if the Grand Canyon is a safe enough place to go and visit.

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A tourist taking photos dies in fall at Grand Canyon. It's the 2nd death this week

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Two people died at the Grand Canyon after two separate incidents this week, including a tourist who was taking pictures.

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NASA has found a planet that is suitable for life.
NASA's TESS missions have found a planet with a suitable star that could support life.

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Democratic chair man rejects the use of 1 billion dollars from the pentagon for trumps wall. The one billion dollars would build 57 miles of wall 18 foot high.The Pentagon can still legally transfer such money. If they do move ahead with this they could lose their reprogramming authority.

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman (D-Wash.) on Tuesday rejected a Pentagon request to move $1 billion from counter-drug funding to help build 's promised border wall, threatening that such a transfer would jeopardize the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to move money in the future.

Acting Defense Secretary late Monday said he had authorized moving up to $1 billion to block "up to 11 drug-smuggling corridors along the border" by building 57 miles of 18-foot-high pedestrian fencing in support of Trump's Feb. 15 national emergency declaration.

But Smith in a letter sent to the Pentagon's chief financial officer, David Norquist, said the committee "denies this request" and "does not approve the proposed use of Department of Defense funds to construct additional physical barriers and roads or install lighting in the vicinity of the United States border."

Smith, who released the letter as Shanahan testified on Tuesday before the committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2020 budget request, said during the hearing that taking defense dollars for a border structure would be "unbelievably irresponsible."

The move is largely symbolic, however, as the Pentagon is still legally able to move ahead with such a transfer.

Traditionally, Congress allows the Pentagon to reprogram funding that has already been appropriated in order to quickly respond to threats and changes in the world.

DOD officials must notify Congress in advance and lawmakers are then given the chance to agree or deny the request, though the Pentagon is not required by law to obtain their approval before it moves forward.

"It has been the practice of the Department of Defense to request approval and it's not required by law," a DOD official told reporters last month when asked if the Pentagon would move forward on the reprogramming if Congress does not approve the request.

"You are not asking for our permission," Smith bluntly told Shanahan on Tuesday.

He also warned that should the department move ahead on the $1 billion transfer, "the result of that likely is that the Appropriations Committee in particular would no longer give the Pentagon reprogramming authority and I think that's unfortunate because they need it."

Shanahan acknowledged that officials "understand the significant downsides of losing what amounts to a privilege."

"It's a very difficult discussion," he said. "The conversation took place prior to the declaration of a national emergency, it was part of the consulting that went on. ... We said here are the risks longer term to the department, and those risks were weighed."

Shanahan added that he was aware there are "downsides which will hamper us."

The Trump administration is seeking to use $6.1 billion of Pentagon funding to build barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. A total $2.5 billion is expected to be taken from counter-drug programs and $3.6 billion from military construction funds, as part of two separate executive actions.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, however, have urged Trump not to divert Pentagon funding to build a wall, insisting it would hurt military readiness.

Rep. (R-Texas), the House Armed Services ranking member, told reporters during a break in the hearing that he was "absolutely" concerned with the reprograming transfer.

"My understanding is they intend to move the money, regardless, and that is a matter of considerable concern," Thornberry said. "I think people on both sides of the aisle [are concerned], appropriators, authorizers, not just us, but other committees, too."

He added that should the Pentagon's ability to reprogram be taken away "it will have real repercussions."

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Democratic chairman rejects Pentagon's use of $1 billion for Trump's border wall

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman (D-Wash.) on Tuesday rejected a Pentagon request to move $1 billion from counter-drug funding to help build 's promised border wall, threatening that such a transfer would jeopardize the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to move money in the future.

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Donald Trump and Puerto Rican leaders have recently been arguing over the country's spending. Trump claims that he sent over $91 billion to Puerto Rico after they were struck by the recent, massive hurricane that destroyed many lives. The money was meant to help those who were affected. However, Congress in Puerto Rico has appropriated only $20 billion in Department of Housing and Urban Development disaster funds for Puerto Rico, and only $1.5 billion have been approved for spending, the outlets report. Trump even began to question the accuracy of the death poll and accused the Democrats of raising the number in order to make him look bad.

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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defended his record on Puerto Rico on Thursday, claiming he has taken care of the U.S. territory better than "any living human being."

Trump, who has long been criticized for his administration's handling of Hurricane Maria's impact to the island in 2017, appeared to be responding to comments made by Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to CNN where he issued a stern warning to Trump's reported questions about slashing disaster funding for the island.

"If the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully in the mouth," Rosselló told CNN in an interview. "It would be a mistake to confuse courtesy with courage."

While leaving the White House en route to a political rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Trump told reporters he's given millions to Puerto Rico and claimed elected leaders were mismanaging the funds.

"Puerto Rico has been taken care of better by Donald Trump than by any living human being and I think the people of Puerto Rico understand it," Trump said. "You have the mayor of San Juan that, frankly, doesn't know what she's doing and the governor, they have to spend the money wisely. They don't know how to spend the money and they're not spending it wisely."

President Donald Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, 2017. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

More: 'I'll punch the bully in the mouth': Puerto Rico governor warns Trump over Maria relief

More: Trump questions Puerto Rico death toll, prompting San Juan mayor to call him 'delusional' and 'paranoid'

More: Donald Trump calls Puerto Rico response an 'unsung success,' despite nearly 3,000 dead

He said the administration has given more money - $91 billion - to the island than they'd ever received in the past.

"But I'm giving them more money than they've ever got and, frankly, the people of Puerto Rico, I really have a great relationship with them and I think, when it comes time, they really do appreciate it," the president added.

Rosselló told CNN he wouldn't be bullied by the White House as he continues to press for disaster relief assistance tied to Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 and had impacts that linger over a year and a half later.

The rift between Trump and Puerto Rico grew this week when, in a meeting with Senate Republicans, the president again questioned the amount of funding the island was receiving for disaster relief, CNN and the Washington Post reported.

During the meeting, Trump questioned why Puerto Rico received more than $90 billion in aid, the two outlets reported. However, Congress has appropriated only $20 billion in Department of Housing and Urban Development disaster funds for Puerto Rico, and only $1.5 billion have been approved for spending, the outlets report.

"It's unfortunate that we are having to hear this. These statements lack empathy, but more so they lack the true facts of the matter," Rosselló told CNN.

Trump has repeatedly defended his administration's response to the devastation caused by Hurrican Maria, which was a Category 5 storm when it pummeled the island and killed about 3,000 people. The storm has continued to affect the island and left many without electricity for more than a year.

In September, Trump questioned the death toll from the storm and accused Democrats of being behind the massive number, which was revealed in a study commissioned by Puerto Rico's government.

More: Trump describes response to Hurricane Maria as 'fantastic,' a day after higher death count

More: Voices: Trump's denial of Maria death toll a punch 'in the face' to Puerto Ricans on the island

"This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico," Trump wrote on Twitter. "If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!"

Later that month, Trump called his administration's efforts there an "incredible unsung success" and said, "I actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about."

Trump also took heat after he visited Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the Sept. 20, 2017, storm. The president tossed paper towels to Puerto Rican residents at a local relief center, angering storm victims and others who saw his actions as insensitive.
Contributing: David Jackson, Ryan Miller and John Fritze
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Trump: I've helped Puerto Rico more than 'any living human being,' alleges officials misspending funds

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President Donald Trump defended his record on Puerto Rico on Thursday, claiming he has taken care of the U.S. territory better than "any living human being" and claimed that officials there were misspending the billions sent to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

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On March 15th, in New Zealand’s christchurch a man shoot up the mosque leaving 49 people killed and dozens wounded. The gunman live streamed the shooting to facebook. He had been arrested and had to appear before the court on that Saturday, however the other man was released. Investigators later found a document outlining the plan of attack and intentions. I think this is awful and very outrageous. Even in a church where you should feel safe, a tragedy like this could happen. Until found completely not guilty, i believe the other man should not have been released.

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A fight happened this girl was knocked out and airlifted to the hospital and died 2 days later. No charges to the two kids that got into the fight

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(CNN) - A South Carolina fifth-grader who was injured when a fight broke out in her classroom died Wednesday, school officials said.

The student, Raniya Wright, died two days after the fight at Forest Hills Elementary School in Walterboro, Colleton County School District officials said.

"Weapons were not involved in this incident," the Colleton County Sheriff's Office said Thursday in a statement.

The fight was between two fifth-grade students, the sheriff's office said. No arrests have been made.

Paramedics had found Raniya unconscious Monday in the school nurse's station, CNN affiliate WCIV reported, citing a sheriff's office incident report.

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A 5th-grader has died after being injured in a school fight

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(CNN) - A South Carolina fifth-grader who was injured when a fight broke out in her classroom died Wednesday, school officials said. The student, Raniya Wright, died two days after the fight at Forest Hills Elementary School in Walterboro, Colleton County School District officials said.

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My current event is about some diet drugs making mosquito not want to drink human blood. They would have to make the mosquito ingest the drug somehow and then they will not have the craving for human blood. This is good because mosquito spread lots of despises through the penetration. Fun Fact: Only female mosquito suck blood.

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Female Aedes aegypti mosquito preparing to feast on human blood (Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Female mosquitoes, which feed on human blood to obtain iron and amino acids required to produce eggs, are notorious for transmitting viruses responsible for deadly diseases, such as yellow fever, Dengue, and Zika. Over the years, researchers have devised various solutions, ranging from repellents to vaccines to genetic engineering, to combat the vectors. Now, a team at New York's Rockefeller University has come up with a unique solution to fend off the dangerous insects - filling their little bellies with diet drugs to curb their appetite for human blood.

For the study, the scientists, led by neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall, picked the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The adult females can lay up to five clutches of more than 100 eggs each, during their three-week-long lifespan, requiring multiple servings of human blood. This results in numerous opportunities to pass infectious viruses between humans. However, once the females fill up on human blood, they showed no desire to eat again for at least four days.

Mosquitoes spread a lot of deadly diseases (Credit: medicalindiatourism.com)

Vosshall and her team suspected that the neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors responsible for food-seeking behavior in humans may be present in mosquitoes as well. The scientists wondered if appetite-suppressants that work by targeting the NYP receptors in humans could have the same effect on the insects. To test this, they crushed some diet pills and mixed them in a saline solution that contained ATP - a molecule found inside most animal cells that mosquitoes find irresistible. After the mosquitoes had filled up on the concoction, the researchers teased them with a piece of nylon stocking with a strong human odor. While this would typically have drawn in all the insects, the test group showed no interest in the clothing, leading the team to conclude the diet drugs had temporarily curbed the mosquitoes' desire for human blood.

"On a lark, we thought, 'Let's go for it. Let's do the craziest experiment possible and get some human diet drugs and see if they work on mosquitoes,' " Vosshall told NPR. "It was surprising that it worked so well."

To identify the particular receptor that the human drugs were affecting, the scientists recreated all 49 of the species' possible NPY receptors and exposed each to the same compounds. They found that only one, NPYLR7, reacted to the human drug. To confirm their results, the team fed the drug-infused solution to some Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which had been genetically modified to lack the NPYLR7 receptor. Sure enough, the human drugs had no impact on group, which remained hungry for blood.

Human appetite suppressant drugs work on mosquitoes as well (Credit: Rockefeller University)

While the results were encouraging, the scientists knew that the human drug used to manipulate the receptor in the lab wouldn't be suitable for use in the wild. In addition to being expensive it could also trigger human receptors and affect people. To resolve the issue, the scientists searched through a catalog of 265,000 readily-available chemicals to find one that would activate the mosquitoes' NPYLR7 receptor without triggering human NPY receptors. After narrowing the list down to 24 possibilities, they found that compound 18 worked like a charm.

"When they're hungry, these mosquitoes are super motivated. They fly toward the scent of a human the same way that we might approach a chocolate cake," Vosshall said in a press release "But after they were given the drug, they lost interest."

The study, published in the journal Cell on February 9, 2019, is still in early stages. The researchers need to find a cost-effective way to test the drug in the wild and ensure its release does not adversely affect the ecosystem. However, if successful it would add to our arsenal of ways to prevent these tiny bloodsuckers from spreading disease. "All of these advances are complementary," said Vosshall, who believes no single method can help eradicate mosquito-borne diseases and advocates using several methods at once. "Our behavior control is something else in this portfolio."

Resources: smithsonianmag.com, npr.com, europeanscientist.com

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Diet Drugs Seem To Make Mosquitoes Less Thirsty For Human Blood

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Female mosquitoes, which feed on human blood to obtain iron and amino acids required to produce eggs, are notorious for transmitting viruses responsible for deadly diseases, such as yellow fever, Dengue, and Zika. Over the years, researchers have devised various solutions, ranging from repellents to vaccines to to combat the vectors.

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Pope Francis has recently stopped allowing his visitors to kiss his ring, which is a Catholic tradition meant to show respect and unity. Pope Francis explains why at a mass. The answer is simple: he wants to prevent the spreading of germs and illness. Although, he has a reasonable argument, many Catholics are upset that Pope Francis is doing away with the tradition.

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Controversy erupted this week over a viral video that showed Pope Francis repeatedly pulling his hand away as a line of faithful greeters attempted to kiss his papal ring. Take a look:

The bizarre video left people confused, considering that past videos and photos showed the Pope allowing faithful Catholics to kiss his ring without pushback. According to Vatican officials, Pope Francis simply did not want to spread germs considering the high volume of people that were in line to greet him at the Marian shrine of Loreto on Monday.

"The Holy Father told me that the motivation was very simple: hygiene," Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti told reporters on Thursday, according to LifeSiteNews. "He wants to avoid the risk of contagion for the people, not for him."

Indeed, not only has Pope Francis allowed faithful Catholics to kiss the ring on past occasions - video also showed him allowing priests and other Catholics to kiss his ring for a full ten minutes on Monday, before he decided to yank his hand away. As to why Catholics traditionally kiss the papal ring, LifeSiteNews has more:

A bishop's ring is a sign of his "marriage" to the diocese over which he rules. The gesture of kissing the episcopal ring (called the baciamano in Italian) is a way of reminding the bishop of his promises to his people and their loyalty to him. It is a reminder of the unbreakable nuptial bond between him and his people, and the affection and loyalty for each other. Clergy and laity who kiss a bishop's ring therefore remind him of his undertakings when he was consecrated to the episcopate.

The Bishop of Rome's ring - the "Ring of the Fisherman" - is a sign of his husband-father relation to the Church as a whole and is smashed upon the death of a pope. It is also the symbol of the Pope's investiture of his office. To kiss the "Ring of the Fisherman" therefore alludes to the dignity and office and is an expression of loyalty to him as the Successor of St. Peter.

Nevertheless, the image of Pope Francis pulling his hand away as Catholics tried to kiss his ring became an international sensation, leading many to speculate whether the gesture was yet another sign of Pope Francis stepping away from tradition. John Allen, editor of the online Catholic news site Crux, said his actions were about dialing "down the tradition of subservience."

Writing at the Jesuit publication America magazine, Eric Sundrup said that both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had moments of hesitancy when it came to the laity kissing their papal rings.

"Protocols evolve and changes can be confusing, especially when most people only meet a reigning monarch (or pope) once in their lives," wrote Sundrup. "As we have seen in the past few days, old habits die hard, even when the pope is trying to keep the receiving line moving. So while Pope Francis might not be a fan of hand and ring kissing, he is actually following the lead of John Paul II and Benedict XVI."

Sundrup continued: "Before the Second Vatican Council, it was customary in most countries for both priests and laity to kiss a bishop's ring upon greeting him as a sign of respect and obedience. But times change, and the gesture can also be seen as furthering clericalism and ties to temporal power."

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Pope Francis Responds To Papal Ring Kissing Controversy: Did Not Want To Spread Germs

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Controversy erupted this week over a viral video that showed Pope Francis repeatedly pulling his hand away as a line of faithful greeters attempted to kiss his papal ring. Take a look: The bizarre video left people confused, considering that past videos and photos showed the Pope allowing faithful Catholics to kiss his ring without pushback.

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In Seattle, two casualties occurred along with two injuries after a gunman opened fire on a street corner. This also lead to a fatal car accident as the gunman tried to escape. The gunman carjacked a red Prius and proceeded to kill the two people, which was not even involved with him opening fire. This shows that the deaths were not at the end of the gun but by the driver’s high speed getaway. Also, this related to American history because violence is prevalent today in America. Although, so is carelessness.

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(CNN) - Two men were killed and a man and woman were injured when a gunman opened fire in a Seattle street and then fled, leading to a fatal car accident.

The suspect, who has not been identified, was taken into custody Wednesday after a rampage that Seattle Police Deputy Chief Marc Garth Green described as a "random, senseless act."

Seattle police say that around 4:05 p.m. PT, a resident in the Lake City neighborhood walked outside with a handgun and approached a woman who was driving. He tried to carjack the vehicle, and in the process shot her, critically injuring her, authorities said.

Then the gunman walked into the street and fired at a Metro bus.

The bus driver was hit by the gunfire, but was able to turn the bus around and get away, police said.

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(CNN) - Two men were killed and a man and woman were injured when a gunman opened fire in a Seattle street and then fled, leading to a fatal car accident. The suspect, who has not been identified, was taken into custody Wednesday after a rampage that Seattle Police Deputy Chief Marc Garth Green described as a "random, senseless act."

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Theresa May promised to resign as Prime Minister of the UK if Parliament voted yes to Brexit, the UK leaving the European Union. She herself has admitted in the past she was a strange politician, being very socially awkward. After that, people gave her some praise. If the vote does not go in her favor, she may not resign and Brexit will still be undecided.

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Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain leaving Parliament on Wednesday. She offered to give her critics what they wanted - her resignation - but only if they made a titanic concession: approving her Brexit agreement. Credit Credit Jack Taylor/Getty Images

LONDON - One thing that we have learned about Prime Minister Theresa May over the last two years: She does not give up. Even when her task seems impossible, when she fails on the most public stage imaginable, when she is sick, and tired, and subjected to another round of jeers and sneers from the boys' club at Westminster. Every morning she gets up, dusts herself off, and gets on with the job.

For that reason, Britain paused for a moment on Wednesday evening, when word emerged from inside a committee room: She had given up.

She did so in a very Theresa May-ish way, giving the haters what they wanted - her head on a platter - but only at the cost of a titanic concession. Standing before her fellow Conservative lawmakers in Westminster's Committee Room 14, she offered Tory rebels herself in exchange for approving the withdrawal agreement she had negotiated for Britain's exit from the European Union.

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A protester outside Parliament on Thursday. For a brief period after Mrs. May's offer to quit, colleagues said nice things about her. But the sense of a breakthrough soon faded. Credit Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

The reserves of good will toward her in Parliament are nearly exhausted, but the sight of this proud, rigid woman admitting that she could not finish the job, giving up her hopes of ever being remembered as anything but Brexit roadkill, was a somber one. It was the last card she had to play.

In the hours that followed, shreds of color began to emerge from the committee room.

"She - with tears not far from her eyes - said, 'I promised I would deliver the Brexit agreement,' " her former policy adviser, George Freeman, told the BBC. She went on, he said, to say, "I have made many mistakes. I am only human. I beg you, colleagues, vote for the withdrawal agreement and I will go."

He said, "There was silence in the room and it was incredibly sad."

Committee Room 14 was stifling, so overcrowded that, according to one of the journalists present, an MP had inquired, "Would you like to lead a delegation to sit on the window sill, home secretary?" It was the same room where, nearly three decades years ago, Conservatives had brought an end to Margaret Thatcher's premiership.

In remarks released to the public, Mrs. May seemed to acknowledge that she, socially awkward and hard-pressed to forge alliances, had been a strange fit for political life, noting, a bit tartly, "I don't tour the bars and engage in the gossip."

For a brief period that followed, people said nice things about her.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leader of the hard-Brexit faction that tried to remove her from office, said that her concession showed "her inner nobility." Malcolm Rifkind, a Tory elder statesman, said that, "if she goes, she goes with honor."

Mrs. May appeared to have an unusual lightness to her all day, delivering one of her best performances as she took questions during her weekly appearance in the House of Commons. Her proffered resignation allowed weeks of pent-up tension to drain away, said Simon Clarke, a Brexiteer lawmaker, speaking to journalists in the corridor.

"Weirdly, I think there was a sense of relief," Mr. Clarke said. "From all of us. That's often what you see at the end."

Rory Stewart, the justice minister, said after the meeting that Mrs. May had offered her resignation as she had governed.

The House of Commons on Wednesday. The reserves of goodwill toward Mrs. May are nearly exhausted, and she seems to have played her final card. Credit Jessica Taylor/House of Commons, via Associated Press

"Most politicians are a bit vain, but you don't get that sense with her," he said. "With her, you get a sense of somebody who is absolutely committed to getting something done, and is willing to do anything to get it there."

What remained to be seen was whether, like a chess player giving up her queen, she had managed to win the game on her last move. Miraculously, amazingly, Tory Brexiteers began to flip in her favor. Several rose to their feet in the committee room when she finished speaking. Journalists were keeping count as the hard-line group of Tory rebels sheared in half, defecting one by one.

Mr. Rees-Mogg, one of the standard bearers of the Brexiteer faction, stood down, announcing that "half a loaf is better than no bread." Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, who at one point had compared Mrs. May's deal to a suicide vest, told The Daily Telegraph that, "I feel very, very sorry and though it fills me with pain, I'm going to have to support this thing."

And indeed, it seemed for nearly an hour that Mrs. May might have found a way to win. But then there was a rumbling from Committee Room 10, where the holdouts from Mr. Rees-Mogg's group had gathered. His lieutenant, Steve Baker, professed himself "consumed with a ferocious rage" over the capitulation of his Brexiteer comrades.

"I could tear this place down and bulldoze it into the river," he said. This was not good news for Mrs. May. Then it got worse. The Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, which holds just 10 seats of the 650 in Parliament but whose support is considered critical for Mrs. May, dropped the hammer.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, center, a leader of the hard-Brexit faction that tried to remove Mrs. May from office, said that her concession showed "her inner nobility." Credit Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images

And so Mrs. May began her day on Thursday as she has begun so many days - in defeat, but still in a job. The newspapers were already running canned retrospectives of her legacy. "May Falls on Her Sword," The Telegraph announced. The Sun exulted "Finally, It's Therexit." Already, the race to succeed her was in full gear.

The question is whether her sacrifice means anything at all. For a third time, Mrs. May's deal could come for a vote, possibly on Friday, yet, for now, it still appears short of the support needed for passage.

If not, the job of delivering Brexit will remain unfinished, and the person in charge will still be Theresa May.

Follow Ellen Barry on Twitter: @EllenBarryNYT.
Anna Schaverien contributed reporting.

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Theresa May Put Her Head on the Block for Her Brexit Deal. It Might Not Be Enough.

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LONDON - One thing that we have learned about Prime Minister Theresa May over the last two years: She does not give up. Even when her task seems impossible, when she fails on the most public stage imaginable, when she is sick, and tired, and subjected to another round of jeers and sneers from the boys' club at Westminster.

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A state of emergency has been declared in a county in New York after over 100 people were diagnosed with measles. This state of emergency states that starting on Wednesday (3/26) anyone under the age of 18 who is not vaccinated is not allowed in public places. These public places are defined as a place that people get together for social or civic reasons. They will not be allowed in places like malls and shopping centers. They are trying to keep the disease from spreading as much as they can and are taking every action needed. If they break this rule, they can be punished with up to 6 months in jail and a $500 fine. This shows that it is important to be vaccinated. It’ll keep diseases like this from spreading and leading to other problems. The state of emergency is going to cause students to miss school just so the other students aren’t exposed to it.

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A county in New York has declared a state of emergency after more than 100 people have been diagnosed with measles.

Rockland County officials announced that starting at 12 a.m. on Wednesday, anyone under 18 who has not yet been vaccinated will be barred from public places until they receive the MMR vaccine or until the emergency declaration expires in 30 days. Public places are being defined by county officials as "any place where people get together for civic or social reasons," such as shopping centers, schools and restaurants. Outdoor areas, such as playgrounds, are not included, according to county officials.

Law enforcement will not be asking people for vaccination records, but if parents are found to be in violation, their cases will be forwarded to the district attorney, Rockland County Executive Ed Day told reporters in a news conference Tuesday. Violations will be charged as misdemeanors punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine.

"We must do everything in our power to end this outbreak," Day said.

Those unable to be vaccinated due to confirmed medical reasons are exempt from the declaration, Day said. The Rockland Department of Health will be holding free vaccination clinics all week for residents.

Health officials have confirmed 153 reported cases of measles in Rockland County, Day said.

(Eric Risberg/AP, FILE) A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.

Day admonished some residents for not cooperating with health inspectors going door to door to investigate the outbreak.

"This type of response is unacceptable, and, frankly, irresponsible," he said.

Measles outbreaks in the state of New York began in October and have gone on longer and infected more people than any other current outbreak in the country, according to Kaiser Health News. Through the first week of March, 275 cases had been confirmed statewide, but that number has likely risen since.

Much of the measles cases in New York have been concentrated among children of Orthodox Jewish families, many of whom attend religious schools where the vaccination rates are below 95 percent, which is the threshold considered necessary to maintain immunity among the community, known as herd immunity, according to Kaiser Health News.

There is "no such thing" as a religious exemption from being immunized, Day said, adding that just 72 percent of the those under 18 in Rockland County are vaccinated.

The measles vaccination is 97 percent effective, according to health officials. High-risk groups include pregnant women, children under 6 months and those who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed.

Before the vaccine program began in the 1960s in the U.S., four million people were infected with measles every year, resulting in about 50,000 hospitalizations and 500 deaths annually, according to Kaiser Health News.

In 2018, 349 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 26 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far in 2019, 314 cases of measles have been confirmed in 15 states.

Measles cases have increased in recent years in part because of fears fanned by anti-vaccine activists, according to Kaiser Health News.

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New York's Rockland County declares measles state of emergency, bans unvaccinated minors from public spaces

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A county in New York has declared a state of emergency after more than 100 people have been diagnosed with measles. Rockland County officials announced that starting at 12 a.m. on Wednesday, anyone under 18 who has not yet been vaccinated will be barred from public places until they receive the MMR vaccine or until the emergency declaration expires in 30 days.

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IN  a three year old video cardi b stated that she used to drug and rob men when she was a stripper. She said on social media that she’s has not glorified her past behavior or referred to it in her music because she is not proud of it.

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Cardi B on Tuesday defended herself against detractors after an Instagram video resurfaced that showed her recalling that she drugged and robbed men when she worked as a stripper.

In the three-year-old video that was shared on social media over the weekend, Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, was emotional when she explained the lengths she went to in order to make it in the music industry and secure studio time.

The rapper originally posted the video in response to someone who said she did not deserve her success. She said she would drug and rob men who wanted to have sex with her during her time as a stripper in New York.

This week, her admissions in the video inspired the hashtag #SurvivingCardiB, a reference to the Lifetime documentary "Surviving R. Kelly," which chronicled decades of singer Robert Kelly's alleged sexual misconduct.

Some on social media called for Cardi to be "canceled," a slang term used for someone who has fallen out of favor, while others said she should go to jail.

Cardi did not immediately return a request for comment from NBC News.

The Grammy-winning rapper initially brushed off the social media backlash in separate tweets on Sunday and Monday.

But she addressed the controversy in a lengthy post on Tuesday and said that she has not glorified her past behavior or referred to it in her music because she is not proud of it.

"I made the choices I did at the time because I had very limited options," she said. "I was blessed to have been able to rise from that but so many women have not."

The outspoken Bronx native also said that whether or not her decisions were "poor choices" at the time, she did what she had to do to survive. Cardi also claimed that the men that she spoke about in the video were men that she had dated and who were "conscious, willing and aware."

She concluded her statement by saying: "I have a past that I can't change we all do."

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Cardi B defends herself after video resurfaces of her saying she drugged, robbed men as a stripper

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Cardi B on Tuesday defended herself against detractors after an Instagram video resurfaced that showed her recalling that she drugged and robbed men when she worked as a stripper.

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A family with a child that had a 105 degree fever would not take them to the hospital and the police had to bust down the door because they refused. The three children were put into custody of the department of child safety  and  the child that had the fever was only two years old. The doctor ordered the parents rock take the little boy to the hospital right away since he had the fever and had not been vaccinated but they refused. When the doctor found out the child was not taken he contacted the police department to go get the child.

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https://www.dogonews.com/2019/3/4/rare-hoodwinker-sunfish-washes-up-on-california-beach
A rare Hoodwinked sunfish washed up on a California shore. Many researchers that specialize in sunfish and their biology were boggled when this unrecognizable species of sunfish appeared on shore. This particular 7 foot sunfish has  not been seen since 2014 when the fist sample of this remote species was brought to light by a fisherman. This Hoodwinked sunfish has a "clavus" a special pocket on its back which sets it apart from the rest.

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The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, had a 22 story tower engulf in flames on Thursday. This fire killed over five people and injured over 60. The fire is mostly out today with only minor flames that have not been extinguished.

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Rescue underway to free people trapped in deadly Dhaka tower fire

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A rescue operation has been launched to save people trapped in a blaze engulfing a 22-story building in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

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This article is about rumors of child abductions by members of Roma ethic minority. In result crowds of people are attacking suspected  people who believed were responsible for rumored abductions. The police arrested 20 people after a number of attacks on community.

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Fake news sparks anti-Roma violence in France

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Social media rumors of child abductions by members of the Roma ethnic minority have sparked a wave of violence in France, although authorities have dismissed the rumors as baseless.

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Off the coast of Sado Island, more than 80 people were injured in a ferry accident. The cause of the accident is under investigation but they believe it could have been caused by a large marine animal like a whale. Five of the injuries were serious and the collision left a 5 inch crack on the stern of the boat. This event shows the impact new technology has on sea life. Also it shows how humans are invading sea life territory.

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More than 80 injured in Japan ferry accident

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A ferry collided with what apparently was a marine animal off a Japanese island on Saturday, injuring more than 80 people, local media reported.

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Grace Fosu was giving birth when her boss called, stating she was being let go from her job as a firefighter. Unfortunately, instead of feeling overwhelming joy at the birth of her daughter, she was wrought with grief. The female firefighter was later called in to the fire department, being dismissed with a formal letter that called her giving birth an "offense." The letter had been given to her husband, Grace's presence completely ignored in the small office. Grace did the only thing she could do and presented the situation to Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), a place that worked on investigating wrongdoing of human right's. After another woman coming out about being dismissed similarly, Grace went to court where they declared the regulation which had fired both pregnant females as "unjustifiable and illegitimate." Both women were compensated around $9,000 and showed the hidden sexism that still lurked and reared its head to women in specific careers. Grace is still praying to get her job back, hoping to ease all of the pressure to make money from her husband's shoulders.

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female firefighters from ghana launch first gender discrimination case - cnn

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She was fired over the phone while in labor. And she's still fighting to get her job back

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After Grace Fosu was dismissed from Ghana's National Fire Service she joined forces with fellow firefighter Thelma Hammond to fight the decision. It became Ghana's first gender discrimination case.

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This is about the road blocks Trump is running into while trying to stop illigal immigrants from crossing the border. The courts are opening the doors for thousands of immigrants to just come into the United States
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/asylum-seekers-ninth-circuit.html

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A young black girl was found in a duffle bag on a popular trail in California. Police haven’t identified her or know the cause of her death they believe she is between the ages of 8 to 13. The police are asking the public for any information about the girl she was found wearing a pink long sleeve shirt with the saying “Future Princess Hero” and panda print pants.

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California police want the public's help identifying the body of a young girl in a 'Future Princess Hero' shirt

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California authorities are hoping to identify a young girl -- wearing a shirt that said "Future Princess Hero" -- whose body was found partially inside a large duffel bag.

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David Irving is a professional NFL player who played with the Dallas Cowboys but just recently went live on his Instagram Thursday telling all of his followers that he will no longer be playing for the NFL. The reason the young athlete is leaving the NFL is due to the company's stance on the use of marijuana which is also what he seemed to be consuming in the video. The former player states the marijuana is more helpful and safe than the pills that the NFL gives to players in pain and Irving has been in trouble before for the use of marijuana.

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Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving let his career go up in smoke Thursday during an expletive-filled live stream on Instagram where he said he was done playing football.

"Basically guys, I quit," Irving said while appearing to smoke marijuana. "I'm out of there. It's a lot of reasons why I've come to this decision."

Irving was suspended indefinitely last week for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. The five-year veteran served four-game suspensions during the 2017 and 2018 seasons for previous drug policy violations as well.
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The Cowboys indicated last month its intention not to resign the 25-year-old during the offseason, according to the Dallas Morning News. In his video, Irving criticized the league's stance on marijuana, arguing the drug is a safer alternative than pills for treating football-related injuries.

"How many NBA players you see getting in trouble about this?," Irving said before asking how many athletes in other sports and get in trouble for smoking marijuana. "Not many. I appreciate my true fans who appreciated me for who I am, not for the whole football stuff because football does not define me."
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Irving, who will be a free agent when the league year begins in a week, compared his stance on marijuana to Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest. The quarterback has not played football since 2016.

"I don't think I'm a bad guy for choosing this route. I stand up for what I believe in. It is bulls---. I'll 'Kaepernick' myself before they 'Kaepernick' my ass."
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Irving played two games last season for a total of 56 snaps and one sack, according to the paper.

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Dallas Cowboy quits while appearing to smoke marijuana in live video

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Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving let his career go up in smoke Thursday during an expletive-filled live stream on Instagram where he said he was done playing football.

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The student government at the University of Mississippi protested and unanimously voted for the removal of a prominent statue on campus of a Confederate soldier. The resolution passed with a vote of 47-0, and the faculty senate voted a similar measure on Thursday evening. John Chappell, the president of the university's College Democrats said in reference to the students resolution, "allows us to remember history, and remember the role the university played during the Civil War, without giving the statue the same power." The statue was placed in an area where it is one of the first things drivers see when coming on to the campus, the faculty of the University want to ensure their campus is an inclusive place by moving the statue out of such an important location on campus. This article is an example of how many states struggle with discrimination and lingering Civil War symbols, such as the confederate flag.

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Protesters last month calling for the removal of a Confederate statue on the University of Mississippi campus. Credit Credit Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle, via Associated Press

Nearly two weeks after basketball players at the University of Mississippi knelt during the national anthem in protest of a pro-Confederate rally that ended on campus, the student government voted unanimously to move a prominent statue of a Confederate soldier.

The resolution passed, 47-0, to thunderous applause in the Associated Student Body senate on Tuesday night. The faculty senate unanimously passed a similar measure on Thursday evening.

The student resolution "allows us to remember history, and remember the role the university played during the Civil War, without giving the statue the same power," said John Chappelle, the president of the university's College Democrats.

Mr. Chappelle was one of six students who spent months researching legal opinions involving the movement of Confederate monuments and consulting with legal and academic experts to write the resolution, which received bipartisan support.

The Confederate monument, which was erected in 1906, "undermines our mission to maintain an inclusive and safe environment," the resolution said.

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Mississippi basketball players knelt during the national anthem last month to protest a pro-Confederate rally that ended on campus. Credit Nathanael Gabler/The Oxford Eagle, via Associated Press

The statue, at the pointy end of a teardrop-shaped traffic circle that leads to the university's main administrative building, is among the first things drivers see when approaching the campus. The proposal suggests relocating the statue to a cemetery for Confederate soldiers near the campus's former basketball arena, less than a 10-minute walk away.

Parallel proposals have been taken up by other governing bodies on campus. The Graduate Student Council Senate adopted a similar measure on Monday, as did the Staff Council on Thursday.

The interim chancellor, Larry D. Sparks, issued a statement to faculty and students on Thursday.

"We appreciate the thoughtful and deliberate consideration that the student groups have given to formulating, debating, and passing their resolutions recommending relocation of the monument," he said. "This is an important decision and issue for our university."

The final decision rests with the board of trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, an agency that oversees the state's four-year public universities. The members of the board are appointed by the governor.

A spokeswoman for the agency said the situation was "still hypothetical" and declined to comment.

In order for the agency to consider the proposal to move the statue, the university must consult with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to determine "whether the cemetery is a suitable location" for the landmark, according to Mr. Sparks's statement.

Brice Noonan, who teaches biology at the university and chairs the faculty senate, said he has seen "little to no pushback" about the proposals on campus.

A woman driving by a rally in Oxford, Miss., attended by supporters of Confederate monuments. Credit Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle, via Associated Press

"It's generally from people on the outside," he said, referring to Mississippi residents.

William Hall, a junior who writes for the school newspaper, disagreed with the students' approach. The matter should be settled with a campuswide referendum, he said.

"High achievers within the student body," he said, "are making decisions for the student body as a whole. The average student doesn't have a say."

For decades, the University of Mississippi has struggled with discrimination and lingering Civil War-era symbolism. When it integrated in 1962, thousands of white students and outsiders rioted on the campus. Two people died and at least 300 were wounded.

The statue has long been a source of discomfort for students on campus, said Jarvis Benson, a senior who is one of the authors of the resolution and the president of the Black Student Union. He was a freshman when the state flag, which includes a Confederate symbol, was taken down from a pole behind the statue.

When Ed Meek, a wealthy donor whose name once was on the journalism school, wrote an offensive Facebook post in October, it "opened the window" for the difficult conversations about the statue, Mr. Benson said.

Being in the room when the student government voted on Tuesday night was moving, he said.

The 47 student senators each uttering an "aye" in support of the measure, he said, were like "drops of gold."

On campus, he said, students were feeling a pride about their school that "looks different from winning a basketball game."

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Ole Miss Student Government and Faculty Cast Unanimous Votes to Relocate Confederate Statue

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Nearly two weeks after basketball players at the University of Mississippi knelt during the national anthem in protest of a pro-Confederate rally that ended on campus, the student government voted unanimously to move a prominent statue of a Confederate soldier. The resolution passed, 47-0, to thunderous applause in the Associated Student Body senate on Tuesday night.

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In Illinois this Thursday, a deputy trying to serve an arrest warrant on a parole violator died from numerous gunshot wounds. The suspect (Floyd Brown) was wanted on many warrants already. He fired on the officer and his own female companion, then fled by jumping out of a third-floor window in a hotel and sped away in his own vehicle. Brown barricaded himself inside his car for several hours after crashing and eventually the police found him and took him into custody. The investigation is being looked further into, and it has been said that the death penalty is a possibility. In my honest opinion, the death penalty in this case is a little extreme, seeing as how he only killed one person. However, it is extremely tragic for the officers family and his community that is mourning currently.

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Extended Stay America in Rockford, IL (Photo: Google)

ROCKFORD, Illinois - A manhunt was underway in and around Rockford, Illinois, after a deputy assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service was shot while serving warrants Thursday, police said.

Rockford Police Lt. Andre Brass said officers from multiple agencies were searching for Floyd Brown, 39, who had been staying at the Extended Stay America in Rockford when a team of officers attempted to serve him with several warrants.

Brass said Brown shot the deputy, who was part of a regional task force, with a rifle. The condition of the wounded officer was not immediately known, Brass said.

"The subject fled the room he was in, and the subject is at large right now," Brass said.

Brown should be considered armed and dangerous, Brass said. Police were searching for a silver Mercury Grand Marquis, Brass said.

"We just want to end this incident peacefully and with his surrender," he said. "We have prayers for the officer that was hit and we have prayers for the officers trying to locate the suspect."

Brass said Brown was the sole suspect and that there appeared to be no threat to the immediate community.

Rockford is about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, close to the Wisconsin border. Dozens of law enforcement vehicles could be seen rushing from the Chicago area to Rockford shortly after the shooting was reported.

The hotel is just off Interstate 90, nestled among several hotels and fast-food restaurants. Illinois State Police had cordoned off several blocks around the hotel.

The incident came three weeks after a mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, 70 miles southeast of Rockford. Six people including the gunman died.

Extended Stay America has more than 600 locations across the nation. The suites, which include kitchens, are booked by the day, week or month.
Contributing: Doug Stanglin
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There are many reasons (excuses) why people claim not to vaccinate their kids, and one of the most common one is that vaccinations may cause diseases and deformations. One example of this is the claim that the MMR vaccine causes autism to develop, especially in those more likely to the get the disease. However, recent studies show that MMR does not cause autism and is not correlated to the disease at all. Unfortunately, people either ignore or do not know of this fact because more and more cases of measles are being recorded, partly due to kids not receiving their vaccinations.

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A major new study out of Denmark demonstrates, yet again, that the measles, mumps, and rubella (or, MMR) vaccine, is not associated with an increased risk of developing autism, even "among kids who are at high risk because they have a sibling with the disorder."

NBC News reports that the study followed an incredible 657,461 children born between 1999 and 2010, 95% of whom received the MMR vaccine through August of 2013. The researchers documented a host of characteristics alongside diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, including proven autism risk factors like the "age of the parents, diagnosis of autism in a sibling, preterm birth and low weight at birth," according to CNN.

Of the children studied, 6,517 kids developed some form of autism, but, the study found, "the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk of autism in children who were not considered at risk for the disorder and did not trigger it in those who were."

In fact, the research did uncover some interesting - but yet unstudied - conclusions and correlations pertaining to autism diagnoses. Children with autistic siblings were seven times more likely to receive their own autism diagnosis, boys were more likely to be diagnosed than girls, and - perhaps most shocking of all - "children who had no childhood vaccinations were 17 percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism than kids who did get recommended vaccinations."

Correlation, of course, is not causation.

"Parents should not skip the vaccine out of fear for autism," the study's lead author told media. "The dangers of not vaccinating includes a resurgence in measles which we are seeing signs of today in the form of outbreaks."

Measels is a "highly contagious" disease that can prove to be fatal, and people who contract the measels can be contagious for several days before and after they show symptoms, making the disease easy to spread to others, particularly in places where people share close quarters, like airports and theme parks.

The Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have noticed a significant uptick in measels cases in the last several years. There have, for example, been 206 reported cases of measles in the United States in the three short months of 2019. That's up from 372 reported cases in all of 2018. Worldwide, incidents of measels increased 48.4% between 2017 and 2018, according to the WHO.

The uptick is so disturbing that the WHO made "vaccine heistancy" - which they believe is directly responsible for the increase - one of the world's top ten threats to global health in 2019.

The myth that vaccines cause autism has its gensis in a fraudulent study submitted to The Lancet in 1998. According to CNN, "Wakefield had been compensated by a law firm intending to sue manufacturers of the MMR vaccine, and in 2010, he lost his medical license. In 2011, The Lancet retracted the study after an investigation found that Wakefield altered or misrepresented information on the 12 children who were the basis for the conclusion of his study."

The myth has only propagated thanks to social media misinformation campaigns.

Since the Lancet study was first published in 1998, doctors and researchers have conducted at least 17 studies "involving hundreds of thousands of children," each proving that there is no link between autism and the MMR vaccine.

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Yet ANOTHER Massive Study Shows There Is No Link Between The MMR Vaccine And Autism

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A major new study out of Denmark demonstrates, yet again, that the measles, mumps, and rubella (or, MMR) vaccine, is not associated with an increased risk of developing autism, even "among kids who are at high risk because they have a sibling with the disorder."

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The host of Jeapordy, Alex Trebek announced that he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Alex tries to stay positive and said he will keep working and get through this. He also states that he must beat the odds, because his Jeopardy contract requires him to be the host for the next theee years. I think this is sad; I don’t watch jeopardy but i hope he gets better so people can watch the show. This relates to history, because he has been hosting this show since 1954 and this cancer is becoming common.

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Carob dioxide is one of the greatest contributions to the greenhouse affect which is causing global warming. There have been many attempts to reverse what we has happened. A scientist in Melbourne, Australia found a new to reduce co2 by turning it into coal. It is very expensive and the high energy needed to do this defeats the purpose of the exercise altogether.  We are getting closer to figuring out a way to reduce global co2 emissions all over the earth. This could mean that in a few years we might have a way to reverse it.

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Fossil fuels like coal release harmful gases responsible for global warming (Credit: CSIRO/creativecommons.org/ CC-BY-3.0)

Carbon dioxide (CO 2), released by activities like burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, is one of the biggest contributors to the greenhouse effect, responsible for global warming. Over the years, scientists have come up with several innovative solutions to capture the polluting gas. However, none have been practical enough to implement on a large scale. Now, researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia believe they may have finally found a feasible way to reduce atmospheric CO 2 - turning the gas back into coal!

"While we can't literally turn back time, turning carbon dioxide back into coal and burying it back in the ground is a bit like rewinding the emissionsclock," said study co-author Dr. TorbenDaeneke.

Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide warm up the Earth's surface and oceans (Credit: climate.nasa.gov)

The idea of transforming CO 2 into coal has been contemplated before. However, the metal catalysts - compounds that accelerate the chemical reactions - used to convert the gas into solid carbon only work at temperatures above 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit (600 degrees Celsius). In addition to being expensive, the high amount of energy needed for the conversion defeats the purpose of the exercise altogether. Additionally, the catalysts also tend to quickly clog from the carbon deposits, making them ineffective for long-term use.​​​​

To find a viable solution, the RMIT researchers began by creating a liquid catalyst - a mix of gallium, indium, and tin. To speed up the infused with catalytically-active cerium. The scientists than piped pure CO alloy's chemical reaction, the mixture was 2 into the glass tube and zapped it with a jolt of electricity. The combination of the cerium and energy converted the gas into solid carbon, releasing only pure oxygen.

RMIT researchers found a way to transform CO2 to coal at room temperature (Credit: RMIT University/Nature Communications)

Additionally, the carbon flakes float away and settle along the sides and bottom of the liquid metal, leaving the cerium clog-free to continue its work. While the researchers, who published their findings in the journal Nature Communications on February 26, 2019, are not sure how the conversion happens, they suspect it's a multi-stage process, which involves the cerium reacting with oxygen, CO 2, and water.

Bert Weckhuysen, a chemist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, calls the study's results "novel" and "quite nice." The researcher believes the carbon produced could be used to create materials for a variety of things, including battery electrodes, tennis rackets, and even airplane wings.

Whether the laboratory experiment can be replicated on a scale large enough to make a difference to our environment remains to be seen. But Dr. Dorna Esrafilzadeh, a doctoral fellow at RMIT University who spearheaded the research, is optimistic. The researcher says, "By using liquid metals as a catalyst, we've shown it's possible to turn the gas back into carbon at room temperature, in a process that's efficient and scalable. While more research needs to be done, it's a crucial first step to delivering solid storage of carbon."

Resources: phys.org, sciencemag.org,nature.com

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Can We Reverse Global Warming By Turning Carbon Dioxide Back Into Coal?

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Carbon dioxide (CO2), released by activities like burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, is one of the biggest contributors to the greenhouse effect, responsible for global warming. Over the years, scientists have come up with several innovative solutions to capture the polluting gas.

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On Wednesday Governor Cooper revealed his two-year budget plan.This plan includes money to continue covering uninsured residents. As well as giving teachers an average of a 9.1% raise over the next 3 years. This plan has received a lot of praise  from a democratic officials as well as the public. But has received a lot of pushback from Republican officials because their proposed spending plan is much smaller and there is worried that an increased Medicare cover could lead to higher government involvement in healthcare.

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- Promoting what he calls North Carolina's "chance for a bold future," Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday formally unveiled his budget proposal, which includes expanding Medicaid, raising teacher pay, borrowing for school buildings and helping revive rural communities.

While the Democratic governor had put Medicaid expansion in his previous spending plans, this two-year budget likely marks his best chance yet to cover potentially 625,000 additional uninsured or underinsured residents through the federal health care overhaul.

That's because even though Republicans still control both chambers, Democrats have newfound leverage, having won additional General Assembly seats in November. Also, some House Republicans already support a modified expansion plan.

"We're ready to listen, talk and come to consensus," Cooper said at a news conference. "North Carolina needs to do this."

His state government spending proposal also would place a record $3.9 billion bond package on the November 2020 ballot, with most of the proceeds going to public education construction and improving aging local and regional water treatment systems.

Average teacher pay would go up by 9.1 percent on average over two years, and over $140 million would go to help improve rural infrastructure to recruit commerce, build affordable housing and improve broadband access.

"If we set the right priorities, we can value our teachers, build schools for the future and expand Medicaid, all with no new taxes on the people of North Carolina," Cooper said.

The only tax increase he says he's pitching would extend an insurance premiums tax on Medicaid health care plans currently considered by the legislature that would cover the state's 10 percent portion of paying for Medicaid expansion.

More than 35 U.S. states have expanded Medicaid in this manner in some form, but North Carolina Republicans have thus far blocked expansion, reflecting their suspicions about the cost and larger federal government involvement in health care.

The top Republican budget-writers in the Senate dismissed the broader spending plan as "not a serious budget proposal," and suggested it "seems designed to cater to the governor's tax-and-spend base that put us in a hole 10 years ago."

The size of the bond referendum is twice the amount that House Republicans have proposed. The Senate doesn't want any new debt, favoring a pay-as-you-go plan.

Cooper envisions overall spending at $25.2 billion for the year starting July 1, a 5.4 percent increase over this year's approved spending plan. Republicans have complained about what they labeled Cooper's bloated budgets in the past, too.

"The governor's insistence on spending as much taxpayer money as financially possible every year is the wrong approach," senior budget writer GOP Rep. Donny Lambeth of Forsyth County said in a news release. Lambeth backs a form of Medicaid expansion, however.

But Republicans will have to negotiate with Cooper because GOP lawmakers can't override his vetoes alone after Democrats won 16 additional seats last fall.

Cooper wouldn't say directly whether he'd sign a budget only if it contains the Medicaid expansion, saying lawmakers may want to consider the initiative separately from the spending plan. But he suggested the topic could delay the traditional end date for this year's session. The House will propose a version of the budget, followed by the Senate. Then the two chambers will work out a final agreement that Cooper said he hopes he can sign.

"There are some issues that are critically important to our state and Medicaid is one of them," he said. "So we're going to have to be here a long time to make sure that happens."

Cooper's rural revitalization initiative would set aside $15 million in grants to help economically distressed counties recruit businesses and $26 million for other rural infrastructure projects. He also pitched previous ideas to set aside some unemployment insurance tax revenues toward workforce development programs, including one that would help cover community college student tuition and fees in high-demand fields.

In addition to teacher pay increases, Cooper's plan would give state employees pay raises of $500 or 1.5 percent of their salaries - whichever is greater - in each of the two years. There would be additional $500 permanent pay increases next year for public school staff, correctional officers and other workers in state institutions.

Another $12 million would help improve prison safety and security, which has been emphasized since the deaths of five prison workers behind bars in 2017.

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Promoting what he calls North Carolina's "chance for a bold future," Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday formally unveiled his budget proposal, which includes expanding Medicaid, raising teacher pay, borrowing for school buildings and helping revive rural communities.

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People are waiting for information from an investigation being done on Trump's ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice. Even without the information, the House of Democrats have launched the impeachment process this week. Some of the representatives stated that they are prepared to ask Trump for his tax records in the next couple of weeks. All of the information that they receive may result in the impeachment of the president. This is important because it shows how much some people do not like or trust the president. With this situation at hand, rebellion may break out which would not be good. If he does get impeached, Trump will be the 3rd president that has been impeached.

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WASHINGTON - This city is waiting with bated breath for special counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into the Trump operation's ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice by the president and his allies, which is widely expected to land soon.

But even without those findings in hand, House Democrats effectively launched the impeachment process this week.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, demanded a ream of documents from Trumpworld; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, beefed up his staff; and Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., a member of the Ways and Means Committee, told NBC his panel would likely ask for Trump's tax records in the next "two, three weeks."

The Mueller report won't be the beginning of the end of the investigation into Trump. Instead, it will be the end of the beginning of a political and legal nightmare that promises to subsume an ever greater portion of his presidency and could, conceivably, lead to his impeachment.

For Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress, the latest moves by Democrats in Congress - which come alongside a New York state investigation into his company's insurance records, the latest in a long list of state probes of his finances - amount to a partisan push to overturn the results of the 2016 election that could backfire on his adversaries.

"Their intention is impeachment regardless of the facts, and it should be the opposite way," said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the Republican whip in the House. "I think the American people are tired of that kind of harassment of the president."

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed Nadler's new probe as a "fishing expedition" - "a disgraceful and abusive investigation."

Democratic leaders are trying to carefully shepherd a two-step process that begins with investigations which might or might not lead to impeachment.

Earlier this week, Nadler, Schiff and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., wrote letters to White House officials explaining that they were expanding their inquiry into the possible destruction of documents relating to Trump's private meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin because the administration had not responded to a request to turn over relevant records.

The lines of investigation run from Trump's campaign and White House operations all the way to his tax records and business dealings, and some Democrats are convinced they will ultimately be able to use their findings to tell the story of a president who has committed offenses for which he should be removed from office.

But there's tremendous friction within their own party over this methodical approach. Some lawmakers, like freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., have already grown impatient with the pace of the process.

Tlaib said Wednesday that she would introduce a resolution this month calling on the Judiciary Committee to formally begin impeachment proceedings. Earlier this year, she grabbed headlines when she was caught on camera telling supporters Democrats would "impeach the motherf---er."

But many House Democrats aren't ready to vote to impeach the president. Some don't believe they've seen enough evidence of "high crimes and misdemeanors" - the Constitution's standard for impeachable offenses - while others say it's a fool's errand for the House to pass articles if there aren't 20 Republican senators ready to help create the two-thirds majority needed to remove Trump from office.

The tension within the caucus is palpable, especially as a crop of newcomers who won in heavily Democratic seats push to take action, while those who helped create the new Democratic majority by winning Republican-held territory are generally more circumspect.

Rep. Anthony Brindisi, a Blue Dog Democrat from upstate New York who is representative of the latter group, said there's been a noticeable ramping up of impeachment talk on Capitol Hill in recent days.

"It sure feels like it," he said in an interview Wednesday morning. That concerns him because "it could sidetrack us" from demonstrating to voters that Democrats can move forward with a policy agenda.

"I'm not for impeachment," he said. "It's going to be a high bar."

The investigation piece must be a predicate for impeachment, said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who attributed the seemingly sudden shift in urgency to the power Democrats now have in the House. Earlier in the year, they were focused mostly on a fight with Trump over a partial government shutdown and the question of whether Congress would fund his border wall.

Now, though, with the government re-opened and the wall brawl in the hands of federal courts, committee chairmen are starting to get down to investigative business.

"All questions about the Trump White House have been bottled up for two years," he said. "This is an accumulation."

Trump sees a sprawling "witch hunt" designed to bring him down at any cost.

"Now that they realize the only Collusion with Russia was done by Crooked Hillary Clinton & the Democrats, Nadler, Schiff and the Dem heads of the Committees have gone stone cold CRAZY," he wrote on Twitter Tuesday. "81 letter[s] sent to innocent people to harass them. They won't get ANYTHING done for our Country!"

While it's clear the House has now jumped headlong into what could be a lengthy process for investigating and possibly impeaching the president, senior Democratic lawmakers are still trying to play down the extent to which they are turning up the heat.

"We're just doing our regular oversight," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

But with Mueller's report widely expected to drop shortly, they are also preparing to take up the investigative baton.

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This kid Tyler Rabenhorst-Malone thought that it would be funny to spike his stepfathers drink. His stepfather went to the hospital for the first time in January of 2018 for slurred speech and a droopy face but thought it was due to stress, a lack of sleep, and energy drinks. Tyler's mother claims that a box of Oxycontin mixed with rompun vanished from their barn in April 2018.  They tested the liquid recovered from the man’s drinks tested positive for Xylazine ( a drug used for tranquilizing large cattle. )

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A Wisconsin teenager reportedly admitted putting cow tranquilizers in his stepfather's energy drinks because he thought it would be funny.

Tyler Rabenhorst-Malone, 17, was charged with placing foreign objects in edibles and second-degree recklessly endangering safety, KTRK-TV reported, citing court documents.
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The Town of Lima teen admitted to the crime because he thought it would be funny but told authorities he never meant to harm his stepfather in any way, according to the station.

His stepfather first went to the hospital in January 2018 with a droopy face and slurred speech among other symptoms, officials said. The man told doctors he believed the symptoms came from drinking energy drinks, stress and lack of sleeping, the station reported.

When the same thing happened again, the man reportedly started to keep an eye on what he was drinking. The teen's mother also told officials a box of oxytocin mixed with rompun vanished from their barn in April 2018, KTRK-TV reported, citing a court complaint.

The stepfather started to suspect his stepson was up to something and then found used syringes he believed Rabenhorst-Malone was using to put the sedative in his drink, according to the complaint.

Officials said liquid recovered from the man's drinks tested positive for Xylazine - a drug used for tranquilizing large cattle, according to the New York Daily News. The syringes also reportedly tested positive for the same drug.
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The teen is due in court March 18.

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A Wisconsin teenager reportedly admitted putting cow tranquilizers in his stepfather's energy drinks because he thought it would be funny. Tyler Rabenhorst-Malone, 17, was charged with placing foreign objects in edibles and second-degree recklessly endangering safety, KTRK-TV reported, citing court documents.

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A father was found guilty in London for plotting a acid attack on 3 year old son. The man is sentenced to 16 years in prison. Also the other people involved in plotting  is sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Father found guilty of plotting acid attack on 3-year-old son

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A father has been found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting an acid attack on his 3-year-old son amid a custody battle with his ex-wife.

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A man in Seattle was more interested in cash not girl scout cookies. He did it by basically running up and swiping a money bin of 600$! It was in front of a grocery store with a police there .When the police saw this he offers a light response to the cruel instead of taking him into custody. 

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After the controversy of Facebook leaking information, Mark Zuckerberg is moving towards a more privacy focused website. This is to avoid any more legal trouble. Mark plans to change the website to more of a friend based Instagram.

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Mark Zuckerberg lays out his vision for a new Facebook

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Mark Zuckerberg wants to reposition Facebook as a privacy-focused platform.

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An Ohio high schooler testified at a Senate committee hearing. He is eighteen years old, and went against his mother's wishes to get himself vaccinated. He mentions that he believes his mother's "affection and care as a parent was used to push an agenda to create false distress". He says that he found factual evidence for vaccines instead of his mother's saying she "heard stories". Currently, the vaccination debate is heated, with both sides (for and against vaccines) being very passionate about their sides.

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An Ohio high school senior's passionate testimony at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday gave an indication of how misinformation from social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, is at the root of the anti-vaccine movement.

Ethan Lindenberger, 18, from Norwalk, Ohio, who went against his mother's wishes to get vaccinated, was the youngest of five panelists invited to speak before a meeting of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to discuss the recent outbreaks of preventable diseases.

He gained national attention in a now-viral Reddit post in which he wrote that he had not been fully vaccinated due to his mother's belief that vaccines are dangerous.

"For my mother, her love and affection and care as a parent was used to push an agenda to create a false distress. And these sources, which spread misinformation, should be the primary concern of the American people," Lindenberger said at the hearing.

"My mother would turn to social media groups and not to factual sources like the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]. It is with love and respect that I disagree with my mom."

When asked where he got most of his information about vaccinations, Lindenberger responded: "Not Facebook."

The advisory panel also included Washington state Secretary of Health John Weisman; Dr. Jonathan McCullers of the University of Tennessee; John Boyle, president of the Immune Deficiency Foundation; and Emory University epidemiologist Dr. Saad Omer. The speakers challenged the federal government to put more money toward vaccine safety research and campaigns to counter anti-vaccine messages, similar to anti-Tobacco campaigns.

Lindenberger emphatically agreed.

"When you convince parents that... their children are at risk, that's a much more substantial way to cause people to change their minds," Lindenberger said.

"People resonate better with stories. A large portion of the anti-vaccine information that my mom has provided me is on an anecdotal level. She would reaffirm her position because she would say that 'she knows people' and 'heard stories," he told the committee.

Sen. Alexander: In your opinion, there is no reputable evidence that vaccines cause autism?

Dr. McCullers: "There is absolutely no evidence at this time that vaccines cause autism."

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- NBC News (@NBCNews) March 5, 2019

The testimony comes amid the ongoing outbreaks of measles, a disease preventable by vaccines. Since the beginning of the year, the CDC has confirmed 206 cases of measles in 11 states. Almost all of the cases are unvaccinated children.

At Tuesday's hearing, McCullers, a pediatrician, called childhood vaccine programs "the most powerful public health initiative in the history of this country."

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., did not question the panel, but called vaccine requirements "un-American."

"I'm not here to say 'don't vaccinate your kids.' I believe the benefits of vaccines greatly outweigh the risks, but I still do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security," he said.

His comments were received by some cheers from the audience.

Lindenberger's mother, Jill Wheeler, who was not at the hearing but planned to listen, said she was scared for her son when he first told her he planned to get fully vaccinated. Despite her son's new status as a vaccine advocate, she remains convinced that vaccines can be harmful.

"He's a great kid. I love him very much, but I feel what he's representing is wrong," Wheeler told NBC News. "It's taken away our freedom of speech and my question is, what is going to be next?"

Tuesday's advisory panel urged the federal leadership to bolster misinformation campaigns and increase vaccine safety research to ameliorate mistrust that has become all too common.

"We need sustained funding, we are asking that you increase prevention budget to the CDC by 22 percent by 2022," Washington health official Weisman said. "We need federal leadership for a national vaccine campaign that counters the anti-vaccine campaign similar to the truth anti-tobacco campaigns."

The committee also called for doctors to be reimbursed for vaccine consultations, while also highlighting the strain the measles outbreak has put on the health care system.

"When herd immunity is not achieved it is a strain on our health care system, and hundreds of providers are pulled from crucial public health roles," Washington State Sen. Patty Murray said at the hearing.

"We need to figure out how the federal government can help educate people on vaccines and provide accurate and factual information. The outbreak has financial implications, as well. The MMR vaccine costs $20, but so far Washington state has spent over $1 million addressing the measles outbreak," said Murray.

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Teen who defied anti-vaccine mom testifies before Congress

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An Ohio high school senior's passionate testimony at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday gave an indication of how misinformation from social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, is at the root of the anti-vaccine movement.

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A gardener who died set many secret bombs and hurt many people. These people were either close to him business wise or so called friends. A 64 year old doctor had a box outside of his office and he opened it causing an explosion And he died. Another incident was a mom and a child got injured by an explosive engineering log that exploded in a wooden stove. The police said they found Strange black powder and believed that’s he poisoned himself.

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This species of melanistic black leopard have not been seen in over a century. A group of lucky Canyon photographers were able to capture this all black specimen of a leopard. This leopard is very special because it is melanistic -similar to albinism-the entire body has one color. This enhances camouflage. Only 11%of the 9 leopard species carry this trait. Spotting this animal was extremely magnificent.https://www.dogonews.com/2019/2/15/magnificent-rare-black-leopard-caught-on-camera-in-kenya

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Amazon after receiving backlash pulled out of bringing their headquarters to NY. The deal would have brought 25,000 jobs and 27 billion in tax revenue.

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In a stunning reversal, Amazon has pulled out of bringing half of its second North American headquarters to New York City.

After some four months of vocal opposition, the e-commerce giant has decided its had its fill of the tongue-lashing the company has taken from elected officials, labor leaders, and residents on a deal that would bring 25,000 jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue to New York. In a Thursday afternoon blog post the company announced that it is cancelling plans to bring a new campus to Long Island City, Queens-leaving a $3 billion incentive package on the table.

"A number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City," the post reads.

The hotly contested project triggered transparency concerns when officials opted for the deal to go through a General Project Plan (GPP) in lieu of the traditional Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) that would require a lengthy review and vote by the New York City Council. Political opponents were swift to praise Amazon's change of heart, including Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who grilled Amazon executives in a pair of fiery Council hearings.

"I look forward to working with companies that understand that if you're willing to engage with New Yorkers and work through challenging issues New York City is the world's best place to do business," Johnson said in a statement.

"I hope this is the start of a conversation about vulture capitalism and where our tax dollars are best spent. I know I'd choose mass transit over helipads any day," Johnson added, referring to the private helipad Amazon had planned for executive joyrides.

While critics challenged the deal and argued Amazon wasn't delivering its fair share of incentives, others praised it as an economic boon for the city with not only an influx of jobs and tax revenue heading to city and state coffers, but also infrastructure upgrades including new school seats, parkland, and other improvements that are sorely needed in the booming neighborhood.

For many, Amazon HQ2 stoked fear over how it could irrevocably change the city. Now that the online retailer has pulled out of the deal, here's a look at some of the major things Amazon is taking with it.

Jobs

Amazon would have reportedly generated $27.5 billion in city and state revenue over 25 years-a 9:1 ratio of revenue to subsidies. This arrangement was predicated on Amazon creating at least 25,000 jobs over the next decade-and up to 40,000-with an average salary of $150,000, the memorandum said. Another 1,300 jobs were in the pipeline for construction and some 107,000 in total direct and indirect jobs were anticipated, according to state estimates.

Amazon, the city, and state initially planned to commit $5 million each toward workforce development. The deal also planned for a local nonprofit to open a training center on the HQ2 campus to mentor and recruit Long Island City locals, according to the city. A $10 million expansion of the city's JobsPlus program into the Queensbridge Houses-the largest public housing complex in the country-was set to take shape. Additionally, the de Blasio administration planned to launch a $3-5 million program geared toward training NYCHA residents for careers in IT, cybersecurity, and web development.

Infrastructure

To fund local infrastructure-streets, sidewalks, open space and the like-Amazon planned to utilize the city's Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program, estimated by former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen at $600 to $650 million over four decades. Amazon would have also built a 600-seat school and 3.5 acres of public, open space along the waterfront at Anable Basin.

When the deal first landed, transit advocates and elected leaders promptly called on Amazon to beef up transportation infrastructure in Long Island City, worrying that existing options weren't enough to serve the rapidly growing neighborhood. Advocates pointed to the ongoing bus and subway crisis plaguing the city and packed train cars that run on the 7 and G lines through the area.

HQ2 was also piggybacking off of city infrastructure investments that were already in the works, or in the midst of being proposed, including $46 million for sewer and water-main upgrades, $60 million for a new school and a new Long Island Rail Road stop, and $180 million in new spending for overall improvements to Long Island City, the city has said.

Economic Impact

As part of the contested incentives package, Amazon was to receive nearly $3 billion in tax breaks, abatements, and grants. The state was committing up to $1.7 billion in Excelsior Tax Credits and capital grants-again, based on Amazon's delivery of job and investment commitments. On the city side of things, the Industrial Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP) would have abated approximately $386 million in property taxes, while the Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP) would have been worth $897 million, according to city and state officials. Incentives aside, the state would have reportedly earned $14 billion in tax returns, and the city would have received more than $13.5 billion in tax revenue over a 25 year period.

But officials revealed at a January City Council hearing that the price tag to bring Amazon to Long Island City could have cost $987 million more than the city previously claimed because city estimates only accounted for the minimum job and infrastructure investments that Amazon was expected to make, according to a report from the Council's Finance Committee.

Real Estate

Long Island City transformed from a buyer's to a seller's market practically overnight after Amazon's HQ2 announcement. The change came after a slump that in October saw 13 percent of the area's listings slash their prices. Real estate experts speculated that Amazon's move to Long Island City could paved the way for other large companies to move into the neighborhood. Amazon's sudden reversal will undoubtedly lead to "whiplash," as one StreetEasy expert put it in a statement.

The HQ2 cancellation has sent some developers scrambling, namely family-run plastics company Plaxall that was initially due to rent 4 million square feet of Long Island City land to Amazon for its headquarters.

Amazon said Thursday that it doesn't plan on restarting its search for another location. The company will still move forward with its HQ2 location in Crystal City, Virginia, and a smaller operations center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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In a stunning reversal, Amazon has pulled out of bringing half of its second North American headquarters to New York City. After some four months of vocal opposition, the e-commerce giant has decided its had its fill of the tongue-lashing the company has taken from elected officials, labor leaders, and residents on a deal that would bring 25,000 jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue to New York.

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(CNN) - Botswana should lift its four-year ban on big game hunting and also allow the canning of elephant meat for pet food, Cabinet ministers in the southern African nation have recommended.

Botswana, home to nearly 130,000 elephants, is one of the most popular tourist destinations for wildlife lovers who want to glimpse the animals. But tension over the elephant population has grown, with some arguing they damage crops.

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who took office last year, had asked the committee to re-examine the hunting ban, which was introduced in 2014. The panel's suggestions now will be examined further, he said.

"I can promise you and the nation that we will consider it. A white paper will follow and it will be shared with the public," Masisi told the BBC Thursday.

"If needs be, we will give an opportunity to Parliament to also interrogate it and also allow them the space to intervene before we make a final determination," he said.

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(CNN) - Botswana should lift its four-year ban on big game hunting and also allow the canning of elephant meat for pet food, Cabinet ministers in the southern African nation have recommended. Botswana, home to nearly 130,000 elephants, is one of the most popular tourist destinations for wildlife lovers who want to glimpse the animals.

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This article is lifting the ban of hunting elephants in Botswana. They used the elephant meat for making dog food. The government haven't decided if they should lift the ban or not.

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Owner of the patriots Robert Krafts is being charged for solicitation of prostitution after being caught on video paying for intercourse earlier today in Florida

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Scientists thought they lost the world's largest bee, but it was hiding in plain sight
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The bee species Megachile Pluto, which was first discovered in 1859, was believed to have gone extinct. This was until 1981, when entomologist Adam Messer found the bee, and documented his findings. However, there has been little photographic study of the bee itself.This year, Princeton biologist Eli Wyman, with help from Clay Bolt bee photographer, took pictures and made a gif of the bee. Megachile Pluto, also known as William's Giant Bee, is a pollen-eating insect that uses their large mandibles to scrape off tree resin to make their hives with, which makes them effectively termite proof. It's next largest contemporary is the European Honeybee, which is 1/4 the size of William's Giant Bee.

Wyman and Bolt's efforts will ensure more valid and conclusive study of William's Giant Bee, and would allow more publicly-supported efforts to preserve the species

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Americans are flocking to Asia while Asians are flocking to the Americas. The new desire to live in Asia is taking American's by storm as millions head to the continent to either travel or settle permanently. Many American's love the lower taxes and despite Asia being one of the largest economy's, their tax rates are "one-fifth" of that compared to half of Europe. There are even suggestions of studying in Asia due to the lower student costs and debts, compared to the high student debts many American's are burdened with. Asia is focused on helping their economy instead of the "suicidal" and "self-destructive" politics, like America and Britain, making their "economic pie feed 5 billion people."

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Asia is sexy. From K-Pop sensation BTS topping the Billboard charts to "Crazy Rich Asians" owning the summer box office, Americans can't get enough of Asian film, music, and of course, ramen noodles.

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The flu has made an outbreak and it's activity has increased in the past few weeks.  The states that have been affected recently include Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Guam. Last years flu season was the deadliest in decades. 80,000 deaths were documented with more than 185 pediatric flu deaths. This is related to social studies because it is going in our country. This could geniunely make history if the problem continues to increase.

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Flu activity is increasing in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

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On January 7, far-right German politician Frank Magnitz was beaten unconscious while trying to walk through the city. At least three masked men were involved in the attack, which is believed to be politically motivated. Magnitz is currently in the hospital, and police are investigating the attack.

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The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news events you need to know so far for January 2019:

Protests Plague India

Yellow Vest Protests Continue in France

Tunnel Collapse Kills Miners in Afghanistan

Frank Magnitz Beaten by Masked Men

Peru's Attorney General to Resign

Maduro's Win in Venezuela Creates Issues

Explosion in Paris

Polish Mayor Stabbed on Stage

Attack at Nairobi Hotel

Gasoline Pipeline Explosion in Mexico

Attack at a Colombian Police Academy

Burkina Faso's Government Resigns

Protests Plague India

On January 3, protesters flooded the streets of Kerala after the Indian Supreme Court lifted a ban on women of menstrual-age entering a Hindu temple. Protesters even made bombs to detonate outside police stations after two women were escorted by police into the temple. Businesses and taxis have shut down in light of the protests. (Reuters)

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Yellow Vest Protests Continue in France

On January 5, authorities asked for peace after violence erupted as the yellow vests protests continued in France. Nearly 50,000 people have taken part in the demonstrations throughout the country. (CNN)

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Tunnel Collapse Kills Miners in Afghanistan

On January 6, at least 30 miners were killed in Afghanistan after a tunnel collapse. According to officials, the victims were mining for gold illegally. (Reuters)

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Frank Magnitz Beaten by Masked Men

On January 7, far-right German politician Frank Magnitz was beaten unconscious while trying to walk through the city. At least three masked men were involved in the attack, which is believed to be politically motivated. Magnitz is currently in the hospital, and police are investigating the attack. (CNN)

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Peru's Attorney General to Resign

On January 8, Peru Attorney General Pedro Chavarry announced that he plans to resign. The decision came after much public outcry over how he handled the investigation into Odebrecht, a Brazilian building company. Chavarry has denied that he is involved in corruption. Zoraida Avalos has since replaced Chavarry. (Reuters)

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Maduro's Win in Venezuela Creates Issues

On January 10, Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for his second term as Venezuela's president. Many countries do not see Maduro's victory as legitimate. Both Paraguay and Peru have cut ties claiming the government is illegitimate, but Brazil has recognized it as legitimate. (Reuters)

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Explosion in Paris

On January 12, a gas leak in Paris lead to an explosion that killed three people and injured dozens more. Emergency responders rushed to the scene to fight the fire. (CNN)

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Polish Mayor Stabbed on Stage

On January 14, Paweł Adamowicz, a Polish mayor, was pronounced dead after being stabbed in the heart while on stage. Adamowicz was speaking at a charity event for a children's hospital. (CNN)

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Attack at Nairobi Hotel

On January 15, militants stormed a Nairobi hotel, killing at least 21 people. The attack lasted hours, and the five militants committed suicide. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was a response to President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (CNN)

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Gasoline Pipeline Explosion in Mexico

On January 18, at least 66 people died after a gasoline pipeline exploded in Mexico. Governor Omar Fayad stated that another 76 people have been reported injured. The company is investigating the cause of the explosion as of right now. (CNN)

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Attack at a Colombian Police Academy

On January 18, at least 20 people died and another 68 were injured at a police academy in Bogota, Colombia after a car bomb detonated. The suspected attacker is dead, and President Ivan Duque believes the attack to be terrorism related. (CNN)

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Burkina Faso's Government Resigns

On January 19, many members of Burkina Faso's government resigned without giving reason. Among those who resigned was Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba and his entire cabinet. President Kabore has said he hopes to form a new government soon. (BBC)

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The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news events you need to know so far for January 2019:

Protests Plague India

Yellow Vest Protests Continue in France

Tunnel Collapse Kills Miners in Afghanistan

Frank Magnitz Beaten by Masked Men

Peru's Attorney General to Resign

Maduro's Win in Venezuela Creates Issues

Explosion in Paris

Polish Mayor Stabbed on Stage

Attack at Nairobi Hotel

Gasoline Pipeline Explosion in Mexico

Attack at a Colombian Police Academy

Burkina Faso's Government Resigns

Protests Plague India

On January 3, protesters flooded the streets of Kerala after the Indian Supreme Court lifted a ban on women of menstrual-age entering a Hindu temple. Protesters even made bombs to detonate outside police stations after two women were escorted by police into the temple. Businesses and taxis have shut down in light of the protests. (Reuters)

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Yellow Vest Protests Continue in France

On January 5, authorities asked for peace after violence erupted as the yellow vests protests continued in France. Nearly 50,000 people have taken part in the demonstrations throughout the country. (CNN)

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Tunnel Collapse Kills Miners in Afghanistan

On January 6, at least 30 miners were killed in Afghanistan after a tunnel collapse. According to officials, the victims were mining for gold illegally. (Reuters)

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Frank Magnitz Beaten by Masked Men

On January 7, far-right German politician Frank Magnitz was beaten unconscious while trying to walk through the city. At least three masked men were involved in the attack, which is believed to be politically motivated. Magnitz is currently in the hospital, and police are investigating the attack. (CNN)

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Peru's Attorney General to Resign

On January 8, Peru Attorney General Pedro Chavarry announced that he plans to resign. The decision came after much public outcry over how he handled the investigation into Odebrecht, a Brazilian building company. Chavarry has denied that he is involved in corruption. Zoraida Avalos has since replaced Chavarry. (Reuters)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Martin Mejia
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Maduro's Win in Venezuela Creates Issues

On January 10, Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for his second term as Venezuela's president. Many countries do not see Maduro's victory as legitimate. Both Paraguay and Peru have cut ties claiming the government is illegitimate, but Brazil has recognized it as legitimate. (Reuters)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos
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Explosion in Paris

On January 12, a gas leak in Paris lead to an explosion that killed three people and injured dozens more. Emergency responders rushed to the scene to fight the fire. (CNN)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh
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Polish Mayor Stabbed on Stage

On January 14, Paweł Adamowicz, a Polish mayor, was pronounced dead after being stabbed in the heart while on stage. Adamowicz was speaking at a charity event for a children's hospital. (CNN)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Wojtek Strozyk
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Attack at Nairobi Hotel

On January 15, militants stormed a Nairobi hotel, killing at least 21 people. The attack lasted hours, and the five militants committed suicide. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was a response to President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (CNN)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Ben Curtis
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Gasoline Pipeline Explosion in Mexico

On January 18, at least 66 people died after a gasoline pipeline exploded in Mexico. Governor Omar Fayad stated that another 76 people have been reported injured. The company is investigating the cause of the explosion as of right now. (CNN)

Photo Source: AP Photo/Claudio Cruz
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Attack at a Colombian Police Academy

On January 18, at least 20 people died and another 68 were injured at a police academy in Bogota, Colombia after a car bomb detonated. The suspected attacker is dead, and President Ivan Duque believes the attack to be terrorism related. (CNN)

Photo Source: AP Photo/John Wilson Vizcaino
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Burkina Faso's Government Resigns

On January 19, many members of Burkina Faso's government resigned without giving reason. Among those who resigned was Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba and his entire cabinet. President Kabore has said he hopes to form a new government soon. (BBC)

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The article I choose is about the rescue of a new born baby in South Africa. As someone was passing by, they discovered a crying baby laying inside a hole dug deep into the ground, left to die. A rescue team when reached went 20 ft deep into the ground and after 20 hours, they miraculously saved the baby girl. The team says that she could not have been more than three days old because she still had her umbilical cord intact. It was nothing short of a miracle.
The author of the article relates this event back to the new abortion bills being passed here in America. He explained that he found it interesting that people would go to immeasurable lengths to save this new born baby from dying, yet they would think nothing of a late term abortion (up to days before the baby's due date).

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Two rescue workers are kneeling inside a freshly-dug hole several feet deep into the ground. Their shirts are soaked in sweat under the blazing sun. They are searching for something in the drainage pipe beneath them, which they had to break open with a chisel and hammer.

All around them you can hear a gaggle of voices shouting orders: "Stand clear!...Rope out!...Are you ready?"

And then, an unmistakable sound emerges out of the depths of the ground - a baby cries. Seconds later, one of the men draws out of the drainage a newborn baby girl. As he places her gently on a white blanket, a coworker is holding, the crowd of rescue workers erupts in cheers.
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This scene, which took place in Durban, South Africa, was captured in a video that went viral last week. According to reports, the baby was discovered when a passerby heard her crying, which itself is a miracle. Durban is a noisy city - it has the busiest port in sub-Saharan Africa, and its metro area consists of an estimated 3.4 million people.

The rescue team had to dig more than 20 feet into the ground to reach the baby. After nearly four hours, they were able to extract the baby and airlift her to a hospital, where she was treated for hypothermia.

The story of the miraculous rescue of this baby would make most people teary-eyed. But the detail that made me stop cold in my tracks was this: When the rescuers pulled her out of the ground, she still had her umbilical cord intact. She couldn't have been more than three days old.

At a time when America is debating how far we can push abortion laws - sometimes even up to the point of birth - this story flips the whole debate upside-down. Think about it: Over half a dozen rescue workers in South Africa spent hours digging and searching in a storm drain, and then called a helicopter, to save a baby that clearly was not wanted. Had the baby not survived, the whole mission would have been considered a failure.

When it comes to these types of situations, we always give life the benefit of the doubt. If someone is trapped in a building that has caught fire, firefighters don't stop and debate if the person is worth saving. They rush into the burning building, putting their own lives at risk, to save the other. In fact, they would get in trouble if they didn't act.

But when it comes to abortion, we suspend this sense of urgency to protect life. We turn it into a debate about when a life becomes worth saving.

This logic falls apart quickly when you ask: What is the difference between a fully-formed baby who is a few inches away inside the mother's womb, and a three-day-old baby who is 20 feet underground in a storm drain?

For me, there's only one clear choice in this debate: We must protect life, in all its forms and stages. From the womb all the way to the tomb, life is inherently valuable. It's a holy gift from God.
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I hope that's what the people of South Africa were reminded of when they rescued this precious baby.

According to the news story, the baby was named Sibanisethu, which means "our light," though the people of the community where she was rescued call her Gabriella, which - intentional or not - means "God is my strength." I find both names apt, for they capture the preciousness of life.

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Amid abortion debate, miraculous rescue of baby in South Africa should remind Americans that life is precious

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Japanese scientists are beginning to harvest asteroids for their materials such as iron. They achieve this by shooting these large "bullet" like projectiles that cause an impact that allows materials on the surface to float away. The particles will then be gathered by the drone. This technology allows us to obtain materials from beyond Earth prolonging our planets lifetime by supplying a secondary option for resource gathering

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space probe set to fire bullet into asteroid - cnn

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Space probe set to fire bullet into asteroid

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A Japanese space probe will fire a "bullet" into an asteroid as part of a mission to collect rock samples from the celestial body.

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In Florida a white male was captured on video pointing a handgun towards a group of African American youth while yelling racial slurs. Florida filed hate crime charges against him. The youth were participating in an annual anti-violence ride out when they were approached by the white male. He claims he was protecting his girlfriend.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/christopher-hasson-coast-guard.html
This article is about a cost guard LT who planned to kill democrat politicians. He was arrested on gun and drug possession charges.The people in the cort say he should be held with no bond until the trial because he is a “domestic terrorist”.

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This species of melanistic black leopard have not been seen in over a century. A group of lucky Canyon photographers were able to capture this all black specimen of a leopard. This leopard is very special because it is melanistic -similar to albinism-the entire body has one color. This enhances camouflage. Only 11%of the 9 leopard species carry this trait. Spotting this animal was extremely magnificent.
https://www.dogonews.com/2019/2/15/magnificent-rare-black-leopard-caught-on-camera-in-kenya

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About a week and a half ago, Ellen Page, an openly gay actress, commented on an interview with actor Chris Pratt. His interview was with another Christian and on the topic of Christianity. She commented, "Oh. K. Um. But his church is infamously anti LGBTQ so maybe address that too?" Chris Pratt later responded, not directly but in a separate post, explaining that he has seen many Christians help him through his divorce---divorces are usually considered a sin with the church---and support members of the LGBTQ community because forgiveness and kindness are greatly valued in Christianity. Some Christians may be anti LGBTQ, but what Pratt says goes to show that you can't judge an entire group of people off one person's actions.

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Ellen Page, an openly gay and overrated actress, tweeted this in response to Chris Pratt's interview with Stephen Colbert, an alleged Catholic. That plays in later.

Oh. K. Um. But his church is infamously anti lgbtq so maybe address that too? https://t.co/meg8m69FeF

- Ellen Page (@EllenPage) February 8, 2019

Could we get into the specifics of Pratt's church and what it teaches? Sure. But I don't want that to be my focus here. Fact is, Christianity as a whole is very clear on its stance on homosexuality: the act of two ladies or two men getting amorous is frowned upon. As it's a sin. Catholicism, being under the Christianity umbrella, of which Stephen Colbert is a member, is also "anti-LGBT." Yet Page didn't feel compelled to dress down Colbert for his Church's beliefs.

Here's my real beef: where does Ellen Page get off shaming someone else for their beliefs? What Page just did was specifically target someone for their personal values. So how is Page not an Anti-Christian bigot? Trick question.

Abrupt narrative shift alert: Fair is fair, Ellen Page. If you want to criticize Chris Pratt for what he and his church believes, then we can shame you for your beliefs. Plot twist, bitch. If you think anyone who disagrees with your lifestyle is somehow deserving of your ire, then why can't we turn the judgment mirror back on you?

So let me say it: You, Ellen Page, are an Anti-Christian bigot. Furthermore, you're a meanspirited bully who thinks anyone who doesn't believe just as you do should be publicly shamed. Why else quote tweet Chris Pratt who shared an inspiring message about sharing light and hope? Who made you the lesbian goddess of justice? Chris Pratt didn't harm you, he said nothing about you. Yet your statement of and about him demonstrates that you're close-minded. Exclusionary. You are everything you pretend to fight, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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Ellen Page "Church Shames" Chris Pratt. Bigot Much?

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https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190220/news/302209873/
A huge fire raced through Bangladesh on February 20th, 2019. It killed 70 people and it took around nine straight hours for firefighters to put it out. Around 50 people were injured or critically burned And many buildings of the capital were destroyed.

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IN 1973, an 11-year-old girl was strangled to death in southern California. The case has been cold for 46 years. The killer, James Neal, has only been found recently thanks to our new technologies which allow us to study DNA and genetic genealogy.

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DNA leads to man's arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe: 'We have never forgotten Linda'

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A man was arrested 46 years after 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe was killed, thanks to DNA.

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Scientists have found a new dinosaur that is a cousin of the tirannosaurus rex

www.foxnews.com/science/4-foot-tall-t-rex-cousin-discovered-was-a-harbinger-of-doom

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A star-studded crowd including former US President Barack Obama had gathered to watch hotly tipped college basketball player (CNN) - Zion Williamson, but the 18-year-old's night unraveled after just 33 seconds when his Nike shoe fell apart.

Williamson, thought by many to be basketball's brightest prospect since LeBron James, went down hard when his shoe split in half while planting his foot, forcing him off with a knee injury seconds into Duke University's much-anticipated encounter against North Carolina.

Tickets for the local derby were reportedly available for over $3,000 and freshman forward Williamson -- described by double NBA champion Kevin Durant as a "once-in-a-generation athlete" -- was a big reason for the inflated prices.

Williamson's top-ranked Duke side was on a nine-match winning streak, but without their 285-pound 6 feet 8 inch star player the Blue Devils fell to a 88-72 defeat Wednesday.

"Obviously, you lose a national player of the year candidate there are going to be gaps in what you have to do," said coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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A star-studded crowd including former US President Barack Obama had gathered to watch hotly tipped college basketball player (CNN) - Zion Williamson, but the 18-year-old's night unraveled after just 33 seconds when his Nike shoe fell apart.

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The Unconditional surrender statue in Sarasota, Florida was vandalized only a day after the veteran in the photo died at the age of 95 due to a seizure. The statue is modeled after a veteran kissing his dental assistant. When officers arrived at the scene they found #metoo spray painted on the leg of the woman in the photo. It only took less than a day to remove the spray paint.

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The Unconditional Surrender statue in Sarasota, Florida - depicting the iconic image of a sailor kissing a woman in a nurse's uniform in Times Square after the end of World War II - was vandalized Monday, only a day after the veteran in the photo, George Mendonsa, died at 95.

Officers responded at about 12:55 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a person spray-painting the statue, the Sarasota Police Department said in a statement.

When officers arrived, they found the words "#MeToo" in red covering the length of the woman's left leg. The #MeToo movement supports the survivors of sexual abuse, assault and harassment.

The statue is believed to have been spray-painted sometime between Monday midafternoon and evening.

The incident was not captured on video surveillance and police said there are no known witnesses. The spray paint was removed Tuesday morning.

Facial recognition technology would later verify Mendonsa's claim to being the sailor kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant, on Aug. 14, 1945 in the image published in Life magazine and seen around the world. He died Sunday at a nursing home in Middletown, Rhode Island after a seizure.

Mendonsa would have turned 96 Tuesday, his daughter told NBC News.

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Statue based on famous WWII 'kissing sailor' photo spray-painted with '#MeToo'

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The Unconditional Surrender statue in Sarasota, Florida - depicting the iconic image of a sailor kissing a woman in a nurse's uniform in Times Square after the end of World War II - was vandalized Monday, only a day after the veteran in the photo, George Mendonsa, died at 95.

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Trump's national emergency to build the border wall. They are trying to stop him from building this wall because he is stealing taxpayer money to build a wall that Congress has declared as unnecessary and harmful. This lawsuit comes after 16 other states filed a similar lawsuit against the president. Trump anticipated the lawsuits but expects to be able to talk it out and make a deal. This is important because it may change the public's view of our president or other states. The situation may led to progress in building the wall or it may postpone it. It may damage some people's reputation.

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to build his long-promised border wall and his ability to take taxpayer dollars from other budgets to pay for the construction.

"The president is using a bogus declaration of a nonexistent emergency to undermine our constitutional system of checks and balances," Cecillia Wang, ACLU deputy legal director, said. "We're filing suit to stop the administration from moving forward with this patently illegal attempt to steal taxpayer money for a border wall that Congress, security experts and Americans have said is unnecessary and harmful."

The civil rights group filed the suit in federal court in the Northern District of California. The Sierra Club, a California-based environmental group, is the organization's chief client in the lawsuit, along with residents and community organizations who live and work along the border.

This move comes after 16 states filed a similar lawsuit in the same court Monday challenging the president's emergency declaration. That suit was led by California and also includes Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia.

The ACLU plans to argue that by issuing the emergency declaration to build the wall and use money from other federal agencies to build it, Trump is usurping the authority of Congress, which passed a bipartisan spending package last week that the president signed and that did not include funding for his proposed wall.

Trump said when announcing the emergency last week that he anticipated lawsuits, particularly in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from the Northern District of California and has frequently drawn his ire because of its rulings against several of the administration's policies.

"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said. "And they will sue us in the 9th Circuit, even though it shouldn't be there. And we'll possibly get a bad ruling, and then we'll get another bad ruling, and then we'll end up in the Supreme Court, and then hopefully we'll get a fair shake, and we'll win in the Supreme Court, just like the ban," a reference to his administration's ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries, which the high court upheld last summer.

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ACLU sues Trump over his national emergency for border wall

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to build his long-promised border wall and his ability to take taxpayer dollars from other budgets to pay for the construction.

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This American missionary wandered onto an Indian tribes remote island trying learn more about the natives who lived on the island but was killed by the tribe with bow and arrows and spears. The U.S government stated that they are not going to ask for any sort of sanctions because India's government works hard to keep people off of the the island and have laws that keeps the tribal members safe and that no one should be on the island. Another large reason why the U.S government is not going to sort sanctions is because he was trying to convert the people of the island to Christianity which is breaks another law India upholds to not intervene with the island natives way of life which is what he was doing.

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The reclusive tribe who killed an American missionary who ventured onto their remote Indian island last year is unlikely to face U.S. sanctions, the State Department says.

Samuel D. Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, made the announcement about John Allen Chau and the Sentinelese tribe during a State Department press briefing earlier this month. Chau, who was 26, reportedly died in a hail of arrows while trying to go ashore North Sentinel Island in November. The lush island lies in the Bay of Bengal, between India and Burma.

"The United States Government has not asked or pursued any sort of sanctions that the Indian Government would do against the tribal people in this case," Brownback said when asked if the Sentinelese - who live completely cut off from the outside world and are known to attack outsiders - would face some kind of punishment.

"That's not been something that we have requested or have put forward," he added. "It's a tragic situation and a tragic case of what's happened, but that's not something that's been asked."
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Visitation to North Sentinel Island is heavily restricted by the Indian government and contact with the Sentinelese tribe who lives there is illegal to protect their indigenous way of life and prevent the spread of diseases.

In Instagram posts and journals, Chau wrote that he found the island inspiring but frightening.

"Why does this beautiful place have to have so much death here?" he wrote. "I hope this isn't one of my last notes but if it is 'to God be the Glory.'"

Chau had wanted ever since high school to go to North Sentinel to share Christianity with the indigenous people, Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Covenant Journey, a program that takes college students on tours of Israel to affirm their Christian faith, told the Associated Press. Chau went through that program in 2015.

"He didn't go there for just adventure. I have no question it was to bring the gospel of Jesus to them," Staver said.

Police say Chau was apparently shot to death by bows and arrows and his body was buried in a beach. Officials in India have been reported not to have any plans to recover the body.
Fox News' Louis Casiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Remote Indian tribe who killed American missionary unlikely to face punishment, State Department says

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The reclusive tribe who killed an American missionary who ventured onto their remote Indian island last year is unlikely to face U.S. sanctions, the State Department says. Samuel D. Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, made the announcement about John Allen Chau and the Sentinelese tribe during a State Department press briefing earlier this month.

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Doctors have been prescribing fentanyl to the wrong patients. Fentanyl is a highly potent and immediate release drug meant for people with advance cancer.This is a problem because prescribing this to the wrong patient can cause death or severe sickness. This is important to History because it will show them not do it again learning from their past.

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why young americans are flocking to asia - cnn

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Asia is sexy. From K-Pop sensation BTS topping the Billboard charts to "Crazy Rich Asians" owning the summer box office, Americans can't get enough of Asian film, music, and of course, ramen noodles.

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James Alan Neal was charged with the murder of Linda O'Keefe. This murder took place in 1973 in southern California. He was found in Colorado through "genealogical DNA." A familiar mach lead prosecutors to Neal who then took a DNA sample and compared it to DNA found on O’Keefe. This outlines how new tec is continuing to aid the police force. It also outlines just how little regulation there is on personal information.

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Southern California authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to a nearly half-century-old murder case.

Newport Beach police and Orange County prosecutors said they'll reveal details of their probe of a 1973 slaying during a 10 a.m. press conference on Wednesday.

Authorities declined to immediately disclose details of the arrest, but Newport Beach police said last year they were taking a fresh look at the 1973 slaying of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe.

The girl lived in the Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach and was last seen alive on July 6, 1973, as she walked home from summer school.

O'Keefe was strangled and her body found the next day.

"My office will never forget about cold cases," Orange County DA Todd Spitzer said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our hearts go out to the victim and the victim's family in this case, having to endure decades without answers. We will make sure that the defendant is fairly and justly held accountable in a court of law."

Spitzer's statement thanked the FBI, the Colorado Springs Police Department, and El Paso County Sheriff's Department for their assistance.

Newport Beach police in July released a sketch of a man, the possible suspect, based on DNA collected at the scene. A turquoise van was spotted near where O'Keefe was last seen, police have said.

"We have heard from a number of her friends from when she was in school and her death has touched so many people," Newport Beach police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella said last year. "They haven't forgotten about her and we haven't either."

Police urged the public to share details about O'Keefe's disappearance on social media with the hashtag #Lindastory.

"The tweets extend the period of time that Linda's story can be out there for people to relate to," Manzella said. "We want as many sets of eyes on that sketch as possible so somebody can recognize the face of a killer so we can get justice."

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Southern California police make arrest in cold case murder from 1973

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Southern California authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to a nearly half-century-old murder case. Newport Beach police and Orange County prosecutors said they'll reveal details of their probe of a 1973 slaying during a 10 a.m. press conference on Wednesday.

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An 11 year old boy in Florida was arrested after his refusal to say the pledge of allegiance caused conflict between him and the substitute teacher at the time. The boy was a sixth grade student in Lakeland, Fla, who had been confronted and then reported to the police by the substitute teacher that noticed he wasn't reciting the pledge. While state attorney Brian Haas has stated his office would not prosecute the boy despite a report by the police claiming he made numerous threats while disrupting the class, the case would only be dropped if the boy completed a "diversion program" which would include a fine and community service. The boys family is outraged, and believes he is being punished for expressing his First Amendment Rights. This controversy has raised questions on students freedom of expression, and whether it was really necessary for the police to be called.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/11-year-old-arrested.html

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In a small barber shop in Hanoi Alley, Vietnam, you can get either a Donald Trump or Kim Jong Un haircut for free. This picture shows a young boy who got the Kim Jung Un haircut, and a man that got get the Donald Trump haircut. This relates to history because some people take pride in these leaders, even enough to get the same haircut as them. Later on, hopefully people look back on history and notice important things and events rather than people getting odd haircuts.

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HANOI, Vietnam -- At a barbershop tucked away in a small Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for his hair dye to bleach his natural black into the color of the president of the United States.

On a chair next to him, 9-year-old To Gia Huy emerges as a spitting image of a miniature Kim Jong Un.

"Many people say that I look like Kim Jong Un, especially when I have this hairstyle," said Huy, who was nicknamed "Un" for his likeness to the North Korean leader.

He was unable to hide his excitement that Kim is coming to the Vietnamese capital next week for his second summit with President Donald Trump, and hopes for a chance to see him in person.

As the summit frenzy shakes Hanoi, hairdresser Le Tuan Duong has joined in, offering free Trump or Kim hairstyles to about a dozen customers.

"Hanoi is a city of peace. When Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un decide to come here to talk about restoring peace, I think I should do something to show that Hanoi people welcome the summit," Duong said.

He said Kim's hairstyle shows youth while Trump's displays power.

"But Kim's style is a lot more popular among customers," he said.

Hai, a motorcycle taxi driver, went for Trump's orange because he confessed, "I really like Donald Trump so I want to have (his) hairstyle."

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Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders' hairdos for free

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HANOI, Vietnam -- At a barbershop tucked away in a small Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for his hair dye to bleach his natural black into the color of the president of the United States. On a chair next to him, 9-year-old To Gia Huy emerges as a spitting image of a miniature Kim Jong Un.

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Trumps administration said that they planed to cancel the 969 million dollars that they awarded to California's bullet train. He also says that he wants the state to return another 2.5 billion dollars that it has already used. They have not finished the train yet and have not been working on it for a while and that is why trump decided to take the money back.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announcement follows through on President Donald Trump's threats to claw back $3.5 billion that the federal government gave to California to build a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed a fight to keep the money and said the move was in response to California again suing the administration , this time over Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"This is clear political retribution by President Trump, and we won't sit idly by," Newsom said in a statement. "This is California's money, and we are going to fight for it."

It's the latest spat between the White House and California. Trump earlier in the day linked the emergency declaration lawsuit to the train, noting that California filed the challenge on behalf of 16 states.

"California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!" the president tweeted.

The train project has faced repeated cost overruns and delays since California voters approved it in 2008. The Trump administration argued Tuesday that the state hasn't provided required matching dollars and can't complete certain construction work by a 2022 deadline.

Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that he planned to scale back the project and focus immediately on building 171 miles (275 kilometers) of track in central California. His office said he still plans to complete the full line, although he said the current plan would cost too much and take too long.

He's pledged to continue environmental work on the full line, which is required to keep the federal money.

Congress nearly a decade ago approved the $929 million that Trump wants to cancel. The state has not started spending that money. But it has already spent the extra $2.5 billion that Trump now wants back.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said it is "actively exploring every legal option" to get back the money.

The grant agreement between California and the federal government, signed in 2010, outlines several scenarios in which the federal government could take the money back. It can take the money back, for example, if the grantee fails to make "adequate progress" or "fails to complete the project or one of its tasks" or if the state doesn't meet its matching fund requirements.

If the federal government decides to take the money back, it doesn't have to wait for California to write a check. The agreement states the federal government could offset the money it would pay California for different transportation or other projects.

California hasn't yet fully matched the $2.5 billion in stimulus money. It's in the process of doing so now, using money from the 2008 bond passed by voters and revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program. It can't unlock the $929 million grant until it completes its match.

Still, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has already budgeted for the full $3.5 billion. It's put toward constructing a 119-mile (191.5-kilometer) segment of track in the Central Valley expected to cost $10.6 billion.

Dan Richard, the outgoing chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors, said people's livelihoods depend on the project through jobs and other economic development in the Central Valley.

"It would be very important to avoid anything that would disrupt the economic recovery in the Central Valley that has been brought about by high-speed rail," he said.

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Trump wants California to pay back billions for bullet train

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent. The U.S.

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Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, died on February 19th in a fast-moving house fire. The father, Ebraheim Barho, raced inside to try to save the children but he was unsuccessful. The mother, Kawthar Barho, was hospitalized and is expected to survive. This was a devastating blow for the Canadians helping these immigrants prosper. The Canadians were effected because they were helping pay for their housing and meals in taxes.

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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, died early Tuesday in a fast-moving house fire described as Nova Scotia's deadliest blaze in recent memory.

The father, Ebraheim Barho, was reported fighting for his life after apparently trying in vain to save his children, who ranged in age from about 3 months to the mid-teens. The mother, Kawthar Barho, also was hospitalized with injuries but was expected to survive.

In an interview from the hospital, Imam Wael Haridy of the Nova Scotia Islamic Community Centre said the Barhos had fled Syria's civil war.

"We're here in hospital with a desperate mother who lost seven of her kids," Haridy said, adding: "She's saying to us, 'Am I going to get my children back?' ... It's so hard. It's so sad."

He said officials were conducting DNA tests to confirm the identities of the dead children before they can proceed with a traditional Islamic burial process.

The family was among 1,795 Syrian refugees who have come to Nova Scotia in recent years.

News of the deadly fire was a blow for the Canadians who sponsored them.

"Everyone is devastated, and our loss pales in comparison to the parents," said Natalie Horne, vice president of the Hants East Assisting Refugees Team.

Horne said the family arrived on Sept. 29, 2017. She identified the children as Ahmad, 14; Rola, 12; Mohamad, 9; Ola, 8; Hala, 3; Rana, 2; and Abdullah, born in November.

She said the family came from Raqqa, Syria, and lived in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, for over a year before moving to Halifax to be closer to refugee support services, such as English-language training.

But she said the family missed the support of the community in Elmsdale and had been planning to move back in a few more days.

Police said the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

Halifax Fire Deputy Chief Dave Meldrum said it was the deadliest fire anyone could remember in the East Coast province.

"Words fail when children are taken from us too soon, especially in circumstances like this," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a tweet.

Danielle Burt, who lives next door to the family, said she heard a loud bang and a woman screaming just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Burt fled the house with her four children and saw the parents outside in a harrowing scene.

"The mother was on the grass, praying I guess, bowing, her hands down, and pulling on my husband's arm to call 911," said Burt, her voice breaking. "She said the kids were inside, and the dad was sitting on the steps. I think he had gone back in because he was really burnt. It was just awful."

Rich Farrell, who lives down the street, said he and other neighbors ran to the house to try to help but the flames spread too quickly.

"It's so frightening, but in the space of 30 seconds it went from what looked like a little bit of flame to the whole thing just becoming engulfed," Farrell said.

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7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire

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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, died early Tuesday in a fast-moving house fire described as Nova Scotia's deadliest blaze in recent memory. The father, Ebraheim Barho, was reported fighting for his life after apparently trying in vain to save his children, who ranged in age from about 3 months to the mid-teens.

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The Mars rover, Opportunity, has died after fifteen years of operation on the of Mars during a dust storm that spanned nearly the entire planet. It's objective was, originally, to travel 1150 yards for 90 days, but it had survived for over fifteen years, and traveled over 28 miles of the planet's surface. Without it, we wouldn't have any new or current Mars Rover programs at NASA, and we wouldn't have known about the ice on Mars.

https://www.popsci.com/opportunity-rover-announcement-dead

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This article is about space trash. This guy from Denver believes it can be art. And some day his idea will replace fireworks at large events. The whole reason he wants the do this is because space trash blocks satellite reception and damages the satellites. So he’s trying to bring awareness to it

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Daan Roosengaarde hopes to transform some of the space junk into shooting stars (Credit: Studio Roosegaarde)

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has spent much of his career seeking artistic solutions to solve our environmental woes. His past projects include " Bioluminescent Trees" to light streets, a "Smog-Free Tower" to clean Beijing's polluted air, and "Gates of Light," which uses the headlamps of passing cars to illuminate the 60 floodgates of the Afsluitdijk, a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. Now, the creative artist is hoping to use his skills to solve a pressing global issue - space junk!

NASA scientists estimate that there are currently over 500,000 particles of marble-sized or larger debris, and almost twice that amount of microscopic pieces of man-made trash, floating in Earth's orbit. The polluting culprits range from small rocket pieces to large satellites and fuel tanks. What's worse is that the larger objects often cluster in similar orbits and crash into each other, creating tiny, hard-to-collect rubble.

Lasers point to pieces of trash floating around the skies (Credit: Studio Roosegaarde)

Researchers worry that the ever-thickening layer of waste could potentially interfere with our communication tools by either blocking satellite reception, or, worse, causing damage to the satellites. If left unchecked, it may someday even prevent spacecraft or satellites from passing through. "So basically, we're trapped," Roosegaarde says. "For me, space waste is such an obscene beauty - it's incredibly intriguing, but it's also incredibly sad."

To tackle the issue before it gets out of hand, Roosegaarde is collaborating with experts from the European Space Agency (ESA). The designer intends to achieve his goal by educating the public about the urgency of the situation and coming up with feasible solutions to solve the problem. The initiative, called the Space Waste Lab, launched in October 2018 with a spectacular laser show in the Netherlands. The unique outdoor artwork of LEDs staged on select days in December 2018 and January 2019, used real-time tracking information to point at pieces of space junk floating at altitudes of 200 to 20,000 kilometers (125 to 12,500 miles). The enthralling experience, enhanced by shutting down street lights and commercial signs, was designed to raise public awareness of the amount of space junk.

Space junk could be used to build structures for the moon (Credit: Studio Roosegaarde)

Space Waste Lab also plans to spread the message by staging temporary exhibitions in various European cities. Visitors will be educated of the issue through films, presentations, and an expo program entitled "Space @ KAF," which covers a wider context of space. The artist says, "We need to look at space in a better way. What is space waste, how can we fix it, and what is its potential? Space waste is the smog of our universe."

To find a solution to the issue, the designer has been brainstorming with experts. One of the projects being considered is "Shooting Stars," which attempts to reintroduce the trash to the atmosphere in a controlled way. Upon reentry, the waste would burn in the atmosphere like a shooting star, creating both a "spectacle" and "an immersive awareness event." Roosegaarde envisions that if successful, burning space trash could someday replace fireworks at large public events! He is also contemplating an effective way to harness the floating debris and use it as material to 3D print structures for the moon.

Roosegaarde isn't the only one trying to solve this elusive problem. In September 2018, the RemoveDEBRIS satellite, launched to test some of the previously proposed ideas, successfully deployed a net to capture a target CubeSat while orbiting at an altitude of about 300 kilometers (190 miles). Sometime this year, the capsule, developed by UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology, will unleash a harpoon that has been designed to de-orbit space trash. At the end of its mission, RemoveDEBRIS will release a sail to bring the satellite, and, hopefully some trash, back into the atmosphere, where it will burn up on impact. The outcomes will determine if any of the techniques are good enough to undertake the gargantuan task of cleaning up our skies.

Resources: studioroosegaarde.net, fastcompany.com, dezeen.com, designboom.com

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Dutch Artist Envisions Transforming Space Trash Into Fiery Shooting Stars

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Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has spent much of his career seeking artistic solutions to solve our environmental woes. His past projects include "Bioluminescent Trees" to light streets, a "Smog-Free Tower" to clean Beijing's polluted air, and "Gates of Light," which uses the headlamps of passing cars to illuminate the 60 floodgates of the Afsluitdijk, a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands.