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A South Korean judge said Friday that ex-President Park Geun-hye is guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The details came in a nationally televised verdict as Judge Kim Se-yun read a lengthy statement at Seoul Central District Court.

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A South Korean judge said Friday that ex-President Park Geun-hye is guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The details came in a nationally televised verdict as Judge Kim Se-yun read a lengthy statement at Seoul Central District Court.

The sentencing was to follow; prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term.

Park has been held at a detention center near Seoul since her arrest in March 2017, but she refused to attend Friday's court session, citing sickness. Park was removed from office early last year following months of massive rallies that saw millions take to the nation's streets calling for her ouster.

Once seen as the darling of South Korean conservatives, she was dubbed "Queen of Elections" by local media for her track record of leading her party to victory in tight races and still has a small group of fierce supporters who regularly stage rallies calling for her release.

Park maintains that she's a victim of "political revenge" and has been refusing to attend court sessions since October.

Park has previously maintained her innocence.

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South Korean President Park found guilty of abuse of power, coercion

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A South Korean judge said Friday that ex-President Park Geun-hye is guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The details came in a nationally televised verdict as Judge Kim Se-yun read a lengthy statement at Seoul Central District Court. The sentencing was to follow; prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term.

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Teenager broke into Texas home, watched mom and daughter sleep

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A male teenager broke into a Texas home, dressed and undressed and watched a mother and young daughter sleep for a half hour during a frightening episode on New Year's Day, police said.

And, officials said, the man left behind a mysterious stain on the woman's bed.

Terrell Morgan, 17, was arrested on burglary charges after he allegedly broke into a Spring home through a window, the Montogomery County Sherrif's Office wrote on Facebook.

Cops said the teenager attempted to enter the home by trying to open several doors and windows around the house before ultimately breaking in through a guest room window.

He was then spotted on surveillance video walking around the house before entering the bedroom of the homeowner's 7-year-old daughter.

The little girl was not sleeping in her bedroom at the time and was actually with her mother in the master bedroom, the homeowner told police.

But the man identified as Morgan is then seen walking into the master bedroom, where he stayed for about 30 minutes. When he leaves the room, his pants are off and he's wearing a dress partially pulled up to his knees.

Officials said they believe Morgan was watching the mother and child sleep.

The homeowner told deputies she found a stain on her bed when she woke up that was not there before she went to sleep.

Additionally, a water bottle Morgan allegedly left behind was found in the guest room while a pair of shorts were recovered from a storm drain in front of the house. Police said the shorts were linked back to the suspect.

Officials said this was not the first time Morgan had entered the home. The homeowner said Morgan allegedly broke into the house on Nov. 24 while she slept and stole several items.

Cops were able to identify Morgan using finger prints left on the water bottle that matched his prints from a previous arrest, ABC13 reported.

Morgan, who was arrested Wednesday, is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Lucia I. Suarez Sang is a Reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @luciasuarezsang

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Teenager broke into Texas home, watched mom and daughter sleep, left behind stain, cops say

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A male teenager broke into a Texas home, dressed and undressed and watched a mother and young daughter sleep for a half hour during a frightening episode on New Year's Day, police said. And, officials said, the man left behind a mysterious stain on the woman's bed.

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a Maryville bar owner said her heart was broken when a college student who was 20 got shot right on the front of her bar

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A day after 19-year-old Morgan McCoy was struck and killed by a pickup truck while walking out of a Maryville, Mo., bar, the owner of the place said he still doesn't know how it happened.

What he did know, Erik Schreiber, said, was that McCoy's death Sunday sent ripples not only throughout Maryville but also the wider community of Northwest Missouri State University students and alumni, of which both he and McCoy were a part.

McCoy, a Northwest Missouri State University sophomore from Liberty, was walking out through the front door of The Palms at 422 N. Buchanan St. about 1 a.m. when a GMC pickup truck with an allegedly drunk driver at the wheel plowed through the front of the building, fatally injuring her.

McCoy reportedly had her hand on the door when the truck hit her, said Schreiber, a Northwest Missouri State graduate and former police officer who has owned The Palms since 2014.

"It's broken my heart," Schreiber said Monday. "This affects not only that girl and her family, but the whole campus."

The driver of the truck, Alex A. Catterson, 21, of Maryville, was arrested and has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a potential prison sentence of three to 10 years.

According to a police report, his blood alcohol level registered .207, which is more than twice the legal limit.

Officers arriving at the scene of the crash found the pickup truck partially inside the building, with McCoy lying injured in front of it.

An employee of The Palms was detaining Catterson in the driver's seat of the truck. According to a probable cause statement submitted to prosecutors, police questioning Catterson reported that he "smelled strongly of intoxicating beverages, he had vomited, was belching, and slurring his speech slightly.

"He admitted being intoxicated, repeatedly stated he was drunk, and repeatedly asked about the status of the female victim," the report said.

McCoy died after being taken to a hospital. The university and members of McCoy's sorority, Sigma Kappa, issued statements mourning her.

Exactly what led up to the truck slamming into the building remains unclear. Maryville police on Monday said an accident report has not yet been completed.

The Palms remained closed Monday, not only because of the physical damage that needs to be repaired but also because of the tragedy, Schreiber said.

Schreiber said he was not at the bar when the wreck occurred. He noted that it was legal for McCoy, at age 19, to be in the bar. A Maryville city ordinance allows patrons aged 19 and 20 to socialize in bars, but not to drink.

The Palms had at one time been a bar and grill, Schreiber said, but he had removed the kitchen. He said his staff strictly enforced drinking-age rules with colored wristbands and X marks drawn on underage patrons' hands.

Schreiber said he doesn't think Catterson had been in his bar. He has created a GoFundMe page to help McCoy's family with funeral costs.

"It's been a rough time," he said. "I've bent over backwards to make this place safe so people can send their kids here and they come back in one piece."

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'It's broken my heart': Maryville bar owner grieves college student killed at front door

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A day after 19-year-old Morgan McCoy was struck and killed by a pickup truck while walking out of a Maryville, Mo., bar, the owner of the place said he still doesn't know how it happened.

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With Doug and Erin curry officially out of power of Xceligent, they have proven to not hesitate by starting plans for a new company that within one month has already been launched.

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Xceligent CEO Doug Curry at REBNY's annual banquet in January

Xceligent CEO Doug Curry has been fired from the commercial real estate data company he founded in 1999, multiple sources tell Bisnow.

Frank Anton, formerly CEO of construction industry media company Hanley Wood, will take over as executive chairman of Xceligent, and Chief Operating Officer Jody Vanarsdale will become the interim CEO. The company confirmed the personnel change in a press release Tuesday evening.

Curry's exit comes one day after Xceligent suffered a major setback in its ongoing legal battle with CoStar, the $9B D.C.-based property data giant, when a Pennsylvania judge ruled in CoStar's favor in a lawsuit against one of Xceligent's contractors, RE BackOffice.

RE BackOffice revealed in a filing Friday that Xceligent directed it to hack CoStar's website and copy its content. The contractor specifically named Curry as being involved in directing the online data theft, and agreed to pay CoStar all profits it received from Xceligent.

When reached by text message Tuesday afternoon, Curry declined to comment. Curry's wife, Erin Curry, has also left the company after serving as chief people officer.

The primary legal battle is taking place in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, where CoStar sued Xceligent in December, alleging Curry's Missouri-based company had stolen and resold thousands of its property listings and images. Xceligent responded in June with an antitrust countersuit, arguing CoStar has engaged in monopolistic practices to maintain its perch atop the industry.

The Pennsylvania ruling forces RE BackOffice to pay damages to CoStar and sets a permanent injunction preventing the contractor from copying CoStar's content. CoStar had previously subpoenaed the contractor in the Missouri case, meaning the revelations will likely have an impact on the outcome of the original lawsuit.

Curry previously told Bisnow he believed the legal battle would determine not only the fate of the company he founded, but also the future of how commercial property data is shared.

Before launching Xceligent, Curry owned a company in Kansas City that engineered an efficient way to write real estate appraisals. When he began to shift from the residential to the commercial sector, he realized no centralized platform existed for viewing commercial property information.

When CoStar acquired Xceligent's majority owner, property listing website LoopNet, in 2012, the Federal Trade Commission forced it to sell Curry's company to allow for competition in the marketplace. London-based Daily Mail and General Trust acquired Xceligent and began investing heavily in a nationwide expansion.

Xceligent entered the nation's largest market, New York City, in June. It also plans to open in Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. It remains unclear how Curry's exit will affect the expansion plans.

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Xceligent CEO Doug Curry at REBNY's annual banquet in January Xceligent CEO Doug Curry has been fired from the commercial real estate data company he founded in 1999, multiple sources tell Bisnow. Frank Anton, formerly CEO of construction industry media company Hanley Wood, will take over as executive chairman of Xceligent, and Chief Operating Officer Jody Vanarsdale will become the interim CEO.

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Corine Audiat a 32 year old women had sex with a student under 18 was charged with rape and oral copulation and they say she might avoid jail time

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A former Fremont, Calif., gym teacher who pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016 could avoid serving jail time as a part of her plea deal.

Corine Audiat, 32, pleaded no contest on Dec. 19 to two felony charges, including statutory rape and oral copulation of a person under 18, in exchange for the dismissal of five other charges, the Mercury News reported.

Audiat was arrested in 2016 after police launched an investigation following a tip that the former Washington High School physical education teacher was involved with a male student.

She was arrested and booked but later released after posting bail.

A lawsuit filed earlier this year against the Fremont Unified School District accused Audiat of 'grooming,' flirtation, sending text messages and open displays of affection with her students, the paper reported.

Audiat is set to be sentenced Feb. 9 and could serve up to 180 days in county jail, but a judge could offer her time served outside of jail, electronically monitored, the DailyMail reported.

She also faces up to five years' probation and will be forced to register as a sex offender in California.

A spokeswoman for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Teresa Drenick, said that Audiat could be hit with other "fees, fines and restitution as determined by the judge," but wouldn't further explain the plea deal.

"We don't get into the background as to why we've decided to let somebody plead with a certain negotiated deal," she said.

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Former California gym teacher who had sex with male student could avoid jail time

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East coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive storm.

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BOSTON (AP) - East Coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive winter storm slammed the region with heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding.

Forecasters predict that record-breaking cold air and strong winds will set people's teeth chattering like castanets from the mid-Atlantic to New England on Friday and that the frigid weather will hang around through the weekend.

"This is chilly, chilly stuff," Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said on Thursday.

The arctic blast could make temperatures feel as low as minus 15 degrees from Philly to Beantown on Friday and make residents of states like Maryland and Virginia shiver from temps ranging from 10 degrees to 15 degrees. Coastal areas in the Northeast, Hurley said, may experience numbing single digits.

The storm began two days ago in the Gulf of Mexico and first struck the Florida Panhandle. By Thursday it was wreaking havoc as blizzard warnings and states of emergency went into effect along the Eastern Seaboard. Wind gusts hit more than 70 mph (113 kph) in places and some areas saw as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow.

The storm caused school and business closings, airline and rail service cancellations or reductions and thousands of utilities outages, many of them restored quickly. Some ferry services even had to be shut down along the Canadian coast.

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In the South, the winter weather forced portable toilets to be put in place outside Mississippi's Capitol after pipes burst and it caused iguanas to become sluggish and topple from trees in South Florida. Residents of southeast Georgia were treated to a rare half foot of snow (15 centimeters).

In New England, the powerful winds brought coastal flooding that reached historic levels in some communities with icy water overflowing piers, streets and restaurants and stranding some people who had to be rescued.

At least seven people died in weather-related accidents.

Four people were killed in North Carolina and South Carolina after their vehicles ran off snow-covered roads, authorities said. Another fatality was reported near Philadelphia when a car could not stop at the bottom of a steep, snow-covered hill and slammed into a commuter train. A passenger in the vehicle was killed. No one on the train was hurt.

In Virginia, a girl was struck by a pickup truck while sledding and a 75-year-old man was hit by a snow plow while clearing business parking lots, authorities said. Both died at hospitals from their injuries, police said.

Some of the most painfully cold weather is still to come, Hurley said.

In northern New England, temperatures will be below zero this weekend. The high in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday may only be minus 5 degrees, he said.

With the wind chill, it could feel as cold as 30 degrees below in those areas, a dangerous level that could potentially lead to frostbite exposure, warned Carl Erickson, an AccuWeather meteorologist based in State College, Pennsylvania.

The South won't be spared, either. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia can expect temperatures around 15 degrees to 20 degrees, Hurley said. Northern Florida will be in the 20s to low 30s.

Sunday morning should bring the coldest temperatures from Portland, Maine, to Washington, D.C. "That's when you'll see records being challenged or broken, with temperatures at or near zero in many places," Hurley said.

More seasonable weather is expected to return early next week with temperatures in the high 30s and near 40s, he said. For some, it will feel downright balmy.

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BOSTON (AP) - East Coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive winter storm slammed the region with heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding. Forecasters predict that record-breaking cold air and strong winds will set people's teeth chattering like castanets from the mid-Atlantic to New England on Friday and that the frigid weather will hang around through the weekend.

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Apple's chips in there iphone, ipads, and macs have been affected to the two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. this makes it much easier

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Apple users haven't been spared in the great computer chip debacle.

The U.S. tech giant has confirmed that all its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown.

For starters, make sure your iPhone, iPads, computers and all apps you use are kept up to date to help protect against hackers exploiting the flaws.

Related: What to do about the Spectre and Meltdown risks

In an announcement Thursday, Apple said it has released patches to defend against Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2. Apple will release patches in its Safari browser to help defend against Spectre "in the coming days," the company added.

But it's still working on other fixes that users should look out for.

"We continue to develop and test further mitigations for these issues and will release them in upcoming updates of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS," Apple said.

Pointing out that the risks are likely to come from "a malicious app," Apple also advised users to download software "only from trusted sources such as the App Store."

Like other big tech companies that are scrambling to deal with the problem, Apple sought also to reassure users.

"There are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," it said.

The Apple Watch isn't impacted by the Meltdown flaw.

Researchers first announced the two flaws affecting virtually all computer processors on Wednesday.

Related: The computer chip debacle: Businesses are scrambling

Here's the issue: Modern processors are designed to perform something called "speculative execution" to enhance performance. Data is supposed to be protected and isolated, but researchers discovered that in some cases, the information can be exposed while the processor queues it up.

Researchers said almost every computing system -- desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cloud servers -- is affected by the Spectre bug. Meltdown appears to be specific to chips made by Intel.

Fixing the problems will slow a computer's performance, experts say, especially on devices more than five years old.

Intel said that "for the average user," the performance impact on products using the processors from the last five years "should not be significant and will be mitigated over time."

The bigger challenge appears to be for companies that deal with a lot of network traffic and considerable processing power -- things like cloud computing providers, retailers that process consumer transactions and medical systems that crunch data.

Related: Intel CEO's massive stock dump raises eyebrows

Some experts say that to completely get rid of the risks created by the flaws, the affected processors need to be replaced entirely. But that's not realistically going to happen anytime soon.

There aren't any processors available at the moment that can replace the vulnerable ones and still provide the same kind of functionality.

Experts say that it will take years to bring to market new chips that can perform the same tasks both safely and effectively.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published January 4, 2018: 7:52 PM ET

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Apple: All iPhones, iPads and Macs affected by chip flaws

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The U.S. tech giant has confirmed that all its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. For starters, make sure your iPhone, iPads, computers and all apps you use are kept up to date to help protect against hackers exploiting the flaws.

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Apple put out a new ios update so that all of its products would be protected from hackers. But apple is till working on other things to fix.

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Apple users haven't been spared in the great computer chip debacle.

The U.S. tech giant has confirmed that all its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown.

For starters, make sure your iPhone, iPads, computers and all apps you use are kept up to date to help protect against hackers exploiting the flaws.

Related: What to do about the Spectre and Meltdown risks

In an announcement Thursday, Apple said it has released patches to defend against Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2. Apple will release patches in its Safari browser to help defend against Spectre "in the coming days," the company added.

But it's still working on other fixes that users should look out for.

"We continue to develop and test further mitigations for these issues and will release them in upcoming updates of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS," Apple said.

Pointing out that the risks are likely to come from "a malicious app," Apple also advised users to download software "only from trusted sources such as the App Store."

Like other big tech companies that are scrambling to deal with the problem, Apple sought also to reassure users.

"There are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," it said.

The Apple Watch isn't impacted by the Meltdown flaw.

Researchers first announced the two flaws affecting virtually all computer processors on Wednesday.

Related: The computer chip debacle: Businesses are scrambling

Here's the issue: Modern processors are designed to perform something called "speculative execution" to enhance performance. Data is supposed to be protected and isolated, but researchers discovered that in some cases, the information can be exposed while the processor queues it up.

Researchers said almost every computing system -- desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cloud servers -- is affected by the Spectre bug. Meltdown appears to be specific to chips made by Intel.

Fixing the problems will slow a computer's performance, experts say, especially on devices more than five years old.

Intel said that "for the average user," the performance impact on products using the processors from the last five years "should not be significant and will be mitigated over time."

The bigger challenge appears to be for companies that deal with a lot of network traffic and considerable processing power -- things like cloud computing providers, retailers that process consumer transactions and medical systems that crunch data.

Related: Intel CEO's massive stock dump raises eyebrows

Some experts say that to completely get rid of the risks created by the flaws, the affected processors need to be replaced entirely. But that's not realistically going to happen anytime soon.

There aren't any processors available at the moment that can replace the vulnerable ones and still provide the same kind of functionality.

Experts say that it will take years to bring to market new chips that can perform the same tasks both safely and effectively.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published January 4, 2018: 7:52 PM ET

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Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, saying she is not ready to return to tournament tennis.

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Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, saying she is not ready to return to tournament tennis.

Williams was pregnant with her first child when she won last year's tournament at Melbourne Park, the 23rd Grand Slam singles title of her career.

She gave birth to her daughter, Alexis, in September.

Williams played in an exhibition tournament last week in Abu Dhabi and indicated after her loss to French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko that she might not make it to Melbourne.

The Australian Open begins Jan 15.

"After competing in Abu Dhabi I realized that although I am super close, I'm not where I personally want to be," Williams said in a statement released Friday by Australian Open organizers.

"My coach and team always said `only go to tournaments when you are prepared to go all the way'. I can compete - but I don't want to just compete, I want to do far better than that and to do so, I will need a little more time.

"With that being said, and even though I am disappointed about it, I've decided not to compete in the Australian Open this year."

Williams, 36, is a seven-time champion of the Australian Open and needs one more Grand Slam title to tie the all-time record held by Margaret Court.

Her withdrawal comes less than 24 hours after fellow former world No.1 Andy Murray withdrew from the men's event with a chronic hip injury.

Several other big names, including top-ranked Rafael Nadal, six-time champion Novak Djokovic and 2014 winner Stan Wawrinka, also are dealing with injuries.

Williams last year beat older sister Venus in the final before revealing she played the tournament despite being more than two months' pregnant.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said Williams waited as long as she could before letting them know she wouldn't be able to compete.

"I've been in constant contact with Serena and her team and know this is why she has pushed it and pushed it until the 11th hour to make her final decision," Tiley said.

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Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, saying she is not ready to return to tournament tennis. Williams was pregnant with her first child when she won last year's tournament at Melbourne Park, the 23rd Grand Slam singles title of her career. She gave birth to her daughter, Alexis, in September.

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The largest passenger plane was forced to land in a small airport in New York after the bomb cyclone shut down the J.F.K. International.

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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger plane, was forced to land at a small New York airport Thursday after the "bomb cyclone" storm system forced the closure of runways at John F. Kennedy International.

Singapore Airlines Flight 26, flying from Frankfurt, Germany to New York City, landed at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor - 80 miles north of its intended destination, according to CNBC.

Manoel Gerlach, one of the 325 passengers on the flight, told CNBC that passengers were able to depart the plane at 5 p.m. using the outdoor stairs. He said he was traveling with his wife and toddler son.

Stewart International Airport bills itself as an "efficient diversion airport," according to CNBC. The jumbo jet - and its 262-foot wingspan - is too big for the airport's gates so passengers were forced to walk in the frigid temperatures to reach the terminal.

A Singapore Airlines spokesman said told CNBC they were planning on providing ground transportation for its passengers. The spokesman said the plane will eventually fly to JFK and then back to Germany.

The "bomb cyclone" storm system that trampled the Northeast forced the cancelation of more than 5,000 flights on Thursday and the cancelation of more than 1,000 flights on Friday, according to FlightAware.com.

Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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A Utah mom killed her 9-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself in a "shocking" murder-suicide discovered on New Year's Eve.

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Mom, 41, kills daughter, 9, and self in ‘shocking’ murder-suicide

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A Utah mom killed her 9-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself in a “shocking” murder-suicide discovered on New Year’s Eve.

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A California man has been charged with impersonating a police office after pulling over a driver who happened to be an off duty cop. Brandon Freeman, 29, flashed red lights white sedan and signaled the person to pull over. However, the off duty cop continued to drive and started communicated with an on duty stop to come and stop Brandon's car. There was a passenger in Brandon's car who was arrested on outstanding felony charges

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A man arrested in California has been charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over a driver who turned out to be a real off-duty cop, Visalia authorities said.

The off-duty sergeant was driving in Tulare around 11:45 p.m. Monday when the suspect, identified as Brandon Freeman, 29, flashed red lights on his 2008 white Buick sedan and signaled the sergeant to pull over, the Fresno Bee reported.

Instead, the sergeant continued to drive and communicated with on-duty officers to instead stop Freeman's car, the newspaper reported.

Freeman also faces other unspecified charges, the report said.

A passenger in Freeman's car was also arrested on outstanding felony warrants.

Click here for more from the Fresno Bee.

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North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks, in what will be the first high-level contact to take place between the two countries in more than two years

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North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks in what will be the first high-level contact between the two countries in more than two years.

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters Friday that North Korea informed Seoul by fax that it has accepted the offer to initiate talks.

The person-to-person talks will be held Tuesday - the day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's birthday - at the Peace House in the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, Baik said.

The two sides agreed to work on the details of the talks "through the exchange of documents," Baik said, adding that agenda items will be "issues related to improving inter-Korean relationships, including the Pyeongchang Olympic Games."

A statement from the International Olympic Committee said it welcomes talks aimed at having North Korean athletes compete in next month's Winter Games in South Korea.

The IOC said it was continuing discussions with the North Korean National Olympic Committee and keeping its invitation open for a delegation.

Two North Korean athletes, figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-sik, have qualified for the Games. While Pyongyang has missed a registration deadline for the two, the IOC could allow an exception to be made.

The faxed message accepting the long-standing offer of talks was from Ri Son-kwon, chairman of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. It was addressed to South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon, Baik said.

Baik said the decision of who would attend the meetings was still being finalized.

The last such high-level talk was a deputy ministerial meeting in December 2015 at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.

The complex, which opened in 2004 in a rare show of cooperation between the two Koreas, was shuttered last year as Pyongyang ramped up its missile and nuclear testing.

Possible thaw

The announcement of talks comes on the heels of other signs of rapprochement between the two rivals.

In what's widely regarded as a diplomatic breakthrough, a hotline between Seoul and Pyongyang rang again in recent days after going unused for two years.At least five calls have been placed through the cross-border channel since then, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry.

Contact between the countries has resumed since the North Korean leader expressed hope during his New Year's Day address that a North Korean delegation might participate in the Winter Games.

Kim also expressed a desire for a peaceful resolution to the decades-old conflict with South Korea. The Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953, meaning the two nations technically have been at war since then.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in told CNN last year that North Korean participation in the Pyeongchang Olympics would "provide a very good opportunity for inter-Korean peace and reconciliation."

Russia to US: Don't undermine talks

A top Russian official welcomed the restoration of communication and urged the United States to avoid making threatening statements that could undermine talks.

"We are pleased to note the readiness of Seoul and Pyongyang to have direct contacts," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday,according to Russian state-run news agency TASS.

Calling the new developments "a step in the right direction," Ryabkov said, "The hotline is a useful and important tool for de-escalation in unforeseen circumstances." He said Russia will work with all players to help improve the state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula.

"In this situation, other participants in this drama should be extremely cautious, balanced and restrained in statements and assessments so as not to undermine such a fragile chance for some more or less stable political process," he said. "Accordingly, statements of a threatening nature, signals, even if not from officials but from politicians, still have an impact on the situation."

Stronger hand

The advanced stage of North Korea's weapons program could afford its leadership the luxury of diplomacy, said Tong Zhao, a North Korea analyst and fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

"I think Kim Jong Un is now (in) a different position after the Hwasong-15 (long-range missile) testing. At a minimum, North Korea has achieved a rudimentary strategic deterrent and can afford to not continue testing. ... North Korea apparently has plans to mass-produce missiles and nuclear warheads but could (now) consider a moratorium on ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) tests."

Zhao said he views the resumption of talks as a positive sign and considers next week's meeting to be a first step in improving bilateral relations.

"After Kim Jong Un made the overture in his New Year address, the two sides quickly resumed the hotline and agreed to meet - the pace of development is very quick," he said.

"There is an indication that North Korea wants to explore broader issues. I expect they will engage in other issues as well (at the talks). ... It's hard to tell how quickly they will settle the Olympic issue, but it's clear that both sides want to go further with these talks."

Differing reaction

A similar sense of optimism has yet to extend beyond the Korean Peninsula.

On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called North Korea's nuclearization "absolutely unacceptable " and said his country's security situation was the most severe since World War II.

US officials have so far maintained a similarly skeptical stance regarding Kim's sincerity in soothing tensions.

Speaking Tuesday, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, issued a stern warning to North Korea, saying Washington "will never accept a nuclear North Korea."

However, the hard-line US stance may be softening in light of recent developments. In a phone call Thursday, President Donald Trump and Moon agreed not to host joint military drills during the period of the Pyeongchang Olympics, according to a South Korean government statement.

A senior US military official also confirmed to CNN there would be no joint exercises during the Games.

"(Even) if South Korea-North Korea relations improve thanks to the Olympics, the US-South Korea (military) drills will still take place after that, which could still be major reason for turbulence going forward," said Zhao, the North Korea analyst.

Kim has long criticized the US-South Korean drills, declaring them a direct threat to Pyongyang, and a possible barrier to the resumption of diplomatic talks.

The decision to hold off on military drills is a diplomatic response from the US President, who earlier this week bragged in a tweet that his nuclear button was "much bigger & more powerful" than Kim's.

Trump has since sought to take credit for the resumption of communications between Pyongyang and Seoul.

"With all of the failed 'experts' weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total 'might' against the North," Trump tweeted Thursday morning.

"Fools, but talks are a good thing!" he added.

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North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks in what will be the first high-level contact between the two countries in more than two years. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters Friday that North Korea informed Seoul by fax that it has accepted the offer to initiate talks.

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Westbrook triple-double leads Thunder past Clippers 127-117

Russell Westbrook had his 13th triple-double of the season, Paul George scored 31 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Clippers 127-117 on Thursday night to snap Los Angeles' four-game winning streak.

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Terrance Ferguson said when he was a kid he grew braids because of Carmelo Anthony. And then immediately regretted it. "Delete that, delete that," he said pointing around at the media, laughing.

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Terrance Ferguson said when he was a kid he grew braids because of Carmelo Anthony. And then immediately regretted it. "Delete that, delete that," he said pointing around at the media, laughing. Royce Young, ESPN Staff Writer

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In Texas a 4 year old boy was held captive in a closet by his mother who was a drug dealer. When the police busted the house they found the little boy in a rat and roach infested closet. The mother got arrested and charged for dealing meth and child endangerment.

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A hot air balloon with 20 people crashed Friday in Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen others, according to a hot air balloon company. The strong winds were responsible for the crash.

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U.S. authorities are investigating an E. coli infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 17 people in 13 states have been diagnosed with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The 13 states are California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont and Washington. "Five people have been hospitalized, including one who died," said Kate Fowlie, a CDC press officer. Canada has had 41 E. coli cases and they are all in the eastern provinces. The Public Health Agency of Canada said that the virus is linked to romaine lettuce.

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U.S. authorities said today that they continue to investigate a deadly multistate outbreak of E. coli infections that may be tied to romaine lettuce.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 17 people in 13 states had been diagnosed with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157:H7 infections.

"This pathotype is the one most commonly heard about in the news in association with foodborne outbreaks," the U.S. agency said on its website.

The illnesses were reported in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont and Washington.

"Five people have been hospitalized, including one who died," Kate Fowlie, a CDC press officer, told ABC News today. "Two people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure."

The CDC said illnesses had begun Nov. 15 to Dec. 8, 2017.

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Authorities in Canada are also investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections in some of its provinces, the CDC said.

In its news release, the Public Health Agency of Canada said it had a total of 41 cases of E. coli infections in an outbreak that involved five eastern provinces.

Canadian authorities said the outbreak had been linked to "exposure to romaine lettuce."

"The cause of contamination has not been identified. The outbreak appears to be ongoing, as illnesses linked to romaine lettuce continue to be reported," the Canadian agency said. "These illnesses indicate that contaminated romaine lettuce may still be on the market (including in restaurants, grocery stores and any establishments that serve food)."

Fowlie told ABC News today that the CDC is still collecting information to determine whether there is a food item in common among the sick people, including leafy greens and romaine.

"Preliminary results show that the type of E. coli making people sick in both countries is closely related genetically, meaning the ill people are more likely to share a common source of infection," the CDC said in its news release.

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The U.S. agency said the Food and Drug Administration and several state were also involved in the probe. The CDC said, however, in its release that because it had not yet identified a source of the infections, it was unable to recommend whether U.S. residents should avoid a particular food.

"This investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes available," the CDC said.

In the meantime, Consumer Reports experts have cautioned consumers to avoid romaine lettuce until the source of the outbreak has been uncovered.

"Even though we can't say with 100 percent certainty that romaine lettuce is the cause of the E. coli outbreak in the U.S., a greater degree of caution is appropriate given that lettuce is almost always consumed raw," James Rogers, director of Food Safety and Research at Consumer Reports, said in a report posted on the agency's website.

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The major winter storm that hit the east coast is moving away. But they are saying the northeast is not out of the woods. Powerful winds and bitter cold are expected Friday into the weekend in the east and Midwest with temp plunging as low as single digits during the day and below zero at night.

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A one-two punch of powerful winds and bitter cold are expected Friday into the weekend in the East and Midwest, with temperatures plunging as low as single digits during the day, and below zero at night.

With wind chill, temperatures could be as low as -15 in New York and -25 in Boston on the weekend, according to CNN Weather.

The bomb cyclone heaped plenty of misery across the region, deluging streets in Massachusetts with icy water, dumping more than a foot of snow across eight states and knocking out power for tens of thousands.

On Thursday, the tide at Boston Harbor matched its record at 15.1 feet -- previously set during the blizzard of 1978. Waves from the sea washed into Boston streets. In coastal Massachusetts, stunned residents had to flee their homes as frigid waters poured into their street and engulfed their cars.

Latest developments

* Fast-moving weather: The storm was moving quickly and, fortunately, the center of the system and its highest winds stayed offshore, CNN meteorologist Tom Sater said.

* Freezing cold: Wind and cold temperatures will be threats on Friday and Saturday. Wind chills will be brutal this weekend, with some areas in the Northeast feeling like it is -40.

* Deadly conditions: At least 17 people have died this week due to severe weather, officials said. Six deaths were reported in Wisconsin, four in Texas, three in North Carolina, and one each in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota and Virginia.

* Going dark: More than 13,000 people along the East Coast were without power, according to reports from five states. The power outages is a major concern, especially for those in dangerously low temperatures.

Emerging from the storm

Streets in coastal Massachusetts turned into slushy rivers as the storm triggered flooding. Firefighters and even the National Guard scrambled to rescue dozens of residents stranded by freezing water pushing from the Atlantic into coastal Massachusetts. First responders braced the frigid waters using rubber rescue boats and high-water vehicles.

Another issue is how to restore power under challenging circumstances.

In Connecticut, Gov. Dan Malloy said about 2,000 people in the state were without power and that getting the lights back on could take longer than usual because of wind.

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia reported at least a foot of snow Thursday.

Dedham, Massachusetts, had 19 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, 13.2 inches came down in Boston; 9 inches covered the ground in Manhattan; 9.2 fell in Hartford, Connecticut; and 13.9 inches were measured in Providence, Rhode Island.

East Coast shuts down

More than 1,000 Friday flights are canceled, after more than 4,300 flights were canceled on Thursday, FlightAware said.

JFK International is to resume flights Friday 7 a.m. Travel disruptions impacted Greyhound buses and Amtrak, which reduced or canceled service.

Officials urged drivers to stay off the road, saying too many people were getting their cars stuck.

"We want to clear the streets," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said.

Record-breaking temperatures on the way

Cold air is settling through swaths of the Midwest and East Coast. Dozens of cities are set to endure record-breaking cold, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.

New York City and Philadelphia will plummet to 3 degrees this weekend. Boston will plunge to 7 degrees below zero -- plus up to a foot of snow.

CNN's Rachel Aissen, Holly Yan, Judson Jones, Tina Burnside, David Williams, Chuck Johnston, Kristina Sgueglia, Nicole Chavez, Jennifer Varian, Keith Allan and Evan Simko-Bednarski contributed to this report.

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A one-two punch of powerful winds and bitter cold are expected Friday into the weekend in the East and Midwest, with temperatures plunging as low as single digits during the day, and below zero at night. With wind chill, temperatures could be as low as -15 in New York and -25 in Boston on the weekend, according to CNN Weather.

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With the crazy snow storm hitting northeast at Massachusetts coastal with icy waters. People are posting  images of the Boston Harbors overflowing with chunks of ice. The rising tide brought vessels up to street level and flooded parts of Seaport Boulevard. The streets are flooded with icy waters that is over a foot and that the waters are so slushy that residents say its hard to move and would be slow to drain. The next tide would be coming at around midnight and across Massachusetts, more than 20,000 residents were without power.

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A powerful winter storm walloping the Northeast inundated coastal Massachusetts with icy water today.

Officials posted dramatic images on social media of Boston Harbor overflowing with chunks of ice. The rising tide brought vessels up to street level and flooded parts of Seaport Boulevard, while the harbor side entrance of the Aquarium subway station was temporarily shuttered due flooding.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced via Twitter that ferry service was suspended today due to "severe weather and ice" in Boston Harbor.

The Massachusetts State Police tweeted that road closures were in effect, together with images of flooded streets.

Over a foot of icy water filled the roadway of Revere Street and Winthrop Parkway, about 7 miles northeast of downtown Boston. A resident standing outside his house nearby watched as vehicles attempted to plow through the thick slush. He told ABC affiliate WCVB flooding in the area is common but the amount of snow and ice is unusual and makes the floodwater more difficult to move through.

"It's not so slushy like this, so it usually runs off more," the resident said. "I guess we'll see how it goes when we wake up in the morning."

The National Weather Service said the worst of the coastal flooding is over, but warned the water would be slow to drain and said that some of the water would be likely to freeze as temperatures plunge heading into the weekend.

Meanwhile, firefighters were seen rescuing a driver from a car that was stranded on a flooded underpass in Boston.

The massive storm has led U.S. airlines to cancel at least 3,731 flights within, into and out of the United States today, and delay 1,401 others, according to airline tracking firm FlightAware. Many of the cancellations were in Boston.

Eastern Massachusetts, including the Greater Boston area, is expected to get buried under 12 to 18 inches of snow today, according to the National Weather Service.

Snowfall in Boston should let up this evening, meteorologists said.

ABC News' Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.

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A powerful winter storm walloping the Northeast inundated coastal Massachusetts with icy water today. Officials posted dramatic images on social media of Boston Harbor overflowing with chunks of ice. The rising tide brought vessels up to street level and flooded parts of Seaport Boulevard, while the harbor side entrance of the Aquarium subway station was temporarily shuttered due flooding.

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Crystal Merely is a 7 year old girl who asked for a blanket, ball, and food. Crystal merely asked for a blanket because her house is cold and a ball because she was going to give it to her brother.

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A 7-year-old girl's heartbreaking letter to Santa has encouraged concerned residents in Edinburg, Texas ─ and even overseas ─ to reach out with an act of kindness.

Last week, first-grader Crystal Pacheco was instructed to write down her Christmas wishes as part of an in-class assignment, and her teacher was shocked to find that Crystal merely asked for a ball, some food and a blanket, ABC News reported.
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"I have binde good this day," Pacheco wrote. "This Christmas I would like a ball and a food. I need a blancet."

Crystal's teacher, Ruth Espiricueta, later shared the girl's troublesome letter on Facebook, writing that her heart breaks "when I hear [students] ask for things that we sometimes take for granted."

Espiricueta told ABC News that Crystal was the only one of her students to ask for such basic items.
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In response to Espiricueta's post, commenters began asking how they could help or where they could donate.

"What size does this little girl wear?" asked one commenter.

"Just reading this from the UK," wrote another. "I would love to send something over via Amazon. Is there a school address we can use?"

One woman, Nashley Garcia, even arrived at the school with 20 blankets to pass out to students, as well as three balls and a special Avengers blanket for the unnamed student in Espiricueta's post, who she initially believed to be a boy, The Washington Post reported. After meeting Crystal, Garcia ran back out for a Shopkins blanket, she said.

Espiricueta later shared the address of Monte Cristo Elementary for the dozens of others who also wished to send donations.

As of Saturday, the school had received more than 600 blankets, ABC reported.

Pacheco's mother, Maria Isabel Cortez, further told ABC that her daughter had asked for the ball to share with her brother, and "to have food at the house and a blanket because the house is too cold."

Nevertheless, Crystal's teacher said she never would have guessed the girl was in such need, at least not judging by her demeanor in class.

"I had no idea she was going through hard times being that she is always at school with a big smile," Espiricueta told ABC News.
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According to The Washington Post, around 37 percent of the population of Edinburg, a city of roughly 87,000 people, lives below the poverty line.

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A 7-year-old girl's heartbreaking letter to Santa has encouraged concerned residents in Edinburg, Texas ─ and even overseas ─ to reach out with an act of kindness. Last week, first-grader Crystal Pacheco was instructed to write down her Christmas wishes as part of an in-class assignment, and her teacher was shocked to find that Crystal merely asked for a ball, some food and a blanket, ABC News reported.

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PORT CLINTON, Ohio - An Ohio man was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to a rape in which a video of the August incident was recorded by the victim and shared on the social media application Snapchat.

James D. Allen, 78, of Marblehead was sentenced by Judge Bruce Winters in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court.

Allen is also required to register as a sex offender every 90 days for life and will be subject to five years of post-release control if released from prison on parole. He was given credit for 123 days served in the Ottawa County Detention Facility.

Allen pleaded guilty in October to first-degree felony rape and admitted to the incident, including providing alcohol to the 20-year-old victim, substantially impairing her ability to consent.
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Allen claimed in court that because he also consumed a lot of alcohol, he does not remember everything that happened, but said he later saw the video. He said he was not aware at the time that it was being recorded.

"Once I was shown the video by my attorney, I realized that it was completely true," Allen said Thursday. "At that point, I took full responsibility for my actions and I still do. There's no doubt in my mind that I committed a crime against (the victim) and there's no justification for it."

According to the Danbury Township Police Department, authorities were first called to perform a welfare check at a township residence in the early morning hours of Aug. 8.

Detective Sgt. Mark Meisler said everything initially appeared to be fine when police arrived for the welfare check.

Meisler said police later started receiving information from as far away as Texas regarding a possible sex offense at the residence.

Two videos recorded on Snapchat, a cellphone application for sharing image and video messages, were forwarded to the Danbury Township police.

Meisler described the videos depictions as very "clear."

He said that, based on the videos, police returned to the residence and arrested Allen without incident. The victim also was interviewed at that time.

Ottawa County Prosecutor James VanEerten said the victim agreed to Allen's plea deal, which carried a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison.
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In New Jersey late Thursday an apartment building had a major carbon monoxide leak. Dozens were poisoned and a 13-year-old girl died after being rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Seven officers who rushed into the building to save the residence also now suffers symptoms. Reports are saying the building had carbon monoxide detectors but none of them worked.

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&#151; -- One teenager has died and dozens of people were sickened after a massive carbon monoxide leak at an apartment building in New Jersey late Thursday. Seven of those treated for poisoning were first responders.

Police responded to the three-story apartment building in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Thursday night and immediately began evacuating residents, according to New York ABC station WABC.

"I heard the doorbell ring and it was the police and they just went quickly upstairs," Joshua Coria, a resident, told WABC. "Then I heard screaming. There was a knock at the door and they told everybody to get out."

Everyone in the apartment building's 12 residences was evacuated, with police opening a triage area outside on the front lawn. At least 35 people were treated for symptoms of CO poisoning, with some residents passing out in front of the building, according to WABC.

A 13-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to police.

Six victims, including a 14-year-old boy, were unconscious when they arrived at the hospital, WABC reported, and their current conditions are unknown.

The temperature in Perth Amboy, located just southwest of New York City, was only around 20 degrees Thursday evening.

"We immediately knew it was some kind of toxin that was taking everybody over. We knew that if we went in there we would put ourselves in danger, but that's our jobs, that's what we need to do to get the people out to be able to do what we need to do and attempt to save their lives," Perth Amboy Deputy Chief Lawrence Cattano told WABC.

Seven officers who rushed into the building were treated for symptoms, police said.

According to WABC, a criminal investigation is underway because although there were many carbon monoxide detectors in the building, none of them worked.

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DB Cooper sleuth insists letter written by mysterious hijacker linked to San Diego man.

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A nine-digit number found at the bottom of a letter believed to be sent by the mysterious plane hijacker D.B. Cooper came from a San Diego man who is still alive, the leader of an investigative team said.

Thomas Colbert, a TV producer who helped put together the 40-member team, told Seattle PI on Thursday that the person's name is Robert Rackstraw, an Army veteran.

The code was discovered on the bottom of a fifth letter allegedly sent by Cooper after he hijacked a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 on Nov. 24, 1971, according to Seattle PI.

Colbert told the newspaper that the man who sent the letter may have put the code into the letter to signal to possible co-conspirators that he was alive.

Colbert claims that the code refers to three specific Army units Rackstraw was connected to during his military service. One of Rackstraw's former commanders told Colbert that Rackstraw would have learned some encryption codes before being pulled from the unit, according to Seattle PI.

"I think the coding thing is remarkable, but I'm a hard skeptic," Dorwin Schreuder, a former FBI agent who worked on the Cooper mystery in the 1980s, told Seattle PI. "The circumstances of those codes being what Tom says they are, that he says nobody but him would know these units and these figures, if it's true that's pretty hard to argue against. Rackstraw might be his guy."

The FBI released the fifth letter in November, which featured the typed number "717171684" opposite the name "Wash Post" in the bottom left corner. Colbert's team appeared to have linked the number to Rackstraw.

Investigators questioned Rackstraw about the Cooper case in 1978 and eliminated him as a suspect.

In March 2017, Rackstraw sent the judge presiding over Colbert's FOIA lawsuit against the FBI a rambling 9-page letter that the judge took to be a motion to intervene in the case. In his letter, Rackstraw said that he was not D. B. Cooper and accused Colbert of ruining his life.

The judge responded to the letter by issuing a ruling that rejected Rackstraw's motion.

Later that July, Rackstraw sent another letter to the court in which he again said he was not the hijacker.

In 1971 - the night before Thanksgiving -- a man calling himself Dan Cooper, wearing a black tie and a suit, boarded a Seattle-bound Boeing 727 in Oregon and told a flight attendant he had a bomb in a briefcase. He gave her a note demanding ransom.

After the plane landed he released the 36 passengers in exchange for $200,000 in ransom money and parachutes. The ransom was paid in $20 bills.

The hijacker then ordered the plane to fly to Mexico, but near the Washington-Oregon border he jumped and was never seen or heard from again.

Nine years later a boy found a rotting package full of $20 bills near the Columbia River on the same border. The $5,800 matched the ransom money serial numbers.

The FBI has never ruled out the possibility that the hijacker was killed in the jump -- which took place in a rainstorm at night, in rough wooded terrain. The hijacker's clothing and footwear were also unsuitable for a rough landing.

Over the years the most lasting image of Cooper, who became somewhat of a legend, may be the two sketches the FBI released of the suspect.
Fox News' Robert Gearty and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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apple is selling replasment batterys for cheaper.

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There's a very good business reason as to why Apple priced iPhone battery replacements at $79, and it isn't profit. By making a battery replacement relatively expensive, more existing iPhone owners with failing batteries are likely to decide to upgrade to a newer model instead, which is even more profitable for Apple. However, that situation is expected to change this year.

As Reuters reports, analysts at Barclays are expecting iPhone sales to drop during 2018 thanks to Apple's cheap battery replacement program which is already available. The iPhone 6 , 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, and iPhone SE all qualify for the $29 battery replacement. Those models currently make up 77 percent of the iPhone market, meaning even a small percentage of owners opting for a new battery instead of a new iPhone will result in a significant fall in iPhone sales.

Apple lowered its battery replacement pricing as a way of saying sorry after having to admit it slowed down older iPhones without informing owners. This was done to help maintain battery life, not increase sales, but to users the experience was one of a handset that was getting slower (and a nudge to think about upgrading). Apple is now facing multiple lawsuits in response to the intentional performance throttling.

I think the knock-on effect of cheap batteries will extend beyond the end of 2018 when Apple's offer ends. Everyone who opts to have a $29 battery replacement will see their existing iPhone speed up again, demonstrating that you really don't need the latest model to continue enjoying the iOS experience.

So next time the phone gets slow, there's a greater chance of another battery replacement being selected (even at a higher price) than buying a new iPhone 8, iPhone X, or whatever comes next. And don't forget, even if you don't have an iPhone that qualifies for a cheap Apple battery because it is too old, iFixit is matching Apple's pricing and includes older models.

This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.

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