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Kansas man to get life term for killing of 7-year-old son

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A Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty.

Michael Jones, a 46-year-old former bail bondsman from Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the 2015 death of his son, Adrian Jones. He will be sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

The boy's stepmother, 31-year-old Heather Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charge in November and is serving her life sentence. She insisted that she felt helpless to protect Adrian and herself from her abusive husband, but investigators said she, too, abused the boy and she received an additional five years and eight months in prison for child abuse.

Adrian died in September or October 2015, but his death wasn't reported to the authorities. His remains were found that November after officers learned the boy was missing while they were responding to a report that Michael Jones had attacked his wife at their home.

When the charges were filed, Wyandotte County's district attorney at the time, Jerry Gorman, said it was one the worst cases investigators had seen. He declined to discuss reports that the child's remains were fed to the pigs, saying only that they were found near them.

At Heather Jones' sentencing hearing, Sheryl Lidtke, a former prosecutor in the case, said that Adrian had been physically and emotionally abused, confined and "essentially starved to death."

"He was horribly abused, neglected and ultimately killed," Lidtke said. "I'm sure his suffering was unbearable."

Adrian's biological mother lost custody of him and two of his siblings several years ago. Her mother, Judy Conway, said last week that she finally brought herself to look at videos and digital photos from the Jones' home that showed the horrific abuse Adrian suffered in the months before he died. There were more than 30 security cameras set up throughout the home.

Conway, who plans to speak at Monday's hearing, said the Joneses kept Adrian naked in a shower stall and modified it so that he couldn't get out. She said they sometimes strapped her grandson, whom she called "a gorgeous little boy" with "the kindest heart," to an inversion table and that they made him stand in a swimming pool overnight, up to his neck in stagnant water. Conway said the videos and photos show that Heather Jones sometimes beat Adrian with the end of a broom handle and kept alarms on the family's food so that he couldn't take any when he was hungry.

The first time she saw the material, she told The Associated Press, "I physically threw up. That's how bad it was."

"What they did to my grandson was beyond horrific," she said.

The Kansas Department for Children and Families' chief, Phyllis Gilmore, said in a statement Friday that agency "thoroughly investigated" each reported incident of alleged abuse or neglect involving Adrian, though she did not divulge the number of cases or their context.

Gilmore added that although the family's frequently alternating residency between Kansas and Missouri "greatly disrupted continuity of services and evaluation," Kansas child-welfare officials often shared information about Adrian "when known" with their Missouri counterparts.

Gilmore said her agency last had contact with the family in early 2012.

The department's records involving Adrian remain under court-ordered seal, though Gilmore said they will be released if a pending open-records request is granted.

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Associated Press writer John Hanna in Topeka contributed to this report.

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A Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty. Michael Jones, a 46-year-old former bail bondsman...

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Company received subpoena from grand jury

Company received subpoena from grand jury

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The discovery of Uber's "Greyball" software drew widespread public criticism to the ride-hailing company, and now it has prompted a criminal investigation. Reuters reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has begun an investigation into Uber's use of the software to sniff out any criminal wrongdoings.

The software was used in areas that banned or restricted Uber to hide drivers from authorities who registered and used the app. It reportedly did this by searching credit card data for credit unions affiliated with law enforcement and checking social media profiles to see if the user was a cop. If it determined the ride request was coming from the fuzz, the app would send false info and the user would never be picked up. Uber admitted Greyball helped it identify government officials. An investigation in Portland, Oregon, a city where Uber was previously banned, revealed Greyball helped the company evade 16 Portland Bureau of Transportation officials in 2014. Not long after the software's discovery, Uber promised to stop using it.

Now, two sources briefed on the matter tell Reuters that the Justice Department is in the early stages of investigating Uber, though it's not known if the company was in violation of any federal laws or if anyone will be charged. Uber was served a subpoena from a Northern California grand jury for documents related to how Greyball functioned and where it was operational. The company is also conducting its own internal investigation.

The criminal probe is the latest in a series of scandals that have come to light in recent months. Uber has been accused of systemic sexual harassment, and Google spinoff Waymo is suing the company for allegedly stealing intellectual property.

Source: Reuters

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Jazz challenge Warriors, but fall prey to Kevin Durant breakout in Game 3

The Jazz finally took a lead in the conference semifinals, but Kevin Durant's 38 points helped guide the Warriors to a 3-0 series lead.

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2 killed and 8 wounded in a Chicago memorial.

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The death of an 85-year-old man attempting to reclaim his title as the oldest person to climb Mount Everest has reignited concerns over whether an age limit needs to be imposed.

Min Sherchan died of a heart attack at base camp on Saturday afternoon

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Man to be charged with 2 counts of murder for deaths of 2 Boston doctor.

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A Chelsea, Massachusetts, man will be charged with two counts of murder in connection with the killings of two Boston doctors who were found dead in their penthouse apartment Friday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said this morning.

The suspect, 30-year-old Bampumim Teixeira, was found by officers who responded to a 911 call about a gunman at the Macallen Building in South Boston Friday night. The suspect immediately began firing at the officers when they confronted him, causing authorities to fire back, police said. The suspect was shot multiple times and, after a violent struggle, was placed in custody and hospitalized, police said.

The victims were identified as Richard Field, 49, and Lina Bolanos, 38.

ABC News' Josh Hoyos and Aaron Katersky contributed to this report.

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Top ISIS Commander in Afghanistan Was Killed in Raid Where Rangers Died

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Abdul Hasib led the group's regional branch in South Asia, ISIS-K.

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Because of a paperwork error, rare flowers in Australia have been destroyed.

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Australian biosecurity officers have destroyed historic plant specimens on loan from France after a paperwork mix-up.

A box of rare daisies from the 1850s had been sent to Brisbane from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

But the pressed plant samples were incinerated because accompanying documents were filled out incorrectly.

Australian quarantine authorities have ordered a review into the incident.

The plants were destroyed in March because of missing information such as details of the specimens, they said.

'Highly valuable'

The French museum was upset that the "irreplaceable collection" had been destroyed, said Prof Michelle Waycott, chair of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria.

She said the flowers may have come from a habitat that no longer existed.

"Sometimes they [collections] may be the last remaining examples of species," she told the BBC.

"I don't think that was the case in this instance, but they are certainly highly valuable, particularly because they were collected so long ago."

Australia's Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, which oversees biosecurity, has asked for a review.

"The department acknowledges the significant value as a botanical reference collection," a spokesperson told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

"The destruction of the specimens should not have proceeded while communication between the department and the intended recipient was ongoing."

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US Olympic bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead at the US training center in Lake Placid, New York, the US Olympic Committee said.

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LeBron James scores 35 points, Cavaliers sweep Raptors

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TORONTO (AP) -- LeBron James and the Cavaliers are headed back to a familiar place after sweeping aside another overmatched opponent.

James scored 35 points, Kyrie Irving added 27 and Cleveland swept Toronto, beating the Raptors 109-102 on Sunday to give James his seventh consecutive trip to the Eastern Conference Finals.

''It's rewarding when you can advance,'' James said. ''It's not just given to you, you have to go out and earn it. Once again I'm part of a team that's been able to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. It's going to be my ninth time in 14 years. I'll take those numbers.''

Kyle Korver scored 18 points to help the Cavaliers become the first team to win eight straight playoff games the year following a title, and the first team to win eight straight in consecutive postseasons.

''The fact that we play our best basketball in the postseason lets us know that we're up for the challenge,'' said James, who had nine rebounds and six assists.

Channing Frye scored 10 points, and Irving had nine assists for Cleveland. The Cavs were 16 for 41 from 3-point range.

''When LeBron is shooting the 3 ball the way he is, at the rate he's shooting it, they're difficult,'' Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. ''It's gong to take a Herculean effort to beat them.''

The Cavs finished off the Raptors about an hour before Game 4 between the Celtics and Wizards tipped off in Washington.

That series won't end until Wednesday night at the earliest, and could run until Monday night, meaning the Cavaliers will have plenty of time to rest before the Eastern Conference Finals.

Asked to choose between the Celtics and Wizards, James claimed not to have a preferred opponent.

''It doesn't matter to me,'' he said. ''I'm excited about us getting an opportunity to represent our franchise in the Eastern Conference Finals to go play for the big one.''

Serge Ibaka scored 23 points, and DeMar DeRozan had 22 for Toronto. The Raptors took their first fourth-quarter lead of the series but couldn't avoid their fourth straight loss.

''We needed that, we needed to be tested throughout 48-minute games,'' Irving said. ''One of the hardest things to do is sweep teams. We understand how important it is to come in and get a win and get rest.''

Making his second start in place of injured point guard Kyle Lowry, Cory Joseph had 20 points and 12 assists for Toronto, which lost in six games against Cleveland last year in the Conference Finals. P.J Tucker had 14 points and 12 assists in his first career playoff start.

A 3 by Toronto's Fred Van Vleet cut it to 87-86 at 9:51 of the fourth, but James answered with a 3. Toronto kept it close, and took a 93-92 lead when Ibaka converted a three-point play with 6:38 left.

Irving responded with a 3 and, following a missed shot by DeRozan, added a pair of free throws to put Cleveland up 97-92 at 5:54. After a basket by Cory Joseph, Irving added two more free throws and a layup, scoring all of Cleveland's points in an 11-2 run that gave the Cavs a 103-95 edge with 4:00 remaining.

''We needed that spark,'' James said. ''We just wanted to try to get defensive stops while he was in the zone and we were able to do that.''

Toronto posted back-to-back 50-win seasons for the first time in franchise history and reached the playoffs for the fourth straight year. Beefed-up by late-season deals for Ibaka and Tucker, Toronto expected to push Cleveland a little harder this year, but showed they still couldn't handle the Cavs.

''It's on us to let this sink in and understand we gotta come back better, individual and team-wise,'' DeRozan said.

Casey tried to preach the positives, but acknowledged that his team's performance hadn't been good enough.

''It feels bad, it was ugly, but it shouldn't diminish the excellent regular season we had,'' Casey said.

TIP-INS

Cavaliers: Cleveland has swept its opponent all nine times it has taken a 3-0 series lead. ... Korver's career high for points in a quarter is 17.

Raptors: Toronto shot 10 for 29 from 3-point range. ... The Raptors used a different starting lineup in all four games. ... DeRozan's eight assists were a career playoff-high.

ANKLED

Lowry sprained his left ankle in the third quarter of Game 2, and aggravated the injury while trying to warm up for Friday's Game 3. He was not active Sunday.

BELOW THE BELT BLOW

Following a replay review, Cleveland's Iman Shumpert was called for a technical foul in the second after he kneed DeRozan in the groin area while going up for a jump shot, an incident that left DeRozan lying on the court in pain.

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a man shot two people in front of an iconic luxury hotel in Miami on Sunday. The victims, one male and one female, were shot and wounded at around 9 p.m. Sunday

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A Chelsea, Massachusetts, man will be charged with two counts of murder in connection with the killings of two Boston doctors who were found dead in their penthouse apartment Friday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said this morning.

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North Korea: CIA plotting to kill Kim Jong Un

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A First Look At The Titanfall Mobile Game

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Respawn Entertainment revealed near the launch of Titanfall 2 that there was Titanfall mobile game coming. Up until that point, that's all we knew about the smartphone title. I was hoping they found a way to port their console experience to the mobile platform, but today I'm here to let you know don't expect anything [...]

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Police are searching for a man who they said shot two people in front of an iconic luxury hotel in Miami on Sunday.

The victims, one male and one female, were shot and wounded at around 9 p.m. Sunday near the entrance of the Fontainebleau Hotel in the Mid-Beach area of Miami Beach, police said.

The male victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was listed in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, police said. The female victim, who was struck once, was transferred to the same hospital and was listed in stable condition, according to police.

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Top ISIS Commander in Afghanistan Was Killed in Raid Where Rangers Died.

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The Yankees celebrate their win against the Cubs on May 8 in Chicago, Illinois. The Yankees defeated the Cubs 5-4 in 18 innings.

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CHICAGO -- The Yankees had a three-run lead heading into the ninth inning on Sunday Night Baseball with the highest-paid closer in the sport's history on the mound, but Aroldis Chapman couldn't nail down the final three outs against his former team.
BOX SCORE: YANKEES 5, CUBS 4 (18)
And then the game continued. And continued. And continued some more.

It continued until ex-Cub Starlin Castro pushed Aaron Hicks home with a grounder in the 18th inning and Chasen Shreve retired Kyle Hendricks with two on for the final out at 2:13 a.m. ET in what became a night-morning doubleheader that started at 8:08 p.m.

"I'm excited, exhausted but excited," said Hicks, who reached on a well-placed bunt that turned into a two-base error. He advanced to third on Ronald Torreyes' sacrifice bunt before beating the throw home on Castro's grounder to shortstop.

Tyler Clippard, Adam Warren, Jonathan Holder and Shreve combined for 9.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

"It's a gritty performance by our guys because we had the 4-1 lead and we weren't able to hold it," Joe Girardi said following his team's three-game sweep in what was the longest game in the history of Interleague play. "But we got some brilliant performances out of guys out of the bullpen because they were stretched further than they had to go. It's a crazy game. It gives our guys confidence."

Chapman, signed to a five-year, $86 million deal to return to the Bronx in the offseason, suffered his first blown save since Game 7 of the World Series.

The closer entered with a 4-1 lead but issued a leadoff walk to Addison Russell, and things only got worse from there. Albert Almora singled to make it 4-2. Javier Baez singled to make it 4-3. And with two outs and the bases loaded, Chapman hit Anthony Rizzo to force home the tying run.

"It's just some days you're a little off," Girardi said of Chapman's struggles. "There's no rhyme or reason to it."

Just like that, Chapman was out and Clippard was in. Chapman came in with a 0.79 ERA and was a perfect 7-for-7 in saves in his second stint in pinstripes.

There may have been a few borderline pitches that went the other way with Joe West behind the plate, but the bottom line is Chapman didn't get the job done, putting a damper on the terrific nights had by Luis Severino and Aaron Judge.

Those two combined to put the Yankees ahead. Severino delivered seven innings of one-run, four-hit, nine-strikeout ball while Judge gave the team a 2-1 lead with his RBI triple in the seventh, snapping an 0-for-7 stretch. And to think, both of those guys could've started the season at Triple-A Scranton if they had bad springs.

Jacoby Ellsbury added a two-run homer in the eighth to make it 4-1. But then Chapman imploded and the game lasted for what felt like forever. In total, it spanned six hours, five minutes.

It featured the most combined strikeouts in the history of baseball (48 -- 26 by Yankees' pitchers). It also featured two seventh-inning stretches -- including one in the 14th with the late Harry Caray singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." All the while, fans streamed out of Wrigley, leaving only a few to chant "Joe West (stinks)!" in the 16th.

All because Chapman couldn't get the job done. Maybe it will be just a blip on the radar in a long season where even the best closers blow the occasional save.

Chapman did bail out Chase Headley on Friday afternoon while striking out two to complete the team's comeback win after receiving his 2016 World Series championship ring earlier in the day but the Yankees are paying Chapman a ton of money to deliver in spots like this, and if the Bombers are fortunate enough to keep this up and make it to October, he'll need to take care of business.

"It's a volatile situation but that's the price of poker," Brian Cashman said amid criticism about the length and amount of the record contract, given that Chapman throws 100 miles per hour.

But the Marlins wanted him too, and so the Yankees had to up the ante to get their man.

It didn't work out well on Sunday night, but that doesn't mean it won't in the future.

In any case, Chapman's teammates picked him up.

Related photos: Best of 2017 MLB season (provided by Photo services)

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Police say 10 people were shot in Chicago, and two of them have died, after suspected gang members opened fire on a group attending a memorial for another man killed earlier in the day.

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Police say 10 people were shot in Chicago, and two of them have died, after suspected gang members opened fire on a group attending a memorial for another man killed earlier in the day.

Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says police believe the attack during the late afternoon Sunday in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest side was gang retaliation for the fatal shooting of another member earlier in the day.

Guglielmi says those shot "were having a memorial for a person who was fatally wounded in a shooting earlier today."

The eight injured were taken to hospitals but their conditions were not immediately known.

Chicago has been plagued for years by gang-related violence that has led to a sharp rise in homicides in a few of its poorest neighborhoods.

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Hit show '13 Reasons Why' gets a 2nd season, causes a lot of controversy

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The series about a teen who leaves behind audio tapes that explain her suicide will be returning for a second season.

Singer/actress Selena Gomez serves as an executive producer of the series along with her mother, Mandy Teefey.

Gomez announced the return on Sunday using a teaser clip she shared on Instagram.

"Their story isn't over," the caption sad. "Season 2 of #13ReasonsWhy is coming."

The show is based on a popular 2007 young adult novel by Jay Asher in which teen Hannah Baker details the bullying and trauma that led to her suicide.

And while the book doesn't have a sequel, the series co-showrunner Brian Yorkey told the Los Angeles Times prior to the second season pick-up that there was more left to tell.

"Hannah's story isn't over - she has parents who still don't have the complete story," he said. "There's a rapist who hasn't been brought to justice and there's a living survivor of that rapist who is just beginning her journey of recovery."

While the show has been tremendously popular with fans, there has also been controversy.

New Zealand's Office of Film and Literature Classification reportedly advised that young people watch with an adult out of concern over that country's high teen suicide rate.

Netflix gave it a TV-MA rating which is for mature audiences and added content warnings given the graphic depictions of rape and suicide.

The company also set up a site with crisis information and suicide prevention resources.

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NFL player and his wife pay for adoption fees for 46 animals

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Though Torrey Smith signed with the Philadelphia Eagles this past winter, the wide receiver is still taking care of Baltimore.

On Saturday, the 28-year-old and his wife paid adoption fees for 46 animals at BARCS Animal Shelter's "Pawject Runway." They also made a donation on top of the fees.

According to the organization's Facebook page, Smith is a regular at the event.

Smith spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Ravens before playing the previous two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.

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Patrick Beverly tearfully remembers his grandfather after finding out he died before Game 4

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Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverly played Sunday night against the Spurs despite finding out shortly before Game 4 that his grandfather had died. Beverly was fighting through tears during the game, almost breaking down after hitting the first shot of the game Sunday.

Beverly pointed to the sky after hitting the 3 a little less than a minute into the Rockets 125-109 win, wiping away tears as he got back on defense.

Pat Bev playing with a heavy heart today after the passing of his grandfather

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After the game, Beverly could not hold back his emotions as he remembered his grandfather.

Im really a strong guy and I can deal with a lot of things, but I cant deal with anybody suffering, Beverly said. He suffered but hes in a better place now. I tried to go out there and play as hard as I could for my teammates tonight. Thats the only man [my grandmother] knew for the last 26 years. I have to be there for my mom and my cousins back home in Chicago. Its just tough. Its just so tough, man.

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Beverlys toughness was on full display Sunday as he played his usual brand of tenacious defense and added 10 points and six assists all while battling his emotions to help the Rockets even the series.
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Mr. Kohl- Penn State. On Friday, 18 students from the same fraternity were charged in connection with the death of a pledge. Back in February, 19-year-old Timothy Piazza drank a lot of alcohol at a Beta Theta Pi pledge party. 

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Mr. Kohl- Penn State. On Friday, 18 students from the same fraternity were charged in connection with the death of a pledge. Back in February, 19-year-old Timothy Piazza drank a lot of alcohol at a Beta Theta Pi pledge party. 