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For as popular as the iPhone already is, Apple’s iconic smartphone will take things to the next level once the iPhone 8 is released later this year. Said to feature a sleek new redesign with an edge-to-edge display, the iPhone 8 will likely spur the largest and most significant upgrade cycle Apple has seen yet. After all.

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For as popular as the iPhone already is, Apple's iconic smartphone will take things to the next level once the iPhone 8 is released later this year. Said to feature a sleek new redesign with an edge-to-edge display, the iPhone 8 will likely spur the largest and most significant upgrade cycle Apple has seen yet. After all, seeing as how the iPhone form factor has more or less remained unchanged since the 2014 release of the iPhone 6, current iPhone owners have been pining for something fresh and different for years now. And for anyone curious about the iPhone 8 form factor, we recently posted exclusive photos of what the final iPhone 8 design will likely look like.

With the excitement for the iPhone 8 building with each passing week, there have been a few worrisome reports claiming that the device might be subject to significant delays. In fact, a handful of reports have even claimed that Apple might push back the iPhone 8 release date all the way to November. Even some of the more optimistic reports we've seen have said that the iPhone 8 might not see the light of day until October.

Regarding the reasons behind the rumored delay, there have been rumblings that Apple has seen poor yields when manufacturing the iPhone 8's advanced OLED display. Additionally, there have been indications that some of Apple's partners responsible for supplying some of the iPhone 8's more advanced components won't be able to ramp up supply in time for a September launch.

Not to worry, we're finally starting to see reports which suggest that the pessimism surrounding the iPhone 8 release date may have been blown out of proportion. Either that, or Apple and its partners in recent weeks managed to get a firm grasp on production problems. Regardless, anyone interested in picking up Apple's flagship iPhone 8 won't necessarily have to wait until November to do so.

According to a new research note from Morgan Stanley, the iPhone 8 will hit store shelves during a normal time frame, which is to say that it will likely be released sometime in mid-late September. Specifically, Morgan Stanley relays that it has found no evidence of ongoing production problems or delays in Apple's supply chain.

Reports of low yields for components have shaken some investors, but "Morgan Stanley's Greater China Technology Research colleagues have not yet seen delays in the supply chain and still expect new iPhone production to start on time for most of the components (including OLED)," the firm says.

Morgan Stanley's recent note corroborates noted leaker OnLeaks' prediction that mass production will begin in earnest this Summer ahead of a planned launch in September.

Of course, we can pretty much expect to see the iPhone 8 be supply-constrained at launch, a September release date notwithstanding. While this will undoubtedly be frustrating to many, it simply par for the course anytime Apple releases a new iPhone, and especially when Apple introduces a brand new iPhone design with incredibly advanced components. Remember, aside from a new form factor, the iPhone 8 will reportedly incorporate advanced camera modules that will provide support for facial recognition and augmented reality.

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You won't have to wait until November to buy Apple's next-gen iPhone 8

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For as popular as the iPhone already is, Apple's iconic smartphone will take things to the next level once the iPhone 8 is released later this year. Said to feature a sleek new redesign with an edge-to-edge display, the iPhone 8 will likely spur the largest and most significant upgrade cycle Apple has seen yet.

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Star Wars Episode IX release date announced!

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The second film in the new Star Wars Trilogy doesn't release until December and we've already got a release date on the next one in the main line. Disney is one a roll! According to plug Star Wars: Episode IX will drop May 24th, 2019.

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Dad pays off kids lunch debt due to lunch shaming.

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A dad has gone above and beyond to eliminate school lunch debt in 90-plus schools in Washington state.

Jeffery Lew, 33, a father of three, crowdfunded over $23,000 to cover the cost of unpaid lunches in the Seattle School District, where his 8-year-old son is a student.

"We hit the goal real quickly," Lew told ABC News. "It feels amazing because it takes a village. I really credit the whole community coming together."

Lew, a Seattle resident, said he was inspired by stories of "lunch shaming" happening in schools across the country.

"[I was] reading up and watching the national media of the lunch shaming crisis--how other schools have tossed the lunch because a kid did not have enough money or stamped on the arm saying, 'I owe lunch money,'" Lew said. "Just from hearing that news coverage it kind of broke my heart as a father. I can't imagine having one of my children coming home from school saying, 'Hey, I was denied lunch because I owed money.'"

In 2016, cafeteria worker Stacy Koltiska quit her job at a Pennsylvania elementary school after she said was required to take a hot lunch away from a student who had fallen behind on payment.

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One year prior, Dalene Bowden, an Idaho cafeteria worker, said she was fired for giving a free meal to a hungry student who was unable to pay for lunch.

Lew said the Seattle School District does not deny students an entire lunch if a student does not have money. Instead, the cafeteria provides fruit and milk, he noted.

The Seattle Public School District said Lew's campaign "reflects the generosity of our families and communities."

"As a district, we are committed to partnering with families and communities to provide students the best educational experience," a school spokesman told ABC News in a statement. "Part of that experience is making sure all of our students have access to a healthy breakfast and lunch, whether they have money to pay for meals at the time or not. The money recently raised by families will be used to pay down school lunch debt. Any money left over will be used to pay future school lunch debt. Thank you to our great families for helping us ensure success for all our students."

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According to the district's website, qualifying families may apply for free and reduced price meals. The online application has to be submitted before the start of a new school year.

Lew said he originally created the "Erase Seattle School Lunch Debt!" GoFundMe page to pay off the $97.10 in student lunch debt owed at his son's elementary school.

He then set his sights higher and in five days, raised over $23,000. The funds will cover the $21,000 lunch bill that accrued throughout the entire district, Lew said. He plans to disperse the money among Seattle's more than 90 schools.

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Lew said he's just happy to give back.

"I think parents are so busy in their work life and different things where they forget to send their children to school with lunch money...there could be parents that are in a tough financial situation that we don't know about and can't afford it," Lew said. "We just don't know what these kids or families are going through. No kid should go hungry regard if they have money or not."

Next, Lew said he hopes to pay off lunch debts for schools outside his district.

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'Lunch shaming' inspires dad to pay off school lunch debt

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A dad has gone above and beyond to eliminate school lunch debt in 90-plus schools in Washington state. Jeffery Lew, 33, a father of three, crowdfunded over $23,000 to cover the cost of unpaid lunches in the Seattle School District, where his 8-year-old son is a student.

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The royals lost to the yankees 7-1

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danaya vann -Princess giving up royal status for love

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Japan's Princess Mako's decision to give up her royal status to marry a commoner has sparked debate in Japan about why women are not equal under the royal succession process

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Boy steps into path of oncoming train

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A boy barely missed being hit by an oncoming train after he attempted to cross the train tracks.

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Oxford student who knifed boyfriend could avoid prison 'because of her extraordinary talent'

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Texas Man Sues Woman for Texting During Date

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Royals lost

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Teens' daredevil stunt on Golden Gate Bridge prompts security probe

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McDonald's is pulling a AD in the U.K. and they said its exploiting the feels of a children who lost a parent

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McDonald's has pulled a TV advertisement in the U.K. after being accused of exploiting the feelings of children who have lost a parent.

The 90 second ad, which was produced by an outside agency, depicts a young man struggling with the loss of his father.

The boy is shown asking his mother a series of questions about his late dad: Did he have blue eyes? Was he good at football?

The mother's answers suggest that father and son have little in common. Their eye color, physical appearance and interests are all different.

Then the boy and his mother arrive at McDonald's , where he orders a Filet-O-Fish sandwich.

"That was you dad's favorite too," says the mother.

More than 150 people have complained about the advertisement to the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority, accusing the fast food chain of exploiting bereaved children. Many critics recalled their own experiences of losing a parent.

"I am sickened and disgusted by this advert. Lost my dad at nine. Memories? Yes. Burger? No! Shameful ad McDonald's," said a Twitter user named Cate Wilson.

McDonald's has apologized and asked broadcasters to pull the advertisement from rotation.

"It was never our intention to cause any upset. We are particularly sorry that the advert may have disappointed those people who are most important to us -- our customers," the company said in a statement.

Related: Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad sparks backlash

McDonald's said that while the ad has been pulled, it may appear again on Wednesday due to "the lead-times required by some broadcasters."

Matt Wilson, a press officer at the Advertising Standards Authority, said the regulator would asses whether there are grounds to launch an investigation.

"Complainants have objected that it is inappropriate and insensitive to use bereavement and grief to sell fast food," said Wilson.

Related: AT&T and Verizon halt Google ads over extremist videos

The outside agency that created the ad for McDonald's, Leo Burnett Group, declined to comment.

CNNMoney (London) First published May 17, 2017: 10:37 AM ET

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The royals got beat by the yankees lastnight

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Starbucks is giving away free coffee after its payment system crashed

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Spurs lose game 2 to the golden state warriors and cleveland caveleirs will be playing the boston celtics on june 1

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Golden State go up 2-0 against the Spurs. They won last night with a score of 136-100

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Amercian idiol is returning

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Closing arguments in Tulsa police officer's trial to begin Wednesday

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RB LeGarrette Blount joins Eagles on 1-year deal

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Putin on Trump-Lavrov meeting: I'll hand over records

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Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to help settle the controversy over claims President Trump shared classified intel with his diplomats.

Railing against "dangerous" U.S. politicians whipping up "anti-Russian sentiment," the Russian president dismissed the claim that Trump disclosed such information to Kremlin officials and offered to hand over records of an Oval Office meeting to Congress.

Speaking during a joint news conference with the Italian prime minister, Putin said those attacking Trump for allegedly being too cozy with Russian politicians were guilty of "political schizophrenia."

Putin said - if the White House agreed - that he would share his records of a meeting Trump had last week with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador Sergei Kislyak in which it was reported Trump blurted out sensitive information given to the White House by Israeli intelligence. Making light of the situation, Putin said he would have to reprimand Lavrov since the alleged intelligence was never passed along to him.

"He hasn't shared those secrets with us," Putin said.

The former KGB operative said he wasn't yet ready to judge Trump's nascent presidency and would only do so "when he's allowed to work at full capacity," ostensibly referencing the tidal wave of legislative resistance that's greeted most of the items on Trump's agenda.

The White House has adamantly defended Trump's conversations in that Oval Office meeting, saying what he discussed was "wholly appropriate."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to help settle the controversy over claims President Trump shared classified intel with his diplomats. Railing against "dangerous" U.S. politicians whipping up "anti-Russian sentiment," the Russian president dismissed the claim that Trump disclosed such information to Kremlin officials and offered to hand over records of an Oval Office meeting to Congress.

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The US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) has denied it was behind an attack on a Syrian town that reportedly killed dozens of civilians.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 42 people, including 11 children, died on Monday when warplanes bombed Al-Bukamal, near the border with Iraq.

IS news agency Amaq put the death toll at 25 and released video of the strike.

The coalition said it had not targeted the area on Sunday or Monday, but added that unnamed countries had done so.

"We did not conduct strikes during the time period of alleged civilian casualties," US Army spokesman Col Ryan Dillion told Reuters news agency.

Coalition warplanes had hit only oil production facilities more than 50km (30 miles) outside Al-Bukamal on those two days, he said.

Late last month, the coalition announced that its 20,200 air strikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014 had unintentionally killed at least 396 civilians. However, human rights groups believe the true figure is far higher.

Airwars, an organisation that tracks allegations of civilian deaths, estimates that between 3,290 and 5,280 civilians are likely to have died.

The Syrian Observatory, a UK-based monitoring group, said the aircraft were seen approaching from Iraq so were unlikely to have been Syrian or Russian.

They struck near a residential area and a mosque, killing 23 civilians along with 20 IS militants gathered in one building, it added.

The activist group Deir Ezzor 24 reported that the attack destroyed 15 homes and killed at least 35 civilians. It said the warplanes were believed to be Iraqi.

Also on Tuesday, the UK Ministry of Defence said an RAF Reaper drone had stopped IS militants from carrying out summary killings in Al-Bukamal on 9 May.

The drone's pilot observed a large crowd of civilians in one of the main streets and then a van unloading two shackled prisoners in front of them, a statement said.

The militants beside the crowd could not be targeted, so the drone fired a Hellfire missile at two stationed as sentries on a nearby roof, it added. Afterwards, the militants fled the scene and the crowd dispersed.

In a separate development, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said the blister agent sulphur mustard had been used in an apparent attack in Aleppo province on 16 September last year.

The watchdog told the UN Security Council that as a result of interviews and analysis of blood samples taken by the Syrian government and Russia, it could confirm that two female casualties reportedly involved in the incident in the Kurdish village of Um Hosh had been exposed.

A mortar shell recovered by Russian investigators also contained sulphur mustard.

The OPCW's fact-finding mission is not tasked by the Security Council with determining who was behind the attack, but Kurdish officials blamed IS militants.

The mission has previously concluded that IS used sulphur mustard in an attack in August 2015, and that Syrian government forces used chlorine as a weapon at least three times between 2014 and 2015.

It also says the nerve agent Sarin was used in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April. More than 80 people were killed in a suspected Syrian government air strike - an incident President Bashar al-Assad says was fabricated.

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Mr. Kohl- "American Idol" is returning. First judge locked in is Katy Perry!

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Mr. Kohl- "American Idol" is returning. First judge locked in is Katy Perry!

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The saga of getting American Idol back on TV is over, with ABC officially closing a deal with FremantleMedia North America and CORE Media Group's 19 Entertainment for a revival of the singing competition series. The network just announced that American Idol will return for the 2017-2018 season, two seasons after the series ended its 15-season run on Fox in April 2016. A host and judges will be announced at a later time, with Ryan Seacrest rumored to return as host and first winner Kelly Clarkson eyed as a judge. The new season of Idol is said to consist of about 40 hours.

Promising a "bigger, bolder and better-than-ever Idol," Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney|ABC, mused, " American Idol on ABC... that has a nice ring to it. Idol is an entertainment icon, and now it will air where it belongs, in ABC's lineup of addictive fan favorites alongside Dancing With The Stars and The Bachelor."

Channing Dungey, President, ABC Entertainment, took a subtle jab at Fox for ending the show. " American Idol is a pop-culture staple that left the air too soon," she said. "ABC is the right home to reignite the fan base. We are thrilled viewers will once again share in these inspiring stories of people realizing their dreams."

FremantleMedia Group CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz, who oversaw and executive produced the Fox run of Idol as CEO of FMNA, praised ABC's "passion and enthusiasm" for the show amid competitive bidding, while CMG CEO Peter Hurwitz referenced the extensive media coverage of the negotiations. "All of the intense ‎speculation surrounding the comeback of American Idol demonstrates just how popular and powerful this brand remains," he said.

Idol producers FMNA and CMG/19 Entertainment and creator Simon Fuller started talking about a new installment even before the series had wrapped its final season in April 2016. There were feelers sent out last summer, and Fox, which had a first negotiation right, was pitched. I hear the producers back then offered the same format for the show at the high price point at the end of its run, making it a tough proposition for the network, which felt it was too soon to bring Idol back without significant reinvention. Next, there were on-and-off conversations with ABC. NBC then engaged in negotiations with the production companies about reviving Idol, and Fox soon jumped back into the fray. Then recently, in the run-up to a potential writers strike, ABC engaged FMNA and CMG. The two sides were near the finish line when Fox came back with a serious offer, but the deal ultimately closed at ABC.

ABC has in the extended corporate family Idol host Ryan Seacrest, who just was named co-host and executive producer of the syndicated Live With Kelly & Ryan, produced by WABC-TV and distributed by Disney/ABC. We hear Seacrest, who is now based in New York, had not been part of the Idol negotiations and had not been formally approached about possible involvement in the proposed Idol revival before the deal was made. He is currently focused on Live and his daily radio show, but has expressed publicly his affection for the TV show that made him a star, so he is said to be open to it if scheduling permits.

ABC has tried unsuccessfully to launch a music competition series with a number of shows including Duets and Rising Star.

American Idol was a phenomenon when it debuted and was the highest-rated series on television for nearly a decade.

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The saga of getting American Idol back on TV is over, with ABC officially closing a deal with FremantleMedia North America and CORE Media Group's 19 Entertainment for a revival of the singing competition series. The network just announced that American Idol will return for the 2017-2018 season, two seasons after the series ended its 15-season run on Fox in April 2016.