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The Seattle mariners started off the season not expecting to win. They traded a lot of their good players over the winter and were willing to wait a few years before they would build a competitive team again, but They started off the season strong. Entering play Wednesday, the Mariners were 11-2 with a 3.5-game lead over the defending division champion Houston Astros in the American League West.

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The Seattle Mariners entered 2019 in tank mode. They traded key players over the winter and appeared headed for an unabashed rebuild.

As Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan put it in November, "They have indicated they're willing to wait a few years to build a competitive team again."

Suddenly, that timetable could be upended. At the risk of mangling the metaphor, the tank is soaring in the Pacific Northwest.

Entering play Wednesday, the Mariners were 11-2 with a 3.5-game lead over the defending division champion Houston Astros in the American League West.

Their plus-40 run differential was tops in baseball, thanks largely to an offense that had scored 104 runs. Next-best in the Junior Circuit? The Oakland Athletics with 68 runs scored (and a plus-four run differential).

Dan Vogelbach, who has sipped cups of coffee in each of the past three seasons with Seattle but never made much of a dent in The Show, is leading the charge with five home runs, a .500 average and 1.984 OPS. Shortstop Tim Beckham is hitting .400 with four homers and 11 RBI.

Veteran Edwin Encarnacion, whom the Mariners acquired from the Cleveland Indians this offseason and who seemed destined to be flipped again for salary relief, owns a 1.142 OPS and four dingers. Outfielder Jay Bruce, another vet the M's appeared likely to dangle in trade, has seven homers.
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Outfielder Domingo Santana (.345 average, 1.047 OPS) and second baseman Dee Gordon (.341 average, six stolen bases) have augmented the attack.

And there's this, via the team's official PR Twitter feed:

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The #Mariners 32 home runs are the most by any team in Major League history in the first 12 games of a season (previous: 2000 St. Louis Cardinals, 31)...via @StatsBySTATS.

"We like our team. It's a different look to our team. I get that. It's not the household names, the names you are used to seeing in our lineup," Seattle manager Scott Servais told reporters. "But these guys can play."

Guys like Encarnacion, Bruce and Gordon are relatively well-known, and Gordon is in his second year with Seattle. But Servais' larger point stands: These Mariners are winning behind a collection of players no one tagged as exceptional or even league average.

Despite their hot start, FanGraphs' projection pegs the Mariners for an 80-82 finish. We're in small-sample land, and Seattle's pitching staff ranks 13th with a 3.78 ERA...not dreadful, but not close to great.

They traded away closer Edwin Diaz (along with second baseman Robinson Cano) in a swap with the New York Mets. James Paxton was shipped to the New York Yankees.

Meanwhile, erstwhile ace Felix Hernandez has allowed 10 hits and five runs in 6.1 innings as he continues to tumble from his throne.

In King Felix's stead, the Mariners are betting on a contingent including Marco Gonzales, Mike Leake and Yusei Kikuchi, none of whom has a neon light reading "ace" flashing above his head.

We can cast aspersions. We ought to nurture doubts. It's April, after all.

That said, you never know. Sometimes clubs surprise. Teams arrive ahead of schedule.

The Mariners possess the No. 10 farm system in the game, per Bleacher Report's latest ranking. That's partly because of an offseason sell-a-thon that was supposed to be all about the future.

But what if the future is now?
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"We've got a good thing going offensively right now," Servais said, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. "We are playing good ball. Guys are enjoying it and having fun, which is great."

It's always great when you're racking up W's. The Mariners' scalding start could be a mirage; it wouldn't be the first in the annals of MLB.

Or maybe we're looking at a shocking contender with the offensive upside to hang for the long haul. The Yankees are injury-bitten. The Boston Red Sox are 3-9. The Astros are a ho-hum 7-5. The AL Central is a mishmash of flawed franchises and outright rebuilders.

Could the Mariners, who haven't made the playoffs since 2001, slip into the picture?

It's the longest active postseason drought in baseball. They were supposed to be moving backward before they moved forward. No one prognosticated a crack at October.

It's way early, but tank mode may morph into go-for-it gear.

Stranger things have happened.
All statistics current as of Tuesday and courtesy of Baseball Reference and MLB.com.

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Could One of MLB's Biggest 'Tankers' Actually Be Shocking 2019 Contenders?

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The Seattle Mariners entered 2019 in tank mode. They traded key players over the winter and appeared headed for an unabashed rebuild. As Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan put it in November, "They have indicated they're willing to wait a few years to build a competitive team again." Suddenly, that timetable could be upended.

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The double homicide dates to 1973, when Janice Pietropola and Lynn Seethaler, both 19, traveled from the Pittsburgh area to Virginia Beach to vacation. They were found dead on June 30 inside their oceanfront motel cottage, and their deaths were ruled homicides. Police on Monday arrested the accused killer: Ernest Broadnax of New York. He was arrested in New York and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of rape, police said.

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2 teens on vacation were killed 46 years ago. An 80-year-old is now under arrest | CNN

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Virginia Beach police have accused an 80-year-old New York man of killing two teens in a case that's gone unsolved for 46 years.

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The son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday in connection with fires that burned down three historically black churches in the past two weeks. Holden Matthews, 21, has been booked into the St. Landry Parish jail on suspicion of arson. The first fire took place last month at the St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre on March 26. The second happened April 2 at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas, while the latest came two days later at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas. All of the churches were empty and no injuries were recorded.

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The son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday in connection with fires that burned down three historically black churches in the past two weeks, police said.

Holden Matthews, 21, has been booked into the St. Landry Parish jail on suspicion of arson, KATC-TV reported, citing law enforcement sources. Matthews is the son of St. Landry Parish Deputy Roy Matthews. Authorities have not released a mug shot of the suspect.

The first fire took place last month at the St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre on March 26. The second happened April 2 at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas, while the latest came two days later at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas.

After observing the crime scenes and speaking with investigators, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., told The New York Times that the "method of each burn is notably the same."
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The three churches of predominantly black congregations were empty at the time of the blazes, and no injuries were recorded. The NAACP has labeled the church burnings "domestic terrorism" and racially motivated.

Authorities said they will "announce significant updates" in the investigation during an inter-agency press conference Thursday morning.
Fox News' Lukas Mikelionis and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Son of sheriff's deputy arrested in connection with historically black church fires: report

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The son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday in connection with fires that burned down three historically black churches in the past two weeks, police said. Holden Matthews, 21, has been booked into the St. Landry Parish jail on suspicion of arson, KATC-TV reported, citing law enforcement sources.

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one dead and 17 injured in a fiery explosion that soon engulfed the building in flames. This happened in North Carolina when a gas line started leaking.

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One person has died and 17 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday morning, according to officials.

The blast was felt city-wide, according to Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos.

The explosion was caused by a gas leak after a contractor drilling into the sidewalk struck a 2-inch gas line, said Durham police.

The explosion impacted five buildings, causing catastrophic damage to one, police said. The fire has since been contained.

The person who died in the incident has been identified as 61-year-old Kong Lee.

At least six people were hospitalized in critical condition, according to officials.

A firefighter is among the injured and underwent surgery, Zoldos said. His condition is considered serious but not life threatening, Zoldos said.

A Dominion Energy worker was also hurt, according to the city.

Construction worker Tyler Headrick said he saw a cloud of smoke before the building crumbled and people started to flee, he told ABC Raleigh station WTVD.

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1 dead, 17 injured from fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina: Officials

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One person has died and 17 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday morning, according to officials. The blast was felt city-wide, according to Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos. The explosion was caused by a gas leak after a contractor drilling into the sidewalk struck a 2-inch gas line, said Durham police.

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A spotted cat named Rock who is native to Africa was spotted this Wednesday. It has been 7 months since rocky escaped, and he was spotted 86 miles from his owners home. Animal Control is asking people of Virginia to keep an eye out for the cat so it can be captured and return to captivity. The cat is not considered to be a danger to people, but releasing none native animals into the wild can damage an ecosystem severely. They are also worried for the rare cat's safety.

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An exotic cat native to Africa has been spotted roaming around a coastal city in Virginia, officials said Wednesday.

The Virginia Beach city government said Animal Control responded to a sighting of long-legged cat, that is believed to weigh about 25 pounds and stand 25 inches tall at the shoulders. The agency was unable to locate and capture the cat.
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The wild cat, sporting a yellow coat with black spots, is a serval named Rocky, its owner Brian Hankins told WVEC-TV. Hankins said he had been trying to capture Rocky since he went missing in October.

Hankins lives in Kitty Hawk, N.C., about 86 miles south of where his pet serval was spotted in Virginia Beach Wednesday. Haskins told the station that the African cat can walk up to 20 miles a day.
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Rocky was wearing two collars onto which a GPS tracker was fitted, but the batteries have since died, Hankins said. Rocky is known as an escape artist who has broken out of his owner's home several times, according to the Outer Banks Voice.

Hankins is traveling to Virginia Beach to help Animal Control locate his lost pet, WVEC reported.

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Exotic cat on the loose in Virginia, Animal Control working with owner to capture it

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An exotic cat native to Africa has been spotted roaming around a coastal city in Virginia, officials said Wednesday. The Virginia Beach city government said Animal Control responded to a sighting of long-legged cat, that is believed to weigh about 25 pounds and stand 25 inches tall at the shoulders.

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After 3 decades Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir has been forced out. Sundas defense minister has declared a three month state of emergency and has issued a curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 am. Demonstrations have been happening since Saturday as protesters are pushing for a civilian government. The removal is being lead by defense minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf.

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What we're covering here

After months of protests in Sudan, activists have circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional Council announcing the removal of President Omar al-Bashir from power.

The move follows an apparent split in the army earlier this week, when some units moved to protect anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum.

Bashir has ruled Sudan for three decades. He is accused of war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Court for his government's actions in Darfur.

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Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir has stepped down and is under house arrest, multiple sources told CNN.

His personal guard has been replaced and is under close watch.

Bashir had ruled Sudan for three decades. He is accused of war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Court for his government's actions in Darfur.

The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has called on protesters to join a sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum and to continue their protest even after an anticipated military announcement.

"The December revolution won because of you," the SPA, an umbrella organization of doctors, lawyers and journalists that has led many of the demonstrations, said in a statement on Thursday.

"We will protect our revolution until all its goals are completely achieved," it added.

Thousands took to the streets Thursday morning in Sudan to celebrate the anticipated ouster of President Omar al-Bashir.

A CNN stringer on the ground saw thousands marching towards the military headquarters in the capital, dancing, drumming and chanting against the government. Cars honked their horns in support and women ululated in celebration.

People chanted: "He is a coward and he is fallen!"

There is heavy deployment by the Rapid Security Forces in the capital especially on the main bridge on connecting Khartoum with Um Dorman. They didn't engage with the crowds, CNN's stringer reported.

Military troops however responded to the celebrating protesters, flashing the victory sign. One soldier was seen patting a protester's back to congratulate him.

Sudanese activists have circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional Council announcing the removal of President Omar Al-Bashir from power.

People are flooding the streets in Khartoum in celebration, according to social media reports and witnesses on the ground.

Earlier this month, an undercover CNN team in Khartoum witnessed the brutal crackdown on protests which began over a rise in the cost of living but have escalated into a push for President Omar al-Bashir's removal.

At demonstrations in a residential area of the capital in mid-March, CNN filmed the indiscriminate violence that has become synonymous with Sudan's security forces.

Soon after one rally started, national security agents descended on the crowds, sending people scattering into alleyways and neighborhood homes.

We sought refuge in a nearby safe house, where a local family provides shelter to protesters - and people like us - who are trying to avoid detection. Getting caught could have meant death.

People spoke in hushed tones as they dashed quickly through the gates and inside, one whispering "God protect us" as they locked the door.

The woman is wearing a long white dress and golden moon earrings. She's chanting from the top of a car while surrounded by a sea of protesters holding smartphones, all trying to capture the moment.

This scene was captured in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Monday during the third day of a mass sit-in outside the presidential compound and army headquarters.

Lana Haroun, who snapped the image that has since gone viral, told CNN when she saw the woman she just ran toward her and took three or four photos.

"She was trying to give everyone hope and positive energy and she did it," Haroun said. "She was representing all Sudanese women and girls and she inspired every woman and girl at the sit-in. She was telling the story of Sudanese women. ... She was perfect."
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Sudan State TV says the country's armed forces will be making a statement shortly.

What we're covering here

After months of protests in Sudan, activists have circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional Council announcing the removal of President Omar al-Bashir from power.

The move follows an apparent split in the army earlier this week, when some units moved to protect anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum.

Bashir has ruled Sudan for three decades. He is accused of war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Court for his government's actions in Darfur.

Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir has stepped down and is under house arrest, multiple sources told CNN.

His personal guard has been replaced and is under close watch.

Bashir had ruled Sudan for three decades. He is accused of war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Court for his government's actions in Darfur.

The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has called on protesters to join a sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum and to continue their protest even after an anticipated military announcement.

"The December revolution won because of you," the SPA, an umbrella organization of doctors, lawyers and journalists that has led many of the demonstrations, said in a statement on Thursday.

"We will protect our revolution until all its goals are completely achieved," it added.

Thousands took to the streets Thursday morning in Sudan to celebrate the anticipated ouster of President Omar al-Bashir.

A CNN stringer on the ground saw thousands marching towards the military headquarters in the capital, dancing, drumming and chanting against the government. Cars honked their horns in support and women ululated in celebration.

People chanted: "He is a coward and he is fallen!"

There is heavy deployment by the Rapid Security Forces in the capital especially on the main bridge on connecting Khartoum with Um Dorman. They didn't engage with the crowds, CNN's stringer reported.

Military troops however responded to the celebrating protesters, flashing the victory sign. One soldier was seen patting a protester's back to congratulate him.

Sudanese activists have circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional Council announcing the removal of President Omar Al-Bashir from power.

People are flooding the streets in Khartoum in celebration, according to social media reports and witnesses on the ground.

Earlier this month, an undercover CNN team in Khartoum witnessed the brutal crackdown on protests which began over a rise in the cost of living but have escalated into a push for President Omar al-Bashir's removal.

At demonstrations in a residential area of the capital in mid-March, CNN filmed the indiscriminate violence that has become synonymous with Sudan's security forces.

Soon after one rally started, national security agents descended on the crowds, sending people scattering into alleyways and neighborhood homes.

We sought refuge in a nearby safe house, where a local family provides shelter to protesters - and people like us - who are trying to avoid detection. Getting caught could have meant death.

People spoke in hushed tones as they dashed quickly through the gates and inside, one whispering "God protect us" as they locked the door.

The woman is wearing a long white dress and golden moon earrings. She's chanting from the top of a car while surrounded by a sea of protesters holding smartphones, all trying to capture the moment.

This scene was captured in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Monday during the third day of a mass sit-in outside the presidential compound and army headquarters.

Lana Haroun, who snapped the image that has since gone viral, told CNN when she saw the woman she just ran toward her and took three or four photos.

"She was trying to give everyone hope and positive energy and she did it," Haroun said. "She was representing all Sudanese women and girls and she inspired every woman and girl at the sit-in. She was telling the story of Sudanese women. ... She was perfect."
Read more here

Sudan State TV says the country's armed forces will be making a statement shortly.

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Updated less than 1 min ago 4:47 a.m. ET, April 11, 2019 What we're covering here What we're covering here After months of protests in Sudan, activists have circulated a statement from a purported Military Transitional Council announcing the removal of President Omar al-Bashir from power.

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One person has died and 17 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina.

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One person has died and 17 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday morning, according to officials.

The blast was felt city-wide, according to Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos.

The explosion was caused by a gas leak after a contractor drilling into the sidewalk struck a 2-inch gas line, said Durham police.

The explosion impacted five buildings, causing catastrophic damage to one, police said. The fire has since been contained.

The person who died in the incident has been identified as 61-year-old Kong Lee.

At least six people were hospitalized in critical condition, according to officials.

A firefighter is among the injured and underwent surgery, Zoldos said. His condition is considered serious but not life threatening, Zoldos said.

A Dominion Energy worker was also hurt, according to the city.

Construction worker Tyler Headrick said he saw a cloud of smoke before the building crumbled and people started to flee, he told ABC Raleigh station WTVD.

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One person has died and 17 others were injured after a fiery explosion in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday morning, according to officials. The blast was felt city-wide, according to Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos. The explosion was caused by a gas leak after a contractor drilling into the sidewalk struck a 2-inch gas line, said Durham police.

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A couple going on a romantic vacation about two months ago went missing and a week ago two bodies were found and it was determined by the police that it was them.

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A search for a New York couple that went missing while on a romantic getaway to the Dominican Republic took a grim twist this week.

On Tuesday, police in the Dominican Republic said they are investigating if two people who apparently died in a car crash last month are the missing Americans.

Orlando Moore, 43, and his girlfriend, Portia Ravenelle, 32, both of Mount Vernon, vanished on the morning of March 27, the day they checked out of the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa resort in Samana. Their relatives told police they were scheduled to fly to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey that day, but missed their flight out of Santa Domingo.

(Cheryl Freeman and Carter Warrington via Reuters) Orlando Moore, seen on horseback, is seen in this image taken March 26, 2019 at the waterfall of El Limon, Samana, Dominican Republic.

Fishermen reported hearing a loud noise coming from a highway along the coast leading to San Domingo on March 27 and passersby discovered a badly injured woman along the roadway, police said. She was taken to a hospital where she died on April 4, police said.

Police said a car was found submerged in the water below the highway and the body of a man was retrieved from the vehicle on March 31, according to police.

(Cheryl Freeman and Carter Warrington/via Reuters) Portia Ravenelle is seen in this image taken March 26, 2019 at the waterfall of El Limon, Samana, Dominican Republic.

Autopsies are being conducted to determine if the two people who died in what appeared to be a car accident are Moore and Ravenelle, the police statement said.

(Orlando Barria/EPA via Shutterstock) People watch the search of a car in the water off of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 10, 2019.

U.S. State Department officials said earlier this week that they were working with Dominican authorities to find the missing couple.

"We are aware of reports regarding a U.S. couple missing in the Dominican Republic. The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State. We stand ready to provide appropriate assistance to U.S. citizens in need and to their families," the State Department said in a statement. "When a U.S. citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts and share information with families however we can."

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A search for a New York couple that went missing while on a romantic getaway to the Dominican Republic took a grim twist this week. On Tuesday, police in the Dominican Republic said they are investigating if two people who apparently died in a car crash last month are the missing Americans.

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Russia passed a new bill that would make the government be able to completely control the internet in Russia. All information would be controlled by the government and people are rebelling saying that total internet control would make the government more corrupt.

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The lower house of the Russia n parliament has passed a second reading of a bill that would expand government authority over the internet but whose opponents fear heralds widespread censorship.

The bill, which passed 322-15, would install equipment to route Russian internet traffic through servers in the country. That would increase the powers of state agencies and make it harder for users to circumvent any government restrictions.

The proposed move sparked protests of several thousand people in Moscow last month. Opponents argue it would allow the state to control the flow of information and enforce blocks on messaging applications which refuse to hand over data.

Advocates say the bill is intended to address concerns that Russia could be cut off if the United States engages in a cybersecurity offensive.

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The lower house of the Russia n parliament has passed a second reading of a bill that would expand government authority over the internet but whose opponents fear heralds widespread censorship. The bill, which passed 322-15, would install equipment to route Russian internet traffic through servers in the country.

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Georgetown University is the first university to charge a fee to pay back slavery reperations

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Georgetown University could become the first college in the nation to mandate a fee to benefit descendants of slaves sold by the university nearly 200 years ago -- a debate that takes place against the backdrop of a broader political conversation unfolding on the 2020 presidential campaign trail about reparations.

The school's undergraduates will vote Thursday on a referendum to increase tuition by $27.20 a semester to create a fund to benefit descendants of the 272 slaves sold to pay off the Georgetown Jesuits' debt. The move saved the university financially.

"The Jesuits sold my family and 40 other families so you could be here," sophomore Melisande Short-Colomb, a Georgetown student, said during a town hall to discuss the controversial issue last week.

She's one of four students currently attending the university under an admissions policy that considers the descendants of the 272 slaves "legacy" students.

There is an obligation for Georgetown to reconcile its sins, and that obligation falls squarely on the institution.

That group also includes Elizabeth Thomas, who will receive her master's degree from Georgetown University in May and is a desk assistant at ABC News in Washington. She's a descendant of Sam and Betsy Harris, who were enslaved and sold by Georgetown University in 1838. If the current referendum passes, it's unclear whether Thomas would receive any reparations in the future.

If it passes, the referendum would go into effect in fall 2021.

(Aimin Tang/Getty Images) White-Gravenor Hall of Georgetown University is shown.

A week ahead of the vote, Short-Colomb joined 100 other students packed into Georgetown's Leavey Hall on campus as the gathering mulled the impact of the proposal.

"No one in this room was here in 1838 when this happened," Short-Colomb said. Still, she thinks the funds could help make amends for the university's slave-holding past.

"But we have a chance today to make a difference, so I'm going to pay my $54," she said, referring to the two semesters before she'd graduate.
A longstanding political debate
The conversation on the Washington campus reflects a larger discussion as reparations take the stage ahead of the 2020 election. A number of the Democratic presidential candidates have weighed in on the issue of reparations for African American descendants of slaves.

The issue of reparations isn't new. It's been contentiously refuted since the end of the Civil War. One of the earliest proposals came more than 150 years ago when a general suggested Confederate-owned land should be confiscated and divided up to provide the family of freed slaves 40 acres and a mule.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson supports a reparations measure, originally introduced by Rep. John Conyers and reintroduced in every Congress since 1989, aimed at creating a commission to "make recommendations concerning any form of apology and compensation to begin the long delayed process of atonement for slavery."

The NAACP began collectively backing it in 2014. That year, journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote an essay supporting reparations that garnered national attention.

"Here we are in 2019 talking about it again. It is a sore spot for this nation," Johnson told ABC News. "It is something that we must address, so we can get past this moment in time in a way in which the legacy of slavery, the legacy of segregation, the legacy of institutional racism can once in for all be done away with and we can all prosper as a nation as one whole community."

Last week, during Rev. Al Sharpton's annual National Action Network convention, the first major gathering of 2020 for those seeking the support of black voters, a number of presidential hopefuls, including former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, directly addressed the issue.

O'Rourke said he'd support H.R. 40, a measure re-introduced this year by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and which could be a means to study the impact of slavery in a way that is "realistically forceful and effective to help African Americans who never had the issue of wealth that was inherited."

Other candidates supporting some form of reparations include Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Mass., New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg who said that as president he would support a reparations bill, which he sees as an issue of "inter-generational injustice."

The ideas for what reparations could look like are myriad.

California Sen. Kamala Harris on NPR recently floated the idea of studying the impact of "the effects of generations of discrimination and institutional racism and determine what can be done, in terms of intervention, to correct course."

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who spoke at the National Action Network last week, reiterated his support for Rep. Jim Clyburn's 10/20/30 plan, an effort the South Carolina congressman said aims to help counties that had a poverty level of more 20% for more than three decades. Those communities would then receive at least 10% of federal funds from a specific program.

Booker did not say whether he considered the measure a form of reparations. Clyburn, however, said the measure "absolutely" is.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders initially indicated that he would not support a reparations bill in Congress, saying on ABC's "The View," "I think that right now, our job is to address the crises facing the American people and our communities, and I think there are better ways to do that than just writing out a check."

However, at the conference he vowed to support the perennial reparations measure.

"If the House and Senate pass that bill, of course I would sign it," he said, adding that he thought there needed to be study about reparations.
Paying for sins of the past
The political discussion over reparations as a matter of policy comes as the university still struggles with its past. After news of Georgetown's slave sale surfaced, the university apologized. In April 2017, the school rededicated two buildings named after two former Jesuit University presidents who facilitated the sale.

Not all students are on board with the proposed tuition increase. The fee, which would rise with with inflation, raised red flags for some who attended the town hall.

Some who oppose it expressed concern as to where the money would be spent and how long they'd on the hook for paying. Several students noted they were working to support themselves and any additional costs won't be welcomed.

Others complained the referendum wasn't comprehensive enough.

Still others felt it's not the responsibility of the current generation to pay for sins of the past -- a stance that's come up in previous political debates.

"It's unjust to compel 7,000-plus people to pay for the university's historical sins," said Haley Grande, sophomore in student leadership at the university student. "There is an obligation for Georgetown to reconcile its sins, and that obligation falls squarely on the institution."
ABC News' Justin Gomez and Armando Garcia contributed to this report.

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Georgetown University could become the first college in the nation to mandate a fee to benefit descendants of slaves sold by the university nearly 200 years ago -- a debate that takes place against the backdrop of a broader political conversation unfolding on the 2020 presidential campaign trail about reparations.

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Jeffree Star, a makeup artist, has his own makeup line and at the end of March, someone stole $2.5 million worth of  makeup from his warehouse, including an entire shade of concealer. He later found out that the criminals sold his makeup at Burlington, and on Facebook Marketplace. 6 people have been arrested so far.

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On Sunday, a Twitter user shared photos of Jeffree Star Cosmetics liquid lipsticks that they said were sold at Burlington Coat Factory with discounted price tags.

YouTube influencer Jeffree Star responded to the photos on Monday, and said the products were "expired and sadly stolen."

Burlington Coat Factory responded to Star on Tuesday and said the company has stopped selling the lipsticks.

On April 2, Star said in a YouTube video that $2.5 million worth of makeup, including new products and expired items, was stolen from one of his warehouses by black-market dealers.

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Just under a month after YouTube influencer Jeffree Star said burglars had ransacked his makeup warehouse, shoppers say they have found products from the makeup mogul's brand being sold at discount retail chain Burlington Coat Factory.

Star says he was alerted to his products being sold at the store after Twitter user @rei_m3m shared photos of liquid lipsticks from Jeffree Star Cosmetics labeled with discounted price tags at a Burlington Coat Factory store on Sunday.

Speaking to INSIDER, Twitter user @rei_m3m, who goes by the name Perla G., said she found the photos on Facebook

Perla G. said she saw the images on the Facebook beauty group Boxy Babes, where members can "trade, sell, buy, and discuss" products from subscription boxes like Boxy Charm, and share general makeup news.

Another makeup fan also shared images of liquid lipsticks from Jeffree Star Cosmetics that they say were found at a Burlington Coat Factory store on April 3, posting photos and videos of the products on Facebook.

It's unclear whether the items appeared at different Burlington Coat Factory stores, though Facebook users commenting on the Facebook post have claimed to see Jeffree Star Cosmetics makeup in stores in Washington state.

Star responded to Perla G.'s tweet on Monday, and said the lipsticks were 'expired and sadly stolen'

He also said his lawyer was working to find out "how and why Burlington would ever allow this."

On Tuesday, Burlington Coat Factory reached out to Star over Facebook and Twitter, and said the lipsticks have been removed from its stores

Representatives for Burlington Coat Factory also said on the brand's official Twitter account that its stores are "committed to selling only authentic, authorized, and legally sourced product."

"We have discontinued sales of these products and are immediately pulling remaining units from our stores," the store representatives confirmed.

Star thanked the retailer for its response on Twitter, and said his team will continue to 'handle this behind the scenes and investigate'

The beauty mogul also spoke about the incident in an Instagram story, where he said he appreciated how Burlington Coat Factory handled the issue.

"There's been a lot of companies that just keep their mouths shut," Star said in an Instagram story on Tuesday. "They try to sweep things under the rug. They want to keep it cute behind the scenes. But I really appreciate [Burlington Coat Factory] actually saying things on social media."

Previously on April 2, Star said in a YouTube video that $2.5 million worth of makeup - including new and unreleased products as well as expired items - was stolen from one of his warehouses by black-market dealers.

According to photos obtained by TMZ, intruders entered the Jeffree Star Cosmetics warehouse after cutting a hole through the roof. They then stole a range of expired products, as well as an entire shade of the unreleased Magic Star concealer, according to Star.
Read more: YouTube influencer Jeffree Star says burglars cut through the roof of his warehouse and ransacked $2.5 million in makeup
"This is the biggest theft I have ever experienced in my entire career," Star said in a video about the robbery. "This is my biggest hit as a brand. I am still shocked about the entire thing."

Representatives for Jeffree Star Cosmetics and Burlington Coat Factory did not immediately reply to INSIDER's requests for comment.

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YouTube influencer Jeffree Star says his stolen makeup was being sold at Burlington stores after burglars ransacked $2.5 million worth of beauty products from his warehouse

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On Sunday, a Twitter user shared photos of Jeffree Star Cosmetics liquid lipsticks that they said were sold at Burlington Coat Factory with discounted price tags. YouTube influencer Jeffree Star responded to the photos on Monday, and said the products were "expired and sadly stolen."

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A woman called the police thinking there was a burglar in her bathroom with the door locked. Deputies came and heard a rustling noise inside. The police tried to talk the burglar out but after getting no response, they forced their way into the bathroom just to find a Roomba.

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Authorities responding to a potential burglar at a woman's home in Oregon quickly found themselves confronting a suspect with a surprisingly clean record.

The woman called 911 on Tuesday to report that someone was in her bathroom with the door locked and that she could see shadows moving under the door.

Within minutes, multiple deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the scene and surrounded the residence.

We breached the bathroom door and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.

Deputies could hear a "rustling" noise from inside the bathroom as they approached, according to the sheriff's office. They called for a K-9 unit to assist.

Deputies made several verbal commands for the suspect to come out, but there was no response and the "rustling" noise intensified, according to the sheriff's office. So they forced their way into the bathroom with their guns drawn.

"We breached the bathroom door," a deputy was quoted as saying in the Sheriff's Office statement, "and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner."

It's unclear whether any charges were filed.

A spokesperson for iRobot, the Massachusetts-based technology company that makes the cleaning bot, told ABC News, "If cleaning dirt is a crime, Roomba is guilty as charged."

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Guns drawn, deputies breach woman's bathroom door to confront ... a Roomba

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Authorities responding to a potential burglar at a woman's home in Oregon quickly found themselves confronting a suspect with a surprisingly clean record. The woman called 911 on Tuesday to report that someone was in her bathroom with the door locked and that she could see shadows moving under the door.

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In Iowa, a woman and her boyfriend were charged for keeping the mans 8 year old son confined in a basement for at least 9 hours a day. He told the authorities that he was forced to sleeping concrete.

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Woman convicted on lesser charge in boy torture case

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An Iowa woman charged with kidnapping for confining her boyfriend's 8-year-old son under basement stairs has been convicted of a lesser charge.

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Miami Heat legend Dwayne Wade announces his retirement. He has impacted the world of sports in a great way. He played his final game in New York last night leaving with a standing ovation and earning the respect of everyone in the building.

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You know what I remember?

Back before he made basketball matter in Miami, catapulting the Heat from a regional team to an international one. Back before he became Michael Jordan in the 2006 Finals, carrying Shaquille O'Neal to a championship. Back before he put together the most interesting sports team South Florida has ever known, LeBron Bleeping James producing a TV show just to announce that he'd be coming to him.

I remember the very beginning of his Miami journey. I remember how Dwyane Wade treated the janitors.

The ushers, the parking-garage attendants, the locker room security, the public relations interns ... this is where Miami first felt Dwyane Wade's touch. Back then, as he started to appear more and more in playoff games and news conferences and commercials and photo shoots on his way to global fame, Wade would walk through the bowels of the arena and reach out to the people who prepared the stage before his performance.

Basketball is ballet for giants, bathed in lights and noise, but Wade's grace extended beyond the court, to all those quieter places where truth and treasures are hidden. Over and over, as they saw him getting bigger, the little people in and around his growing Miami wake would say the same marveling thing aloud, and it was something between plea and prayer:

Please don't change.

Special from the start. Special to the end. Wade has lived a very public and accessible life over the past decade and a half, but try to find a journalist who has a bad word to say about him.

He did change, of course, but only in the ways that growth and fatherhood and heartbreak and learning require.

He went from taking out a loan so he could afford diapers while at Marquette to writing a book about fatherhood. He went from his first marriage falling apart messily in public to marrying a Hollywood starlet, and taking a paternity leave this season to help her become a mother through a surrogate. He went from being the other guy in the LeBron-Carmelo draft to one of the four best shooting guards the sport has ever known ... and the greatest symbol for athletic excellence in the history of South Florida sports.

Chicago birthed him, but Miami watched him grow up, becoming a made man in godfather Pat Riley's culture cartel. "This will be my last first-round exit for a while; I can tell you that," he spit after averaging 33 points per playoff game in 2009 against the Celtics of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. And then all he did that summer was build the superteam that would end them.

"Basketball is ballet for giants, bathed in lights and noise, but Wade's grace extended beyond the court, to all those quieter places where truth and treasures are hidden."

By the time he was standing on a scorer's table, shouting, "This is my house!" after a buzzer-beater against Chicago, it had already long been a noisy redundancy in these parts. The basketball arena in Dade County, sandwiched between the cruise ships and the all-night dance warehouses, had long since been renamed Wade County by locals because Wade hosted the noisiest parties in our fun-fueled city. Wade's greatness and grace combined to turn Miami from a football town to a basketball town during his time. As one sports generation passed away and another was birthed, Wade supplanted Dan Marino as the local sports legend with the most emotional connection to the city. No small mountain, that one. Marino, you should know, used his platform to build a hospital for children in the area.

Miami is a city of shiny things, a place of few attachments, filled with tourists and transients, so the connection between Wade and this place doesn't have a lot of precedent. But here's how it grew: Since Wade's very first game in Miami, the Dolphins have had nine coaches, swallowing even Nick Saban, and don't have a single playoff victory to show for it. For the Marlins -- 10 managers, zero playoff appearances. The hockey Panthers haven't won a playoff series since Wade arrived, either. Even the once dynastic University of Miami football team has failed to win the ACC so much as once since he got here.

During the formative years of sports fandom, South Florida youngsters became teens and then adults with Wade as their only guide and teacher on how to get to winning ... and how to behave once you arrived there. Never mind the Heat and basketball. Wade is the reason many South Florida kids came to love sports. Our city is filled with people in their 20s who know how good winning can feel only because Dwyane Wade taught them.

So, as his career comes to a close, how do you explain what he meant in ways that can be felt? Miamians can argue that Wade was more efficient than Kobe Bryant throughout his career, and better over a five-year run. Wade had more blocks than any guard ever. Made 13 All-Star Games. Won three championships. But résumés are cold. If what you want to do is remember, scrapbooks are better.

So there he is in his younger days, dunking on Jermaine O'Neal and Anderson Varejao in ways that still echo with kids who are now adults. There he is at the very end of the jubilant 2006 season in Dallas, tossing the ball to the heavens after dominating a Finals like almost nobody ever has. There he is at the start of the swaggy Big Three era, tossing the no-look pass over his shoulder to the swooping-in LeBron in Milwaukee, Wade spreading his arms like airplane wings and veering off to the runway's side because he knew before anyone what was about to land behind him in a way you can see spread across his face even in stills.

And there he is with his teammates in the middle of America's racial tension, head bowed in a hoodie, using his platform to remember Trayvon Martin as adulthood and fatherhood called him to activism.

Wade had three leaders in Miami, and he has imprinted them as much as they have imprinted him. Erik Spoelstra began as a video coordinator with him, chasing down his practice jumpers, and still spent this season 15 years later telling anyone who would listen that he'd "go to my grave" letting Wade close games for him even at 37 years old. Stan Van Gundy says there is no player -- not Kobe, not LeBron, not Michael -- he trusts more with the ball at deciding time. And it is poet-philosopher Pat Riley who puts Wade's voice at the center of the Heat's culture, in a quote on the hallway mural that leads to the practice court. They're the only words you'll find on a wall filled with championship photos.

"I ain't going out like this," is what it reads.

The NBA's power couple sat down with Rachel Nichols to discuss Wade's transition to his post-playing career, his impact on the next generation ... and trips to the vet.

After 16 years, three NBA titles, 13 All-Star Games and almost 23,000 points, Dwyane Wade is calling it a career. So what's the man they call Flash in a hurry to do now?

It's from 2006, long enough ago to feel like misty nostalgia now. The Heat were down 2-0 in the Finals and trailed by 13 at home in the fourth quarter of Game 3. Riley wrote the word "Season" on the dry-erase board, and he remembers how Wade emerged from that huddle spitting the words "I ain't going out like this" through clenched teeth. Miami won the next four games and its first championship, of course, Wade averaging an absurd 35 points (shooting 47 percent) and eight rebounds in the Finals. "Where there's a will, there's a Wade," is something you hear a lot around the Heat. And you have felt the echoes of "I ain't going out like that," even in this, an emotional farewell season stuck in the purgatory at the middle of the standings. Ask the champion Golden State Warriors. At 37, Wade ended even them at the buzzer.

We rarely allow our heroes to age with grace in the cruel ecosystem of professional competition. Younger legs and sharper teeth emerge to chase down the aged when the fight is for glory and money. Even in the age of player empowerment, you often don't get to choose your ending. It is hard to let go -- confidence is the last thing to go, and the mirror is the last to know -- so there is a desperation to how tightly even legends can hang on. Vince Carter is in Atlanta, and Tony Parker is toiling in Charlotte, and Carmelo is in street clothes. Older now, slower now, Wade spent this last season rising above that cruelty in his adopted city and from arena to arena around America, accepting gratitude and tributes at every last stop, a Miami ambassador from the very beginning 'til the very end.

So, thank you, Dwyane Wade.

For everything you represented while wearing our city's name over your heart.

You carved a forever space on our sports landscape.

You left us better than you found us.

And sports relationships don't get much better than that.

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A woman calls the police saying that there was someone inside her house/bathroom. Police arrived with guns drawn, and what they found was a roomba cleaning the bathroom.

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Authorities responding to a potential burglar at a woman's home in Oregon quickly found themselves confronting a suspect with a surprisingly clean record.

The woman called 911 on Tuesday to report that someone was in her bathroom with the door locked and that she could see shadows moving under the door.

Within minutes, multiple deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the scene and surrounded the residence.

We breached the bathroom door and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.

Deputies could hear a "rustling" noise from inside the bathroom as they approached, according to the sheriff's office. They called for a K-9 unit to assist.

Deputies made several verbal commands for the suspect to come out, but there was no response and the "rustling" noise intensified, according to the sheriff's office. So they forced their way into the bathroom with their guns drawn.

"We breached the bathroom door," a deputy was quoted as saying in the Sheriff's Office statement, "and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner."

It's unclear whether any charges were filed.

A spokesperson for iRobot, the Massachusetts-based technology company that makes the cleaning bot, told ABC News, "If cleaning dirt is a crime, Roomba is guilty as charged."

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Guns drawn, deputies breach woman's bathroom door to confront ... a Roomba

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Authorities responding to a potential burglar at a woman's home in Oregon quickly found themselves confronting a suspect with a surprisingly clean record. The woman called 911 on Tuesday to report that someone was in her bathroom with the door locked and that she could see shadows moving under the door.

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After a homicide case went unsolved for 46 years, an 80 year old has finally been accused of killing 2 teens in Virginia Beach in 1973. The families of the victims say it is bittersweet because justice will finally be served, but "it has opened up deep wounds that had been there since 1973".

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Virginia Beach police have accused an 80-year-old New York man of killing two teens in a case that's gone unsolved for 46 years.

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A search for two people who went on vacation to the Dominican Republic has been going on since March. On Wednesday police has confirmed that two people died in a car crash are the missing people. The car with the two people in it was in the water below a highway.

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A search for a New York couple that went missing while on a romantic getaway to the Dominican Republic took a grim twist this week.

On Tuesday, police in the Dominican Republic said they are investigating if two people who apparently died in a car crash last month are the missing Americans.

Orlando Moore, 43, and his girlfriend, Portia Ravenelle, 32, both of Mount Vernon, vanished on the morning of March 27, the day they checked out of the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa resort in Samana. Their relatives told police they were scheduled to fly to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey that day, but missed their flight out of Santa Domingo.

(Cheryl Freeman and Carter Warrington via Reuters) Orlando Moore, seen on horseback, is seen in this image taken March 26, 2019 at the waterfall of El Limon, Samana, Dominican Republic.

Fishermen reported hearing a loud noise coming from a highway along the coast leading to San Domingo on March 27 and passersby discovered a badly injured woman along the roadway, police said. She was taken to a hospital where she died on April 4, police said.

Police said a car was found submerged in the water below the highway and the body of a man was retrieved from the vehicle on March 31, according to police.

(Cheryl Freeman and Carter Warrington/via Reuters) Portia Ravenelle is seen in this image taken March 26, 2019 at the waterfall of El Limon, Samana, Dominican Republic.

Autopsies are being conducted to determine if the two people who died in what appeared to be a car accident are Moore and Ravenelle, the police statement said.

(Orlando Barria/EPA via Shutterstock) People watch the search of a car in the water off of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 10, 2019.

U.S. State Department officials said earlier this week that they were working with Dominican authorities to find the missing couple.

"We are aware of reports regarding a U.S. couple missing in the Dominican Republic. The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State. We stand ready to provide appropriate assistance to U.S. citizens in need and to their families," the State Department said in a statement. "When a U.S. citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts and share information with families however we can."

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2 bodies found amidst search for New York couple missing in Dominican Republic

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A search for a New York couple that went missing while on a romantic getaway to the Dominican Republic took a grim twist this week. On Tuesday, police in the Dominican Republic said they are investigating if two people who apparently died in a car crash last month are the missing Americans.

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Avengers endgame broke Fandango's first 24 hours presale record. It beat the force awakens for the spot. Crashing websites in the process. The top five are all Disney films.
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" Avengers: Endgame" tickets went on sale Tuesday and just like Thanos' famous snap, they were gone just like that. But way more than half.

Fandango is reporting that "Endgame" has broken its pre-sale records, topping the previous holder, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

Guess the force is strong with Earth's mightiest heroes.

The online retailer sent out a cheeky tweet Tuesday: "#AvengersEndgame gave The Force Awakens the *snap* as the top-selling pre-sale title in the first 24 hours. (notice the perfect balance of the top 5?)."

"Star Wars" also owns the No. 3 spot with "Last Jedi."

In fact, the top five are all Disney films. "Rogue One" is No. 4 and "Infinity War" is No. 5.

"Star Wars" will have a chance to reclaim the top spot later this year with "Episode IX."

According to Deadline, other online ticket providers like Atom Tickets have also said "Endgame" is topping pre-sale records.

Other sites have yet to tabulate and report their pre-sales. But tickets are sure going fast!

Marvel, Lucasfilm and ABC News are all owned by parent company Disney.

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'Avengers: Endgame' tops 'Star Wars,' breaks previous pre-sale record

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" Avengers: Endgame" tickets went on sale Tuesday and just like Thanos' famous snap, they were gone just like that. But way more than half. Fandango is reporting that "Endgame" has broken its pre-sale records, topping the previous holder, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Guess the force is strong with Earth's mightiest heroes.

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Lawmakers discussed a proposal that would allow teachers to choose to whether or not to get shot by projectiles during active shooter drills. This followed an incident in January where teacher, were shot with plastic pellets without their consent. A state senator sates that the drill has a lot to do with making sure they experience the adrenaline and emotions of a true active shooter but it's not required to participate at all. The bill is on it's way to the State Senate for a vote.

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Lawmakers in Indiana discussed a proposal on Wednesday that would allow teachers to choose whether or not they are shot with projectiles during active-shooter drills.

The proposal follows an incident in January where teachers participating in the training said they were shot with plastic pellets, without warning or consent, and were left with bruises. State lawmakers barred the practice completely last week, but now the committee has said it will allow the use of projectiles if teachers first agree to it.
INDIANA TEACHERS HIT WITH PLASTIC PELLETS DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL: 'IT HURT SO BAD'
"It's got to do with reality and making sure they experience the emotions and adrenaline and everything that happens in the training," Republican State Sen. Jeff Raatz told WISH-TV. "But, it's not required for anybody to participate. Again, it would only be if the teacher, as you mentioned, if a teacher would desire to be part of the training first of all."

The Indiana State Teachers Association had originally asked for language that would prevent the use of projectiles, the Indianapolis Star reported. A teacher's labor union official called the new proposal a step in the right direction.
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"Allowing the pellets, as an opt-in or opt-out ...or projectiles ... that's probably better than not having language at all about that," Sally Sloan, executive director of the American Federation of Teachers, Indiana, told the WISH.

The bill is headed to the State Senate floor for a vote.

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Indiana active-shooter training to give teachers option of getting shot with projectiles, lawmakers say

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Lawmakers in Indiana discussed a proposal on Wednesday that would allow teachers to choose whether or not they are shot with projectiles during active-shooter drills. The proposal follows an incident in January where teachers participating in the training said they were shot with plastic pellets, without warning or consent, and were left with bruises.

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During an active shooter drill in Indiana, teachers and administrators were shot with plastic pellets without their consent, leaving bruises on their arms and legs. State lawmakers then barred the practice so that teachers can only be shot with their consent. State Senator, Jeff Raatz said, "It's got to do with reality and making sure they experience the emotions and adrenaline".

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Lawmakers in Indiana discussed a proposal on Wednesday that would allow teachers to choose whether or not they are shot with projectiles during active-shooter drills.

The proposal follows an incident in January where teachers participating in the training said they were shot with plastic pellets, without warning or consent, and were left with bruises. State lawmakers barred the practice completely last week, but now the committee has said it will allow the use of projectiles if teachers first agree to it.
INDIANA TEACHERS HIT WITH PLASTIC PELLETS DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL: 'IT HURT SO BAD'
"It's got to do with reality and making sure they experience the emotions and adrenaline and everything that happens in the training," Republican State Sen. Jeff Raatz told WISH-TV. "But, it's not required for anybody to participate. Again, it would only be if the teacher, as you mentioned, if a teacher would desire to be part of the training first of all."

The Indiana State Teachers Association had originally asked for language that would prevent the use of projectiles, the Indianapolis Star reported. A teacher's labor union official called the new proposal a step in the right direction.
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"Allowing the pellets, as an opt-in or opt-out ...or projectiles ... that's probably better than not having language at all about that," Sally Sloan, executive director of the American Federation of Teachers, Indiana, told the WISH.

The bill is headed to the State Senate floor for a vote.

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Lawmakers in Indiana discussed a proposal on Wednesday that would allow teachers to choose whether or not they are shot with projectiles during active-shooter drills. The proposal follows an incident in January where teachers participating in the training said they were shot with plastic pellets, without warning or consent, and were left with bruises.

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James Holzhauer who is a professional sports bettor set a single day record for winnings on an episode of Jeopardy on Tuesday. He won $110, 914 beating the previous record of $77,000 set by roger Craig in 2010. He has won $244, 365 in 4 days.

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Professional sports bettor James Holzhauer set a single-day record for winnings on an episode of Jeopardy! that aired Tuesday.

According to ESPN.com's David Purdum, Holzhauer's cash winnings of $110,914 shattered the previous record of $77,000 set by Roger Craig on Sept. 14, 2010.

Jeopardy! posted some Twitter highlights of Holzhauer's historic performance:

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James just broke the single-game winnings record with a total of $110,914! https://t.co/tVkOlivPY5

"Now, I focus largely on in-game betting, where the oddsmaker often struggles to put an accurate line with only few seconds to think about it. I think my work is similar to an investment bank, except that I'm the analyst, trader, fund manager and day trader all into one. "I'm proud that I've found success in many different fields of sports betting, but the most important thing about my work is the freedom it gives me to travel and spend time with my family, which I would never have a nine-to-five-although maybe not on a college football Saturday."
Holzhauer is a 34-year-old resident of Las Vegas who has won a whopping $244,365 during his four-day winning streak.

In an email to ESPN, Holzhauer wrote that while he used to bet primarily on baseball futures, he makes his living on in-game sports betting after previously running a poker strategy website:

Holzhauer has answered 129 of his 133 attempts correctly on Jeopardy!, and he is already drawing comparisons to perhaps the most famous contestant in the show's history.

Ken Jennings went on a 74-game winning streak that netted him over $2.5 million in 2004, and while Holzhauer has a long way to go before he reaches that point, his dominant performances have already allowed him to win one-tenth of the amount Jennings won in 70 more episodes.

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James Holzhauer, Professional Sports Bettor, Sets 'Jeopardy' Single-Day Record

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Breaking News Mike Chiari Reed Saxon/Associated Press @mikechiari Twitter Logo Featured Columnist Professional sports bettor James Holzhauer set a single-day record for winnings on an episode of Jeopardy! that aired Tuesday. According to ESPN.com's David Purdum, Holzhauer's cash winnings of $110,914 shattered the previous record of $77,000 set by Roger Craig on Sept.