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a ballet dancer vanishes, her car was found abandoned

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Investigators are searching for a missing St. Louis ballet dancer after her car was mysteriously found abandoned in rural Missouri, authorities said.

Raffaella Stroik, 23, was last seen Monday morning at a Whole Foods in Town and Country, just outside of St. Louis, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

Missouri State Highway Patrol

A state park ranger found her empty car on Monday in a boat ramp parking lot in Mark Twain Lake State Park, the state highway patrol said. The state park, in rural Monroe County, is about 130 miles away from St. Louis.

A trooper checked again Tuesday morning and found the car still in the lot, authorities said.

Investigators determined Stroik, of St. Louis, was missing, and searched the surrounding area, authorities said on Tuesday.

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Stroik is a South Bend, Indiana, native who joined the Saint Louis Ballet Company in 2017, according to the company's website.

She is described as having brown hair and brown eyes and often wears her hair in a ponytail or a braid, authorities said. She stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds.

Missouri State Highway Patrol

She was last seen wearing an olive-green jacket, navy pants with white zippers on the sides, a long pink scarf and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Missouri State Highway Patrol at 660-385-2132.

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Investigators are searching for a missing St. Louis ballet dancer after her car was mysteriously found abandoned in rural Missouri, authorities said. Raffaella Stroik, 23, was last seen Monday morning at a Whole Foods in Town and Country, just outside of St. Louis, the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Brooklyn Nets' Caris Levert sustains severe leg injury, players 'were crying'.

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attorney for the Lee family, Kirk E. Schenck, said that Lee “did pass away this morning in Los Angeles.”

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Giants take comeback win against the 49ers last night winning 27-23 when down 20-10 ending the 3rd Quarter. Eli is trying to silence the doubters on him

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The New York Giants were not ready to board the Nick Mullens express.

After the San Francisco 49ers quarterback torched the Oakland Raiders in his first career start, New York handed him his first loss with a 27-23 victory on Monday at Levi's Stadium. The Giants snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 2-7, while the 49ers fell to 2-8 in a contest that had more impact in the race for draft positioning than the playoff battle.

Eli Manning hit Sterling Shepard for the game-winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining and threw for 188yards and three scores in the win, two of which went to Odell Beckham Jr. Saquon Barkley added 67 rushing yards and 33 receiving yards as well.

Mullens finished with 250 passing yards, one touchdown and two interceptions, while Matt Breida carried the offense for stretches with 101 rushing yards, 31 receiving yards and two total touchdowns. San Francisco had an opportunity to win on the game's final play, but Mullens' throw sailed out the back of the end zone.
Giants Are Biggest Threat to Saquon Barkley's Ceiling
The successful start of Barkley's career is all the more remarkable when taking his teammates into consideration.

ranked New York's offensive line as the league's worst run-blocking unit through nine weeks, and the struggles were evident when there was a swarm of 49ers on him seemingly the moment he took a handoff. It is a testament to his individual brilliance he was able to shed tacklers and put up 100 total yards, 23 of which came on a critical catch that brought the Giants into the red zone on the winning drive. Football Outsiders

He tallied 519 rushing yards, 497 receiving yards and seven total touchdowns through his first eight games and has flashed the talent to be a versatile difference-maker who can challenge for 1,200 rushing yards and 800 receiving yards a la Le'Veon Bell.

That is surely what the Giants envisioned when they opened themselves up for criticism by taking a running back with the No. 2 overall pick even with talented quarterbacks available and 37-year-old Manning's prime well in the rearview mirror.

Barkley has thrived and looks the part of a building block who can put up monster statistics in a well-designed offense with talented playmakers around him much like Todd Gurley does on the Los Angeles Rams. The question, though, is whether he will get the well-designed offense and capable blockers up front in time for his prime.

The Giants need a franchise quarterback to follow Manning who can take the pressure off Barkley's shoulders and prevent opposing defenses from stacking the box. They also need to take drastic steps along the offensive line lest they risk injury and stunted development for the Penn State product.

That means a team that has made the playoffs just twice in the last nine seasons-and is all but eliminated in 2018-is now tasked with putting the right pieces around a franchise running back to unlock his full potential all while addressing the defensive side of the ball as well.

The early returns are anything but promising with arguably the league's worst offensive line leading the way, and it is understandable if Giants fans are skeptical about the future.

New York's roster is more of a long-term impediment to Barkley than any on-field opponent.
Nick Mullens Shows 49ers Last Week's Stellar Performance Was an Anomaly
Mullens took the NFL world by storm with his debut performance in front of a national audience on Thursday Night Football in Week 9. He finished 16-of-22 for 262 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions in the win over the Raiders by dissecting the defense, comfortably stepping up in the pocket and exploiting openings downfield.

There wasn't nearly as much of that Monday.

Linebacker B.J. Goodson set up the Giants' first touchdown-a strike from Manning to Beckham-with an interception in the first half when San Francisco was pinned deep in its own territory. Mullens stared down Kendrick Bourne and attempted to force the ball into a tight window across his body and paid the price.

Mullens benefited from a dropped interception later in the game and airmailed a deep ball to Bourne on the first possession of the second half.

He struggled to throw outside the numbers and did so late multiple times, which is one of the riskiest plays a signal-caller can make since it gives defenders additional time to break on the ball. What's more, Goodson intercepted him again in the fourth quarter when the Southern Mississippi product threw behind Marquise Goodwin, which ended a promising drive.

In fairness to Mullens, he is not supposed to be starting Monday night football games in November. The 49ers traded for Jimmy Garoppolo last season to be the franchise quarterback for years, but he was lost for the season to a torn ACL. What's more, C.J. Beathard's wrist injury gave Mullens the opportunity to start against the Raiders in the first place.

He still managed 250 passing yards and has largely held his own as a third-stringer pressed into action, but some of the mistakes he made against the Giants are the ones NFL defenses will feast on long-term.

Mullens also hasn't exactly been working against the 1985 Chicago Bears' defense seeing how Football Outsiders' DVOA place New York's defense 26th overall and 27th against the pass and the Raiders 31st overall and 32nd against the pass.

The bottom line is Mullens is not someone who is going to throw three touchdown passes on a weekly basis, even if he has made a name for himself.
What's Next?
The Giants host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 11, while the 49ers head into their bye.

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Eli Manning Engineers Last-Minute Comeback as Saquon Barkley, Giants Beat 49ers

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The New York Giants were not ready to board the Nick Mullens express. After the San Francisco 49ers quarterback torched the Oakland Raiders in his first career start, New York handed him his first loss with a 27-23 victory on Monday at Levi's Stadium.

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Stan Lee dies at age 95 from pneumonia

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how stan lee lives on in you (opinion)  - cnn

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No, we don't have super strength and we can't fly, but we fight society's ills armed with the principles woven into the words of some of our favorite characters. This is how Stan Lee lives on, writes LZ Granderson.

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Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the creator of beloved characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, and more, has died, ABC News has confirmed. An attorney for the Lee family, Kirk E. Schenck, said that Lee “did pass away this morning in Los Angeles.”

Lee was 95 years old.

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Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the creator of beloved characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, and more, died on Nov. 12, ABC News has confirmed. He was 95 years old.

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Earlier this year, Lee has been hospitalized with a case of pneumonia, though he assured his fans at the time, "I've been fighting."

Lee was an innovator and his work with Marvel Comics was groundbreaking, no more so than as in recent years with movies dominating the box offices involving his most prized characters such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and X-Men.

The New York City native was born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922 to Celia and Jack Lieber, and said that as a child, he loved to read, though he wasn't particularly interested into comic books. However, in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he got a job as an assistant at Timely Comics, which would eventually become Marvel Comics. Lee's duties included proofreading, refilling ink for the artists and other remedial duties, he told the Los Angeles Times in 2009.

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In 1941, he made his comic debut writing a Captain America book, and used the pseudonym "Stan Lee" for the first time. But it wasn't until late 1950s when Lee struck out on his own, creating superheroes for what is now Marvel Comics, and giving them human flaws, something that hadn't been seen in the comic realm.

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Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee dies at 95

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Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the creator of beloved characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, and more, died on Nov. 12, ABC News has confirmed. He was 95 years old. Add Marvel as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Marvel news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

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Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the fire

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze.

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Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing.

When the fire roared into the neighborhood, Brad Weldon said he had just minutes to prepare water and hoses.

"The wind was coming this way ... 60 mile-an-hour winds. It was coming straight at us," Brad Weldon told ABC News. "We both hit the ground and started watering ourselves down because we were going to cook."

Houses then went up in flames, one after another after another.

I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it.

What he described as a "fire tornado" started churning, but then the powerful winds pushed "the fire away from us."

"I believe that was the angels," he said.

At least 42 people have died in the Camp Fire, now the the deadliest on record in the state. The blaze nearly demolished the town of Paradise.

Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

"I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses," Brad Weldon said. "Everybody I know lost everything."

I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses.

"I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it," he said. "And mom wouldn't have left even if I wanted her to."

"Where would I go? I don't know anywhere," his mother, Norma Weldon, told ABC News. "There's a heavenly father up there that loves all of us and he will take care of all of us."

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With so many of his neighbors suddenly homeless, Brad Waldson said he'll open his home to those in need.

"All my loved ones know that if they need me, I'm here. ... I'll turn this into a tent city," he said. "They're all welcome."

ABC News' Chental Bembry contributed reporting

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Man stays with blind 90-year-old mom to fight wildfire from 1 of only few houses left

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze. Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing. When the fire roared into the...

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Lil pump kanye west and other celeberties houses were set a blaze by california wildfire

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It seems to be that time of the year where the seemingly annual California wildfires blaze its trails. Many people are being forced to evacuate their homes including some top celebrities like the Kardashian family. Lil Pump just had to blast out of his crib because the fire reached his backyard.

On Friday (Nov. 9), the Miami recording artist posted a series of videos to his Instagram story of the chaos. From the looks of the first video, he seems to be a good distance from the fire and made light of the situation. "This is Channel 5 News, we are reporting," he says in one video. "There is a huge fire in my backyard in Calabasas."

Things appeared to be going 0-100 real quick in a later clip. "Yo, we really got to evacuate now," the "Multi Millionaire" spitta says in a follow-up clip.

Pump then begins packing his things and talking more s-t before he finally ESSKEETIT. "Yeah bitch, that's how you know you rich," he says. "Ain't no broke nigga houses burning down. It's only that rich nigga shit. My house bout to burn down, bitch."

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It seems to be that time of the year where the seemingly annual California wildfires blaze its trails. Many people are being forced to evacuate their homes including some top celebrities like the Kardashian family. Lil Pump just had to blast out of his crib because the fire reached his backyard.

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Tarrytown, N.Y. - One afternoon not too long ago, Tim Hardaway Jr. drove to a local Home Depot to purchase some replacement light bulbs. While there, he began perusing the aisles. A gas stove caught his eye, as did a wood-burning outdoor grill. In the store's kitchen section, he noticed some stainless steel appliances that he loved and a refrigerator, too.

For many individuals, trips to home goods and hardware stores are burdensome chores best avoided at all costs. Tours of their interiors-dreary hells where attempts to delineate between paint colors like Victorian Lace and Tropical Sand can drain the life of even the most spirited of creatures-are best made in haste.

Hardaway Jr., though, looks forward to these jaunts. He views them as a welcome respite from his all-consuming day-and-night job as starting shooting guard, and leading scorer, of the New York Knicks.

"It's just a good way to get your mind away from basketball," he said. More so for Hardaway Jr., the errand of replacing a busted light represents the perfect opportunity to employ his other area of expertise, honed on his living room couch before games and during off days.

The NBA's eight-month marathon of a season can grow grating. Many players lean on hobbies to help complete the trek. Some play golf; others dive into video games.

But Hardaway Jr., who this year is averaging 23.2 points per game-nearly double his career average entering the season (12.1)-has chosen a different outlet: He relies on the friendly, fantasy-fulfilling faces featured every day on the Home and Garden Television cable channel, known to most by the moniker of HGTV.

"I watch basketball here and there, but you get tired and need to get away from it," Hardaway Jr. said. "HGTV is my channel to relax. I watch it all the time."

His favorite show, he said, is Fixer Upper, in which husband and wife Chip and Joanna Gaines help couples purchase and renovate homes. He often spends off days parked on his couch, devouring episodes-both new and re-runs-saved on his DVR. He knows HGTV's location on the dial by heart-"channel 64," he said with a smile-so that on those rare days when it's not the last channel he's watched, he can flip to it directly upon returning home following a game.

"The past three days that's the only channel that's been on my TV," Hardaway Jr. said.

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Not going to lie.. I watch @hgtv @PropertyBrother all the time glad I had a chance to meet @MrDrewScott 🏀🏀🏀👍🏡 http://t.co/QAThHOU0Vt

He didn't always posses this passion for housing and interior decorating. His father, former NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway, declined an interview request for this story, saying that he was unaware of his son's obsession with HGTVand that it must have developed after Hardaway Jr. graduated high school and moved out of the family's Miami home.

Like so many of his peers, the 26-year-old Hardaway Jr.'s infatuation with interior decorating arose thanks to MTV Cribs, the music channel's reality series in which famous people offer tours of their extravagant homes. But it wasn't until after his rookie season with the Knicks-he spent three years playing for the University of Michigan before being drafted by the Knicks 24th overall in 2013-that Hardaway Jr. came across HGTV's programing. He said Property Brothers, which features a pair of twin brothers helping families search for decaying homes to purchase and-you guessed it-renovate, was the show he fell in love with.

"I was like, 'Let me get an idea of what my dream home would be,'" Hardaway Jr. said. "An ultimate pad for everyone-family, friends-to enjoy."

But a snag in his NBA career temporarily derailed those plans. He was traded from the Knicks to Atlanta Hawks following his sophomore season. Just a few months later, the Hawks sent Hardaway Jr. down to the then-D-League. He appeared in just 51 games that season for the Hawks and averaged a career-low 6.4 points.

He bounced back the next year, though, upping his scoring average to 14.5 points per game for a Hawks team that made the playoffs. The Knicks, impressed by this boost in production, inked their former draft pick in July 2017 to a massive four-year, $71 million contract, giving Hardaway Jr. the capital to make his dream house a reality and apply all the knowledge he'd amassed over the past three years.

"My Fixer Upper knowledge, my Property Brothers knowledge, Love It or List It, Flip or Flop -I'm using all of that," Hardaway Jr. said. He then listed off some examples:

"Say you're getting a marble countertop; you have to know what colors go with that. Or maybe you go porcelain. And then the backsplash has to match the kitchen countertop, and then you have the bathroom setting, and everything has to go with the theme of the home."

Hardaway Jr. does have a specific vision in mind. He'd like a place back in Miami. Also, "I'm in love with the white kitchen," he said. "With a light, black-brownish marble countertop.
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"If there was a backsplash, it would be the subway tile. Or a Spanish tile thing. I'm in love with the modern Spanish tile."

The plan, he said, was to begin the process of finding and building his dream home last summer, but life got in the way. He even spent last season asking some of his veteran teammates for advice.

"He's been to my crib; he told me he liked what I did," former Knicks guard Jarrett Jack said, though he added that he was unaware of Hardaway Jr.'s HGTVinfatuation. Had Hardaway Jr. mentioned it, he would have discovered that he and Jack share a hobby. "I'm an HGTV watcher as well," Jack added.

But Hardaway Jr. does have one issue with some his beloved HGTV shows; as he's begun thinking about his own home, he's learned that some of his favorite shows are often misleading.

"You watch these 30-minute shows where they build and renovate these homes and you think it takes, like, four-to-five weeks and it's actually, 'No, this takes two-to-three months," he said. "You never know what can happen with, like, little knick-knacks popping up here.

"Or maybe the ground where you're building shifts a bit, and then you have to replace the foundation, and there's just so much that goes into it."

Hardaway Jr. will have to wait until after the season to put all this knowledge to test. For now, all he can do is sit back on his couch and continue to take notes.

"It's going to be exciting," he said, "for me to see what I can do."

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Tim Hardaway Jr.'s Secret HGTV Obsession Inspires Future Dream Home

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Tarrytown, N.Y. - One afternoon not too long ago, Tim Hardaway Jr. drove to a local Home Depot to purchase some replacement light bulbs. While there, he began perusing the aisles. A gas stove caught his eye, as did a wood-burning outdoor grill.

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A popular Cleveland reporter was reportedly found shot to death Monday inside a trailer with her uncle, who she recently reconnected with following her grandmother’s death.

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A popular Cleveland reporter was reportedly found shot to death Monday inside a trailer with her uncle, who she recently reconnected with following her grandmother's death.

The bodies of Nikki Delamotte, a 30-year-old culture reporter for Cleveland.com, and her uncle Robert J. Delamotte, 67, were found inside a trailer in Perrysburg Township in Ohio, about 10 miles southeast of Toledo, Cleveland.com reported. Police told the news site the deaths were being investigated as a homicide, however, no suspect or possible motive has been publicly identified.

"It's with heavy hearts we report the tragic death of Nikki Delamotte, a popular culture reporter with @clevelanddotcom. Nikki was found shot dead in a suspected homicide Monday in Wood County," the news organization tweeted.

Delamotte recently traveled to Wood County to reconnect with her father's brother following the death of her maternal grandmother. She met up with her uncle last month and the two made plans to meet up again Sunday at a bar to watch football, JoAnne Ullman, Delamotte's mother, told Cleveland.com.

"So she was going go over and they were going go to some neighborhood bar and watch the game," Ullman said.

Ullman reported the 30-year-old reporter missing Monday after she didn't get a response to text messages. Someone also reached out to Ullman on Facebook became concerned about Nikki Delamotte, Cleveland.com reported.

Ullman said she went to the trailer and found her daughter's car with her cell phone and wallet inside. Police soon arrived at the scene and confirmed two bodies were inside the residence.

"I'm sorry to tell you they're both dead and they both had gunshot wounds," she recalled an officer saying.

Delamotte's colleagues remembered the reporter as the "embodiment of kindness" with "a knack for telling stories that highlighted Cleveland's diversity."

"She had strong positions and backed down from no one, but she did so with gentleness and, always, respect. She was such a bright light, and Cleveland has a dimmer future for her loss," editor Chris Quinn said.

Kris Wernowsky, Cleveland.com's crime and courts editor, said Delamotte's stories were widely shared and read.

"Her articles were the ones most shared by Cleveland creative folks on social media. And they were always fun to read because she took the time to learn and understand what she wrote about," Wernowsky said.

Delamotte's Facebook page has been flooded with condolences and memories.

"Thank you for everything you did for this city and uplifting the culture," one mourner wrote. "Today is a very sad day. You will be missed."

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LeVert was racing back to block a shot with less than four seconds remaining. His leg bent awkwardly when he landed. LeVert spent several minutes on the court attended by medical personnel while the crowd fell silent.

Timberwolves players huddled in prayer while Nets players surrounded their injured teammate before he was taken off the court on a stretcher.

“It was really hard for all of us coming in the locker room. We’re not overly concerned with the outcome of the game, our thoughts are with Caris,” said Joe Harris, a Net, told the paper. “I don’t even think we talked when we came in at halftime. There was nothing to be said. You could just feel the emotions of everybody. Guys were crying.”

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Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert sustained a severe right leg injury Monday during the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves, The New York Post reported.

He was taken to a hospital.
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LeVert was racing back to black a shot with less than four seconds remaining. His leg bent awkwardly when he landed. LeVert spent several minutes on the court attended by medical personnel while the crowd fell silent.

Timberwolves players huddled in prayer while Nets players surrounded their injured teammate before he was taken off the court on a stretcher.

"It was really hard for all of us coming in the locker room. We're not overly concerned with the outcome of the game, our thoughts are with Caris," said Joe Harris, a Net, told the paper. "I don't even think we talked when we came in at halftime. There was nothing to be said. You could just feel the emotions of everybody. Guys were crying."

The Nets said LeVert would undergo a full evaluation at the hospital. Updates will be issued when available.
BEARS KICKER CODY PARKEY HITS UPRIGHT FOUR TIMES IN GAME AGAINST LIONS
LeVert, a former first-round pick in his third season, was averaging a team-leading 19 points entering the game. He had 10 points, five rebounds, and four assists on Monday.

Nets coach Kenny Atkinson called LeVert's injury a "devastating blow" for LeVert and the team.

"Our thoughts should be with him and his recovery. And I don't want to talk about the game or anything else," Atkinson said.

The Timberwolves beat the Nets in a 120-113 victory.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Brooklyn Nets' Caris Levert sustains severe leg injury, players 'were crying'

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The parent who took a photo of a group of Wisconsin high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute on the steps of a local courthouse said Tuesday he was simply asking the teens to wave goodbye to their parents before they headed off to prom and never anticipated the image would draw such widespread condemnation, one is doing the white power symbol though

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The photographer who took a picture of boys from Baraboo High School giving what appears to be a Nazi salute says he simply asked the students to wave goodbye to their parents.

Pete Gust told community journalism website Madison 365 that the pre-prom photo, which has been shared widely on social media, was innocent. He says he asked the boys to give him a "high five" for the photo taken in May on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse in downtown Baraboo, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee.

Gust has removed the photo from his website, Wheel Memories, where it had been posted since May, and wrote "To anyone that was hurt I sincerely apologize."

The Baraboo School District and police are investigating the photo.

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Photographer: Wisconsin boys' Nazi salute photo was innocent

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When a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze. Miraculously, their , home is now one of the very few still left standing.

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze.

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Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing.

When the fire roared into the neighborhood, Brad Weldon said he had just minutes to prepare water and hoses.

"The wind was coming this way ... 60 mile-an-hour winds. It was coming straight at us," Brad Weldon told ABC News. "We both hit the ground and started watering ourselves down because we were going to cook."

Houses then went up in flames, one after another after another.

I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it.

What he described as a "fire tornado" started churning, but then the powerful winds pushed "the fire away from us."

"I believe that was the angels," he said.

At least 42 people have died in the Camp Fire, now the the deadliest on record in the state. The blaze nearly demolished the town of Paradise.

Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

"I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses," Brad Weldon said. "Everybody I know lost everything."

I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses.

"I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it," he said. "And mom wouldn't have left even if I wanted her to."

"Where would I go? I don't know anywhere," his mother, Norma Weldon, told ABC News. "There's a heavenly father up there that loves all of us and he will take care of all of us."

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

With so many of his neighbors suddenly homeless, Brad Waldson said he'll open his home to those in need.

"All my loved ones know that if they need me, I'm here. ... I'll turn this into a tent city," he said. "They're all welcome."

ABC News' Chental Bembry contributed reporting

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze. Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing. When the fire roared into the...

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An African-American police officer is getting lots of love after he was shot dead in the line of duty. The inmates at a local jail wrote a letter sending condolensces.

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After a Georgia police officer was shot dead in the line of duty, inmates at the local jail sent a "heartfelt" letter to the sheriff.

Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney was shot dead while responding to a call on Oct. 20. He had been with the department for three years.

"Though law enforcement and criminals may be considered opposites, the intrinsic value of a human life transcends those boundaries by far," the Gwinnett County Jail inmates wrote to Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway. "Right is right and wrong is wrong. No matter the color uniform."

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Gwinnett County Police Department

The letter -- dated Oct. 30 and released by the Gwinnett County Sheriff on Saturday -- extended condolences to Toney's family as well as the "brotherhood" of local law enforcement.

"I submit this letter to honor all police officers, military personell [sic] and first responders," the inmates wrote. "Your service and sacrifice make the world a better place for all. Thank you."

Gwinnett County Police Department

The names were redacted but it appears as if 20 inmates signed their names to the letter.

"We're deeply appreciative of this act of kindness from these men," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "We think that Officer Toney would also be appreciative of their actions and we hope you are, too."

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Inmates thank officers for 'service and sacrifice' in wake of fatal cop shooting

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After a Georgia police officer was shot dead in the line of duty, inmates at the local jail sent a "heartfelt" letter to the sheriff. Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney was shot dead while responding to a call on Oct. 20. He had been with the department for three years.

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At least 44 have died in the worst wildfires ever seen in California

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At least 31 people have been killed as massive wildfires raging in Northern and Southern California have engulfed thousands of homes and were threatening to destroy more as blustery winds were dealing firefighters a menacing challenge throughout the state over the weekend and into today.

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"This week, California has experienced the most destructive fires we have seen in its history. There are 196,000 acres burned, thousands of homes and dozens of lives lost," Chief Scott Jalbert of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Sunday morning.

The largest and deadliest of the infernos is the Camp Fire, which as of Sunday had burned 109,000 acres, leveled 6,435 homes and another 260 commercial structures in Northern California's Butte County, according to officials. There were at least 228 people unaccounted for as of early Monday.

At least 29 civilians have been killed in the Camp Fire, which ignited on Thursday and quickly swept through communities in the Sierra foothills, nearly wiping out the bucolic town of Paradise. At least five firefighters have been injured battling the blaze.

On Sunday, the monstrous fire was 25 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.

Two other people were killed in the Woolsey Fire burning in Southern California, bringing the death toll from the California wildfires to 25 on Sunday.

The threat from the Camp Fire isn't expected to diminish anytime soon, as gusty weather ramped back up Sunday. Red flag warnings signaling extreme fire danger have been issued for parts of Northern California, including the areas surrounding Sacramento and San Jose.

More than 149,000 people throughout the Golden State have evacuated as a result of the fires, outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown told reporters Sunday afternoon.

California Gov. Jerry Brown on devastating wildfires raging across the state: "This is not the new normal, this is the new abnormal."

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Wind gusts could reach 50 mph across the eastern foothills and western slopes of the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range through today, as well as parts of the Sacramento Valley.

On Saturday, Shawn Field of Paradise didn't know if his house was still standing. On Sunday morning, an ABC News crew found Field's home completely destroyed. The only thing left intact was a green coffee cup.

"This is real," Field said.

Field said he and his family moved into the house on Honey Run Road in March. He said his son was home when the fire moved close to their house on Thursday and that he had about 10 minutes to pack up some belongings and get out.

"He was able to pack a backpack and a small duffle bag of things we could use, and that's all we have," said Field, who is staying with friends about 15 miles away in Chico.

Despite his loss, Field said his spirits have been boosted by the support he and his family have gotten from friends and strangers.

"It's awesome how many people are rallying around and helping us out," he told ABC News.

Woolsey Fire prompts new evacuations

Meanwhile, the Woolsey Fire in Southern California was only 15 percent contained Sunday after blackening 85,500 acres across Los Angeles and Ventura counties and destroying 177 structures, Cal Fire said.

Another fire burning in the area, the Hill Fire, was 70 percent contained Sunday after it consumed 4,531 acres in Ventura County near Thousand Oaks, where a gunman killed 12 people Wednesday night at a country bar before taking his own life.

"This morning, the Santa Ana wind condition has reestablished itself and is going to be in the area for the next couple of days," said Tony Imbrenda, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Two people were found dead in Malibu from the Woolsey Fire, officials from Cal Fire said.

Detectives believe that the victims, found in a vehicle off the Mulholland Highway, were killed after the driver became disoriented while evacuating and the car was overcome by fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Cmdr. Scott Gage said in a press conference Sunday afternoon.

More than 3,200 firefighters battling the Woolsey Fire are bracing for more tough days to come on the fire lines due to strong Santa Ana winds of up to 40 mph that threaten to blow embers into areas that have not burned, officials said.

"This is a wind-driven event and the winds are coming back," Chief John Benedict of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Sunday. "Everybody needs to remain vigilant and please stay out of the areas that we've determined to be evacuation zones."

Benedict said the cities of Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Calabasas and Malibu remained under evacuation orders. He also said the fire appeared to be moving west toward the Pacific Ocean and he advised residents in Topanga Canyon to evacuate.

"We have reports of numerous residents in the Topanga area that have chosen to shelter in place and we're advising them to immediately leave and move to one of the shelters or to other locations out of danger," said Benedict, adding that he and his family have been evacuated twice since the fire broke out.

In addition, 3,500 students at Pepperdine University -- which sits atop a picturesque Malibu mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean -- are sheltering in place, Gage said

Burning ice plant

Ventura County Fire Department Chief Mark Lorenzen implored people to leave evacuation zones. He said the fire was burning everything in its path including ice plant.

"Ice plant is not supposed to burn," Lorenzen said Sunday. "So my message to the community today is maybe 10 to 20 years ago you stayed in your homes when there was a fire and you were able to protect them. Things are not the way they were 10 years ago. The rate of spread is exponentially more than what it used to be."

On Friday and Saturday, 23 bodies were discovered in communities ravaged by the Camp Fire, most of them found in Paradise, the Sierra foothills town of 26,551 people that was almost completely destroyed in the blaze. An additional six bodies were later found, Butte County officials announced Sunday evening.

The Camp Fire is now one of the deadliest wildfires in California history, tied at No. 1 with the 1933 Griffith Park fire in Los Angeles, which also claimed 29 lives, according to Cal Fire. At nearly 7,000 structures burned, the Camp Fire is also the state's most destructive.

Four of those victims were found dead in or near torched vehicles. Autopsies will be conducted to determine the circumstances of the deaths and to identify the individuals, but investigators believe their cars were "overcome" by the flames, according to a statement from the Butte County Sheriff's Office on Friday night.

There were more than 100 people missing in the region, though officials were working to track them down. At least 70 people reported missing were located on Saturday and are now safe, officials said.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office has activated a call center for the public to provide and receive information about those thought to be missing.

Authorities have received reports of additional fatalities due to the blaze, which investigators are working to confirm.

Some 52,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Pulga, Concow, Magalia, Stirling City and the entire town of Paradise were among the areas that were under mandatory evacuation orders, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

"The task is difficult due to the fact that the fire is still active and there are many hazards in areas where fatalities have been reported," the sheriff's office said in the statement.

The governor-elect of California, Gavin Newsom, on Thursday issued an emergency proclamation for Butte County due to the Camp Fire.

On Sunday, Brown requested President Trump issue a Major Disaster Declaration to bolster the ongoing emergency response and aid residents in their recovery from devastating fires throughout the state.

"We have the best firefighters and first responders in the country working in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable," Brown said in a statement Sunday. "We're putting everything we've got into the fight against these fires and this request ensures communities on the front lines get additional federal aid. To those who have lost friends and family members, homes and businesses, know that the entire state is with you. As Californians, we are strong and resilient, and together we will recover."

Trump called 'dangerously wrong'

Late on Friday, President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency for California, freeing up federal resources to supplement local response efforts. The declaration allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts to help alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, provide support for emergency measures and free up federal resources.

But on Saturday morning, Trump threatened to pull federal funding for California wildfires if the state didn't "remedy" its poor "forest management."

"Our focus is on the Californians impacted by these fires and the first responders and firefighters working around the clock to save lives and property - not on the president's inane and uninformed tweets," Brown's press secretary, Evan Westrup, told ABC News on Sunday.

Brian Rice, president of California Professional Firefighters, called Trump's threat to slash funds for battling California wildfires "ill-informed, ill-timed, demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines."

Rice said Trumps assertion that California's forest management policies are to blame for the catastrophic wildfires is "dangerously wrong."

"Wildfires are sparked and spread not only in forested areas but in populated areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds, low humidity and geography," Rice said.

ABC News' Karma Allen, Stacy Chen, Matthew Fuhrman, Julia Jacobo, Bonnie Mclean and Daniel Peck contributed to this report.

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31 dead, 228 missing, 7,000 structures burned as California blazes grow

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At least 31 people have been killed as massive wildfires raging in Northern and Southern California have engulfed thousands of homes and were threatening to destroy more as blustery winds were dealing firefighters a menacing challenge throughout the state over the weekend and into today.

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Brooklyn Nets forward Caris LeVert was stretchered off the court in the second quarter of Monday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

As Timberwolves guard Josh Okogie was driving into the paint, LeVert jumped up and landed awkwardly on his right leg. Trainers immediately tended to LeVert and eventually stabilized his leg before placing him on the stretcher.

The Nets announced LeVert was being transported to a local hospital, where doctors would determine the full extent of his injury.

LeVert's NBA colleagues reacted to the injury.

LeVert was enjoying a breakout 2018-19 season. Through his first 13 games, he was averaging 19.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

The 24-year-old also delivered a pair of game-winners. He blew past New York Knicks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. to score with one second remaining in a 107-105 victory on Oct. 19. Then he eluded Denver Nuggets guard Gary Harris before hitting a floater inside the final second of a 112-110 win last Friday.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George is one of the bigger success stories in terms of a player recovering from a major leg injury.

George suffered a compound fracture during a national team exhibition in August 2014 that limited him to six games in the 2014-15 season. Back healthy at the start of the 2015-16 campaign, he made the first of three straight All-Star Games.

Boston Celtics star Gordon Hayward is an example of how long a player may need to get back to his old self, though.

Hayward fractured his ankle in the 2017-18 season opener, which kept him out for the rest of the year. Through 12 games in 2018-19, he's still playing himself back into game shape. He's averaging 9.9 points and shooting 31.9 percent from three-point range.

Given his age, LeVert's injury shouldn't derail his NBA career, but it almost certainly ends what was shaping up to be a big year for the 2016 first-round draft pick.

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Caris LeVert Stretchered Off Court After Suffering Leg Injury vs. Timberwolves

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a man stays with a 90 year old blind mother while a wild fire was happening.

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze.

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Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing.

When the fire roared into the neighborhood, Brad Weldon said he had just minutes to prepare water and hoses.

"The wind was coming this way ... 60 mile-an-hour winds. It was coming straight at us," Brad Weldon told ABC News. "We both hit the ground and started watering ourselves down because we were going to cook."

Houses then went up in flames, one after another after another.

I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it.

What he described as a "fire tornado" started churning, but then the powerful winds pushed "the fire away from us."

"I believe that was the angels," he said.

At least 42 people have died in the Camp Fire, now the the deadliest on record in the state. The blaze nearly demolished the town of Paradise.

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"I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses," Brad Weldon said. "Everybody I know lost everything."

I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses.

"I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it," he said. "And mom wouldn't have left even if I wanted her to."

"Where would I go? I don't know anywhere," his mother, Norma Weldon, told ABC News. "There's a heavenly father up there that loves all of us and he will take care of all of us."

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With so many of his neighbors suddenly homeless, Brad Waldson said he'll open his home to those in need.

"All my loved ones know that if they need me, I'm here. ... I'll turn this into a tent city," he said. "They're all welcome."

ABC News' Chental Bembry contributed reporting

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Man stays with blind 90-year-old mom to fight wildfire from 1 of only few houses left

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze. Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing. When the fire roared into the...

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Norma Weldon a 90 year old blind women refused to leave her home when the fire was close to her home,her son Brad Weldon stayed behind to fight it off, and a miraculously their home didn't get hit by it.

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze.

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Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing.

When the fire roared into the neighborhood, Brad Weldon said he had just minutes to prepare water and hoses.

"The wind was coming this way ... 60 mile-an-hour winds. It was coming straight at us," Brad Weldon told ABC News. "We both hit the ground and started watering ourselves down because we were going to cook."

Houses then went up in flames, one after another after another.

I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it.

What he described as a "fire tornado" started churning, but then the powerful winds pushed "the fire away from us."

"I believe that was the angels," he said.

At least 42 people have died in the Camp Fire, now the the deadliest on record in the state. The blaze nearly demolished the town of Paradise.

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"I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses," Brad Weldon said. "Everybody I know lost everything."

I walked a mile and a half and saw four houses.

"I feel fortunate, almost guilty, because I don't know if I was brave enough or stupid enough, but we stayed and fought it," he said. "And mom wouldn't have left even if I wanted her to."

"Where would I go? I don't know anywhere," his mother, Norma Weldon, told ABC News. "There's a heavenly father up there that loves all of us and he will take care of all of us."

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With so many of his neighbors suddenly homeless, Brad Waldson said he'll open his home to those in need.

"All my loved ones know that if they need me, I'm here. ... I'll turn this into a tent city," he said. "They're all welcome."

ABC News' Chental Bembry contributed reporting

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When Norma Weldon, a blind, 90-year-old woman, refused to evacuate her home as the deadly Camp Fire neared, her son, Brad Weldon, stayed behind to fight off the blaze. Miraculously, their Paradise, California, home is now one of the very few still left standing. When the fire roared into the...

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A utility company contacted a woman about power line problems a day before a deadly wildfire.

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The Pacific Gas & Electric utility company told a Northern California woman that power lines were causing sparks on her property the day before the deadliest blaze in the Golden State's history destroyed the nearby town of Paradise, The Associated Press reported Monday.

The so-called Camp Fire started Thursday near property belonging to Betsy Ann Cowley in the tiny town of Pulga, just east of Paradise. At least 42 people have died as a result of the wildfire and dozens more have been reported missing.

On Monday, fire investigators declared the area surrounding power lines on Cowley's property, in an oak-filled canyon, a crime scene. Security guards would not let PG&E inspectors pass.

Cowley told the AP that she was on vacation Wednesday when she got a surprise email from PG&E saying that crews needed to come to her property to work on the high-power lines. She said the utility told her "they were having problems with sparks," adding that workers visited her property but she said she wasn't there Wednesday and was not aware of their findings.

PG&E has previously disclosed that it experienced a problem on an electrical transmission line near the site of the fire minutes before the blaze broke out. In a Friday filing to California's Public Utilities Commission, it said it had detected an outage on an electrical transmission line near the site of the blaze. It said a subsequent aerial inspection detected damage to a transmission tower on the line.

The AP reported that the area where fire officials said the Camp Fire started and where PG&E says sparks were detected on Cowley's property is roughly the same.

The utility told AP it has provided an "initial electric incident report" with state regulators and will fully cooperate with any investigations.

PG&E had announced before the blaze started that it might shut down power in nine counties, including Butte County where Pulga and Paradise are, because of extreme fire danger. But it never did. On Thursday, the company said it had decided against a power cut because weather conditions did not warrant it.

This is not the first time PG&E's management practices have come under question in the drought-stricken state.

In 2014, regulators ordered the state's investor-owned utilities to set priorities for inspecting and removing dead and sick trees near their power lines, warning that "climate change has facilitated and exacerbated numerous wildfires" that have damaged and threatened their facilities.

But after a wildfire killed two people, destroyed 475 homes and scorched 70,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills the following year, homeowners and their attorneys questioned whether PG&E had done enough to clear dry trees flanking its power lines. In 2016, Cal Fire ultimately found PG&E was responsible for that fire after tree maintenance by PG&E and its contractors led to a tree falling on a power line.

Investigators have determined that PG&E equipment started several of the 2017 wildfires in Northern California wine country that killed 44 people. The company says it expects to pay more than $2.5 billion.

State Sen. Jerry Hill, a Redwood City Democrat and longtime critic of the utility, called the report of troubles on PG&E's lines in the area extremely worrisome.

"If PG&E is found responsible for burning down the state again, at some point we have to say enough is enough and we have to ask should this company be allowed to do business in California?" Hill said. "These fires take a spark, and at least in the last few years fires have been caused by negligent behavior by PG&E. We need to see how we can hold them responsible, or look at alternative way of doing business."

California utility regulators are working with CalFire staff on their own, separate investigation into whether PG&E complied with state rules and regulations in areas that were torched in the fire.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Utility contacted woman about power line problems day before deadly wildfire, report says

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The Pacific Gas & Electric utility company told a Northern California woman that power lines were causing sparks on her property the day before the deadliest blaze in the Golden State's history destroyed the nearby town of Paradise, The Associated Press reported Monday.

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Stan Lee, former aditor in chief of Marvel Comics and the creator of beloved characters including, Iron Man, X-Men, and more, has died, ABC News has confirmed.

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Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the creator of beloved characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, and more, died on Nov. 12, ABC News has confirmed. He was 95 years old.

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Earlier this year, Lee has been hospitalized with a case of pneumonia, though he assured his fans at the time, "I've been fighting."

Lee was an innovator and his work with Marvel Comics was groundbreaking, no more so than as in recent years with movies dominating the box offices involving his most prized characters such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and X-Men.

The New York City native was born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922 to Celia and Jack Lieber, and said that as a child, he loved to read, though he wasn't particularly interested into comic books. However, in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he got a job as an assistant at Timely Comics, which would eventually become Marvel Comics. Lee's duties included proofreading, refilling ink for the artists and other remedial duties, he told the Los Angeles Times in 2009.

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In 1941, he made his comic debut writing a Captain America book, and used the pseudonym "Stan Lee" for the first time. But it wasn't until late 1950s when Lee struck out on his own, creating superheroes for what is now Marvel Comics, and giving them human flaws, something that hadn't been seen in the comic realm.

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