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Florence kills 5 in North Carolina, officials say

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At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moved from the Tar Heel State into South Carolina, officials said Friday.

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US flag seen shredded by Hurricane Florence off NC coast to be replaced with donated Old Glory

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The Frying Pan Tower American Flag that millions of people saw being shredded by Hurricane Florence as it approached North Carolina will be replaced with a new, donated Old Glory.

A live stream Thursday showed the storm battering the flag as it flew over an old Coast Guard station, 34 miles off the North Carolina coast, which has now been converted into a B&B run by Richard Neal, and is reachable by helicopter or boat in less treacherous conditions.

Flag retailer Flag and Banner has offered to donate a replacement, WMAZ-TV reported Friday.
HURRICANE FLORENCE MAKES LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA AS CATEGORY 1 STORM
"Many many thanks for FLAG sponsor https://flagandbanner.com/ who is stepping up to help the tower with new flags," Neal said on the B&B's Facebook page.

Neal told Fox News Friday that he'll replace the tattered flag as soon as he can.

"We should have helicopter access to the tower Wednesday or Thursday," he said from Charlotte, N.C., where he is riding out the storm.
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He told the Charlotte Observer that he fielded some angry calls from veterans viewing the live stream.

"They told me, 'this is disrespectful,' and that I need to get out there and replace it right then-in the hurricane," Neal said.

Neal said the flag represents "who we are as America."

"We get beat up, battered during hard times, but we stay up, stay at it through the storm," he told the paper.
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US flag seen shredded by Hurricane Florence off NC coast to be replaced with donated Old Glory

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The Frying Pan Tower American Flag that millions of people saw being shredded by Hurricane Florence as it approached North Carolina will be replaced with a new, donated Old Glory.

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On September 11th, Massachusetts police recovered a large package of drugs. The package contained 20 bags of what is though to be marijuana but the substance has been sent off to the state lab for testing. The package was found in the the Beasly Media Radio Station. The media group called the police when they discovered the package and they do not know who the package was meant for.

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Someone's delivery may have just gone up in smoke.

Police officers in Dorchester, Massachusetts, this week successfully recovered a package of what authorities think could be 20 bags of marijuana, the Boston Globe reported.

The Boston Police Department shared a snap of the find on social media.

"At about 6:45 PM on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, officers assigned to District C-11 (Dorchester) responded to the area of 55 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester to recover a package," police said in a Wednesday release.

Authorities added, "Officers were able to locate the package which contained twenty bags of a green leafy substance believed to be Marijuana. The package and its contents were forwarded to the State Lab for analysis."
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The Boston Globe reported that several Beasley Media Group radio stations are based at the building.

Authorities told the outlet that the package's listed recipient isn't a Beasley employee and doesn't work there.

Beasley Media Group told the newspaper in part that it "called the police when it discovered the contents of the package that was delivered to the stations via UPS. We do not know who the contraband was meant for."

The company said the Boston Police Department's Drug Task Force took the package away.

The paper notes that marijuana sales must be carried out by licensed dispensaries in the state.

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Massachusetts police recover mysterious package containing suspected drugs

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Someone's delivery may have just gone up in smoke. Police officers in Dorchester, Massachusetts, this week successfully recovered a package of what authorities think could be 20 bags of marijuana, the Boston Globe reported. The Boston Police Department shared a snap of the find on social media.

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The iPhone is getting more expensive, and Apple is betting faithful customers will barely blink an eye.Apple has slowly increased the average price of an iPhone since 2007, but with the $999 iPhone X release last year, it made a bigger leap than usual. A year later, after the shock value of a thousand dollar smartphone had largely worn off, Apple made another jump.

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The small Spanish town using art to tackle mental health stigmas.  Art in Sant Boi is intimately connected to the presence of the mental health institution. Before the installations were added, between 1903 and 1912, the hospital held bricklaying workshops, and patients participated in the extension and maintenance work that was carried out soon after, said José Luis Argudo Lara, director of assistance programs at the health care center.

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The picturesque town of Sant Boi, Spain is famous for two things: its rich artistic heritage and the large mental health hospital at the heart of the town. People call it "the town of the loonies," says local artist Dani Sánchez who set out to change their attitudes.

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Currently Hurricane Florence is hitting The east coast and 600,000 people in the Carolina's are without power.

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What we're covering here
What we're covering here

Hurricane Florence: The Category 1 storm made landfall this morning near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Track the storm: The hurricane's outer bands are now lashing the coast. You can track it here.

In the field: See tweets from CNN's reporters and producers on the ground.

Get news fast: If you have a weak connection, get the text-only version of CNN's top stories here. Or sign up for email updates here.

Are you affected? When it's safe, text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN: +1 347-322-0415

More than 620,000 customers in North and South Carolina are now without power. Here are the latest numbers:

557,793 power outages statewide in North Carolina

64,813 power outages statewide in South Carolina

622,606 total customers without power in both states

Hurricane Florence is pounding North Carolina with rain, and it's not expected to stop any time soon. One forecaster even suggested the state could see 10 TRILLION gallons of rain before this is all over with.

Some cities have already seen more than a foot of rain. Here are some of the heaviest rainfall reports we've gotten so far:

18.53 inches in Oriental

14.07 inches in Surf City

13.81 inches in Morehead City

13.07 inches in Jacksonville

FEMA released updated figures regarding response to Hurricane Florence this morning.
Here are the top takeaways:

The Defense Logistics Agency has 281,000 gallons of fuel, 60 generators and transformers. (Yesterday, Army Corps of Engineers said it also has more than 100 generators in the region and 15 more on the way.)

14,000 people spent the night in 205 Red Cross shelters in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

4,500 meals and snacks have been served by the Red Cross.

60 mobile feeding units from the Salvation Army in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

40,000 electric workers from 17 states have been mobilized.

4,000 National Guard soldiers and air men are on duty. 10 states are mobilizing support. 40 rotary wing aircraft are available for search and rescue.

3,000 flood-certified insurance adjusters are on standby.

American Red Cross has deployed 1,500 employees and volunteers, 80 emergency response vehicles and more than 120 trailers of equipment and supplies.

500 HHS medical personnel have been pre-positioned, including from the US Public Health Service-commissioned corps, National Disaster Medical System and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

500 members of the AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team have been activated, and more are standing by.

Storm-tide sensors and 25 rapid deployment gauges have been installed by the US Geological Survey to assist with weather monitoring and forecasting. (In addition to 231 stream gages in North Carolina and 112 gages in South Carolina, as usual.)

The city manager for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, John Pedersen, just signed a proclamation implementing a overnight curfew tonight. It will go into effect at 7 p.m. ET and stay in place until 7 a.m. ET tomorrow.

This is the third night in a row Myrtle Beach will be on curfew. On Wednesday night, there was one from 10 p.m. ET until 6 a.m. ET Thursday.

A second curfew went into effect at 7 p.m. ET yesterday and lasted until 7 a.m. ET today, Mayor Brenda Bethune said.

The city of New Bern, North Carolina, is known for its artistic bear statues decorating downtown.

They were installed in 2010 to mark the city's 300th anniversary (Why bears? It's New Bern's symbol.)

Hurricane Florence has caused significant flooding in New Bern - and it has even washed one of the beloved bears into the middle of the road.

The statue was bolted down, but the storm still managed to uproot it, the City of New Bern tweeted:

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper just gave an update on Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in the state earlier this morning.

Here are the latest numbers about the hurricane and North Carolina's relief efforts:

More than a half million people are without power, Cooper said. Utilities crews are standing by to restore power once conditions are safe enough for them to get out and work.

157 shelters are open across the state, and 20,000 people are staying in them.

More than 100 swift-water rescues occurred overnight in New Bern, North Carolina alone.

The Neuse River has seen a storm surge as high as high as 10 feet, Cooper said. Other areas are flooding, too.

Cooper called the storm a "1,000-year rain event" for parts of southeastern North Carolina.

Watch more:

The Cajun Navy is out rescuing people in New Bern, North Carolina, this morning, where floodwaters have overtaken the town.

The Cajun Navy is a volunteer rescue organization formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Organizer Clyde Cain told CNN they were staged in New Bern and had received more than 500 calls for assistance.

CNN's John Berman was reporting in Wilmington, North Carolina, this morning as Florence's bands dumped heavy rain on the city.

Live footage showed him drenched in the rain, and the wind got so bad, it split his microphone cord in two.

CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said Berman's standup may have set a record.

"I've really never seen a person so wet in a live-shot for any hurricane ever," he said. "This was one of the wettest storms that I've ever seen on record, honestly."

Watch more:

The National Hurricane Center just released an updated forecast and a map showing Florence's projected path.

The storm - which made landfall in North Carolina this morning - is expected to crawl westward, across South Carolina, before it turns to the north.

It's traveling at just 3 mph, which is a walking pace.

Parts of the Carolina coast remain under a Hurricane warning.

What we're covering here

Hurricane Florence: The Category 1 storm made landfall this morning near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Track the storm: The hurricane's outer bands are now lashing the coast. You can track it here.

In the field: See tweets from CNN's reporters and producers on the ground.

Get news fast: If you have a weak connection, get the text-only version of CNN's top stories here. Or sign up for email updates here.

Are you affected? When it's safe, text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN: +1 347-322-0415

More than 620,000 customers in North and South Carolina are now without power. Here are the latest numbers:

557,793 power outages statewide in North Carolina

64,813 power outages statewide in South Carolina

622,606 total customers without power in both states

Hurricane Florence is pounding North Carolina with rain, and it's not expected to stop any time soon. One forecaster even suggested the state could see 10 TRILLION gallons of rain before this is all over with.

Some cities have already seen more than a foot of rain. Here are some of the heaviest rainfall reports we've gotten so far:

18.53 inches in Oriental

14.07 inches in Surf City

13.81 inches in Morehead City

13.07 inches in Jacksonville

FEMA released updated figures regarding response to Hurricane Florence this morning.
Here are the top takeaways:

The Defense Logistics Agency has 281,000 gallons of fuel, 60 generators and transformers. (Yesterday, Army Corps of Engineers said it also has more than 100 generators in the region and 15 more on the way.)

14,000 people spent the night in 205 Red Cross shelters in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

4,500 meals and snacks have been served by the Red Cross.

60 mobile feeding units from the Salvation Army in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

40,000 electric workers from 17 states have been mobilized.

4,000 National Guard soldiers and air men are on duty. 10 states are mobilizing support. 40 rotary wing aircraft are available for search and rescue.

3,000 flood-certified insurance adjusters are on standby.

American Red Cross has deployed 1,500 employees and volunteers, 80 emergency response vehicles and more than 120 trailers of equipment and supplies.

500 HHS medical personnel have been pre-positioned, including from the US Public Health Service-commissioned corps, National Disaster Medical System and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

500 members of the AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team have been activated, and more are standing by.

Storm-tide sensors and 25 rapid deployment gauges have been installed by the US Geological Survey to assist with weather monitoring and forecasting. (In addition to 231 stream gages in North Carolina and 112 gages in South Carolina, as usual.)

The city manager for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, John Pedersen, just signed a proclamation implementing a overnight curfew tonight. It will go into effect at 7 p.m. ET and stay in place until 7 a.m. ET tomorrow.

This is the third night in a row Myrtle Beach will be on curfew. On Wednesday night, there was one from 10 p.m. ET until 6 a.m. ET Thursday.

A second curfew went into effect at 7 p.m. ET yesterday and lasted until 7 a.m. ET today, Mayor Brenda Bethune said.

The city of New Bern, North Carolina, is known for its artistic bear statues decorating downtown.

They were installed in 2010 to mark the city's 300th anniversary (Why bears? It's New Bern's symbol.)

Hurricane Florence has caused significant flooding in New Bern - and it has even washed one of the beloved bears into the middle of the road.

The statue was bolted down, but the storm still managed to uproot it, the City of New Bern tweeted:

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper just gave an update on Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in the state earlier this morning.

Here are the latest numbers about the hurricane and North Carolina's relief efforts:

More than a half million people are without power, Cooper said. Utilities crews are standing by to restore power once conditions are safe enough for them to get out and work.

157 shelters are open across the state, and 20,000 people are staying in them.

More than 100 swift-water rescues occurred overnight in New Bern, North Carolina alone.

The Neuse River has seen a storm surge as high as high as 10 feet, Cooper said. Other areas are flooding, too.

Cooper called the storm a "1,000-year rain event" for parts of southeastern North Carolina.

Watch more:

The Cajun Navy is out rescuing people in New Bern, North Carolina, this morning, where floodwaters have overtaken the town.

The Cajun Navy is a volunteer rescue organization formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Organizer Clyde Cain told CNN they were staged in New Bern and had received more than 500 calls for assistance.

CNN's John Berman was reporting in Wilmington, North Carolina, this morning as Florence's bands dumped heavy rain on the city.

Live footage showed him drenched in the rain, and the wind got so bad, it split his microphone cord in two.

CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said Berman's standup may have set a record.

"I've really never seen a person so wet in a live-shot for any hurricane ever," he said. "This was one of the wettest storms that I've ever seen on record, honestly."

Watch more:

The National Hurricane Center just released an updated forecast and a map showing Florence's projected path.

The storm - which made landfall in North Carolina this morning - is expected to crawl westward, across South Carolina, before it turns to the north.

It's traveling at just 3 mph, which is a walking pace.

Parts of the Carolina coast remain under a Hurricane warning.

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Hurricane Florence hits the Carolina coast: Live updates

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What we're covering here What we're covering here Hurricane Florence: The Category 1 storm made landfall this morning near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Track the storm: The hurricane's outer bands are now lashing the coast. You can track it here. In the field: See tweets from CNN's reporters and producers on the ground.

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The world's biggest twin-engine jetliner is almost here.

Boeing has finally provided a glimpse of the upcoming 777X-9 aircraft, the first aircraft of its next generation 777s. The "fully assembled" static test plane was rolled out at the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington, earlier this month.

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13 people are in the hospital and 1 is dead after a gas explosion in Massachusetts. There had been 35 fires reported in the area already with 13 other fires burning at the time of the explosion.

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Dozens of fires were reported in three communities north of Boston after a series of explosions from a high pressure gas main that possibly over-pressurized, officials said. At least one person has died, the Essex County district attorney's office said.

The victim was identified as Leonel Robson, 18, of Lawrence. Robson was in a car in Lawrence when a chimney from a house explosion fell on the car, the DA said.

Lawrence General Hospital said they had received 13 patients, including one in critical condition who was transferred to Boston Trauma Center. The other 12 are stable.

Massachusetts State Police said there were 70 responses to fires, explosions and investigations of gas odor, with CBS Boston reporting there were 35 fires in Andover alone. All of those fires have been extinguished, but at peak, 18 fires were burning at the same time.

Massachusetts State Police say gas lines are currently being depressurized by the company, CBS Boston reports. Power has been shut off in the three communities as a precaution.

Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera said in a press conference that 12-14 homes were directly impacted, and while they can't located a geographic area, if you have gas in your home, you should evacuate. Gov. Charlie Baker said 8,000 customers' power was affected.

"There's a lot more work that's left to be done," Baker said. "If you were to ask me to give a grade I think for all of this at this point it would be incomplete, there's a lot more to do."

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Hours after the explosions, Columbia issued a statement saying, "The first priority for our crews at the scene is to ensure the safety of our customers and the community by supporting first responders and completing safety checks on our system and in the surrounding area."

Andover Fire-Rescue sent a 10-alarm response, the highest level.

"It looked like Armageddon, it really did," Andover Fire Chief Michael Mansfield said. "There were billows of smoke coming from Lawrence behind me, I could see plumes of smoke in front of me, within the town of Andover, it looked like an absolute war zone."

Some homes were destroyed by fire, while others exploded.

Joseph Solomon, the police chief in nearby Methuen, responded to Lawrence to help and said there are so many fires burning that "you can't even see the sky."

Massachusetts State Police say gas lines are currently being depressurized by the company. CBS Boston reports that Columbia Gas was doing work in the area earlier on Thursday.

FBI agents are on the scene to assist local police in the investigation. "We are coordinating with our law enforcement partners as expected and personnel are on scene, as we normally would be in a situation like this to assess the situation," the FBI said in a statement.
The Associated Press contributed reporting. This is a developing story and will be updated.

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At least 1 dead in multiple fires, gas explosions in Massachusetts

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Dozens of fires were reported in three communities north of Boston after a series of explosions from a high pressure gas main that possibly over-pressurized, officials said. At least one person has died, the Essex County district attorney's office said. The victim was identified as Leonel Robson, 18, of Lawrence.

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The first images from inside Hurricane Florence's assault on North Carolina emerged Friday morning, as the residents closest to the chaos posted stunning videos of massive rivers forming where highways had been and flood waters rising up the sides of homes.

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The first images from inside Hurricane Florence's assault on North Carolina emerged Friday morning, as the residents closest to the chaos posted stunning videos of massive rivers forming where highways had been and flood waters rising up the sides of homes.

As the driving rain and pounding winds reached land Friday, a few of the locals who decided to ride out the storm reached for their cameras to capture Florence's fury from a first-hand perspective.

Although several communities along the coast had mandatory evacuation orders, many people still chose to stay behind, putting them in a prime position to shoot and post videos of the terrifying onslaught.

Twitter user Natasha Patterson shared video of flooding in New Bern, North Carolina on social media.

"Yeah, it's deep out there," a man says in the video. "I'm not sure what's that floating down there, but it's big. That could do some destruction."

The New Bern Police Department and other residents also shared photos online of flooding.

The WCTI-TV newsroom in New Bern was forced to evacuate as well as the studio flooded. Meteorologist Ashley Pratt shared photos of the station to Twitter.

In Jacksonville, North Carolina, pieces of a truck flew through the glass windows of the Hilton Garden Inn, Fox News' Emilie Ikeda reported. Onslow County employees and National Guardsmen are staying at the hotel.

Artist Sarah Loeffler Misch shared several videos of the rising waters in Avon, North Carolina - part of the Outer Banks.

Also in Avon, photographer Jason Cole captured video of a powerful storm surge overtaking sand dunes.

One woman tweeted a video taken by her neighbor, Amy Johnson, showing flood waters in Belhaven, North Carolina, rising up to the windows of a house. The flooding was caused by overflow from the Pungo River, she wrote.

WeatherNation also shared a video of massive flooding in New Bern.

David Rankin shared a photo of the Cajun Navy helping save people from the floods in New Bern.

Storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski posted photos of downed trees in Wrightsville Beach and a toppled gas station awning in Wilmington.

Sandie Orsa is waiting out Hurricane Florence in a hotel in Wilmington. She told The Associated Press the power went out as the storm hit.

"Very eerie, the wind howling, the rain blowing sideways, debris flying," Orsa said.

In Rodanthe, North Carolina, Rebecca Wells Hooper shared video and photos of rough waves and debris crashing into a pier.

Another Twitter user posted shared video footage of a ravaging Neuse River in North Carolina.

With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Florence was producing hurricane-force winds that extended outward up to 80 miles from the storm's center.

As the storm widens - and lingers - Florence has increased potential to produce tornadoes, flash flooding, mudslides and a catastrophic storm surge.

In New Bern, about 150 people waited to be rescued from flooding on the Neuse River, local officials said. The city said two Federal Emergency Management Agency teams were working on swift-water rescues, and more were on the way.
Fox News' Emilie Ikeda and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hurricane Florence lashes Carolinas, residents share first, harrowing videos of storm's fury

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The first images from inside Hurricane Florence's assault on North Carolina emerged Friday morning, as the residents closest to the chaos posted stunning videos of massive rivers forming where highways had been and flood waters rising up the sides of homes.

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Brazilian Youtuber João Cocielo is being asked to pay a fine of R$7.4m (£1.36m) after being accused of writing racist tweets about the Paris Saint Germain star Kylian Mbappé.

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Brazilian Youtuber João Cocielo is being asked to pay a fine of R$7.4m (£1.36m) after being accused of writing racist tweets about the Paris Saint Germain star Kylian Mbappé.

The case happened during the World Cup, when France beat Argentina 4-3 in the round-of-16. On that day, social media went crazy after an incredible run from the striker which ended up winning a penalty for France early in the match.

"Mbappé could do a top theft on the beach, huh," Cocielo tweeted soon after the play. The word he uses about the crime is 'arrastão', a traditional method of stealing on Brazilian beaches in which young boys use their speed to steal belongings of tourists and run away.

Right after tweet, several followers pointed out that it sounded racist, which led the youtuber to delete it. But it got worse when people started digging up old tweets, and found many other racist jokes made by him.
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Soon after the episode, Cocielo lost several sponsors. Big brands like Coca Cola, Adidas and Gillette released official statements saying they do not agree with such behaviour and would not be making further campaigns with him. He currently has over 17m followers on Youtube.

As reported by Estadão, the Public Ministry of São Paulo asks Cocielo to pay for collective social damages. The case says: "This is a young black player, Frenchman of Cameroonian descent, of robust physique and who showed, in the games of the French national team in the World Cup of Russia, impressive speed and explosion, thus resulting, in notorious manifestation of racism, his association with the robbers (black, in the author's optics) who commit crimes of robbery on Brazilian beaches, especially in Rio, always under continuous and unstoppable run."

The Public Ministery now waits for the judiciary to break Cocielo's bank secrecy to prove he can afford the fine. He's accused of violating fundamental rights, human rights, the Federal Constitution and International Human Rights Treaties.

The video below is where he apologizes for his actions.

Journalist graduated from the Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. Forever missing the 2014 World Cup. Not sure if I want to be John Frusciante or Andrea Pirlo when I grow up.

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More than 620,000 customers in North and South Carolina are now without power. Here are the latest numbers:

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At Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, a Friday night in autumn means a football stadium bathed in lights and two teams battling it out on the gridiron in front of a sea of red and black -- everyone decked out in support of the home team, the Bobcats.

"(On Fridays) everybody's excited at school to see how well we do. It's what our school revolves around," said Seth Armstrong, a recent Central High graduate who played for the team. "It's exciting."

Out in front of the crowd, the marching band and cheerleaders keep the energy high, and in the fall of 2014, there was a new face on the cheerleading squad - a spirited 14-year-old freshman named Emma Walker.

"Emma really took cheerleading seriously," said Lauren Hutton, who was a senior on the squad when she met Walker and the two became good friends. "She really loved doing it. It was one of her passions. She loved leading and she loved football games. She loved just being part of crowd appeal."

Early that fall, Walker's moves on the sidelines caught the eye of an older student, Number 8 - Central High's wide receiver and then-junior Riley Gaul.

Raised by his mother and grandparents, Gaul was a top student and loved to play video games. Friends described him as a jokester, not the "classic jock" type.

"He was a little nerdy on the side," said Zach Greene, one of Walker's friends. "A little to himself ... from the outside looking in, you'd think he was just a normal guy."

When Walker's parents first met Gaul, they said their first impressions of him were positive.

"Boy next door," her mother Jill Walker said. "He came in very polite, very nice in the beginning. He was very likable."

"I thought he was a very nice looking young man, well-mannered," her father Mark Walker added. "We would let them have some supervised visitation... He could come over to the house... they would meet up after football games... to eat, and things like that."

Emma Walker's friends said she seemed happy with Gaul in the beginning. Soon, the cheerleader's social media accounts were filled with pictures of a seemingly perfect pair paddle boarding together, embracing and taking silly selfies.

In one post, Walker wrote, "Look how lucky I am."

At first, the relationship seemed "just kind of normal," said Keegan Lyle, one of Walker's best friends.

"[Gaul] he didn't really talk to us, her friends, a lot," she said. "But I was just like, 'Oh he's shy'... it just seemed normal. But then after a while was when we got kind of concerned."

Friends said they grew concerned because it became apparent to many of them that Gaul didn't want Walker to hang out with anyone but him.

"He became kind of controlling over her, what she did, her activities," Keegan said.

"He got more possessive and more clingy towards her, and wouldn't let her do certain things," Lauren Hutton added.

Over the next two years, Walker and Gaul seemed to become that other classic high school couple, the kind that was always breaking up and getting back together. Friends described "really dramatic" arguments between the two, often over text message or Snapchat posts.

Jill Walker said Gaul would always comment on what her daughter wore, telling her what she should and shouldn't wear, to the point where she said she ended up saying something to Emma about it.

Then, Lauren Hutton said, things became "intense" between the couple. She said Gaul started waiting for Walker outside of the supermarket where she worked.

"He would just wait outside for hours," Hutton said.

Lyle said friends told Walker that they didn't like the way Gaul treated her, but "she just kind of brushed it off," Lyle said. "She did her own thing."

According to Walker's friends, Gaul became aggressive, sending her Snapchat messages that said, "I hate you I hate everything about you" and "you're the biggest bitch I've ever come in contact with."

One message in particular alarmed Walker's mother. "You're dead to me... I'll check the obituary... ---- you," Gaul wrote.

"We, on one occasion, saw one [that said] 'I'll see your name in the obituary,'" Jill Walker said. 'He wrote that to her, and we questioned him about it... and he said, 'I was just angry.' ... and that's when [I] started to get many more red flags."

Walker's parents decided to ban Gaul from their home and they took away their daughter's cellphone to try to stop the teens from communicating, but it didn't work.

"Riley gave Emma an iPod Touch and she texted him through the WiFi," Walker's friend Seth Armstrong said.

For every nasty message Gaul sent Walker, there was also a quick apology. "Emma, I'm sorry for however I act," one message from Gaul said. "I love you more than words can describe," said another.

Jill Walker said they advised their daughter to break-up with Gaul "several times."

"But as you do that with a teenager, the more you butt heads, the more she is going to think he is in the right," she said. "Because he had a way of isolating her and making her think that he was the only one."

By fall 2016, Emma Walker and Gaul were still dating. Gaul had graduated and was an 18-year-old freshman at a nearby college by then, and Walker was in her junior year of high school, but their tumultuous relationship had continued despite her parents' attempts to keep them apart.

Around Halloween that year, Walker's parents decided to ground her - not allowing her to leave the house except to go to school and cheerleading. They started monitoring everywhere she went and, to their surprise, it seemed to work.

"She did become like her old self again," her father Mark Walker said. "She would come out of her room, eat dinner with us, and socialize with us."

Walker had even texted her friend Keegan Lyle to say she and Gaul were "done for good."

"She just came to the realization that she deserved better," Lyle said. "Then we're all like, 'yes finally, it's happening.' We're like, 'What we've been waiting for.'"

But Gaul didn't seem to take the breakup well. While in his college dorm room, he swallowed a bunch of Vicodin pills and washed them down with alcohol in an attempt to commit suicide. His friends witnessed his mood swings.

"He would be off to the side, moping ... (and) saying things like, 'Oh, I just feel so depressed. I want to hurt myself.' Blah, blah, blah, blah," said Gaul's friend Alex McCarty. "Just things that he would just say a lot as a cry for help, I guess, in a way."

Then on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, Walker was allowed to attend a gathering at a friend's house. Around 11:30 p.m. that night, her friend and classmate Zach Greene arrived at the house where they were hanging out and Walker pulled him aside. She told him she had been receiving strange text messages from a number she didn't recognize.

"She's like, 'Zach, I'm getting these really weird text messages [that say] Come outside alone if you don't want to see a loved one get hurt,'" Greene said.

She showed him her phone, he said.

"Go to your car with your keys," said one text message. Then, "Go alone," said another, and another said, "I've got someone you love. If you don't comply I will hurt them."

Greene said that Walker thought it was one of Gaul's friends playing a prank on her, but that she texted back, threatening to call the police. The text messages, however, became more menacing, Greene said.

"If you'd like to hear his crying and screams give him a call," said one message.

Greene said Walker started begging him for help, until he said, "Eventually she comes out and says, 'Zach, listen. They said they dropped Riley outside.'"

He and Walker went outside and sure enough, he said, they found "a body lying face down" in a ditch near the house. Under the glow from the streetlight, he said, they could see that it was Gaul.

"We finally get to him and he's pulling up his head, kind of, has this confused face on," Greene said. "Emma's like, 'Why are you here?' He's like, 'I don't know what happened' I don't know how I got here. I've been kidnapped. Someone dropped me off here' I don't know what's happening' Where am I? How'd I get here?' Holding his head like he got hit upside the head kind of. It was just very weird."

Walker was immediately uneasy, Greene said, and she didn't really know what to think.

"She's just like, 'We just broke up. Leave me alone,'" he said.

Seemingly dejected, Gaul walked off down the street, alone. He called his friend Noah Walton and told him he had been kidnapped that night, but Walton didn't believe a word of it.

"He sounded like he'd been crying or he was sounding fatigued, I guess," Walton told "20/20." "He basically told me that these people knocked him out, took his car and threw him in a van and he didn't know where he was."

He said Gaul told him not to call 911 to report the alleged incident.

"He was just like, 'No, no cops. No cops,'" said Walton.

Additionally, none of Walker's friends contacted the authorities about the alleged kidnapping that night.

The following morning, Walker went home. But then she texted her friends, saying a stranger was at her doorstep.

"I'm home alone and somebody in all black walked down my street and came to my door and rang the doorbell over and over again," Walker texted, adding "I thought I was going to die."

She also texted Gaul, saying, "I hate you but I need you right now."

"I'm coming... I'm speeding just give me a minute," Gaul texted her back.

When Walker failed to meet up with her mother that morning as planned, Jill Walker returned to home and found her daughter and Gaul in the front yard.

"[My first thought was] 'You're kidding me. He knows he's not allowed here,'" Jill Walker said. "So I just get out and ask him to leave politely, and he says 'no, I'm here to help ... I'm making sure Emma is OK,' and he's trying to talk to me, and I just said, 'You know you're not allowed, you need to leave.' And he did leave."

Her daughter was visibly shaken, and thought it could have been a burglar or maybe even a stalker. Jill, however, wasn't convinced.

"I said to Emma, don't you find it odd that Riley was involved, or appeared at both events. She said, no it wasn't him Mom, it wasn't him," Jill told "20/20."

"He's trying to get her attention to talk to him. And going way overboard to do that," she added.

"I was worried and we were watching her," Jill Walker said. "[On] Sunday, we followed her to work, followed her back home... to watch and make sure she was safe."

By Sunday night, things seemed back to normal at the Walker household. Emma texted with her friend Keegan Lyle about a homework assignment, then went to bed a little after midnight.

A little after 6:00 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, Jill Walker went into her daughter's room but she couldn't wake her up.

"(I) said her name, didn't hear anything, bumped her leg, didn't hear anything," Jill Walker said. "And then looked at her face and realized ... and checked for a pulse and couldn't find anything. I don't remember a whole lot from that. I know I called 911."

"I just tried to wake my daughter for school," Jill Walker told the 911 operator. "She's, she's 16."

"You said that she's nonresponsive?" the 911 operator asked her.

"Yeah," Jill Walker said, sobbing.

Police were sent to the Walker house. Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Nikki Bules, the lead forensic technician on the case, said the call originally came in as a possible suicide.

"When I first got there, I started my photographs on the outside of the residence. I walked in, photographed the interior of the residence. Walked into the bedroom photographed the bedroom," Bules said. "There was a hole in the wall. ... It appeared to be a bullet hole."

"At that point, I knew that it probably was not a suicide," she added.

When Knox County Sheriff's Lt. Allen Merritt arrived on the scene, he said he started looking at the outside of the house and noticed a bullet hole in the wall that was "about shoulder high."

"It's just a small bullet hole. Just, you know, about the size of a ballpoint ink pen," he said.

He then located two shell casings outside the home, so he knew two shots had been fired. Walking around outside the home, he eventually found a second bullet hole on a different side the house at approximately the same height as the first.

"To an investigator, that tells me that the two shots were more than likely fired by the same suspect," he said.

Emma Walker, a beautiful and vibrant cheerleader, had been killed by a gunshot wound to the head after two bullets had been fired into her bedroom from outside the family's single-story home. One bullet had hit her behind her left ear and the second had lodged into her pillow.

"Once the detective got there, we were asked to leave the residence," Jill Walker said. "So obviously it had turned into a crime scene at that point. So they were wrapping tape around our house, and walking around outside, but we still had no idea what had happened to her."

When police started interviewing Emma Walker's friends and family members that day, Merritt said the same name kept coming up over and over again.

"Everybody kept giving us the name Riley Gaul because of their relationship, because they had seen the way that Riley had treated her, the way he'd talk to her," Merritt said.

Gaul took to social media to mourn Walker, posting a series of tweets and a lengthy Facebook post. In one tweet, he wrote, "Rest easy now sweetheart. I love you forever and always."

"What stood out to me from these tweets immediately was the repetitive nature of him saying, 'I love you. I love you. I love you,'" said Madisen Keavy, a reporter at ABC Knoxville affiliate WATE who covered the story. "Only knowing those posts about him, if you just read that, if you just saw that, you would think that this was an ex-boyfriend who just lost his first love."

Walker's friends and family were devastated. The night after her death, they held a candlelight vigil at Central High, and her fellow cheerleaders released balloons in her memory at that week's Bobcats' football game.

Gaul's friends became concerned with his well-being. So following Emma's death, they told detectives a secret Gaul had shared with his friend, Alex McCarty, the day after Gaul's alleged kidnapping.

"He ended up telling me... that he was so fearful for his life that he had stolen his grandfather's gun and he showed it to me," McCarty relayed to "20/20". "I was very worried. ... He reassured me over and over again that he was the farthest thing from suicidal. He was just so scared of these people who were out to get him, were out to get Emma."

But Walton, another friend, also told detectives that Gaul had asked him how to get fingerprints off a gun.

"He said he was asking for his roommate," Walton told "20/20." "I told him, 'Obviously not and not to ever ask me anything like that again.' And he said, 'I know. I know. It was for my roommate. I thought it was weird.'"

Detectives brought Gaul in for questioning on Monday about his whereabouts during the previous 72 hours. Gaul said he thought he had spent Friday night at his friend Noah Walton's house.

During his two-hour police interrogation, Gaul didn't referred to Emma Walker by name, only calling her "the girl."

"The girl, she texted me," Gaul told detectives.

"Which girl?" Merritt said.

"The one that passed away," Gaul said.

"When I first met him (Gaul), I thought he might've been a grieving boyfriend,' Det. James Hurst told "20/20." "When we got into the interview room and sat down, I felt like there was a dark side. He didn't have a whole lot of passion or concern."

Gaul told detectives he had been trying to speak with Walker that weekend, but she wouldn't engage with him.

"But she said if I would help her write her paper, she would talk to me," Gaul told detectives. "And (Sunday night) I used one of my friends' phones on campus to call her."

"Our phone call didn't go very well," he said. "She just told me a bunch of cruel stuff, and she blocked his (friend's) number."

Afterward, Gaul told detectives, he went over to his grandparents' house briefly and then drove back to his college. Once there, Gaul said, he broke down and cried for "two, three hours" in his car over breaking up with Walker.

But, as he was describing this in the interrogation room, Merritt said Gaul was "emotionless."

"His interview was probably one of the most disconnected. It almost seemed rehearsed, deliberate," Merritt told "20/20."

At this point, detectives said they knew from McCarty that Gaul had shown his friend his grandfather's gun. Gaul's grandfather, who had kept the gun in his car, had reported the 9mm handgun missing prior to Gaul being questioned.

Detectives asked Gaul about the gun, but he told them he didn't know where it was. He denied showing it to McCarty and also denied asking Walton about removing fingerprints from a gun.

Then detectives asked to see his cellphone and Gaul asked them if he was a suspect. "Should you be?," the detective responded. But Gaul continued to deny having anything to do with Walker's death.

When Gaul left the sheriff's office, McCarty said he started getting text messages from him, asking why he had told the police about the gun. In text messages, Gaul asked his friends not to speak to the police anymore.

"He was on edge," Walton said.

Thinking Gaul was lying to authorities, Walton and McCarty then collaborated with police to help them lay a trap. On Tuesday night - just one day after Walker's murder, detectives wired the two teens up with microphones, a transmitter where police could listen in, and a video camera hidden in a key fob, and planned out a sting operation to recover the potential murder weapon.

"Those two young men contacted us and asked if they could help us get what they believed to be the murder weapon back," Merritt told "20/20." "Obviously there's concerns for their safety. We went over all that with them and they were still adamant, very adamant that they wanted to do this. They understood the dangers and the concerns, but they wanted to do it."

The operation was a success and Gaul was arrested. In addition to the gun, police recovered what they believe to be a treasure trove of evidence, including gloves and black clothing, which authorities say point to Gaul also being the "man dressed in black" who was mysteriously at Walker's door the Saturday morning before she was killed.

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At his trial in May 2018, Gaul's defense attorney argued in court that he had never meant to kill Walker, but had fired the gun to try to scare her and get her attention.

"He never intended to cause her harm, never intended to cause her death," Wesley Stone, Gaul's attorney, told "20/20" exclusively. "Consistent with her reaching out to Riley regarding the events Saturday morning ...he was attempting to get her to ask him for help again, sort of to be her protector. It's been in his heart. It's been in his mind. It's been in just everything about him. Every day for the rest of his life, wherever that may be, he will have to live with that reality."

Stone also said Gaul denies being the mysterious "man dressed in black."

After five hours of deliberation, jurors found Gaul, now 19, guilty of first-degree murder as well as stalking, theft, reckless endangerment and being in possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony.

In the state of Tennessee, a first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence.

With justice served for Emma Walker's death, Jill Walker hopes what happened to her daughter can also serve as a warning to others who may be in tumultuous relationships.

"If your boyfriend or girlfriend is telling (you) you can't go there, or what to wear, or who to hang out with, or who to talk to. ... It's not OK," she said. "I think when they become quiet and withdrawn, it's a big sign too. ... It's not just bruises, it's emotional and controlling."

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Since her death, Emma Walker's family has tried to keep her legacy alive. Her mother said she loved animals and wanted to be a NICU nurse, so the family has since gotten a dog park and a NICU patient room at East Tennessee Children's Hospital named after her.

"It's all things that are a part of Emma and all mean something," said Jill Walker. She added that she also hopes people remember her by "being kind to others."

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Nike hits all-time high after Kaepernick ad backlash.

The company’s stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday

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Nike shares touched on all-time high this week, days after the sports apparel giant announced its polarizing decision to feature free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a major marketing campaign.

The company's stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday. Nike shares were mostly flat in early trading Friday.

Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in the 2016 NFL season to protest police brutality and social injustice. The 30-year-old quarterback, who has not played since the end of that season, is currently suing the NFL's 32 owners, alleging they conspired to keep him off the field.

Nike's decision to feature Kaepernick in the campaign, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan, drew a mixed reaction on social media. While some praised the brand for taking a stance in the protest debate, critics argue that kneeling during the anthem is disrespectful to the American flag and military veterans.

President Donald Trump publicly criticized Nike for its partnership with Kaepernick, tweeting that the company was "getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts." Nike's stock fell more than 3 percent to less than $80 per share in the hours after the announcement, though it recovered those initial losses by the end of last week.

A report by data firm Edison Trends said Nike's e-commerce sales grew 31 percent in the two days after the Kaepernick campaign was announced, up from 17 percent growth over the same two days last year.

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Nike shares touched on all-time high this week, days after the sports apparel giant announced its polarizing decision to feature free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a major marketing campaign. The company's stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday.

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Juul, a product that was meant for adult smokers, got into the hands of teens and became a sensation. Juul Labs talks about the ongoing teen vaping epidemic.

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Mother, and her 5 kids plus the family dog, make the decison to stay home expect for her husband who went to work at the hospital, in North Carolina as the 'crazy and frightening' Hurrican Florence hits their home.

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A mother has hunkered down with her five children and dog in their Wilmington, North Carolina, home as Hurricane Florence bears down.

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Melissa Cellucci, who lives 20 minutes from Wrightsville Beach where the hurricane made landfall, told ABC News she is riding out the storm at home while her husband Joe, an EMT, is on lockdown working at Hanover County Regional Medical Center.

Since the Category 1 storm with tropical force-winds made landfall around 7 a.m. Friday morning, Cellucci said she has seen evidence of the hurricane's force in her own backyard.

"It's crazy and frightening," she said. "We've been watching trees being torn down and our backyard fence get ripped apart all morning from the winds."

She continued, "The whole back side is all demolished. I saw two 20-foot sections getting busted up because the winds are so strong and powerful."

Despite warnings to evacuate ahead of the powerful storm, Cellucci said she and her husband made the decision to stay home.

"With having five kids and my husband's stuck at work on standby for his job at the hospital it was just easier for us to stay at our home where we have all of our things," Cellucci said. "We have a safe place here at our home and a generator and we have supplies, so we felt that we could be safe here just riding it out."

But when she and her kids lost power at 3 a.m., she said she began to worry.

Although her husband showed her how to turn on the generator before he left for his job at the hospital, she couldn't get it started on the first try and she and her children were without power for hours.

"When the wind picked up it got really spooky and scary. I really didn't get any sleep, I needed to be up in case anything happened," she said.

But she was "thankfully" able to get the generator started on her second try, it started just now on the second try," Cellucci said midmorning Friday.

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Her husband has called to check in on the family "several times" as well as to assure her that he is safe, she said.

"He told me how the hospital felt like it was swaying from the high winds since they have all the EMS personnel in his crew staying on a high floor at the hospital," Cellucci said. "But they are all still on lockdown."

The family has experienced just one other hurricane in their North Carolina home when Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016.

"This is our second hurricane. We're not from down here; we moved down here three years ago from Michigan," Cellucci said.

"It's kind of new to us what a hurricane would mean so our anxiety was high getting stuff ready," she added. Cellucci told ABC News in an earlier interview on Thursday night that the family was already feeling the force of Florence.

"The rain's really picked up, and just stepping outside a little bit ago the trees are really blowing and bending. We have large pine trees in our backyard, and they're really bending a lot," she told "Nightline" anchor Juju Chang on Thursday night. "The wind is howling away. I could hear it from inside the house."

Cellucci said her children were "wound up from the excitement of the storm," Thursday evening but eventually "got tired and fell asleep."

ABC News' Sally Hawkins contributed to this report

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Nike shares touched on all-time high this week, days after the sports apparel giant announced its polarizing decision to feature free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a major marketing campaign.

The company’s stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday. Nike shares were mostly flat in early trading Friday.

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Nike shares touched on all-time high this week, days after the sports apparel giant announced its polarizing decision to feature free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a major marketing campaign.

The company's stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday. Nike shares were mostly flat in early trading Friday.

Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in the 2016 NFL season to protest police brutality and social injustice. The 30-year-old quarterback, who has not played since the end of that season, is currently suing the NFL's 32 owners, alleging they conspired to keep him off the field.

Nike's decision to feature Kaepernick in the campaign, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan, drew a mixed reaction on social media. While some praised the brand for taking a stance in the protest debate, critics argue that kneeling during the anthem is disrespectful to the American flag and military veterans.

President Donald Trump publicly criticized Nike for its partnership with Kaepernick, tweeting that the company was "getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts." Nike's stock fell more than 3 percent to less than $80 per share in the hours after the announcement, though it recovered those initial losses by the end of last week.

A report by data firm Edison Trends said Nike's e-commerce sales grew 31 percent in the two days after the Kaepernick campaign was announced, up from 17 percent growth over the same two days last year.

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Nike shares touched on all-time high this week, days after the sports apparel giant announced its polarizing decision to feature free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a major marketing campaign. The company's stock rose as high as $83.90, surpassing its previous record, before closing at $83.47 on Thursday.

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Husband accused of murder in death of wife missing for years

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Texas middle school's 'bathroom inspiration project' aims to empower students Middle school can be rough, which is why a group of Texas teachers were inspired to spruce up the school bathrooms with motivational messages and help students start the new school year with confidence.

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Marcus Peters had an interception that was returned for the game-sealing touchdown vs the Oakland Raiders.  He dives backwards and grabs his groin.  He has now been fined for $13,000.

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Marcus Peters paid tribute to Marshawn Lynch during his backward dive into the end zone on a pick-six in Monday night's victory over the Oakland Raiders. Now the Los Angeles Rams' corner must pay out of his pocket.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Peters was fined over $13,000 for grabbing his crotch during the touchdown celebration, per a source informed of the punishment.

Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports first reported the fine.

Peters intercepted Derek Carr late in the fourth quarter Monday night and scampered 50 yards for the game-sealing score. Upon reaching the end zone, the corner leaped backward and grabbed his crotch, a move Lynch had been fined for in the past.

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Marcus Peters paid tribute to Marshawn Lynch during his backward dive into the end zone on a pick-six in Monday night's victory over the Oakland Raiders. Now the Los Angeles Rams' corner must pay out of his pocket.

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There were gas explosions in three different Massachussets towns. A string of deadly gas explosions set homes on fire. One person died due to quick evacuation

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Hurricane Florence hit land Friday. As the storm made landfall Friday morning, Wilmington, North Carolina, was hit by a 105 mph wind gust, the strongest wind in the city since 1958. 600,000 people are without power.

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Hurricane Florence is slamming into the East Coast, knocking out power in North Carolina, dropping torrential rains and inundating several areas with floodwater.

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Here is a look at the dangerous storm by the numbers:

105 mph: As the storm made landfall Friday morning, Wilmington, North Carolina, was hit by a 105 mph wind gust, the strongest wind in the city since 1958.

150: The number of people requesting rescue in flooded New Bern, North Carolina, where water levels reached 10 feet overnight.

The downtown area, at the confluence of two rivers, is mostly underwater.

Volunteers are using private boats to pitch in and help, city spokeswoman Colleen Roberts said.

New Bern resident George Zaytoun, who chose not to heed evacuation warnings and is now trapped inside his home, told "Good Morning America," "It's like a bomb has gone off."

"Everything around us is underwater," he said.

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"This is twice the size of Hurricane Hugo," which tore through the Carolinas in 1989, New Bern Mayor Dana Outlaw told "Good Morning America."

"We need America's prayers," Outlaw said.

310: Number of volunteers from nine different states helping the Cajun Navy with rescues.

57: Number of people the Cajun Navy says they rescued Friday morning, according to the founder of the group, Todd Terrell.

30 inches: Preliminary reports show over 30 inches of rain in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, according to the U.S Geological Survey. If confirmed by the National Weather Service, this number would break the state record for rainfall from a tropical cyclone.

455,000: The number of customers without power in North Carolina.

20,000 There are 20,000 North Carolina evacuees staying at shelters across the state, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday.

11 feet: Storm surge may reach this point in parts of North Carolina.

"People do not live and survive to tell the tale about what their experience is like with storm surge," FEMA administrator Brock Long told "GMA."

40 inches: Rainfall could reach this point.

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