# data[].attributes.body
A pair of people found murdered in a mall parking lot in Florida. No suspects found so far.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Police say a shooting in a crowded mall parking lot in Florida has left two people dead.

The Sun Sentinel reports 32-year-old Lawrence Hall and 33-year-old Omarie Stephens died.

Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says a police officer was working security Sunday night at a restaurant when he heard gunshots.

The officer found Stephens in front of the mall and paramedics found Hall on the east end of the mall. Another victim drove himself to a hospital and is expected to recover.

Police say multiple shell casings were found and that more than one type of gun was fired.

Investigators are trying to ascertain whether the assailant used more than one type of gun, or if multiple people were shooting outside the mall.

No suspects have been taken into custody.

---

Information from: Sun Sentinel , http://www.sun-sentinel.com/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
2 killed in Florida mall parking lot; no suspects in custody

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Police say a shooting in a crowded mall parking lot in Florida has left two people dead. The Sun Sentinel reports 32-year-old Lawrence Hall and 33-year-old Omarie Stephens died. Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says a police officer was working security Sunday night at a...

# data[].attributes.body
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — His finger traces the path of the bullet that should've killed him on site. Right here, he points. Right here, one bullet struck him near his right temple, traveled through his head and exited just above the eyebrow.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Warning: This story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - His finger traces the path of the bullet that should've killed him on site. Right here, he points. Right here, one bullet struck him near his right temple, traveled through his head and exited just above the eyebrow.

His skull shattered. Shards of bone fell into his lap, blood gushed, and a car screeched away. The shooters used hollow-point bullets, he explains, bullets designed to expand and destroy andkill on impact.

Thirty hit the SUV in all. Eleven struck his cousin. Two struck Stedman Bailey in the head.

"A barrage," Bailey says, "of bullets."

That night, Nov. 24, 2015, Bailey was going to eat dinner with his cousin Antwan Reeves, Antwan's 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, and one of Bailey's best friends, Terrance Gourdine. They were in an SUV they'd rented to drive the nine hours from Miami Gardens to Atlanta the next day, to spend Thanksgiving at Bailey's mother's house, waiting in front of Gourdine's house while he changed for dinner.

The back hatch of the SUV was left open, an unknown vehicle pulled up from behind, and around 8:45 p.m., the gunfire commenced.

"Like a war zone," Bailey recalls. "Call of Duty, but you're really there."

Bailey, in the passenger seat, took those two bullets. Reeves, in the back, felt one bullet rip through his chest, another strike his lower back, another zip through his arm, lost feeling in his legs and regained enough feeling to leap atop his kids in the back seat and absorb more bullets in the shoulder. Once the assailants sped away, Reeves handed a cell phone to his son and told him to call Mom, to tell her that he and Bailey were shot.

But his son was staring at Bailey. At the literal holes in Bailey's head.

The 10-year-old screamed.

"Sted's dead! Sted's dead!"

Sted, miraculously, is not dead.

He's here, at Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar, re-enacting the scene in that SUV one moment and ordering a sweet-and-spicy shrimp bowl the next. Three days prior, by phone, Bailey had said he didn't want to talk about the shooting. Yet two minutes into meeting up, he relives everything in chilling detail, only pausing when a waitress interrupts.

"I heard the shots," he continues, "But I felt no pain at all."

Reeves staggered out of the SUV, saw Bailey was out cold-maybe he was dead?-and instinctively balled up a fist to punch him in the chest.

Bailey woke up.

"Cuz!" Reeves remembers saying. "You were shot in the head. Don't move. We're going to get you to the hospital."

Bailey was confused. To see for himself, he reached for the sun visor. Reeves slapped it back up before Bailey could catch a glimpse of the grisly reflection. Even in the state he himself was in, there was no way Reeves was letting Bailey see this. More bone, more cartilage, more blood from Sted's head splintered and scattered onto his lap, and Bailey realized, right then, "something was real." Gourdine reappeared in a panic, and Reeves ordered him to ignore all lights, all cops, to get them to the nearest hospital, which further spiked Bailey's fear. Gourdine, he says, was a terrible driver.

As the SUV reached speeds of nearly 100 mph-a cruel "roller coaster," Bailey calls it-Bailey prayed to make it to Jackson North Medical Center alive.

They did. There was no trauma unit. They were transported to a hospital in Aventura, Florida. They survived.

No, Bailey did not technically lose his life that night, but life as an NFL wide receiver with everything in front of him-money, fame, legacy-seemed to end as he knew it. Suddenly, he couldn't speak. Bailey communicated with friends and family by writing everything down. He couldn't eat. Bailey lost 30 pounds in all. His head swelled into the shape of a blimp. Imagine dropping an egg from eye level, his doctor told him. That was your skull. They needed to cut part of his skull in the back to patch the front. The photos from surgery were horrifying.

In one, Bailey saw a flap of his head open "like a garage," exposing his entire brain. In another, one eyeball hung out of its socket by what seemed like about three feet on a stringy substance.

But the worst moment, by far, was when a doctor asked Bailey what his goals in physical therapy were and the Rams receiver wrote on a piece of paper that he wanted to play football again.

Stedman, we don't know if you'll walk again.

But here he is, two-and-a-half years later, attempting the impossible. Bailey perches his legs up on the booth and clasps his hands. What that doctor didn't know, what a neurologist who helped him with a second surgery didn't know, what any NFL team, coach, player or fan who thinks he's borderline insane for even considering playing football again doesn't know, is what serves as Bailey's daily oxygen.

"I have a divine purpose to be here," Bailey says. "You don't just survive those shots and walk around normal.

"I feel like we as people all have specific plans on earth."

One centimeter to the left, and he's dead. Or brain dead. Or affected cognitively...to some degree, at least. But mentally, he stayed sharp. He never stopped cracking jokes (albeit on a notepad) with Geno Smith, Kayvon Webster and others in that hospital room. The only reason Bailey couldn't speak was that the tube shoved down his throat to help him breathe during surgery damaged his vocal cords. He soon walked and soon talked, because the fragments of the bullet shell touched his brain, yet never pierced it.

This essentially was one massive concussion.

Last October, Bailey had a custom titanium plate inserted into his head, and the comeback became real. All those shooters did was make Bailey believe his sole existence is to inspire you. Inspire millions.

"I'm ready to show the world," he says, "that I can't be stopped."

The volume of his voice rises above the electric guitar on the speaker system.

"You've seen dudes come back from ACLs, Achilles, broken bones," Bailey says. "I want to be the one to show people that no matter what you go through, you don't have to let other people define who you are as a person, what you can do as a person-and I can show the world anything is possible.

"I know when I step on the field, there's a 100 percent chance I win Comeback Player of the Year. And then I'll get up on the stage and just blow you away with all that I've been through."

He can't wait to hold that microphone. He knows a lot of inspiring tales have led to that podium...but a dude shot in the head? Unprecedented.

Bailey's personal doctor has cleared him to play, and now he just needs an NFL team to do the same. His fiance isn't worried. His son isn't worried. Mom isn't worried. Bailey absolutely is not worried.

He sits up straight, leans forward.

He knows exactly why he's still breathing.

"We honestly feel," he says, "like I'm the chosen one to do this."

Beanie on, hood up, the scar is hidden. It's impossible for anyone at the Sports Academy to tell that this is someone who took two bullets to the head.

That's the way Stedman Bailey likes it.

He wants to blend in with the crowd, so there's zero small talk and zero peeking at the March Madness games on TVs above. For two hours straight, the man is a blur. Bailey churns the battle ropes. Bench-presses. Shoulder-shrugs. Turns facedown on an incline bench to crank out one-arm rows with a 60-pound dumbbell.

Drops to a plank for push-ups, and one trainer drops massive metal chains onto his back. Bailey coolly cranks out rep after rep after rep and doesn't say a word as the ringing of chains synchronizes with rap blaring over the speakers. He doesn't cheat, either, nearly kissing the floor.

On to more weights. To snaring footballs whistling out of a JUGS machine at 100 mph. To a heated one-on-one game against NFL linebacker Akeem Ayers in which he drills one stepback J, takes him to the rack for a 6-2 lead and tells Ayers' 3-year-old son, "Pop's getting dug up!" Oh, Ayers promptly scores six straight points to win and ruthlessly taunts his friend, but Bailey gets a little revenge in the paint during three-on-three.

"You got two of my toes!" yells Ayers, limping out of bounds.

"Well," Bailey says, "in those soft-ass LeBron shoes..."

Here, Bailey is on a warpath to the NFL. Here, he gives himself a 90 percent chance of signing with a team-"or better."

Here, it's easy to believe.

The titanium plate is what made this belief possible. When a plastic surgeon first broached the idea of an implant, he thought implants were only for boob jobs. The surgeon explained that this would be custom-fit for his head and that this was "a game-changer" if Bailey harbored hopes of playing again. The neurologist who assisted wasn't as optimistic an NFL return was possible, but Bailey was willing to try, so on Oct. 20, the doctors re-opened his scar for a six-hour surgery. Very quickly, he again was hurling around 80-pound dumbbells on the bench press like loaves of bread, working religiously with two-time Olympian Nabie Fofanah ("The Speed Doctor") and running a blistering 4.43 in the 40 at Marshall's pro day.

That time would've tied for sixth among 37 wide receivers at this year's NFL combine.

It was a reminder for scouts on site of the baller Bailey was-the one who exploded for 1,622 yards and 25 scores on 114 receptions his final season at West Virginia, was drafted in the third round in 2013 and totaled 843 yards in two-and-a-half years on bad Rams teams.

Yet when Bailey chatted with scouts, they spoke to him like he was an "experiment."

Voices softened into a kindergarten teacher-like tone. Eyes widened. They treated him like a moral victory. Part of Bailey understands. Everyone who meets him expects him to be, you know, off.

What he went through, you're constantly looking for how it affected him. He stalls on the sidewalk outside a restaurant to talk and talk and talk, and you ask yourself, Why? Is he waiting for someone to pick him up? His vision had to be affected by his eyeball popping out, right?

Nope. He can drive. He was simply being friendly. His vision is 20/20.

That's why, mid-one-on-one game, Bailey walks over to say, "See? Just living a normal life." He wants to be treated like any other NFL free agent. Sadly, that's impossible. Even if he morphs himself into the strongest, fastest pound-for-pound player in the NFL, it won't change the reality that no other player in the NFL is playing with a plate in his head.

His hopes spiked recently while texting Rams special teams coordinator John "Bones" Fassel about a return, and he's sure to flex his biceps for all Rams personnel who drop into this gym.

Teams still may not give a damn that his plate is literally stronger than a human skull or if he ran a 4.2 and caught 100 of 100 passes in a tryout.

He needs a miracle.

But Bailey also knows that he is a miracle.

Sitting on an aluminum bench after this workout, it hits him: Blending in won't cut it. There's a divine reason he's here.

So he doesn't agonize over any conversation with a scout or any time in the 40. No, what Bailey took most from his appearance at the Marshall pro day was the fact that Larry Aaron had died. At 19. He stares ahead in a trance, explaining that for weeks he was trying to get in touch with the Marshall defensive lineman. Like Bailey, Aaron was the victim of a shooting that didn't seem to make any sense. At a New Year's Eve party, while shielding his girlfriend, Aaron was hit by a stray bullet. Unlike Bailey, Aaron was left paralyzed from the waist down and then died on Feb. 22

The two never connected. Bailey learned on campus that Aaron had died.

This hit close to home.

"It's like, 'Damn,'" Bailey says. "I think he only took one bullet and here he is. He passed away. Anything could have went differently for me that night."

There's a reason everyone in that SUV survived. Bailey still thinks back to Nov. 24, 2015 and cries tears of joy because even after arriving at Jackson North, things could've gone south.

Reeves was so convinced he was going to die, he left his two kids with a security guard he recognized from 20 years ago and says he started praying to God to forgive him for any sins.

Medics said he only had seven minutes to live and that getting to Aventura's trauma unit via helicopter would take 15 minutes. Which is precisely when someone-to this day, Reeves has no clue who-said he could get Reeves to Aventura in five minutes.

Reeves was bleeding so much that one medic slipped and fell on his blood while loading him into the ambulance.

"Either I was going to die right there in the lobby," Reeves says, "or he was going to save me. ... Do you think angels walk the earth? They do. Listen. Trust me."

Reeves got his blood transfusion in time, spent a day in a coma and survived with one bullet still lodged in his spine.

Meanwhile, in a different ambulance, Bailey nearly dozed off for a nap. If medics hadn't shouted "Stay awake! Stay awake!" he's not so sure he'd be here, either. Further, Bailey has no clue what transpired between that ambulance ride and surgery the next morning.

"Where the f--k was I?" Bailey says. "Was I just in the room or something? Dead?"

Adds Reeves, "Listen, I saw a hole in his head. I could look through his head. It was like something that wasn't real. It was like Hollywood."

There's also a reason he was in Miami to begin with. Bailey was serving a suspension for smoking marijuana and couldn't be around his team in St. Louis. So he was home. So he was shot. Bailey should connect these cruel dots and hold a bitter grudge against the league for punishing players for an act now legal in several states. Or for the rule banning suspended players from the facility. Instead, Bailey repeats on five different occasions that he needed to mature. Needed a wake-up call.

There's a reason he never felt pain. Even in the days, weeks, months after the shooting, Bailey never suffered a blip of PTSD. Unlike Reeves, who kept a gun under his pillow at night and brought it with him to the gas station, to the front porch, to buy a bag of chips, everywhere. And unlike Reeves' kids, who underwent therapy, who were scared every time they stopped at a red light.

There's a reason the shooters picked him. Reeves and Bailey both believe this was gang-related-maybe part of an initiation. The local detective on the case did not return calls from Bleacher Report, but Reeves says a federal investigation is ongoing and that he's heard about a high possibility of "mistaken identity."

There must, Bailey repeats with authority, be a reason for all of this.

So he trains on. One marking on his body-unlike the scar beneath that beanie-is displayed for all to see. Bailey holds out his left forearm to show his third tattoo of Jesus Christ. He got this one yesterday before dinner in Long Beach. Jesus is outstretched on the cross, bleeding-and see where it's unfinished near Bailey's wrist? When this tat is done, Jesus' arm will blend into Bailey's arm. They'll be one and the same.

"Just turn my test," he says, "into a testimony to inspire others."

Does he seek vengeance on his enemies? "Hell yeah," there are days Bailey wants a piece of the people who tried to kill him. But whenever those impulses surface, he can take a look at this crucifix and remember why he's here.

This is where he finds peace and allows himself to dream.

Nearly 3,000 miles away from the shooting.

In Malibu, off the Pacific Coast Highway, near Point Mugu State Park, is a small beach hardly anyone knows about. At least once a week, Bailey and his 4-month-old German Shepherd, "King," walk to the tip of this beach, to the rocks, and find a safe place to sit, and Bailey stares off at the ocean. Gospel music in his earbuds, he can think, he can cry, he can meditate and be, Bailey says with a laugh, as "weird" as he wants. A close friend who's based in a military camp about 20 minutes away told Bailey about this spot. This is where he's able to reflect on the miracle past and envision the miracle future.

"It's so peaceful," he says. "It's beautiful."

This day, waves crash with thunderous force underneath a sky split into an eerie canvas of what appears to be two completely different worlds. To the left is a blue sky. Tranquil, gorgeous. To the right is a dark sky. Apocalyptic, haunting. As Bailey walks King-King twirling around on his leash in a restless 360-he thinks aloud of the friends he's lost. He never was in the streets himself, but Bailey admits some of his friends were "around certain stuff," so those friends needed to be eliminated from his life. Friends who aren't living the way he's living now or don't believe he can complete this comeback.

"I don't mess with people like that," Bailey says. "I keep people around who are positive."

And then the night of Nov. 24, 2015 briefly flashes in the form of a nightmare. He recalls a few people in the streets telling him that maybe this was no accident, that maybe he was set up. It visibly bothers him that nobody spoke up to police, too. He gets it: Snitching carries consequences, but someone close to Bailey could've steered detectives in the right direction. Bailey feels himself starting to fade...and fade...into that darkness until one sight near the water instantly snaps him out of it.

A harbor seal pup has washed ashore. Nearby, a marine biologist is keeping an eye on the baby as it waits for its mother to return with food. Bailey, a Planet Earth buff, is fascinated and asks the biologist a string of questions before gliding on toward the rocks, back in the right state of mind.

Yes, he could have exacted revenge. He could've applied pressure on people he knows in the streets. Bailey says he wasn't in gangs. But he assures he has the "street cred" to get answers because he's respected. And make no mistake: Bailey feels those urges. Part of him needs to know who tried to kill him. Who wouldn't want revenge on someone who tried to kill them? The anger alone should send Bailey on a one-way ticket to Miami. But he lets it go. He didn't want to end up in jail himself. Not with a fiance. Not with a son.

"Whoever those dudes were," he says, "they'll get theirs."

He stares off into that sky-toward the light-and finally rips off that beanie. The scar is revealed, and it stretches from ear to ear. Turns out, Bailey doesn't hide from this at all. He embraces it. He even shaved his head so the scar would be more pronounced. A giant wave nearly splashes Bailey, and he doesn't flinch. No, his adrenaline is pumping now.

He hopes the shooters are reading this story, and he hopes they tune in on Sundays this fall.

"Revenge is killing them with success," Bailey says. "You all thought you had me? I'm coming back stronger. So, hey, thank you.

"Here I am."

The dream Bailey imagines this day is his first touchdown back. He'll rip off his helmet, find the nearest camera and point to that scar.

He'll stare his shooters in the face, sure, but he'll also be your inspiration.

"I'm taking my helmet off so everybody can see," Bailey says. "Helmet. Off."

With those words, the rain picks up. It's pouring now. Bailey repeats he cannot be stopped and says he'll write a book one day. Maybe call it Man of Steel. The doctor who cleared him for football even joked that the plate is so strong, Bailey could take another bullet. To which Bailey laughed back, "No! No! No! We don't wanna do that!" And again, he cannot fathom how he took two bullets to the head and never felt a thing.

When people ask, "What did that feel like?" he never has an answer.

He only knows this: There's no reason to let any negativity clog this mind when the mind, he says, "is a powerful thing." So in the parking lot, before driving away, he turns the conversation to a more positive topic, breaking down his marriage proposal ("Smooth, real smooth") in riveting play-by-play. Then he pictures one more scene, one more dream.
He's in an NFL locker room. He's giving the pregame speech. He's making every player in the room want to run through a damn wall.
"The attitude I have," Bailey says, "I would think teams would want me around other guys and help motivate them. I can look at guys now and say, 'Listen, man. The s--t's not hard. I've been shot before. Let's go out here and go get it.' Motivation to where people say, 'You know what, he's f--king right. What can't I do?'"

Until that call comes, however, he only has this.

A beach. An ocean. And dreams.

Dreams that are not yet reality.

Twelve hours later, Bailey stands alone near two weighted sleds at the Sports Academy. There are six 45-pound plates on each one.

He scans the room and yells to no one in particular:

"Get on one of these sleds with me! I need motivation!"

Bailey succeeds in making eye contact with Todd Gurley, shouts, "I was born ready!" and Gurley barks back, "Born ready?" With that, Bailey muscles this sled 20 yards downfield, turns it around, drives it back and proceeds to compete against himself all morning, from clearing hurdles off two feet to one-legged bounds that accelerate into a sprint to one-legged deadlifts as Nipsey Hussle's "Last Time That I Checc'd" blares. He bobs his head to the lyrics- Last time that I checked, it was five chains on my neck/It was no smut on my rep -and again does battle with Ayers and Gurley on the basketball court.

Gurley, the reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year, has a tangible reason to be here. He'll anchor a potential Super Bowl contender. Bailey can only train and train and pray he gets a chance to play the most ruthless sport on earth with a plate in his head. Millions may be inspired, he's told, but millions will also think he's nuts for even trying this.

For the first-and only-time all week, Bailey gets...testy.

"There's going to be doubters. There's going to be haters. That comes with life," Bailey says. "I'd just tell them, 'Man, you have these doubts. Say what you want. Look at what I've been through. What has stopped me yet?'"

He lets those words hang in the air.

"Crickets. I'm going to keep going, no matter what. No human can tell me, 'You can't do this.'"

Moments later, he calls over NFL safety Maurice Alexander to rehearse his touchdown celebration. Alexander thinks he should crouch low and cross his arms. No, no, that's not it. Bailey pops to his feet and says it needs to be more elaborate than that. He'll arch his back, like so, and strut in a straight line before ripping his helmet off for the camera. "For like five minutes!" he says. "The feeling is going to be phenomenal. They'll be saying, 'Oh, this guy really lost his mind!'"

Bailey rattles off other players who'll be up for Comeback Player of the Year. Odell Beckham Jr. broke his ankle, and J.J. Watt broke his leg, but we've seen players bounce back from all that before.

"Shot in the head?" he says. "Nobody would be living to sit here and talk to you. ... I want to make history."

He loves football, sure, but this is bigger than some blind allegiance to the sport. Bailey believes that if he signs with a team, if he scores that touchdown, if he looks into that camera, if he grabs that mic, he will change how millions of people approach every ounce of adversity in their lives. Life "can be a bitch," he says. But what excuses will anyone be able to spew about anything once they've seen a dude on a football field who was shot twice in the head? He says he'll make you maximize "your 24 hours" in a way unimagined. You're down? You're out? Keep Going.

"I want to motivate people around the world," Bailey says. "There's a reason I'm alive.

"This is a movement."

Bailey then pops back to his feet and cannot stop moving while dropping more revelations, one after the other.

The hundreds of messages from strangers on Instagram. He reads them all.

The death of his grandmother. That hurt.

The fact that his dad's been in prison his whole life for "making millions" as a big-time drug dealer. Bailey didn't even meet his father until he was 18 but says there's now a chance the judge who delivered the sentence will re-open the case. Sted needs to be his shining light. It'll be tough for Dad to re-assimilate.

"But your son being the chosen one..." he says, letting his voice trail off.

"Your youngest son can show you how it's done the right way. The positive way."

He keeps repeating the two words: Keep Going. He sees millions repeating them one day-at a "Just Do It" clip-hopefully while sporting the clothing line Bailey has been wearing all week, "Positive Energee," which he created after the shooting.

Bailey rubs his hands together, gives the Sports Academy a panoramic view and vows to build a facility exactly like this back in his drug- and gang- and crime-infested Miami neighborhood. He'll go right back to the scene of the crime, where he was shot, and save lives because so many kids there remind Bailey of himself.

He can't let them catch two bullets in the head.

If they do, they won't be as lucky as he is.

He keeps circling, keeps thinking, keeps nodding his head and, now, there's no doubt. This movement is too powerful to fail.

Sted isn't dead, no.

He's just beginning.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
'I Can't Be Stopped': Stedman Bailey Opens Up on Shooting, NFL Comeback Attempt

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Warning: This story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - His finger traces the path of the bullet that should've killed him on site. Right here, he points. Right here, one bullet struck him near his right temple, traveled through his head and exited just above the eyebrow.

# data[].attributes.body
Cellphone footage shows police forcibly detaining and hitting a man who was allegedly resisting arrest, according to Ft. Worth police in Texas.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
ft. worth violent arrest caught on camera - cnn video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Ft. Worth violent arrest caught on camera - CNN Video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Cellphone footage shows police forcibly detaining and hitting a man who was allegedly resisting arrest, according to Ft. Worth police in Texas.

# data[].attributes.body
A massive Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake was spotted in Florida over the weekend. The snake slithered across a 10-foot golf cart path near the K9s For Warriors facility in Ponte Vedra, according to Derek Tyson, who first spotted the rattler. Witnesses of the massive serpent claim it was roughly 6 feet long.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
‘Monster’ diamondback rattlesnake spotted in Florida

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A massive Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake was spotted in Florida over the weekend.

# data[].attributes.body
Cellphone footage shows police forcibly detaining and hitting a man who was allegedly resisting arrest, according to Ft. Worth police in Texas.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
ft. worth violent arrest caught on camera - cnn video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Ft. Worth violent arrest caught on camera - CNN Video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Cellphone footage shows police forcibly detaining and hitting a man who was allegedly resisting arrest, according to Ft. Worth police in Texas.

# data[].attributes.body
A Dutch lawyer tied to former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine after admitting to lying to special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Alex van der Zwaan, who is at a sentencing hearing at a district court in Washington, is the first case in Mueller's investigation to reach that stage.

The Dutch lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to Mueller's team in February and likely faces up to six months in prison.

Van der Zwaan's attorneys begged for no jail time for their client, who mostly sat with pursed lips, slouched at the defense table.

He did say a few sentences of contrition that he read from a paper.

"What I did was wrong," he uttered. He also apologized.

The judge has not yet made a decision on the sentencing. The hearing is ongoing.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
special counsel's office: make an example of dutch lawyer who lied to investigators - cnnpolitics

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Special counsel's office: Make an example of Dutch lawyer who lied to investigators

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Alex van der Zwaan, who is at a sentencing hearing at a district court in Washington, is the first case in Mueller's investigation to reach that stage. The Dutch lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to Mueller's team in February and likely faces up to six months in prison.

# data[].attributes.body
2 killed in Florida mall parking lot; no suspects in custody

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Police say a shooting in a crowded mall parking lot in Florida has left two people dead.

The Sun Sentinel reports 32-year-old Lawrence Hall and 33-year-old Omarie Stephens died.

Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says a police officer was working security Sunday night at a restaurant when he heard gunshots.

The officer found Stephens in front of the mall and paramedics found Hall on the east end of the mall. Another victim drove himself to a hospital and is expected to recover.

Police say multiple shell casings were found and that more than one type of gun was fired.

Investigators are trying to ascertain whether the assailant used more than one type of gun, or if multiple people were shooting outside the mall.

No suspects have been taken into custody.

---

Information from: Sun Sentinel , http://www.sun-sentinel.com/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
2 killed in Florida mall parking lot; no suspects in custody

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Police say a shooting in a crowded mall parking lot in Florida has left two people dead. The Sun Sentinel reports 32-year-old Lawrence Hall and 33-year-old Omarie Stephens died. Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says a police officer was working security Sunday night at a...

# data[].attributes.body
Mom tased her on son to wake him up for  Easter church

on Sunday

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Mom deployed Taser on son to wake him up for church, court docs say

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A Phoenix mother was accused of giving her son a jolt with a Taser to wake him up for Easter church services on Sunday, according to reports.

# data[].attributes.body
Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish has an upcoming movie coming out

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The first trailer for their upcoming comedy, "Night School" dropped on Tuesday and getting your GED never looked more fun.

The best part about this pairing is that Hart actually gave Haddish $300 about 13 years ago, when she was an up-and-coming comedienne living out of her car.

She told Vanity Fair in January that she homeless and working alongside Hart at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles when he loaned her the money, which Hart wrote about in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Haddish has since tried to repay him, but she says he refuses to take the money.

"I don't want that money," Haddish says Hart told her. "You keep that money. If I need you to be in something else, you just make sure you can do it."

Judging by the hilarious trailer, the box office success of this film will likely be more than enough of a reimbursement.

"Night School" debuts in theaters September 28.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
first look at kevin hart and tiffany haddish in 'night school' - cnn

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
First look at Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in 'Night School'

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The first trailer for their upcoming comedy, "Night School" dropped on Tuesday and getting your GED never looked more fun. The best part about this pairing is that Hart actually gave Haddish $300 about 13 years ago, when she was an up-and-coming comedienne living out of her car.

# data[].attributes.body
President Trump on Thursday directed the US trade representative to level tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Main Street and Wall Street are bracing as the United States prepares to levy more tariffs on China.

President Trump on Thursday directed the US trade representative to level tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports.

What's expected to happen

In the next 15 days, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will publish a list of products that his team intends to hit with tariffs. It's not clear how high the individual tariffs will be.

The United States also plans to impose new investment restrictions and take action against China at the World Trade Organization.

Related: Trade war would wipe out the gains from tax cuts, Penn analysis says

Why it matters

1. The Trump administration is turning its tough talk on trade into action this year.

2. Chinese officials are warning that they will retaliate with tariffs on US exports to China. They haven't been specific yet, though.

3. Investors, economists and policymakers are worried about a China-US trade war that could embroil the global economy.

4. Americans buy lots of Chinese-made goods. Prices will likely go up for shoppers. How much is anyone's guess.

So there's a lot at stake, from Wall Street to your local Walmart.

Trump administration officials say fears of a trade war are overblown. And the tariffs are essentially delivering on a campaign promise: Trump told voters he would get tough on China, accusing it of stealing US jobs.

The $50 billion question is whether Trump's tariffs, and the likely Chinese retaliation, will create or kill more American jobs.

What does China have to say about this?

China sharply warned Trump again on Tuesday.

"A trade war does no good to anyone. There is no winner," China's Premier Li Keqiang said at a press conference in Beijing.

China can push back on the United States. For example, it is one of the biggest buyers of US crops, including soybeans or sorghum. China could put a tariff on those, or decide to buy more soy from places like Brazil and Argentina.

China is also the biggest creditor of the United States: It owns more US government bonds than any other country. And it recently cut some of its US debt holdings, though investors don't currently expect China to immediately dump its US debt.

How we got here

Related: Boeing would be on the front lines of a US-China trade war

In August, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer launched an investigation into Chinese theft of US intellectual property, including software, cell phone apps and technology patents.

The US economy is driven by businesses that provide services like technology companies. So China's theft of intellectual property hits at a real strength in the US economy.

The United States focused on four allegations by American companies against China. The companies allege:

1. Chinese firms force them into partnerships, then steal their technology and eventually end the joint venture.

2. Chinese companies are using government funds to steal American tech secrets and innovation.

3. China uses "cyber intrusions" into US commercial networks to spy on US commerce.

4. American companies operating in China don't have the same property rights that Chinese firms do.

The Trump administration said Thursday it found ample evidence that China is guilty of each accusation.

Trump invoked a rarely used 1974 trade law to justify the case. President Reagan used the law 49 times during his administration, but it gradually fell out of practice after the World Trade Organization was created in 1995. It's one of Trump's many tools to hit other countries with tariffs without congressional approval.

In this particular case, trade experts widely agree with the Trump administration that China has cheated and stolen, and that it should pay a price. The administration's diagnosis is correct, economists say. The remedy is where people differ.

- CNN's Steven Jiang and Tim Schwarz contributed reporting from Beijing. Jeremy Diamond contributed reporting from Washington.

- Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Ronald Reagan was the last president to invoke the Trade Act of 1974. It was last used by President Barack Obama in 2010, although President Reagan was most famous for invoking it.

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 21, 2018: 4:07 PM ET

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Why Trump's tariffs on China are a big deal

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
President Trump on Thursday directed the US trade representative to level tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. What's expected to happen In the next 15 days, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will publish a list of products that his team intends to hit with tariffs.

# data[].attributes.body
6 ft long eastern diamondback rattlesnake was spotted in Florida.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
‘Monster’ diamondback rattlesnake spotted in Florida

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A massive Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake was spotted in Florida over the weekend.

# data[].attributes.body
Student driver misses turn, slams into mobile home in Indiana

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Police say someone learning to drive ended up driving into a mobile home Monday on the southwest side of Indianapolis.

The crash occurred at the Windsong Mobile Home Community. Officials say a girl learning how to drive accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake after missing a turn.

She did have a passenger in the vehicle with her.

A fire started after the crash, and was put out quickly by crews.

Two people were inside the mobile home at the time of the crash.

No injuries were reported.
Click for more from Fox 59.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Student driver misses turn, slams into mobile home in Indiana

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Police say someone learning to drive ended up driving into a mobile home Monday on the southwest side of Indianapolis. The crash occurred at the Windsong Mobile Home Community. Officials say a girl learning how to drive accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake after missing a turn.

# data[].attributes.body
Hamburglar sentenced to jail after breaking into Maryland McDonald’s

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
A woman nicknamed the "Hamburglar" after she was caught on video breaking into a closed Maryland McDonald's was sentenced to three months in jail, authorities said Tuesday.

Jessica Marie Cross, 27, of Springdale, Md., pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges for the November 2017 crime, FOX5DC reported. Cross turned herself in after surveillance cameras caught her pushing through an open drive-thru window at the McDonald's in Columbia.

Along with the three-month jail term, Cross was sentenced to three years of probation. She is also required to get mental health and alcohol and drug treatment, according to FOX5DC.

The "hamburglar" was also ordered to stay away from the McDonald's.

She was initially seen in surveillance video reaching over the soda fountain and grabbing a drink. Cross then climbed through, entered the restaurant and proceeded to steal a box of items including $1,400 in cash, a purse, food and Happy Meal toys.

The incident lasted about 35 minutes.

Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
'Hamburglar' sentenced to jail after breaking into Maryland McDonald's

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A woman nicknamed the "Hamburglar" after she was caught on video breaking into a closed Maryland McDonald's was sentenced to three months in jail, authorities said Tuesday. Jessica Marie Cross, 27, of Springdale, Md., pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges for the November 2017 crime, FOX5DC reported.

# data[].attributes.body
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announce their split.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The couple posted a joint statement to their respective Instagram pages.

"We have lovingly chosen to separate as a couple,"the pair said. "We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together. Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one another, but love is a beautiful adventure that is taking us on different paths for now."

Their announcement also said that there are "no secrets nor salacious events" that led to the split.

The couple first met while filming the 2006 movie "Step Up." They married in 2009 and have a young daughter together.

Just last month, Tatum posted a photo of himself and Dewan Tatumto his Instagram with the caption, "When you fall asleep around a toddler."

Dewan Tatum is currently the host of NBC's "World of Dance," and Tatum is set to voice the role of Migo in the upcoming animated film, "Smallfoot."

CNN has reached out to their representatives for additional comment.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
channing tatum and jenna dewan tatum announce separation - cnn

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum announce separation

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The couple posted a joint statement to their respective Instagram pages. "We have lovingly chosen to separate as a couple,"the pair said. "We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together.

# data[].attributes.body
White House intern photo raises diversity questions

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
wh intern photo raises diversity questions - cnn video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
WH intern photo raises diversity questions - CNN Video

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Lynn Sweet, the Chicago Sun-Times' Washington Bureau Chief, told CNN's Victor Blackwell the lack of diversity in the White House's spring 2018 program signals the lack of commitment in Trump's White House to put together a group as diverse as America.

# data[].attributes.body
'Monster' diamondback rattlesnake spotted in Florida

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
‘Monster’ diamondback rattlesnake spotted in Florida

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A massive Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake was spotted in Florida over the weekend.

# data[].attributes.body
A 13-year-old boy who was rescued after spending 13 hours trapped in a network of sewage pipes said today he "was just praying to God" to be found because "I didn't want to die."Jesse Hernandez was picnicking with his family in Los Angeles as part of an annual Eastertradition on Sunday when he went to play at an abandoned building.

# data[].attributes.body
Spring snow storms in Minnesota causes 25 crashes in 15 minutes There was 1 inch of snow There were 197 crashes and 13 people were injured .

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The storm system that dumped half a foot of snow in Minnesota and the Dakotas on Monday is moving east with 13 states already looking at winter storm warnings, advisories or flash flood watches on Tuesday.

The storm system is strengthening in the Great Plains and spreading heavy snow from the Dakotas into Iowa and Minnesota on Tuesday morning.

Further east, into the Ohio Valley, heavy rain is moving through.

As the storm system moves east, spring-like severe storms will break out from Cleveland to Houston.

The biggest threat with these storms will be damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes through Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi.

To the north, a swath of heavy April snow will fall from Sioux City, Iowa, to Minneapolis and into Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Traverse City, Michigan, where some areas could see 6 to 12 inches of snow.

By Wednesday at noon, the storm system and cold front will approach the East Coast and stretch from Florida to Maine. Some of these storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds and hail. An isolated tornado is also possible.

Bitter cold follows

Bitterly cold air, at least for April standards, will move into the Midwest on Tuesday night into Wednesday and reach the East Coast by Wednesday night.

We are not done with the cold air yet. Another cold blast moves into the Midwest on Friday and spreads into the Northeast on Saturday morning.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Major storm system bringing rain, damaging winds to central US

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The storm system that dumped half a foot of snow in Minnesota and the Dakotas on Monday is moving east with 13 states already looking at winter storm warnings, advisories or flash flood watches on Tuesday. The storm system is strengthening in the Great Plains and spreading heavy snow from the...

# data[].attributes.body
A teacher in Florida who was hosting a white supremacist podcast which she claimed was “political satire” has resigned.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
A teacher in Florida who was hosting a white supremacist podcast which she claimed was "political satire" has resigned.

Dayanna Volitich, 25, who teaches social studies at Citrus County School District's Crystal River Middle School, was removed from the classroom on March 2 after Huffington Post revealed that she expressed a series of anti-Semitic and racist views on her Unapologetic podcast while using an alias.

The district's assistant superintendent Mike Mullen confirmed to CNN that Volitich has submitted her resignation but it will not be made final until it is accepted by the school's board. Approval of the decision is due to be discussed at the next board meeting on April 10.

Using the pseudonym Tiana Dalichov, the teacher was found to have used her podcast to allegedly boast about being a teacher in Florida while expressing a string of far-right views.

She told listeners about how she brought her white nationalist views into the classroom. She also invited people linked to infamous far-right hate groups onto the show.

A guest who appeared on Unapologetic on February 26 was Lana Lokteff, wife of Henrik Palmgren. Both are known for presenting a series of far-right podcasts. Palmgren also owns Red Ice, a media outlet recently classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now

During her appearance, Lokteff urged white supremacists to become teachers in order to influence children. "They don't have to be vocal about their views but get in there," she said.

"Be more covert and just start taking over those places, I mean that's what the Left did. [It's what] a lot of these cultural Marxists and Frankfurt Scholars did."

Tiana Dalichov-a near anagram of Volitich's real name-also expressed anti-Semitic views on social media. A Twitter account using Dalichov's name was found to have retweeted white supremacists and neo-Nazis such as David Duke and Mike Enoch as well as suggesting Muslims need to be eradicated "from the face of the Earth."

Dalichov's Twitter account, which used a picture of Voltich as the profile picture, has been deleted.

In a statement sent via her attorney, Volitich confirmed she was the behind the Unapologetic podcast but that the views she expressed were satirical and an "exaggeration."

"None of the statements released about my being a white nationalist or white supremacist have any truth to them, nor are my political beliefs injected into my teaching of social studies curriculum," she added.

The Citrus County School District has not yet responded to Newsweek 's request for comment on Volitich's resignation.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Teacher who hosted far-right podcast encouraging white nationalists to infiltrate schools resigns

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A teacher in Florida who was hosting a white supremacist podcast which she claimed was "political satire" has resigned. Dayanna Volitich, 25, who teaches social studies at Citrus County School District's Crystal River Middle School, was removed from the classroom on March 2 after Huffington Post revealed that she expressed a series of anti-Semitic and racist views on her Unapologetic podcast while using an alias.

# data[].attributes.body
How Parkland students feel about their new mandatory clear backpacks

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Marjory Stoneman Douglas students encountered security barriers and bag check lines as they entered campus Monday morning.

Inside the school, administrators handed out the students' newest mandatory accessories: a see-through backpack much like the ones required at some stadiums and arenas, and an identification badge they must wear at all times.

The bags were yet another stark reminder of how much had changed since a former student stormed the hallways on February 14, gunning down 17 people, junior Kai Koerber said.

First, students lost their classmates and teachers. Now, with the bags, they're sacrificing their privacy for what he and others consider an ineffective security measure.

"It's difficult, we all now have to learn how to deal with not only the loss of our friends, but now our right to privacy. My school was a place where everyone felt comfortable, it was a home away from home, and now that home has been destroyed," he said.

'This backpack is probably worth more than my life'

The shooting galvanized a student-led movement calling for stricter gun laws, and some students used the clear bags to make a political statement.

Koerber and others attached an orange price tag to their bags. The $1.05 tag is intended to protest politicians, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who accept money from the National Rifle Association, by putting a price on each student.

"We are doing this in order to demonstrate the fact that we stand together on all issues, and that we, as a student body, refuse to be reduced to nothing more than dollars and cents," Koerber said.

Senior Delaney Tarr tagged Rubio in a tweet of a picture of her bag with feminine products and the orange price tag attached to it.

"Starting off the last quarter of senior year right, with a good ol' violation of privacy!" she said in another tweet.

In addition to displaying the orange tag, senior Carmen Lo stuffed a sign into her backpack that read "this backpack is probably worth more than my life."

She also wonders how students will carry sports equipment, instruments and laptops.

"Many students are actually unhappy with the clear backpacks, as they believe that it infringes on their privacy, so they wrote messages on pieces of paper and put it into the clear backpacks," she said.

"We come to school to learn, so I don't think that we should need to subject ourselves to these measures. We shouldn't need to worry about our safety and our security while we are at school."

Solution or pacification?

Koerber thinks metal detectors would be more effective than clear backpacks.

"Just implement a system that works. Similar to what they do at court houses and the airport!" he said. "It's terrible that girls will have no privacy concealing their feminine products, and these bags won't last a week with real textbooks in them. Metal detectors are a better solution."

The school district said it's considering whether to install metal detectors at the school's entrances. A letter from Principal Ty Thompson sent to families on Friday said that step has not been taken yet.

Clear backpacks may deter some from bringing weapons into school, but without metal detectors people can still conceal them in folders or in between papers, junior Isabella Pfeiffer said.

And backpacks won't prevent firearms from getting in the hands of dangerous people in the first place, she said. It would not have prevented the February 14 rampage, because the gunman was not a student.

"This isn't a solution to making sure that a tragedy like the one that happened at Douglas doesn't happen again," she said. "Many of us think that this is a way that legislators can pacify us instead of enacting actual change."

Junior Connor Dietrich used tissue paper to obscure the contents of his bag. He, too, thinks the bags are not the answer to preventing guns from getting into the hands of the wrong people, which is what he and other students are fighting for.

"You know it's only difficult because if we were being listened to and common sense gun legislation was brought into play we wouldn't need all of this to be safe."

Junior Jack Macleod said he is not opposed to the clear backpacks if they are used with other safety measures, such as metal detectors or wands.

But safety may come at the cost of a productive school environment, he said.

"I definitely feel safer, but in no way is school going to be a place of cognitive education and creativity when it feels like a jail cell," he said.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
how parkland students feel about their mandatory clear backpacks - cnn

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
Dianne Gallagher, Emanuella Grinberg and Paul P. Murphy, CNN

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
How Parkland students feel about their mandatory clear backpacks

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Marjory Stoneman Douglas students encountered security barriers and bag check lines as they entered campus Monday morning. Inside the school, administrators handed out the students' newest mandatory accessories: a see-through backpack much like the ones required at some stadiums and arenas, and an identification badge they must wear at all times.