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Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained evidence that calls into question Congressional testimony given by Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince last year, when he described a meeting in Seychelles with a Russian financier close to Vladimir Putin as a casual chance encounter “over a beer,” sources tell ABC News.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained evidence that calls into question Congressional testimony given by Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince last year, when he described a meeting in Seychelles with a Russian financier close to Vladimir Putin as a casual chance encounter "over a beer," sources tell ABC News.

Well-connected Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, a key witness given limited immunity by Mueller, has been interviewed seven times by prosecutors on a wide range of subjects. He told investigators that he set up a meeting in the Seychelles between Prince and Russian sovereign wealth fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, mere days before Trump was inaugurated, sources familiar with the investigation said this week.

Nader has submitted to three interviews with special counsel investigators and four appearances before a federal grand jury in Washington since agents stopped him at Dulles International Airport in January, served him with a grand jury subpoena and seized his electronic devices, including his cell phone. Documents obtained by Mueller suggest that before and after Prince met Nader in New York a week before the trip to the Seychelles, Nader shared information with Prince about Dmitriev, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News, which appears to be inconsistent with Prince's sworn testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives investigative panel.

"I didn't fly there to meet any Russian guy," Prince told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in November. He testified that he travelled to the Seychelles for a meeting with United Arab Emirates officials about possible business opportunities, and they introduced him - unexpectedly - to Dmitriev.

As of late March, Mueller's team has not asked Prince - whose sister Betsy DeVos serves as Trump's Secretary of Education - to appear before the grand jury being used to investigate whether Trump campaign officials or transition aides colluded with Russian government operatives, according to one of Prince's friends.

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Prince told the House Intelligence Committee that his meeting with Dmitriev was a chance encounter "down in the bar" at the suggestion of "one of the brothers" of the United Arab Emirates' leader Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed al-Nayhan.

"At the end, one of the entourage says, 'Hey, by the way, there's this Russian guy that we've dealt with in the past. He's here also to see someone from the Emirati delegation. And you should meet him. He'd be an interesting guy for you to know, since you're doing a lot in the oil and gas and mineral space,'" Prince told lawmakers under oath in his sworn testimony. "So, as I recall, I met him, this same guy I talked about, Kirill Dmitriev. Met him down in the bar after dinner, and we talked for 30 minutes over a beer, and that was it."

Sources say Nader -- who worked at the time for the Emirati leader, known as "MBZ" - tells a different story. According to multiple sources, the U.A.E., an important U.S. ally increasingly eager to be seen as a global powerbroker, wanted to bring a Russian close to the Kremlin together with someone Nader believed was a trusted confidant of members of the incoming administration.

Sources tell ABC News Nader met with Prince at New York's Pierre Hotel a week before the Jan. 11, 2017 meeting in the Seychelles, and later sent Prince biographical information about Dmitriev, which, according to those sources, noted that Dmitriev had been appointed by Putin to oversee the state-run sovereign wealth fund.

Nader says he then facilitated and personally attended the meetings, including one between Prince and Dmitriev, at a resort owned by MBZ off the coast of East Africa, the sources told ABC News. One of the primary goals of the meeting, Nader told investigators, was to discuss foreign policy and to establish a line of communication between the Russian government and the incoming Trump administration, sources told ABC News.

Nader - who Prince said in a 2010 lawsuit deposition had once represented his military contractor business in Iraq - was not mentioned in Prince's congressional testimony despite Prince being asked by lawmakers who was present. Prince said only that Dmitriev's wife was there but she left after a few minutes while they discussed terrorism and oil prices.

A spokesperson for Prince told ABC News on Thursday that "Erik has said all there is to say to the committee and has nothing further to add." Prince has said that the Seychelles meeting was leaked to the news media last year in an illegal "unmasking" of his identity in U.S. signals intelligence intercepts.

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Nader, a naturalized U.S. citizen, is an enigma in the nearly yearlong probe of the Trump presidential campaign's dealings with Russians linked to the Kremlin.

His background and credibility have come under attack as his name appeared in recent headlines. He has been arrested twice in the U.S., first in 1984 and again 1991, and convicted once, according to court records unsealed in March, for possession of pornographic videos featuring underage boys. He also reportedly served prison time in the Czech Republic in 2003 for similar crimes.

Nader's lawyers at powerhouse firm Latham & Watkins, which includes former Obama White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, have said unnamed individuals are dredging up the old criminal cases to discredit him as an important witness for Mueller. They declined to comment to ABC News on Nader's interactions with the special counsel and Nader himself has refused to speak about the Russia probe.

Few in Washington remember George Nader, whose colorful biography reads like a spy thriller: his career has spanned the globe, and along the way he has been a hostage negotiator, arms broker, security operative and, now, an important witness for the former director of the FBI.

He's even negotiated with the Kremlin. According to Al-Monitor, a news website covering the Middle East, Nader helped broker a $4.2 billion arms deal between Iraq and Russia in 2012.

Nader's associates say he has embarked on countless sensitive diplomatic missions overseas and was once a special adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. He had easy access to the White House under Presidents Reagan, both Bushes and Clinton, according to former officials, and he visited the Trump White House last year despite his criminal record.

Nader posed with Trump for a picture and even helped arrange the new American president's first major foreign trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year, two top Trump advisers told ABC News.

"He has worked for the Israelis, the Syrians, the Iranians, the Saudis, the Emiratis, the Shiites in southern Iraq," said Mouafac Harb, a Lebanese former journalist who has known Nader for decades. "He's typical of the kind of shady operatives you often see in the Middle East."

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His 1991 federal conviction in Alexandria, Virginia, for being caught returning from Germany with videotapes in his luggage "depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct" highlights the conflicting chapters in his life.

Prominent foreign policy figures sent testimonials to the federal trial court judge in Virginia, including one friend who said Nader, a Lebanese Christian, "is risking his life" to help free a dozen American, British and other hostages held in Beirut in 1991, by leveraging his close ties to the Shi'a terrorist group Hezbollah. The letters to the judge were provided to ABC News last week by Nader's legal team.

The judge in 1991 sentenced Nader to six months in a halfway house -- well below mandatory sentencing guidelines at that time -- and allowed him to travel to both Moscow and Beirut during his criminal proceedings, later citing Nader's "extraordinary cooperation with the government in certain areas."

The 1991 criminal case was ordered sealed for six months. Instead, it remained under seal for 26 years, until a judge opened the case file last month amid news reports about Nader cooperating with Mueller. Sources told ABC News the U.S. government did not want Nader's secrets easily unearthed while he operated as a backchannel on sensitive matters.

"We used him because we needed all the channels we could get into the Syrian security establishment," said a former top career American diplomat in Damascus, who was aware of Nader's activities in the years following his 1991 conviction. "Nobody was looking for his child porn case. Nobody cared about that stuff at all back then. He was providing too invaluable a service to us."

Nader, according to one former diplomat, has a rare and valuable skill.

"His stock in trade is access and influence," the former diplomat said. "He finds a way to be valuable to people."

But Nader had dropped off the radar of many former associates two decades ago, including those who worked in Washington for his "Middle East Insight" magazine, which held many foreign policy discussions hosted by Nader and televised on C-Span until it folded around the time of his criminal conviction.

"Until his name appeared recently, I had no idea that Mr. Nader was even alive," said one former writer at the magazine, who, like most of Nader's associates, declined to be identified by name.

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Mueller has evidence raising questions about Prince testimony on Seychelles meeting

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained evidence that calls into question Congressional testimony given by Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince last year, when he described a meeting in Seychelles with a Russian financier close to Vladimir Putin as a casual chance encounter "over a beer," sources tell ABC News.

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Italian town Ollolai sells $1 homes to lure new residents

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(CNN) - Ever dreamed of owning a home in a pretty Italian village? The news you've been waiting for has finally arrived.

You can now buy one for just over a dollar.

Ollolai, a destination in the mountain region of Barbagia on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, is selling hundreds of abandoned homes for just €1 ($1.2).

It's not the first Italian town to try the gimmick, but it seems to be the first to live up to the promise. It's also got the beauty and history needed to draw people in.

The real estate bonanza comes with a catch, though. The 200 stone-built dwellings up for grabs are in poor condition and buyers must commit to a refurbishment within three years -- which will likely cost about $25,000.

Behind the sell-off is a plan to rejuvenate a community at risk of becoming a ghost town. In the past half century, Ollolai's population has shrunk from 2,250 to 1,300, with only a handful of babies born each year.

"We boast prehistoric origins," says Efisio Arbau, Ollolai's mayor. "My crusade is to rescue our unique traditions from falling into oblivion.

"Pride in our past is our strength. We've always been tough people and won't allow our town to die."

Formerly Barbagia's capital, Ollolai remains the most untouched and authentic patch of Sardinia.

Once buzzing, its maze of alleys and mural-covered piazzas are now silent, as younger residents have been lured away to bigger cities.

Abandoned by the families who once occupied them, many stone dwellings have been lying in ruin, covered in cobwebs, for decades.

Some traditional ways of life survive. Local shepherds continue to make the exquisite premium sheep cheese, Casu Fiore Sardo, that the area is known for, while artisans still weave fine baskets.

Arbau likens the town's struggles to its olden day battles, from an era when surrounding caves were used by separatists and bandits to stow their kidnap victims.

"We once had a fiery king, Dux Ospitone, who united all heathen tribes in a league," he adds. "Our pagan ancestors never succumbed to the ancient Roman conquerors, who dubbed us 'barbarians.'

"These hills are Italy's 'Highlands' and we are sons of 'Bravehearts.'"

Now Ollolai, which takes its name from an ancient battle cry of "alalé," is fighting back once again.

In a bid to breathe new life into the town, Arbau contacted former home owners -- shepherds, farmers and craftsmen -- asking them to sign the homes over to town authorities.

"They're picturesque old buildings made with Sardinia's typical gray granite rock that grows on mountain peaks and shores," says Arbau.

"We need to bring our grandmas' homes back from the grave."

He approved a special decree and placed the properties on the market, at bargain prices, in 2017.

Despite their poor conditions, three houses have already been sold and Arbau says he's received more than 100 purchase requests from across the world, including Russia and Australia.

The mayor hopes the refurbishment of the homes will help create new jobs and revive the local economy.

Vito Casula, a retired builder, was the first to snap up a two-story house for less than the cost of a cappuccino.

He transformed his new home using environmentally friendly materials, but kept the original decor, recycling old furniture.

"We live nearby and frequently visited Ollolai. Then one day my wife saw the ad in the newspaper. It was an opportunity," says Casula. "This quiet town is frozen in time. It offers a peaceful, healthy life."

He recommends the village to anyone who "is sick with too much stress and needs a break."

"The fresh air, zero smog and great views have a healing power. My bones and back don't hurt anymore," he adds.

Casula says Ollolai's relaxing vibe, delicious cuisine and friendly locals are among its top selling points.

"Residents are so open and friendly they make you feel at home. They never allow me to pay for anything at the bar and constantly invite us over for lunch and dinner," he adds.

Homemade specialties include su pane vratau, made of layers of flat crispy carasau bread soaked in water, tomato sauce, poached eggs and grated Fiore sheep cheese.

There's also su pistiddu, an autumn cake made of coffee, nuts, almonds, semolina, hazelnuts, raisins and sapa grape syrup.

Local delicacy porceddu (roasted baby piglet), is cooked on a bonfire, skewered on huge vertical spits and placed on burning charcoals.

In fall, cortes apertas (open courtyards) sees stables and ancient granite-and-turf taverns open to the public, offering crazily good wine, ham, cheese and a few other delicacies.

Other town events include a carnival where participants wear costumes including goat-style masks with horns, fur and dangling bells or white embroidered face veils that symbolize the union of death and life.

Newcomers can also explore folklore events and archaic rituals such as the "s'istrumpa," a tussle where players must toss their opponent to the ground to win the town's respect.

Steeped in superstition, Ollolai is a place where women make amulets to ward off bad luck and residents' cars carry written prayers to keep evil at bay.

The village regularly attracts travelers looking for a quiet, sunny retreat,

The 1,200-meter-high peak Nodu de S'Aschisorgu (the Treasure Rock) boasts a spectacular 360-degree view of the island, while Ollolai's surrounding lakes, rivers, protected parks, oak and beech tree forests are dotted with cone-shaped primitive settlements called nuraghi.

And while it may be a long way away from Sardinia's luxury beaches, Ollolai is still close to shimmering pristine seas.

A one-hour car drive takes you to the breathtaking cliffs of Cala Gonone, with stunning sea grottoes perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving.

Arbau is also introducing activities like cheese, pasta and basket making courses, alongside dialect lessons to keep newcomers busy.

"Our language is hard to understand, even for Sardinians, but we know foreigners love to mingle. This is also a social experiment," he says.

Only time will tell if the mayor's gamble has paid off, but locals are excited and interest in the town is growing.

In fact, a reality show centered around a group of Dutch families as they set up in Ollolai and restore some of the houses is expected to launch in May.

Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter. She writes about finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media including MNI News, Newsweek and The Guardian.

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Beautiful Italian town sells homes for $1

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(CNN) - Ever dreamed of owning a home in a pretty Italian village? The news you've been waiting for has finally arrived. You can now buy one for just over a dollar. Ollolai, a destination in the mountain region of Barbagia on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, is selling hundreds of abandoned homes for just €1 ($1.2).

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The newspaper's front cover on Friday used the headline "Mr. President, please act" along with a photo of two women crying. Under the Post's headline it reads, "The Post says: We need sensible gun control to help stop the slaughter."

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The New York Post is using Friday's cover to send a message to President Trump following the school shooting that took place in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday. The message? "Please act."

The newspaper's front cover on Friday used the headline "Mr. President, please act" along with a photo of two women crying. Under the Post's headline it reads, "The Post says: We need sensible gun control to help stop the slaughter."

The front page stirred conversation on social media as soon as it was tweeted on Thursday night. Some users showed surprise that it was the Post -- which is owned by Rupert Murdoch -- that published the cover rather than its cross-town rival, the New York Daily News, which has in the past used its front page to take a stance on gun control.

"Yet another crusading gun control cover in the New York Daily Ne--wait, what?" tweeted New York Times political reporter and CNN analyst, Alex Burns, along with the photo of the cover.

The Times' White House correspondentMaggie Haberman, tweeted, "The president's favorite paper" along with the image.

The Post editorial board also wrote an opinion piece in which they implored the president to take action on mass shootings that have plagued the country.

"Mr. President, this is your moment. You can keep your promises to the kids and the parents and honor your offer to do 'whatever we can do.' Prove how much you truly want to curb the carnage - and refuse to play hostage to the extremists on either side of these issues," the paper wrote. "You have the famous presidential bully pulpit - and you also have Twitter... It's time, Mr. President, to do something. America is waiting on you."

The front page for the Post followed the New York Daily News using its cover on Thursday to make a statement by showing a gun pointing at the viewer with the headline, "This Is Us."

A 19-year-old man gunned down students and staff with a rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, killing at least 17 students and adults. It is at least the eighth shooting at a U.S. school this year

Trump responded to the latest American school shooting on Thursday by speaking directly to children in the country.

"I want to speak now directly to America's children, especially those who feel lost alone confused or even scared," he said in televised remarks from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. "I want you to know that you are never alone, and you never will be."

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 15, 2018: 10:58 PM ET

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The newspaper's front cover on Friday used the headline "Mr. President, please act" along with a photo of two women crying. Under the Post's headline it reads, "The Post says: We need sensible gun control to help stop the slaughter." The front page stirred conversation on social media as soon as it was tweeted on Thursday night.

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Kam Chancellor remains with Seahawks as salary becomes fully guaranteed

While his playing future is unclear, the injured safety remained on Seattle's roster Friday, making his entire $6.8M salary for 2018 fully guaranteed.

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Friday brought a bit of clarity to Kam Chancellor's immediate future with the Seattle Seahawks.

While it's still uncertain if a neck injury suffered last season will allow the Pro Bowl strong safety to ever play football again, it has been expected that he will remain with the team for the time being as his medical situation is sorted out. That seems even more certain now that Chancellor's entire $6.8 million base salary for 2018 is fully guaranteed.

The three-year, $36 million extension Chancellor signed last summer called for his '18 salary to become fully guaranteed if he were to remain on Seattle's roster through Friday, which was the fifth day of the new league year waiver period. That money was guaranteed for injury only at the time of signing.

That deadline had led to some speculation that the Seahawks might cut Chancellor, but that wasn't much of an option.

NFL rules make it difficult to cut injured players. It could have led to a grievance, which is a can of worms the Seahawks would surely not want to open given Chancellor's standing as one of the most revered members of the organization. Aside from potentially getting messy, cutting Chancellor would have meant his $9.6 million cap hit for 2018 skyrocketing to $19.5 million as future cap charges would be moved up. That's an unwieldy figure for any team let alone one without much cap space like Seattle.

The two sides could have, in theory, reached a settlement, but as former NFL agent Joel Corry has pointed out, Chancellor would have little financial incentive to settle with a total of $12 million in injury guarantees over the next two seasons. Of his $10 million base salary for 2019, $5.2 million is guaranteed for injury.

As for the possibility of Chancellor retiring any time soon, that remains unlikely as well. By doing so, he would forfeit $12 million in injury guarantees over the next two seasons. Technically, he could also be on the hook for repaying $7.5 million in remaining signing bonus proration.

All of that has led to the belief that he would remain with the Seahawks, even with his football future in doubt. Unless Chancellor makes a turn and is able to pass a physical some time later this offseason -- recall coach Pete Carroll saying at season's end that he and Cliff Avril are going to "have a hard time playing football again" -- one possibility is that he begins next season on the physically unable to perform list.

Chancellor, who turns 30 in April, spent part of this week modeling clothes at the Grungy Gentleman Runway Show as part of Fashion Week in New York. That industry has been an interest of his and one that Chancellor may pursue after football. But the passing of Friday's roster deadline is another sign that his post-football life isn't about to begin just yet.

"He's doing phenomenal," cornerback Richard Sherman said Thursday night from an awards show in Seattle. "He and his wife are traveling around. They went to Italy. I think they're in New York at some fashion show. But he's in great spirits. He's healing up. Everything is testing and things like that. He has to go back and get an MRI every couple months, so there's not much he can do. It's not like there's any rehab you can do to heal it."

In addition to Chancellor, three other Seahawks had either a portion of their 2018 base salary or the full amount become fully guaranteed on Friday. They are: quarterback Russell Wilson ($4.9 million of $15.5 million), wide receiver Doug Baldwin ($4.5 million of $8.25 million) and center Justin Britt (all $2.75 million).

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Kam Chancellor remains with Seahawks as salary becomes fully guaranteed

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Friday brought a bit of clarity to Kam Chancellor's immediate future with the Seattle Seahawks. While it's still uncertain if a neck injury suffered last season will allow the Pro Bowl strong safety to ever play football again, it has been expected that he will remain with the team for the time being as his medical situation is sorted out.

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The 17-year-old junior, Colton Haab knew a gunman was on his high school campus Wednesday afternoon so he ushered 60 to 70 people to shelter in an open ROTC room. At that point, he realized that the Kevlar sheets that are generally used for the Junior ROTC marksmanship program could come in handy. Haab told CNN on Thursday, "We took those sheets, and we put them in front of everybody so they weren't seen, because they were behind a solid object and the Kevlar would slow the bullet down," He helped shield dozens with Kevlar sheets in shooting.

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The 17-year-old junior knew a gunman was on his high school campus Wednesday afternoon so he ushered 60 to 70 people to shelter in an open Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps room. At that point, he realized that the Kevlar sheets generally used for the Junior ROTC marksmanship program could come in handy.

"We took those sheets, and we put them in front of everybody so they weren't seen, because they were behind a solid object and the Kevlar would slow the bullet down," Haab told CNN on Thursday.

"I didn't think it was going to stop it, but it would definitely slow it down to make it from a catastrophic to a lifesaving thing."

Haab's quick thinking was one of a number of heroic responses to Wednesday's mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which a gunman killed at least 17 people.

Fortunately, the gunman did not come into the Junior ROTC room, and the Kevlar was not needed. But if he had done so, Haab said he and a friend had a plan.

"I was a little scared. I was more worried about getting home safe, making sure everybody got home safe," he said. "God forbid, if he did come into the classroom. I didn't want that to happen, but if it did, I would try to stop him with another friend of mine that was with us."

Though Haab's heroism wasn't needed, assistant football coach Aaron Feis' was. Haab said he saw Feis running toward the gunman, and he later learned that Feis was among those killed as he tried to shield students from the shooter.

"That's Coach Feis. He wants to make sure everybody is safe before himself," Haab said.

"He's definitely in a better place now. I'm glad that he didn't suffer that much. It's sad because it's not going to be the same without him at school anymore."

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Colton Haab heard gunshots, and his Junior ROTC training kicked in. He ushered 60 to 70 people to shelter in an open Junior ROTC room. "We took those sheets, and we put them in front of everybody ... and the Kevlar would slow the bullet down," Haab said.

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Texas woman shared a photo of a man on Valentine's Day dining across from his dead wife's ashes.

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A Texas woman shared a heartbreaking photo on Valentine's Day of a man dining at a restaurant seated across from his late wife's ashes.

The unidentified man is neatly dress and appears to be crying into a folded napkin. There are two place settings on the table and two glasses of wine. There also appeared to be a Valentine's Day card on the table that reads "You & Me."

Chasidy Gwaltney, of Corpus Christi, shared the photo on Facebook. She said she first thought the man was waiting for his date, according to Fox 8 Live. She said she soon realized that nobody would be showing up.

"I saw something today that has made me remember that we won't always have each other to hold, talk to, love, play with or even just aggravate every now and then," Gwaltney said in her message. "This man looks like he is spending Valentine's Day alone at first glance but that is actually his wife in that very beautiful bottle sitting on the table."

Gwaltney urged others to love one another.

"Please love your sweetheart while you have the opportunity, you never know what tomorrow will bring or take away," she said.

The post has been shared more than 340,000 times as of Thursday evening.

Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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A Texas woman shared a heartbreaking photo on Valentine's Day of a man dining at a restaurant seated across from his late wife's ashes. The unidentified man is neatly dress and appears to be crying into a folded napkin. There are two place settings on the table and two glasses of wine.

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a couple down in Florida sold their house and their car and walked away from their jobs to pursue their dram they bought a sail boat they said they were going to escape modern life and sail the world they were armature sailors and they hit a shallow spot and capsized the bot and losses everything and their was stuck in the port.  they also brought a dog that died and they were close from dieing

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Jennifer Lawrence was sobbing at amy schumer's wedding. She claimed it to be very 'sudden and beautiful'

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The newlyweds married in a private Malibu ceremony on Tuesday

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Applebees inside the independence center is being closed for good after the incident happened with the three young women and the racial profiling

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The Applebee's restaurant inside the Independence Center is officially closed for good.

According to an Applebee's spokesperson, the restaurant is now permanently closed, and employees have been offered jobs at nearby locations.

The announcement comes nearly one week after two young women were accused of dashing-and-dining at Applebee's. One of the women recorded the incident, calling it racial profiling. Three Applebee's employees were fired because of the incident.

The restaurant closed down shortly after the incident.

In the video, the two women encounter an Independence police officer, a mall security guard, a manager and server at the Applebee's restaurant.

The women were eating dinner there when two officers approached them about a "dine-and-dash" theft that had happened the day before, in which two women, apparently resembling them left without paying for their food. However, the women say the server's description of the dine-and-dashing women was vague, with few details other than skin color and body size.

"We have not been here!" Asia Hardy repeatedly exclaims to one officer.

Throughout the video that had been viewed millions of times, the anxiety over the accusations and interruption of their meal continues to grow and Hardy becomes even more visibly upset about the alleged racial profiling that she says was occurring.

Her friend Alexis Brison tells the officer, "We've been shopping. We're just trying to have a nice dinner. Can we just pay for our food? We haven't done anything."

The Independence police officer asks the women to put themselves in his shoes, explaining he needed to ask them questions since the manager called police believing they are the same women who dined and dashed.

"You're doing your job but the restaurant isn't doing its job. Because if she's positive that she's seen us, we haven't been in here," Brison said.

The women ask if there are cameras to prove they aren't the women from the food theft the day before.

The officer tells them to: "Just relax."

When the police officer tells the women that the restaurant manager decided he or she wants them to pay for their food, leave and not come back, the women eagerly agree, but grow more upset.

"We have not been here. Oh my God! We have not been here?" Hardy says again.

"Is she normally this emotional?" the officer asks, followed by: "Wow. Does she normally talk like this?"

In a statement released Thursday, the City of Independence said:

On Friday, Feb. 9, the Independence Police Department was called by Independence Center mall security to assist at the Applebee's restaurant on what was reported as a theft. Applebee's has since identified this request as having racial undertones on behalf of its staff, and three restaurant employees were terminated by Applebee's as a result of their actions.

Since the event transpired on Friday, the officer's professional conduct has been carefully and thoughtfully reviewed by the Professional Standards Unit to ensure compliance with departmental policy. The City of Independence does not comment on any findings or outcomes with regard to the matters of personnel.

"For many years, our officers have been regularly called to assist businesses within Independence Center and this relationship is an important tool to reduce crime and disorder," Chief Brad Halsey said. "Applebee's has taken steps to address this situation. We carefully consider each interaction of our officers with the public for opportunities to learn and train to better serve our community."

The department provides continuing education training on a regular basis for each of its officers. The newest program, Fair and Impartial Policing Practices, includes implicit bias recognition. Further, policies and procedures related to this incident are being evaluated to determine if changes are appropriate for the future.

"We sincerely regret the negative experience the young women involved had in our City," City Manager Zach Walker said. "City staff receive regular training on diversity and sensitivity to ensure the diverse populations we work with have a fair, equal and inclusive experience. We make every effort to provide the highest standard of service and hold our staff to these high standards."

Bill Georgas, Applebee's CEO, Apple Central, LLC, Applebee's local franchise, released the following statement about the video and restaurant policies:

"At Applebee's, we do not tolerate racism or bigotry of any nature. We regret any incident like this, because we want every guest experience to be positive. Our team has been working throughout the weekend and will continue to work to determine what happened and what appropriate measures will be taken. We currently have no indications this was race related. We have a diverse workforce that is reflective of the community we serve. All are welcome at our restaurant, and will continue to be welcome."

Independence Police said they had not received a police report on either the incident shown in the video or the dine-and-dash incident the day before.

The attorney for both women, Ryan Kaiser, said at this time they have no comment related to the incident.

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Applebee's location inside Independence Center to close permanently after alleged racial profiling incident

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- The Applebee's restaurant inside the Independence Center is officially closed for good. According to an Applebee's spokesperson, the restaurant is now permanently closed, and employees have been offered jobs at nearby locations. The announcement comes nearly one week after two young women were accused of dashing-and-dining at Applebee's.

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A Grandmother in Washington state has been recognized for turning in her own grandson that was planning a shooting at his school. “What I’m reporting is I’m finding journal entries from my grandson,” Catherine O’Connor told the operator. “And he’s planning on having a mass shooting at one of the high schools.” Authorities arrested him and found that he had drugs and a knife on him. His bail is set at $5 million.

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A grandmother in Washington state is being credited with reporting her own grandson for planning a school shooting. The teen was arrested the same day as a former student killed 17 people in a shooting at a Florida school.

ABC News obtained a 911 call from a grandmother alerting police that her grandson, who was arrested Wednesday, was in the advanced stages of plotting a shooting at his high school.

"What I'm reporting is I'm finding journal entries from my grandson," Catherine O'Connor told the operator. "And he's planning on having a mass shooting at one of the high schools."

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O'Connor's 18-year-old grandson, who has not been identified by police, was a student at Aces Alternative High School in Everett, Washington.

ABC's Seattle affiliate KOMO obtained court documents detailing his violent journal entries.

"I need to make this shooting/bombing ... infamous," the student wrote, according to the court documents. "I need to get the biggest fatality number I possibly can. I need to make this count. ... I'm learning from past shooters/bombers mistakes, so I don't make the same ones."

The grandmother called police when she discovered her grandson's journal as well as a semi-automatic rifle stored in a guitar case in her home, according to court records.

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Another journal entry stated, "I'm preparing myself for the school shooting. I can't wait. My aim has gotten much more accurate. ... I can't wait to walk into that class and blow all those (expletive) away."

His journal also had excerpts about making pressure cooker bombs.

The teen had considered targeting more than one high school, according to one of his journal entries. Everett police arrested the grandson at ACES High School on Wednesday. KOMO reported he was in possession of marijuana and a knife at the time of his arrest, and was booked for third-degree assault on an officer for kicking him during his arrest.

He is being held on $5 million bail at Snohomish County Jail. Police are still investigating the teen for attempted murder based on his journals.

"There's a lot of kids who could have lost their lives," O'Connor's neighbor Julie Primachik told KOMO. "I think it's a hero-like thing to do."

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A Florida man meant to text his wife about killing his girlfriend but accidentally texted a detective instead.

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A Florida man who accidentally texted a detective instead of his wife and predicted his own arrest saw his forecast come true and has been charged for the murder of his live-in girlfriend.

Marion County Sheriff's officials said they responded to the home of 52-year-old David W. Roming on Jan. 30 for a reported home invasion with somebody shot.

When they arrived, they found Roming's live-in girlfriend, 64-year-old Sally Kaufmann-Ruff, unresponsive in the master bedroom, with a single gunshot wound to the right side of her head, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.

Kaufmann-Ruff was taken to a hospital, where she died of her injuries.
THIEF USED SOB STORY ABOUT LOST CAT TO ENTER ELDERLY WOMAN'S HOME, POLICE SAY
According to court documents, Roming consented to a search of his home, which uncovered a make-shift metal smoking pipe in the front yard, an L&M brand partially used cigarette on the front porch and evidence the front door had been pried open.

They also recovered a red-and-black cloth from the damaged front door frame that Roming said was probably torn from the suspect's jacket.

The Star-Banner reported Roming told police he and Kaufmann-Ruff were asleep in their bed when he was awakened by an unknown male leaning over him. He said the suspect was wearing a head-mounted flashlight.

Roming told police a struggle ensued between him and the suspected robber -- and at one point he heard a loud noise. He said the suspect had a revolver in his right hand and fired a second round at him.

Detective Damon Baxley noted in court documents the scene was odd because Roming indicated he had locked the door before going to bed and had not touched the locking mechanism since the incident.

Later in the day, Baxley said he received two text messages from Roming's phone that said, "I think they were going to arrest me" and "Think they are going to arrest."
DRUG SMUGGLERS TRIED USING FAKE BUTT IMPLANTS TO HIDE COCAINE, POLICE SAY
Roming told detectives he tried to send those messages to his wife, but accidentally sent them to Baxley, he was frazzled because nothing like this had ever happened to him.

According to police reports, Roming also texted his wife to say he had a very bad night and that someone had broken into the home and that his girlfriend was shot. He said "things don't add up" and that "I am afraid I did something I don't remember."

Detectives said Tuesday the errant text messages only added to their suspicions about his story.

Authorities said Roming's story of a home invasion further unraveled when his DNA matched samples taken from the metal smoking pipe, on the torn cloth and cigarette butt. Additionally, detectives believe the cloth was cut with scissors as the edges seemed straight.

Roming had another interview with officials on Monday, in which he acknowledged suffering from "blackouts" and that he had "an out-of-body experience," the Star-Banner reported.

Roming said he "felt like he was wrestling with himself and the gun went off, shooting Sally."

Police said Roming eventually told detectives he had staged the home invasion "due to having blacked out during the shooting." He admitted there wasn't an intruder.

Roming was arrested Tuesday and charged with homicide, making a false report of a crime and tampering with evidence.

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A Florida man who accidentally texted a detective instead of his wife and predicted his own arrest saw his forecast come true and has been charged for the murder of his live-in girlfriend. Marion County Sheriff's officials said they responded to the home of 52-year-old David W. Roming on Jan.

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Jennifer Aniston and her husband of two years, Justin Theroux, recently announced their separation. The news has fans wondering if Brad Pitt and Aniston will re-kindle their romance after their divorce in 2005. The two have been seen with each other a lot more recently and Jennifer has even met his kids. It didn't take long for fans to go to social media to voice their opinions about Brad and Jennifer getting back together. Aniston has sated that her separation with Justin was a mutual decision and decided to go public with it to avoid any speculation.

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After Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced they would be separating, fans quickly took to social media to question whether Brad Pitt would soon be in the picture again.

Aniston and Theroux announced their separation Thursday after two-and-a-half years of marriage. The decision to part ways was made at the end of last year, the couple said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Shortly after news broke, fans took to Twitter to ponder a renewed relationship between Aniston and her ex-husband Brad Pitt. The former pair divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage.

Pitt went on to marry Angelina Jolie, who filed for divorce in September 2016 after two years of marriage. The pair were together for 11 years before they called it quits.

With both Aniston and Pitt seemingly being single, fans were quick to wonder if the stars would reunite.

"Somewhere, Jennifer Aniston is crafting her 'Hey, let's grab coffee and catch up' text to Brad Pitt," one Twitter user wrote.

"Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are getting back together. I called it first," another user said.

It is unclear what led to Aniston's most recent breakup, but the couple said the decision "was mutual and lovingly made," according to AP.

They decided to make the announcement publicly "in an effort to reduce any further speculation."

"Normally we would do this privately, but given that the gossip industry cannot resist an opportunity to speculate and invent, we wanted to convey the truth directly. Whatever else is printed about us that is not directly from us, is someone else's fictional narrative. Above all, we are determined to maintain the deep respect and love that we have for one another," the couple said in a statement released by their publicist.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Jennifer Aniston's breakup has fans begging for her to get back together with Brad Pitt

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After Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced they would be separating, fans quickly took to social media to question whether Brad Pitt would soon be in the picture again. Aniston and Theroux announced their separation Thursday after two-and-a-half years of marriage.

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A Texas hospital successfully separated two 13 month old baby girl twins who were connected by their chest and abdomen and shared many more organs. The 7 hour long procedure took 75 medical professionals with various specialties and several months of planning. The girls shared a liver, diaphragm and pericardial sac, and their hearts were connected by a large blood vessel.

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A Texas hospital announced the successful operation separating twin baby girls who were conjoined at the chest and abdomen and shared multiple organs.

Anna and Hope Richards, the 13-month-old twins, underwent the surgery on Jan. 13 at Texas Children's Hospital and were in good condition on Tuesday, hospital spokeswoman Lindsey Fox told The Associated Press.
GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: DOCTORS FIND 26-POUND TUMOR INSIDE PREGNANT-LOOKING PATIENT'S STOMACH
The surgery "went very well" and was as successful as the team "could've planned for," Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, a pediatric surgeon and co-director of the Texas Children's Fetal Center, said in a video on the hospital's Facebook page. He added that they "were blessed that this was the best-case scenario."

The 7-hour-long procedure last month required about 75 medical professionals with various specialties and several months of planning, the video said. This was the hospital's fourth time performing this type of operation.

The girls shared a liver, diaphragm and pericardial sac, and their hearts were connected by a large blood vessel, the video said. Both are expected to have more operations in the future but doctors said they should be able to live normal lives.
OREGON WOMAN HAS 14 WORMS PULLED FROM EYE AFTER RARE INFECTION
The Richards family, of north Texas, first found out about the girl's condition in a routine ultrasound during their mom's pregnancy, officials said. Born in December 2016 as preemies at just 35 weeks, the girls weighed a combined 9 pounds, 12 ounces.

"We've thought about and prayed for this day for almost two years," the girl's mother, Jill, told KHOU 11. "It's an indescribable feeling to look at our girls in two separate beds. We couldn't be more thankful to the entire team at Texas Children's for making this dream come true."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A Texas hospital announced the successful operation separating twin baby girls who were conjoined at the chest and abdomen and shared multiple organs. Anna and Hope Richards, the 13-month-old twins, underwent the surgery on Jan. 13 at Texas Children's Hospital and were in good condition on Tuesday, hospital spokeswoman Lindsey Fox told The Associated Press.

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A 17-year-old Iraqi has been arrested in Germany after allegedly contacting senior members of the Islamic State group. He came to Germany as a refugee in 2015 and officials say that he was "preparing for a attack" and had allegedly received instruction on how to make a bomb out of a remote control car

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A 17-year-old Iraqi has been arrested in Germany after allegedly contacting senior members of the Islamic State group.

Prosecutors in Frankfurt say the teen was detained Tuesday in the central German town of Eschwege.

German daily Bild reported Friday that the Iraqi, who came to Germany in 2015 as a refugee, was suspected of preparing an attack, and allegedly obtained instructions for building an explosive device using a remote-controlled car.

News agency dpa cited prosecutors as saying authorities seized a mobile phone and a computer after searching the suspect's home.

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The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school Wednesday afternoon attempted to fire at fleeing students from the building's third-floor windows, but the high-impact windows didn't shatter, a state senator said.

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The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school Wednesday afternoon attempted to fire at fleeing students from the building's third-floor windows, but the high-impact windows didn't shatter, a state senator said.

Florida State Sen. Bill Galvano said authorities told him it would have been easy for the shooter, identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, to open the windows.

"Thank God he didn't," Galvano said. He said he was given a tour of the school and was shown bullet holes on the glass.

Cruz set off fire alarms during the incident, luring hundreds of students out of their classrooms so he could open fire with a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle.

After firing several rounds, Cruz dropped his weapon and hid among the crowd as authorities evacuated students and faculty members from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Police captured Cruz over an hour later in Coral Springs, located about a mile away. He was taken to a local hospital and then released into police custody.

Cruz was charged Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Fourteen others were wounded in the shooting, including several with life-threatening injuries.

Below is a timeline of events that detail how the shooting unfolded.

Wednesday, Feb. 14
2:19 p.m.
An Uber car dropped off Cruz at the school at approximately 2:19 P.M., Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel revealed at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

"The suspect entered the east stairwell, that's building 12, with a rifle inside a black soft case," he said. "The suspect exited the stairwell [and] pulled the rifle out of the case."
2:21 p.m.
Cruz, according to Israel, then "readied his rifle and began shooting into rooms 1215, 1216, 1214. He went back to 1216, back to 1215 and then to 1213."

Cruz, he revealed, "took the west stairwell to the second floor," where he shot one person in room 1234. The gunfire lasted a three-minute span, according to the sheriff.

Israel said Cruz "took the east stairwell to the third floor. He dropped his rifle and backpack [and] ran down the stairs."

Cruz eventually left the building with others who were trying to escape. He ran towards the tennis courts and then took a southbound turn, the sheriff said.

After the shooting, Cruz went to a Walmart and purchased a drink at a Subway before leaving the Walmart, according to Israel, though he couldn't give an exact time this occurred. Cruz then headed to a McDonald's and "sat down for a short period of time."
2:35 p.m.
Students were allegedly texting about a shooter at the school.
2:53 p.m.
Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, the Broward County Sheriff's Office confirmed in a tweet.

2:55 p.m.
WSVN, a local news station, reported that there were at least five people injured at the school.
2:56 p.m.
The sheriff's office warned the public to "avoid the area of Stoneman Douglas HS" as authorities investigated reports of an active shooter.
3:01 p.m.
Cruz left McDonald's at exactly 3:01 p.m., according to Israel.
3:10 p.m.
A student shared a photo to Twitter to show where he and other students were hiding.

3:11 p.m.
The sheriff's office tweeted the shooter was still at large.
3:36 p.m.
Broward Schools said the school was on lockdown after students and faculty heard what sounded like gunfire.
3:40 p.m.
Broward Schools began dismissing students from the school.

"We are receiving reports of possible multiple injuries," the school district tweeted. "Law enforcement and the District's Special Investigative Unit are currently on site."
3:41 p.m.
A Coconut Creek police officer detained Cruz in Coral Springs, located about a mile away from the school, and he was "taken into custody without incident," Israel said.
3:50 p.m.
President Trump tweets about the shooting, offering his "prayers and condolences."

4:11 p.m.
The shooter was taken into custody, the sheriff's office confirmed in a tweet, warning that the scene was still active.

4:22 p.m.
The sheriff's office tweeted there were at least 14 "victims," who "have been and continue to be transported to Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North hospital."

4:27 p.m.
The suspected shooter was taken to a local hospital.
4:50 p.m.
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson said there were "a number of fatalities."

4:59 p.m.
Israel confirmed the shooter was not a current student at Stoneman Douglas High School.

In a separate tweet, the sheriff's office said that SWAT teams were still clearing the school.
5:39 p.m.
Students began to reunite with their parents.
6:27 p.m.
Sheriff Israel said 17 people were killed in the shooting.
6:29 p.m.
The sheriff's office identified the shooting suspect as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz.

8:24 p.m.
A local news reporter for WSVN tweeted a photo of the suspect being detained by police.

Thursday, Feb. 15
7:12 a.m.
Trump urges the public to always report suspicious behavior to authorities.

"So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem," Trump tweeted. "Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!"

10:49 a.m.
Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, Israel announced in a news conference.

11:22 a.m.
Trump addressed the nation, describing the incident as a "scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil."

He vowed to work with state and local leaders to help "secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health."
2:00 p.m.
Cruz appeared in court on 17 counts of murder. The judge ordered him to be held without bond.
4:43 p.m.
Cruz confessed to arriving at the high school with an AR-15 rifle and a back pack of "additional loaded magazines" and told authorities he shot "students that he saw in the hallways and on school grounds," according to an arrest affidavit filed Thursday evening.

Fox News' Shira Bush and Kathleen Joyce contributed to this report. The Associated Press also contributed to this report.
Madeline Farber is a Reporter for Fox News. You can follow her on Twitter @MaddieFarberUDK.

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The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school Wednesday afternoon attempted to fire at fleeing students from the building's third-floor windows, but the high-impact windows didn't shatter, a state senator said. Florida State Sen. Bill Galvano said authorities told him it would have been easy for the shooter, identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, to open the windows.

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Long before he slaughtered 17 people at the South Florida high school he once attended, Nikolas Cruz had a disturbing way of introducing himself.

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Instead of playing at home with his baby brother, 3-year-old Dwan Taylor, is still in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. "Dwan was shot on his mother’s birthday while his mom was at work. This is the worst birthday she’s ever had.”

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RAYTOWN, Mo. -- Instead of playing at home with his baby brother, 3-year-old Dwan Taylor, is still in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds.

Venice Harrell, the boy's maternal grandmother, said "it's a miracle" that her grandson survived getting shot on Tuesday.

"I am more than thankful. Our God is good," Harrell told FOX 4's Robert Townsend during an exclusive phone interview Thursday night.

Harrell, who lives in Minneapolis, still can't believe what happened to her grandchild.

"My other daughter texted me and told me that he'd been shot," Harrell said. "Dwan was shot on his mother's birthday while his mom was at work. This is the worst birthday she's ever had."

Harrell said Tuesday afternoon her grandson was at his father's apartment near 63rd and Ash Avenue with his father, his dad's half-sister and several other children when a single gunshot went off.

She said the half-sister's 3-year-old son found a gun in his mom's purse and then shot his cousin.

"There was more than one adult there when this occurred, and the adults were not paying attention to the children," Harrell told FOX 4.

Relatives rushed Dwan to the hospital.

"The bullet went in and out of one leg and then in and out the other leg. Absolutely, my grandchild could have been killed," Harrell said.

Police are still investigating the shooting, but so far, there have not been any arrests or charges filed. Harrell hopes that will soon change.

"It's just not right," she said. "There's no way that she should be carrying a loaded gun in her purse and not be aware of those children (who) were inside that apartment. I'm surprised no other child was hurt. I believe those two boys were actually playing with the gun before it went off. Yes, I want charges filed."

In the meantime, the grandma holds on to one prayer.

"I just hope that my grandson continues to heal so that he can go back to being a normal child," she said. "I think he will need therapy after this, but I hope he doesn't remember any of this."

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RAYTOWN, Mo. -- Instead of playing at home with his baby brother, 3-year-old Dwan Taylor, is still in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. Venice Harrell, the boy's maternal grandmother, said "it's a miracle" that her grandson survived getting shot on Tuesday. "I am more than thankful.

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A leaping elk crashes a low flying researcher helicopter in Utah. The research helicopter was trying to capture the elk and but a tracking collar on it. The elk leaped and hit the chopper tail rotor that killed the elk. The two in the chopper weren't seriously hurt. "The crew had launched a net to catch the animal, but when that didn’t immediately work the pilot started to slow down so someone could jump out and hobble the elk," said Hadley.

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An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday.

The elk jumped into the chopper's tail rotor as the aircraft flew about 10 feet (3 meters) above ground in a mountainous part of eastern Utah, with its crew trying to drop a net on the elk, said Jared Rigby of the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office.

The two people on board weren't seriously hurt, but the elk died of its injuries Monday afternoon.

The state-contracted Texas-based crew was trying to capture and sedate the elk and give it a tracking collar to research its movements in the area about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Salt Lake City.

Helicopters are a frequently used and essential tool for monitoring remote wildlife in Utah, said Mark Hadley with the state Division of Wildlife Resources.

The tracking collars help wildlife officials monitor elk migration paths and survival rates. The state captures about 1,300 animals each winter, almost all using helicopters, and Tuesday's downing of the helicopter was the first accident of its kind, he said.

The crew had launched a net it catch the animal, but when that didn't immediately work the pilot started to slow down so someone could jump out and hobble the elk, Hadley said. As the helicopter slowed down, the elk collided with the rotor, Hadley said.

The helicopter was damaged on its tail rotor, right skid and underside, Rigsby said.

State officials will review the incident that appears to have been a fluke accident, Hadley said.

Environmental groups have protested the use of helicopters to monitor wildlife.

The group Wilderness Watch is objecting to a plan to study mountain goats using helicopters in a central-Utah wilderness area, calling the aircraft "unnecessary intrusion into some of our most treasured lands," according to the Deseret News.

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A austrian snowborder breaks his neck in a  terrifying accident. Markus schairer broke his fifth vertebrate during a quaterfinal race in snowboard cross country, flying  through he air landed brutally on his neck.  causing the thirty year old to lie there while his competitors finished the race.

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An Austrian snowboarder broke his neck in a crash Thursday, but doctors have ruled out serious permanent damage, the Austrian Olympic committee said in a statement.

VIDEO: Schairer lands on back in crash

Markus Schairer fractured his fifth cervical vertebrae during a quarterfinal race in snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, sailing through the air and landing gruesomely on his upper back and neck on the course's final jump. The impact caused the 30-year-old's goggles to pop off and left him lying on the ground while his competitors crossed the finish line.

Böser Sturz von Markus #Schairer im #Snowboard Boardercross. Halswirbelbruch, aber Ärzte befürchten keine Folgeschäden #PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/iaptkStpYW
- Lukas Zahrer (@ZaraLuk) February 15, 2018

Schairer somehow returned to his feet and finished the race under his own power.
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The Austrian Olympic committee said in the statement that Schairer, who was in fourth place at the time of his crash, will be transported back to Austria by medical personnel "as soon as possible." There are no early signs of neurological impairment or long-term damage, according to the committee.

This is not the first serious injury that Schairer, who also competed in the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, has suffered while racing. According to his Olympic profile, he broke five ribs in a crash at the 2010 X Games, then fractured a joint and tore four ligaments in his left shoulder during another race in 2013.

Related slideshow: Best of 2018 Winter Olympics (Provided by photo services)

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In a country familiar with scenes of students being evacuated during shootings, the massacre that claimed the lives of 17 people at a South Florida high school on Wednesday unfolded in particularly heartbreaking and harrowing fashion on social media.

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, many of whom barricaded themselves in classrooms to stay safe, began frantically texting parents and loved ones and posting to social media to plead for help as accused gunman Nikolas Cruz, 19, made his way through the school with his AR-15 rifle, multiple magazines of ammunition and grenades.

Other students recorded videos-showing classmates either hiding beneath desks, screaming in fear or raising their hands in the air as first responders arrived-as the incident was happening. Some of those videos were posted to Snapchat and later shared with news outlets on Twitter.
NIKOLAS CRUZ CHARGED IN FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
Since so many images and videos were posted online, the FBI set up a special website where they can be shared with law enforcement as investigators try to piece together what took place at the school. Many of the videos and tweets ended up being shared widely as news spread.

One student's awful message to a parent: "If I don't make it I love you and I appreciated everything you did for me."

A sophomore at the high school named James Harrison texted his stepfather, "I love you," and said he was "really scared." He also asked his stepfather to call the police and not to call him, because he needed to stay silent.

"I just couldn't believe it because there were so many shots that I heard and I was so scared and I was so anxious because I didn't know what was going on," Harrison, who was reunited with his family, told Fox News after the shooting.

A parent told Fox News "all the kids are posting videos on social media" and parents are trying to deal with how to handle the added trauma of seeing the moments relived in posts online.

Another student took a video as a SWAT team entered the classroom, telling students to put their hands up and their phones away.

The day after the rampage, the hashtag #GunReformNow was trending on Twitter, as people voiced their opinions-pro and con-on the topic.

Christopher Carbone is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @christocarbone.

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In a country familiar with scenes of students being evacuated during shootings, the massacre that claimed the lives of 17 people at a South Florida high school on Wednesday unfolded in particularly heartbreaking and harrowing fashion on social media.