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As a Russian attorney for an American accused of espionage in Moscow is already floating the idea of a possible prisoner exchange, former intelligence officials and experts have speculated that Russia may have been after something more basic with the American’s arrest: "reciprocity."

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Australian twin sisters claim they both intend to get pregnant by same 'very happy' boyfriend

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Two sisters self-described as "the world's most identical twins" aim to get pregnant by their shared boyfriend and, if the law would allow it, marry him.

Anna and Lucy DeCinque, who made their announcement on an Australian morning show last month, confirmed to Fox News this week that their communal boyfriend is "very happy" with the plan.

The DeCinque twins, 33, appeared on the show Dec. 3 to discuss their decision to eschew plastic surgery despite embracing such procedures in the past, but they soon doubled down on claims that they were planning to marry - and get pregnant by - boyfriend Ben Byrne.
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"If we can change the law in the government, we'd love to marry Ben," one of the women said in a clip from the show, which the DeCinque sisters shared to their YouTube channel on Jan. 2.

"This is what works for us. People need to get that. We're not hurting anyone," said the other sister.
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The twins then revealed that it was their own mother's idea for Byrne to try to get them both pregnant naturally, though they said they don't know if they can pull that off.

"Our mom is actually convincing us to go naturally, give birth naturally, so I don't know how that's going to work [because] we need to be pregnant at the same time," one of the women said.

"Ben will be a busy boy," responded "Today" presenter Deborah Knight.
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The twins had previously revealed that they both wanted to become pregnant by Byrne in a YouTube video they posted in 2017, though they said they were considering using a surrogate or IVF treatments, Yahoo! Lifestyle reported at the time.

"It is a bit of a dilemma," said Lucy. "We know that's where nature comes in, we can't control these things. You can't force these things."

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Australian twin sisters claim they both intend to get pregnant by same 'very happy' boyfriend

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Two sisters self-described as "the world's most identical twins" aim to get pregnant by their shared boyfriend and, if the law would allow it, marry him. Anna and Lucy DeCinque, who made their announcement on an Australian morning show last month, confirmed to Fox News this week that their communal boyfriend is "very happy" with the plan.

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An 11-year-old boy may have died because of an allergic reaction he suffered from the smell of fish cooking.

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Ellen still wants Kevin Hart to host the Oscars despite his old anti gay posts on twitter.

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Let Kevin Hart host the Oscars

Ellen DeGeneres said Kevin Hart should get to host the Oscars this year after all. Hart gave up the role in December after homophobic tweets from nearly a decade ago resurfaced.

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Allowing Kevin Hart to host the Oscars would send a powerful message to other people who hold unfair views that it's possible to become more enlightened -- and that Americans will embrace them for doing so, Kara Alaimo writes.

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The government is STILL shut down

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President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders.

The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

A White House official says the president wants a chance to re-do his appearance in the briefing room and take questions to amplify his position on the shutdown.

Unclear, of course, whether he will take questions. But the expectation is that he will, the official said.

Deputy chief of staff Bill Shine instructed aides to prepare the Rose Garden for a presidential announcement a short time ago.

The White House just announced that President Trump sent a letter to Congress this morning, saying the wall is "absolutely critical to border security."

Trump included a PDF presentation that the White House says Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen attempted to give during the meeting with Congressional leadership in the White House Situation Room earlier this week, but was rejected.

"Some of those present did not want to hear the presentation at the time, and so the President decided to make it available to all Members of Congress," the White House says.

In his letter, Trump writes that "our first task should be to reopen the Government and to deliver on our highest duty as elected officials: the security of the Nation and its borders."

After outlining a series of White House-supplied numbers making the administration's case, Trump writes, "Absolutely critical to border security and national security is a wall or a physical barrier that prevents entry in the first place."

He also calls for the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement, a decades-old settlement agreement that limits the length of time and conditions under which US officials can detain immigrant children. The White House believes it is "preventing families from being held together through removal."

"Americans have endured decades of broken promises on illegal immigration," Trump tells Congress.

"Now, is the time for both parties to rise above the partisan discord, to set aside political convenience, and to put the national interest first. Now is the time-this is the moment-to finally secure the border and create the lawful and safe immigration system Americans, and those wanting to become Americans, deserve."

Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine say the shutdown should end before a deal is reached on a wall.

Democrats, who passed two bills in the House last night, believe they not only hold the political high ground in the fight, but also now put the policy hot potato back into the laps of the GOP, aides say.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

The White House message during the shutdown has been that there is a "national security emergency" at the border -- Sarah Sanders used these exact words this morning -- and the Situation Room lends an air of seriousness to the debate for the White House.

The Situation Room is also typically a no-press zone because it is a setting for classified intelligence, which means there is no opportunity for cameras or questions (although rare exceptions have been made in the past).

Having no press in the room means private discussions can be had, and it effectively blocks another photo-op moment between Trump and Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer from happening.

The invitations also didn't use the word "briefing" this time, -- it's just a meeting between principals. As a result, many on the Hill are expecting it will be just talks, but Democrats are also expecting the White House to put on some sort of show -- similar to the Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen briefing on Wednesday -- which was not classified and could have been held anywhere in the White House.

The bottom line: Trump likes the gravitas and air of seriousness the Situation Room brings even though it is technically just another conference room when national security and classified information is not being discussed. The Oval Office, which is traditionally used for meetings with Congressional leadership, would serve the same purpose in theory.

The Senate has left the building until Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, meaning that the shutdown likely won't end before then.

Democrats believe they have effectively jammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the plan the House passed Thursday night -- a bill to reopen the government with no additional wall funding -- and that rank-and-file senators will start to feel the pressure and send word that it's time to buck the President and put the Democratic proposals on the floor.

Given that, Democrats don't plan on moving off their position (the two bills passed Thursday) at least until Republican senators return to Washington next week to face the press (and pressure).

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019.

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

The House last night passed two bills to reopen the government. However, it was largely a symbolic gesture.

The Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for Trump's promised border wall.

Trump and congressional leaders will meet in the Situation Room at the White House to, once again, attempt to find a way to end a government shutdown, now in its second week

The House passed the second of two Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

The measure consists of six spending bills to reopen and fully fund parts of government until the end of the fiscal year, September 30. The House passed the appropriations package 241 - 190.

The vote comes after the House passed the first measure -- a stopgap bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime.

Both bills are expected to go nowhere in the Senate. Even if they did, Trump, who wants $5 billion in new border wall money, announced he would veto both bills.
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The House of Representatives passed a stopgap bill on Thursday night to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime. The stopgap bill would not allocate any new wall funding, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for additional funding for a border wall.

The House passed the DHS stopgap bill 239-192. Five Republicans joined with Democrats to pass it.
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Underscoring how far apart President Trump and Congressional Democrats remain over the shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphatically reiterated tonight, "We're not doing a wall. Does anyone have any doubt? We are not doing a wall."

In a news conference ahead of two votes tonight on reopening the government, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders continued to criticize the President for "holding hostage" federal employees to get his border wall money.

"Take yes for an answer. Open up government," Pelosi said.

Pelosi knocked Trump as a "master of diversion," accusing him of making noise about the border wall to distract from other problems in his administration.

Asked by CNN if she's concerned about backlash, Pelosi fired back: "It has nothing to do with politics."

She knocked the wall as "an immorality," "a waste of money," and a "diversionary tactic on the part of the President."

Asked by CNN whether she would accept $1 in new border wall funding, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quipped that she could support $1, after refusing to budge on the border wall in ongoing negotiations.

"A dollar? Yeah, $1," she said, as other Democratic leaders chuckled around her.

Pressed by CNN why she wouldn't be willing to accept more than that, Pelosi hit back: "You said $1."

What we're covering here

President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders.

The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

A White House official says the president wants a chance to re-do his appearance in the briefing room and take questions to amplify his position on the shutdown.

Unclear, of course, whether he will take questions. But the expectation is that he will, the official said.

Deputy chief of staff Bill Shine instructed aides to prepare the Rose Garden for a presidential announcement a short time ago.

The White House just announced that President Trump sent a letter to Congress this morning, saying the wall is "absolutely critical to border security."

Trump included a PDF presentation that the White House says Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen attempted to give during the meeting with Congressional leadership in the White House Situation Room earlier this week, but was rejected.

"Some of those present did not want to hear the presentation at the time, and so the President decided to make it available to all Members of Congress," the White House says.

In his letter, Trump writes that "our first task should be to reopen the Government and to deliver on our highest duty as elected officials: the security of the Nation and its borders."

After outlining a series of White House-supplied numbers making the administration's case, Trump writes, "Absolutely critical to border security and national security is a wall or a physical barrier that prevents entry in the first place."

He also calls for the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement, a decades-old settlement agreement that limits the length of time and conditions under which US officials can detain immigrant children. The White House believes it is "preventing families from being held together through removal."

"Americans have endured decades of broken promises on illegal immigration," Trump tells Congress.

"Now, is the time for both parties to rise above the partisan discord, to set aside political convenience, and to put the national interest first. Now is the time-this is the moment-to finally secure the border and create the lawful and safe immigration system Americans, and those wanting to become Americans, deserve."

Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine say the shutdown should end before a deal is reached on a wall.

Democrats, who passed two bills in the House last night, believe they not only hold the political high ground in the fight, but also now put the policy hot potato back into the laps of the GOP, aides say.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

The White House message during the shutdown has been that there is a "national security emergency" at the border -- Sarah Sanders used these exact words this morning -- and the Situation Room lends an air of seriousness to the debate for the White House.

The Situation Room is also typically a no-press zone because it is a setting for classified intelligence, which means there is no opportunity for cameras or questions (although rare exceptions have been made in the past).

Having no press in the room means private discussions can be had, and it effectively blocks another photo-op moment between Trump and Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer from happening.

The invitations also didn't use the word "briefing" this time, -- it's just a meeting between principals. As a result, many on the Hill are expecting it will be just talks, but Democrats are also expecting the White House to put on some sort of show -- similar to the Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen briefing on Wednesday -- which was not classified and could have been held anywhere in the White House.

The bottom line: Trump likes the gravitas and air of seriousness the Situation Room brings even though it is technically just another conference room when national security and classified information is not being discussed. The Oval Office, which is traditionally used for meetings with Congressional leadership, would serve the same purpose in theory.

The Senate has left the building until Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, meaning that the shutdown likely won't end before then.

Democrats believe they have effectively jammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the plan the House passed Thursday night -- a bill to reopen the government with no additional wall funding -- and that rank-and-file senators will start to feel the pressure and send word that it's time to buck the President and put the Democratic proposals on the floor.

Given that, Democrats don't plan on moving off their position (the two bills passed Thursday) at least until Republican senators return to Washington next week to face the press (and pressure).

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019.

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

The House last night passed two bills to reopen the government. However, it was largely a symbolic gesture.

The Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for Trump's promised border wall.

Trump and congressional leaders will meet in the Situation Room at the White House to, once again, attempt to find a way to end a government shutdown, now in its second week

The House passed the second of two Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

The measure consists of six spending bills to reopen and fully fund parts of government until the end of the fiscal year, September 30. The House passed the appropriations package 241 - 190.

The vote comes after the House passed the first measure -- a stopgap bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime.

Both bills are expected to go nowhere in the Senate. Even if they did, Trump, who wants $5 billion in new border wall money, announced he would veto both bills.
Hear more:

The House of Representatives passed a stopgap bill on Thursday night to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime. The stopgap bill would not allocate any new wall funding, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for additional funding for a border wall.

The House passed the DHS stopgap bill 239-192. Five Republicans joined with Democrats to pass it.
Hear more:

Underscoring how far apart President Trump and Congressional Democrats remain over the shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphatically reiterated tonight, "We're not doing a wall. Does anyone have any doubt? We are not doing a wall."

In a news conference ahead of two votes tonight on reopening the government, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders continued to criticize the President for "holding hostage" federal employees to get his border wall money.

"Take yes for an answer. Open up government," Pelosi said.

Pelosi knocked Trump as a "master of diversion," accusing him of making noise about the border wall to distract from other problems in his administration.

Asked by CNN if she's concerned about backlash, Pelosi fired back: "It has nothing to do with politics."

She knocked the wall as "an immorality," "a waste of money," and a "diversionary tactic on the part of the President."

Asked by CNN whether she would accept $1 in new border wall funding, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quipped that she could support $1, after refusing to budge on the border wall in ongoing negotiations.

"A dollar? Yeah, $1," she said, as other Democratic leaders chuckled around her.

Pressed by CNN why she wouldn't be willing to accept more than that, Pelosi hit back: "You said $1."

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The government is STILL shut down: Live updates

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President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders. The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

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4 Chiefs were put on the NFL´s First All-Pro Team.  Patrick Mahomes was the QB for the 1st all team.  Tyreek Hill got on the team as a flex player.  Travis Kelce got on the team as a Tight End.  Mitchell Schwartz got on the team as a Right Guard.

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The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro team selected by a national panel of 50 media members:

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

Running Back: Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams

Flex: Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Chiefs

Tight End: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs

Wide Receivers: Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints; DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans

Left Tackle: David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Packers

Right Tackle: Mitchell Schwartz, Kansas City Chiefs

Left Guard: Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts

Right Guard: Zack Martin, Dallas Cowboys

Center: Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles
DEFENSE
Edge Rushers: J.J. Watt, Houston Texans; Khalil Mack, Chicago Bears

Interior Linemen: Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams; Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia Eagles

Linebackers: Luke Kuechly, Carolina Panthers; Bobby Wagner, Seattle Seahawks; Darius Leonard, Indianapolis Colts

Cornerbacks: Kyle Fuller, Chicago Bears; Stephon Gilmore, New England Patriots

Safeties: Eddie Jackson, Chicago Bears; Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers

Defensive Back: Desmond King, Los Angeles Chargers
SPECIAL TEAMS
Placekicker: Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens

Punter: Michael Dickson, Seattle Seahawks

Kick Returner: Andre Roberts, New York Jets

Punt Returner: Tarik Cohen, Chicago Bears

Special Teamer: Adrian Phillips, Los Angeles Chargers

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

Running Back: Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys

Flex: Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers

Tight End: George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers

Wide Receivers: Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons; Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Chiefs

Left Tackle: Duane Brown, Seattle Seahawks; Terron Armstead, New Orleans Saints

Right Tackle: Ryan Ramczyk, New Orleans Saints

Left Guard: Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Browns

Right Guard: Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Ravens

Center: Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh Steelers
DEFENSE
Edge Rushers: Von Miller, Denver Broncos; Cameron Jordan, New Orleans Saints; Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns; Danielle Hunter, Minnesota Vikings

Interior Linemen: Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs; J.J. Watt, Houston Texans

Linebackers: Von Miller, Denver Broncos; C.J. Mosley, Baltimore Ravens; Leighton Vander Esch, Dallas Cowboys

Cornerbacks: Byron Jones, Dallas Cowboys; Xavien Howard, Miami Dolphins

Safeties: Jamal Adams, New York Jets; Harrison Smith, Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Back: Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers
SPECIAL TEAMS
Placekicker: Aldrick Rosas, New York Giants

Punter: Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles Rams

Kick Returner: Cordarrelle Patterson, New England Patriots

Punt Returner: Desmond King, Los Angeles Chargers

Special Teamer: Cory Littleton, Los Angeles Rams

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All-Pro Team: Patrick Mahomes among 2018 highlights

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The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro team selected by a national panel of 50 media members: OFFENSE Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs Running Back: Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams Flex: Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Chiefs Tight End: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receivers: Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints; DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans Left Tackle: David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Packers Right Tackle: Mitchell Schwartz, Kansas City Chiefs Left Guard: Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts Right Guard: Zack Martin, Dallas Cowboys Center: Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles DEFENSE Edge Rushers: J.J.

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McDonald’s breakfast lovers might soon have something new to look forward to in 2019.

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McDonald's breakfast lovers might soon have something new to look forward to in 2019.

According to alleged internal documents, the chain plans on launching "Donut Sticks" for a limited time starting in February, according to Business Insider.
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Similar to Dunkin's "Donut Fries," the McDonald's version will be "Strips of sweetened dough that are deep fried until golden brown, then sprinkled with cinnamon sugar."

They're said to be "light and crunchy on the outside and soft and warm on the inside," according to the document.
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Customers will reportedly have the option of purchasing either a half-dozen for $1.29 or a dozen for $2.39. McDonald's will also offer a special deal that includes six Donut Sticks and a small coffee for $1.99, Business Insider reports.

A spokesperson for the chain would neither confirm nor deny if the rumors are true, but did release the following statement to Fox News:
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"Our customers have been lovin' the quality and iconic taste of McDonald's breakfast for decades. In recent years, All Day Breakfast, more McCafé choices and new breakfast tastes, like our Triple Breakfast Stacks, are all proof of our renewed breakfast commitment. Expect more delicious and craveable news to come in 2019."

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McDonald's rumored to debut 'Donut Sticks' early 2019

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McDonald's breakfast lovers might soon have something new to look forward to in 2019. According to alleged internal documents, the chain plans on launching "Donut Sticks" for a limited time starting in February, according to Business Insider.

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Florida man accused of shooting wife, in-laws after seeing video of her cheating with his best friend, police say

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A Florida man was accused of shooting his wife and her parents on New Year's Day after he discovered a video of her cheating on him with his best friend, police said.

William Brian Stillwell, 39, of Satellite Beach, was arrested on attempted murder and child abuse charges, WFTV reported. He is being held at Brevard County Jail without bail.

Stillwell allegedly went to a house in Melbourne uninvited before he shot his wife and in-laws. His children, five-year-old twins, went to a neighbor's home asking for help, WFTV reported. The children were heard in a 911 call asking their father to stop shooting.
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"No, daddy. No. I don't want anyone to die," one of the children said.

Following a brief standoff, Stillwell peacefully surrendered to police. The children were not harmed in the shooting.

Stillwell told detectives he recently watched a video on his wife's phone of her having sex with his best friend.
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Stillwell's wife went to live with her parents after they separated, investigators said.

His father-in-law was released from the hospital while his wife and mother-in-law underwent surgery, relatives told WFTV. The names of his wife and in-laws have not been released.

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Florida man accused of shooting wife, in-laws after seeing video of her cheating with his best friend, police say

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A Florida man was accused of shooting his wife and her parents on New Year's Day after he discovered a video of her cheating on him with his best friend, police said. William Brian Stillwell, 39, of Satellite Beach, was arrested on attempted murder and child abuse charges, WFTV reported.

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Florida man shot his wife and in-laws after finding video footage of his wife cheating on him with his best friend

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A Florida man was accused of shooting his wife and her parents on New Year's Day after he discovered a video of her cheating on him with his best friend, police said.

William Brian Stillwell, 39, of Satellite Beach, was arrested on attempted murder and child abuse charges, WFTV reported. He is being held at Brevard County Jail without bail.

Stillwell allegedly went to a house in Melbourne uninvited before he shot his wife and in-laws. His children, five-year-old twins, went to a neighbor's home asking for help, WFTV reported. The children were heard in a 911 call asking their father to stop shooting.
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"No, daddy. No. I don't want anyone to die," one of the children said.

Following a brief standoff, Stillwell peacefully surrendered to police. The children were not harmed in the shooting.

Stillwell told detectives he recently watched a video on his wife's phone of her having sex with his best friend.
FLORIDA WOMAN ON VACATION RESCUES SEAGULL TRAPPED IN PLASTIC
Stillwell's wife went to live with her parents after they separated, investigators said.

His father-in-law was released from the hospital while his wife and mother-in-law underwent surgery, relatives told WFTV. The names of his wife and in-laws have not been released.

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Florida man accused of shooting wife, in-laws after seeing video of her cheating with his best friend, police say

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A Florida man was accused of shooting his wife and her parents on New Year's Day after he discovered a video of her cheating on him with his best friend, police said. William Brian Stillwell, 39, of Satellite Beach, was arrested on attempted murder and child abuse charges, WFTV reported.

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Five children from a Louisiana church group believed to be on their way to Disney World were among seven people killed during a fiery Florida interstate crash.

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Authorities say the deadly Florida interstate crash that left at least seven people dead is currently being treated as a homicide and may have involved a van with a group of children heading to Disney World.

Two big rigs and two passenger vehicles collided about a mile south of Alachua, near Gainesville on Thursday, sparking a massive fire fed by about 50 gallons of diesel.
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Fire Rescue said that "multiple patients" had suffered "critical injuries," but did not specify how many. Authorities initially said six had died but late Thursday night revealed a seventh victim had perished. The condition of the injured people remains unknown.

The authorities are treating the crash as a homicide investigation, though it remains unclear the reasons why.

Alachua County Sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey told the Star-Banner that the agency is still verifying the dispatch records that indicate one of the vehicles carried a group of children to Disney World.

He noted that other vehicles that traveled with the same group weren't involved in the crash.

Some people passing through the interstate described some of the scenes after the crash. Nicole Towarek, a student who was on a holiday trip from Fort Myers to Atlanta, told The Gainesville Sun that the scenes completely changed after the crash, with black smoke billowed and people being laid out near vehicles.

"We kept seeing these little explosions and fire," she said. "The heat, it was insane."

"We kept seeing these little explosions and fire. The heat, it was insane."
- Nicole Towarek

A spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol told the Associated Press that the top priority at the moment is to verify the deceased victims. It remains unclear if the victims died as a result of the crash or the fire that came after the collision.

"There's going to be families that need to be notified that their loved ones have perished," said Lieutenant Patrick Riordan.
FLORIDA INTERSTATE CRASH KILLS AT LEAST 7, INJURES 7 MORE
Riordan previously told the Sun that some of the fatalities "were in at least one of the passenger vehicles."

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office dispatched earlier a helicopter to look for potential victims in the woods off the highway.

Thursday's crash has been the worst incident on the interstate in Alachua county since January 2012 when 11 people died in a crash.

Following the crash, officials at the time installed cameras, sensors and large electronic signs to prevent crashes like that from ever happening again.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Florida interstate crash victims may include children who were on their way to Disney World, authorities say

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North Central College basketball player Blaise Meredith collided with the backboard while blocking a shot.

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North Central College basketball player Blaise Meredith collided with the backboard while blocking a shot.

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President Trump, top Democrats and top Republicans appear no closer to building bridges as Mr. Trump continues to demand funding for his border wall.

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President Trump, top Democrats and top Republicans appear no closer to building bridges as Mr. Trump continues to demand funding for his border wall.

Newly minted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and top Republicans head to the White House Situation Room on Friday morning for their second meeting of the week on the 14th day of the partial government shutdown, after they made no progress in a meeting Wednesday at the White House.

It's unclear where Republicans and Democrats may find a compromise. Pelosi said she won't give Mr. Trump funding for his border wall -unless it's just $1, she joked Thursday night - and Mr. Trump has already said he wouldn't even accept the $2.5 billion in wall funding proposed by Vice President Mike Pence.

The president won't publicly say what figure he would accept. A senior White House official said on Thursday that the president, Pence, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Trump senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, and top White House legislative aide Shahira Knight are all working on landing an acceptable figure for border wall funding.

Democrats want Mr. Trump to go along with funding the non-Department of Homeland Security agencies, but Mr. Trump told congressional leaders in the Wednesday meeting doing that would make him "look foolish," according to a person familiar with the conversation.

On Friday morning, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders didn't close off the possibility of trading protections for so-called "dreamers" in exchange for wall funding, but said she wouldn't "negotiate" in the press.

It's unclear just how long this shutdown could last. Mr. Trump has said it could last a long time. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby said it could last "months and months."

Mr. Trump made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday afternoon, hours after Pelosi had been elected speaker, attempting to make the case alongside border patrol representatives that his border wall is crucial to national security. He took no questions in his first appearance in the briefing room as president.

"So this meeting was set up a long time ago," Mr. Trump said. "It just came at a very opportune time ... So, I just appreciate them being here. I said let's go out and see the press you can tell them the importance of the wall. They basically said - and I think I can take the word basically out - without a wall you cannot have border security. Without a very strong form of barrier - call it what you will. You cannot have border security. It won't work."

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Trump summons congressional leaders as shutdown lingers

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Slideshow by photo services President Trump, top Democrats and top Republicans appear no closer to building bridges as Mr. Trump continues to demand funding for his border wall.

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A former National Hockey League player recently forced a domestic Russian flight to make an emergency landing after the 37-year-old athlete allegedly hit a flight attendant on the head for being denied alcohol.

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A former National Hockey League player recently forced a domestic Russian flight to make an emergency landing after the 37-year-old athlete allegedly hit a flight attendant on the head for being denied alcohol.

On New Year's Day, Oleg Saprykin had reportedly been intoxicated when he boarded an Aurora Airlines flight from Sochi to Moscow, the International Business Times (IBT) reports. According to the outlet, Saprykin demanded that a female flight attendant top-up his glass with whiskey midflight - which she refused - before things took a turn for the worse.
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"During the flight from Sochi to Moscow on the morning of Jan. 1, one of the business class passengers miscalled whiskey without calculating the capabilities of the body. The man began to scream and use foul language," an aviation insider told the Russian outlet Interfax, as per IBT.

Attempting to calm the passenger, believed to be Saprykin, IBT reported he "hit her on the head with such a force that she fell to the floor," causing bruises.

"The commander decided to interrupt the flight and land at the nearest airport urgently," the source continued, and the plane soon touched down at Voronezh International Airport.

Upon deplaning, Saprykin was arrested and detained by law enforcement officials, while the aircraft continued on to Moscow, IBT reports.

Two videos said to be related to the incident soon surfaced on the Internet, released by the Russian Interior Ministry, as per the Mirror. In the first clip, the hockey pro apparently feuds with cabin crew members on the plane; in the second, Saprykin appears to explode in rage as he is detained in a jail cell, wearing only underwear.
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According to the Mirror, Saprykin was ultimately served a fine and released. Meanwhile, TravelPulse reports that the flight attendant he attacked declined to press charges.

He proceeded to fly to Moscow with his wife and kids on another flight, the Mirror reports.
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The hockey pro later offered a different take on the purported events to Russian outlet Sport Express, as per RT.

"I'll say right away, there was no fight, I didn't touch anyone, neither fellow passengers nor a stewardess," Saprykin said in a recent interview. "I was drinking calmly, sitting with my wife in business class. Then suddenly we landed unexpectedly in Voronezh."

"The service was OK. They brought everything on time," he continued. "I didn't attack anyone. If that had happened, I would be sitting at home now."

The athlete said he was only given an "administrative fine" for foul language. Saprykin continued to claim that the pilot landed the flight early of his own accord.

Representatives for Aurora Airlines did not immediately return Fox News' request for comment.

Saprykin, a left-handed left winger, continues to play pro hockey in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League, as per Heavy. He previously played seven seasons in the NHL for the Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes and Ottawa Sabres.

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Former NHL player causes emergency landing for reportedly assaulting flight attendant who denied him drink

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A former National Hockey League player recently forced a domestic Russian flight to make an emergency landing after the 37-year-old athlete allegedly hit a flight attendant on the head for being denied alcohol. On New Year's Day, Oleg Saprykin had reportedly been intoxicated when he boarded an Aurora Airlines flight from Sochi to Moscow, the International Business Times (IBT) reports.

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two former deputies have been arrested for 2 charges of involuntary manslaughter. The two deputies were transporting two mentally ill patients across a highway that they were told was not possible due to hurricane Hurricane Florence flood waters. They ignored the warning and crossed the highway anyways, where the two mental women were swept away in the flood waters. The deputies escaped, but the women died.

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Two former South Carolina sheriff's deputies were arrested Friday after two women in their transport van died when they were swept away in Hurricane Florence floodwaters, officials said.

Joshua Bishop, 29, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and Stephen Flood, 66, has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, said the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), which is investigating the case.

The Horry County Sheriff's deputies, Bishop and Flood, were assigned to transport the two women, both mental health patients, for treatment on Sept. 18 as water levels were rising from the deadly hurricane, SLED said.

The deputies were told by another officer that a certain route wouldn't be passable because of the water, but Flood took that route anyway, and he drove right into floodwaters, SLED claimed.

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Their van stalled out and was swept across the road and up against a guardrail, SLED said, and then the road under them washed away and the van sank into a hole.

Bishop escaped and tried to rescue the women, who couldn't open the doors from inside, but he wasn't able to, according to SLED.

Bishop was able to save Flood and a boat later rescued the officers, SLED said.

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Both women, Wendy Newton and Nicolette Green, drowned, SLED said.

Bishop and Flood were fired in October, Brooke Holden, spokeswoman for the Horry County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News. She declined to comment further, deferring to SLED.

Bishop and Flood surrendered Friday morning to SLED agents at the Marion County Detention Center, SLED spokesman Thom Berry told ABC News. They had a bond hearing following booking, Berry said.

Flood's attorney, Allie Argoe, said her client served with the military police in Massachusetts for 14 years before moving to South Carolina in 2007 where he spent 10 years with Horry County law enforcement.

Argoe declined to comment on the case but said her client has not entered a plea.

Bishop entered a not guilty plea, his attorney, Bert von Herrmann, told ABC News.

The attorney called the incident a "horrible tragedy" but said his client "was a passenger transporting them. He wasn't a decision maker. He was actually the junior person who was on duty."

Bishop "feels horrible for the families," von Herrmann added.

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Two former South Carolina sheriff's deputies were arrested Friday after two women in their transport van died when they were swept away in Hurricane Florence floodwaters, officials said. Joshua Bishop, 29, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and Stephen Flood, 66, has been...

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Presidential Primary Debates Can Make — And Break — A Campaign

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It might sound strange, but presidential primary debates are arguably more important than general election debates. Primary voters have weak initial preferences and can vacillate among candidates, so they can be heavily influenced by events like debates. Primary debates do not attract nearly as many eyeballs as general election debates, but they still garner millions of viewers and can persuade more voters than a general election face-off, when most voters have already chosen their partisan camps.

In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, Democrats have announced plans to hold 12 primary debates, with the first scheduled for June 2019 - nearly eight months before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3, 2020, the first primary contest. This is three more debates than Democrats scheduled in 2016 and is also a much earlier debate lineup than in the 2016 cycle, when the first Democratic debate was held in October 2015.

It's hard to pinpoint the exact effect primary debates have on an election, but research by University of Missouri communication professors Mitchell McKinney and Benjamin Warner found that nearly 60 percent of study participants experienced a shift in their candidate choices after watching a debate.

William Benoit, a professor of communication studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and author of multiple books on debates, told me that while he doesn't think that primary debates alone can win someone their party's nomination, they can cost someone a real shot at winning. A major gaffe or lackluster performance may harm a campaign significantly. Still, Benoit said debates can incrementally help candidates, who can use them as platforms to reinforce messages. We can look at the past two presidential cycles for some evidence of how debate performances can either short-circuit or kickstart a campaign.

In the 2012 presidential election, then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry entered the GOP primary race in mid-August 2011 and quickly jumped into the lead ahead of Mitt Romney, the eventual Republican nominee. Then Perry botched an answer regarding a Texas policy for illegal immigrants in a September 2011 primary debate that alienated the GOP base. His numbers plummeted, just in time for him to have his infamous "Oops" moment in a November 2011 debate, when he forgot the third of the three federal agencies he wanted to eliminate as president. Perry did poorly in the early primary contests and then dropped out in January 2012. In the 2016 campaign, then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker entered the Republican field seemingly as one of the front-runners. But Walker made a number of mistakes in his campaign, including an early pair of forgettable debate performances that put his campaign on life support as donors ran away, and he ended his campaign in late September 2015.

Below we've plotted Perry's 2012 GOP primary poll performance using FiveThirtyEight's database of polls, annotating the timing of the key debate events described above. It's not hard to see how quickly Perry's polling numbers fell following his debate comments on immigration policy, and how they were already very much in decline by the time he said "Oops."

But candidates can also gain traction via primary debates. In the 2016 GOP primary race, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina started off polling in the low single digits and found herself in the "undercard" debate when the Republican field first gathered in August 2015. But she stood out in the lower-tier gathering and improved her polling numbers sufficiently to make the primetime stage for the second debate. At that September 2015 event, multiple surveys suggested that viewers judged Fiorina as the "winner" of that debate, and her overall numbers shot up in the immediate aftermath. While she faded not long after that surge, the fact that fellow GOP aspirant Ted Cruz selected Fiorina as his vice presidential pick in a last-ditch attempt to improve his chances against Donald Trump speaks to the impact Fiorina had on the campaign. Without her debate performances, that might never have happened.

Below, we've plotted Fiorina's polling data from the 2016 GOP primary using FiveThirtyEight's polling database and have annotated key events from the debates. In contrast to Perry in the 2012 race, we can see Fiorina's survey numbers improved after her performances in the first and second Republican debate gatherings.

So what are the chances that Democratic presidential aspirants get the chance to use the debates as a means to break through a potentially crowded field in 2020? Benoit pointed out to me that overcrowded debate stages could make it difficult. With the prospect of an even larger field than the GOP had in 2016, Democrats in the 2020 race could find themselves with insufficient time and opportunity to influence voters watching the debates. Democratic leaders seem aware of the problems associated with the two-tiered debate system the GOP and its media partners used in 2016. Chairman Tom Perez said the Democratic National Committee is ready to divide the field and hold debates on back-to-back nights rather than have two debates on the same day, with the participants in each debate randomly selected rather than ranked by their polling stats. This could be a win for lesser-known Democratic candidates - now any candidate who makes the debates will get a primetime slot - and the party can avoid some of the problems the GOP faced in 2016 when it came to deciding which candidates qualified for a spot on each debate stage.

Still, the Democratic field could be so overloaded that debate access will remain a problem despite using a different approach to splitting up debates. The Democratic plan says that candidates will gain access "by meeting criteria that include both polling and other objective measures that reflect a candidate's support, such as grassroots fundraising." So disagreements could still arise over the qualifications required to make the debates, especially if the field is quite crowded. Primary debates historically have not had more than 10 participants on the stage at one time, and that was again the limit for the GOP in 2016. But it's possible the Democrats will have more than 20 candidates seeking the presidency, which would mean that debates on back-to-back nights would probably still be insufficient.

Accompanying these various challenges for Democratic debaters will be the ever-present influence of social media. Many debate viewers will be "dual screening," watching the debate and their social feeds at the same time. "Humans have a limited cognitive capacity," Benoit told me. "This means dual-screen voters will pay less attention to the debate than other viewers, and dual screeners will have their perceptions of the debate influenced by social media comments more than other viewers." Plus, many who don't watch will get their reactions from social media. One can imagine candidates on a crowded stage trying to deliver zingers that will live on via social media, with the knowledge their mistakes might never go away either.

One way or another, recent history suggests the Democratic primary debates will play an important role in determining who will fail and who will succeed. They could trip up a frontrunner or jumpstart the campaign of a relative unknown. All the accompanying twists and turns will help influence the preferences of 2020 primary and caucus voters.

CORRECTION (Jan. 7, 2018, 10:16 a.m.): A previous version of this article incorrectly dated the end of Scott Walker's 2016 presidential campaign. It ended in late September 2015, not 2011.

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Six people are dead and eight people have been transported from the scene of a fiery multivehicle crash on Interstate 75 southbound near Gainesville, Florida, according to Alachua County Fire Rescue.