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Gun companies are suffering a sales slump under the Trump administration.

But a regulatory change could give them a boost overseas.

The administration is considering shifting oversight of gun exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department. The proposed change would treat handguns more like commodities and less like military weapons, and loosen the bureaucracy for gun manufacturers.

"They are currently hamstrung by considerable red tape," gun industry analyst Rommel Dionisio wrote in a report for Aegis Capital.

Right now, the State Department oversees most weapon exports, including handguns, and evaluates them from a national security perspective. The Commerce Department oversees exports such as textiles, steel and food, plus some types of guns commonly used in hunting.

Moving most gun exports under the Commerce Department would eliminate certain registration requirements and fees for gun makers. Analysts and a gun industry group say it would open a foreign market that is mostly untapped.

"This initiative will improve our nation's ability to compete in the global marketplace for commercial and sporting firearms and ammunition without impairing national security," the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry group, said in a statement.

The State Department would continue to monitor exports of military-grade weapons like machine guns and rocket launchers. But the oversight of semiautomatic AR-15s, which are commercially available in the United States, would shift to the Commerce Department.

Rachel Stohl, director of the Conventional Defense Program at the Stimson Center, a policy research organization on security threats, said she opposes a policy that could it make it easier for commercially available guns like the .50-caliber Barrett, a rifle favored by snipers, to end up in the wrong hands.

"This is about preventing U.S.-origin weapons for ending up in the hands of those that use them to commit human rights violations, for terrorist purposes, for criminal purposes," she said.

Related: No fed gun control for new silencer-muzzleloader

The stock prices for Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brands , which owns Smith & Wesson, surged last weekafter Reuters first reported that the shift was under consideration. The news was later confirmed by CNNMoney.

A State Department official told CNNMoney that the administration was working with Commerce "to ensure that U.S. industries have every advantage in the global marketplace, while at the same time ensuring the responsible export of arms."

If it's approved by the White House, an oversight change could take months or longer to complete.

An executive with American Outdoor Brands declined to comment. Sturm Ruger did not return messages.

Sturm Ruger, in its most recent earnings report, said only 5% of its gun sales come from exports. American manufacturers exported $680 million worth of guns in the last fiscal year. The United States imported more than $2 billion, according to Chris Rogers, gun industry analyst for Panjiva.

Related: Gun maker shares spike on Trump move to loosen export oversight

Rogers said the biggest share of gun exports went to Canada ($144 million), followed by Australia ($58 million,) Japan ($46 million), Britain ($37 million) and Israel ($35 million). He said buyers include the military, police and individuals.

"When it comes to competing for existing demand, we have seen the Trump administration, including the president himself, actively get out there and sell," Rogers said. "The government can certainly help crack open those markets."

Gun sales slowed precipitously after Donald Trump won the presidency. Gun buyers had stocked up because they feared Hillary Clinton would win and push for tighter gun control. When she lost, that fear evaporated, and sales slumped.

Analysts point out that U.S. companies will only benefit if demand for guns exists in those other countries.

"Just because you can sell them doesn't mean that people want to buy them," said Rogers. "It's not like the Europeans are lining up to import handguns from the U.S."

Related: Gun companies are feeling a Trump slump hangover

Many of the most prominent gun companies in the world are located in Europe. Dionisio said that police departments and government agencies in other countries are likely to "retain considerable loyalty to their own domestic firearms producers," like Beretta in Italy and Heckler & Koch in Germany.

But other countries in Latin America and Africa, which don't have well known gun brands, might jump at the chance to buy American, said Rogers.

The problem? There's no overseas sales team at many manufacturers. The gun companies would have "to rebuild an international sales force almost from scratch," Dionisio said.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 27, 2017: 6:09 AM ET

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Fifty-four years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, two U.S. lawmakers who lived through the ordeal are calling for the declassification of thousands of pages of long-secret government documents related to his death.

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Fifty-four years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, two U.S. lawmakers who lived through the ordeal are calling for the declassification of thousands of pages of long-secret government documents related to his death.

The disclosure, they believe, will answer a question that has for half a century plagued the American public: Did anyone help or have knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald's plan to kill Kennedy?

"I believe the American public needs to know the truth," said Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., who along with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is leading a congressional effort to declassify thousands of documents and recordings compiled by the CIA and FBI.

"It's still hard for me to believe it was one man, but at the same time I have no proof that it wasn't," said Jones, who watched on live television as Oswald, awaiting transfer to a county jail, was shot by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby two days after Oswald assassinated Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

"There's no reason that the information - from a security standpoint - should not be made public," Jones told Fox News. "So much is known about the assassination. Why not close the chapter?"

Jones and Grassley cite a law signed by former President George H.W. Bush mandating the release of all documents related to Kennedy's assassination within 25 years. Under the JFK Records Act of 1992, the National Archives has until Oct. 26 of this year to disclose the remaining files related to the assassination - unless President Trump determines that doing so would be harmful to national security. There are about 3,100 files still unsealed by the National Archives.

Approximately four million pages of records were released to the public in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The CIA and other government agencies can postpone disclosure of the remaining documents but only with permission from Trump.

A CIA spokeswoman told Fox News the agency "continues to engage in the process to determine the appropriate next steps with respect to any previously-unreleased CIA information."

The Trump administration, meanwhile, said the decision to release the documents is currently under review.

"We have been working closely with the National Archives and other departments and agencies since the beginning of this administration on processes that are consistent with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act," an official with the National Security Council told Fox News on Tuesday.

"This work continues in anticipation of the October deadline," said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

The Warren Commission, the independent panel assigned to investigate the murder, concluded in 1964 that Oswald -- a former Marine and self-proclaimed Marxist - was the sole person responsible for Kennedy's assassination. CIA officials had told the commission there was no evidence of a conspiracy that the spy agency could have prevented.

But hundreds of never-before-seen assassination documents released by the National Archives in July show the CIA began to question whether the official conclusion was wrong in the years following the assassination. Of particular concern was whether the CIA had thoroughly probed Oswald's contacts with agents for the Communist governments of Cuba and the Soviet Union.

Oswald had traveled to Mexico City weeks before the murder and visited both the Soviet and Cuban embassies. The Warren Commission said Oswald's stated reason for the trip was to obtain visas that would allow him entry into Cuba and the Soviet Union, but many details about the trip remain a mystery.

The newly released documents also include a 1975 internal CIA memo that raised questions about Oswald's motive. The memo cites a 1963 Associated Press article that ran in a newspaper shortly before the assassination, quoting Fidel Castro as saying, "U.S. leaders would be in danger if they helped in any attempt to do away with leaders of Cuba."

Grassley and Jones, as well as Kennedy scholars, wonder whether the remaining secret documents might reveal clues suggesting Oswald had help - or confirm he acted alone.

"The papers should be released. We, the people, paid for all of this," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of a book about Kennedy.

"We want to see what they [the government] knew and when they knew it," he told Fox News.

Sabato said he has no doubt that Oswald was the only shooter in Dealey Plaza as Kennedy rode in an open motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Gov. John Connally and his wife.

But Sabato said he questions whether others assisted or had knowledge of Oswald's plot.

"The remaining question is: Did anyone help him or was it merely that people knew and didn't report it in time to save Kennedy's life?"
Cristina Corbin is a Fox News reporter based in New York. Follow her on Twitter @CristinaCorbin.

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Pizza Hut delivery man says he was suspended for defending store in an 'old-fashioned gun fight.'

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A Pizza Hut delivery man in Springfield, Mo., says he's worried he'll lose his job after fending off a robber in an "old fashioned gun fight" earlier this month.

William Hotop, 31, told the Springfield News-Leader his Pizza Hut location had just closed when an intruder smashed through the glass door and began fumbling for something inside his hoodie.
PIZZA HUT EMPLOYEE PEPPER-SPRAYS CO-WORKER AFTER ARGUMENT ABOUT TOPPINGS
Hotop, knowing there was a gun stashed inside the restaurant, darted toward the firearm. So when the intruder produced a gun and aimed it in Hotop's direction, the two men began firing at each other.

"It was a good old-fashioned gunfight," Hotop told the News-Leader. "I protected [Pizza Hut] like it was my home."

Hotop says he eventually chased the robber from the premises, firing off the gun a few times in the process. Neither Hotop nor the two other employees on-duty were injured, the News-Leader reports, and the restaurant was not robbed of any money.

According to Hotop, however, Pizza Hut has since suspended him without pay, and fired the manager who was on-duty that evening.

"I can't believe that after I protected the store, I'm basically losing my job," said Hotop.

Hotop, too, says he fears repercussions because of a prior felony conviction which prevents him from carrying a firearm - even though the gun he used on Sept. 12 wasn't his.
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A representative for Pizza Hut had not returned the News-Leader's request for comment.

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A Pizza Hut delivery man in Springfield, Mo., says he's worried he'll lose his job after fending off a robber in an "old fashioned gun fight" earlier this month. William Hotop, 31, told the Springfield News-Leader his Pizza Hut location had just closed when an intruder smashed through the glass door and began fumbling for something inside his hoodie.

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15 year old girl was abducted by her 50 year old teacher, from her home in Tennessee and later found then in northern California.

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The 15-year-old girl who became the center of a nationwide manhunt after she vanished -- allegedly abducted by her 50-year-old teacher -- has opened up about the case, saying: "I don't regret it, nor do I say it was the right thing to do."

Elizabeth Thomas disappeared from her home in Tennessee with her teacher, Tad Cummins, in mid-March, sparking the massive search, police said. Investigators received more than 1,500 tips from people following the case, and the two eventually were spotted in mid-April in a remote county in northern California.

Speaking at a fast-food restaurant in Columbia, Tenn. on Saturday, Thomas told The Daily Herald that "there's been a lot of rumors about me I'd like to clear up."

Thomas said she was in therapy after she returned home, but said it was for "way too long," adding she "should not have been up there."

Before Thomas was reported missing, emails discovered between the student and Cummins showed the two had what investigators labeled a "romantic interest in each other."

The two were once caught kissing in school, according to reports. Both Thomas and Cummins denied kissing, according to the school's investigative files.

Cummins has pleaded not guilty to charges including transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to commit illegal sexual acts. He's set to face trial in January, the Tennessean reports.

Cummins was fired one day before the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for the missing teen.

Now living with her brother, Thomas said she "can't really complain right now" about her life - she's being homeschooled until she finishes high school in two years, and she's babysitting, and working in Columbia.

"It was an experience I'll have to live with the rest of my life," Thomas said of her time on the run. "It's good and bad. It's there. No matter what we do, we'll have to deal with it."

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The 15-year-old girl who became the center of a nationwide manhunt after she vanished -- allegedly kidnapped by her 50-year-old teacher -- has opened up about the case, saying: "I don't regret it, nor do I say it was the right thing to do."

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The auto industry is going electric. Is aviation next?

Major European carrier EasyJet announced Wednesday that it is teaming up with U.S. startup Wright Electric to build an all-electric airliner.

The aircraft they have in mind would handle short routes of 335 miles or less -- think New York to Boston or London to Paris.

EasyJet, a budget airline that specializes in shorter flights, said the new aircraft would cover 20% of its passenger journeys.

The airline said it has been working closely with Wright Electric this year and it hopes to have an electric commercial aircraft flying in the next decade.

"We can envisage a future without jet fuel and we are excited to be part of it. It is now more a matter of when not if a short haul electric plane will fly," said EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall.

Related: Would you fly pilotless plane?

Wright Electric was founded in 2016 by a team of battery chemists, aerospace engineers and electric vehicle experts from NASA, Boeing and Cessna.

It received funding from Harvard University and startup incubator Y Combinator, which helped fund Dropbox, Reddit and Airbnb. EasyJet did not reveal the financial terms of its partnership with the startup.

Jeffrey Engler, the chief executive of Wright Electric, said that working with EasyJet is "a powerful validation of our technology approach."

EasyJet said the startup has already demonstrated its first two-seater plane, showing it can make the technology work on a smaller scale.

Electric planes could be a game changer for airlines, because fuel is one of their biggest costs.

They are also better for the environment.

"Just as we have seen with the automotive industry, the aviation industry will be looking to electric technology to reduce our impact on the environment," McCall said.

CNNMoney (London) First published September 27, 2017: 8:23 AM ET

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Ex-NFL star and current Denver Broncos President John Elway waded into the current "Star-Spangled Banner" controversy Tuesday, saying he believes in standing for the national anthem and wants to keep politics out of football.

Elway, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and the president of football operations and general manager of the Broncos, made the remarks during his weekly interview on the Broncos website.

"I'm one that believes in standing for the national anthem, and I've always believed that," Elway said. "I believe that this is the greatest country in the world. We are very fortunate to live here, but it's obviously not perfect."

He added: "There are a lot of things that need to be corrected, and we will continue to work on those things. I'm one that really believes in standing for the flag. I understand the players and the way they felt from the comments that were made earlier in the week. They felt they had to go down and kneel and that's up to them. Hopefully as we go forward we can start concentrating on football a little bit more. Take the politics out of football. But I think last week was a good show of unity by the NFL and hopefully this week we can move forward."
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On Sunday, about half of the Broncos' roster knelt or sat during the national anthem, The Associated Press reported. The amount of protests around the NFL multiplied this weekend following President Trump's comments criticizing players who protest during "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Trump, speaking at a rally in Alabama Friday, said: ""Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you'd say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now. Out! He's fired."

Trump's comments were criticized by a number of athletes. The Associated Press reported that more than 200 NFL players sat or knelt during the anthem Sunday.
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Quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the kneeling movement last year when he played for the San Francisco 49ers, refusing to stand during "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest the treatment of black people by police. Kaepernick became a free agent and has not been signed by a new team this season.

Vance Joseph, the Broncos head coach, also said he believed in standing for the flag but honored those who wanted to protest, the Denver Post reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Ex-NFL star and current Denver Broncos President John Elway waded into the current "Star-Spangled Banner" controversy Tuesday, saying he believes in standing for the national anthem and wants to keep politics out of football. Elway, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and the president of football operations and general manager of the Broncos, made the remarks during his weekly interview on the Broncos website.

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Rapper Pitbull sent his private plane to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients to the mainland US for chemotherapy treatments.

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Trump states that the NFL must make a change or it will "go to hell"

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The US military is planning to deploy the USNS Comfort hospital ship to assist with FEMA's response efforts in Puerto Rico a week after Hurricane Maria smashed the island as a Category 4 storm, several defense officials told CNN.

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The US military is planning to deploy the USNS Comfort hospital ship to assist with FEMA's response efforts in Puerto Rico a week after Hurricane Maria smashed the island as a Category 4 storm, several defense officials told CNN.

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A Missouri man, Levi Lyda, 33, was charged on Tuesday with felony animal abuse after beating his daughter's kitten to death while he was extremely drunk. He is facing 2-4 years in prison with his bail set at $50,000.

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A Missouri man was charged on Tuesday for allegedly beating his daughter's kitten to death while he was extremely intoxicated, police said.

Levi Lyda, 33, was charged with felony animal abuse, an upgraded charge since he was accused of the kitten's death last month, FOX2 reported. Lyda allegedly told investigators he killed the kitten when he was drunk and did it to relieve his family of the burden of taking care of it.

"Our evidence indicates Mr. Lyda tortured or mutilated the animal while it was still alive," St. Charles County Prosecutor Time Lohmar told FOX2.

Lyda's ex-wife discovered the gruesome murder when she found drops of blood inside her home. The kitten's lifeless body was laying in the backyard. Her ex-husband allegedly said, "I got rid of the cat."

Lyda told investigators he drank a six-pack of beer and half a bottle of vodka before the alleged murder. He added he couldn't remember if he killed the kitten because he was extremely intoxicated.

"It appears the animal had broken bones, had a broken leg. There are pretty clear indications of blunt force trauma to the head," Lohmar said.

Lyda faces two to four years in prison if convicted. His bail was set at $50,000 cash.

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A Missouri man was charged on Tuesday for allegedly beating his daughter's kitten to death while he was extremely intoxicated, police said. Levi Lyda, 33, was charged with felony animal abuse, an upgraded charge since he was accused of the kitten's death last month, FOX2 reported.

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In Puerto Rico, the San Juan airport is filled with people and there is no air conditioning and they have no idea when they will be leaving, there are no working ATM's and hardly any food or water. The security presence is also very scarce so people are frightful that they might be robbed or assaulted.

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Doris Montalvo already escaped Puerto Rico once. She left the island and its economic problems seven years ago and found work as a nurse in Connecticut.

She recently returned for the first time for vacation, and now she can't get out -- trapped this time in an airport terminal in San Juan, one sweltering corner of the humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricane Maria.

In 100-degree heat, with no air conditioning and a scarce security presence, Montalvo spent the night waiting with her daughter, three grandchildren and the daughter's boyfriend. Scores of others waited with them. They had little water, little food, no working ATMs and no idea when they would get out.

Montalvo, 54, had driven from the other side of the island because their flight there was canceled. She and her family were told that the first flight they could get out of San Juan would depart October 9. Hotels weren't taking reservations. She couldn't withdraw cash. Stress set in.

"We just want to get home and get back to our routines, our lives," Montalvo said. "I don't feel safe here. ... I don't want (my grandchildren) to sleep on the sidewalk."

One week after Maria battered the island, the more than 3 million Americans who live there are struggling to survive. People are scavenging for food, collecting water from mountain streams and drinking the rain. Power is out across the island. Generators and batteries are keeping hospitals open.

The San Juan airport, by far the largest on the island, is barely functioning. Airlines are having trouble printing boarding passes. TSA equipment was damaged by the hurricane, so security checks are done by hand.

Only 10 commercial flights made it in and out on Tuesday, and only 18 were expected on Wednesday, according to the airport authority.

More relief flights are getting in. Airlines are delivering food, water, medicine, blankets, cots, generators and blood for the Red Cross. Those relief flights are returning with as many people as can get on the plane, United says.

Related: Puerto Ricans still waiting for aid a week after Maria's devastation

When she lived in Puerto Rico, Montalvo made $15 an hour as a nurse. She got out in the early years of an economic crisis. The unemployment rate on the island is double the national average. The government is bankrupt. People leave every year by the tens of thousands.

Now she makes $36 an hour at a dialysis clinic in Connecticut. She needed to get back to her job, and she needed to get the grandchildren home to be registered at their new school, Walsh Elementary in Waterbury. Montalvo worries they will lose their seats if they are stuck in Puerto Rico for weeks.

Fifty yards down the terminal, Stephanie Navarro also wants to give her two young daughters a better life. They were supposed to move Tuesday to a relative's place in upstate New York, where Navarro believes she can find a better job and good schools.

Instead, they slept on the terminal floor, along with Navarro's boyfriend, Javier, waiting for the next Delta plane after their original flight was canceled.

"We're stuck here. There's no phone to call people, there's no water, there's no ice, there's no nothing," said Navarro, 26.

Related: Who will help Puerto Rico?

Other travelers described their own nightmares.

Alicia Beniquez was traveling with her husband and her 3-year-old granddaughter. Before trying to fly home to New Haven, Connecticut, she tried to return her rental car to the company, U Save, with a full tank of gas.

"You go to the gas station and all you get is $10," Beniquez said. "I brought it back with a quarter tank and they want to charge you."

U Save did not respond to CNNMoney's request for comment. Beniquez slept at the airport Tuesday.

Standing in line, Eric Mott tried to bring order to chaos. He made a list of the names of the strangers waiting with him. He planned to give it to Southwest Airlines employees in the morning. He had three pages' worth already.

Mott, a real estate agent in Denver, wanted to make sure no one stole a place in line. People were sweating through the night, sleeping on steel chairs.

"I'm a firm believer that people want to do the right thing, but then when emotions get involved ... " Mott said, trailing off. "We're going to spend the night here tonight. I want it to be nice and orderly."

Surrounded by strangers at an airport that was barely operating, he had no plans to sleep.

"I haven't pulled an all-nighter since college," he said, "so I'm due for one."

--Chris Isidore, Ivan Watson and Jo Shelley contributed reporting to this article

CNNMoney (San Juan, Puerto Rico) First published September 27, 2017: 10:07 AM ET

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There are still major limitations to being a Saudi Arabian Woman. And one of them is driving. However slowly things are showing some improvements

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The royal decree, announced live on state television Tuesday, will come into effect in June next year. A newly-formed committee will present its findings within 30 days on how the policy should be implemented.

Saudi women will reportedly be able to apply for their own driving licenses without having to secure the permission of their male guardians. However, rules that govern the guardianship of women continue to restrict many aspects of every day life for the country's female population.

Saudi Arabia, which adheres to some of the strictest interpretations of Sunni Islam in the world, has long prevented women from taking on a larger role in its society.

The 2016 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum ranked the kingdom 141 out of 144 countries on gender parity. Trailing behind Saudi Arabia were Syria, Pakistan and Yemen.

What women in Saudi Arabia can do:

-- Vote in local elections. In 2015 women cast ballots for the first time ever during municipal elections, a vote in which they were also allowed to campaign for public office. But female candidates weren't allowed to speak to male voters and couldn't have men and women mixing in their campaign offices.

-- Be appointed to the Consultative Council. At least 17 women were elected during the 2015 municipal vote. The late King Abdullah issued a decree in 2011 that gave women the vote and two years later, ordered that at least 20% of seats in the Consultative Council be set aside for women.

-- Attain a college education. In 2015 a government report found that there were more Saudi women studying in universities than men.

-- Play sports and compete in the Olympics. Saudi Arabia sent two women to the Olympics in 2012. In 2016 it send four.

What women in Saudi Arabia cannot do:

-- Marry, divorce, travel, get a job or have elective surgery without permission from their male guardians. Women still are beholden to restrictive guardianship laws that govern nearly every aspect of their lives. In cases where a woman's father is deceased or absent, her husband, a male relative, brother, or in some cases, even a son, must give his approval before a woman can obtain often basic entitlements.

-- Mix freely with members of the opposite sex. Some exceptions include hospitals, banks and medical colleges. In 2013 authorities ordered shops that employ both men and women to build "separation walls" to enforce rules preventing the sexes from mixing together.

-- Appear in public without wearing a full-length black abaya. The all-encompassing loose robe is meant to protect women's modesty in public.

-- Conduct certain business without a male sponsor. Women wanting to open their own business often have to call on at least two men who can testify to her character before she can be granted a loan or a license.

-- Retain custody of their children in a divorce after they reach the age of seven for boys and nine for girls.

-- Apply for a national identification card or passport without the permission of a male guardian.

-- Eat at restaurants that don't have a separate designated family section. Most restaurants have a "family" section with a divider that separates families from dining near all-male parties. Women are also required to use a separate entrance to the men. It is usually a side door.

-- Get a fair hearing in court, where "the testimony of one man equals that of two women." The legal position in Saudi Arabia of a woman is equal to that of a minor, and therefore she has little authority over her own life.

-- Receive an equal inheritance. Under Sharia inheritance laws, daughters receive half what is awarded to their brothers. Critics say this is due to a misinterpretation of Islamic laws, sometimes sending women into poverty because they are left out of their fathers' wills.

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Chip Gaines Says Ending Fixer Upper is 'Bittersweet': We’ve Shed 'Ugly Tears' “While we are confident that this is the right choice for us, it has for sure not been an easy one to come to terms with. hey are going to spend more time with there kids.

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Chip and Joanna Gaines are ending their hit HGTV series Fixer Upper, but the decision didn't come easy to Waco's biggest stars. "It's a bittersweet feeling," Chip, 42, says in the latest issue of PEOPLE. "We've shed tears - and I mean ugly tears - and then we've laughed.

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Pilot-less planes the aviation industry could save $35 billion a year by moving to pilot-less planes, according to a new report from UBS.The same report warns that only 17% of travelers are willing to fly without a pilot. UBS said that the technology required to operate remote-controlled planes could appear by 2025. Further advances beyond 2030 might result in automated business jets and helicopters, and finally commercial aircraft without pilots.

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Taking pilots out of the cockpit could save airlines billions. But would anyone buy a ticket?

The aviation industry could save $35 billion a year by moving to pilotless planes, according to a new report from UBS. Just one problem: The same report warns that only 17% of travelers are willing to fly without a pilot.

UBS said that the technology required to operate remote-controlled planes could appear by 2025. Further advances beyond 2030 might result in automated business jets and helicopters, and finally commercial aircraft without pilots.

"The technologies in development today will enable the aircraft to assist and back up the pilot in all the flight phases, removing the pilot from manual control and systems operations in all types of situations," the report said.

Commercial flights already land with the assistance of on-board computers, and pilots manually fly the aircraft for only a few minutes on average.

However, contrary to popular belief, airliners do not fly themselves, even when they're on autopilot. Pilots are continually monitoring and adjusting aircraft navigation and systems, communicating with air traffic control and preparing for the next phase of the flight.

The UBS analysts said the transition to pilotless planes is likely to happen over many years. Cargo planes would likely be first to incorporate the new technology, with commercial flights being the last to go pilotless. The number of pilots needed for each flight could be reduced along the way.

Related: What happens when automation comes for highly paid doctors

The shift has the potential to save the aviation industry huge amounts of money. Airlines typically employ 10 pilots per aircraft, and reducing their number would result in less spending on training, salaries and other staffing costs.

It could also help alleviate an expected pilot shortage over the coming decades.

An annual forecast released by Boeing last month said passenger and cargo airlines around the world are expected to buy 41,000 new airliners between 2017 and 2036. That means they will need to find and train 637,000 new pilots to fly them.

Airlines in the Middle East and China, where air traffic is growing fast, are offering huge paychecks to attract more pilots and salaries in the U.S. are rising too.

A move to pilotless planes would boost industry profitability, UBS said. Alternatively, if the cost savings were entirely passed to consumers, tickets could cost much less (11% cheaper in the U.S.). That would be about $40 a ticket, according to the $369 round trip average in the first half of 2016, which included $23 in fees.

Still, there is likely to be major resistance to taking pilots out of the cockpit.

A survey of 8,000 people commissioned by UBS found that 54% of respondents were unlikely to take a pilotless flight. Just 17% of respondents, who were from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Australia, said they would buy the ticket.

Related: The U.S. will face a staggering shortage of pilots

Major regulatory changes would also be required and any reduction in cockpit staffing would face huge opposition from pilots unions.

Air traffic laws in most of the world require "four-eye-rule" in the cockpit. Two pilots should be present at all times, and if one of them needs to take a break, another member of the crew has to take his or her spot.

-- Jon Ostrower contributed reporting.

CNNMoney (London) First published August 7, 2017: 11:23 AM ET

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The aviation industry could save $35 billion a year by moving to pilotless planes, according to a new report from UBS. Just one problem: The same report warns that only 17% of travelers are willing to fly without a pilot. UBS said that the technology required to operate remote-controlled planes could appear by 2025.

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Tutu-wearing grandma celebrates 98th birthday with confetti- and cake-filled photo shoot

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Gladys Weikle is no ordinary grandmother, so of course she wouldn't have an ordinary birthday celebration.

Her granddaughter, Shannon Weikle, arranged a confetti- and cake-filled photo shoot in Spriggs Farm Park in Arnold, Maryland, to commemorate the occasion.

"I thought the whole world would think I had gone crazy," Gladys Weikle, 98, told ABC News of Shannon Weikle's adventurous idea. "But I got to thinking that I trust Shannon and we have fun together, so this will just be fun."

The trendy granny sported bright blue hair and a tutu while she popped champagne. She said the hair dye was "a shock" at first, "but then it grows on you."

"I could have left it blue. Maybe I should have. But I decided I should be normal again," Weikle explained.

She said washing her hair two times a day did not get rid of the blue dye, so she finally made an appointment with the hairdresser.

"Now my hairdresser wasn't too happy about what Shannon did to me," she said with a giggle. "I asked the hairdresser to put some silver here and there. But you know what? I think it looks gold! What the hell? Why gold? Oh well, it'll get back to normal soon."

Shannon Weikle said she considers her grandmother to be her "soul sister" and wanted to do something special for her to remember this birthday. For Gladys Weikle's 95th birthday, the dynamic duo got matching tattoos.

"We get along so perfectly. Definitely two peas in a pod," Shannon Weikle told ABC News. "She's quick witted and feisty! We just have so much fun together. Love and light radiate from her, people are always drawn to her. We make friends wherever we go because I think people can sense that she has a lot of love to give."

Grams, as Shannon Weikle lovingly refers to her, allowed herself to enjoy the photo shoot pampering, especially the homemade cake.

"That cake was good!" Gladys Weikle enthusiastically said of the vanilla buttercream cake her granddaughter baked. "I could have eaten the whole thing. But after quite some time I was tired. And getting grumpy."

She said the only thing missing from the big day was a cup of coffee.

"I reckon if they invite me to do this again, they'll have to bring me some coffee," she said. "And you know what? I've been to a lot of great parties, but this was probably the best because I got all the attention."

Shannon Weikle said she hopes the photos will inspire more young people to enjoy time with their grandparents.

"They won't be around forever and you'll regret not making as many memories as possible with them," she said. "Plus, grandparents love their grandkids so much and spending time with them makes them endlessly happy. Such a small amount of time can mean so much. So call up your grandparents, take them to do something fun and watch them glow for days after."

She's thrilled her grandmother's festive photos are bringing joy to others, but to her, they're even more meaningful.

"I will treasure these forever because they capture her spirit so perfectly," Shannon Weikle said of her beloved Grams.

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Gladys Weikle is no ordinary grandmother, so of course she wouldn't have an ordinary birthday celebration. Her granddaughter, Shannon Weikle, arranged a confetti- and cake-filled photo shoot in Spriggs Farm Park in Arnold, Maryland, to commemorate the occasion. "I thought the whole world would think I had gone crazy," Gladys Weikle, 98, told ABC News of Shannon Weikle's adventurous idea.

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Khloe Kardashian ¨expecting¨ baby with famous basketball star Tristan Thompson.

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Khloe Kardashian is reportedly pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend and Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson, according to Us Weekly's Nicholas Hautman.

TMZ reported the same.

Kardashian and Thompson reportedly started datingin October 2016, and while buzz has cropped up regarding a potential marriage, the 33-year-old star of E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians has denied the two are engaged.

"I'm in the best relationship I've ever been in and it doesn't take a ring for me to feel that way," Kardashian told YOU's Elaine Lipworth(via the Daily Mail). "I believe in marriage and I want to be married again one day but I don't have a time frame. Why do people think that marriage equates to happiness? There are a lot of people in unhealthy marriages."

Khloe's sister, Kim, is also reportedly expecting her third child with husband Kanye West via surrogate, according to People's Melody Chiu and Jen Juneau.

Furthermore, TMZ reported Friday that Kardashian's half-sister, Kylie Jenner, is pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend Travis Scott.

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US military is sending ships to Puerto Rico to help restore powers and help with medical issues

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The US military is planning to deploy the USNS Comfort hospital ship to assist with FEMA's response efforts in Puerto Rico a week after Hurricane Maria smashed the island as a Category 4 storm, several defense officials told CNN.

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A Baltimore ravens singer who has sung the national anthem for the past 3 years resigns because of the controversy with the kneeling of the national anthem.

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A combat veteran who has been the Baltimore Ravens' national anthem singer for the past three years has announced his resignation.

The move by Joey Odoms comes days after players on the Ravens and many other NFL teams took a knee during the national anthem in response to President Donald Trump's call for team owners to fire players who don't stand for the anthem.

Odoms is a member of the Maryland Army National Guard. He won a 2014 competition to become the anthem singer at Ravens' home games.

In a Facebook post Tuesday, Odoms said his resignation "is not an emotional reaction to recent events, rather an ethical decision."

Odoms told WJZ News that he is not offended by the players' actions, but did not want to get mixed up in the controversial discussion.

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Puerto Rico millions have no power and many without water 16 dead after hurricanes maria.

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Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat.

Valentin and her husband say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less the Federal Emergency Management Agency, since the storm tore up the island Sept. 20, killing at least 16 people and leaving nearly all 3.4 million people in Puerto Rico without power and most without water.

"People say FEMA is going to help us," Valentin said Tuesday as she showed Associated Press journalists around the sodden wreckage of her home. "We're waiting."

Many others are also waiting for help from anyone from the federal or Puerto Rican government. But the scope of the devastation is so broad, and the relief effort so concentrated in San Juan, that many people from outside the capital say they have received little to no help.

Valentin, her husband and teenage son live in one such area, Montebello, a 20-minute drive into what used to be lushly forested mountains near the northern coastal municipality of Manati. Hurricane Maria's Category 4 winds stripped the trees bare and scattered them like matchsticks. "It seemed like a monster," she recalled.

The roads are passable now but the community is still isolated. "Nobody has visited, not from the government, not from the city, no one," said Antonio Velez, a 64-year-old who has lived there his entire life.

The same complaint echoed throughout the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa, the first town Maria hit as it barreled across the island with 155 mph winds.

"Nothing, nothing, nothing," said 58-year-old retiree Angel Luis Rodriguez. "I've lost everything, and no one has shown up to see if anyone lives here."

At a nearby river, dozens of people gathered to bathe and wash clothes as they grumbled about the lack of aid.

"There's been no help from the mayor or from the federal government," said 64-year-old retiree Maria Rodriguez as she held a coconut in her right hand and took sips from it. "After Georges hit us (in 1998), they responded quickly. But now? Nothing. We need water and food."

Nearby, one girl engaged in a thumb war with a friend as she filled an empty water bottle with her other hand. Downstream, a woman sat cross-legged in the water behind a friend and helped wash her hair.

The recovery in the first week since the storm has largely been a do-it-yourself affair. People collect water from wells and streams, clear roads and repair their own homes when they are not waiting in day-long lines for gasoline and diesel. For most, the only visible sign of authority are police officers directing traffic, a critical service because traffic lights are out across the island.

"I have seen a lot of helicopters go by. I assume those are people from FEMA," said Jesus Argilagos, who lives in Manati and works at a grocery store that is only open part of the day because of the power crisis. "People get pissed off because they see them going back and forth and not doing anything."

There are several thousand U.S. federal employees in Puerto Rico helping with the recovery effort. They are most visible in San Juan, where officials with FEMA, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection have a presence at hotels that before the storm served tourists in the Condado neighborhood or at the convention center that has become a staging ground for relief efforts.

Federal workers supplied diesel to generators at hospitals and delivered desperately needed food and water to hard-hit communities across the island. They have repaired the air traffic control systems and power at the airport, which is receiving about 100 flights a day but is still far from normal operations. U.S. agents have also provided security across the island and the Coast Guard has worked with local authorities to restore the sea ports, a vital link because Puerto Rico is almost completely dependent on imports.

In addition, teams from the Army Corps of Engineers are helping to repair the electricity grid and to inspect and look for ways to avert the collapse of a dam near the western town of Quebradillas that has developed a crack and that officials have said could potentially fail. And personnel from Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs have provided care and helped evacuate people from Puerto Rico with chronic medical conditions.

Teams also were scheduled to visit the central mountain town of Aibonito, which was cut off from the rest of the island for five days. Many people began rationing their food and water supplies as they dwindled, unclear of when they would have contact with the outside world.

"We thought somebody was going to stop by," said Ana Lidia Mendoza, a 48-year-old cook at a barbecue restaurant who lost part of her roof. "They told us that we had to stay calm."

Gov. Ricardo Rossello and Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez, the island's representative in Congress, have said they intend to seek more than a billion dollars in federal assistance and they have praised the response to the disaster by President Donald Trump, who plans to visit Puerto Rico next week, as well as FEMA Administrator Brock Long.

"I am confident that they understand the seriousness of the situation," the governor said Tuesday.

Still, it is hard to avoid the fact that the response looks different than previous ones. After hurricanes in Louisiana, Texas and Florida, waves of power company trucks from other states descended in long convoys, something that is obviously not possible on an island 1,000 miles to the southeast of the mainland. After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, the U.S. military sent ships and the skies seemed to be filled with heavy-lift helicopters and planes carrying emergency relief, though the scale of that disaster was far worse.

Hurricane Maria was the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in nearly 100 years and officials say the cost of recovery will dwarf that of the punishing Hurricane Georges in 1998. Whatever the final bill, Valentin just hopes it will factor in people like her. "If FEMA helps us, we are going to build again," she said.

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One teenager is dead and another is in critical condition after they were stabbed at a New York City school this morning, according to ABC station WABC in New York.

An 18-year-old was taken into custody and is being questioned after the deadly incident inside a school in the Bronx, WABC reported. A pair of scissors was recovered, WABC said.

The teenager who died was 16 and the victim in critical condition is 15, WABC reported.

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One teenager is dead and another is in critical condition after they were stabbed at a New York City school this morning, according to ABC station WABC in New York. An 18-year-old was taken into custody and is being questioned after the deadly incident inside a school in the Bronx, WABC reported.

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Doris Montalvo already escaped Puerto Rico once. She left the island and its economic problems seven years ago and found work as a nurse in Connecticut.

She recently returned for the first time for vacation, and now she can't get out -- trapped this time in an airport terminal in San Juan, one sweltering corner of the humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricane Maria.

In 100-degree heat, with no air conditioning and a scarce security presence, Montalvo spent the night waiting with her daughter, three grandchildren and the daughter's boyfriend. Scores of others waited with them. They had little water, little food, no working ATMs and no idea when they would get out.

Montalvo, 54, had driven from the other side of the island because their flight there was canceled. She and her family were told that the first flight they could get out of San Juan would depart October 9. Hotels weren't taking reservations. She couldn't withdraw cash. Stress set in.

"We just want to get home and get back to our routines, our lives," Montalvo said. "I don't feel safe here. ... I don't want (my grandchildren) to sleep on the sidewalk."

One week after Maria battered the island, the more than 3 million Americans who live there are struggling to survive. People are scavenging for food, collecting water from mountain streams and drinking the rain. Power is out across the island. Generators and batteries are keeping hospitals open.

The San Juan airport, by far the largest on the island, is barely functioning. Airlines are having trouble printing boarding passes. TSA equipment was damaged by the hurricane, so security checks are done by hand.

Only 10 commercial flights made it in and out on Tuesday, and only 18 were expected on Wednesday, according to the airport authority.

More relief flights are getting in. Airlines are delivering food, water, medicine, blankets, cots, generators and blood for the Red Cross. Those relief flights are returning with as many people as can get on the plane, United says.

Related: Puerto Ricans still waiting for aid a week after Maria's devastation

When she lived in Puerto Rico, Montalvo made $15 an hour as a nurse. She got out in the early years of an economic crisis. The unemployment rate on the island is double the national average. The government is bankrupt. People leave every year by the tens of thousands.

Now she makes $36 an hour at a dialysis clinic in Connecticut. She needed to get back to her job, and she needed to get the grandchildren home to be registered at their new school, Walsh Elementary in Waterbury. Montalvo worries they will lose their seats if they are stuck in Puerto Rico for weeks.

Fifty yards down the terminal, Stephanie Navarro also wants to give her two young daughters a better life. They were supposed to move Tuesday to a relative's place in upstate New York, where Navarro believes she can find a better job and good schools.

Instead, they slept on the terminal floor, along with Navarro's boyfriend, Javier, waiting for the next Delta plane after their original flight was canceled.

"We're stuck here. There's no phone to call people, there's no water, there's no ice, there's no nothing," said Navarro, 26.

Related: Who will help Puerto Rico?

Other travelers described their own nightmares.

Alicia Beniquez was traveling with her husband and her 3-year-old granddaughter. Before trying to fly home to New Haven, Connecticut, she tried to return her rental car to the company, U Save, with a full tank of gas.

"You go to the gas station and all you get is $10," Beniquez said. "I brought it back with a quarter tank and they want to charge you."

U Save did not respond to CNNMoney's request for comment. Beniquez slept at the airport Tuesday.

Standing in line, Eric Mott tried to bring order to chaos. He made a list of the names of the strangers waiting with him. He planned to give it to Southwest Airlines employees in the morning. He had three pages' worth already.

Mott, a real estate agent in Denver, wanted to make sure no one stole a place in line. People were sweating through the night, sleeping on steel chairs.

"I'm a firm believer that people want to do the right thing, but then when emotions get involved ... " Mott said, trailing off. "We're going to spend the night here tonight. I want it to be nice and orderly."

Surrounded by strangers at an airport that was barely operating, he had no plans to sleep.

"I haven't pulled an all-nighter since college," he said, "so I'm due for one."

--Chris Isidore, Ivan Watson and Jo Shelley contributed reporting to this article

CNNMoney (San Juan, Puerto Rico) First published September 27, 2017: 10:07 AM ET

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Women in Saudi Arabia still can't do these things

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The royal decree, announced live on state television Tuesday, will come into effect in June next year. A newly-formed committee will present its findings within 30 days on how the policy should be implemented.

Saudi women will reportedly be able to apply for their own driving licenses without having to secure the permission of their male guardians. However, rules that govern the guardianship of women continue to restrict many aspects of every day life for the country's female population.

Saudi Arabia, which adheres to some of the strictest interpretations of Sunni Islam in the world, has long prevented women from taking on a larger role in its society.

The 2016 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum ranked the kingdom 141 out of 144 countries on gender parity. Trailing behind Saudi Arabia were Syria, Pakistan and Yemen.

What women in Saudi Arabia can do:

-- Vote in local elections. In 2015 women cast ballots for the first time ever during municipal elections, a vote in which they were also allowed to campaign for public office. But female candidates weren't allowed to speak to male voters and couldn't have men and women mixing in their campaign offices.

-- Be appointed to the Consultative Council. At least 17 women were elected during the 2015 municipal vote. The late King Abdullah issued a decree in 2011 that gave women the vote and two years later, ordered that at least 20% of seats in the Consultative Council be set aside for women.

-- Attain a college education. In 2015 a government report found that there were more Saudi women studying in universities than men.

-- Play sports and compete in the Olympics. Saudi Arabia sent two women to the Olympics in 2012. In 2016 it send four.

What women in Saudi Arabia cannot do:

-- Marry, divorce, travel, get a job or have elective surgery without permission from their male guardians. Women still are beholden to restrictive guardianship laws that govern nearly every aspect of their lives. In cases where a woman's father is deceased or absent, her husband, a male relative, brother, or in some cases, even a son, must give his approval before a woman can obtain often basic entitlements.

-- Mix freely with members of the opposite sex. Some exceptions include hospitals, banks and medical colleges. In 2013 authorities ordered shops that employ both men and women to build "separation walls" to enforce rules preventing the sexes from mixing together.

-- Appear in public without wearing a full-length black abaya. The all-encompassing loose robe is meant to protect women's modesty in public.

-- Conduct certain business without a male sponsor. Women wanting to open their own business often have to call on at least two men who can testify to her character before she can be granted a loan or a license.

-- Retain custody of their children in a divorce after they reach the age of seven for boys and nine for girls.

-- Apply for a national identification card or passport without the permission of a male guardian.

-- Eat at restaurants that don't have a separate designated family section. Most restaurants have a "family" section with a divider that separates families from dining near all-male parties. Women are also required to use a separate entrance to the men. It is usually a side door.

-- Get a fair hearing in court, where "the testimony of one man equals that of two women." The legal position in Saudi Arabia of a woman is equal to that of a minor, and therefore she has little authority over her own life.

-- Receive an equal inheritance. Under Sharia inheritance laws, daughters receive half what is awarded to their brothers. Critics say this is due to a misinterpretation of Islamic laws, sometimes sending women into poverty because they are left out of their fathers' wills.

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The royal decree, announced live on state television Tuesday, will come into effect in June next year. A newly-formed committee will present its findings within 30 days on how the policy should be implemented. Saudi women will reportedly be able to apply for their own driving licenses without having to secure the permission of their male guardians.

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Rapper Pitbull sent his private plane to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients to the mainland US for chemotherapy treatments.