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Current Events Review

1. Netflix “Bird box sets new record with 45 million watchers in first 7 days.

2. A man attacks McDonald’s employ over plastic straw in St. Petersburg, Florida

3. President Trump announced nearly 4,000 more troops to our Southern border to patrol for illegal immigrants.

4. The Kansas City Chiefs fall short against New England in the AFC Championship to make it to the Superbowl. Patrick Mahomes is named MVP.

5. Jeff Bezos the owner and founder of Amazon is now the most valued company in the world at $810 Billion dollars.

6. A Massachusetts teen finds a penny in his lunch money worth $1.7 million. A rare 1943 coin made out of copper.

7. 32,000 Los Angeles teacher recently went on strike for better wages and class sizes.

8. Clemson wins the NCAA football National Championship by defeating Alabama.

9. Canada has announced the welcoming of 1 million immigrants by 2021.

10. 13 yr old Jayme Closs from Wisconsin was found after disappearing for 3 months after her parents had been killed.

11. Netflix is raising prices from $14 to $16 dollars a month.

12. Over 1 billion oysters were dumped into New York harbor in 2014 to help clean and purify the water, many New Yorkers are feeling the rewards today.

13.  An off duty St. Louis police officer was recently shot by by her boyfriend who was also a St. Louis police officer what authorities believe they were playing russian roulette.

14.  A Miami family was forced off their American Airlines flight after many passengers complained about their odor.

15.  The government shutdown for the longest span in history 32 days, it cost America about $3 Billion dollars.

16.  A student recently died from food poisoning after eating 4 day old leftover Spaghetti.

17. Longtime host of Jeopardy Alex Trebek announced he is suffering from Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer.

18.  Students from a California High school party displaying a swastika out of cups were not punished after identifying they really didn't know the meaning of it, never been taught.

19.  Two of President Trump’s former associates, attorney Michael Cohen, and Paul Manafort(former political advisor) are facing prison time for lying and tax fraud.

20.  Pope Francis recently held a Summit for all Clergy to deal with the sexual assault issues within the Catholic Church.

21.  Former University of Kansas assistant volleyball coach was arrested for burglarizing his players apartments and stealing their under garments.

22.  President Trump has issued a state of emergency and will look to use his Executive power to get the money required to build the wall.

23.  Actor Jussie Smollett from the TV series Empire will now face 16 charges after making up a racist attack against him.

24.  Zion Williamson, Duke’s star basketball, star recently ripped out of his basketball shoe during a game injuring his knee. Nike’s stock fell after being blamed for it.

25.  Many individuals took time on Valentine’s Day to remember the 17 victims at Stoneman-Douglas High School that were killed a year ago.

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The power failure left many homes without running water and caused chaos in hospitals, as well as disrupting places of work and schools. At its worst, 19 of 23 states were affected, and the capital Caracas was blanketed by darkness.

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venezuela power has finally been restored

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Power has finally been restored to Venezuela, minister says

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Venezuela's information minister has said that a huge power outage that has left most of the country dark for a week has been completely restored.

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Guilty plea, new charges in New York sex slave case

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At least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday when a gunman opened fire inside two mosques.

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The shootings were categorized as a terrorist attack.

"It's something that we never expected to have happen here," Christchurch MP Gerry Brownlee told "Good Morning America." "We're a relatively small population, and while we are ethnically quite diverse, we live very peaceable lives. And this, as many have seen, has shattered our innocence."

Brownlee, who said he lives a short distance from one of the shooting sites, said, "Almost everyone will know someone or have a connection with the families of someone who has been either killed or seriously wounded today."

"This is one of New Zealand's darkest days," New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a press conference Friday.

The gunman, who was dressed in tactical gear, appeared to livestream video of the shooting on social media, according to New Zealand police. He documented his trip from his car and into the worship center in central Christchurch, where he opened fire indiscriminately, police said.

Officials said they were working to remove "extremely distressing footage" taken at the scene and urged social media users not to share it.

Three people are in custody, including one Australian citizen. One man was charged with murder and is expected to appear in court Saturday, police said.

The shooter also opened fire in the surrounding area outside of the mosques. Police said they recovered two improvised explosive devices attached to vehicles in the area, but they were rendered safe.

Witnesses said the attack occurred just before 1:40 p.m. local time as the Sheikh gave a sermon in Christchurch, which has a population of about 375,000.

"The gun starts shooting and he just came in and he was shooting ad hoc," Ramzan Ali told The Associated Press.

Arden made reference to the nationalities of the victims, saying, "Many of those directly involved might be immigrants, refugees who chose to be here. They are us. The person who has done this, is not."

Ali said he survived by hiding beneath a bench.

"I haven't seen him because I just lied down under the bench, thinking that if I get out, I'll get shot," he said. "I'm just keeping my fingers crossed so I could be alive."

He added: "I was the last guy to come out of the mosque after the shooting stopped and on the doors there were a lot of bodies."

Len Peneh, who lives next door to one of the mosques, told the AP that he "saw dead people everywhere" when he went inside to help.

"I've lived next door to this mosque for about five years and the people are great, they're very friendly," he said. "I just don't understand it."

Brownlee commended police for acting quickly and said the most important thing right now is to support those with connections to victims.

Of the 49 people killed, New Zealand police said 41 victims died at the Deans Avenue Mosque, seven at the Linwood Avenue Mosque and one at a hospital.

"New Zealand is a place where people have felt very secure and very free," he added, "and this certainly has shaken that belief up today, and we've got to make sure we don't end up with a permanent loss of the freedom that we so value."

Ardern said none of the suspects were on any active terrorist watch lists and it was "not a matter of someone slipping under the radar."

Morrison said the shootings were carried out by an "extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist, that has taken the lives -- stolen the lives -- in a vicious, murderous attack that has claimed so many New Zealanders."

Queen Elizabeth in a statement said she's "deeply saddened by the appalling events in Christchurch."

"Prince Philip and I send our condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives. I also pay tribute to the emergency services and volunteers who are providing support to those who have been injured," she said. "At this tragic time, my thoughts and prayers are with all New Zealanders."

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday, "My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!"

My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders also issued a statement condemning the attacks.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," the statement said. "We stand in solidarity with the people of New Zealand and their government against this vicious act of hate."

ABC News' Matt Foster, Will Gretsky and Darren Reynolds contributed to this report.

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At least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday when a gunman opened fire inside two mosques. Add New Zealand as an interest to stay up to date on the latest New Zealand news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

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Two planes in L.A. crashed on a runway.

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A two-plane collision on a Los Angeles-area runway Wednesday evening killed one person and injured another.

Authorities said a single-engine North American T-28 hit another plane "under unknown circumstances" at the Compton-Woodley Airport, a county-owned general aviation airport located southwest of Compton and a few miles from Los Angeles International Airport.
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Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration said the collision caused the other aircraft - a single-engine Cessna-type aircraft - to catch fire.

One of the pilots died after reportedly being flung from a plane. The other person involved in the crash was rushed to the hospital, but that person's condition remains unknown.
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Firefighters had extinguished a fire caused by the crash by the time deputies arrived, the Sheriff's office told FOX11.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. The crash site has reportedly been secured by Compton Sheriff's Station patrol deputies.
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A pilot was killed at the same area back in 2015 after a single-engine plane crashed and burned on a runway as it tried to tow an advertising banner.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Two-plane collision on Los Angeles runway kills pilot, leaves one person injured

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A two-plane collision on a Los Angeles-area runway Wednesday evening killed one person and injured another. Authorities said a single-engine North American T-28 hit another plane "under unknown circumstances" at the Compton-Woodley Airport, a county-owned general aviation airport located southwest of Compton and a few miles from Los Angeles International Airport.

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Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested for crossing US-Mexico border.

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A group of nearly 300 illegal immigrants - comprised mostly of family units and unaccompanied minors - was apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed Wednesday that agents working near Granjeno, Texas responded to reports of a large group of suspected illegal immigrants walking toward a river levee.

Upon arrival, agents said they found 289 illegal immigrants crossing the river levee from Mexico - making it the largest group they've encountered in the area so far this year.
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Agents said, including this group, they had detained more than 1,000 illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector in 24 hours.

The latest large group comes as CBP has seen an uptick in such groups crossing the border illegally into the U.S.

In Arizona, agents arrested nearly 750 illegal immigrants last weekend. They all came in large groups of mostly Central American families and unaccompanied minors.
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To date, in Fiscal Year 2019, the Yuma Sector in Arizona has seen a 230 percent increase in family unit apprehensions and a 36 present increase in unaccompanied minors when compared to year to date numbers last year, CBP revealed Monday.

Across the border, 60 percent of apprehensions at the border are family units and unaccompanied minors, the agency said earlier this month. More than 268,000 family units and unaccompanied minors have been apprehended at the United States' southern border to date in Fiscal Year 2019, CBP said.

"We are currently facing a humanitarian and national security crisis along our southwest border," CBP Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan said in a statement earlier this month.

A senior Homeland Security official told Fox News on Monday that the government is gearing up for a record number of migrants traveling to the U.S. as families to either cross the southern border illegally or claim asylum at a port of entry this year.

The senior official told Fox News an estimated 51,000 to 58,000 people traveling as family units are projected to enter the U.S. this month, with that figure rising as high as 70,000 in May.
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On Monday night, at least 10 people illegally crossed into the U.S. via the California border with Mexico after a smuggler used two Salvadoran girls as decoys to distract border patrol agents.

The unidentified smuggler dropped the two girls - ages 6 and 9 - into concertina wire at an "aging" section of the border barrier, while the other illegal immigrants "got away," CBP said.
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A video showed the girls being dropped from the wall before the smuggler fled.
Fox News' Greg Norman and Katherine Lam contributed to this report.

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Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested in a matter of hours after crossing US-Mexico border in Texas

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A group of nearly 300 illegal immigrants - comprised mostly of family units and unaccompanied minors - was apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed Wednesday that agents working near Granjeno, Texas responded to reports of a large group of suspected illegal immigrants walking toward a river levee.

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Bride finds secret message from her late mother on wedding heels

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One thoughtful mom made sure she would be able to walk down the aisle with her daughter on her wedding day - even though she knew she would lose her battle with terminal lung cancer before the nuptials.

Bride-to-be Emma of Leicestershire, England got engaged in 2016, and had hoped that her mother would be by her side on the big day. Though her mom bravely battled a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer, the woman passed away in 2017, long before her daughter's August 2019 wedding date.

Fast-forward to last week, and Emma was blown away when she received her bespoke pink suede wedding heels in the mail - the shoes had been paid for by her mother and inscribed with a "secret" message on the sole, as per BBC.
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"Wanted you to have a gift from me on your wedding day. Your wedding shoes are my gift to you," a note in gold script read. "Hope you have a magical day. Lots and lots of love and big hugs, MUM xxxx"

The 38-year-old bride, naturally, was overwhelmed with emotion, Metro reports.

"I started to cry... I was just absolutely in bits. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk," she told the outlet. "It's been so hard planning a wedding without having her with me, and I have had lots of tears."

Emma divulged that her fiancé, Richard, was in on the surprise, though the heels from heaven were an "absolute shock" and indescribably sentimental.

Informed by doctors that she had one to two years to live after her diagnosis, Emma's mother had been writing letters to family members, though she tragically and suddenly passed away before she could write her engaged daughter a note of her own.
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"I didn't get a letter, she just ran out of time," Emma said. "So this is special to me."

Crafted by custom cobbler Lace and Love, designer Amanda Weise said that coordinating the special shoes was well worth the extra effort. Emma's mom had secretly contacted Weise, detailing that she wouldn't be there for her daughter's wedding day, BBC reports. She asked to pay for the dainty, ankle-strap heels, add the secret message, and keep the details from Emma until she shipped out the order, which the designer agreed to.

"The shoes were a beautiful thing to be a part of. From designing them to match Emma's requirements to making sure I could get a message from her mum to add to the soles was a lot of pressure," Weise told Fox News on March 15. "Especially while keeping it secret from Emma that her mum had paid for them and we were adding the secret message from her."

"It was also very emotional knowing what these were going to mean to Emma so the pressure to get them right was even greater," she continued. "I'm so proud to be able to give this gift to Emma and deliver what her mum wanted."
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Though Emma will not tie the knot for a few more months, the tale has since hit social media and touched the hearts of hundreds.

"What a beautiful story and of course shoes," one fan wrote on Facebook.

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Bride finds secret message from her late mother on wedding heels

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One thoughtful mom made sure she would be able to walk down the aisle with her daughter on her wedding day - even though she knew she would lose her battle with terminal lung cancer before the nuptials. Bride-to-be Emma of Leicestershire, England got engaged in 2016, and had hoped that her mother would be by her side on the big day.

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suspected burglar found dead underneath a 900- pound safe

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An Indiana man said he found an intruder dead in his home this week, trapped under his family's 900-pound safe, according to police.

George Hollingsworth, of Marion, Indiana, said he made the shocking discovery on Wednesday, a day after he first reported the robbery to police.

Hollingsworth was inspecting his home, located about 70 miles north of Indianapolis, for stolen items when he made the shocking discovery, according to the Marion Police Department.

The homeowner went into his garage and found that his floor safe, which had been lifted by a floor jack, was knocked over with a man lying beneath it. The safe weighs more than 900 pounds.

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"Hollingsworth began cleaning the clutter in his garage to see if any items had been stolen. Upon cleaning, he found that his antique floor safe weighing over 900 pounds was knocked over," the Marion Police Department said in a statement. "Upon further inspection Mr. Hollingsworth found a body lying underneath the safe."

The Marion Fire Department helped lift the safe and remove the body, police said. Authorities have not released the dead man's identity, pending family notifications.

"I came in [the house] and told my wife, 'I think we've got a dead body out there.' She thought I was kidding," Hollingsworth told Fox 59 in Indianapolis.

An autopsy will be conducted by the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center, according to the department.

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Man finds suspected burglar dead in home, trapped under 900-pound safe

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An Indiana man said he found an intruder dead in his home this week, trapped under his family's 900-pound safe, according to police. George Hollingsworth, of Marion, Indiana, said he made the shocking discovery on Wednesday, a day after he first reported the robbery to police.

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Man bites off security guard’s pinky at Queens bar: police

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FLUSHING, Queens - A man who allegedly bit off a security guard's pinky at a Queens bar last month is being sought, police said Wednesday.

The incident happened on Feb. 16 outside of El California Sports Bar, located on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 76th Street in Flushing.

The security guard was closing the bar's doors at about 4 a.m. when an unidentified man walked up to him, asking to go inside.

The two men began arguing after the guard told him the bar was closed, triggering the man to bite off a portion of the guard's pinky before running away.

The 37-year-old victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital Center where his finger was reattached, police said.

Police are now looking for the attacker, who was last seen wearing jeans, black boots and a black jacket with Japanese iconography inscribed throughout.
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Man bites off security guard's pinky at Queens bar: police

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FLUSHING, Queens - A man who allegedly bit off a security guard's pinky at a Queens bar last month is being sought, police said Wednesday. The incident happened on Feb. 16 outside of El California Sports Bar, located on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 76th Street in Flushing.

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us air force: boeing has 'severe situation' after flawed inspections on refueling plane - cnnpolitics

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Air Force says Boeing has 'severe situation' after trash found on refueling planes

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In a blistering attack on Boeing, the Air Force's top acquisition official said the company has a "severe situation" with flawed inspections of its new KC-46 air refueling tanker aircraft, after trash and industrial tools were found in some planes after they were delivered to the Air Force.

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Students in Europe's capitol cities for a global climate strike.

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Updated 5:55 p.m. ET, March 15, 2019

What we covered here

The Global Climate Strike: Students walked out of their classrooms in over 100 countries to protest climate inaction.

Here's why: They say their governments have failed future generations by not cutting emissions and curbing global warming.

5:55 p.m. ET, March 15, 2019
Our live coverage of the climate change protest has concluded. Read more about today's protest below:

Students from Nelson College in Nelson, New Zealand, performed a Haka dance during a massive climate change protest.

"The students behind them are from Nelson College for Girls, Nayland College, Waimea College, Broadgreen Intermediate and more," freelance journalist Naomi Arnold said.

Arnold shot this video of the performance:

Young climate activists are hoping to spark a widespread dialogue about climate change, following in the footsteps of their peers in Parkland, Florida, who led a national conversation about gun control after a mass shooting at their school.

And they're concerned about the inaction on this front.

World leaders only have 11 more years to avoid disastrous levels of global warming, according to a 2018 report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

If human-generated greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the planet will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels as soon as 2030. That threshold is critical.

Global warming at that temperature would put the planet at a greater risk of events like extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people, according to the IPCC report.

What they want: The common demand among students, although they vary country-to-country, is for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Here's what that agenda includes for kids in the US, according to the Youth Climate Strike website:

a national embrace of the Green New Deal

an end to fossil fuel infrastructure projects

a national emergency declaration on climate change

mandatory education on climate change and its effects from K-8

a clean water supply

preservation of public lands and wildlife

all government decisions to be tied to scientific research

Students in the US gathered near the Capitol in Washington, DC, carrying signs that read, "Change is coming," and chanting, "What do we want? Climate action! When do we want it? Now!"

"Today, the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of kids who are striking around the world are doing it not because we want to skip school, but because we are scared," 12-year-old Haven Coleman, co-founder and co-director of the US Youth Climate Strike, said at a news conference in the country's capital.

"Climate change is the largest threat to our lives, our future and our world," she said.

Other strikes were planned in nearly all 50 states.

European capital cities have attracted huge crowds of strikers today, as shown in these pictures shared by the European Green Party:

In cities across India, school students joined climate strikes.

Vidit Baya, head of the Fridays for Future movement in India, tells CNN that India is already suffering from the impacts of climate change.

"In 2018, severe floods affected the coastal state of Kerala killing hundreds and injuring thousands. It is suspected that a 2 degrees Celsius rise in world's temperature will make India's monsoon ever more unpredictable," he says.

"Rising sea levels will impact agriculture and degrade groundwater quality," according to Baya.

Watch student protesters in India:

In Tel Aviv, hundreds of students have gathered to protest what they say is the Israeli government's failure to cut emissions and switch to renewable energy sources.

"We fear that drought and extreme weather conditions will destroy our economy because when temperature rises the need for water will increase and also the lack (of) water multiplies. Low income families will struggle to pay for water," Michael Bäcklund, one of the strike's main organizers, tells CNN.

Thousands of young people have gathered in Luxembourg City, singing, dancing and listening to speeches.

"We strike to express our dissatisfaction with current large-scale inaction on climate change," says Zelie Guisset,from Youth for Climate Luxembourg.

"To show we are gravely concerned about the world we will live our future lives in. To demand that treating the climate crisis as the crisis it is. Hoping that our strike will urge and pressure politicians or other people in power to take the urgent action needed to solve this climate crisis.

"Thirty years of 'small individual acts' and 'everyone does their bit' has not worked. Governments of the world have to wake up."

Mayors around the world have expressed their support for the student protests.

"It is heartening to see our young people taking a stand and reminding us that it is their generation who will be left to face the worst effects of climate change if we don't act quickly to cut carbon emissions," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.

"It is truly inspiring to see young people demanding urgent climate action. It is our responsibility as adults and political leaders, to learn from you and deliver the future you want and the future you can trust in," said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who joined the march in Paris.

Read Mayor Hidalgo's CNN op-ed about how female empowerment could avert a global climate crisis

What we covered here

The Global Climate Strike: Students walked out of their classrooms in over 100 countries to protest climate inaction.

Here's why: They say their governments have failed future generations by not cutting emissions and curbing global warming.

5:55 p.m. ET, March 15, 2019
Our live coverage of the climate change protest has concluded. Read more about today's protest below:

Students from Nelson College in Nelson, New Zealand, performed a Haka dance during a massive climate change protest.

"The students behind them are from Nelson College for Girls, Nayland College, Waimea College, Broadgreen Intermediate and more," freelance journalist Naomi Arnold said.

Arnold shot this video of the performance:

Young climate activists are hoping to spark a widespread dialogue about climate change, following in the footsteps of their peers in Parkland, Florida, who led a national conversation about gun control after a mass shooting at their school.

And they're concerned about the inaction on this front.

World leaders only have 11 more years to avoid disastrous levels of global warming, according to a 2018 report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

If human-generated greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the planet will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels as soon as 2030. That threshold is critical.

Global warming at that temperature would put the planet at a greater risk of events like extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people, according to the IPCC report.

What they want: The common demand among students, although they vary country-to-country, is for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Here's what that agenda includes for kids in the US, according to the Youth Climate Strike website:

a national embrace of the Green New Deal

an end to fossil fuel infrastructure projects

a national emergency declaration on climate change

mandatory education on climate change and its effects from K-8

a clean water supply

preservation of public lands and wildlife

all government decisions to be tied to scientific research

Students in the US gathered near the Capitol in Washington, DC, carrying signs that read, "Change is coming," and chanting, "What do we want? Climate action! When do we want it? Now!"

"Today, the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of kids who are striking around the world are doing it not because we want to skip school, but because we are scared," 12-year-old Haven Coleman, co-founder and co-director of the US Youth Climate Strike, said at a news conference in the country's capital.

"Climate change is the largest threat to our lives, our future and our world," she said.

Other strikes were planned in nearly all 50 states.

European capital cities have attracted huge crowds of strikers today, as shown in these pictures shared by the European Green Party:

In cities across India, school students joined climate strikes.

Vidit Baya, head of the Fridays for Future movement in India, tells CNN that India is already suffering from the impacts of climate change.

"In 2018, severe floods affected the coastal state of Kerala killing hundreds and injuring thousands. It is suspected that a 2 degrees Celsius rise in world's temperature will make India's monsoon ever more unpredictable," he says.

"Rising sea levels will impact agriculture and degrade groundwater quality," according to Baya.

Watch student protesters in India:

In Tel Aviv, hundreds of students have gathered to protest what they say is the Israeli government's failure to cut emissions and switch to renewable energy sources.

"We fear that drought and extreme weather conditions will destroy our economy because when temperature rises the need for water will increase and also the lack (of) water multiplies. Low income families will struggle to pay for water," Michael Bäcklund, one of the strike's main organizers, tells CNN.

Thousands of young people have gathered in Luxembourg City, singing, dancing and listening to speeches.

"We strike to express our dissatisfaction with current large-scale inaction on climate change," says Zelie Guisset,from Youth for Climate Luxembourg.

"To show we are gravely concerned about the world we will live our future lives in. To demand that treating the climate crisis as the crisis it is. Hoping that our strike will urge and pressure politicians or other people in power to take the urgent action needed to solve this climate crisis.

"Thirty years of 'small individual acts' and 'everyone does their bit' has not worked. Governments of the world have to wake up."

Mayors around the world have expressed their support for the student protests.

"It is heartening to see our young people taking a stand and reminding us that it is their generation who will be left to face the worst effects of climate change if we don't act quickly to cut carbon emissions," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.

"It is truly inspiring to see young people demanding urgent climate action. It is our responsibility as adults and political leaders, to learn from you and deliver the future you want and the future you can trust in," said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who joined the march in Paris.

Read Mayor Hidalgo's CNN op-ed about how female empowerment could avert a global climate crisis

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Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested in a matter of hours after crossing US-Mexico border in Texas

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A group of nearly 300 illegal immigrants - comprised mostly of family units and unaccompanied minors - was apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed Wednesday that agents working near Granjeno, Texas responded to reports of a large group of suspected illegal immigrants walking toward a river levee.

Upon arrival, agents said they found 289 illegal immigrants crossing the river levee from Mexico - making it the largest group they've encountered in the area so far this year.
BORDER OFFICIALS GEARING UP FOR RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS TRAVELING AS FAMILIES TRY TO ENTER US
Agents said, including this group, they had detained more than 1,000 illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector in 24 hours.

The latest large group comes as CBP has seen an uptick in such groups crossing the border illegally into the U.S.

In Arizona, agents arrested nearly 750 illegal immigrants last weekend. They all came in large groups of mostly Central American families and unaccompanied minors.
SMUGGLER USES GIRLS AS DISTRACTION TO HELP 10 PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSS US-MEXICO BORDER, OFFICIALS SAY
To date, in Fiscal Year 2019, the Yuma Sector in Arizona has seen a 230 percent increase in family unit apprehensions and a 36 present increase in unaccompanied minors when compared to year to date numbers last year, CBP revealed Monday.

Across the border, 60 percent of apprehensions at the border are family units and unaccompanied minors, the agency said earlier this month. More than 268,000 family units and unaccompanied minors have been apprehended at the United States' southern border to date in Fiscal Year 2019, CBP said.

"We are currently facing a humanitarian and national security crisis along our southwest border," CBP Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan said in a statement earlier this month.

A senior Homeland Security official told Fox News on Monday that the government is gearing up for a record number of migrants traveling to the U.S. as families to either cross the southern border illegally or claim asylum at a port of entry this year.

The senior official told Fox News an estimated 51,000 to 58,000 people traveling as family units are projected to enter the U.S. this month, with that figure rising as high as 70,000 in May.
NEARLY 200 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS APPREHENDED CROSSING BORDER IN NEW MEXICO
On Monday night, at least 10 people illegally crossed into the U.S. via the California border with Mexico after a smuggler used two Salvadoran girls as decoys to distract border patrol agents.

The unidentified smuggler dropped the two girls - ages 6 and 9 - into concertina wire at an "aging" section of the border barrier, while the other illegal immigrants "got away," CBP said.
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A video showed the girls being dropped from the wall before the smuggler fled.
Fox News' Greg Norman and Katherine Lam contributed to this report.

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Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested in a matter of hours after crossing US-Mexico border in Texas

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A group of nearly 300 illegal immigrants - comprised mostly of family units and unaccompanied minors - was apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed Wednesday that agents working near Granjeno, Texas responded to reports of a large group of suspected illegal immigrants walking toward a river levee.

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Chick-fil-A is adding a key lime shake to the menu on March 18.

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Chick-fil-A is ready to bring its Frosted Key Lime beverage nationwide.

After what it described as a successful test run in Austin last year, the fast-food chain officially announced on Thursday that the drink - a blend of its IceDream dairy dessert, lemonade (or sugar-free lemonade) and the flavors of three types of limes - will debut on menus Monday.
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"The Frosted Key Lime intrigued our guests because of its unique color and flavor combination. Once they tried it, they were hooked," said a team member in Austin, per a news release. "Frosted Key Lime also became a fast favorite among our team - we would often drink it during our breaks."

Chick-fil-A further noted that the color of the drink, a muted green, comes from natural elements including turmeric and spirulina.

"If you like how our IceDream and Lemonade taste together in our Frosted Lemonade, just wait until you try Frosted Key Lime," said recipe developer Christy Cook, adding that she took inspiration from an idea for a Key Lime Pie Milkshake that Chick-fil-A once considered.
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The Frosted Key Lime drink, which Chick-fil-A seems intent on not calling a "shake," will be available for a limited time between March 18 and May 25.

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Chick-fil-A debuting Frosted Key Lime drink on menus nationwide

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Chick-fil-A is ready to bring its Frosted Key Lime beverage nationwide. After what it described as a successful test run in Austin last year, the fast-food chain officially announced on Thursday that the drink - a blend of its IceDream dairy dessert, lemonade (or sugar-free lemonade) and the flavors of three types of limes - will debut on menus Monday.

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Missing dog found in Mountains in Scotland

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A small dog missing for 48 hours in bad weather in the Cairngorms has been rescued by helicopter.

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Norwegian Cruise line in giving free cruises and a chance to win $15,000 to 2-15 teachers this spring.

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"Joy" is the theme.

Everyone has that one teacher who made school feel filled with joy.

Norwegian Cruise Line wants to celebrate those incredible teachers with a free cruise.

"Joy" is the theme for a good reason: the cruise line will debut the Norwegian Joy in North America in May 2019.

NCL is giving a seven-day cruise for two to 15 teachers in the U.S. and Canada. Nominate an educator who demonstrates a passion for spreading the joy of learning (or, if you are one, nominate yourself!). Tell NCL how your candidate is bringing joy to the classroom, then cast your vote.

The top 15 nominees will receive a free cruise for two, an exclusive invitation to an award ceremony on May 3 in Seattle -- including airfare and accommodations -- and the chance to win the grand prize of $15,000 for their school.

Part of the cruise line's Breakaway Plus class, the Norwegian Joy will sail from the West Coast year-round to Alaska, the Mexican Riviera, the Pacific Coast, and the Panama Canal. It has an on board race track, laser tag, an outdoor promenade and perhaps most importantly for those teachers who give it their all: the Mandara Spa.

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Norwegian Cruise Line is giving free cruises to teachers this spring

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"Joy" is the theme. Everyone has that one teacher who made school feel filled with joy. Norwegian Cruise Line wants to celebrate those incredible teachers with a free cruise. "Joy" is the theme for a good reason: the cruise line will debut the Norwegian Joy in North America in May 2019.