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Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms, including ending sales of assault-style rifles and banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21, the company announced this morning.

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"Based on what's happened and looking at those kids and those parents, it moved us all unimaginably," company Chairman and CEO Edward Stack said today on " Good Morning America," referring to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 14 students and three educators.

"To think about the loss and the grief that those kids and those parents had, we said, 'We need to do something,'" Stack, whose father, Dick, started the business 70 years ago, explained. "And we're taking these guns out of all of our stores permanently."

The move follows the revelation that Nikolas Cruz, the alleged gunman behind the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, bought a gun at Dick's in 2017. It was not the gun nor the kind of gun used in the massacre, however.

"We did everything by the book," Stack said of Cruz. "We did everything that the law required and still he was able to buy a gun. When we looked at that, we said, 'The systems that are in place across the board just aren't effective enough to keep us from selling someone a gun like that.'"

The new measures go into effect today. Aside from Dick's, the Pittsburgh-based, publicly traded company also operates stores under the Gold Galaxy, Field & Stream, True Runner and Chelsea Collective banners.

Dick's announced a temporary suspension of assault-style rifles from its stores after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 elementary school students and educators.

Assault-style rifles were later sold in the company's Field & Stream stores, Stack said.

When asked whether there is a chance the company will reverse its position on the newly announced ban, Stack replied, "Never."

"We're staunch supporters of the 2nd Amendment. I'm a gun owner myself," Stack said. "We've just decided that based on what's happened with these guns, we don't want to be a part of this story and we've eliminated these guns permanently."

In light of recent mass shootings, Dick's, along with other gun retailers and manufacturers, is among the public companies that have come under pressure from some activist stockholders "to report on steps they're taking to improve gun safety and to mitigate the harm associated with gun products," Fortune magazine reported last week.

It's an open question about how this decision will affect the company's bottom line but it is prepared for any backlash, Stack said this morning.

"We know that this isn't going to make everyone happy," he said.

More than a dozen companies, ranging from hotel operators to insurance providers, have announced plans to stop offering discounts and cost-saving programs for members of the NRA in light of the Florida shooting.

Students who survived the attack are lobbying for tougher gun laws, and many have demanded companies stop doing business with the NRA.

Discussing the possible repercussions for Dick's, Stack pointed to the courage of those students, many of whom are responsible for mobilizing and organizing gun control rallies, marches and social media-inspired boycotts.

"When we take a look at what those kids and the parents and the heroes in the school, what they did, our view was if the kids can be brave enough to organize like this, we can be brave enough to take these out of here," he said of the guns.

In an open letter to consumers, Stack outlined the new four-point policy for the chain's 700-plus stores, which is as follows:

- Assault-style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles, will no longer be sold. Stacks noted that the company had already removed them from all Dick's stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, but they will now be removed from all 35 Field & Stream stores.

- Firearms will no longer be sold to anyone under the age of 21.

- High capacity magazines will no longer be sold.

- And finally, "We never have and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.

In the letter, Stack explained, "We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that's in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that's taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America -- our kids."

Stack is also now calling on elected officials to take action on gun control.

"We don't want to see the partisan politics where one side espouses their position and another side espouses their position and they actually never do anything," he said. "We hope that Congress will come together."

"This is a complex issue. It's not just about guns. It's about mental health reform, it's around background checks," Stack said. "We hope they come together with the intent of really finding a solution to this problem as opposed to just talking about it, knowing that they're never going to do anything, just speak to their base.

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Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms, including ending sales of assault-style rifles and banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21, the company announced this morning. "Based on...

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Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms, including ending sales of assault-style rifles and banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21, the company announced this morning.

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"Based on what's happened and looking at those kids and those parents, it moved us all unimaginably," company Chairman and CEO Edward Stack said today on " Good Morning America," referring to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 14 students and three educators.

"To think about the loss and the grief that those kids and those parents had, we said, 'We need to do something,'" Stack, whose father, Dick, started the business 70 years ago, explained. "And we're taking these guns out of all of our stores permanently."

The move follows the revelation that Nikolas Cruz, the alleged gunman behind the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, bought a gun at Dick's in 2017. It was not the gun nor the kind of gun used in the massacre, however.

"We did everything by the book," Stack said of Cruz. "We did everything that the law required and still he was able to buy a gun. When we looked at that, we said, 'The systems that are in place across the board just aren't effective enough to keep us from selling someone a gun like that.'"

The new measures go into effect today. Aside from Dick's, the Pittsburgh-based, publicly traded company also operates stores under the Gold Galaxy, Field & Stream, True Runner and Chelsea Collective banners.

Dick's announced a temporary suspension of assault-style rifles from its stores after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 elementary school students and educators.

Assault-style rifles were later sold in the company's Field & Stream stores, Stack said.

When asked whether there is a chance the company will reverse its position on the newly announced ban, Stack replied, "Never."

"We're staunch supporters of the 2nd Amendment. I'm a gun owner myself," Stack said. "We've just decided that based on what's happened with these guns, we don't want to be a part of this story and we've eliminated these guns permanently."

In light of recent mass shootings, Dick's, along with other gun retailers and manufacturers, is among the public companies that have come under pressure from some activist stockholders "to report on steps they're taking to improve gun safety and to mitigate the harm associated with gun products," Fortune magazine reported last week.

It's an open question about how this decision will affect the company's bottom line but it is prepared for any backlash, Stack said this morning.

"We know that this isn't going to make everyone happy," he said.

More than a dozen companies, ranging from hotel operators to insurance providers, have announced plans to stop offering discounts and cost-saving programs for members of the NRA in light of the Florida shooting.

Students who survived the attack are lobbying for tougher gun laws, and many have demanded companies stop doing business with the NRA.

Discussing the possible repercussions for Dick's, Stack pointed to the courage of those students, many of whom are responsible for mobilizing and organizing gun control rallies, marches and social media-inspired boycotts.

"When we take a look at what those kids and the parents and the heroes in the school, what they did, our view was if the kids can be brave enough to organize like this, we can be brave enough to take these out of here," he said of the guns.

In an open letter to consumers, Stack outlined the new four-point policy for the chain's 700-plus stores, which is as follows:

- Assault-style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles, will no longer be sold. Stacks noted that the company had already removed them from all Dick's stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, but they will now be removed from all 35 Field & Stream stores.

- Firearms will no longer be sold to anyone under the age of 21.

- High capacity magazines will no longer be sold.

- And finally, "We never have and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.

In the letter, Stack explained, "We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that's in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that's taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America -- our kids."

Stack is also now calling on elected officials to take action on gun control.

"We don't want to see the partisan politics where one side espouses their position and another side espouses their position and they actually never do anything," he said. "We hope that Congress will come together."

"This is a complex issue. It's not just about guns. It's about mental health reform, it's around background checks," Stack said. "We hope they come together with the intent of really finding a solution to this problem as opposed to just talking about it, knowing that they're never going to do anything, just speak to their base.

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia.

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia.

Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

The 26-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years, the same sentence given to her housemate, Trudi Lenon, at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, according to Sky News.

Prosecutor James McTaggart told jurors Lilley had spoken of wanting to kill someone before she turned 25, and after the slaying was "full of herself and euphoric" while boasting to a coworker. Prosecutors said she also idolized horror movies, including the character Freddy Krueger from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, according to News.com.au.

Lilley and Lenon met through a friend and became close, eventually moving in together two months before the killing, according to the BBC. Prosecutors said the pair exchanged homicidal fantasies until Pajich's killing, and had bought various supplies such as a circular saw and 100 liters of hydrochloric acid to help dispose of the body, the BBC reported.

Pajich, who had autism, was lured to his death in June 2016, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing. Lenon said during the trial that Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, strangled him until the wire broke and then stabbed him three times, Sky News reported.

Prosecutors said during the trial that Lilley left incriminating messages to her "obsequious and sycophantic" follower Lenon hours after the killing, saying she was feeling things she had "not felt before," according to Sky News.
WOMAN KILLED AUTISTIC TEEN TO CHECK OFF MURDER FROM 'BUCKET LIST,' PROSECUTORS SAY
Jurors were also told Lilley had written a book about a serial killer, called "SOS," and went on to assume the identity of the main character.

"The book was a big problem with me," Lilley's stepmother, Nina Lilley, 48, told The Times. "At the beginning I thought, 'Fair enough. You want to write a horror story.' But I didn't like the contents of it. "She had always had an obsession with serial killers, but she said it was a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child,"

After the pair was sentenced, the victim's mother told reporters she was heartbroken and would have to deal with what happened to her son for a lifetime.

"He was my precious little boy, he was my first-born. He was full of life," Sharon Pajich said, adding the pair were "disgusting animals" and should never be released. "They deserve everything they get for what they've done. They've taken an innocent boy from his loved ones."

Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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'Bucket list' killer sentenced for stabbing death of autistic teen

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia. Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

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At least 24 people in Europe are dead from freak winter storm

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Parts of the Arctic are warmer than areas in Europe after a storm that's been dubbed "the Beast from the East" sent temperatures plunging across the region, even bringing a rare snowstorm to Rome.

The freezing weather system moving from Siberia toward Western Europe has been blamed for the death of 24 people across the continent, according to the AFP news agency.

Warnings were issued across Britain as heavy snow caused flights out of Heathrow Airport to be canceled. The rail network in London and the wider United Kingdom experienced significant delays.

Meanwhile in Rome, residents were seen skiing and sledding as the Italian civil protection agency was mobilized to help clear the snow from streets.

Video also showed frozen canals in Amsterdam -- the first time since 2012. Some brave residents ice skated on the city's waterways.

And it wasn't just residents and commuters who have been affected by the record chill. The car transporting the prime minister of Sweden skidded off a road in the middle of a snowstorm outside of Stockholm. He was uninjured.

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Parts of the Arctic are warmer than areas in Europe after a storm that's been dubbed "the Beast from the East" sent temperatures plunging across the region, even bringing a rare snowstorm to Rome. The freezing weather system moving from Siberia toward Western Europe has been blamed for the death...

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Dick's sporting good will stop selling assault-style rifles.

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Dick's Sporting Goods, the nation's largest sporting goods retailer, will stop selling assault-style weapons like the one used in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting.

The company said it will also raise the minimum age for all gun sales to 21. Dick's will not sell high-capacity magazines that allow shooters to fire far more rounds than traditional weapons without reloading, as well as other accessories used with weapons similar to the AR-15.

The Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, bought a gun at Dick's. The company said he did not buy the AR-15 that he used in the school shooting there.

The company stopped selling those military-style semiautomatic weapons in its Dick's-branded stores after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012, but it continued to sell those weapons at its 35 Field and Stream stores.

Now it will pull those weapons from all of its stores.

Walmart , the nation's largest retailer and a major seller of firearms, announced it would stop selling the military-style semiautomatic weapons in August 2015.

There have been widespread calls for tougher gun control measures in the week since the school shooting.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 28, 2018: 7:28 AM ET

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The company said it will also raise the minimum age for all gun sales to 21. Dick's will not sell high-capacity magazines that allow shooters to fire far more rounds than traditional weapons without reloading, as well as other accessories used with weapons similar to the AR-15.

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florida shooting survivors return to school: follow live - cnn

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Students return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for classes for the first time since a gunman opened fire on their campus and killed 17 people. Follow here for the latest.

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Two men recorded them getting into an argument  with an American Airlines ticket agent over a missed flight. The passengers claimed that their flight had been overbooked and that boarding was unjustly “closed” to them, while the American Airlines staffer insisted that their group of eight had simply missed boarding their plane.

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Tensions ran high at Miami International Airport on Feb. 21, when two passengers filmed their argument with an American Airlines ticket agent over a missed flight. The passengers claimed that their flight had been overbooked and that boarding was unjustly "closed" to them, while the American Airlines staffer insisted that their group of eight had simply missed boarding their plane.

According footage shared by Newsflare, one of the unidentified passengers insisted that they had waited three hours for their flight and did not hear an announcement that gate E5 was closing. Meanwhile, the ticket agent fired back that the party was absent during boarding.
FIRE IN THE SKY: SOUTHWEST FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE EXPERIENCES 'PERFORMANCE ISSUES'
"I assigned your seat a long time ago and you were not here. I paged you and I paged your name and you were not here," the ticket agent said as he waved what appears to be a boarding pass, ripped in half. "The situation is, is that you are here and there are no more flights... the point is, is that you have missed your flight."

"I told you, I told you they are overselling the tickets. They sell 10 tickets extra... they gave your seat to someone else... they gave it to a family, I understand," one of the passengers says.

The spat then takes a turn for the worse, as one of the two angry passengers screams at another American Airlines staffer "You treat us like animals!"
AIRBNB COULD SOON BE LAUNCHING AN AIRLINE
"You don't know who I am... do you want me to sleep on the floor now?" the passenger adds in the five-minute video.

For their part, American Airlines confirmed to Fox News that the flight was not booked full and not oversold. They stand by the statement that the group of eight was simply late.
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"A few passengers arrived late for American flight 2722 on Feb. 21 from Miami to Boston. Our Miami team called their names at 9:38 p.m. ET without any answer, and the flight departed on-time, as scheduled, at 9:45 p.m. ET," spokesman Ross Feinstein said, adding that all others passengers boarded the flight just fine. "These passengers were rebooked on a flight the next morning."

"As a reminder, passengers must be at the gate 10 minutes prior to departure in order to ensure an on-time departure," he added.

Janine Puhak is an editor for Fox News Lifestyle. Follow her on Twitter at @JaninePuhak

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American Airlines staffer filmed squabbling with passengers over missed flight

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Tensions ran high at Miami International Airport on Feb. 21, when two passengers filmed their argument with an American Airlines ticket agent over a missed flight. The passengers claimed that their flight had been overbooked and that boarding was unjustly "closed" to them, while the American Airlines staffer insisted that their group of eight had simply missed boarding their plane.

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Substance in envelope sickens 11 at Marine base in Virginia

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Eleven people reported feeling ill and three were taken to a hospital Tuesday after an envelope containing an unidentified substance was opened at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in suburban Washington, officials said.

The fire department in Arlington, Virginia, where the facility is, said that the three hospitalized victims were stable but that their conditions weren't immediately available.

A gunnery sergeant opened the envelope, which was received at about 4 p.m. ET, the base said Tuesday night. People who were exposed reported symptoms including itchy hands and faces and bloody noses, a Marine official told NBC News. The building was evacuated immediately.

Closely following the situation at Ft. Myer in Arlington. This is scary, I hope very much that everyone involved will be alright. https://t.co/19WHBmUNCp
- Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) February 27, 2018

The Marine Corps said the FBI was assisting with the investigation.

Henderson Hall, the Marine Corps' headquarters company unit, is part of the Army-commanded multi-service facility, which is home to the Arlington National Cemetery Honor Guard.

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Eleven people reported feeling ill and three were taken to a hospital Tuesday after an envelope containing an unidentified substance was opened at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in suburban Washington, officials said. The fire department in Arlington, Virginia, where the facility is, said that the three hospitalized victims were stable but that their conditions weren't immediately available.

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American and it's gun culture is crazy. 66% of US gun owners own multiple firearms. Americans as a whole own more guns pr capital than residents in other countries.

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Mass shootings in Texas and Ohio have reignited the debate around gun rights in the US. Here's how America's gun culture compares to the rest of the world.

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Jennifer Lawrence: I was treated 'in a way that now we would call abusive'

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Amanpour's interview with Jennifer Lawrence and director Francis Lawrence airs at 8pm CET on CNN International and 11pm ET on PBS.

The star of Hollywood's "The Hunger Games" franchise says she does not put any of her experiences in the same category as those of Harvey Weinstein's alleged victims, but she does remember occasions when men in senior roles in the movie industry would touch her legs and she felt unable to protest.

"I was certainly mistreated," she said in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

In 2014, she was one of several celebrities who were hacked and whose personal nude photos were published online, which Lawrence described at the time as a "sex crime."

Lawrence has described feeling "empowered" after shooting a nude scene in her new espionage thriller "Red Sparrow," which she described as "the perfect movie" for the #MeToo age.

"I had... a lot of insecurities when it came to sexuality and nudity and my body and I've just been carrying them around for years," she said in an interview, which also featured "Red Sparrow" director Francis Lawrence (no relation).

"When I read the script I loved it so much and I thought, if I don't do it... it's almost like all of these insecurities and fears win."

Based on the first novel in a trilogy, "Red Sparrow" tells the story of Dominika Egorova (played by Lawrence), a Russian ballerina who becomes a secret agent after an injury ends her career.

She undergoes a sadistic training program at the Sparrow School, at one point being told, "Your body belongs to the state," and is ordered to strip naked along with several other women.

Recalling the process of shooting the scene, the 27-year-old actress said: "The pre-emptive anxiety is so much worse than the actual reality. I had had a good year to prepare mentally for what I was going to do. The worst part was the night before -- I didn't sleep at all."

Coincidentally, the scene echoed a "mentally brutal" experience Lawrence had early in her career when she was photographed almost naked alongside several much thinner women and told by a female producer to "use the photos as motivation" to lose weight.

The shoot for the nude scene in "Red Sparrow" was far less stress-inducing than she might have thought.

"When I got there, everybody's so professional and so nice," she said. "I was perfectly comfortable, and afterwards I felt empowered. I still feel empowered."

Although the film was shot well before the emergence of the #MeToo movement, the actress sees it as "the perfect movie that we need right now." It "opens up the conversation for the difference between consent and not consent," she explained. While she made an independent decision to be part of the movie, fully aware of what that entailed, Lawrence is aware that not all women in the industry are truly free to make the choice that is right for them.

When she agreed, they immediately began a conversation "about how to make her as comfortable as possible," he said. "It was a real collaboration between the two of us."

The director is convinced that men such as himself have a vital role to play in ending sexual abuse and harassment in the industry.

Directors should aim to create "the safest environments possible... so that people feel respected and safe and comfortable," he said.

He also called for more movies about women, and for more women to be hired to work both in front of and behind the camera, as well as more female executives.

Sexual harassment "happens in every single business around the world" and has been happening "for a very long time," he said. "What's new is the bravery of the people coming out and speaking about it."

Both he and Jennifer Lawrence are convinced that change will come as a result. "If we create a community where survivors can come forward and talk, then there's going to be change and there's going to be no way of going backwards," she said.

"Red Sparrow" is scheduled to be released in most of Europe on March 1 and in the United States on March 2.

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Investigating the 2016 bus crash, showing video of the driver with phone in hand.

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New video played in court today shows the driver in a deadly 2016 bus crash with a cellphone in his hand, prosecutors say.

Johnthony Walker, 25, was driving a school bus when it crashed on Talley Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 21, 2016. Thirty-seven students were on the bus at the time of the crash; six died and many others were injured.

Walker is charged with 34 counts, including six counts of vehicular homicide. His trial began today and he has pleaded not guilty.

Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, FILE

Prosecutor Crystle Carrion introduced three video clips from three different cameras on the school bus. One clip shows students getting on the bus prior to the crash, prosecutors say, adding that a cellphone can be seen in Walker's hand.

Two other clips show the aftermath of the crash. Prosecutors say the footage shows students exiting the overturned bus through the front windshield and side windows. One young girl is unable to get out, her arm pinned under debris, prosecutors say. Walker is also seen helping children off the bus, according to prosecutors.

"It all could have been avoided if Johnthony Walker had slowed down below the speed limit and stayed off his phone," Carrion said today.

Walker's attorney, Amanda Dunn, did not dispute her client caused the injuries that took place that day. Dunn, however, argued today the Chattanooga Police Department did not fully investigate an eyewitness who said Walker swerved the bus to avoid an oncoming white van on the day of the crash.

"[There is] no justice in convicting a man based on conjecture, and that is what the state wants to do," Dunn said.

Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, FILE

On the first day of the trial, multiple witnesses were called to the stand, many of them members of the Chattanooga Police Department.

One witness, Takisha Nixon, had a phone call with Walker as he was driving the bus, but before the crash. Nixon said the conversation was brief.

"I asked if he was working, he said yes. I asked if he was driving, he said yes. I said 'Be careful' and hung up," Nixon testified.

Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, FILE

Nixon said she did not know at the time Walker was driving a school bus full of children, but feels "very strongly" about talking on the phone while driving because of past experiences.

Nixon also stated in her testimony she doesn't think the conversation lasted three minutes and 50 seconds, as phone records shown by prosecutors indicate. She said she thinks the phone just never hung up.

The trial will continue Wednesday.

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The world's most deadliest spider may actually help people save its own victims the spider is called colossus.

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He's big. He drips venom. He's angry. His name is Colossus.

And he's the Australian Reptile Park's biggest recruit.

Found on News South Wales' Central Coast, he's now letting go of all that pent-up hostility for a cause. Antivenene. Colossus is being milked for his prodigious production of venom, which is then used to create life-saving antidotes for the bite of the frightening Australian funnel web.

Australian funnel webs are renowned as the world's deadliest spider.

Fortunately, just one of the 40 species of funnel-web found in Australia holds that title: the Sydney funnel-web (Atrax robustus)

In a worst-case scenario, it can kill a human in just 15 minutes.

It has been known to grow up to 10cm in size. Its large rear-facing fangs are strong enough to pierce toenails.

Its venom short-circuits the nervous system. Synapses and nerves go into overdrive - producing a racing heart, high blood pressure and breathing difficulty.

The human body can't handle this for long. But nobody has died from a bite since 1981 when the antivenene was invented.

Now Colossus is helping keep stocks up.

The average funnel-web needs to be "milked" up to 70 times to produce a single dose.

Colossus may come in somewhat less than that, though.

But he's among several hundred similar arachnids being kept to safeguard humans against their own kind.

This story originally appeared in news.com.au.

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He's big. He drips venom. He's angry. His name is Colossus. And he's the Australian Reptile Park's biggest recruit. Found on News South Wales' Central Coast, he's now letting go of all that pent-up hostility for a cause. Antivenene.

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Dicks sporting goods is ending the sale for assault rifle type guns.

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Florida shooting survivors return to school

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Florida shooting survivors return to school: Follow live

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Students return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for classes for the first time since a gunman opened fire on their campus and killed 17 people. Follow here for the latest.

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Joint base Myer was quarantined because an envelope was opened containing a white substance. 11 marines were released after being screened.

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Three Marines have been sent home after a brief hospital stay following the discovery of an envelope containing an unknown substance at Joint Base Myer- Henderson Hall.

In all, 11 people reported symptoms of illness after the envelope was opened on the Marine Corps side of the Northern Virginia base around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The three Marines, who have not been identified, were transported to the hospital for further examination.

Lindsey Mastis, an anchor for the local News Channel 8, Tweeted that a corporal, gunnery sergeant and colonel reported symptoms including burning hands and face, and one individual experienced a nosebleed. That account has not been confirmed by officials.

The Marines were released around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, base officials said in a news release.

The joint base borders Arlington Cemetery and overlooks the Pentagon. It's home to a number of military ceremonial units and the U.S. Army Band.

According to Marine officials and emergency responders, the building was evacuated immediately after the envelope was discovered. HAZMAT procedures were initiated, and all 11 people participated in a decontamination process. The building itself was screened and cleared.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service is working with the FBI to investigate the incident, joint base officials said.
-- Hope Hodge Seck can be reached at hope.seck@military.com. Follow her on Twitter at @HopeSeck.
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Marines Released from Hospital after HAZMAT Incident at Joint Base Myer

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Three Marines have been sent home after a brief hospital stay following the discovery of an envelope containing an unknown substance at Joint Base Myer- Henderson Hall. In all, 11 people reported symptoms of illness after the envelope was opened on the Marine Corps side of the Northern Virginia base around 3:30 p.m.

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A woman was sentenced for killing an autistic teen

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia.

Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

The 26-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years, the same sentence given to her housemate, Trudi Lenon, at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, according to Sky News.

Prosecutor James McTaggart told jurors Lilley had spoken of wanting to kill someone before she turned 25, and after the slaying was "full of herself and euphoric" while boasting to a coworker. Prosecutors said she also idolized horror movies, including the character Freddy Krueger from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, according to News.com.au.

Lilley and Lenon met through a friend and became close, eventually moving in together two months before the killing, according to the BBC. Prosecutors said the pair exchanged homicidal fantasies until Pajich's killing, and had bought various supplies such as a circular saw and 100 liters of hydrochloric acid to help dispose of the body, the BBC reported.

Pajich, who had autism, was lured to his death in June 2016, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing. Lenon said during the trial that Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, strangled him until the wire broke and then stabbed him three times, Sky News reported.

Prosecutors said during the trial that Lilley left incriminating messages to her "obsequious and sycophantic" follower Lenon hours after the killing, saying she was feeling things she had "not felt before," according to Sky News.
WOMAN KILLED AUTISTIC TEEN TO CHECK OFF MURDER FROM 'BUCKET LIST,' PROSECUTORS SAY
Jurors were also told Lilley had written a book about a serial killer, called "SOS," and went on to assume the identity of the main character.

"The book was a big problem with me," Lilley's stepmother, Nina Lilley, 48, told The Times. "At the beginning I thought, 'Fair enough. You want to write a horror story.' But I didn't like the contents of it. "She had always had an obsession with serial killers, but she said it was a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child,"

After the pair was sentenced, the victim's mother told reporters she was heartbroken and would have to deal with what happened to her son for a lifetime.

"He was my precious little boy, he was my first-born. He was full of life," Sharon Pajich said, adding the pair were "disgusting animals" and should never be released. "They deserve everything they get for what they've done. They've taken an innocent boy from his loved ones."

Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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'Bucket list' killer sentenced for stabbing death of autistic teen

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia. Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

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5 Tips for People With HIV From Infectious Disease Experts

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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks your body's immune system and is usually transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids. While there isn't a cure for HIV, adherence to your doctor's treatment plan can dramatically reduce the disease's progress and can give patients a near-nomal lifespan. Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Kim Erlich offers these helpful tips for managing your HIV.

1. Stick with your treatment regimen. It is the cornerstone of your health.

For HIV patients, taking your prescribed medicine regularly is critical. HIV drugs work to lower the amount of virus in your body, called the viral load. When patients aren't taking their medicine regularly, the viral load increases; this makes you more susceptible to infections and raises your risk of transmitting the virus to others. Plus, skipping doses allows the virus to mutate and become resistant to the medicine, forcing you to try a new treatment. If you experience side effects from the drugs you're taking, report this to your doctor, since other drugs can be prescribed instead. Don't let side effects be a reason to fall off your regimen. There is a wide array of drugs available to people with HIV, so your doctor can help you find the right treatment plan for your body.

2. A healthy lifestyle makes all the difference.

We know treating HIV effectively requires a multipronged, holistic approach. I counsel patients to make healthy lifestyle choices like staying away from illegal drugs, cutting back on alcohol, and quitting smoking. These are all things that damage your health and make it harder for your body to fight the virus. We also know exercising, eating healthily, getting enough rest, and controlling your weight play an important role in living a full, healthy life with HIV.

3. Learn how to manage stress.

Staying on top of a drug regimen, avoiding infections, and navigating the emotional stressors associated with a chronic condition can bring a lot of anxiety. Lifestyle changes like exercise, rest, and practicing self-care can greatly reduce stress and should be considered part of your treatment plan. Mental health is really critical. Some patients have asked me if they should continue working after getting an HIV diagnosis. I tell them that if their job gives them a sense of fulfillment and connection to other people, they should keep working. If their work environment brings a lot of added anxiety, they might consider making a change. This stress-reduction approach to lifestyle choices can help you manage your HIV and stay healthy.

4. Practice safe sex.

One of the biggest concerns for HIV-positive people is whether it's safe to have sex. Safe, healthy sex is part of many people's lives and this doesn't have to change with HIV. However, it's important to disclose your illness to your partner, practice safe sex, use condoms, and stay on your medication. If you stay on your prescribed treatment plan, your viral load should be suppressed enough to present a very low risk of transmission to your partner. To protect a partner who doesn't have HIV, there is a preventative drug option called PrEP that people can take to avoid acquiring the virus.

5. Maintaining a good relationship with your doctor is key.

Although HIV can be effectively managed and patients can live a normal or near-normal lifespan, there is not yet a cure for the virus. This means that patients will have to monitor their condition their whole lives. They need to be evaluated and followed closely by a physician with expertise in HIV. Because HIV can be such an intimate illness for patients to handle, I recommend finding a physician you can trust and connect with. Having a good relationship with your doctor helps people keep on top of their regimen, stay healthy, and navigate the psychological component of the virus, as well.

THIS CONTENT DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. This content is provided for informational purposes and reflects the opinions of the author. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare professional regarding your health. If you think you may have a medical emergency, contact your doctor immediately or call 911.

Kim S. Erlich, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
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At least 24 people in Europe are dead from freak winter storm

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Parts of the Arctic are warmer than areas in Europe after a storm that's been dubbed "the Beast from the East" sent temperatures plunging across the region, even bringing a rare snowstorm to Rome.

The freezing weather system moving from Siberia toward Western Europe has been blamed for the death of 24 people across the continent, according to the AFP news agency.

Warnings were issued across Britain as heavy snow caused flights out of Heathrow Airport to be canceled. The rail network in London and the wider United Kingdom experienced significant delays.

Meanwhile in Rome, residents were seen skiing and sledding as the Italian civil protection agency was mobilized to help clear the snow from streets.

Video also showed frozen canals in Amsterdam -- the first time since 2012. Some brave residents ice skated on the city's waterways.

And it wasn't just residents and commuters who have been affected by the record chill. The car transporting the prime minister of Sweden skidded off a road in the middle of a snowstorm outside of Stockholm. He was uninjured.

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Amazon buys the company called Ring. Ring is a doorbell that watches as when your package arrives and if it gets stolen. This doorbell is going to works with amazons Amazon Key where it is a smart door lock with a secretly camera.

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Amazon already owns your doorstep. Now it wants to secure the inside of yourhome.

The company is buying Ring, maker of security cameras and internet-connected doorbells. It pairs nicely with Amazon Key, a smart doorlock and security camera service that allows Amazon delivery people to drop packages inside of people's homes.

Amazon Key works in tandem with a security camera that records every in-home delivery. Ring offers similar services, recording live videos of customers' doorsteps and homes, then sending the videos to their smartphones.

In December, Amazon bought Ring rival Blink, which also makes smart doorbells.

Amazon has helped popularize smart home gadgets with its Echo products. Echoes allow customers to control thermostats, cameras, doorlocks, lights and other connected devices (among hundreds of other functions).

The company's Alexa voice assistant works with Ring gadgets. Amazon invested in Ring last year through its venture capital arm, the Alexa Fund. Amazon uses its Alexa fund to support businesses that develop apps for the Echo and Alexa.

Ring is one of the more recognized names in internet-connected home security. It advertises online and on television, hiring basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal as the company's spokesman. A year ago, the company said it raised $109 million in funding, valuing the company at about half a billion dollars.

Related: Amazon will let delivery people inside your house

The companies did not disclose the how much Amazon is paying, or other details of the deal.

"We'll be able to achieve even more by partnering with an inventive, customer-centric company like Amazon," said Ring in a statement. "We look forward to being a part of the Amazon team as we work toward our vision for safer neighborhoods."

An Amazon spokesman said it bought Ring to help customers keep their homes "safe and secure."

Amazon is on a tear lately. Its stock price just exceeded $1,500, surging nearly 30% in 2018. The company's market value is more than $700 billion.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 27, 2018: 7:07 PM ET

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Female 'Bucket list' killer sentenced for stabbing death of autistic teen

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia.

Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

The 26-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years, the same sentence given to her housemate, Trudi Lenon, at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, according to Sky News.

Prosecutor James McTaggart told jurors Lilley had spoken of wanting to kill someone before she turned 25, and after the slaying was "full of herself and euphoric" while boasting to a coworker. Prosecutors said she also idolized horror movies, including the character Freddy Krueger from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, according to News.com.au.

Lilley and Lenon met through a friend and became close, eventually moving in together two months before the killing, according to the BBC. Prosecutors said the pair exchanged homicidal fantasies until Pajich's killing, and had bought various supplies such as a circular saw and 100 liters of hydrochloric acid to help dispose of the body, the BBC reported.

Pajich, who had autism, was lured to his death in June 2016, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing. Lenon said during the trial that Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, strangled him until the wire broke and then stabbed him three times, Sky News reported.

Prosecutors said during the trial that Lilley left incriminating messages to her "obsequious and sycophantic" follower Lenon hours after the killing, saying she was feeling things she had "not felt before," according to Sky News.
WOMAN KILLED AUTISTIC TEEN TO CHECK OFF MURDER FROM 'BUCKET LIST,' PROSECUTORS SAY
Jurors were also told Lilley had written a book about a serial killer, called "SOS," and went on to assume the identity of the main character.

"The book was a big problem with me," Lilley's stepmother, Nina Lilley, 48, told The Times. "At the beginning I thought, 'Fair enough. You want to write a horror story.' But I didn't like the contents of it. "She had always had an obsession with serial killers, but she said it was a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child,"

After the pair was sentenced, the victim's mother told reporters she was heartbroken and would have to deal with what happened to her son for a lifetime.

"He was my precious little boy, he was my first-born. He was full of life," Sharon Pajich said, adding the pair were "disgusting animals" and should never be released. "They deserve everything they get for what they've done. They've taken an innocent boy from his loved ones."

Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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'Bucket list' killer sentenced for stabbing death of autistic teen

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A British woman who had committing murder on her "bucket list" and had an "obsession" with serial killers was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of an autistic teenager in Australia. Jemma Lilley, 26, strangled, stabbed and buried 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth on June 13, 2016, according to prosecutors.

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Dick's Sporting Good bans assault-style rifles from their store, in honor of the victims and survivors of the Florida shooting as they return to school today. They are also not selling guns to anyone younger than 21.

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Two major US retailers have announced new restrictions on gun sales following the shooting at a Florida school where 17 people died.

Dick's Sporting Goods, which has more than 600 shops, said it would no longer sell assault-style rifles, and backed "common sense gun reform".

Walmart later said it was raising the minimum age for anyone buying guns or ammunition to 21 years.

It came as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School pupils returned to classes.

Grief counsellors were on hand as students and teachers arrived at the campus, two weeks after 17 of their peers were shot dead by an expelled former student with an AR-15 rifle.

In the aftermath of the 14 February shooting, pressure has mounted on US politicians to act on gun control and for corporations to cut ties with the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA).

Walmart, the largest seller of guns in the US, said it would remove items from its website that resembled assault-style rifles.

In a statement, Walmart said: "We take seriously our obligation to be a responsible seller of firearms."

In Washington, President Donald Trump urged a group of lawmakers with diverse views to come up with a comprehensive bipartisan solution in a televised meeting.

Republican leaders in Congress have rejected raising the minimum legal age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, but Mr Trump said he "would give pretty serious thought to it", despite opposition from the NRA, which supported him as a candidate.

He told the lawmakers: "Some of you people are petrified of the NRA, you can't be petrified."

In announcing its policy change, Dick's Sporting Goods said in a statement that it had "tremendous respect and admiration for the students organising and making their voices heard regarding gun violence in schools and elsewhere in our country".

It added: "We have heard you. The nation has heard you."

The retailer said it was committing itself to:

No longer selling assault-style rifles (The company had stopped selling such weapons at its main shops after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting but 35 shops run by a subsidiary called Field & Stream had continued to do so)

Banning the sale of high-capacity magazines that allow more shots to be fired without reloading

Not selling any firearms to anyone under the age of 21

It said that while it supported the Second Amendment to the US constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, "gun violence is an epidemic that's taking the lives of too many people".

Dick's CEO Edward Stack told CNN he expected a backlash from some customers, saying "the hunt business is an important part of the business, no doubt about it".

The Parkland shooting suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, bought a gun at Dick's but not the weapon he is alleged to have used in the attack, Mr Stack said.

"We did everything by the book, and we did everything that the law required, and he was still able to buy a gun," he told ABC.

Emotional return

At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a line of police officers, school staff and community members bearing flowers greeted some 3,000 students who returned to classes on Wednesday morning. There were also many reporters, shouting questions to the teenagers about how they felt.

Lyliah Skinner, a 16-year-old student, told the BBC before she left home: "We're not going to really be learning much today - it's all about healing."

She also said she was feeling nervous "because I'm scared it's gonna happen again". Lyliah listed people she knew who would not be returning, including Joaquin Oliver, who sat just in front of her in a class they shared.

David Hogg, a senior student and now leading activist, was also feeling trepidation. It was "really hard to think about" what occurred two weeks ago, he said.

"Imagine getting in a plane crash and having to get back on the same plane again and again and again and being expected to learn and act like nothing's wrong," he told NBC News.

The handling of the shooting by authorities sparked criticism after it emerged that the FBI and local police had failed to follow up on multiple tips about Mr Cruz, and that an armed deputy at the school had stayed outside the school building while the attack took place.

The school's Building 12, the site of the shootings, will remain closed and cordoned off indefinitely.

Armed school 'marshals'

Members of Florida's State House and Senate will soon begin reviewing proposed bills related to firearms, which need their approval and also that of Governor Rick Scott.

Among other restrictions, they would raise the legal age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and giving police more control to seize weapons from mentally ill people.

A controversial $67m voluntary programme to arm school staff, including teachers, would ensure they were trained by law enforcement and allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus, according to the New York Times.

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Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart announce new gun restrictions

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Two major US retailers have announced new restrictions on gun sales following the shooting at a Florida school where 17 people died. Dick's Sporting Goods, which has more than 600 shops, said it would no longer sell assault-style rifles, and backed "common sense gun reform".