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An american family was kidnapped 5 years ago and gave birth 3 times while kidnapped. They have now just been released.

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The daring plan to bring home an American woman and her family from Afghanistan, where they were held captive by a Taliban-affiliated group, appeared to hit a snag Thursday, with officials telling Fox News the woman's husband is refusing to board a plane out of the Middle East.

Caitlan Coleman, 32, was seven months pregnant when she and her husband, Josh Boyle, were abducted in Afghanistan in 2012 by the Haqqani network. The couple and their three children -- all of whom were born in captivity -- were freed Thursday in a "negotiated release," an official told Fox News.

The family has "been essentially living in a hole for 5 years," White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told reporters Thursday.

But Boyle is refusing to board an American military plane in Pakistan waiting to take them home, fearing he'll be arrested, a U.S. official said. Some officials say Roberts is fearful of perhaps being sent to Guantanamo Bay, based off his background.

Boyle was previously married to the sister of Omar Khadr, a Canadian man who spent 10 years at Guantanamo Bay after being captured in 2002 in a firefight at an Al Qaeda compound in Afghanistan.

The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 in 2002 when he tossed a grenade in a firefight that killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer, a special forces medic.
TRUMP RAMPS UP PRESSURE ON PAKISTAN IN SPEECH
Other officials had discounted any link between that background and Boyle's capture by the Haqqani network, with one describing it to The Associated Press in 2014 as a "horrible coincidence."

The family was still in Pakistan Thursday afternoon and details of their departure are being worked out, a source told Fox News.

The Pakistani military confirmed the release and said the family was "being repatriated to the country of their origin."

"Please don't become the next Jimmy Carter"
- Caitlan Coleman in a 2016 plea to former U.S. President Barack Obama

The couple has told U.S. officials that they wanted to fly commercially to Canada, according to an official who spoke to The Associated Press.

The operation that set Coleman, Boyle and their children free remains somewhat mysterious. Pakistan's armed forces said in a statement an operation was undertaken by Pakistani forces based on actionable intelligence provided by U.S. authorities. U.S. intelligence agencies had reportedly been tracking the hostages and shared the location with Pakistani counterparts when the hostages shifted into Pakistani territory Wednesday.

But a source told Fox News that U.S. officials had been working on the release for a long time and had been placing pressure on the Pakistani government -- the Haqqani network has ties to Pakistan's intelligence services. The U.S., however, did not pay for the hostage release and no other hostages were released in a quid-pro-quo, sources said.

"Today they are free. This is a positive moment for our country's relationship with Pakistan," President Trump said in a statement Thursday. "The Pakistani government's cooperation is a sign that it is honoring America's wishes for it to do more to provide security in the region."

It is believed the family's captors are holding two other American hostages: Kevin King, a university professor who taught in Kabul and was captured in August 2016, and Paul Overby, a Massachusetts writer, who vanished in May 2014, the source said.

Trump appeared to hint at the news of Coleman's release during a speech in her home state of Pennsylvania a day earlier.

"Something happened today, where a country that totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news," Trump said Wednesday. "And one of my generals came in. They said, 'You know, I have to tell you, a year ago they would've never done that.' It was a great sign of respect. You'll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. But this is a country that did not respect us. This is a country that respects us now. The world is starting to respect us again, believe me."

Coleman and Boyle were last seen in a hostage video in December 2016 pleading for their governments to intervene.

The two vanished after setting off in the summer of 2012 for a journey that took them to Russia, the central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and then to Afghanistan.

Coleman's parents, Jim and Lyn Coleman, had previously last heard from their son-in-law on Oct. 8, 2012, from an Internet cafe in what Josh described as an "unsafe" part of Afghanistan.

The news of the release comes a month after President Trump announced a new strategy to deal with Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying the Taliban and other militant groups would no longer find safe haven in Pakistan.

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford told Congress last week Pakistan would no longer be a sanctuary for terrorism.

"I applaud the innumerable lines of effort from across the U.S. government," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday in reaction to the family's release.
TRUMP APPROVES SENDING 4,000 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN, SENIOR OFFICIAL SAYS
In the 2016 YouTube video, Coleman refers to "the Kafkaesque nightmare in which we find ourselves" and urges "governments on both sides" to reach a deal for their freedom. She then adds: "My children have seen their mother defiled."

Two young children appear in the video with them, and Coleman has told her family that she gave birth to two children in captivity. It was revealed Thursday that Coleman had a third child.

"Please don't become the next Jimmy Carter," Coleman said in the 2016 video, reading a prepared statement and making a plea to former President Barack Obama. "Just give the offenders something so they and you can save face so we can leave the region permanently."

The Haqqani network has orchestrated a vast array of brutal attacks in Afghanistan in recent years, against both locals and the U.S. military, but unlike their Taliban associates, they are deemed to be more motivated by money than faith.

In that interview with Circa News in 2016, Jim Coleman issued a plea to top Taliban commanders to be "kind and merciful" and let the couple go.
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin, Lucas Tomlinson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Caitlan Coleman family refuses return to US; husband fears Gitmo over past

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The daring plan to bring home an American woman and her family from Afghanistan, where they were held captive by a Taliban-affiliated group, appeared to hit a snag Thursday, with officials telling Fox News the woman's husband is refusing to board a plane out of the Middle East.

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Authorities in Colorado have formally accused two women of murder in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found last month.

Nashika Bramble and Madani Ceus, 37, were originally arrested on charges of child abuse causing death, along with two other men and one other woman. Prosecutors added murder charges against them on Friday.

Investigators have not elaborated on what led to the murder charges. An attorney for Ceus who is from Haiti, declined comment on Tuesday. An attorney for Bramble couldn't be immediately reached.

Police have said the girls were between the ages of 5 and 10. Investigators believe they were dead for several weeks before the bodies were located on a farm outside Norwood, about 30 miles west of the ski resort town of Telluride.

"In my 37 years as Sheriff, I have never seen anything as cruel and heartless as this," San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said when the bodies were found.

Authorities have shared few other details about the case that shocked the town of about 500 people. It's not clear how any of the defendants are connected to the children. Authorities haven't released any details about what caused their deaths, and affidavits in the case have been closed to public view.

The others arrested in the case have been identified as Frederick Blair, 23, of Norwood; Ika Eden, a 53-year-old woman from Jamaica and Ashford Archer, a 50-year-old man from Haiti.

Blair and Archer also have been charged with acting as an accessory to a crime.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Authorities in Colorado have formally accused two women of murder in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found last month. Nashika Bramble and Madani Ceus, 37, were originally arrested on charges of child abuse causing death, along with two other men and one other woman.

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family of four free after 5 years of  being abducted by the  taliban.

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An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children were rescued on Wednesday, five years to the day since the couple was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, ABC News has learned.

Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her husband Joshua Boyle, 34, were freed from Taliban captivity and then secured in an exchange between Pakistani military and U.S. commandos late Wednesday in a secret operation to bring them home after one of the longest -- and strangest -- American hostage ordeals in recent history, counterterrorism officials revealed.

The captor network was believed by intelligence and counterterrorism officials to have been part of the al-Qaeda-aligned Afghan Haqqani Network - which also held Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prisoner for five years until May 2014 - but no one ever asked the families to pay ransom. The Haqqanis also have close ties to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.

Only days ago, the couple were shown in a video filmed by their captors and sent to their families last January. The Boyle family provided it to the Toronto Star and to ABC News.

Caitlan is shown cradling their second child, still an infant, with their four-year old son on his father's lap, dressed in the same filthy clothing as in a video posted on YouTube last December. A third child has since been born in captivity, sources told ABC News.

In the video, Joshua Boyle light-heartedly cracked jokes about letters received in reply from their parents in record time and said the conditions of their captivity had improved around the beginning of the year.

The young mother, who grew up in Stewartsttown, Pa., tells her father, Jim Coleman, that her personality in captivity has changed from being like one Disney heroine to another.

"I would also like to say to my father specifically, that I think you would like to know that my time in-married, and my time as a mother, and my time in prison that I've become more of a Belle than an Ariel," Caitlan Coleman, known as "Caity" to her parents, explains.

Coleman Family

Her father told ABC News earlier this week that his daughter was trying to contrast one animated Disney character, Ariel of "The Little Mermaid," who was rebellious and defied her father, with Belle of "Beauty and The Beast," who tried to protect her father from evil.

"She is telling me, 'Dad, I wish had listened to you more and not been Ariel and more a Belle," the elder Coleman said. "It's a lot of humility and self-analysis of why she is in this situation."

A senior official involved in hostage recovery told an ABC News reporter in January 2016 that the hostage family was to be freed in a deal following the successful recovery of Colin Rutherford, another Canadian in Haqqani hands. He was soon freed but Coleman was not.

It soon emerged that the Taliban were upset over reports that Anas Haqqani, brother of the No. 2 Afghan Taliban commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, had been prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to death in secret proceedings in Kabul.

In August 2016, the Haqqani Taliban snatched two professors from American University of Kabul, one American and one Australian, in retaliation for Anas Haqqani's death sentence. A few months later, in December, the Colemans appeared in a new video -- seen for the first time with their children, who were born as hostages -- warning that their survival depended on a reprieve for Taliban prisoners.

The families were soon told privately by Afghan officials that Anas Haqqani had been spared execution but that his release was politically impossible, U.S. and Afghan officials told ABC News earlier this year.

In the waning days -- and even the last hours -- of the Obama administration, diplomats tried hard to broker a deal for Coleman's release, to no avail, according to several Obama aides who discussed the previously unreported hostage recovery efforts.

It was unclear Thursday morning whether the Boyle-Coleman family's freedom came as the result of a new deal.

Coleman Family

Caitlan's husband, who inexplicably brought her to backpack in Afghanistan before their October 2012 abduction in Ghazni province, according to both families, seemed more optimistic than in the ominous videos the Taliban released in December, which appeared to have been made at the same time as the private January video addressed to their families.

"Things here are going about as can be expected," Boyle says in the January video. "But we were buoyed to receive your letter, and for the first time we have hope that things might wrap up soon, God willing."

In a private letter to his family, who provided it to ABC News, Boyle made it clear that the years of captivity in the most austere of conditions had taken a toll on their sense of hope.

President Trump in a tax speech he made in Pennsylvania on Wednesday made a cryptic reference to a country he did not name where "something happened," and that Americans would "probably be hearing about it over the next few days."

One counterterrorism official said they believed it was a reference to Pakistan's assistance in freeing Coleman and her family.

"America is being respected again. Something happened today, where a country that totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news," Trump told the crowd. "And one of my generals came in, they said, 'You know, I have to tell you, a year ago they would've never done that.' It was a great sign of respect. You'll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. But this is a country that did not respect us. This is a country that respects us now. The world is starting to respect us again, believe me."

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American hostage and her family freed after five years in captivity

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An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children were rescued on Wednesday, five years to the day since the couple was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, ABC News has learned. Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her husband Joshua Boyle, 34, were freed from Taliban captivity and then secured in an exchange between Pakistani military and U.S.

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Puerto Rico's hurricane death toll rises to 45 and more than 110 people are still without power.

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At least 113 people remain unaccounted for, according to Karixia Ortiz, a spokeswoman for Puerto Rico's Department of Public Safety.

The recovery has moved slowly since Maria struck the US territory on September 20, leaving most of the island without basic services such as power and running water, according to residents, relief workers and local elected officials.

Acting US Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke will make her second trip to the island on Thursday, DHS spokesman David Lapan said Wednesday.

The visit comes as hospitals throughout the cash-strapped island of 3.4 million people have been running low on medicine and fuel. Some residents and local elected officials have said they expect the death toll to rise.

In the town of Caguas, in the central mountain range, some patients -- including one breathing with the aid of a ventilator -- had to be evacuated to the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort near San Juan after a generator failed, Dr. Christian Rodriguez said this week.

At least two people have died from leptospirosis, which spreads when the urine of infected animals gets into drinking water, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz told CNN Wednesday. People have been drinking water from creeks contaminated by dead animals, she said.

"We're not out of the woods yet," she said. "We are now starting to see a lot of health issues. ... So we are in a great effort, a great humanitarian effort."

As of Wednesday 89% of the island was without electricity and almost 47% had no phone service, according to a website set up by the Puerto Rican government. Some 43% of the island's 313 bank branches remained closed, it said.

"We are making progress," Chris Krebs, Homeland Security's assistant secretary for infrastructure protection, said Wednesday. "There's progress on the power side. But we can do more. We can push more resources down into the island."

The recovery will take time given the storm's magnitude, he said

"We are pushing everything we can down into Puerto Rico," Krebs said.

"There are over 17,000 responders, whether it's military or civilian assets. Over 100 helicopters doing air drops in remote communities, providing water. Each of the 78 municipalities has a dedicated water truck. Another 72 trucks are dedicated to hospitals and other critical services. ... Over 50 generators have been installed in critical facilities not just heath care but also now moving into other facilities like schools."

In the mountainous town of Añasco on the western coast, Lucelenia Rivera said she has been running a generator to keep her medications refrigerated but diesel fuel is in short supply. She suffers from asthma and arthritis, takes medication for her blood pressure and worries that recurring mudslides will further isolate her community.

"I'm going crazy trying to get out of here because of my physical condition," she said. "But this is all I have. I don't have money or another home. This is it."

At least five of those who are missing lived in the northern coastal town of Arecibo, where residents have been lining up for hours to buy ice and fuel.

Some arrive as early as 1 a.m. at ice plants that won't open for another six hours for a chance to buy a single bag of ice at a 20% markup, according to residents.

Kelly Lopez cried while saying she was denied an extra bag of ice for her sister, who is epileptic and bedridden.

"This is so hard on all Puerto Ricans," she said.

For weeks, island residents have been queuing up in seemingly interminable lines for their basic needs -- from food to cash.

Abisain Medina said he drove 30 minutes to Arecibo to stand in line at a bank for five hours before the bank's computer's crashed.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, citing an "unprecedented catastrophe," has lobbied Capitol Hill for a significant new influx of money soon as the island perches on the brink of "a massive liquidity crisis," according to a letter obtained by CNN.

In a three-page letter sent to congressional leaders, Rosselló is requesting more than $4 billion from various agencies and loan programs to "meet the immediate emergency needs of Puerto Rico."

The Trump administration submitted a $29 billion disaster-relief request to Congress last week to fund recovery efforts in the wake of hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma and to pay federal flood insurance claims. The House is expected to vote on that measure as soon as this week.

Rosselló also pointed to a potential exodus of the island's inhabitants should aid not be available in a timely manner -- something he has also emphasized in conversations with lawmakers.

Over 400,000 Puerto Ricans have moved to the mainland United States since 2004, according to the Pew Research Center. Puerto Rico now has 3.4 million residents.

Many left because Puerto Rico suffers from high unemployment, rising taxes and few job opportunities outside of tourism.
Clarification: A previous version of this story may have given the impression that Karixia Ortiz, a spokeswoman for Puerto Rico's Department of Public Safety, said the death toll was expected to rise. Ortiz did not make that statement to CNN.
CNN's Nick Valencia, Matthew Friedman, Leyla Santiago and Phil Mattingly contributed to this report.

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At least 113 people remain unaccounted for, according to Karixia Ortiz, a spokeswoman for Puerto Rico's Department of Public Safety. The recovery has moved slowly since Maria struck the US territory on September 20, leaving most of the island without basic services such as power and running water, according to residents, relief workers and local elected officials.

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Floods and landslides caused by tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam.

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Floods and landslides after a tropical depression have killed at least 37 people and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam.

The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said in a statement Thursday that another 40 people are missing. The disasters injured 21 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 houses, submerged another 16,740 homes and damaged infrastructure and crops in six central and northern provinces.

In the hardest-hit northern province of Hoa Binh, 11 people died and 21 others were missing. The casualties include four families whose houses were buried in a landslide, killing six and leaving another 12 missing, disaster official Quach Viet Hoang said.

The tropical depression hit central Vietnam on Tuesday and brought heavy rains.

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The actress, who was recently named in a New York Times expose alleging sexual misconduct by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, has been tweeting about the scandal since it broke.

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Rose McGowan's Twitter account was temporarily blocked for violating some of the social network's rules.

The actress, who was recently named in a New York Times expose alleging sexual misconduct by Hollywood mogul Weinstein, has been tweeting about the scandal since it broke.

Weinstein was forced out of his company after several woman came forward alleging he had harassed them and acted inappropriately. More accusations, including alleged rape, have since surfaced.

McGowan Instagrammed a photo of a notification from Twitter late Wednesday saying the site had "determined that this account had violated the Twitter Rules, so we temporarily limited some of your account features."

Related: Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal grows

This left McGowan unable to tweet for 12 hours, according to the notification. The caption on her official Instagram account said: "TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE."

Twitter can temporarily block a user for a variety of reasons, including abusive content and threats. It's unclear which of McGowan's tweets triggered the block.

A spokesman for Twitter told CNNMoney the company does not comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons.

The "Charmed" star was not quoted in the Times story. CNN has not spoken with McGowan about the alleged sexual misconduct.

McGowan has led the charge for the board of Weinstein's company to be dissolved. She believes it was complicit in Weinstein's alleged behavior.

The actress urged people to support a petition started by an anonymous person on the website iPetitions.

"If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery," the petition reads.

As of Thursday morning, it had more than 11,000 signatures, exceeding its goal of 10,000.

Film director Paul Feig, who has condemned Weinstein, tweeted about the move to block McGowan's Twitter account.

"Wow, @Twitter, seriously," Feig wrote. "THIS is the account you suspend but not Trump who threatened to wipe out another country? Suspend me too, please."

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 12, 2017: 9:09 AM ET

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The southwestern volcano in Japan erupted and spreads ash to 5 cities.

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A volcano in southwestern Japan has erupted for the first time in six years and spread ash in nearby cities and towns.

Japanese broadcaster TBS showed footage of elementary school students wearing helmets and masks on the way to their school at the foot of the Shinmoedake volcano. Residents also described rumbles being heard from the volcano.

The report said a plume rose 1,700 meters (5,600 feet) from the crater and ash fell in at least four cities and towns in Miyazaki prefecture Thursday.

The volcano on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted Wednesday for the first time in 6 years.

The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the volcanic alert level from 2 to 3 on a scale of 5. Level 3 warns people to not approach the volcano.

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family held hostage by Taliban released An american woman, her Canadian husband and their three children have been freed from captivity by Pakistani security forces, nearly five years after being taken hostage by the Taliban.

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An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children have been freed from captivity by Pakistani security forces, nearly five years after being taken hostage by the Taliban.

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A- 91 old Brooklyn man died on Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home and tied him up.

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died on Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home and tied him up, police said.

Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethline Thompson, were sitting in their home when a group of unknown intruders broke in and ransacked the place, according to police. The suspects threw a blanket over her head and then tied up both of the elderly residents, according to police.

Ethline Thompson, who managed to untie herself, ran outside and alerted authorities. Police arrived to find her husband unresponsive on the floor.

Investigators believe he may have died of shock, because he had no other injuries, according to ABC's New York station WABC. The official cause of his death has not been determined.

The couple's family said it was heartbroken by the incident.

"Oh my god. It breaks my heart to see my uncle died. He was like a father to me," Karlene Grose, Waldiman Thompson's niece, told WABC Wednesday.

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Investigators said they are looking for four male suspects and watching surveillance footage for clues.

Ethline Thompson was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for minor rope burns. According to police, she was confused and did not know her husband had died.

A neighbor said he thought he heard a "loud boom" from the couple's apartment.

"I thought it was a gunshot initially. But it wasn't a gunshot," the neighbor said. "From in the neighborhood, they are just saying basically, that they were robbed and the gentleman had a heart attack."

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91-year-old Brooklyn man dies, 100-year-old wife injured after home robbery

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died on Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home and tied him up, police said. Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethline Thompson, were sitting in their home when a group of unknown intruders broke in and ransacked the place, according to police....

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A discovery was made Thursday in the search for a 79-year-old woman who wandered away from a senior housing in Australia and went for a swim in a crocodile-infested creek.

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A grim discovery was made Thursday in the search for a 79-year-old woman who wandered away from a senior facility in Australia and went for a swim in a crocodile-infested creek.

Queensland Police said they found human remains, in addition to clothing and a walking stick belonging to Anne Cameron, who was reported missing Tuesday from a facility in Port Douglas, Sky News Australia reported.

"Because of the proximity of these items and this unknown material located near this creek bank, we cannot rule out the possibility of a croc attack," Acting Inspector Ed Lukin told reporters at a news conference.

Police said the remains found at Port Douglas have been sent for further testing, but there is no indication of foul play.

Cameron is believed to have removed her clothing before going into the creek, authorities said.

The 79 year old has dementia and had only been at the facility for a few weeks, according to police.

The woman's son, Craig Eggins, wrote on Facebook his mother took regular short walks and would ask for help if she got lost, according to the Australian Associated Press.

"She's very mobile and could have walked a fair distance," Eggins wrote.

The woman's disappearance caused lawmakers to consider a crocodile cull, including egg harvesting and the immediate removal of animals considered a threat.

"In north Queensland we face the risk and sometimes the ultimate price because governments are weak on this issue," Australian MP Robbie Katter said Thursday while urging the state government to support the proposal for stricter crocodile management.

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A grim discovery was made Thursday in the search for a 79-year-old woman who wandered away from a senior facility in Australia and went for a swim in a crocodile-infested creek. Queensland Police said they found human remains, in addition to clothing and a walking stick belonging to Anne Cameron, who was reported missing Tuesday from a facility in Port Douglas, Sky News Australia reported.

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on the music awards, Eminem did an rap and trashed trump and now there is issues with them

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general monitors just released the self driving car. It can hold cargo and people even other vehicles. These vehicles run on hydrogen cells.

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General Motors has revealed a futuristic-looking hydrogen-powered self-driving army truck.

This concept vehicle is essentially a giant self-driving platform that can hold any kind of vehicle body -- or even just cargo.

Something like this could be useful in disaster zones or in conflicts, the automaker said. That's why the truck will be displayed at a meeting of the Association of the United States Army next week.

The Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure can be used with a cab attached to house a driver, or it can be used as simply platform to carry cargo on its own. A line of these trucks could, for instance, follow behind one with a human driver.

The truck is powered by hydrogen fuel cells that combine hydrogen gas with oxygen from the atmosphere to generate electricity. On-board tanks can store enough compressed hydrogen to drive 400 miles.

GM has been working on hydrogen fuel cell projects with the military for many years. Earlier this year, the U.S. military began testing a hydrogen-powered GM pickup called the ZH₂ . And last year, the Navy began testing a GM-produced hydrogen-powered unmanned submarine.

Hydrogen power is particularly well-suited for military use, according to GM , because fuel cells produce very little heat. That makes them harder for enemies to detect. Additionally, hydrogen can be produced in the field from a number of different sources, which means that fuel for the vehicles won't always have to be transported to the vehicles.

GM designers have also experimented with the idea of interchangeable bodies in the past. Fifteen years ago, GM unveiled a hydrogen-powered concept car called the AUTOnomy, which had interchangeable bodies that rode on a flat platform.

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 6, 2017: 6:44 PM ET

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91 year old man died Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home.

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died on Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home and tied him up, police said.

Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethline Thompson, were sitting in their home when a group of unknown intruders broke in and ransacked the place, according to police. The suspects threw a blanket over her head and then tied up both of the elderly residents, according to police.

Ethline Thompson, who managed to untie herself, ran outside and alerted authorities. Police arrived to find her husband unresponsive on the floor.

Investigators believe he may have died of shock, because he had no other injuries, according to ABC's New York station WABC. The official cause of his death has not been determined.

The couple's family said it was heartbroken by the incident.

"Oh my god. It breaks my heart to see my uncle died. He was like a father to me," Karlene Grose, Waldiman Thompson's niece, told WABC Wednesday.

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Investigators said they are looking for four male suspects and watching surveillance footage for clues.

Ethline Thompson was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for minor rope burns. According to police, she was confused and did not know her husband had died.

A neighbor said he thought he heard a "loud boom" from the couple's apartment.

"I thought it was a gunshot initially. But it wasn't a gunshot," the neighbor said. "From in the neighborhood, they are just saying basically, that they were robbed and the gentleman had a heart attack."

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91-year-old Brooklyn man dies, 100-year-old wife injured after home robbery

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died on Wednesday after a group of robbers broke into his home and tied him up, police said. Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethline Thompson, were sitting in their home when a group of unknown intruders broke in and ransacked the place, according to police....

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Al Qaeda in Afghanistan how terriost groups are thriving. Such as ISIS and the Taliban.

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KABUL, Afghanistan - While terrorist groups such as ISIS and the Taliban now hit headlines far more frequently than the once-dominant Al Qaeda (AQ), the Usama bin Laden-founded network remains very much alive in Afghanistan.

In fact AQ's activities in Afghanistan is part of the reason for President Trump's decision to give Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the jurisdiction to deploy more American forces to the war-torn country. An estimated 9,800 American troops are already in Afghanistan, with around 2,000 of them designated to fighting insurgent groups - with AQ still a key player.

"Al Qaeda is at least a few hundred strong," recently resigned Afghan Army Chief of Staff, Qadam Shah Shahim, told Fox News. "They keep their operations very secret, work closely with the big groups for protection, and still pose a threat to the world."

In December, Gen. John Nicholson, America's top military commander in Afghanistan, stated that the U.S. had killed or captured hundreds of AQ fighters in 2016 alone - and that the group's numbers were far higher than previously issued estimates. The year before, U.S. and Afghan forces together dismantled AQ networks and a large training camp in Kandahar, in what turned out to be one of the largest joint raids ever.

So 16 years since 9/11 and six years after its financier and leader Usama bin Laden was killed, how does the terror outfit still operate? Officials say AQ's stamina and mild resurgence in recent years can be accredited to its ability to foster tag-team partnerships with other terrorist groups.

"Al Qaeda still has a prominent role, once these networks are established, they persist," Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan told Fox News. "Just because we don't hear as much about it doesn't mean it no longer exists."

The attacks AQ members are involved in, he said, are these days mostly orchestrated by ISIS. The two networks are known to routinely work together, particularly in the northern provinces of Kunduz and Badakhshan, funneling fighters through the porous border from Chitral, Pakistan.

"Al Qaeda and ISIS have a lot of commonalities and they share the same Salafi ideology," said Sayed Ishaq Gailani, a Sufi politician who founded the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan, referring to the extremely conservative arm of the Islamic religion practiced by some Sunni Muslims.

But what also keeps AQ thriving is the group's good relations with the other main jihadist players across the country; they also have cooperation agreements for access to havens in areas controlled by other terrorists.

"We are seeing AQ remobilize themselves, especially in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kandahar where they cooperate mostly with the Taliban," said a high-ranking official with the National Directorate of Security, the Afghan equivalent of the FBI. "And now there is talk of a base in Bagram."

And in the southeastern province of Zabul, AQ is believed to operate under the umbrella of the Haqqani network (HQN), a Taliban offshoot known for its extreme brutality and rampant kidnapping for ransom. The group previously held U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, and still has in custody U.S. hiker Caitlan Coleman and her husband and children.

AQ provides fighters, expertise and material support to HQN when needed, intelligence officials highlighted, and several times its members have participated in joint operations with the Taliban and HQN. Furthermore, Afghan officials allege that AQ's murky alliance with Pakistan remains its most fundamental lifeline as most of its training and supplies originate from the neighboring nation.

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, often referred to as the Punjabi Taliban, is said to work directly with AQ in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas alongside the Afghanistan border. In March, U.S. forces struck and killed noted AQ leader Qari Yasin in Afghanistan's Paktika province.

The Balochistan, Pakistan, native was responsible for the death of two American service members in a 2008 Islamabad hotel bombing as well as an attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team the following year. Yasin was known to also have ties with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and facilitate agreements between the two parties.

AQ additionally has merger agreements with smaller militant factions in the area, including Lashkar-e-Taiba which was founded in the mid 1980s with bin Laden funding, as well as Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan jihadist group devoted to fighting India over the state of Kashmir.
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And according to Shahim and several other intelligence officials who spoke to Fox News under the condition of anonymity, AQ's leader, the 66-year-old Ayman al-Zawahri - an Egyptian militant who was the longtime No. 2 and took over after bin Laden was slain by U.S. Navy SEALs - is more than likely living covertly in Pakistan.

Sources said recent indicators of his whereabouts have focused on the remote area between the villages of Atter Shisha and Dhodial in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region - some 23 miles north of Abbottabad, where bin Laden lived. It also was recently reported that Zawahri is possibly spending at least some of his time shielded by the population density of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.

"Zawahri continues to operate a big network, he is still very dangerous and provides the guidance and strategy," one well-placed Afghan intelligence source told Fox News. "And he still enjoys Gulf state funding."

He remains at the top of the U.S. government's Rewards for Justice Most Wanted list, alongside ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with a $25 million price tag on offer for each of them to be brought to justice.

But U.S-led forces soon may have another bin Laden to contend with at the AQ helm. The slain leader's 28-year-old son Hamza has recently emerged - with blessings from Zawahri - as the esteemed figure to mobilize the upcoming generation of jihadists of take over the AQ helm.

"Prepare diligently to inflict crippling losses on those who have disbelieved," Hamza, believed to be the 15th of bin Laden's 20 children, says softly in an audio recording that surfaced late last month. "Follow in the footsteps of martyrdom seekers before you."

He goes on to explicitly signal followers to court revenge for the deaths of Syrian children killed in airstrikes by launching attacks inside America and Europe. Hamza, who is said to be married with at least two children, too is alleged to have long resided in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan.

The DOD didn't respond to questions pertaining to Al Qaeda or its current leadership in the region, but stated that the "revised Afghanistan strategy will be presented to the President for his approval in the coming weeks."

Hollie McKay has been a FoxNews.com staff reporter since 2007. She has reported extensively from the Middle East on the rise and fall of terrorist groups such as ISIS in Iraq. Follow her on twitter at @holliesmckay

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Al Qaeda in Afghanistan: How terror group survives, thrives

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KABUL, Afghanistan - While terrorist groups such as ISIS and the Taliban now hit headlines far more frequently than the once-dominant Al Qaeda (AQ), the Usama bin Laden-founded network remains very much alive in Afghanistan.

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A man, 91, and a woman, 100, died after they were tied up by robbers in a hellish home invasion.

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died, possibly from shock, Wednesday after cruel home invaders tied him up and his 99-year-old wife in their home.

The woman told police that at about 3:15 p.m., she felt someone come up behind her and throw a blanket over her head in their three-story house on Decatur St. near Marcus Garvey Blvd. in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

She said four males had somehow gotten into the house. They also tied up her husband.

It's not clear whether the crew took anything, but after they left, she freed herself and called 911.

Man shatters vase on victim's head in Brooklyn train station

The terrifying incident caused the husband to fall unconscious, and he later died at Interfaith Medical Center.

There was no forced entry into the home, a police source said, so police are investigating the case as a possible inside job.
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Brooklyn man, 91, dies after invaders tie up him and his wife, 99

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A 91-year-old Brooklyn man died, possibly from shock, Wednesday after cruel home invaders tied him up and his 99-year-old wife in their home. The woman told police that at about 3:15 p.m., she felt someone come up behind her and throw a blanket over her head in their three-story house on Decatur St.

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Gucci will go fur-free in 2018

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Written by Allyssia Alleyne, CNN

Italian luxury brand Gucci is officially going fur-free, president and CEO Marco Bizzarri announced on Wednesday.

"Being socially responsible is one of Gucci's core values, and we will continue to strive to do better for the environment and animals," Bizzari said at a London College of Fashion event.

"With the help of HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) and LAV (an Italian animal rights organization), Gucci is excited to take this next step and hopes it will help inspire innovation and raise awareness, changing the luxury fashion industry for the better."

Under the new policy, Gucci will not use mink, coyote, raccoon dog, fox or any other animal bred or caught for their fur. The brand's Spring-Summer 2018 collection, which was shown at Milan Fashion Week in September and will go on sale next year, will be its first without fur. Remaining fur items will be sold in a charity auction.

"Gucci going fur-free is a huge game-changer. For this Italian powerhouse to end the use of fur because of the cruelty involved will have a huge ripple effect throughout the world of fashion," Humane Society International president Kitty Block said in a statement.

"We commend Gucci's compassionate decision, and for helping to ensure that the future of fashion is fur-free."

Gucci is not the only brand to forgo the use of fur. In 2016, Italian designer Giorgio Armani announced his brands would end their use of fur, "reflecting our attention to the critical issues of protecting and caring for the environment and animals." Vivienne Westwood, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren are also fur-free.

In recent seasons, many brands have embraced fake fur, with the real deal increasingly seen as unfashionable.

"Real fur is extraordinarily old-fashioned," Stella McCartney, whose own brand is fully vegetarian, told CNN in 2015. "Even if you're 20 and you've got a real fur coat, you just look like an old, unaware, unconscious being on the planet.

"It's not relevant, it's not sexy, it's not fashionable, and it's not cool."

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Written by Allyssia Alleyne, CNN Italian luxury brand Gucci is officially going fur-free, president and CEO Marco Bizzarri announced on Wednesday. "Being socially responsible is one of Gucci's core values, and we will continue to strive to do better for the environment and animals," Bizzari said at a London College of Fashion event.

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Trump tweets "Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely in their own making...Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress decide how much to spend. We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!" He does not want to continue helping the island.

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2 woman charged with killing 2 girls that were 5 and 10 on a Colorado farm and they found those girls bodies last month

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Authorities in Colorado have formally accused two women of murder in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found last month.

Nashika Bramble and Madani Ceus, 37, were originally arrested on charges of child abuse causing death, along with two other men and one other woman. Prosecutors added murder charges against them on Friday.

Investigators have not elaborated on what led to the murder charges. An attorney for Ceus who is from Haiti, declined comment on Tuesday. An attorney for Bramble couldn't be immediately reached.

Police have said the girls were between the ages of 5 and 10. Investigators believe they were dead for several weeks before the bodies were located on a farm outside Norwood, about 30 miles west of the ski resort town of Telluride.

"In my 37 years as Sheriff, I have never seen anything as cruel and heartless as this," San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said when the bodies were found.

Authorities have shared few other details about the case that shocked the town of about 500 people. It's not clear how any of the defendants are connected to the children. Authorities haven't released any details about what caused their deaths, and affidavits in the case have been closed to public view.

The others arrested in the case have been identified as Frederick Blair, 23, of Norwood; Ika Eden, a 53-year-old woman from Jamaica and Ashford Archer, a 50-year-old man from Haiti.

Blair and Archer also have been charged with acting as an accessory to a crime.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Two women charged in killings of two girls on Colorado farm

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Authorities in Colorado have formally accused two women of murder in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found last month. Nashika Bramble and Madani Ceus, 37, were originally arrested on charges of child abuse causing death, along with two other men and one other woman.

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California fires: 23 killed
Hundreds missing as flames spread.

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As the cluster of fires that has killed 23 people burns, officials ordered residents in some additional areas to get their bags ready in case they need to evacuate.

At least 285 people are still missing in a blaze that has affected almost the entire community. And as sleep-deprived, soot-covered firefighters work to contain the wildfires, some of their homes are being devastated as well.

"This is not easy for anybody. We have firefighters who've either lost their homes or who have family members who have lost their homes," said Jonathan Cox, Cal Fire battalion chief.

Pierre Birebent has made wine at Signorello Estate in Napa Valley for 20 years. The blaze gutted buildings at the popular winery, leaving charred remains strewn across the landscape.

"I want to cry. I'm trying not to," Birebent said.

He pointed at piles of ash and rubble. "This was my file cabinet. The door was here ... there's nothing left," he said.

A few steps away, the winery's barrel room is intact, along with its vintages from last year.

Gusts had died down early this week, but on Wednesday they blew between 20 and 40 mph and conditions were still extremely dry, with low humidity and no rain. Similar conditions are forecast for Thursday.

More than 20,000 people had been ordered to evacuate as of Wednesday, and authorities encouraged others to pack "ready-to-go bags" with documents and medication in case they had to flee the fast-spreading flames on a moment's notice.

Latest developments

* At least 23 people killed -- 13 of those in the Tubbs wildfire in Sonoma County, officials said

* More than 170,000 acres scorched throughout the state by the 22 fires.

* At least 285 people are still missing in Sonoma County, according to the sheriff. Authorities believe communications issues are preventing many of the missing from checking in with relatives.

* Smoke is forcing some flight cancellations at San Francisco International Airport

* The entire city of Calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order, along with parts of Geyserville.

* Napa city residents were warned to be ready if an evacuation order gets issued

The largest fires were in Northern California's Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties, filling the picturesque landscape of the state's wine country with charred rubble and clouds of smoke.

Scores missing

Among the dead was a couple who relatives said had known each other for nearly 90 years: Charles Rippey, 100, and his wife, Sara, 98.

They died shortly after the largest fire started Sunday night, engulfing their home near the Silverado Country Club north of Napa.

In addition to those killed, hundreds are still missing.

Derek Southard has been worried about his 71-year-old father, Daniel, since Sunday. The two live in Santa Rosa, California, but the son was at a wedding in Monterey when the fire hit their neighborhood.

"I had been texting him that day at the wedding. I told him I'm call him that night. And then he never called me back," Southard told CNN in tears. "He texted me at midnight and asked if I was having fun at the wedding. I guess the fire came an hour or two after that."

When Derek Southard got back to Santa Rosa on Monday, the neighborhood was still closed off. He called the sheriff and asked him to go have a look.

"The sheriff said his house was burned to the ground and his car was melted in the driveway, but I've still got my fingers crossed that he made it out somehow," he wrote on Facebook Tuesday.

Derek talked to his next-door neighbors, who told him that they barely got out. In the scramble to escape, they weren't able to knock on his dad's door, they said.

Neighborhoods gutted

A large part of Santa Rosa was evacuated. In the city's Coffey Park neighborhood, homes are in ruins -- the fire consumed everything that wasn't steel, concrete or brick. At some properties, all that is recognizable are the remains of washers, dryers and water heaters.

Heather Nappi, 33, lived in the neighborhood for three years, along with her husband, Robert, who works for the Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District. Their house was destroyed.

"It was a wonderful home to us," she said. "We had our daughter there. We decorated our nursery there. It's got a lot of memories in it for the short amount of time that we've been there."

When she fled the fire, she forgot her wedding ring.

Her husband has recovered lost items for other fire victims in the past, she said. She hopes he can help find her ring.

CNN's Dan Simon, Miguel Marquez and Jake Carpenter contributed to this report from Santa Rosa, California. CNN's Christina Zdanowicz and Paul P. Murphy also contributed to this report.

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California fires: 23 killed, hundreds missing as blazes rage

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As the cluster of fires that has killed 23 people burns, officials ordered residents in some additional areas to get their bags ready in case they need to evacuate. At least 285 people are still missing in a blaze that has affected almost the entire community.

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Mother and dad forgot there 3 year old son in a maze.He couldn't even say his real name but he could say his brothers.

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Pro-tip for families planning to visit a corn maze this fall: It doesn't count as solving the maze if your children don't make it out with you.

One family failed to heed that advice and left a 3-year-old boy behind at the Crazy Corn Maze in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, Utah, Monday night. The mother failed to notice her son was missing until the next morning.

An unrelated guest found the boy near the maze entrance at about 7:30 p.m. MT.

"He was crying and upset and obviously scared," Kendall Schmidt, who runs the maze, told The Washington Post.

"We couldn't get him to give us his name," Schmidt added. "He could say his brother's name and his cat's name, but not his own name."

An off-duty police officer let the boy watch a movie on a laptop in her patrol car while staff members walked through the maze with a bullhorn trying to find the parents. When they couldn't find his family, they waited for someone to return for the boy.

Closing time came and went, but no one ever arrived. The Utah Division of Child and Family Services kept the boy overnight.

The child's mother woke up Tuesday morning and finally noticed he was missing.

"She realized she may have left him at the corn maze and called us," West Jordan police Sgt. Joe Monson told The Salt Lake Tribune. The Division of Child and Familly Services told police the mother would be subject to questioning before the boy could be returned to her custody.

Monson said the mother arrived at the police station with about 10 children, according to the Associated Press.

"This was a case of multiple families with multiple children living in the same home," Monson told the Tribune, adding that the DCFS was investigating the incident.
Contributing: Francis Lally, Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, Neptune, N.J.

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Pro-tip for families planning to visit a corn maze this fall: It doesn't count as solving the maze if your children don't make it out with you. One family failed to heed that advice and left a 3-year-old boy behind at the Crazy Corn Maze in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, Utah, Monday night.