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An elderly woman was found by a drone in a corn field in Randolph County, North Carolina, after the county's sheriff's office investigated a missing person's report.

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Three UCLA players got out on bail this week. They were caught shoplifting at a Louis Vuitton store.

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Nov 8, 2017

Arash MarkaziESPN Senior Writer

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Former columnist and writer after five years with Sports Illustrated

Markazi has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy

On board of directors for Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.

SHANGHAI -- Three UCLA men's basketball players -- including LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball -- were released on bail early Wednesday morning in Hangzhou, China, after being arrested for allegedly shoplifting Tuesday afternoon, a source told ESPN.

The three players, a group that also includes freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were questioned about allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store next to the team's hotel in Hangzhou, where the Bruins had been staying before leaving for Shanghai on Wednesday.

"The players were treated with the utmost respect, kindness and professionalism at all times by the Hangzhou police," the source, who had firsthand knowledge of the release, told ESPN. "The players questioned were respectful at all times. None of this was confrontational."

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Police arrived early Tuesday morning at the Hyatt Regency in Hangzhou, where both UCLA and Georgia Tech were staying ahead of their Friday matchup in Shanghai, and questioned three players from each team. Team representatives and interpreters were with the players during that time, according to a source.

Afterward, Ball, Riley and Hill were taken to the police station in Hangzhou, where they were kept for a number of hours. UCLA representatives, including coach Steve Alford, were at the police station along with the players.

Ball, Riley and Hill were released around 4 a.m. Wednesday and were staying at a luxury hotel in Hangzhou along with a UCLA representative, according to a source. They are being required by Hangzhou police to remain at the hotel until the legal process is over, the source said.

Alford rejoined the rest of UCLA's team in Shanghai on Wednesday morning after the players were released. The coach said the three players involved would not play against Georgia Tech and referred to a previous statement released by the school.

"We are aware of a situation involving UCLA student-athletes in Hangzhou, China," UCLA said in a statement. "The University is cooperating fully with local authorities on this matter, and we have no further comment at this time."

In a statement, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the conference was directing specific questions about what transpired to UCLA.

"We are very disappointed by any situation that detracts from the positive student-athlete educational and cultural experience that this week is about," Scott said. "Whether in the United States or abroad, we expect our student-athletes to uphold the highest standards. We will continue to closely monitor the situation."

UCLA practiced Wednesday before visiting Shanghai Disneyland.

LaVar Ball; his wife, Tina; and son LaMelo Ball were having breakfast with the UCLA team in Shanghai on Wednesday morning. LaVar and his family are being filmed while in China for the Facebook reality show "Ball in the Family," which was renewed for a second season last month.

LaVar was expected to address the media from his hotel suite Wednesday morning in Shanghai, but he said he was advised by legal counsel not to speak "due to the legal nature of the matter."

As he was leaving the hotel later Wednesday, LaVar said: "I'm going to wait until I get some more intel on what's going on, and then I can tell you what's up."

Asked if he was worried about LiAngelo, LaVar said, "He'll be fine. He'll be fine. Everybody making it a big deal. It ain't that big of a deal."

LaVar later released a statement about the allegations against LiAngelo: "It is a very unfortunate situation that the Ball family and UCLA has to deal with at this particular time. We will comment shortly."

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A kid of the DREAMERS program that was not documented claimed he was wrongly deported by Donald trump, and arrested for illegally trying to re enter the border.

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An undocumented immigrant who claimed he was wrongly deported by U.S. Border Patrol agents was arrested for trying to illegally re-enter the country for the second time this year, authorities said Wednesday.

Juan Manuel Montes, 23, was caught late Monday after he was spotted on the U.S. side of the border by agents monitoring video feeds near Calexico, Calif., where he had lived for most of his life, according to a Border Patrol statement. Montes ran for about 200 yards, dropped to the ground, tried to flee again as Border Patrol agents approached him, but was quickly caught and arrested.

He was booked into the Imperial County Jail and is facing a federal felony charge that could result in up to two years in prison.

Montes has claimed he was deported by Border Patrol agents in February despite having deportation protections through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. That would have made him the first known DACA enrollee deported under the Trump administration.

Border Patrol has refuted his claim, arguing that it has no record of deporting Montes that February night. The government says Montes must have left the country voluntarily without getting approval, which would have immediately terminated his DACA status.

A group of lawyers sued the Trump administration to win his return to the U.S., and a federal judge in San Diego was preparing to hold a trial in December to figure out exactly what happened. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel was also willing to let Montes back into the country so he could testify on his own behalf.

But in October, Montes informed his lawyers that he wanted to drop the case. He had been living with relatives in his native Mexico for eight months, and provided no explanation for ending his lawsuit.

His lawyers have said Montes suffers from a cognitive disability due to an undisclosed incident that happened in his childhood.

Montes was protected under the 5-year-old program created by President Obama to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as minors, a group known as DREAMers. The program has shielded nearly 800,000 people from deportation and granted them work permits.

Their status is now in limbo after President Trump announced in September that he would end the program. Trump gave Congress six months to pass a bill to protect DREAMers, but hinted that he might extend their DACA protections if Congress fails to find a solution.

It's unclear whether any of that would matter for Montes.

He first tried to re-enter the U.S. in February, shortly after the night where he says he was deported and Border Patrol says he left on his own. He was caught by Border Patrol agents after he scaled the border wall, and was quickly deported.

Monday's arrest would mark the second time he tried to re-enter the country. Under federal law, illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported is a felony offense punishable by a fine and up to two years in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

"Border Patrol Agents will always stop, detain, and arrest anyone making an illegal entry into the country irrespective of their immigration or citizenship status," Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim said.

Montes' lawyers did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday night.

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First DREAMer deported under Trump arrested again

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An undocumented immigrant who claimed he was wrongly deported by U.S. Border Patrol agents was arrested for trying to illegally re-enter the country for the second time this year, authorities said Wednesday. Juan Manuel Montes, 23, was caught late Monday after he was spotted on the U.S.

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LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA players were arrested in China. The three players were accused of shop lifting at designer store. They were released yesterday on bail.

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Nov 8, 2017

Arash MarkaziESPN Senior Writer

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Former columnist and writer after five years with Sports Illustrated

Markazi has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy

On board of directors for Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.

SHANGHAI -- Three UCLA men's basketball players -- including LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball -- were released on bail early Wednesday morning in Hangzhou, China, after being arrested for allegedly shoplifting Tuesday afternoon, a source told ESPN.

The three players, a group that also includes freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were questioned about allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store next to the team's hotel in Hangzhou, where the Bruins had been staying before leaving for Shanghai on Wednesday.

"The players were treated with the utmost respect, kindness and professionalism at all times by the Hangzhou police," the source, who had firsthand knowledge of the release, told ESPN. "The players questioned were respectful at all times. None of this was confrontational."

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Police arrived early Tuesday morning at the Hyatt Regency in Hangzhou, where both UCLA and Georgia Tech were staying ahead of their Friday matchup in Shanghai, and questioned three players from each team. Team representatives and interpreters were with the players during that time, according to a source.

Afterward, Ball, Riley and Hill were taken to the police station in Hangzhou, where they were kept for a number of hours. UCLA representatives, including coach Steve Alford, were at the police station along with the players.

Ball, Riley and Hill were released around 4 a.m. Wednesday and were staying at a luxury hotel in Hangzhou along with a UCLA representative, according to a source. They are being required by Hangzhou police to remain at the hotel until the legal process is over, the source said.

Alford rejoined the rest of UCLA's team in Shanghai on Wednesday morning after the players were released. The coach said the three players involved would not play against Georgia Tech and referred to a previous statement released by the school.

"We are aware of a situation involving UCLA student-athletes in Hangzhou, China," UCLA said in a statement. "The University is cooperating fully with local authorities on this matter, and we have no further comment at this time."

In a statement, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the conference was directing specific questions about what transpired to UCLA.

"We are very disappointed by any situation that detracts from the positive student-athlete educational and cultural experience that this week is about," Scott said. "Whether in the United States or abroad, we expect our student-athletes to uphold the highest standards. We will continue to closely monitor the situation."

UCLA practiced Wednesday before visiting Shanghai Disneyland.

LaVar Ball; his wife, Tina; and son LaMelo Ball were having breakfast with the UCLA team in Shanghai on Wednesday morning. LaVar and his family are being filmed while in China for the Facebook reality show "Ball in the Family," which was renewed for a second season last month.

LaVar was expected to address the media from his hotel suite Wednesday morning in Shanghai, but he said he was advised by legal counsel not to speak "due to the legal nature of the matter."

As he was leaving the hotel later Wednesday, LaVar said: "I'm going to wait until I get some more intel on what's going on, and then I can tell you what's up."

Asked if he was worried about LiAngelo, LaVar said, "He'll be fine. He'll be fine. Everybody making it a big deal. It ain't that big of a deal."

LaVar later released a statement about the allegations against LiAngelo: "It is a very unfortunate situation that the Ball family and UCLA has to deal with at this particular time. We will comment shortly."

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Country star Keith Urban sings a new song. "Female" by Keith Urban was performed at the CMA ( Country Music Awards ) last night. "Female" is a song for Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal and some other powerful men in Hollywood. BMI country songwriter of the year, Ross Copperman was inspired to writ the song. Ross Copperman has writen lyrics to stars like  Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen and Brett Eldredge. "When I was younger I grew up with a house of boys, but now i am in a house of girls. This song just spoke to me " said Urban

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Country star Keith Urban is taking on the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal with a new song that he's going to perform live at the 2017 CMA Awards.

Inspired by the countless accusations of sexual harassment and assault lobbied against Weinstein and numerous other powerful men in Hollywood, BMI country songwriter of the year, Ross Copperman, felt inspired to comment on it the only way he knows how. "Female," which can be heard below, was specifically written with this scandal in mind for Urban to perform. The songwriter has previously written lyrics for stars like Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen and Brett Eldredge.

On Tuesday, Urban was recognized by BMI for his philanthropy and said that he immediately recognized the profound and important lyrics in the song and got in the recording studio right away.

"I think it's just time for a recalibrating of the past, you know? Things have been a certain way for a long, long time, and I think you're seeing a turning of the tide for that," Urban told the Associated Press. "This song just spoke to me. I just wanted to get in and record it right away."

Urban went on to note that a song championing women is especially poignant for him as he's constantly around the opposite sex. The country star is married to award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and is the father to two daughters.

"I am surrounded by females in my life. I grew up in a house with boys, no sisters. Now I am in a house that's all girls. So this song speaks to me on a lot of levels," he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Keith Urban's new song 'Female' is about the Harvey Weinstein scandal

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Country star Keith Urban is taking on the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal with a new song that he's going to perform live at the 2017 CMA Awards. Inspired by the countless accusations of sexual harassment and assault lobbied against Weinstein and numerous other powerful men in Hollywood, BMI country songwriter of the year, Ross Copperman, felt inspired to comment on it the only way he knows how.

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A Florida couple shot themselves, staged the crime scene and tried to clean things up. They called the police saying someone robbed their house and shot them both, one in the leg and the other in the arm. They shot themselves for the purpose of committing insurance fraud.

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A Florida couple was arrested Tuesday for faking a home break-in - in which they claimed they were shot at and money taken from them - in a bid to get insurance money, reports said.

On Oct. 26, Lindsey Pelton, 36, and Doug Teixeira, 35, reported to authorities that two men entered their rental home in Deltona, Volusia County, and shot Teixeira in the leg and Pelton in the arm, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. They also claimed that $7,000 was taken from a safe in their home by the intruders.

Both were transported to Central Florida Regional Hospital by ambulance and suffered injuries, which were not considered life-threatening.

"Their story was that two guys entered the house and one shot her in the arm and when he came out he was shot in the leg but we were able to determine no one broke into their home," Sheriff's Deputy Mike Chitwood told the News-Journal.

They had deputies searching for suspects they invented, who the couple claimed fled in an unknown vehicle, authorities said.

However, the deputies who were investigating the case suspected something was not right after they smelled bleach and found dried blood in the home and garage.

The Daily Mail reported that police found several other details that led them to believe the crime scene was staged. There was no sign of forced entry and the television which was on the floor appeared as if it had been pushed over and did not appear to be damaged in anyway. No noticeable signs of a vehicle stopping in front of the house were present.

Authorities also thought it was suspicious that the shower and bath mat were dry even though Teixeira was reportedly taking a shower when the robbers broke in.

"If this incident just occurred and they called police right away, why would you have dried blood and why do we have bleach all over the house," Chitwood said.

According to the New York Daily News, Pelton's father, Carson Tyler, called investigators to find out more information about the alleged robbery and said at the time that the couple didn't have any money that could have been taken by any intruders.

"Carson stated neither Lindsey or Doug 'have two pennies to rub together,'" the investigation report said. "Carson said he knew his daughter and she had probably 'never seen $7,000 in her life.'"

Investigators then found out that Pelton and Teixeira shot themselves, staged the crime scene and tried to clean things up.

"We found a .22-caliber gun hidden. When they were confronted, they said, 'Oh yeah, yeah, the home invaders didn't bring their own gun. They got hold of our gun.' I mean, the story just fell apart and it stunk from the very beginning," Chitwood was quoted as saying by AJC.com.

He further said: "They shot themselves for the purpose of committing insurance fraud. They were going to sue the homeowner to collect money."

Chitwood said the couple even had hired an attorney for the insurance proceedings.

They were booked in Volusia County jail Tuesday on charges of giving false information to law enforcement officers investigating a felony. Treixeira faced an addition charge of tampering with physical evidence.

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Florida Couple Shoots Themselves To Fake Insurance Claim

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A Florida couple was arrested Tuesday for faking a home break-in - in which they claimed they were shot at and money taken from them - in a bid to get insurance money, reports said. On Oct.

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Mexican citizen executed Wednesday night for killing his 16- year old cousin. She was abducted from her family's apartment and beaten to death.

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T Mexican citizen executed Wednesday night for killing his 16-year-old cousin wrote in a handwritten statement that he will be back for justice, "You can count on that!"

Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, was given a lethal injection after several federal court appeals failed to halt his punishment for the February 1997 killing of Mayra Laguna, 16. She was abducted from her family's apartment and beaten to death.

Asked by the warden to make a final statement, he replied, "No, sir."

As the lethal dose of pentobarbital began, he took a couple of breaths and then began snoring. After less than a minute, all movement stopped.

Twenty-one minutes later, at 10:26 p.m. CST, he was pronounced dead, making him the seventh convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state.

In a handwritten statement released afterward, Cardenas thanked his family, attorneys and the Mexican consulate for their help.

His punishment was delayed for about four hours as last-ditch appeals for the former security guard focused primarily on efforts to have trial evidence undergo new DNA testing. In a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court hours before his execution, lawyers argued Texas was violating Cardenas' due process rights and a state statute that covers forensic testing. They asked the justices to halt the execution for a court review.

They also asked the justices for more time to appeal a lower court's rejection of a federal civil rights lawsuit in which they claimed his due process and civil rights were being violated because Texas officials wouldn't release evidence so it can undergo new DNA testing.

Attorneys for the state said the lawsuit was improper and that state courts already refused the DNA request because Cardenas could not show that more advanced tests would exonerate him. DNA results in evidence at Cardenas' trial were not false, state attorneys said.

The high court, without comment, rejected both appeals.

Earlier this week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court, rejected a similar appeal seeking DNA tests. Cardenas' attorneys argued the new testing would be better than the now-obsolete testing that left "persistent doubts about his guilt and the integrity of his conviction."

Laguna was snatched from a bedroom she shared with a younger sister at her family's public housing apartment in McAllen in South Texas. In a confession to police, Cardenas said he and a friend drove around with the high school student in his mother's car. He said he had sex with the teen and then punched her as she fought him after he unbound her arms to let her go.

"I didn't plan on doing this, but I was high on cocaine," he told authorities.

He said after he hit the teen in the neck, she began coughing up blood and having difficulty breathing. After trying unsuccessfully to revive her, he said he tied her up "and rolled her down a canal bank."

Her body was found in a canal near a lake in the Rio Grande Valley in far South Texas. It's what happened next that has Mexican officials and human rights groups arguing he shouldn't be put to death.

Cardenas' defense team, funded by the Mexican government, claims the United States violated an international treaty by denying Cardenas the opportunity to speak to his country's consulate after his arrest.

"It's a significant treaty violation," Gregory Kuykendall, an Arizona attorney authorized to speak on behalf of Mexico, told the Houston Chronicle.

If Texas officials execute Cardenas, they would be in apparent violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

In 2004, the U.N.'s international court in the Hague ruled that the U.S. must review cases similar to Cardenas'. Then-President George W. Bush told states to comply but the Supreme Court overruled him and said it was up to Congress - not the president - to order states to obey.

Since then, Congress has dragged its feet.

"The result: an illegal loophole states are exploiting to execute foreign nationals in violation of international law," the ACLU says.

Laguna's sister, Roxana Jones, said she had waited 21 years for justice to be served.

"Words can't begin describe the relief it feels to know that there is true peace after so much pain and sorrow," she said in a statement.

Cardenas' attorney, Maurie Levin, contended eyewitness testimony against Cardenas was shaky, that little physical evidence tied him to the killing and that his confession was obtained after 22 hours of isolation and intense police questioning.

She also said that authorities acted improperly when not telling the Mexican-born Cardenas that he could get legal help from the Mexican consulate.

Cardenas grew up in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.

The friend who was with Cardenas during the abduction, Jose Antonio Lopez Castillo, now 45, was convicted of aggravated kidnapping and is serving a 25-year prison term.
Fox News' Barnini Chakraborty and The Associated Press contributed to this report

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Mexican citizen executed in Texas for decades-old killing vows he 'will be back for justice'

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T Mexican citizen executed Wednesday night for killing his 16-year-old cousin wrote in a handwritten statement that he will be back for justice, "You can count on that!" Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, was given a lethal injection after several federal court appeals failed to halt his punishment for the February 1997 killing of Mayra Laguna, 16.

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The Boston Celtics are on a 10 game win streak after losing twice in a row

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky suffered from 6 broken ribs by his neighbor for mowing his lawn. Its uncertain about Rand Paul going back to Senate but his neighbor who is a 59 year old man has been charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. Both men are doctors and prominent members of the community in Bowling Green, Kentucky where rumors have been spreading about the attack that the attack stemmed from a festering neighborhood dispute about lawn debris.

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he ended up with six broken ribs after a bizarre attack by his neighbor last week while he was mowing his lawn.

Paul writes on Twitter Wednesday: "I appreciate all of the support from everyone. A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new X-ray shows a pleural effusion."

A pleural effusion is excess fluid around the lungs.

It remains uncertain when Paul will return to the Senate. His longtime neighbor, 59-year-old Rene Boucher, was charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault.

Both men are doctors and prominent members of their community in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where rumors have swirled that the attack stemmed from a festering neighborhood dispute about lawn debris.

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Rand Paul says he suffered 6 broken ribs in bizarre attack

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he ended up with six broken ribs after a bizarre attack by his neighbor last week while he was mowing his lawn. Paul writes on Twitter Wednesday: "I appreciate all of the support from everyone. A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new...

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We now know Devin Patrick Kelley escaped from a mental health facility after sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and threatening commanders. But it wasn't enough to prevent him from buying four guns afterward. We also know he beat a former wife, abused his former stepson, posted about his rifle and his affinity for mass shootings, and recently disturbed his neighbor for several mornings in a row with rapid-fire gunshots from his property.

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Four days after the shooting, investigators continue looking into Kelley's past and motive as people in the small town of Sutherland Springs are trying to cope with the tragedy.

At least 10 people who survived the carnage remain hospitalized in critical condition. Other survivors along with members of this close-knit community comforted each other and gathered at a memorial of crosses near the First Baptist Church.

"It was something that I don't want to think about anymore," said Rosanne Solis, one of the worshipers who survived the shooting. "It's always going to be there."

Kelley carried out the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history on Sunday, but records show his violent behavior could have begun years ago.

Latest developments

Kelley escaped from a New Mexico mental health facility in 2012 after sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and making threats against commanders, according to a police report.

The FBI has the shooter's cellphone, but has not yet accessed its content due to encryption, said Christopher Combs, FBI special agent in charge.

Husband and wife, Robert and Karen Marshall, were among the 25 people -- and an unborn child -- killed Sunday during the Texas shooting, family members told CNN affiliates WTAE and KDKA.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, will travel to Sutherland Springs on Wednesday to meet with victims' families, he tweeted.

Warning signs

Kelley had a troubled past and was prone to domestic violence and animal cruelty, according to public records and those who knew him.

During his time in the Air Force, Kelley was involved in "multiple occasions of domestic abuse" against his ex-wife and stepson, said Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel.

Kelley was placed into pretrial confinement at a civilian facility in New Mexico to wait for his court martial in 2012 but he managed to escape days later, according to documents from the El Paso Police Department obtained by CNN affiliate KVIA and two Air Force officials.

When officers were called to find Kelley, they were warned that he was a danger to himself and others and that he had sneaked firearms onto Holloman Air Force Base. He had reportedly threatened his commanders, the documents said.

He was ultimately discharged after he pleaded guilty to assault charges, admitting he hit his then-wife and stepson, officials said.

After his release in 2014, he landed in El Paso County, Colorado, where he was arrested on an animal cruelty charge. A neighbor told police he saw Kelley punching a dog, grabbing it by the neck and then dragging the animal. Kelley denied the account and was issued a summons but didn't spend any time in jail.

Kelley's social media suggested a fascination with mass shootings, a law enforcement official said.

He spent time posting anti-God and pro-gun statements, said Christopher Leo Longoria, who attended high school with Kelley.

Longoria described Kelley's Facebook posts as "a ridiculous amount of nonsense." Kelley's page has been taken down but people in the community have confirmed its existence and content.

Kelley had previously attended the Texas church but he was not welcomed there, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CNN on Tuesday.

Pastor Frank Pomeroy of First Baptist Church knew Kelley from his attendance at church events, according to Tackitt. The pastor wanted him out.

There were no threats but Pomeroy told authorities Kelley "was not a good person to be around."

"He did not think that he was a good person and did not want him around his church," Tackitt said of the pastor. "But he said, 'How do I run him away from my church?'"

Families remember the victims

As authorities have yet officially identified the victims of Sunday's shooting, families and close friends are sharing the stories of the victims.

Husband and wife Robert and Karen Marshall had recently moved to Texas from Pennsylvania and were visiting the church for the first time when the shooting took place.

Robert Scott Marshall -- who goes by Scott, according to his sister, Holly Hannum "was a great guy."

"He would have given you the shirt off his back and would've helped you do anything," Hannum told CNN affiliate WTAE.

He was a veteran, and Karen was also in the service. She was planning on retiring, Scott's father, Robert Marshall, told CNN affiliate KDKA. He added that his son worked on engines.

Just feet away from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, 26 white crosses honoring the victims stand surrounded by American flags, balloons and flowers.

Judy Green, a Sutherland Springs resident and member of the church, brought pink roses for the victims. For her, many of them were family, including 14-year-old Annabelle Pomeroy.

"I know Annabelle loved roses in rose color and purple. I don't have words for my loss for her, loss for everyone," Green told CNN affiliate KSAT.

"She's been our little baby. We all raised her in the church. She's been special," Green's husband Rod said.

CNN's Ray Suarez, Madison Park, Darran Simon and Amanda Jackson contributed to this report.

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Four days after the shooting, investigators continue looking into Kelley's past and motive as people in the small town of Sutherland Springs are trying to cope with the tragedy. At least 10 people who survived the carnage remain hospitalized in critical condition.

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Arizona man found guilty of murder after locking girl in box: court official

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An Arizona man was found guilty on Wednesday of murder and other charges in the death of a 10-year-old girl who was locked in a small bin for taking a Popsicle without permission, a court official said.

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Federal officials said Wednesday that a Navy veteran has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the death of Ashanti Billie, whose body was found behind a North Carolina church in September.

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Federal officials said Wednesday that a Navy veteran has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the death of Ashanti Billie, whose body was found behind a North Carolina church in September.

The Virginian-Pilot reported that the suspect, 45-year-old Eric Brian Brown, was already in custody on unrelated charges, including solicitation of prostitution and trespassing.
BODY OF MISSING VIRGINIA TEEN FOUND BEHIND NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH
Billie, 19, disappeared on Sept. 18 while she was en route to work at a sandwich shop on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Norfolk, Va. Surveillance video showed Billie driving her car onto the base that morning. Video from a separate gate appeared to show a different person driving the car off the base.

Billie's cellphone was found in a dumpster hours after she disappeared and her car was found in a nearby street five days later. Multiple news outlets, citing court documents, reported that Billie's pants were found in her car with dirt on them.

Her body was found on Sept. 29 behind the East Stonewall AME Zion Church in Charlotte. Investigators say the church is located only a few hundred yards from Brown's childhood home.

Investigators have not revealed the exact cause of Billie's death.

In a statement, Billie's family thanked "the FBI, Virginia Beach and Norfolk Police Departments and NCIS for their attention and investigations regarding their daughter." The statement closed with the social media hashtag, "justiceforashanti".

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Federal officials said Wednesday that a Navy veteran has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the death of Ashanti Billie, whose body was found behind a North Carolina church in September. The Virginian-Pilot reported that the suspect, 45-year-old Eric Brian Brown, was already in custody on unrelated charges, including solicitation of prostitution and trespassing.

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President trump's first visit to China has cast a new spotlight on what he has framed as a growing kinship with the country's President xi jinping

Despite their language barrier, the two have been regularly seen through the president's state visit laughing together in exchanges and repeatedly emphasizing a growing friendship and mutual respect.

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President Trump's first visit to China has cast a new spotlight on what he has framed as a growing kinship with the country's President Xi Jinping.

Despite their language barrier, the two have been regularly seen through the president's state visit laughing together in exchanges and repeatedly emphasizing a growing friendship and mutual respect.

Trump beamed with pride as he showed off a video today at an opulent Chinese state dinner of his granddaughter Arabella Kushner's singing a poem in Chinese.

Arabella, 6, became somewhat of a celebrity in China after she first sang for Xi in his visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club this past April. In the newly recorded video shared by Trump, she greets Xi and his wife, Peng Linyuan, as "Grandpa Xi and Grandma Peng."

"Our children so often remind us of our shared humanity and true dignity," Trump said during a toast at the dinner before airing the video of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's daughter.

The chemistry between Trump and Xi is not exactly surprising, but still serves as a highlight in what has become a major shift from the fiery rhetoric of Trump prior to his taking office to his actions after he assumed the presidency.

For years prior to his presidency, Trump paralleled his reputation as a skilled dealmaker with repeated inflammatory attacks regarding China's ability to "rape" the United States on economic issues and trade deals.

Remember, China is not a friend of the United States!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2014

Such hostility seemed all but forgotten as Trump said alongside Xi at a signing ceremony today that he blamed the United States rather than China for the trade deficit between the two countries.

"After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country to the benefit of its citizens?" Trump said to applause in the room.

Despite the president's vocal commitments to try to aggressively tackle the trade deficit and other imbalances, that assertiveness has been largely absent in Trump's public statements while in China. He also contrasted with previous presidents in avoiding mention on issues such as China's crackdown on protests and an independent press.

Xi said in his state dinner toast, "China and the United States, once involved in animosity, have grown into a community with our interests converging."

It's a message echoed by Trump, who similarly painted a rosy forecast of future U.S.-China relations through his remaining time in office.

"To the people of your country and to a friendship that will only grow stronger and stronger in the many years to come," Trump said, closing off his toast at the state dinner today.

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Trump, Chinese president tout growing friendship on display at lavish state dinner

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President Trump's first visit to China has cast a new spotlight on what he has framed as a growing kinship with the country's President Xi Jinping. Despite their language barrier, the two have been regularly seen through the president's state visit laughing together in exchanges and repeatedly emphasizing a growing friendship and mutual respect.

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On November 4 Matthew

McConaughey was in Kentucky giving out turkey's for Thanksgiving. November 4th is also Matthew McConaughey's birthday. He gave turkey's to all residents in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

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Matthew McConaughey spent his 48th birthday working.

The Oscar-winning actor, who is a spokesman for Wild Turkey Bourbon, participated in the company's early Thanksgiving initiative and drove around surprising Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, residents with frozen Butterball birds.

McConaughey surprised a group of women who referred to themselves as "Hot Mamas" and documented the whole experience in a Facebook Live video shared on his page.

"It's a sexy man carrying a turkey!" one woman said.

Many fans praised the actor for spending his birthday in such a generous way, writing, "See this is why I love you Matthew. You are such a humble soul. Thank you for what you are doing. 4500 Turkeys. All the best to your family. "

Others, however, called him out for giving turkeys to families who didn't appear to "need" them.

"They don't look like they NEED a turkey or anything from the looks of it!! I thought he was going to REAL FAMILIES IN NEED," wrote one viewer.

"Yes, it's great, he's giving, however, by the look of those houses, I'm sure there are others in much more need of food. JS!!" noted another.

Cheryl Taylor, the Environmental Health and Safety Manager at Wild Turkey Distillery, caught wind of the negative comments and responded defending the brand's initiative.

"We gave a turkey to every single resident of Lawrenceburg. No shaming anyone," she wrote. "People need to be less judgmental please."
This article originally appeared on Page Six.

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Matthew McConaughey delivers frozen turkeys in Kentucky

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Matthew McConaughey spent his 48th birthday working. The Oscar-winning actor, who is a spokesman for Wild Turkey Bourbon, participated in the company's early Thanksgiving initiative and drove around surprising Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, residents with frozen Butterball birds. McConaughey surprised a group of women who referred to themselves as "Hot Mamas" and documented the whole experience in a Facebook Live video shared on his page.

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Texas is revoking tittles for dune buggies and kit cars it is still legal off road but on highway and streets your not able to drive them on the freeway or any other streets.

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While Texas state officials claim to be looking into the matter, the state's DMV has outlawed any rebodied vehicles and has started to revoke titles and registrations for dune buggies in the state, a move that has provoked Texan kit car enthusiasts to start lobbying the state to re-legalize the vehicles.

As far back as 2013, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles put a halt to registrations of newly built dune buggies, grandfathering in previously built and registered dune buggies. While some owners of Volkswagen-based fiberglass-bodied beach cars reported success registering their kit cars under the donor vehicle's identity, the state DMV in March 2015 adopted Texas Administrative Rule 217.3 (6), which explicitly made any vehicle "designed or determined by the department to be a dune buggy" ineligible for title "regardless of the vehicle's previous title and/or registration." The only other vehicles that, as a group, the Texas Administrative Code specifies as ineligible for title are race cars, off-road vehicles, and flooded cars.

Starting earlier this year, the Texas DMV has sent letters to dune buggy and sand rail owners in the state alerting them that their titles have been revoked and that the owners have to surrender the vehicle's original title, windshield sticker, and license plates to the DMV. The letters note that the state considers dune buggies and sand rails "designed for off-road usage and may not be legally operated for use on Texas streets or public roadways."

Adam Shaivitz, a spokesman for the Texas DMV, said the decision to ban dune buggies came about "because many of these vehicles do not have key safety components or do not have a body at all. These vehicles, as manufactured, were not designed for on-road use. These vehicles, as modified from previously manufactured vehicles, also do not keep their on-road qualities."

While he said that the DMV is currently researching how other states regulate dune buggies, sand rails, and other rebodied vehicles, that process is in the early stages.

Vincent Parisien, the president of the Manx Club, said that the title revocations and the ban on dune buggy registrations amounts to discrimination without merit. "We're not about making the streets more dangerous," he said. "Our members are willing to go through all the same safety standards as other cars."

However, as Parisien pointed out, a number of Texan dune buggy enthusiasts have already resorted to selling their vehicles out of state, and others have parked their dune buggies fearing both the devaluation of their vehicles and the risk of facing legal trouble if they were to drive them on the streets.

To counter the ban, he said Manx Club officials have contacted Texas State Representative Ed Thompson, who has already requested the Texas DMV rescind its ban; the SEMA Action Network; and the Historic Vehicle Association, which added Bruce Myers's Old Red to the National Historic Vehicle Register in 2014.

In addition, Faron Smith, founder of the Save the Texas Dune Buggy Facebook group, late last month started a GoFundMe campaign to raise enough money to hire a lobbyist to work on behalf of Texan dune buggy enthusiasts.

That lobbyist, Ron Hinkle, has already worked to get the state of Texas to legalize the Polaris Slingshot, Smith wrote, and has agreed to take on the dune buggy case.

While the dune buggy ban only directly effects Texas residents, Parisien said it has implications for dune buggy and other specialty vehicle owners across the country.

"We definitely see this happening in other states," he said. "If Texas deems this as the right way to operate then other states will do so as well."

No other state in the country has a similar outright ban on dune buggies, though a number of them do refuse to issue titles or registration for sand rails.

As of this writing, the GoFundMe campaign has raised $3,260 of its $6,000 goal.

UPDATE: The Save the Texas Dune Buggy Facebook group has distributed a petition for Texas dune buggy owners to sign and postmark to the Texas DMV by November 9.

UPDATE (7.November 2017): The GoFundMe campaign surpassed its $6,000 goal overnight and now stands at $6,110.

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While Texas state officials claim to be looking into the matter, the state's DMV has outlawed any rebodied vehicles and has started to revoke titles and registrations for dune buggies in the state, a move that has provoked Texan kit car enthusiasts to start lobbying the state to re-legalize the vehicles.

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A woman who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her fiance during a 2015 kayaking trip on the Hudson River in New York was sentenced to four years in prison today. They were kayaking on the Hudson River on April 19, 2015, when his kayak turned over and he disappeared. She was originally charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2015, and plead not guilty to both charges. She reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to negligent homicide.

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A woman who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her fiancé during a 2015 kayaking trip on the Hudson River in New York was sentenced to four years in prison today.

Orange County Court Judge Robert Freehill said four years was the maximum sentence allowed for the charge, and acknowledged that Graswald had already been in custody for the past two years. In addition to her sentence, Graswald was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Graswald and her fiancé, 46-year-old Vince Viafore, were kayaking on the Hudson River on April 19, 2015, when his kayak capsized and he disappeared, authorities said. Graswald was arrested and charged a few weeks later. Viafore's body was recovered on May 23, 2015.

Graswald, a 37-year-old native of Latvia, was originally charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2015, and had pleaded not guilty to both charges. Weeks before the case was set to go to trial, Graswald reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to the lesser felony charge of negligent homicide in July, in which she admitted she should have perceived the risks of the dangers out on the water that day. She has always maintained she never intended to kill Viafore.

Graswald appeared calm when her attorneys brought her into the courtroom today and she stayed silent when Viafore's sister, Laura Rice, shared a statement in court. Rice described her younger brother as a "caring person" who "touched many lives," adding that he was someone who loved to cook and had mastered smoked ribs.

"As for my mother ...this is truly one of the most devastating experiences a mother could go to," Rice said.

Shortly after the judge announced her sentence, Graswald was led out of the courtroom.

Prosecutors claimed Graswald removed a plug from Viafore's kayak, causing the kayak to take on water and sink.

In a nearly 12-hour taped interrogation by police 10 days after Viafore disappeared, Graswald repeatedly denied killing her fiancé and said her desperate calls to 911 were real. She also said during that interrogation, in which she practiced various yoga poses, that she was "OK" with Viafore's death and "wanted him dead."

Graswald told ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas in a November 2015 jailhouse interview that she was at her "breaking point" during the taped police interrogation.

"They kept me asking me the same questions like a hundred times. I knew that I was innocent," Graswald told Vargas at the time. "I was at my breaking point ... I just gave them what they wanted."

She also denied to ABC News' "20/20" that she had removed the plug from Viafore's kayak with the intent to kill him, saying, "No, I did not."

"I didn't kill him. ... I loved him," Graswald said at the time. "I'm not a killer. I'm a good person."

ABC News' Emily Shapiro contributed to this report.

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NY kayak murder case: Woman sentenced to four years in prison

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A woman who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her fiancé during a 2015 kayaking trip on the Hudson River in New York was sentenced to four years in prison today. Orange County Court Judge Robert Freehill said four years was the maximum sentence allowed for the charge, and acknowledged that Graswald had already been in custody for the past two years.

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Kevin Spacey is being replaced by Christopher Plummer because a Ex- TV anchor said that he sexually assaulted her son

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Kevin Spacey will be replaced by Christopher Plummer in the upcoming film "All the Money in the World," a representative for Sony confirmed to ABC News.

The rep added that Sony supports the decision, which was made by the film's director, Ridley Scott.

News of the replacement comes on the heels of the film being pulled from the American Film Institute (AFI) film festival, after multiple sexual misconduct allegations have emerged against Spacey.

The upcoming thriller, co-starring Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg, was set to be released on Dec. 22. Despite replacing one of the lead actors, Scott is intending to keep the film's release date next month, according to The Associated Press.

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TriStar Pictures, a division of Sony, said previously that the film was being withdrawn from the AFI festival "out of respect for those impacted" by the actor.

"'All the Money in the World' is a superb film and more than worthy of its place of honor in the AFI Fest. But given the current allegations surrounding one of its actors and out of respect for those impacted, it would be inappropriate to celebrate at a gala at this difficult time," Tristar Pictures said in a statement.

Spacey, 58, was accused Wednesday by Heather Unruh, a former TV news anchor, of sexually assaulting her son when he was 18. A rep for Spacey did not respond immediately to ABC News' request for comment on Wednesday.

The actor has also been accused of making an unwanted sexual advance toward actor Anthony Rapp in the 1980s when he was just 14 years old, and groping Richard Dreyfuss' son, Harry, among other allegations. His publicist has not responded to ABC News' requests for comment, though People magazine reported last week that a representative for the actor said that Spacey "is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment."

Spacey issued an apology in the wake of Rapp's accusations, saying, "I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."

After the allegations surfaced, Netflix and Media Rights Capital, the companies behind Spacey's show, "House of Cards," announced that production on the series had been suspended. Last week, Netflix also stated that it had severed ties with the actor.

ABC News' Michael Del Moro, Lesley Messer and Luchina Fisher contributed to this report

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Kevin Spacey will be replaced by Christopher Plummer in the upcoming film "All the Money in the World," a representative for Sony confirmed to ABC News. The rep added that Sony supports the decision, which was made by the film's director, Ridley Scott. News of the replacement comes on the heels of...

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Snapchat is reportedly getting a completely new look next month

Snapchat's biggest design shakeup since its launch is scheduled to take place in December, according to a report by Business Insider.

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Snapchat's biggest design shakeup since its launch is scheduled to take place in December, according to a report by Business Insider.

The redesign would make the popular social media app "easier to use," according to Evan Spiegel, the CEO of parent company Snap Inc.

Although Spiegel didn't indicate a timeline for when the new look would kick in, employees were reportedly notified that the overhaul would debut on December 4.

Spiegel hinted that Snapchat could take on a more Facebook-like feed system, although a source told Business Insider that the new design would "still open to the camera."

Wall Street has been unimpressed with Snapchat's parent company this week, after the firm reported worse-than-expected third-quarter results on Tuesday.
Read the full report on Business Insider.

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Michal Fludra | NurPhoto | Getty Images Snapchat's biggest design shakeup since its launch is scheduled to take place in December, according to a report by Business Insider. The redesign would make the popular social media app "easier to use," according to Evan Spiegel, the CEO of parent company Snap Inc.

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On November third a three-year-old boy,  Elijah Silvera,  went into anaphylactic shock after eating his schools grilled cheese. Silvera has a severe allergy of dairy and even though the school was allegedly aware of this they still served him the grilled cheese. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital were he was pronounced dead. The school is shut down while the Center for Family Services continues investigation.

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A school in New York City on Wednesday shut down after a 3-year-old boy, severely allergic to dairy, died after eating a grilled cheese sandwich, reports said.

Elijah Silvera died on Nov. 3 after he went into anaphylactic shock from eating a grilled cheese at the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem, The Daily News reported. He was rushed to the Harlem Hospital pediatric emergency room where he died.

Silvera was served the sandwich "despite them [the school] knowing and having documented that he has a severe allergy to dairy," according to a GoFundMe page. The New York City Health Department released a statement late Wednesday that the school will remain close as the investigation continues, Fox 8 reported.

"There is nothing more important than the safety of our children and we are deeply saddened by this tragedy. We will get to the bottom of what happened here. In the meantime, we're closing the Center for Family Services and continuing to aggressively investigate what happened and whether the facility could have done something differently to prevent this tragedy," the statement read.

Silvera's GoFundMe page has raised nearly $18,500 and will go towards an independent autopsy report.

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New York City school shut down after toddler dies after eating grilled cheese

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A school in New York City on Wednesday shut down after a 3-year-old boy, severely allergic to dairy, died after eating a grilled cheese sandwich, reports said. Elijah Silvera died on Nov. 3 after he went into anaphylactic shock from eating a grilled cheese at the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem, The Daily News reported.

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snapchat is so hard to use that snap is giving it a new look.

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One of the major complaints about Snapchat over the years has been that it's too hard to use. As it struggles to grow its user base, CEO Evan Spiegel says he is finally acknowledging its detractors, and will redesign the app.

During the company's third-quarter earnings call to investors on Tuesday, Spiegel made the bombshell announcement, after detailing feedback that the app has been a tough nut to crack for a number of people.

"One thing that we have heard over the years is that Snapchat is difficult to understand or hard to use, and our team has been working on responding to this feedback," Spiegel said on the call. "As a result, we are currently redesigning our application to make it easier to use."
TEENS STILL HATE FACEBOOK, LOVE INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT
Spiegel added that Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, does not yet know what effects the changes will have on its user base.

"We don't yet know how the behavior of our community will change when they begin to use our updated application," he stated. "We're willing to take that risk for what we believe are substantial long-term benefits to our business."

Last quarter, Snapchat added just 4.5 million daily active users to bring its total to 178 million. By comparison, Facebook has 2.07 billion monthly active users and 1.37 billion daily active users. Instagram, which implemented some of Snapchat's most popular features including Stories, recently announced it surpassed 800 million monthly active users.

Spiegel's comments came on a conference call with industry analysts after the company posted the lackluster user-growth numbers and revenue that fell well short of Wall Street expectations. Snap's stock was bludgeoned Wednesday, falling 16 percent to $12.70 in early morning trading. The Venice, California, company went public in March at $17 a share.

Snapchat needs to grow its user base beyond 13 to 34 year olds in the U.S., France the U.K. and Australia, Spiegel said. This, he said, includes Android users, people older than 34 and what he called "rest of world" markets.

Meanwhile, Snap said Wednesday that Chinese internet company Tencent has acquired a 10 percent stake in the company. Tencent runs the WeChat messaging app, as well as online payment platforms and games. Earlier this year, Tencent bought a 5 percent stake in Tesla Inc.
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Analysts are wary that the changes may cause some disruption to Snapchat's business, at least in the interim. In a note to investors, Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White said these changes "may cause some short-term disruption to the business when consummated but we believe a long-term positive for the platform."

Spiegel did not go into detail when the changes would be forthcoming, adding that it would be a "surprise," but did add some context on how the app would look after the changes were implemented.

"As part of the redesign I mentioned earlier, we are going to make it easier to discover the vast quantity of content on our platform that goes undiscovered or unseen every day," Spiegel said. "We think that there is a big opportunity to surface some of this content in a personalized and more relevant way, while still maintaining the exploratory nature of our service."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Chris Ciaccia on Twitter @Chris_Ciaccia

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Snapchat is getting a new look because it's 'too hard to use'

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One of the major complaints about Snapchat over the years has been that it's too hard to use. As it struggles to grow its userbase, CEO Evan Spiegel has done the unthinkable: he is redesigning the app to make it easier to use.