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A teacher in floridia named David Swyinar annouced to his students that they should not date african americans because they are not worth it.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations.

David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students - 22.6 percent of whom are African-American.

Just after lunch on October 6, 2017, a student told a school board investigator that their teacher, Swinyar, and students were discussing relationships.

"If your boyfriend says bad things to you and/or treats you wrong, that means he's acting like a n--," Swinyar said according to student testimony in a school district investigative report. "You all should not be dating all these different African-American boys because they are not worth it."

A separate incident

In what appears to be a separate incident covered in the investigative report, students said Swinyar made other racist remarks in August 2017.

According to the report, Swinyar used the N-word during an argument with a student.

"If my daughter was dating someone who used the 'f' word, I wouldn't have any respect for that n--," a student recalled Swinyar saying, according to an investigative report. Another student then confronted Swinyar about using the racial slur; he denied using it.

The school counselor, quoting a student, reported that Swinyar said, "If [Swinyar's daughter] was dating someone and that 'n' said the 'f' word, I would beat him up."

After he was confronted by a student, other students said Swinyar said, "I would never say that, but if I did, I am sorry."

A 10-day suspension

Swinyar reportedly said he attended an African-American church, and students said he made fun of the preacher's preaching style. The district also concluded in the report that Swinyar made inappropriate comments to students, such as calling some of them "dumb."

CNN reached out to Swinyar for comment, but has not yet received a response.

Florida's teacher union, the Florida Education Association, declined to comment on the situation Thursday.

"One of the FEA's core values is to 'value and respect the diversity among all individuals,'" said FEA communications director Sharon Nesvig, when asked for the organization's general policy on racist language in the classroom. "So, clearly FEA is opposed to using racial slurs and derogatory language inside or outside the classroom."

Swinyar received a 10-day unpaid suspension for the behaviors documented in the district's investigation. CNN affiliate WFOX-WJAX reports Swinyar will also get a letter of reprimand and a mandatory referral to the Employee Assistance Program.

After this story was published, CNN was sent a letter Duval County Schools Superintendent Patricia Willis sent to the school board members on Thursday afternoon. That letter further outlined what the district plans to do with Swinyar.

"Following the employee's suspension without pay, he will be reassigned to an appropriate district position with no contact with students for the remainder of the year," said Willis. "As an annual contract employee, Mr. Swinyar's employment contract with the district expires June 30, 2018. In May, recommendations for contract renewals for all annual employees will be considered."

Records indicate Swinyar has taught in the Duval County school board system since 2012.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations. David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations.

David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students - 22.6 percent of whom are African-American.

Just after lunch on October 6, 2017, a student told a school board investigator that their teacher, Swinyar, and students were discussing relationships.

"If your boyfriend says bad things to you and/or treats you wrong, that means he's acting like a n--," Swinyar said according to student testimony in a school district investigative report. "You all should not be dating all these different African-American boys because they are not worth it."

A separate incident

In what appears to be a separate incident covered in the investigative report, students said Swinyar made other racist remarks in August 2017.

According to the report, Swinyar used the N-word during an argument with a student.

"If my daughter was dating someone who used the 'f' word, I wouldn't have any respect for that n--," a student recalled Swinyar saying, according to an investigative report. Another student then confronted Swinyar about using the racial slur; he denied using it.

The school counselor, quoting a student, reported that Swinyar said, "If [Swinyar's daughter] was dating someone and that 'n' said the 'f' word, I would beat him up."

After he was confronted by a student, other students said Swinyar said, "I would never say that, but if I did, I am sorry."

A 10-day suspension

Swinyar reportedly said he attended an African-American church, and students said he made fun of the preacher's preaching style. The district also concluded in the report that Swinyar made inappropriate comments to students, such as calling some of them "dumb."

CNN reached out to Swinyar for comment, but has not yet received a response.

Florida's teacher union, the Florida Education Association, declined to comment on the situation Thursday.

"One of the FEA's core values is to 'value and respect the diversity among all individuals,'" said FEA communications director Sharon Nesvig, when asked for the organization's general policy on racist language in the classroom. "So, clearly FEA is opposed to using racial slurs and derogatory language inside or outside the classroom."

Swinyar received a 10-day unpaid suspension for the behaviors documented in the district's investigation. CNN affiliate WFOX-WJAX reports Swinyar will also get a letter of reprimand and a mandatory referral to the Employee Assistance Program.

After this story was published, CNN was sent a letter Duval County Schools Superintendent Patricia Willis sent to the school board members on Thursday afternoon. That letter further outlined what the district plans to do with Swinyar.

"Following the employee's suspension without pay, he will be reassigned to an appropriate district position with no contact with students for the remainder of the year," said Willis. "As an annual contract employee, Mr. Swinyar's employment contract with the district expires June 30, 2018. In May, recommendations for contract renewals for all annual employees will be considered."

Records indicate Swinyar has taught in the Duval County school board system since 2012.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations. David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville.

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A Huffman High School student is in custody in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington inside the east Birmingham school.

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California boy, 14, arrested for pretending to be sheriff’s deputy, initiated traffic stop

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A teenager was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a sheriff's deputy who launched phony investigations and pulled people over in his Southern California neighborhood in an SUV fitted with flashing blue and red lights, officials said.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said in a news release they were alerted a day earlier when a homeowner in Victorville reported someone driving in an unmarked Ford Explorer wearing a sheriff's uniform with a gun holster came to the home and said he was investigating a domestic disturbance.

"The homeowner informed him there was no problem and they had not placed a call to the police," the sheriff's office said. "The suspect tried to open the door but the homeowner had locked it."

Police said the teenager then returned to the Explorer and left the area after an exchange with the homeowner, who followed him to the driveway.

Jasmine Jones, who lives home involved, told FOX 11 she didn't notice the boy's age at first, only that he was a police officer.

"I saw a police officer in dress code, that's what I saw, and that's what was really concerning," she said.

Detectives determined in the course of their investigation that the boy interacted with at least two other people while impersonating a deputy.
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"The suspect again activated the emergency lights mounted in the vehicle, causing a white male, approximately 16-years old, to come out of his house," the sheriff's office said. "The suspect again claimed to be investigating a domestic disturbance call. When he was told, there was no disturbance, the suspect left."

On the same day, the teen also pulled a woman over and gave her a warning before letting her go, officials said.

Deputies later stopped the Ford Explorer and found the uniformed teen inside.

During a search of the 14-year-old's home, detectives found the uniform worn during the incident, in addition to a large amount of counterfeit money, fake guns, ballistic vests and other law enforcement related items.
TEXAS POLICE OFFICER FACES HUMAN SMUGGLING CHARGES
"As a civilian, how the heck are we supposed to tell is he's real police or not?" Jones told FOX 11. "Other than the age, and he looks obvious, OK yeah but he could obviously not look like a cop and be a cop."

The SUV belonged to the teen's great-grandfather, according to the San Bernardino Sun newspaper. It wasn't clear if the boy lived with his great-grandfather or how he was able to access the vehicle.

The boy, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, was being held at a juvenile detention center east of Los Angeles, according to police.

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

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California boy, 14, arrested for pretending to be sheriff's deputy, initiated traffic stop

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A teenager was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a sheriff's deputy who launched phony investigations and pulled people over in his Southern California neighborhood in an SUV fitted with flashing blue and red lights, officials said.

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A Missouri officer fatally shot while responding to a 911 call was sent to the wrong house — about 15 miles away from where he and two other officers were supposed to be, authorities said.

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A Missouri officer who was fatally shot and two others who were wounded Tuesday night while responding to a 911 call were sent to the wrong house - about 15 miles away from where they were supposed to be, authorities said.

Clinton Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, 30, was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to a 911 call in which two women were heard screaming in the background. None of the women directly spoke to the operator.

"The 911 call that came in was somehow attached to that [Clinton] address," Lowe said in a Wednesday afternoon, according to the Kansas City Star.

The officers were sent to an address in Clinton, even though the home that the officers should have been responding to was in Windsor, Mo., about 15 miles away, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said. The dispatcher mistakenly led the three officers to the home unrelated to the call.
MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER KILLED, 2 OTHERS WOUNDED IN SHOOTING; SUSPECT DEAD
The three officers entered the Clinton home, about 70 miles east of Kansas City, and were searching for possible criminal activity when James E. Waters, 37, opened fire, according to Lowe.

"We're confident that is not part of this incident [in Clinton], but the fact remains they were called to that residence...In order to determine nothing adverse was going on in that residence, they had to make sure everything was OK. That's when the tragic incident took place," Lowe said.

Morton was shot and killed. Officers Nathan Bettencourt and Nicholas Kasper were both wounded. Bettencourt was in stable condition as of Wednesday. Kasper was treated for his gunshot wounds and released.

A SWAT team responded to the scene after the shooting and found Waters dead inside the home. It's unclear how Waters died and if he was living in the home at the time.

"It is a coincidence they were called to that specific address," Lowe said. "It is tragic that happened. But the fact is they were in the act of committing crimes within that house. When (the officers) entered that house they were doing what they needed to ensure no one was hurt and there wasn't any other problems."

A woman who lived in the Clinton home, Tammy Widger, 37, was charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and maintaining a public nuisance, Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields said. Drugs were being sold in the house, but it's unclear if Tuesday night's shooting was related to that crime.
OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2018
Lowe said authorities backtracked and found the address the officers were supposed to respond to. The women who were heard in the 911 call were not connected to the Clinton home.

Waters was wanted in connection with a rape case, Shields said. He was previously convicted for drugs and resisting arrest and served several stints in prison between October 2000 and July 2017, according to Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Garry Brix. Waters was charged in November in Cass County with unlawful possession of a firearm and drug possession, court records show. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was pending when he died.

Morton joined the Army in November 2005 and was deployed twice. He had been with the Clinton Police Department from February 2015 to January 2017. He stayed on as a reserve officer, but returned to full-time duty in the summer after fellow Officer Gary Michael was shot and killed during a traffic stop in August, FOX4 KC reported.

Morton's death marks the second Clinton police officer to die in the line of duty in the last seven months.

"It's just another tragic event for this community and especially this police department. They've endured a lot. They're going to endure more," Lowe said.

Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam

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Missouri police officer killed responding to 911 call was at wrong house, officials say

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Granger High School is banning students from bringing backpacks and purses on campus, citing school safety as their main concern. they said they can only bring grocery bags or laundry mesh bags.

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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Granger High School is banning students from bringing backpacks and purses on campus, citing school safety as their main concern.

The school administration cited "the increased school violence in the Yakima Valley" for the policy change, which will take effect on Monday, March 12th, according to KCPQ.

"We understand this is an inconvenience," the school said on its Facebook page, "but our main concern is that school is a safe place for learning."

It said that students can use transparent grocery bags, laundry mesh bags "or other similar transparent items" for PE and sports clothes.

The school said that any students who continue to bring backpacks "will have a letter sent home and disciplinary measures will be enforced."

Some students say the move doesn't really help solve the problem.

"I mean, I'm sure there could be better ones (ideas) than taking our backpack privileges away, because if you really wanted to bring drugs or weapons ... you really would do it," said one student.

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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Granger High School is banning students from bringing backpacks and purses on campus, citing school safety as their main concern. The school administration cited "the increased school violence in the Yakima Valley" for the policy change, which will take effect on Monday, March 12th, according to KCPQ.

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The USS Carl Vinson arrived at Danang harbor in Vietnam, and China is upset.

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BEIJING - Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party newspaper said Wednesday.

However, the Global Times said the USS Carl Vinson's visit was unlikely to alter the balance of power in the South China Sea, which China claims virtually in its entirety and has been fortifying with military structures on man-made islands.

"China's vigilance and unhappiness are inevitable, but we don't think that the USS Carl Vinson's Vietnam trip can stir up troubles in the South China Sea," the paper known for its hard-line nationalist views said in an editorial.

The visit "will not generate any special tools to pressure China," while the U.S. sending warships to the South China Sea will "only waste money," the paper said.

Vietnam and China have extensive overlapping claims to islands and resources in the sea, and U.S. officials say the port call is a sign of the U.S. commitment to the region and U.S.-Vietnam ties.

"Carl Vinson being here, me being here, this is about Vietnam. This is about our relationship with Vietnam, both from a military relationship and from a comprehensive partnership relationship," Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, told reporters in a conference call Tuesday from the Vietnamese port of Da Nang, where the ship docked Monday.

Sawyer and other officials have not linked the ship's visit to China's activities in the South China Sea, but he did note Washington's concerns over China's moves to put teeth behind its territorial claims and unanswered questions about China's purpose in its rapid military expansion and upgrading.

"My view on that is both those, land reclamation and the militarization, cause angst within the region. And the angst that it causes is really because of lack of transparency," Sawyer said.

"It's not quite clear what's going to happen down there. And I think that angst and that lack of transparency is potentially disruptive to the security and stability of the region. And that, that causes concern," he said.

The visit by the USS Carl Vinson with more than 5,000 crewmembers marks the largest U.S. military presence in Vietnam since the Southeast Asian nation was unified under Communist leadership after the war ended in 1975.

Accompanied by a cruiser and a destroyer, the ship is visiting as China completes work on air bases, radar stations and other infrastructure that could prove key in a military conflict in the Paracel islands and seven artificial islands in the Spratlys in maritime territory also claimed by Vietnam.

The ship's mission includes technical exchanges, sports matches and visits to an orphanage and a center for victims of Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant sprayed by U.S. forces to deny cover for Communist fighters during the war. It marks a fine-tuning, rather than a turning point, in relations. The U.S. Navy has staged activities in Vietnam for its Pacific Partnership humanitarian and civic missions in nine of the past 12 years.

Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also claim waters and islands in the South China Sea that China says belong to it.
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Paper Says China Unhappy over US Carrier Visit to Vietnam

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BEIJING - Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party newspaper said Wednesday.

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McDonalds flipped the M logo upside down for a W for International Women's Day. However, twitter isn't lovin' it so much.

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McDonald's has flipped its logo upside down in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, but Twitter users are chastising the fast-food giant for not doing more.

Mickey D's turned its iconic golden arches into a "W" for "women" across its digital channels, select packaging and the sign outside its Lynwood, Calif., location, which has been owned and operated by staffer Patricia Williams for three decades, the company confirmed to Fox News via press release.
WENDY'S TROLLS MCDONALD'S OVER FROZEN BEEF
"In celebration of women everywhere, and for the first time in our brand history, we flipped our iconic arches for International Women's Day in honor of the extraordinary accomplishments of women everywhere and especially in our restaurants," McDonald's Chief Diversity Officer Wendy Lewis said.

"From restaurant crew and management to our C-suite of senior leadership, women play invaluable roles at all levels and together with our independent franchise owners we're committed to their success."

Though McDonald's adds that the company "takes pride in our diversity" ‒ noting 6 out of 10 restaurant managers are women ‒Twitter users aren't lovin' the chain's salute to the occasion with the construction of "a mere 'W'".
THE FIRST MCDONALD'S MENU EVER IS REVEALED
"'McDonalds is flipping their arches upside down to support women. I bet all the money you'd spend on doing that being used for women's charities or scholarships would be a better one," one user quipped.

Others opined that McD's should enact measures such as raising the minimum wage to $15, enhancing career advancement opportunities, and providing health care and family leave if they truly wanted to support their female employees.
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McDonald's has flipped its logo upside down in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, but Twitter users are chastising the fast-food giant for not doing more.

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Alexa is laughing at users, and Amazon is doing their best at fixing the problem.

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It's quiet in the house. Nobody else is home and the cat is fast asleep. Then you hear a disembodied woman's voice let out a short, mocking cackle.

No, you're (probably) not being haunted, it's just Amazon's Alexa voice assistant malfunctioning in a profoundly creepy way.

Some Alexa users have reported hearing an unprompted laugh from their smart speaker devices in the last day. The laugh happens randomly, when nobody is using the device, or in response to request to turn on or off lights.

"We're aware of this and working to fix it," Amazon said in a statement, confirming the issue. The company did not elaborate on how widespread the laugh is. In a later statement, Amazon said the device can mistakenly hear the command, "Alexa, laugh."

"We are changing that phrase to be 'Alexa, can you laugh?' which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance 'Alexa, laugh.'" Amazon said. "We are also changing Alexa's response from simply laughter to 'Sure, I can laugh' followed by laughter."

Alexa's laugh isn't the only thing that's freaking out users. Others have claimed Alexa has stopped responding to requests. One Twitter user said their Amazon Echo suddenly began listing names of local funeral homes and cemeteries, also unprompted.

While voice assistants like Alexa have been welcomed into many homes as fun, family-friendly technology, some people are still unsettled by them.

The speakers use always-listening microphones to detect phrases like "Alexa," and some people worry that they could be collecting additional data that could be used by marketers or even law enforcement. Audio recordings collected by an Alexa device have already been used as evidence in a murder case.

Of course, when voice assistants start acting on their own, it also raises concerns about what artificial intelligence might be capable of. But it's unlikely that Alexa has become sentient and is intentionally frightening users with the laughs. (Probably.)

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published March 7, 2018: 5:23 PM ET

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Alexa is laughing at users and creeping them out

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No, you're (probably) not being haunted, it's just Amazon's Alexa voice assistant malfunctioning in a profoundly creepy way. Some Alexa users have reported hearing an unprompted laugh from their smart speaker devices in the last day. The laugh happens randomly, when nobody is using the device, or in response to request to turn on or off lights.

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A 20-year-old Canadian actress named Taylor Hickson is suing the production company behind the upcoming film "Ghostland" for what she describes as a career-altering facial injury she said she suffered on set.

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A 20-year-old Canadian actress named Taylor Hickson is suing the production company behind the upcoming film "Ghostland" for what she describes as a career-altering facial injury she said she suffered on set.

Hickson, who has also appeared in the film "Deadpool," filed the suit against Incident Productions Inc. on March 1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the film was shot in 2016.

The filmmakers did not respond immediately to ABC News' request for comment.

In the lawsuit obtained by Deadline, Hickson said she was told by director Pascal Laugier to pound on a glass door with her fists during an "emotionally charged scene" in the indie horror film.

After Hickson was told to pound harder, she said she asked the director if it was safe to do so. She said in the suit both he and a producer told her it was.

Hickson then proceeded to do so and the glass shattered, according to the suit, causing her "head and upper body to fall through the door and shards of glass."

The suit said Hickson was rushed to the hospital and received 70 stitches. Despite laser and silicone treatments, the suit said, she still has "permanent scarring on the left side of her face."

The injury has also resulted in "mental distress" and "lost income," the suit said.

"Prior to the injury she was an up and coming actor with a bright future in the movie industry," the suit said. Since then, the suit continued, she has "struggled to find work as an actor" and "will continue to suffer future financial losses."

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Hickson is asking for an unspecified amount in damages.

"Ghostland" is scheduled for release later this month.

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A 20-year-old Canadian actress named Taylor Hickson is suing the production company behind the upcoming film "Ghostland" for what she describes as a career-altering facial injury she said she suffered on set. Hickson, who has also appeared in the film "Deadpool," filed the suit against Incident Productions Inc.

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The old blackberry moble company is suing Facebook, What's App, and Instagram by saying that these companies are coping the same stuff blackberry Messenger has. They are filing for patent infragment.

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The old king of mobile messaging is coming after the new king.

BlackBerry filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday against Facebook , along with its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram, for infringing on its messaging patents.

BlackBerry claims in the lawsuit that the social media companies developed messaging applications that "co-opt BlackBerry's innovations" by using patented features touching on security, the user interface, and battery life.

"We have a strong claim that Facebook has infringed on our intellectual property, and after several years of dialogue, we also have an obligation to our shareholders to pursue appropriate legal remedies," a spokesperson for BlackBerry said in a statement provided to CNN.

Facebook brushed off the suit as little more than a desperate move from a fading company.

"Blackberry's suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business," Paul Grewal, Facebook's deputy general counsel, said in a statement. "Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, BlackBerry is now looking to tax the innovation of others. We intend to fight."

Related: Is BlackBerry making a comeback?

BlackBerry was an early leader in the messaging market with the success of its smartphones and BlackBerry Messenger product in the mid-2000s.

The patents cited in the lawsuit describe foundational elements of today's messaging services. One patent deals with notifications for the total number of unread messages. Other patents address photo tagging and messaging time stamps.

BlackBerry is seeking unspecified monetary damages. It also appears to be seeking a partnership.

"As a cybersecurity and embedded software leader, BlackBerry's view is that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp could make great partners in our drive toward a securely connected future," the spokesperson said in the statement. "We continue to hold this door open to them."

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 6, 2018: 3:10 PM ET

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BlackBerry sues Facebook for patent infringement

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over the centuries women have done may things to change their body to get the ideal look of their celebrity peers.

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The female form has been idealized as far back as 23,000 years ago, yet perceptions of a woman's "ideal" body change constantly, putting pressure on women worldwide.

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Virginia man to give away engagement ring to 'lucky couple'

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A Virginia man is giving away his engagement ring for free, hoping to parlay his heartbreak into a happy ending for another couple.

Steven Crocker is soliciting stories from couples who want to tie the knot, but can't afford a ring, The Virginian-Pilot reported.

Crocker said his girlfriend broke up with him just a month before he planned to propose last year, ending his romance before his already planned proposal.

"She's a big Harry Potter fan, so I had this big thing all planned at Universal Studios," he said. "All paid for and everything."

To the victor goes the spoils of a $1,700 diamond ring he "never got to use."

"I want to give it to a guy or girl who is so in love with their significant other and wants to take the next step but cannot afford a ring. I don't think that anyone on MY friends list falls in that category, but someone out there does, which is why sharing this post is very much appreciated. I'll send it anywhere in the U.S. where someone is head-over-heels," he wrote in a Facebook post.

The WAVY-TV camera operator said after some "sad music and lots of crying," he took the ring back last week from his mother, who had confiscated it because it was too hard for him to look at.

Crocker said he and some friends will evaluate short videos from hopeful couples.

"It's not the fanciest ring in the world," he wrote. "But it can potentially make someone very happy for the rest of their life."

He said the giveaway is "more about hope than loss" - and that matchmaking offers have already come in.

In a recent addendum to his Facebook post, Crocker said he has received over 400 love stories so far, and won't pick a "lucky couple" until he's read all of the submissions.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Amy Lieu is a news editor and reporter for Fox News.

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A Virginia man is giving away his engagement ring for free, hoping to parlay his heartbreak into a happy ending for another couple. Steven Crocker is soliciting stories from couples who want to tie the knot, but can't afford a ring, The Virginian-Pilot reported.

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14 year old boy in California was arrested for pretending to be a sheriff & for pulling people over.

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A teenager was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a sheriff's deputy who launched phony investigations and pulled people over in his Southern California neighborhood in an SUV fitted with flashing blue and red lights, officials said.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said in a news release they were alerted a day earlier when a homeowner in Victorville reported someone driving in an unmarked Ford Explorer wearing a sheriff's uniform with a gun holster came to the home and said he was investigating a domestic disturbance.

"The homeowner informed him there was no problem and they had not placed a call to the police," the sheriff's office said. "The suspect tried to open the door but the homeowner had locked it."

Police said the teenager then returned to the Explorer and left the area after an exchange with the homeowner, who followed him to the driveway.

Jasmine Jones, who lives home involved, told FOX 11 she didn't notice the boy's age at first, only that he was a police officer.

"I saw a police officer in dress code, that's what I saw, and that's what was really concerning," she said.

Detectives determined in the course of their investigation that the boy interacted with at least two other people while impersonating a deputy.
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"The suspect again activated the emergency lights mounted in the vehicle, causing a white male, approximately 16-years old, to come out of his house," the sheriff's office said. "The suspect again claimed to be investigating a domestic disturbance call. When he was told, there was no disturbance, the suspect left."

On the same day, the teen also pulled a woman over and gave her a warning before letting her go, officials said.

Deputies later stopped the Ford Explorer and found the uniformed teen inside.

During a search of the 14-year-old's home, detectives found the uniform worn during the incident, in addition to a large amount of counterfeit money, fake guns, ballistic vests and other law enforcement related items.
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"As a civilian, how the heck are we supposed to tell is he's real police or not?" Jones told FOX 11. "Other than the age, and he looks obvious, OK yeah but he could obviously not look like a cop and be a cop."

The SUV belonged to the teen's great-grandfather, according to the San Bernardino Sun newspaper. It wasn't clear if the boy lived with his great-grandfather or how he was able to access the vehicle.

The boy, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, was being held at a juvenile detention center east of Los Angeles, according to police.

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

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California boy, 14, arrested for pretending to be sheriff's deputy, initiated traffic stop

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A teenager was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a sheriff's deputy who launched phony investigations and pulled people over in his Southern California neighborhood in an SUV fitted with flashing blue and red lights, officials said.

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McDonald’s flip logo upside down for International Women’s Day

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McDonald's has flipped its logo upside down in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, but Twitter users are chastising the fast-food giant for not doing more.

Mickey D's turned its iconic golden arches into a "W" for "women" across its digital channels, select packaging and the sign outside its Lynwood, Calif., location, which has been owned and operated by staffer Patricia Williams for three decades, the company confirmed to Fox News via press release.
WENDY'S TROLLS MCDONALD'S OVER FROZEN BEEF
"In celebration of women everywhere, and for the first time in our brand history, we flipped our iconic arches for International Women's Day in honor of the extraordinary accomplishments of women everywhere and especially in our restaurants," McDonald's Chief Diversity Officer Wendy Lewis said.

"From restaurant crew and management to our C-suite of senior leadership, women play invaluable roles at all levels and together with our independent franchise owners we're committed to their success."

Though McDonald's adds that the company "takes pride in our diversity" ‒ noting 6 out of 10 restaurant managers are women ‒Twitter users aren't lovin' the chain's salute to the occasion with the construction of "a mere 'W'".
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"'McDonalds is flipping their arches upside down to support women. I bet all the money you'd spend on doing that being used for women's charities or scholarships would be a better one," one user quipped.

Others opined that McD's should enact measures such as raising the minimum wage to $15, enhancing career advancement opportunities, and providing health care and family leave if they truly wanted to support their female employees.
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McDonald's has flipped its logo upside down in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, but Twitter users are chastising the fast-food giant for not doing more.

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Clinton, Mo cop killed after being sent to the wrong house

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A Missouri officer who was fatally shot and two others who were wounded Tuesday night while responding to a 911 call were sent to the wrong house - about 15 miles away from where they were supposed to be, authorities said.

Clinton Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, 30, was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to a 911 call in which two women were heard screaming in the background. None of the women directly spoke to the operator.

"The 911 call that came in was somehow attached to that [Clinton] address," Lowe said in a Wednesday afternoon, according to the Kansas City Star.

The officers were sent to an address in Clinton, even though the home that the officers should have been responding to was in Windsor, Mo., about 15 miles away, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said. The dispatcher mistakenly led the three officers to the home unrelated to the call.
MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER KILLED, 2 OTHERS WOUNDED IN SHOOTING; SUSPECT DEAD
The three officers entered the Clinton home, about 70 miles east of Kansas City, and were searching for possible criminal activity when James E. Waters, 37, opened fire, according to Lowe.

"We're confident that is not part of this incident [in Clinton], but the fact remains they were called to that residence...In order to determine nothing adverse was going on in that residence, they had to make sure everything was OK. That's when the tragic incident took place," Lowe said.

Morton was shot and killed. Officers Nathan Bettencourt and Nicholas Kasper were both wounded. Bettencourt was in stable condition as of Wednesday. Kasper was treated for his gunshot wounds and released.

A SWAT team responded to the scene after the shooting and found Waters dead inside the home. It's unclear how Waters died and if he was living in the home at the time.

"It is a coincidence they were called to that specific address," Lowe said. "It is tragic that happened. But the fact is they were in the act of committing crimes within that house. When (the officers) entered that house they were doing what they needed to ensure no one was hurt and there wasn't any other problems."

A woman who lived in the Clinton home, Tammy Widger, 37, was charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and maintaining a public nuisance, Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields said. Drugs were being sold in the house, but it's unclear if Tuesday night's shooting was related to that crime.
OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2018
Lowe said authorities backtracked and found the address the officers were supposed to respond to. The women who were heard in the 911 call were not connected to the Clinton home.

Waters was wanted in connection with a rape case, Shields said. He was previously convicted for drugs and resisting arrest and served several stints in prison between October 2000 and July 2017, according to Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Garry Brix. Waters was charged in November in Cass County with unlawful possession of a firearm and drug possession, court records show. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was pending when he died.

Morton joined the Army in November 2005 and was deployed twice. He had been with the Clinton Police Department from February 2015 to January 2017. He stayed on as a reserve officer, but returned to full-time duty in the summer after fellow Officer Gary Michael was shot and killed during a traffic stop in August, FOX4 KC reported.

Morton's death marks the second Clinton police officer to die in the line of duty in the last seven months.

"It's just another tragic event for this community and especially this police department. They've endured a lot. They're going to endure more," Lowe said.

Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam

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A Missouri officer who was shot and killed and two others who were wounded Tuesday night while responding to a 911 call were sent to the wrong house - about 15 miles away from where they were supposed to be, authorities said.

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Search for missing flight MH370

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Exactly four years after the fateful Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, what happened to the plane and its 239 people on board finally came to rest remains one of the world's great aviation mysteries.

The flight is presumed to have landed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. Investigations and search efforts have been focused on an area called the 7th arc, where the aircraft is considered to have exhausted its fuel and descended into the water west of Australia.

The mystery has left the aviation world desperate to know where the aircraft is, why it went missing and how it has evaded investigators for years.

A Texas-based seabed intelligence company called Ocean Infinity is currently using submarine drone technology, which is more advanced in efficiency and precision than what was used in previous searches, to try to answer some of those questions. But, so far it hasn't returned any results either, despite covering an area Australian scientists targeted "with unprecedented precision and certainty."

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The company's search was conducted as part of a "no-find, no-fee," 90-day contract with the Malaysian government.

Ocean Infinity is using a 378-foot vessel named Seabed Constructor with 65 crew members from Ocean Infinity, two Malaysian Navy officials and 8 autonomous underwater vehicles armed with cameras and sensors.

Multiple drones search the seafloor in a grid and send data back to investigators for analysis. If anything appears to resemble aircraft debris, they take a closer look. So far, nothing of significance has been found.

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This may sound like a familiar story.

An initial 120,000 square kilomenter search led by the Australians lasted two-and-a-half years and cost $150 million before officials decided they were looking in the wrong place. That search ended in January 2017.

At that time, Australian investigators said they were ending their seafloor search, but pointed to a still-unsearched 25,000 square kilometer area further north.

Ocean Infinity had expressed interest in the search -- and were willing to pay for the operation themselves, unless they found the airliner. The company said any recovery process would be left to the governments. In the event the company finds MH370, the could be paid as much as $70 million. They launched in January 2018.

On Tuesday, Seabed Constructor had covered 23,000 of the 25,000 square kilometers highlighted by the Australians, according to a company spokesperson.

Sources close to the search operation told ABC News the company plans to remain at sea, searching, until the 90 days are up near the end of April.

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Multiple theories have surfaced to explain how the jet vanished with relative invisibility, but there have been no definitive answers.

Authorities analyzed the Captain's home flight simulator and revealed the pilot practiced a flight similar to that of flight MH370: A Boeing 777 flight from Kuala Lumpur that traveled along the Strait of Malacca before turning left into the Southern Indian Ocean. The simulated flight traveled until fuel exhaustion before ending in the Southern Indian Ocean, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

"The MH370 captain's flight simulator showed someone had plotted a course to the southern Indian Ocean," the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in a statement in July of 2016. "The simulator information shows only the possibility of planning. It does not reveal what happened on the night of the aircraft's disappearance, nor where the aircraft is located."

The search efforts since the day of the flight MH370's disappearance have stretched the boundaries of science, but so far have been fruitless.

It's unclear how much investigators could learn in the event Ocean Infinity finds the jet. Even if the black box is retrievable and functional after years on some the ocean's deepest floors, the cockpit voice recorder operates on a loop and the mysterious early moments of the flight likely would have been erased.

However, one key question may be answered if the cockpit is found: Who was in control during the plane's final moments?

As the world observes the anniversary Thursday, families and friends of those on board flight MH370 are attending events and coming together online to grieve the loss of the 239 souls. Four years later, they still do not know exactly what happened.

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Exactly four years after the fateful Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, what happened to the plane and its 239 people on board finally came to rest remains one of the world's great aviation mysteries. The flight is presumed to have landed somewhere in the southern...

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Arie Luyendyk Jr. is every dude who ever broke your heart

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As "Bachelor" viewers still try to recover from what actually turned out to be the most dramatic rose ceremony ever, Luyendyk Jr. has been cast as one of the biggest villains in the show's history.

And that's saying something if you remember Brad Womack from Season 11. (Womack attracted the wrath of "Bachelor Nation" after choosing not to propose to either finalist.)

But Luyendyk Jr., 36, proposed to 27-year-old publicist Becca Kufrin before breaking up with her to get back together with the runner-up, Lauren Burnham, a 25-year-old tech salesperson.

Now, it's not unheard of for a "Bachelor" to make a U-turn and get back together with the woman he jilted (we are looking at you Jason Mesnick). But viewers witnessed Luyendyk Jr. and Kufrin's entire "private" breakup, when it was just the two of them (and an ABC camera crew).

It was excruciating and exactly the type of train wreck that reality TV viewers love.

Suffice it to say, people are mad.

Like, threatening-Luyendyk Jr.-on-social-media mad. Raising-money-in-support-of-Kufrin mad.

Kufrin lives in Minnesota and one of the state's representatives, Drew Christensen, offered to draft "a bill banning Arie from Minnesota" if he got 1,000 retweets of his offer.

Why are people taking it so personally, when even Kufrin has forgiven him?

Probably because it feels personal.

Here are five reasons why the race car driver is every man who ever broke your heart:

He may have let his family choose

Of course you want your significant other to gel with your family, but Luyendyk Jr. may have let his family have too much say.

After taking the two women to Peru to meet his family, their differences couldn't have been more obvious.

Burnham came off as more shy and reserved (at the very least she was edited that way), while Kufrin was super confident.

So much so, she handled it well when the family kept asking her about her feelings -- not so much about Luyendyk Jr., but the fact that Burnham was in the picture.

Which is why it was a bit of a shock when they told Luyendyk Jr. they thought Kufrin would be better for his "future."

He tried to soft pedal the break up

No one expected him to walk in the room with a sign reading, "We're done." But when Luyendyk Jr. met up with Kufrin for their "talk," he was all, "How was your trip to Vegas?" and chatting about her new tattoo.

Men don't like confrontation. It's been that way since the beginning of time. (See Adam eating the apple rather than fighting with Eve.)

He wouldn't leave after

After breaking Kufrin's heart by telling her he wanted out of their relationship to pursue things with Burnham, Kufrin just wanted some time to herself.

But despite her repeated pleas for him to go, Luyendyk Jr. wouldn't leave.

At one point he even said, "I'm gonna go."

Viewers couldn't tell if he had more to say or if he just wanted Kufrin to say something to make him feel better.

Either way, it was incredibly awkward and difficult to watch.

He knows he was wrong but...

As Selena sings, the heart wants what it wants.

And while Luyendyk Jr. said on the "After the Final Rose" special that he understands why people are so angry, he, of course, had to do what was "right for him."

After all, think of the pressure.

"I think the pressure of this, the pressure of being on 'The Bachelor,' knowing there's a timeline and needing to make that decision on that day," he said of why he popped the question to Kufrin. "I should not have proposed."

He moved on real quick

Speaking of time, it's all relative in "The Bachelor" universe as people go from hello to engaged in a nanosecond.

So, it kind of makes sense that Luyendyk Jr. went from engaged to Kufrin in a matter of weeks, to broken up weeks later, to engaged to Burnham (he proposed on the special).

Burnham revealed that he had contacted her on New Year's Eve -- something Kufrin thought he was doing to get closure -- and that's what opened the door to their reunion.

But don't feel too bad for Kufrin.

She's moved on as the next "Bachelorette."

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As "Bachelor" viewers still try to recover from what actually turned out to be the most dramatic rose ceremony ever, Luyendyk Jr. has been cast as one of the biggest villains in the show's history. And that's saying something if you remember Brad Womack from Season 11.

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Trump's meeting on video game violence could prove contentious

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President Donald Trump, as he seeks to respond to gun violence in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, will gather opposing sides at the White House on Thursday to discuss the role of video game violence.

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With new regenerative medicine, surgeons might be able to bring hearts back to life within an hour of their death.

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Surgeons like to say that when someone suffers a heart attack, time is muscle. The heart depends on a continuous supply of oxygen from the coronary arteries; if these become blocked and that supply stops, the heart's muscle cells start to die off within just a few minutes. In many cases, unless surgeons can relieve the blockage within the hour, more than 1 billion muscle cells are irreversibly lost.

Those who survive are often left with permanent heart failure - a group which includes approximately 450,000 people in the UK. Within the five years following an attack, 50% of them will no longer be alive. "Eventually their hearts become so weak that they can't sustain sufficient blood flow and they just stop altogether," says Sanjay Sinha, a cardiologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

But even within the next five years, regenerative medicine may provide a radical new alternative: growing live, beating 'heart patches'.

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The challenge is that unlike some of our other organs, like the skin and liver, the heart has a very limited ability to self-heal. Heart muscle cells replicate at a rate of just 0.5% a year, not sufficient to repair any significant damage. Instead, the dead cells are replaced by thick layers of tough, rigid scar tissue, meaning that sections of the heart simply cease to function.

At the moment, the only medical option for patients with heart failure is a heart transplant. But a lack of donor organs means that just 200 of these operations can be performed in the UK each year. "I don't think we could ever get the number of donors we need because you don't get thousands of young people dying with healthy hearts," says Sinha. "There's only a very small pool of people who've died, in traffic accidents or through head injuries, where the heart is still strong and can be used for a transplant."

Stem cell medicine may provide an alternative. In clinical trials, scientists have attempted to remuscularise damaged hearts by injecting individual stem cells - which can develop into many different types - from the patient's blood or bone marrow directly into the heart.

While these approaches have successfully regenerated damaged blood vessels and thus improved blood flow to the heart, they have shown minimal benefit in terms of solving the major problem - growing back lost heart muscle. This is thought to be because 95% of the injected stem cells fail to attach to the heart and are immediately lost into the bloodstream.

But along with a team of stem cell biologists at the University of Cambridge's Stem Cell Institute, Sinha is working on a slightly different idea: heart patches.

These tiny, beating pieces of heart muscle, each less than 2.5 sq centimetres (0.5 square inches) in area and half a centimetre thick, are made in small dishes in the lab. Grown over the course of a month, the patches are made by taking blood cells and reprogramming them into a particular form of stem cell which can be converted into any cell in the human body - in this case heart muscle cells, blood vessel cells, and the epicardium, the membrane around the heart which gives it its shape. These clusters of heart cells are then grown in a special scaffold which organises and aligns them into a formation resembling real heart tissue.

We're creating fully functional tissue which already beats and contracts - Sanjay Sinha

"We believe that these patches will stand a much greater chance of being naturally assimilated into a patient's heart, as we're creating fully functional tissue which already beats and contracts through combining all these different cell types which communicate with each other," Sinha says.

"We know the epicardium cells are particularly important in co-ordinating proper development of heart muscle because research has shown that in developing embryos, there's a lot of crosstalk which occurs between the epicardium and the developing heart."
Watch a heart patch beat in this video from Stanford University below:
Sinha is currently preparing to trial the patches, first in mice and then pigs. If all goes to plan, in five years he may be ready to conduct a first human trial.
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He's not alone. In the US, a collaborative team of scientists from Stanford University, Duke University and the University of Wisconsin are also trying to build heart patches.

Like Sinha, they envisage a future procedure where a combination of ultrasound and MRI scans are used to locate the scarred structures in the heart. Based on the shape of the scarring, they'd then 3D print a custom heart patch of any shape or dimension. Surgeons would open up the chest cavity and stitch the patch directly to the heart in a way that links it up with the existing veins and arteries.

"For patients with particularly severe heart failure, multiple patches will be required in multiple places as the whole heart dilates to try to adapt to the damage," says University of Wisconsin regenerative biology professor Tim Kamp, who is part of the collaboration. "It changes shape from being like a rugby ball to a big balloon or basketball."

We can put the patch on the heart with our surgical tools but we can't force them to shake hands - Tim Kamp

One of the main challenges with this approach is how to electrically integrate the new patch with the heart to ensure that both beat in synchrony. Any defective electrical connections could stimulate an abnormal heart rhythm.

"We can put the patch on the heart with our surgical tools but we can't force them to shake hands," Kamp says. "But we hope they will. We anticipate that the electrical signals which pass through the heart muscle like a wave and tell it to contract will drive the new patch to contract at the same rate."
Here are the cells from the Stanford University heart patch up close:
If these challenges can be overcome, Sinha believes they could save not only lives, but dollars.

In the UK, heart transplant procedures cost around £500,000 ($690,000) including inpatient care. But for the thousands of heart failure patients who are not able to get a transplant, the cost implications of continuous medical care and repeated hospital admissions can be even bigger. By contrast, current estimates place the potential cost of a heart patch treatment at around £70,000 ($96,000).

The advantage of these heart patches is that they're personalised to the patient, so the heart is unlikely to reject them - Kamp

In addition, because the patches are made using their own blood, patients undergoing the procedure would not have to undergo some of the complications associated with heart transplants - like high doses of immunosuppressant drugs. "An injured heart is a highly inflamed, hostile environment which can be difficult for new tissue to survive in," Kamp says. "The advantage of these heart patches is that they're personalised to the patient, so the heart is unlikely to reject them."

The technology could change the lives of millions around the world, the researchers say.

"Heart failure can pretty much incapacitate people," says Sinha. "You're constantly exhausted, you can't even climb a flight of stairs. But for the first time, we think we're actually able to recreate real living heart tissue, which is identical to that of the patient, where the cells are talking to each other in mysterious and wonderful ways and working together as they do in the body.

"If we can fine-tune it in the next few years, and make sure it's completely safe, then it could help these people live a normal life again."

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Doomed Police officer was shot and killed after being sent to the wrong house and two others are injured.

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A Missouri officer who was fatally shot and two others who were wounded Tuesday night while responding to a 911 call were sent to the wrong house - about 15 miles away from where they were supposed to be, authorities said.

Clinton Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, 30, was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to a 911 call in which two women were heard screaming in the background. None of the women directly spoke to the operator.

"The 911 call that came in was somehow attached to that [Clinton] address," Lowe said in a Wednesday afternoon, according to the Kansas City Star.

The officers were sent to an address in Clinton, even though the home that the officers should have been responding to was in Windsor, Mo., about 15 miles away, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said. The dispatcher mistakenly led the three officers to the home unrelated to the call.
MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER KILLED, 2 OTHERS WOUNDED IN SHOOTING; SUSPECT DEAD
The three officers entered the Clinton home, about 70 miles east of Kansas City, and were searching for possible criminal activity when James E. Waters, 37, opened fire, according to Lowe.

"We're confident that is not part of this incident [in Clinton], but the fact remains they were called to that residence...In order to determine nothing adverse was going on in that residence, they had to make sure everything was OK. That's when the tragic incident took place," Lowe said.

Morton was shot and killed. Officers Nathan Bettencourt and Nicholas Kasper were both wounded. Bettencourt was in stable condition as of Wednesday. Kasper was treated for his gunshot wounds and released.

A SWAT team responded to the scene after the shooting and found Waters dead inside the home. It's unclear how Waters died and if he was living in the home at the time.

"It is a coincidence they were called to that specific address," Lowe said. "It is tragic that happened. But the fact is they were in the act of committing crimes within that house. When (the officers) entered that house they were doing what they needed to ensure no one was hurt and there wasn't any other problems."

A woman who lived in the Clinton home, Tammy Widger, 37, was charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and maintaining a public nuisance, Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields said. Drugs were being sold in the house, but it's unclear if Tuesday night's shooting was related to that crime.
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Lowe said authorities backtracked and found the address the officers were supposed to respond to. The women who were heard in the 911 call were not connected to the Clinton home.

Waters was wanted in connection with a rape case, Shields said. He was previously convicted for drugs and resisting arrest and served several stints in prison between October 2000 and July 2017, according to Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Garry Brix. Waters was charged in November in Cass County with unlawful possession of a firearm and drug possession, court records show. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was pending when he died.

Morton joined the Army in November 2005 and was deployed twice. He had been with the Clinton Police Department from February 2015 to January 2017. He stayed on as a reserve officer, but returned to full-time duty in the summer after fellow Officer Gary Michael was shot and killed during a traffic stop in August, FOX4 KC reported.

Morton's death marks the second Clinton police officer to die in the line of duty in the last seven months.

"It's just another tragic event for this community and especially this police department. They've endured a lot. They're going to endure more," Lowe said.

Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam

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A Missouri officer who was shot and killed and two others who were wounded Tuesday night while responding to a 911 call were sent to the wrong house - about 15 miles away from where they were supposed to be, authorities said.