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Border officers find nearly 2 tons of weed camouflaged as limes

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Instead the phony limes were packed full of marijuana. US Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas, seized a total of 3,947 pounds of weed in the commercial shipment of key limes on January 30, officials said.

The truck hauling the "produce" crossed the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge along the Texas-Mexico border near the Gulf of Mexico. Over 34,000 of the fake fruit packages were discovered by an imaging inspection system and narcotics K-9 team.

"This is an outstanding interception of narcotics. Our CBP officers continue to excel in their knowledge of smuggling techniques, which allows them to intercept these kinds of attempts to introduce narcotics into our country," said Port Director Efrain Solis Jr. in a statement.

The drugs are valued at approximately $789,467, according to the US Customs and Border Protection statement. The case is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.

This isn't the first time smugglers tried to use fake produce to bring drugs into the United States. Last year, agents found 2,493 pounds of marijuana stuffed into fake carrots at the same border crossing.

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Socialite and model told last year that she had been battling a brain tumour following bombshell diagnosis

Police were called to her flat in Earl's Court this afternoon and found her dead. Her family have been told

Officers say her death is not being treated as suspicious but, at an early stage, is still 'unexplained'

Workmen in her building said they had not seen her since hearing 'very loud bang' from her flat last Friday

Sources also suggested she may have 'relapsed' into drug use following a party in London before Christmas

Family friends the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, say they are 'deeply saddened' by her death

She came to prominence alongside the royals on the ski slopes of Switzerland, where she met Prince Charles

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been found dead in her London flat aged 45 following a battle with a brain tumour - days after builders said they heard a 'loud bang' from her home.

The workmen said they 'had not seen' the socialite and former It girl since hearing the noise last Friday.

It is understood she was discovered at her apartment in upmarket Bramham Gardens by a friend yesterday shortly before 2pm. Tara recently revealed she had been receiving treatment for a growth in her pituitary gland.

Family friends the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have said they are 'deeply saddened', adding: 'Our thoughts are so much with the family'.

Her family and the royals had bonded on the slopes of the Alps, with her father Charles teaching the Prince of Wales how to ski.

She would return to Switzerland with the royals throughout her life, providing support to young princes William and Harry after the death of their mother, Princess Diana.

Police say they are treating her death as 'unexplained' but not suspicious. Her family have been informed.

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A builder told The Sun they were working in the building when the emergency services were called to her flat.

He said: 'We thought about going upstairs to see if everything was OK, but the emergency services arrived a few minutes later.

'We'd hear her walking around up there. But last Friday we heard a very loud bang in the afternoon - like someone or something falling over. We hadn't seen her or heard her since then.'

Friends also told the paper they believed she may have 'relapsed' into drug use at a party in London before Christmas and were 'concerned' because she looked 'dishevelled'.

Another source said she had become a 'recluse' since the tumour was found in her brain.

The source told The Sun: 'Her health had left her in a really bad way and she was very low. She thought about death a lot and even discussed her funeral at points.'

Three months ago, the socialite told the Daily Mail how she feared she was going to die when doctors revealed she had a brain tumour.

She said she had received treatment for the non-malignant growth in her pituitary gland since January 2016 and said at the time that it had cleared.

She told the Mail in November: 'I went to the doctors to talk about my latest blood test results when I got back from skiing in January. I said: 'What does this mean? Can you translate it?' And the doctor said: 'As I suspected, you have a brain tumour'.

'I got terribly frightened. I started thinking, I'm going to die, I'm going to die. I've only got a couple of weeks to live. Stuff like that.'

The former I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! contestant, who has battled drug problems in the past, also said blood tests found she was suffering with an auto-immune disease which had caused tiredness, joint pain and acute anaemia.

Sarah, Duchess of York, said her family was 'so shocked by this tragic news of the magnificent, beautifully energetic soul of Tara'.

She added: 'My mother was her very proud godmother, and she adored her. We are all deeply shocked and saddened.'

Her best friend Duncan James tweeted this afternoon: 'Heartbroken and numb I have lost one of my oldest and dearest friends. I'm going to miss ur laughter the most shmooey . Rip sweetheart.'

Piers Morgan wrote on Twitter: 'RIP Tara Palmer Tomkinson, 45. A fun, feisty woman who battled many demons. Very sad news.'

Grant Harrold, aide to Royals & former Butler to Princes Charles, William and Henry, also paid his respects.

He wrote: 'I am deeply shocked & saddened to hear Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died. I was lucky enough to have met her and know her family. A lovely Lady.'

Tara's former I'm A Celebrity co-star Darren Day added: 'I'm so sad to hear that Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has passed away. Thoughts and love to her family RIP Tara x.'

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Palmer-Tomkinson's previous boyfriends include Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes, singer Duncan James, actor Sid Owen, Fiat boss Eduardo Teodorani-Fabbri and Lord Robert Hanson.

An interview with the Daily Mail's Jenny Johnston last April revealed she was still single and could not remember when she last had a date - but that she had wanted children when she was younger.

Palmer-Tomkinson said at the time: 'I thought I'd be married and have two children by now. I imagined I'd be living in the country. I'd have my parents' lifestyle, basically.'

Her brother James Palmer-Tomkinson was abroad when she died, working in Switzerland for his ski company.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'Police were called by London Ambulance Service at approximately 1.40pm today to an address in Bramham Gardens, SW5.

'A woman, aged in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. At this early stage, the death is being treated as unexplained.

'We are not treating this death as suspicious. The coroner has been informed and the next of kin has been informed.'

Neighbours told of how she used to drive her silver BMW 'very fast and furious' down the street, but said she was a 'very sweet' member of the local community.

Anne Swift said: 'We always saw her driving very fast and furious in her car, she always lived life to the full.

'We have a resident's association and she was part of that to a certain extent. As far as I am aware she was living alone.'

Another resident who lives opposite told of how Tara had told we she looked amazing several months before she died.

The neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: 'I saw her about two months ago and she seemed alright, she was with someone I knew.

'She was always very sweet, that day she looked at me and she said 'you look amazing'. It's very sad.'

After her party-loving ways thrust her into the spotlight, she made headlines with a £400-a-day cocaine addiction, which left her needing septum reconstruction surgery in 2006.

During her years in the spotlight, she was a newspaper columnist and television personality and had a close relationship with the royal family, attending the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.

But she has previously been at pains to stress how false the image of her socialite life was.

Speaking to the Daily Mail last year, she said: 'When I got the It-girl tag it was all about timing. They wanted a real-life Ab Fab person. That was only a small part of who I was.

'I didn't come from the Paris Hilton world. Mine was privileged, yes, but it was old money. Our house was - is - held together with Super Glue. If a plate breaks, my father fixes it.'

Last year she also revealed to the Telegraph that she still struggles with self-esteem, admitting that over the years she has been 'destroyed' by people's negative comments regarding her appearance.

Palmer-Tomkinson claimed she had never been tempted to undergo cosmetic surgery because people had never told her that she looked nice and she had resigned herself to having a 'crooked face'.

She said: 'If people said I looked nice every day, I might have been tempted (to have surgery). But my face is really crooked and that's that. It's not all from drugs... or maybe I've got facial dysmorphia. I've been destroyed by the things people have said.'

Palmer-Tomkinson once dubbed her home in the capital as 'the sexiest apartment in London'.

And in The Mail On Sunday's You magazine in December 2015, she spoke about launching her own label Desiderata, which means 'desired things' in Latin.

She said: 'This is not just a project for me. It's a departure in which I am investing my heart and soul.

'I know I've been irresponsible and naive in the past - I've been a child all my life. But it's time I grew up, and this business is the most grown-up thing I've ever done.'

Sarah Lindsell, chief executive of The Brain Tumour Charity, said: 'Our hearts go out to all of Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's family and friends.

'Three months ago, Tara was brave enough to speak out about her brain tumour diagnosis and the impact it had on her life.

'Her honesty helped to raise awareness of the disease and it was welcomed by the many thousands of people in the UK and around the world who cope with the impact of a brain tumour.

'Tara helped to show why we must do all we can to defeat this devastating disease, which is the biggest cancer killer of children and young people in the UK.'

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A 'daily kiss with Prince Charles' and a high profile battle with cocaine: How original IT girl TPT went from a Royally-connected socialite to a reality TV favourite

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's life in the limelight began through her family's close friendship with the Royals.

Her former Olympic skier father Charles Palmer-Tomkinson forged a lasting bond with the Prince of Wales after teaching him to ski in the 1970s.

That friendship continued through the generations, with Tara invited to accompany Prince Charles and his children on numerous skiing trips in Europe.

She enjoyed several holidays with the Royals throughout the 1990s at famous ski resorts including Klosters in Switzerland, with Tara and her family understood to join the Prince on at least three vacations per year.

Before she found fame she caused a stir in the press when she was pictured at Klosters kissing Prince Charles in 1995, with the public clamouring to find out who this beautiful mystery woman was.

And following Princess Diana's tragic death she became a source of comfort and emotional support for the Prince and his children.

She was privileged, talented, gorgeous, wealthy - and famously troubled.

By the close of the 1990s this publicly educated, well-heeled woman had become the ultimate IT girl.

As a schoolgirl she dreamed of being a concert pianist and should have got round to doing her Grade 8 exam before she left school, but somehow never did.

'I just wanted to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and other beautiful pieces,' she told The Daily Mail last April.

'I couldn't be bothered with all the boring technicalities of scales and arpeggios.'

Her early ambitions were 'to ride in the Grand National, be a vet or play piano at the Royal Albert Hall'.

Her life took a different twist, however, and she burst in the public consciousness during the mid 90s.

She effortlessly crossed the line from aristocratic society into celebrity culture and it was impossible to open a copy of Hello! or OK! magazines without spotting her.

She was one of the first celebrities to become a 'brand' for no apparent reason, effortlessly amassing a newspaper column, book deals and TV presenting gigs.

Tara was a true eccentric and her appeal lay in her ability to cross both worlds - the old, aristocratic and wealthy while navigating the trappings of modern, reality television star fame.

In 2009 she sensationally revealed: 'I have kissed Prince Charles every single day since I was four years old.'

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Indeed, there was something of a furore when an adult Tara was seen kissing the heir to the throne in 1995 - but she later revealed the kiss was just 'to thank him for a day's skiing'.

It has not been smooth sailing.

She was treated for cocaine addiction at The Meadows rehabilitation clinic in Arizona ten years ago, and went on to appear on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

More recently there were reports of odd behaviour, of a very public meltdown at Heathrow Airport where she was arrested.

In photographs she has looked pale, gaunt, haunted. And then there was her nose - which famously had to be reconstructed after her cocaine excesses, but which she refused to ever talk about.

In the same interview from last year, she described how she liked to ski with 'a tail'.

'A tail. I mean, not an actual tail, but I take my black fur scarf and put it round me and have it poking out of my ski pants so that it flows in the wind as I go down.' Why? 'Because I like the whoosh as I go.'

Next came some truly original advice on dating.

'In the past, whenever I had a date coming over I used to make toast so the house was full of the yummy smell,' she says. 'I decided it would be a man-magnet. Garlic and olive oil works as well, but I think you have to know the person more.'

It is anecdotes like these which have kept people interested in her for the past two and a half decades.

She once said: 'When I got the It-girl tag it was all about timing. They wanted a real-life Ab Fab person. That was only a small part of who I was.

'I didn't come from the Paris Hilton world. Mine was privileged, yes, but it was old money. Our house was - is - held together with Super Glue. If a plate breaks, my father fixes it.'

Her father was Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, a wealthy landowner and former Olympic skier. She was eloquent and self-aware when talking about how she couldn't cope with fame.

She says it was less being selfish and hedonistic that led her to drugs, and more about her simply being scared.

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Tara's devastating secret illness in her own words: How the former IT girl revealed her brain tumour just three months before her death

Exactly a fortnight ago, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was photographed for the last time walking outside her flat in London.

And the shocking news of the socialite's death aged 45 from a brain tumour at her home was revealed yesterday, just two weeks after that picture was taken on January 25.

Back in November last year, the former It girl told the Mail's REBECCA HARDY the shocking news of her diagnosis. Here, we look back at an extract from the interview.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson arrives early, which is not like Tara at all. More often than not the high-as-a-kite, never-out-of-the-gossip-columns Tara we've known since she burst into the national consciousness more than two decades ago would turn up (if she turned up at all) three days late.

'I'm not the person I was,' says the former It-Girl. 'I'm much calmer. I don't go to places like Ibiza because the party world scares me.

'I've gone completely the other way. I'm a very quiet person now, and I like being that person. I have a better perspective on life.

'It used to really matter what people thought and said about me. Now, it doesn't bother me whether people write that I'm off my face, on my face, in my face, whatever. It's all pretty trivial compared to . . . compared to . . .' The sentence ends in tears as Tara points to her forehead.

It is impossible not to want to weep with her. For since January, the 44-year-old has been treated for a brain tumour. The growth in her pituitary gland was discovered following numerous blood tests after she began to feel terribly run down the previous summer.

'I went to the doctors to talk about my latest blood test results when I got back from skiing in January,' she says. 'I said: 'What does this mean? Can you translate it?' And the doctor said: 'As I suspected, you have a brain tumour.'

'I got terribly frightened. I started thinking, 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die. I've only got a couple of weeks to live.' Stuff like that.

'It's that word, isn't it? But then one of the doctors said: 'Hang on a minute, would it help if you called it a wart or a growth?'

'They said: 'Tara, yes, it's a big scary word which you will keep hearing - but don't get out of control over it. A tumour can go across the board of many different things.'

'I actually feel very lucky. My growth was non-malignant but it affected the production of prolactin [a hormone]. I've been with people who have malignant brain tumours so I don't want to be like, 'Hey look at me'.

'I have been, touch wood,' she reaches out to touch the oak coffee table in front of her 'luckier. I've taken medication and, thankfully, it seems to have gone away for now.'

She added: 'My family has this motto: 'It's always sunny at the top.' As a child, when we were skiing, you'd wake up and it would be a cloudy day with no visibility, so no one else would go skiing.

'That was not for us. My father would say, 'Come on - out of bed', and we'd trudge to the cable car, skis on our shoulders.

'Then, there's that moment when the cable car breaks through the cloud. It's indescribable. You absolutely feel on top of the world. You have cloud beneath you, blue sky above you and an empty mountain. I used to think I was in paradise.

'I feel I'm breaking through the cloud with this. The sun is coming out. I am not going to be that person who lies in bed feeling a victim because of what's happened. I'm going to get on with my business and grab life by the horns.

'A party doesn't have to be full of lights and music. The party is what you want it to be - and my party isn't over.'

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'A fun, feisty woman who battled many demons': Piers Morgan leads a host of celebrity tributes to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson as she dies aged 45

Piers Morgan has led a host of celebrity tributes to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson after she passed away at the age of 45.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote: 'RIP Tara Palmer Tomkinson, 45. A fun, feisty woman who battled many demons. Very sad news.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have said they are 'deeply saddened and our thoughts are so much with the family'.

A host of other celebrities also took to social media to pay their respects to Tara.

Grant Harrold, aide to Royals & former Butler to TRH Princes Charles, William & Henry also paid his respects.

He wrote: 'I am deeply shocked & saddened to hear Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died. I was lucky enough to have met her and know her family. A lovely Lady.'

Tara's former I'm A Celeb co-star Darren Day wrote: 'I'm so sad to hear that Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has passed away. Thoughts and love to her family RIP Tara x.'

Reality star Dean Gaffney wrote: 'RIP Tara-Palmer Tomkinson so so sad!'

While comedian and television star Dom Joly simply wrote: 'Tara Palmer-Tomkinson dead.'

Fashion expert Gok Wan wrote: 'So sad to hear of TPT passing away. So young...'

Reality star Chloe Goodman also wrote: 'Absolutely shocked RIP Tara Palmer-Tomkinson such a beautiful woman x so young so heartbreaking #riptara.'

Shoe designer Patrick Cox penned: 'Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. Hadn't seen you in a while... Will always remember your birthday at Tramps when you made your entrance in a bikini and fur coat... A legendary Londoner. #tarapalmertomkinson'.

Tara's The Jump co-star and author Henry Conway wrote: 'Very sad news about #tarapalmertomkinson - she always rocked out the ski gear, here with us on season 1 of #thejump - my condolences to her family.'

Musician Brian McFadden wrote: 'RIP TPT very sad news. You were a real character and will be sadly missed xx.'

Rufus Hound penned: 'Bl**dy hell. TPT. An icon of nineties hedonism. What a shame.'

Singer Alexandra Burke wrote: What a sad day. RIP TPT. I will never forget how warm and loving you were every time I saw you. Such a beautiful soul. Sad sad news...'

Former CBB star Heavy D added: 'Really sad news about TPT dying, way too young!!'

Big Brother personality Jamie East wrote: 'They don't make 'em like they used to. #tpt'

Actor and director Nick Nevern added: 'No way... Rip TPT... the original IT girl'

Three months ago, the socialite told the Daily Mail how she feared she was going to die when doctors revealed she had a brain tumour.

The former 'It girl' had received treatment for the non-malignant growth in her pituitary gland since January 2016 and said at the time that it had cleared.

She told the Mail in November: 'I went to the doctors to talk about my latest blood test results when I got back from skiing in January. I said: 'What does this mean? Can you translate it?' And the doctor said: 'As I suspected, you have a brain tumour'.

'I got terribly frightened. I started thinking, I'm going to die, I'm going to die. I've only got a couple of weeks to live. Stuff like that.'

'I knew my heart was stopping': Late former cocaine addict Tara Palmer-Tompkinson revealed she almost died from an overdose in devastating 2014 interview

Her death at the age of 45 has stunned fans and London society alike.

Tara Palmer-Tompkinson was found dead at her home on Wednesday, three years after she revealed how she had almost passed away from an overdose in a heartbreaking TV interview.

Prince Charles' longtime friend, who struggled with cocaine addiction for years, was a guest on a celebrity special of The Jeremy Kyle Show when she revealed that she had timed her heart waiting for it to stop after a binge.

Breaking down in tears, the star - then 42 - revealed: 'I remember timing my heart because I knew it was going to stop.

'I remember my telephone was there [points] and I remember crawling on my hands and knees to pick up the phone and call, and then I woke up in hospital.

'I remember saying my prayers. I knew my heart was stopping.'

She went on to confess that drugs had given her 'psychosis' and that she become 'devious'.

Tara was sent to a £35,000 rehab in Arizona by her family to try and beat her demons and after getting clean, Tara insisted she had no desire to every take them again.

The brunette explained: ''I don't have any temptation to take drugs any more. No, no, gosh no. Drugs absolutely terrify me.'

She also said that she had become a recluse, preferring to stay at home alone due to anxiety.

'I get terribly anxious going out, I've only been out three times this year. I don't go out to public events. For the last two years I haven't worked."I've seen a therapist every single week for the last nine, ten years of my life.'

Such are her problems that she told Kyle she visited a therapist every weekday for the last nine years.

She also once admitted having a £400-a-day cocaine habit, underwent reconstructive surgery on her nose in 2006 after it collapsed because of her drug use.

She required a further operation on it in 2011.

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U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that Yemen was not forcing a change to its anti-terror strategy, after a report emerged that the Mideast country withdrew permission for U.S. ground operations there.

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U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that Yemen was not forcing a change to its anti-terror strategy, after reports emerged that the Mideast country withdrew permission for U.S. ground operations there.
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"We have not been directed to stop any operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," Major Josh T. Jacques, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, told Fox News. The announcement came more than two weeks after the U.S. conducted a raid targeting Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A Navy SEAL was among the dead.

The New York Times, citing unnamed American officials, reported Tuesday it was unclear whether the Yemenis were influenced at all by President Trump's travel ban order that included Yemen on the list of banned countries.

Yemen also pushed back. Foreign Minister Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi said his country called for a "reassessment" of the raid, but not a stop to ground operations. He added, "Yemen continues to cooperate with the United States and continues to abide by all the agreements."

U.S. Central Command said earlier this month that civilians may have been hit by gunfire from aircraft called in to assist U.S. troops, who were engaged in the ferocious firefight on Jan. 29.
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The military said the civilians may not have been visible to the U.S. forces because they were mixed in with militants in the compound who were firing at U.S. troops "from all sides to include houses and other buildings."

The State Dept. weighed in on the latest reports. "The United States conducts operations consistent with international law and in coordination with the government of Yemen. We will not relent in our mission to degrade, disrupt and destroy," Al Qaeda and the Islamic State terror group, the department's acting spokesman Mark Toner said.

The Times reported that photographs of children apparently killed in the crossfire caused outrage in Yemen.

The Pentagon disputed published reports that the operation was compromised and that U.S. troops lost the element of surprise in the assault on the compound.

"We have no information to suggest that this was compromised," said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, saying the accounts do not "match with reality."

He said the U.S. special operations forces conducted the raid to get valuable information and intelligence, including about potential operations by Al Qaeda against the United States and the West.

The plan, he said, was to "go in, conduct a raid, grab things and go." When the firefight broke out, he said the team "needed to call in this support in order to ensure that they could get out and not lose their lives." Fighter aircraft and helicopters responded to provide cover from the air for the forces, which included a Navy SEAL team.

Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens was killed in the assault, and three other U.S. service members were wounded. Another three U.S. forces were wounded in the "hard landing" of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft at a staging area for the mission.

According to Central Command, the firefight included small arms fire, hand grenades and close air support fire.

Davis said earlier this week that an unspecified number of women were part of the group of combatants battling the U.S. forces, and some were among the 14 killed in the firefight.

Planning for the clandestine counterterrorism raid began before President Obama left office on Jan. 20, but Trump authorized the raid.

He said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis supported the raid, and Trump approved it on Jan. 26.

The U.S. has been striking the militant group from the air for more than 15 years, mostly using drones. Sunday's surprise pre-dawn raid could signal a new escalation against extremist groups in the Arab world's poorest but strategically located country.
Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A family in San Rafael, California, watched and recorded as a landslide destroyed their home.

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9 Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana, Mississippi, at Least 31 Injured and 9,400 Residents Without Power

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Nine tornadoes were reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi -- four of which have been confirmed -- damaging property, injuring at least 31 people and prompting Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency in the state.

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In addition to New Orleans, which also declared a state of emergency, tornadoes were reported in Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Ponchatoula and Killian, according to ABC News meteorologist Melissa Griffin.

Tornado watches were in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The tornado watch in Louisiana and Mississippi expired after 2 p.m., when the storms moved east, Griffin said. The tornado watch in Alabama and Florida is set to expire at 6 p.m. Severe storms are expected in cities such as Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile and Pensacola.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said a serious tornado hit Chef Menteur Highway and traveled there for about two miles. Landrieu described the damage it caused as "devastating" and that it looked "like an elephant stomping on your house."

Approximately 9,400 Orleans Parish residents are currently without power, the mayor said. Crews are working around the clock and expect to have all power restored in three to five days.

No deaths have been reported, but of the 31 injuries reported in New Orleans, at least six were considered moderate to severe according to Landrieu. Authorities will continue to survey the damage in the next several days.

NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans was impacted by a tornado, the agency said Tuesday. All 3,500 employees at the facility were accounted for, with five sustaining minor injuries. The facility will remain closed on Wednesday, as emergency personnel continue damage assessments on multiple buildings which were damaged, including the main manufacturing building, which sustained roof damage.

NASA posted the following video to YouTube of the tornado near the facility.

President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday night, "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in southeastern Louisiana affected by today's severe tornadoes."

Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in southeastern Louisiana affected by today's severe tornadoes.
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There could still be isolated severe storms in North and South Carolina.

As of Tuesday morning, at least 23 U.S. states were under winter weather alerts, and a tornado watch has been issued for parts of the Southeast as most of the country braces for severe weather this week.

"We are in a very active weather pattern all across the country, from California to New York," ABC News senior meteorologist Max Golembo said.

An atmospheric river, which draws massive amounts of water vapor from the Pacific Ocean, has taken aim at California, where the National Weather Service has issued flash flood and flood watches through Friday.

Copious rainfall is in the forecast for the West Coast until the end of the week, potentially bringing floods, mudslides and debris flows. ABC News' weather team predicts more than a half a foot of rain in Central to Northern California over the next several days. Additional rain is expected for Portland, Oregon, and Seattle.

"California will see waves of moisture on and off through Friday," Golembo said.

Meanwhile, thunderstorms and damaging winds are expected to rattle Southern states, from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. The National Weather System has issued a tornado watch for portions of southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and other parts of the region's coast until 2 p.m. local time.

"Severe storms are firing up already in Louisiana and Mississippi," Golembo said. "Damaging winds are the biggest threat this morning."

Northeastern states can expect to see rain, snow and ice this week, according to ABC News meteorologists. The first of two storms arrives today, bringing rain and ice for much of the region, with potential snowfall in Boston and other parts of New England.

The icy weather moved through the Hudson Valley into southern New England this morning. By this afternoon, the snow and ice in Boston will transition to heavy rain, with some snow and ice lingering in New England and the upper Hudson Valley near Albany, New York.

ABC News meteorologists said a second storm will move into the Northeast on Thursday morning, bringing mostly snow to New York City and Boston. Heavy snowfall is in the forecast until Thursday afternoon. Some weather models are showing snow farther south in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

"This could be a plowed event for major Northeast cities," Golembo said. "Stay tuned. This is a changing forecast."

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9 Tornadoes Reported in La., Miss., at Least 31 Injured

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Nine tornadoes were reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi -- four of which have been confirmed -- damaging property, injuring at least 31 people and prompting Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency in the state.

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A powerful tornado touched down Tuesday in the New Orleans East neighborhood, flipping cars, smashing homes and injuring several dozen people, some seriously.

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President Trump on Wednesday brought the legal dispute over his immigration executive order into the court of public opinion, using a Washington law enforcement address to mount an urgent defense of the measure and urge the federal courts to reinstate it.

At a meeting with local sheriffs and police chiefs, the president said he issued the immigration order "for the security of our nation, the security of our citizens, so that people come in who aren't going to do us harm."

He spoke after a hearing late Tuesday during which the Justice Department presented its arguments to the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The DOJ is fighting to overturn a Seattle judge's decision to halt the controversial order that suspended the U.S. refugee program and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Sudan. A decision could come at any time.

"We're in an area where, let's just say, they are interpreting things differently from probably 100 pecent of people in this room," Trump said.

Trump read out parts of the federal law outlining presidential powers on the subject, saying it was written clearly and "beautifully."

The part of the U.S. Code he read specifies that when the president "finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation ... suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

"A bad high school student would understand this," he said.

Trump said he listened to the judges Tuesday and, while vowing not to comment specifically on the hearing, said: "I listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful, it was disgraceful."

Supporters of Trump's order say it will help keep America safe from terrorists looking to infiltrate the United States from terror hotspots that often have inadequate vetting procedures. Opponents have argued it is unconstitutional and discriminatory - claiming that it is a "Muslim ban."

During Tuesday's hearing, Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell argued that Trump campaign statements about a Muslim ban showed discriminatory intent.

"There are statements that we've quoted in our complaint that are rather shocking evidence of intent to discriminate against Muslims, given that we haven't even had any discovery yet to find out what else might have been said in private," Purcell said.

Trump has waded into the legal battle before, largely on Twitter. He recently called the judge who halted the order, James Robart, a "so-called judge" and earlier Wednesday warned on Twitter that, "If the U.S. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled."

If the U.S. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. Politics!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017

At the meeting with police chiefs, he indicated he would be ready to criticize the appeals court if it ruled against his administration.

"I don't ever want to call a court biased, so I won't call it biased and we haven't had a decision yet, but courts seem to be so political," he said. "It would be so great for our justice system if they were able to read a statement and do what's right and that's to do with the security of our nation, which is so important."

He warned that until the issue was resolved, the nation's security would be at risk.

"I think it's sad, I think it's a sad day," he said. "I think our security is at risk today and it will be at risk until such time as...we get what we are entitled to as citizens of this country."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Adam Shaw is a Politics Reporter and occasional Opinion writer for FoxNews.com. He can be reached here or on Twitter: @AdamShawNY.

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Chino Hills' LaMelo Ball, the high school star who went viral in December when he pointed at the half-court line and then drilled a shot and impressed Steph Curry, dropped 92 points on Tuesday night in a 146-123 win over Los Osos.

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Brazil sends troops to Espirito Santo, state torn by violence due to police strike. " It looks like the Purge. People running around with guns and machetes. Dead body's on the street and no police".

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Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recent days sparked a wave of violence including what is already believed to be dozens of murders.

The law enforcement stoppage in a state struggling with a budget shortfall is the latest example of how depleted public finances, amid Brazil's worst recession on record, are crippling even basic health services, education and security in some states.

The crime surge in Espirito Santo, a small coastal state just north of Rio de Janeiro, began over the weekend, after police on Friday stopped work because of the pay dispute.

Since then, local media and citizens with mobile phone videos have broadcast scenes of chaos as thieves and other criminals appear to run rampant, particularly in state capital Vitoria and its suburbs, home to about 2 million people.

People pray for peace toward the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil.
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Local media reported that as many as 50 people have died during the period, an unusually high death toll for the state in such a short period. But a state security spokesman said the government has not been able to make an official tally.

Schools in the area closed, as did public health clinics and other local offices. State officials, who argue they have no resources to raise wages, have already replaced the police commander and say they will not renew negotiations with officers until they return to work.

"There is no way we can accept this attitude, leaving the population deprived of an essential service like public security," Cesar Colnago, the state's governor, told reporters after announcing the federal aid.

President Michel Temer, who also authorised the use of federal troops to quell uprisings in prisons last month that led to around 140 deaths in various states, dispatched the country's defense minister to Espirito Santo on Monday.

Inmates stand on the roof of Alcacuz prison amid tension between rival gangs in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil.
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The state security spokesman said federal troops were expected to arrive by Tuesday.

Several other Brazilian states are grappling with a financial crisis. In Rio de Janeiro, the state government has been struggling to pay expenses including salaries of police, teachers and doctors and basic supplies for schools and hospitals.

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Six Afghan Red Cross workers have been killed by suspected Islamic State (IS) group gunmen in the northern province of Jowzjan, officials say.

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Six Afghans working for the Red Cross have been killed by suspected Islamic State (IS) group gunmen in the province of Jowzjan, officials say.

The workers were shot in the Qush Tepa area, the provincial governor said.

Two others are unaccounted for, feared abducted by IS, he told the BBC. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed the deaths but said it did not know who was to blame.

The ICRC said it was putting its work in Afghanistan on temporary hold.

"We need to understand more clearly what happened," ICRC Director of Operations Dominik Stillhart said.

"But... this is one of the most critical humanitarian contexts and we will definitely do everything to continue our operations there."

IS has been in Afghanistan since 2015, claiming attacks in Kabul and the east. But there has been no immediate claim for the attack in Jowzjan.

The ICRC has had an uninterrupted presence in Afghanistan for 30 years and the organisation said in a tweet that it was "shocked and devastated" by the news. President Peter Maurer said it was a deliberate attack on his staff which "we condemn in the strongest possible terms".

The team which came under attack by "unknown armed men" comprised three drivers and five field officers, the statement said.

Government officials said the staff were transporting supplies including livestock materials to areas affected by recent deadly snowstorms when their convoy was attacked.

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Jowzjan governor Lutfullah Azizi confirmed to the BBC that all six employees who were killed were Afghan.

The bodies of the six workers - many with close-range multiple gunshot wounds - were taken to the provincial capital Sheberghan and from there to Mazar-e-Sharif, officials say. A search has begun to find the two ICRC employees who have not been accounted for.

Provincial police chief Rahmatullah Turkistani said IS fighters were known to be active in the area where the attack took place and the ICRC had been warned about their presence.

Taliban militants have also targeted the Red Cross in the past - its office in Jalalabad was attacked in 2013.

IS announced it was expanding into Afghanistan in January 2015 and has secured footholds in parts of eastern Nangarhar province, on the border with Pakistan.

But Afghan troops and the Taliban have prevented them from moving permanently beyond that, observers say.

Since mid-2016 the group appears to have switched tactics, launching a series of deadly attacks against Shia Muslims and others in Kabul and bombing a mosque in the northern province of Balkh, neighbouring Jowzjan, in October.

On Wednesday, IS said it had carried out an attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul a day earlier, killing at least 20 people.

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Six Afghans working for the Red Cross have been killed by suspected Islamic State (IS) group gunmen in the province of Jowzjan, officials say. The workers were shot in the Qush Tepa area, the provincial governor said. Two others are unaccounted for, feared abducted by IS, he told the BBC.

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Nine tornadoes were reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi -- four of which have been confirmed -- damaging property.

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Terminally Optimistic: Celebrating Life by Confronting Death

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Red is a 2-year-old Australian cattle dog mix with a sweet personality who was adopted and later returned. It turns out the dog is deaf, but will learn sign language training thanks to a grant. Red was immediately adopted after arriving at the Foothills Animal Shelter but returned after the family found out quickly about her disability.

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GOLDEN, Colo. ( KDVR) -- Red is a 2-year-old Australian cattle dog mix with a sweet personality who was adopted and later returned. It turns out the dog is deaf, but will learn sign language training thanks to a grant.

Red was immediately adopted after arriving at the Foothills Animal Shelter but returned after the family found out quickly about her disability.
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"After a couple of days, they realized whenever she was sleeping she wouldn't wake up when they would clap their hands or make any noises," Jessi Burns of Foothills Animal Shelter said.

Burns said most people don't want special-needs dogs.

"Special-need dogs take a lot of extra effort," Burns said.

The Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation of Denver is stepping up to help Red learn sign language.

"The Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation will facilitate a $1,000 grant for Red to go to sign language," said Cindy Lee, president of Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation.

Turns out, dogs respond well to sign language training. For years, hunting dogs have been trained and using it in the field.

"[Red] would not have had a chance without the grant at all," Lee said

Red might not hear, but she has good eyes and a good nose, and most important, a great little heart.

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A tornado touched down in New Orleans on Tuesday, causing damage and leaving 17,000 people without power.

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