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Applebee's is betting on stress eaters, and it's paying off

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Applebee's is betting on stress eaters, and it's paying off

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Applebee's knows you're stressed, and it wants to make you feel better with cheap alcohol and lots of food.

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China's new supercollider has made it to the Conceptual Design Report Stage. It is now expected to start breaking ground in 2022 and be completed in 2030. This new supercollider will go beyond the physics of the LHC. It was proposed two months after the discovery of the Higgs Boson.

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Driver is now suffering spinal cord injurys after flying threw the air while during a race.

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A Formula 3 driver suffered a spinal injury Sunday when she was involved in a scary crash at the Macau Grand Prix.

Sophia Floersch, 17, is set to undergo surgery Monday for the injury she sustained in the crash. Her car went airborne during the road course event after she clipped Sho Tsuboi's car on lap four.

"Just wanted to let everybody know that I am fine but will be going into surgery tomorrow (Monday) morning ... Update soon," the German racer tweeted.

Floersch suffered a spinal fracture, according to a medical report released by her team Van Amersfoot Racing.

"The whole world saw what happened and we can only thank God that @SophiaFloersch escaped with relatively light injuries," Van Amersfoot Racing tweeted. "Our thoughts go also to the other people involved and we wish them a speedy recovery."

Video on social media showed her vehicle hurtling through the air after she appeared to clip Tsuboi's car. Floersch then went airborne and flew into the catch fence, hit a structure and landed on the ground. Emergency personnel were on the scene immediately.

Racing officials issued a red flag, which delayed the race for more than an hour.

Floersch "is conscious and has subsequently been taken to hospital for further evaluation," FIA, the sport's governing body, said in a statement.

Tsuboi reportedly suffered lumbar pain in the accident. Two media members and a race marshal were also hospitalized with unspecified injuries, the FIA said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Formula 3 driver Sophia Floersch suffers spinal injury in scary crash at Macau Grand Prix

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A Formula 3 driver suffered a spinal injury Sunday when she was involved in a scary crash at the Macau Grand Prix. Sophia Floersch, 17, is set to undergo surgery Monday for the injury she sustained in the crash. Her car went airborne during the road course event after she clipped Sho Tsuboi's car on lap four.

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School in England bans designer Canada Goose and Moncler jackets to keep poorer students from feeling bullied

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Pupils have been banned from wearing expensive designer coats to school to stop other kids feeling poor.

Woodchurch High School in Wirral, in Northwest England, says students are no longer allowed to dress in jackets from Canada Goose, Moncler or Pyrenex, which cost up to 1,000 pounds ($1,280) each.

The Church of England academy sent a letter home to parents informing them that the ban is part of a "poverty proofing" scheme, according to MailOnline.

The letter said: "As you are all aware from an email that was sent out yesterday, pupils will not be permitted to bring in Canadian (sic) Goose and Monclair (sic) coats after the Christmas break.
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"The support from parents/carers has been overwhelmingly positive and we are very thankful for this. Some have also asked whether Pyrenex coats, which are also in a similar price range (with some also having real fur) will also be prohibited. I am writing to confirm that these brands will also be prohibited after Christmas. Thank you for your ongoing support."

A spokesman for the school, which has 1,400 pupils, said staff are concerned with "poverty proofing" and says their policy has "always been to minimize uniform costs".

Most parents seemed pretty happy with the notion and took to social media to applaud the school's actions.

"It's been the cause of bullying for so long and those that do have them can still wear out of school. It's a win, win," said one mother.

Another wrote, "Wow a school actually acting on bullying."

And one added, "Brilliant thing from a high school. Parents should not feel pressurized into buying expensive stuff so their child 'fits in.'"

But not everyone thought it was a good idea, with one writing, "I think it's a joke, some kids only have those coats."
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS This article originally appeared on The Sun. Read more content from The Sun here.

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School in England bans designer Canada Goose and Moncler jackets to keep poorer students from feeling bullied

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Pupils have been banned from wearing expensive designer coats to school to stop other kids feeling poor. Woodchurch High School in Wirral, in Northwest England, says students are no longer allowed to dress in jackets from Canada Goose, Moncler or Pyrenex, which cost up to 1,000 pounds ($1,280) each.

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It looks flat, it feels flat, for all intents and purposes, the world is flat according to "flat Earth" believers.

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AURORA, Colo. -- It looks flat, it feels flat, for all intents and purposes, the world is flat according to "flat Earth" believers.

"Was there ever any debate when you were in first grade and you were learning about cosmology? Was there anyone who disputed it ever in your whole life? but now?" Dorothy Novak, flat Earth believer, said to KDVR.

Well, conventional wisdom and science say the world is indeed round, right? "Look with your own eyes. Go out to the beach on a cloudy day. Are the clouds curved?" Novak asked.

But not everybody is on board with the big blue marble belief. "I don't believe that we are. I don't believe that there is the evidence to support it from a scientific method," said Robbie Davidson, coordinator of the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference that's happening in Denver Thursday and Friday.

Folks who believe in a flat and not round Earth are called, flat Earthers, and Thursday was day one of the conference. "The conference is about being able to question things and not being afraid to ask questions," Davidson said.

Over 800 flat Earthers are expected to attend the two-day conference and discuss topics ranging from Flat Earth Clues to NASA and other Space Lies.

Flat Earther Mad Mike Hughes raised awareness by raising himself in his homemade rocket that he built and flew, all to "go to space to prove the shape of the planet," Hughes said.

Mad Mike hopes to someday, perhaps, be the one to prove once and for all what many believe, "I only want the truth, I have no agenda." Hughes also has other plans as well, "I'm gonna' try and set the world speed record in a boat."

He'll need a lot of flat Earth to do that.

The two- day event is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Aurora.

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AURORA, Colo. -- It looks flat, it feels flat, for all intents and purposes, the world is flat according to "flat Earth" believers. "Was there ever any debate when you were in first grade and you were learning about cosmology? Was there anyone who disputed it ever in your whole life?

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A Picasso painting was stolen in 2012. They found what they thought was the painting, but it was a fake.

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What was first thought to be a lost and found Pablo Picasso painting is now being dismissed as a fake.

Romanian officials said they may have recovered a Picasso painting stolen in a 2012 heist, after two men handed an unidentified artwork to the Dutch embassy in Bucharest.

But a novelist, who claims to have found the painting beneath a tree, now claims the work's reappearance is part of an elaborate hoax.

"Tete d'Arlequin" was one of seven artworks snatched from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, six years ago. Romania's anti-organized crime agency said in a statement Sunday that it was "investigating the circumstances in which a Picasso-signed painting worth about 800,000 euros ($913,000) was found Saturday evening in Tulcea County."

However, writer Mira Feticu, who has previously penned a novel about the Kunsthal heist, described the alleged discovery as a " publicity stunt."

The novelist told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that she received an anonymous letter alerting her to the painting's whereabouts around 10 days ago. She claims to have subsequently unearthed a canvas in a forest in eastern Romania.

But Feticu said Sunday that she then received an email from two Belgian directors who admitted to tipping her off as part of a project called "True Copy," according to reports. Images retweeted by Feticu appear to show her with what she at first believed to be the original Picasso canvas.

A website apparently connected to the Belgian pair describes the project as a "performance" created "with a view to bringing back Picasso's 'Tête d'Arlequin.'" It references infamous Dutch forger, Geert Jan Jansen, explaining that the project "revolves around the life of a forger and the inherent question of the value of truth."

The site goes on to list a number of news stories reporting the alleged discovery.

The Kunsthal raid shook the art world in 2012, and Romanian prosecutors valued the total haul at 18 million euros ($21 million). The thieves are believed to have entered through a back door, with security camera footage appearing to show them carrying out the paintings minutes later.

Other items stolen in the heist included Henri Matisse's "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" and Monet's paintings "Waterloo Bridge, London" and "Charing Cross Bridge, London." Works by Paul Gauguin, Lucian Freud and Meijer de Haan also went missing in the raid.

A statement from the museum at the time said the artworks belonged to a private collection.

In 2013, four Romanians were convicted in connection with heist and ordered to reimburse insurers the full 18 million euros. Ringleader Radu Dogaru was also sentenced to six years in prison, although none of the missing paintings were ever recovered.

Dogaru's mother, who was handed a two-year sentence for her role in the raid, claimed that she had burned the paintings to protect her son when police searched her village. Museum officials in Romania appeared to support her version of events, announcing that traces of paint and canvas had been found in the woman's oven.

She later denied her initial claims in court, giving rise to hopes that some of the paintings may yet be recovered. Sunday's statement by Romanian authorities said that efforts to authenticate the artwork are underway.
Mira Feticu, the Kunsthal museum, Romania's anti-organized crime agency and the organizers of "True Copy" did not immediately respond to CNN's requests for comment.

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Stolen Picasso resurfaces, only to be dismissed as fake

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Written by Oscar Holland, CNN What was first thought to be a lost and found Pablo Picasso painting is now being dismissed as a fake. Romanian officials said they may have recovered a Picasso painting stolen in a 2012 heist, after two men handed an unidentified artwork to the Dutch embassy in Bucharest.

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The have argued that there games have not been officiated correctly and there have been alot of mess ups. This is there biggest game of the year and they wanted the best officiation possible, so they hired what they call the "all star officiating".

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The NFL took the unusual step this week of assigning an "all-star" officiating crew to the most highly anticipated game of the season, adding to the playofflike frenzy for Monday night's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams.

Referee Clete Blakeman will work the game with only two members of his regular crew, umpire Ramon George and down judge Dana McKenzie. The other five officials -- including Jim Lapetina, who will handle replay -- were plucked from four other crews.

The approach is similar to how the NFL assigns officials to playoff games, a process that is based on performance and seniority rather than crew. But it is rarely, if ever, employed before the postseason. Officials typically work on the same eight-person crews throughout the regular season to maximize continuity and familiarity among members.

Individual crew members are occasionally juggled for health or scheduling reasons. But a series of actions this season have indicated the league is moving away from the consistent crew concept, in favor of a more aggressive administration of officiating. Earlier this season, the league bounced down judge Hugo Cruz among four crews before ultimately making him its first-ever official to be fired for performance during the season.

NFL spokesman Michael Signora confirmed Sunday that "there is a rotation amongst the crews throughout the season." Signora did not provide details on the decision to overhaul Blakeman's crew for Monday night's game.

An officiating source said Sunday that the five officials added to Monday night's crew are all highly respected and have performed well this season.

The Chiefs-Rams game, originally scheduled to be played in Mexico City before it was relocated to Los Angeles, is a rare matchup. Since 1970, there have been only four other games pitting teams with one or fewer losses this late in the season. And according to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the latest matchup ever between two teams averaging at least 33 points per game.

The following is the full crew for Monday night's game, as listed on the official flip card published by the NFL, with the officials' permanent referee in parentheses:

Referee: Clete Blakeman

Umpire: Ramon George (Blakeman)

Down judge: Dana McKenzie (Blakeman)

Line judge: Rusty Baynes (John Hussey)

Field judge: Dale Shaw (Jerome Boger)

Side judge: Brad Freeman (Clay Martin)

Back judge: Tony Steratore (Boger)

Replay: Jim Lapetina (Brad Allen)

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Guardsman charged with smuggling migrants into US

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A California National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States for money.

Private First Class Edward Jair Acosta-Avila was pulled over in San Diego, about two miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, USA Today reported.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials arrested Acosta-Avila and four other individuals - including a U.S. citizen and three undocumented Mexican nationals who were hiding under a blanket in the back seat, the report said.

Acosta-Avila told authorities that he and the U.S. citizen were going to split $400 for shuttling the three Mexican nationals into the U.S., according to the report. But the three men told authorities they agreed to pay between $6,000 and $7,000 each to enter the U.S., the report said.

Acosta-Avila and the U.S. citizen were charged in federal court with human trafficking. The Mexican nationals will serve as witnesses in the case, San Diego's Fox 5 reported.
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Acosta-Avila was reportedly not part of the 7,000 troops that President Trump ordered to various points at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Army Times reported.

The bulk of the troops are currently in Texas -- hundreds of miles away from the caravan that started arriving this week in Tijuana on Mexico's border with California -- after walking and hitching rides for the past month.

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A California National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States for money. Private First Class Edward Jair Acosta-Avila was pulled over in San Diego, about two miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, USA Today reported. SECTION OF TRUMP'S BORDER WALL UNVEILED IN CALIFORNIA AS CARAVAN ADVANCES NORTH THROUGH MEXICO U.S.

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Teenage driver survives spectacular crash at F3 Macau GP

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Teenage driver Sophia Floersch was set to undergo surgery Monday for a spinal fracture after a spectacular airborne crash in the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix. The 17-year-old German tweeted Sunday: "Just wanted to let everybody know that I am fine but will be going into surgery tomorrow...

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Tweet against former President, Barack Obama has cost Washington State over 1 million dollars

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Washington State football coach Mike Leach's tweet of a fake video of former President Barack Obama cost the school more than $1 million in donations, a school official said last week.

Donors altered future estate gifts after Leach tweeted and then defended the fake video in June, university President Kirk Schulz said. A school spokesperson later confirmed that number was around $1.6 million, the Seattle Times reported.

"As the president mentioned, no one who had made a cash gift has asked for their money back," said Phil Weiler, the school's marketing and communications vice president. "We did have five donors let us know that they had altered plans for their future giving, however. These were primarily estate gifts that would have been paid out upon the donor's death. These planned estate gifts totaled $1.6 million."

The edited video featured a doctored track that made Obama appear to make statements he didn't actually make in a 2014 speech.

Leach deleted the original tweet after being blasted online. He then tweeted out the complete text of Obama's speech the following day.

"We put all of our head coaches and cabinet through social media training just to make sure people are aware that what they are doing often reflects on their job, not their private political views," Schultz said. "At the end of the day, Coach Leach is like anyone else. He can elect to do some of those things as a private citizen."

Leach led the Cougars to a 7-1 record this season. The team was ranked No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25 poll.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Washington State coach Mike Leach's Obama tweet cost school $1.6M in donations, official says

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Washington State football coach Mike Leach's tweet of a fake video of former President Barack Obama cost the school more than $1 million in donations, a school official said last week. Donors altered future estate gifts after Leach tweeted and then defended the fake video in June, university President Kirk Schulz said.

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A couple from New Jersey died in a crash on the way to their wedding.

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A New Jersey couple driving to their wedding in Pennsylvania died after a tractor-trailer hit their vehicle Wednesday.

Kathryn Schurtz, 35, of Fanwood, and her fiancé, Joseph Kearney, were killed after the accident on Interstate 78 in Berks County, Pa., according to Schurtz's obituary. The two were headed to their wedding, which was to be held in Pittsburgh.

The accident left the couple dead and three others injured after the driver of a tractor-trailer couldn't slow the vehicle down for traffic. The tractor-trailer slammed into the couple's car causing a chain reaction crash that ultimately involved four other tractor-trailers in addition to the couple's vehicle, LehighValleyLive.com reported.

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, the accident caused a fire that burned two of the tractor-trailers and the couple's vehicle. Traffic was reportedly backed up on the interstate for 12 hours.
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Schurtz, according to a Facebook page for the town of Fanwood, was the daughter of a former city councilwoman. She lived in Jersey City and worked for Oracle in New York City.

"She will be remembered for her voracious appetite for reading, love of cooking, and trailblazing new adventures with Joseph," her obituary read. A funeral mass for Schurtz will be held Tuesday in Scotch Plains, N.J.

Further information on Kearney wasn't immediately available.

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A New Jersey couple driving to their wedding in Pennsylvania died after a tractor-trailer hit their vehicle Wednesday. Kathryn Schurtz, 35, of Fanwood, and her fiancé, Joseph Kearney, were killed after the accident on Interstate 78 in Berks County, Pa., according to Schurtz's obituary.

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IBM to buy out redhat\ at a value of 34B.

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U.S. stocks are set to begin the week higher, helped by M&A fever, as Red Hat shares soared 50 percent after IBM announced a $34 billion acquisition of the software maker.

IBM shares fell marginally, while Red Hat shares skyrocketed in premarket trade on Monday, after the tech giant announced it would acquire the software company in an approximately $34 billion deal on Sunday.

Under the deal, IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash.

"The acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer. It changes everything about the cloud market," said IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. "IBM will become the world's No. 1 hybrid cloud provider, offering companies the only open cloud solution that will unlock the full value of the cloud for their businesses."

Red Hat, which has a market capitalization of $20.5 billion, is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and specializes in open-source software, particularly Linux. The company has partnered with IBM for 20 years, supporting the operating system in its early stages and more recently to bring hybrid cloud solutions to customers.

IBM said the acquisition - its largest ever - will enable businesses to securely move all business applications to the cloud and that the deal would strongly position the two companies to address the issue and "accelerate hybrid multi-cloud adoption." Many firms already use multiple clouds to store data.

"Most companies today are only 20 percent along their cloud journey, renting compute power to cut costs," Rometty said. "The next 80 percent is about unlocking real business value and driving growth. This is the next chapter of the cloud. It requires shifting business applications to hybrid cloud, extracting more data and optimizing every part of the business, from supply chains to sales."

When the acquisition is complete, Red Hat will become part of IBM's Hybrid Cloud team as its own unit. Leadership will remain under the company's current CEO, Jim Whitehurst, and management team. Whitehurst will join IBM's senior management team and report to Rometty. IBM plans to maintain Red Hat's headquarters, facilities, brands and practices, it said.

The deal is expected to close in the latter half of 2019. IBM said it intends to suspend its share repurchase program in 2020 and 2021.

IBM reported mixed results in its latest quarterly earnings report earlier this month. The company reported earnings per share of $3.42 in its fiscal third quarter, versus analysts' expectations of $3.40. Its revenue for the quarter - $18.76 billion - missed Wall Street estimates of $19.10 billion. Its Technology Services and Cloud Platforms, its largest business unit, brought in $8.3 billion in revenue, down 2 percent year over year.

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U.S. stocks are set to begin the week higher, helped by M&A fever, as Red Hat shares soared 50 percent after IBM announced a $34 billion acquisition of the software maker. IBM shares fell marginally, while Red Hat shares skyrocketed in premarket trade on Monday, after the tech giant announced it would acquire the software company in an approximately $34 billion deal on Sunday.

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President Trump attacks Democrat leader of the House of Representatives.

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President Donald Trump disparaged Rep. Adam Schiff in a profane tweet Sunday, misspelling his name "Schitt" and accusing the likely incoming House Intelligence chairman of baselessly criticizing the appointment of acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker.

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Democrat's ex-mistress says she's rebuilt her life since tabloid scandal

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Donna Rice Hughes' reputation was shattered when she was accused in 1987 of having an affair with Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart.

But Hughes, now 60, has managed to rebuild her life in the last several decades, the 60-year-old told the State of Columbia, S.C.
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During the 1987 presidential campaign, the Miami Herald reported that Hughes, a then-29-year-old model-actress, spent the night with Hart, then a U.S. senator from Colorado. The story set off a media frenzy and derailed Hart's candidacy.

The story is now the subject of the new film "The Front Runner," starring Hugh Jackman as Hart.

"I was blindsided and thrown into a media feeding frenzy," Hughes recently told People magazine. "I kept saying, 'I just wanna go home.' ... The media fixated on me for the next 18 months."

"I was blindsided and thrown into a media feeding frenzy. I kept saying, 'I just wanna go home.' ... The media fixated on me for the next 18 months."
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Hughes says she stayed out of the public spotlight for nearly 10 years. She testified before Congress in 1995 to speak out against pornography on the internet. Hughes also founded "Enough Is Enough (EIE), a non-profit organization that raises awareness about internet pornography, sexual predators and cyberbullying.

President Trump during the 2016 election signed the EIE's Children's Internet Safety Presidential Pledge which called upon the future president to pledge to enforce existing federal laws designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of children online.

Hughes is also a mother and grandmother. She is reportedly working on a biography to tell her side of the 1987 debacle.

"[T]he movie is not my story," she said.

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Donna Rice Hughes' reputation was shattered when she was accused in 1987 of having an affair with Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart. But Hughes, now 60, has managed to rebuild her life in the last several decades, the 60-year-old told the State of Columbia, S.C.

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Kevin McKay drove the school bus along gridlocked, dark roads as pockets of fire burned all around. Nearly two dozen elementary school children were on board with him.

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Kevin McKay drove the school bus along gridlocked, dark roads as pockets of fire burned all around. Nearly two dozen elementary school children were on board with him.

Smoke began to fill the bus, so McKay took off a shirt.He and two teachers on the bus tore it into pieces and doused them with water. The children held the damp pieces of cloth to their mouths and breathed through them.

He had been on the job, driving the bus for Ponderosa Elementary School in the northern California city of Paradise, only for a few months. Now, McKay was ferrying the 22 stranded children to safety as the Camp Fire scorched everything in its path. It would take five hours for them to reach safety.

The fire had broken out early November 8, forcing many to evacuate Butte County.

McKay, 41, grew concerned early. He had seen wildfires before, he said.

"But the fact that it was coming down in 1,000 places, it was unheard of," McKay told CNN in an interview Sunday in a park in Chico, a city southwest of Paradise.

His son, mom and girlfriend had already evacuated to a hotel in Chico that morning.

"That freed me up to focus completely on this terrifying situation," McKay said.

Family members of other students had already picked up their children.

But nearly two dozen students were stranded because their family members hadn't made it to the school. McKay discussed evacuating the students with Ponderosa's principal.

'It felt like Armageddon'

Abbie Davis, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher at Ponderosa, and Mary Ludwig, 50, who teaches second grade, evacuated with McKay and the students.

Ludwig recalled the "the sky was really menacing."

"It was very scary. It felt like Armageddon," she said Sunday.

"It just kind of looked like we'd be headed into Mordor," McKay recalled, referring to the realm of the evil lord Sauron in "The Lord the Rings" books and films.

As McKay drove away from the school on roads thick with smoke, the bus became stuck in the gridlock of vehicles trying to leave Paradise. Should they abandon the bus, they wondered?

Davis and Ludwig walked the bus aisle, comforting students.

As the smoke intensified, young lungs filled up. One student complained of being tired. Davis saw other kids dozing off.

The adults had to improvise. There was only one water bottle on the bus. McKay took off his shirt. They tore it up and doused the strips of cloth with water, so the students could use them to breathe properly, they recalled.

"That seemed to help," McKay said.

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The defector that was caught on tape last year escaping North Korea made a statement saying, "if you don't have money or power; you die in a ditch."

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The North Korean soldier who was caught on tape making a dramatic escape through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to South Korea late last year has given some startling insights into life in the North, including the suggestion that the majority of young people there have no loyalty to Kim Jong Un.

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Hong Kong protest leaders on trial for spreading pro-democracy ideas through the city.

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Hong Kong protest leaders who went on trial Monday for spearheading pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 said their prosecution threatens the future of civil rights in the territory, where fears have grown of Beijing's growing influence.

"What is on trial is not just the nine of us. What is on trial also is the high degree of autonomy and the rule of law that all Hong Kong people are entitled to," said defendant and University of Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai at a news conference following the first day of the trial.

Tai, along with another professor and a pastor, were leaders of the "Occupy Central" campaign to press for free election s of Hong Kong's top leader. They are charged with conspiracy to commit a public disturbance and incitement to commit public nuisance.

Protesters in what was also known as the umbrella movement laid siege to the government headquarters and paralyzed Hong Kong's financial district for 79 days but failed to win any concessions. Thousands staked out encampments on major thoroughfares. Several hundred were arrested.

The other defendants - two current and one former lawmaker, two student leaders and a political activist - face charges of incitement to commit a public nuisance. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years.

"All of us pleaded not guilty because we believe the charges are unreasonable, unconstitutional and unprecedented," said Chan Kin-man, a sociology professor who is described by prosecutors as Tai's co-conspirator.

The defendants pumped their fists in the air and chanted "Shame to political prosecution!" before entering the West Kowloon courthouse. They were joined by more than 100 supporters, some raising the yellow umbrellas that came to represent the movement because demonstrators used them to defend themselves from police attacks.

Three university students prosecuted in 2016 for their leadership roles in the protests received community service. But Hong Kong judges have since faced mounting pressure from Beijing to hand down heavier sentences to deter future protests.

Some in the semi-autonomous Chinese city fear that central government meddling will erode judiciary independence, a bedrock value that undergirds the city's standing as a global business capital.

The former British colony was handed over to Chinese rule in 1997 under an agreement in which China promised it could retain its own laws, economic system and civil rights for 50 years.

However, China's ruling Communist Party under authoritarian President Xi Jinping appears to be growing impatient with efforts by Hong Kong activists to promote greater democracy. The Hong Kong government recently banned a local political party that advocated the territory's independence from Beijing.

Ranging in age from 30 to 74, the nine defendants span generations of Hong Kong citizens who have been agitating for full democracy. The trial is expected to last 20 days.

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Hong Kong protest leaders who went on trial Monday for spearheading pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 said their prosecution threatens the future of civil rights in the territory, where fears have grown of Beijing's growing influence. "What is on trial is not just the nine of us. What is...

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A 7-year-old girl is clinging onto life as she suffers the effects of an unlabeled electrical fence and her family plans to sue.

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On Monday, an attorney representing 7-year-old Zynae Green and her family says he will be filing a lawsuit against MGM National Harbor.

Green is a girl who was severely injured when she touched an electrified guardrail on MGM National Harbor Grounds last summer.

On Sunday, the girl's mother posted a video of the family celebrating Zynae's 7th birthday. Some five months later, she is still in the hospital facing an uphill battle.

A spokesperson for the Morelli Lawfirm confirmed details of Zynae's health. We're told the 7-year-old suffered serious brain damage from the June 26th shock -- and that she can breathe on her own, but can only follow movement with her eyes.

In the Facebook post, Rydricka Rosier wrote, "Today is my baby's birthday 💜 Thanks to everyone for celebrating but it breaks my heart that she is here and not at home 😢 Five months since MGM did this to our family and still no help from them 😖 Our Zy Zy is a fighter but she needs help Please continue to pray and share this video We love you all #TeamZynae"

Zynae was with another child playing around an outdoor fountain at MGM National Harbor when they touched one of the guardrails. The guardrails are equipped with LED strips, according to previous reports.

In September of 2018, WUSA9's Peggy Fox reported that the LED lights on the handrails run on just 12 volts of electricity. In a report by our editorial partner, the Washington Post, an investigation revealed that a failure allowed 120 volts to flow through the handrail.

A county investigation focused on faulty wiring as the cause of a powerful electrical surge. Earlier this month the county's Director of the Permitting Department resigned - this came days after he told reporters, the work done on an outdoor light feature was not a system-wide problem but quote "one bad contractor and one bad third party inspector."

Andrew Jarrell with the Morelli Law Firm tells WUSA9 they do not have a monetary claim in the lawsuit.

MGM National Harbor responded to Sunday's lawsuit announcement.

"The incident at National Harbor was a tragic accident and we are all heartbroken that Zynae Green and her family continue to suffer. We are committed to continue working with the family's representative to reach a resolution. In the meantime, we will respond to this lawsuit in the appropriate venue, which is in court," said Debra DeShong, SVP, Global Corporate Communications and Industry Affairs.

The family of Zynae Green celebrated her 7th birthday in the hospital Sunday. She's suffered serious brain damage after touching an electrified guard rail at @MGMNatlHarbor last June. Today an attorney representing the family confirmed they will file suit against MGM Mon. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/VywuSvNFLp
- Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) November 19, 2018

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A North Carolina schoolteacher who disappeared last month while out for a walk in Mexico is dead.

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A North Carolina schoolteacher who disappeared last month while out for a walk in Mexico is dead, according to a post on the verified Facebook page of the Governor of Chihuahua.

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The number of people who remain missing in the wake of a pair of ferocious wildfires that have been blazing across both ends of California remains close to 1,000 as of early this morning.

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The two monstrous blazes, which both ignited last week, have claimed a total of 80 lives while laying waste to a total area of nearly 400 square miles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Officials said that 63 of the remains have been positively identified so far.

The vast majority of the deaths -- 77 total -- were due to the Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County, making it the deadliest and most destructive wildland fire in the state's history.

The number of people missing or unaccounted for in Butte County was 1,202 as of Sunday, though those figures may continue to fluctuate as authorities track down the names on the list, according to Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea.

President Donald Trump arrived in California on Sunday to survey the devastation and meet with firefighters, alongside California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state's governor-elect, Gavin Newsom.

The president stopped first in Paradise, where he called the damage "total devastation."

"We've never seen anything like this in California," Trump said.

The president later visited Malibu to tour devastation from the Woolsey Fire.

Meanwhile, the smoke from the flames has descended across the Golden State and choked the air in major cities, including San Francisco. Officials have advised residents in the affected areas to remain indoors and wear a protective mask outside.

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for California through Sunday as humidity drops and wind gusts could get up to 40 mph in the Camp Fire zone.

The Camp Fire in Northern California

The Camp Fire ignited Nov. 8 near Pulga, a tiny community in Butte County nestled in the Plumas National Forest. The blaze exploded as strong winds fanned the flames southwest, enveloping the town of Paradise, a bucolic community of 27,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

The fire has virtually decimated the entire town.

Melissa Schuster, a Paradise town council member, said her house was among those leveled by the Camp Fire.

"Our entire five-member council is homeless," Schuster said in a Nov. 13 interview on ABC News' "Start Here" podcast. "All of our houses have been destroyed."

The death toll from the Camp Fire increased to 76 on Saturday, after officials found still more bodies in the burned-out rubble of homes and melted cars, according to the Butte County sheriff, who has warned that the remains of some of the missing may never be recovered due to the severity of the fire.

The Camp Fire had burned more than 149,000 acres as of Saturday evening, and destroyed nearly 13,000 structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Thom Porter, chief of strategic planning for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said the body count is expected to climb higher as search crews continue sifting through the destruction.

"It is by far the most deadly single fire in California history and it's going to get worse, unfortunately," Porter said of the Camp Fire.

Many of the deaths have taken place in Paradise.

"The entire community of Paradise is a toxic wasteland right now," Schuster said, holding back tears. "In addition to that, and this is the hardest part for me to even talk about, the number of fatalities is [among] things that we don't know at this moment and that's something that has to be determined before people can move back in."

The Camp Fire, which has scorched a total of 149,000 acres in Butte County, was 55 percent contained Saturday evening as thousands of exhausted firefighters work around the clock to quell the inferno, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Two prison inmate firefighters were among a total of three firefighters who have been injured while battling the Camp Fire, officials told ABC News.

Earlier this week, Gov. Brown toured the devastation caused by the Camp Fire along with Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

"This is one of the worst disasters I've ever seen in my career, hands down," Long told reporters at the scene Wednesday.

The Woolsey Fire in Southern California

The Woolsey Fire also ignited Nov. 8 near the city of Simi Valley in Ventura County and rapidly spread south to Los Angeles County. The wind-driven flames jumped the 101 Freeway before sweeping through the celebrity enclaves of Malibu and Calabasas.

The entire city of Malibu and a sprawling naval base near the seaside city of Oxnard were among the areas under mandatory evacuation orders, as officials warned the blaze could potentially spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Evacuation orders have since been lifted for some areas, including parts of Malibu, as firefighters successfully stretch containment levels.

The Woolsey Fire, which has torched a total of 96,949 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, was up to 88 percent containment by Saturday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire.

In all, 1,130 structures have been destroyed and another 300 have been damaged, as of Sunday morning.

The blaze burned down a portion of Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills known as "Western Town," where hundreds of movies and television shows, including HBO's "Westworld," have been filmed, dating back to the 1920s.

The Woolsey Fire has been blamed for the deaths of at least three people, and three firefighters sustained injuries while battling the flames, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

A public health emergency

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has declared a public health emergency in California, where the wildfires have forced the evacuation of at least two hospitals and eight other health facilities.

"We are working closely with state health authorities and monitoring the needs of healthcare facilities to provide whatever they may need to save lives and protect health," Azar said in a statement Wednesday. "This declaration will help ensure that Americans who are threatened by these dangerous wildfires and who rely on Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program have continuous access to the care they need."

Smoke advisories have been issued for the affected region amid concerns that smoke from the fires could present a "significant health threat" for people with asthma and other lung conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Residents have been urged to stay indoors as much as possible and to wear a properly fitting mask when venturing outside.

Berkeley Earth, a California-based nonprofit that analyzes air quality in real-time, ranked San Francisco, Stockton and Sacramento as the world's three "most polluted cities" on Friday morning.

National Weather Service meteorologist Aviva Braun told reporters that light winds have contributed to the poor air quality but, on Saturday, stronger northeast winds mixing in the valley should help improve conditions.

Meanwhile, there has been an outbreak of norovirus at a shelter in Butte County housing evacuees, according to Lisa Almaguer, public information officer for Butte County Public Health.

People who are ill at the shelter have been taken to a separate location, are using separate restroom facilities and are being cared for by public health experts, according to Almaguer, who said the presence of the contagious virus is "not uncommon," especially at this time of year and "with hundreds of people living in close quarters."

ABC News' Karine Hafuta, Marilyn Heck and Bonnie McLean contributed to this report

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A newly wed couple was heading to their wedding when they were both killed in a car crash.

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A New Jersey couple driving to their wedding in Pennsylvania died after a tractor-trailer hit their vehicle Wednesday.

Kathryn Schurtz, 35, of Fanwood, and her fiancé, Joseph Kearney, were killed after the accident on Interstate 78 in Berks County, Pa., according to Schurtz's obituary. The two were headed to their wedding, which was to be held in Pittsburgh.

The accident left the couple dead and three others injured after the driver of a tractor-trailer couldn't slow the vehicle down for traffic. The tractor-trailer slammed into the couple's car causing a chain reaction crash that ultimately involved four other tractor-trailers in addition to the couple's vehicle, LehighValleyLive.com reported.

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, the accident caused a fire that burned two of the tractor-trailers and the couple's vehicle. Traffic was reportedly backed up on the interstate for 12 hours.
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Schurtz, according to a Facebook page for the town of Fanwood, was the daughter of a former city councilwoman. She lived in Jersey City and worked for Oracle in New York City.

"She will be remembered for her voracious appetite for reading, love of cooking, and trailblazing new adventures with Joseph," her obituary read. A funeral mass for Schurtz will be held Tuesday in Scotch Plains, N.J.

Further information on Kearney wasn't immediately available.

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A New Jersey couple driving to their wedding in Pennsylvania died after a tractor-trailer hit their vehicle Wednesday. Kathryn Schurtz, 35, of Fanwood, and her fiancé, Joseph Kearney, were killed after the accident on Interstate 78 in Berks County, Pa., according to Schurtz's obituary.

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A disgraced former Ohio judge was arrested Saturday after allegedly stabbing his wife to death at her home -- two years after he served time in prison for a brutal attack on her that was witnessed by his daughters and required reconstructive surgery

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A disgraced former Ohio judge was arrested Saturday after allegedly stabbing his wife to death at her home -- two years after he served time in prison for a brutal attack on her that was witnessed by his daughters and required reconstructive surgery.

The Shaker Heights police department said in a statement former judge Lance Mason, 51, was taken into custody Saturday in connection with the death of his ex-wife, 45-year-old Aisha Fraser. Mason has not yet been charged.

Authorities had responded to a domestic violence call involving Mason at the home just after 9 a.m. Saturday, FOX8 reported. After stabbing Fraser, Mason fled the scene and crashed his car into a police cruiser before being arrested, officials told Cleveland.com. An officer sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash and had to be taken to a hospital.

The 51-year-old previously pleaded guilty to charges of domestic violence and attempted felonious assault for attacking his then-wife in 2014. In that incident, police said Mason viciously choked, punched 20 times, slammed and even bit his wife in front of his two daughters, according to FOX8.

Fraser was so severely injured in the assault she needed reconstructive surgery on her face. She filed for divorce two days after the incident, Cleveland.com reported.

Mason was sentenced to two years in prison, but was only behind bars from Sept. 2015 to June 2016 before being released. He then ended up being hired as Minority Business Development Administrator in Cleveland's Office of Equal Opportunity, beating out 15 other candidates for the $45,000-per-year job.
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At the time of his hiring, city officials told FOX8 that Mason was "simply the most qualified candidate for this position," and that his application did not include a criminal record. In 2011, Cleveland eliminated a box on its job applications to be checked by those convicted of crimes. He was terminated from the job on Saturday after he was taken into custody, FOX8 reported.

His estranged wife was a 6th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary School in Shaker Heights, and news of her death drew an outpouring of grief from the community. The superintendent of the Shaker Heights City School District, Dr. Stephen Wilkins, called the killing a "difficult time" for the community.

"Aisha was a devoted mother and a longtime committed teacher to Woodbury students," Wilkins said in a statement. "She touched so many of our children's lives and will be deeply missed. Her loss is unexpected and the impact of this news on our entire school community is unimaginable and profound."
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Friends and colleagues echoed the sentiments about Fraser's impacts on the community.

"Aisha had this special connection with every kid and I felt like she was a mother to everyone and anyone," Brytnee Crenshaw told FOX8. "She was so special. She was never down. She was always so happy and cheerful and I feel like we lost a great person."

A candlelight vigil is set to be held in her memory on Monday night at the school where she taught.

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Ex-Ohio judge who violently assaulted wife in 2014, served less than year in prison, arrested in her murder

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A disgraced former Ohio judge was arrested Saturday after allegedly stabbing his wife to death at her home -- two years after he served time in prison for a brutal attack on her that was witnessed by his daughters and required reconstructive surgery.

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Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested by prosecutors in Japan after an internal investigation revealed "significant acts of misconduct" over many years by him and another top executive.

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Nissan uncovers 'significant acts of misconduct' by its chairman Carlos Ghosn

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Nissan said Monday that it has uncovered "significant acts of misconduct" by Chairman Carlos Ghosn.