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When Gage Moak, a Marine, couldn't attend his girlfriend's prom, his younger 2-year-old brother stepped in for him.

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The school attended by President Donald Trump's youngest son joined an open letter demanding the President pass gun legislation to protect students.

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Robert Kosasky, the head of the St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, is just one of more than 100 independent school heads in the area calling on Trump, Congress and state leaders to "enact specific, rigorous measures to reduce gun violence in our society, particularly in our schools."

The open letter, published in The Baltimore Sun Wednesday, pushes for a "robust system" of background checks and stronger mental health services.

The school heads also disagree with one policy Trump has been in favor of -- providing some school personnel with "rigorous" firearms training to carry guns in classrooms.

"What we do not need is to arm our teachers with guns, which is dangerous and antithetical to our profession as educators," the letter said.

Trump and first lady Melania Trump's son Barron, 11, began attending the school in Potomac, Maryland last year.

The letter was published on the same day of a national school walkout in which thousands of students demonstrated and rallied for new gun laws, including outside the White House.

The Trump administration on Sunday night proposed providing some school personnel with "rigorous" firearms training and backed a bill to improve criminal background checks on gun buyers, but backpedaled on the idea of increasing the minimum age to buy certain firearms -- a policy Trump had said he would support.

The proposals, which come more than three weeks after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, also include a plan to establish a commission chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that will recommend policy and funding proposals for school violence prevention, including possible age restrictions on some firearms purchases. The commission does not have a set timeline of when it will report its findings, although an official said it would be within one year.

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Robert Kosasky, the head of the St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, is just one of more than 100 independent school heads in the area calling on Trump, Congress and state leaders to "enact specific, rigorous measures to reduce gun violence in our society, particularly in our schools."

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(CNN)An Alabama death row inmate whose execution went wrong is asking that his death sentence be vacated. The attempted execution was "botched and bloody," as the inmate's lawyer put it, and left the inmate under "physical and mental duress."

Doyle Lee Hamm was convicted in 1987 of committing murder during a robbery and sentenced to death. On February 22, the 61-year-old was being prepped for intravenous lethal execution at the Holman Correctional Facility when staff and medical personnel tried and failed for 2½ hours to find veins in his groin, feet and legs.

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Doyle Lee Hamm was convicted in 1987 of committing murder during a robbery and sentenced to death. On February 22, the 61-year-old was being prepped for intravenous lethal executionat the Holman Correctional Facility when staff and medical personnel tried and failed for 2½ hours to find veinsin his groin, feet and legs.

A federal judge ordered a medical exam by an outside physician; it was completed Sunday by Dr. Mark Heath, an anesthesiologist who practices at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

In two civil actions filed Wednesdaywith the Alabama US District Court and the state circuit court, Hamm maintains that the execution was called off after "hours of physical and psychological torture, forcing needles into his lower extremities" and the right femoral vein near his groin, "causing severe bleeding and pain."

Hamm's defense team is asking for relief from his "now unconstitutional sentence of death." They claim that the painful procedure, during which their client wished he could die, was cruel and unusual punishment and a "constitutionally prohibited cruel, unnecessarily painful, slow, and lingering process to death." They also claim that attempting a second execution would be double jeopardy, protected by the Fifth Amendment, which states that no person shall "be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb."

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Hamm's court filings state that the execution team made numerous attempts to gain access to veins in his legs and ankles. In at least two attempts, the documents state, "an execution team member inserted a needle into Doyle Hamm's leg and kept the needle in his leg for several minutes, moving it around in a painful and futile attempt to enter Doyle Hamm's veins."

When entry via leg veins failed, the documents say, personnel tried and failed to get a needle or catheter into his right femoral artery.

"Multiple times, the execution team tried to insert a needle or catheter into Doyle Hamm's right groin, causing severe bleeding and pain," the filings state. "The staff put a pad on his groin to absorb the blood and had to change the pad during the procedure when the pad became completely soaked with blood."

In his medical report, Heath says he found 11 puncture wounds on Hamm's body, with "approximately 6 puncture wounds ... with partial overlap" in the right groin area.

Pictures attached to the filings show puncture wounds and intense bruising in his feet, legs and groin.

Heath also documented a "large" hematoma, or swollen blood clot, that "could possibly be caused by an unusually large leak from the femoral vein." He stated that the pain Hamm is having in his lower abdomen "may be related to bladder or other visceral injury."

The entire process to place an IV, the filings state, took at least 2½ hours. In a blog post March 4, Hamm's attorney, Bernard Harcourt, wrote that "This was clearly a botched execution that can only be accurately described as torture."

'It's disturbing'

Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, said he found the pictures and court documents "disturbing."

"To say this was a botched execution is an understatement," Dunham said. "When you see the pictures of the groin, you don't see bruising like that in a properly set line. This man was strapped to a gurney for 2½ hours, and during that period, they literally poked holes in him."

After the execution was aborted, Alabama correction officials denied that there was any problem with the procedure and said they halted it when they ran out of time before the midnight execution deadline.

"I wouldn't necessarily characterize what we had tonight as a problem," Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said shortly after the execution was stopped. "The only indication I have is that in their medical judgment it was more of a time issue, given the late hour."

Dunham disagrees. He cites the fact that Alabama keeps its execution protocols secret as an issue in the resolution of the case.

"They don't allow witness to observe critical points of the process," he said. "This is an illustration of why secrecy is such bad public policy. "

'Oral lethal injection' was requested

Hamm's defense team states in the court filings that the inmate is struggling with "active lymphatic cancer" that has created abnormal lymph nodes, including in his groin. The abnormal lymph nodes had "previously been identified by this Court's independent medical expert" as problematic.

Because of this finding, Hamm's attorney had argued for months that killing his client by lethal injection would amount to "cruel and unusual punishment" because Hamm's veins had become severely compromised by both the cancer and "years of intravenous drug use," the filings state.

Instead, Harcourt says, he and his client had asked for death by "oral lethal injection," which he says the court denied. In earlier court filings, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office argued that Hamm had waited too long to challenge Alabama's method of execution and had failed to present proof that his medical condition had deteriorated.

Alabama carries out executions by lethal injections unless an inmate requests the electric chair.

CNN's Tina Burnside and Chandrika Narayan contributed to this story.

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Putin says that he gave the order to shoot down a passenger plane in 2014

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In a two-hour documentary titled "Putin" that was posted on social media on Sunday, the Russian President said he was told about the impending attack moments before the Games were due to start.

But the threat turned out to be a false alarm, Putin said, and the plane was not shot down.

The documentary's release comes amid a wave of flattering pre-election coverage of the President, and details moments intended to show off Putin's heroism. In addition to the episode with the plane, Putin also said in the film that his helicopter reportedly came under fire over Chechnya in 2000, according to the state-run Sputnik news agency.

Russians go to the polls on March 18.

In the film, Putin told interviewer Andrey Kondrashov -- a Russian state television presenter who became the President's election campaign spokesman in January -- that he received a phone call from security officers on February 7, 2014, while en route to the Olympics opening ceremony at Fisht Stadium.

"Somewhere in the middle of the road, the adjutant [military officer] handed me the phone, it was an agent ... from the headquarters of the Olympics safety department. He reports: an airplane that should have flown from Ukraine to Istanbul was captured. The hijackers demand to land in Sochi," Putin said.

Pilots of a Turkish Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, flying from Kharkiv to Istanbul with 110 passengers on board, said the hijackers had a bomb.

Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia's internal intelligence service, the FSB, who also took part in the film, said that a decision was made to "raise combat aircraft in order to control the flight."

"We had just a few minutes," he said.

Putin gave the order "to act in accordance with the plan."

But in five to seven minutes a second call came through and the same employee said that the hijacking was "a drunken trick."

The plane successfully landed in Turkey.

On Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Putin's account of the incident, according to Reuters.

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Authorities name suspect in quadruple homicide at Mount Pleasant-area home

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The woman screamed, her anguished voice cutting through the evening stillness on Saturday in a community near Mount Pleasant.

It was shortly after 5 p.m. and Charleston County sheriff's deputies had been at 2751 Atlanta Drive since 11:30 a.m., when four people were discovered slain inside a home there. The crime's effect on the community and on the people who live in the area was evident as many gathered, cried and prayed.

"Oh, Lord," the woman said, collapsing to the ground. "Why? Why?"

NEW: Four Mount Pleasant family members named as victims of apparent beating deaths

Family members, law enforcement personnel and chaplains huddled around the woman, holding her as she wept.

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Many details of the Lowcountry's deadliest outburst of violence since the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church remain unclear, though the latest killings again deeply affected the AME community. The victims, who were not immediately named publicly, were worshippers at a local church, a pastor said.

But authorities arrested 22-year-old Lovequawn Matthew Shaire Scott on four counts of murder in connection with the homicides, said Capt. Roger Antonio, a spokesman for the Charleston County Sheriff's Office. Court records showed that Scott had lived at the home, though officials would not say how he knew the victims.

Exactly how the victims had died also was uncertain. They did not appear to have been shot, officials said.

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A crowd of more than 100 people gathered along Atlanta Drive on Saturday afternoon. Several identified themselves as the victims' family members, friends or acquaintances.

The home is located in a neighborhood off Hamlin Road in unincorporated Charleston County, past the town limits of Mount Pleasant where development gives way to patches of forest and open fields. A few miles south of highways 17 and 41 and across Hamlin Sound from Isle of Palms, modest single-family homes and picket fences line the two-lane Atlanta Drive.

Deputies and Mount Pleasant police officers went to the home to investigate a report of "deceased individuals" inside, Antonio said.

"When they arrived, they saw a deceased black male and a deceased black female in the garage," he said. "Deputies ... discovered two more deceased black females inside a bedroom."

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Detectives are working to determine a cause of death for the victims and a motive for their slayings, Antonio said. The Charleston County Coroner's Office was expected to eventually confirm the victims' identities.

"Detectives do not believe that a firearm was discharged at the victims," he said.

With Saturday's slayings, 10 homicides have been reported this year in the tri-county area, including one other in the sheriff's jurisdiction.

A criminal records check with the State Law Enforcement Division showed several prior arrests for Scott.

He was charged with felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute near a school in May 2016. At the time, Scott was a football player for The Citadel and was suspended from the team, according to a Post and Courier article about the arrest.

The SLED records also showed an arrest in November 2016 on a charge of breaking into an automobile. He was found not guilty in a trial.

Around the same time, Scott was charged with receiving stolen goods and simple possession of marijuana, but he also was acquitted of those charges, according to the records.

In September 2017, he was convicted of violating a city ordinance and simple possession of marijuana. He was ordered to pay a fine or serve jail time, but the records did not indicate which sentence option was carried out.

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Scott also had several arrests on charges such as resisting arrest and manufacturing or distributing drugs near a school, but the records did not indicate whether those charges were prosecuted.

Jamie Jenkins, a friend of the family, said the victims were a man, his wife, their daughter and their granddaughter.

"They were a loving family," Jenkins said. "Very honest people, supportive, trustworthy. They would open their doors and be there for anyone."

After authorities finished speaking with family members around 5:30 p.m., local AME Church leaders led the group in prayer.

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"We just came to say to the larger community that we are here, praying with the family," Juenarrl Keith, presiding elder for the church's Mount Pleasant district, said after the prayer. "Unfortunately, it's becoming more of a common tragedy in our community, but we stand with survivors."

The Rev. A.R. Kollock Sr., pastor for the family at Greater Goodwill AME Church, said the victims were very faithful people.

"I was just with them Sunday (March 4) in worship, Monday night in meetings," Kollock said. "Just unbelievable. We're all numbed about the fact of what has just taken place. We just pray that God in his own way will continue to comfort this family, along with us."

The pastor encouraged the community to continue to pray and to be mindful. He planned to discuss the killings during Sunday's service.

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The woman screamed, her anguished voice cutting through the evening stillness on Saturday in a community near Mount Pleasant. It was shortly after 5 p.m. and Charleston County sheriff's deputies had been at 2751 Atlanta Drive since 11:30 a.m., when four people were discovered slain inside a home there.

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The passenger jet skidded off the runway and burst into flames in Kathmandu.

A passenger jet attempting to land at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal skidded off a runway, crashed and burst into flames, killing at least 49 people, authorities in Nepal told ABC News.

Twenty-two others were injured in the crash, and some were in critical condition, Nepalese police spokesman Manoj Neupan told ABC News. All of the survivors sustained injuries, the airport's general manager, Raj Chettri, said.

US-Bangla Airlines flight 211 was en route from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and arrived around 2:20 p.m. local time. The Canadian-made Bombardier, a Dash 8 Q400 that seats 78 people, made an "unbalanced" landing, according to Chettri.

It took around 25 minutes to extinguish a fire that engulfed the plane, Sanjiv Gaudam, the director general of Nepal's civil aviation agency said.

The cause of the crash is unclear. The pilot was advised to land from the more typical southern approach but chose to land on the northern side of the airport, according to Gaudam and Chettri.

The plane was carrying 67 passengers and four crew members. Those on board included 33 Nepalese, 32 Bangladeshi, one person from China, and one person from the Maldives, Chettri said.

Hundreds of rescue workers searched the plane's wreckage as the airport remained closed.

Those injured were evacuated to five hospitals in Kathmandu by ambulance and helicopter, authorities said. Eleven of the injured were Nepalese, and the others were foreigners, including at least two Bangladeshis, according to Neupan.

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The passenger jet skidded off the runway and burst into flames in Kathmandu. A passenger jet attempting to land at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal skidded off a runway, crashed and burst into flames, killing at least 49 people, authorities in Nepal told ABC News.

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An elementary school teacher in Indiana allegedly turned private baseball lessons into masturbation sessions for a group of young boys, authorities said.

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An elementary school teacher in Indiana allegedly turned private baseball lessons into masturbation sessions for a group of young boys, authorities said.

Joe Kimerer - a fourth-grade teacher at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Lafayette - was collared Friday on a slew of charges that included vicarious sexual gratification with a child under 14 years old after investigators learned he had been coaching students through the sexual acts during private baseball lessons, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

Kimerer, 46, told the boys during some practices to go to the bathroom and masturbate before asking the students sick questions that included queries on the size of their penises, according to the affidavit. The sicko coach even contacted them at home to ask if they had "done their homework," an alleged code phrase for questioning if they had masturbated.

Police in Lafayette said many of the alleged incidents dating back to the summer of 2014 happened inside the school during school hours. The most recent incident occurred Feb. 26, according to the charges.

Kimerer, a teacher for 18 years with the Lafayette School Corporation, had no prior disciplinary record, Superintendent Lee Huddle told the newspaper.
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Beyonce and Jay Z announce a new tour.

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The superstar couple announced the "OTR II" stadium tour on Monday.

The tour will kick off Wednesday, June 6, in Cardiff, UK. They'll stop in 15 cities across the United Kingdom and Europe before hitting 21 cities in North America.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting the announcement since a posting briefly appeared on Ticketmaster and Beyoncé's Facebook page last week for a July 30 "On the Run 2" date at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field

Beyoncé on Monday shared a series of photos on her official Instagram account about the upcoming tour.

The pair last toured jointly with "On The Run" in 2014.

They recently released a video for their song "Family Feud" from Jay-Z's Grammy-nominated "4:44" album.

The presale comes Wednesday, followed by general public sales on March 19.

More information can be found at Beyonce.com.

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A driver survived a horror rollover crash in Australia that was caught on camera, and he even stuck the landing.

In a video posted to the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook group, the black Nissan Navara pickup can be seen losing control before it crosses the median of a four-lane highway, rolls three times and lands upright on its wheels.

Amazingly, the truck didn't hit any oncoming vehicles and the unidentified driver exited the vehicle largely unscathed, according to News.com.au.

The cause of the accident is unknown, but some commenters praised the performance of the pickup.

"Props to that Navara for taking that roll like a champ. He needs to write a big thank you to Nissan for building a strong car because that should have ended so much worse," wrote one, while another added, "wow that Nissan passed with flying colors! As the [video] progressed at first I was impressed at the roof retaining its shape, and then the door opened!!!"

The Navara is small pickup, similar in size to the Frontier sold in the United States. In fact, it's rumored to be the basis for the next-generation Frontier that's expected to debut in the next year or two.
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After Bruno Mars is accused of cultural appropriation, black celebrities come to his defense

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"Cultural appropriation," according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is "the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture."

Bruno Mars' mother is Filipina and his father is Puerto Rican and Jewish

But the Grammy-winning star is known for blending elements of funk, soul, R&B, reggae and hip-hop in his music --- genres that are historically and traditionally African-American.

Here's the two-minute video that started it all:

"Bruno Mars 100% is a cultural appropriator. He is not black, at all, and he plays up his racial ambiguity to cross genres," writer and activist Seren Sensei said in a clip for "The Grapevine," a web series that explores African-American issues.

"What Bruno Mars does, is he takes pre-existing work and he just completely, word-for-word recreates it, extrapolates it," she added. "He does not create it, he does not improve upon it, he does not make it better. He's a karaoke singer, he's a wedding singer, he's the person you hire to do Michael Jackson and Prince covers. Yet Bruno Mars has an Album of the Year Grammy and Prince never won an Album of the Year Grammy."

Some agreed with Sensei.

"Yeah, she makes a valid point about the appropriation of blackness and how it is now lucrative rather than taboo. Bruno Mars as an example is an awkward one because he has paid homage but that doesn't discredit that he can still benefit from the ambiguity," one Twitter user wrote.

Meanwhile, others jumped to Mars' defense.

"I just want to be practical here. Are people saying that Bruno Mars shouldn't sing? Or that when he sings he needs to somehow whiten that s--- up and sound more like Rod Stewart," "Black Lives Matter" activist and writer Shaun King tweeted. "I'm dead serious. What type of music is this man "allowed" to do?"

R&B singer Charlie Wilson, one of the black artists Mars is accused of copying, praised the musician in a Twitter message and credited him with helping to "bring back that classic New Jack / R&B sound to the masses when it was left for dead years ago and hard for artists to get that sound back on mainstream radar."

Wilson -- the former lead vocalist of R&B/funk group The Gap Band -- also praised "24K Magic," which won Mars six Grammys this year, saying, "Bruno's songs on this album are original and no different from any other artist pulling inspiration from genres before him."

In defending Mars, fans pointed to statements the artist made paying tribute to the black pioneers who inspired his music.

"When you say 'black music,' understand that you are talking about rock, jazz, R&B, reggae, funk, doo-wop, hip-hop and Motown," he said in a February 2017 interview with Latina magazine."Black people created it all. Being Puerto Rican, even salsa music stems back to the Motherland [Africa]. So, in my world, black music means everything. It's what gives America its swag.

"I'm a child raised in the '90s," he continued. Pop music was heavily rooted in R&B from Whitney, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Boyz II Men, Aaliyah, TLC, Babyface, New Edition, Michael, and so much more ... I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for these artists who inspired me."

Mars, who dashed hip-hop's Grammy dreams in January when he won album, record and song of the year, also got some words of encouragement from the hip-hop community.

"Keep making that funky ish, @BrunoMars!!!! Do you always ❤️," Grammy-nominated rapper Rapsody tweeted.

"So is it Bruno Mars fault that...he was influenced by BabyFace, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis...around the same time from a hip-hop side I was influenced by DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and The Beatminerz? This is a Sociology study on influence and exposure...." hip-hop music producer 9th Wonder tweeted.

Mars, who has collaborated with many hip-hop artists -- most recently, Cardi B -- called on Atlanta to select a hip-hop artist to perform at next year's Super Bowl.

White musicians such as rapper Iggy Azalea and Miley Cyrus, who tried her hand at hip-hop as she rose to fame and then openly distanced herself from it, have often been cast as culture vultures.

Most recently, white rapper Post Malone sparked a wave of backlash from the hip-hop community after he appeared to dis the genre that made him famous, in a January interview with GQ.

"I definitely feel like there's a struggle being a white rapper. But I don't want to be a rapper. I just want to be a person that makes music," he said.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May told members of the U.K.'s Parliament today that it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for poisoning Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England earlier this month. She said Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a military-grade nerve agent developed by Russia. They fell ill in Salisbury, England, last week after being exposed.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May told members of the U.K.'s Parliament today that it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for poisoning Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England earlier this month.

She said Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a military-grade nerve agent developed by Russia. They fell ill in Salisbury, England, last week after being exposed.

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Stormy Daniels offers to return 'hush agreement' money to speak freely.

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Last month, Michael Cohen said he paid $130,000 of his own money to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her silence regarding an alleged sexual encounter with Trump. Both Cohen and the White House have denied any sexual encounter between the President and Clifford.

Clifford's attorney, Michael Avenatti, sent Cohen a letter offering to wire $130,000 by Friday to an account designated by the President. In exchange, the settlement agreement between Clifford, Trump and Cohen's company would be "deemed null and void in their entirety."

The exchange would allow Clifford to speak publicly about her allegations of an affair with Trump, and according to the letter "use and publish any text messages, photos and/or videos relating to the President that she may have in her possession, all without fear of retribution and/or legal liability for damages."

A message left with Cohen was not immediately returned.

Avenatti told CNN's "New Day" last week that Clifford would "absolutely" pay back the $130,000 if she was allowed to speak about the alleged affair.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said last week that "arbitration was won in the President's favor" regarding the case. The statement is an admission that the nondisclosure agreement exists and that it directly involves Trump. It was the first time the White House had admitted the President was involved in any way with Clifford.

CNN's Sara Sidner contributed to this report.

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Man swept away by wave in Bahamas had asked permission to marry girlfriend before death

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A Michigan man who was swept away by a massive wave in the Bahamas had asked his girlfriend's family for permission to marry her hours before he died.

Athena Williams, 20, and her boyfriend Jonathan Brussow, 19, were vacationing in the Bahamas with her family when Brussow went missing last Monday, FOX17 reported. Brussow was hiking with Williams' brother on a tall cliff when a huge wave swept them into the ocean on Eleuthera Island. His body was found on Friday.

"When we started dating he always told me, he said: 'Since the first time I saw you, I knew I was gonna marry you,'" Williams told FOX 17. "We had everything planned out already. He had our whole wedding planned out, too and we weren't even engaged or anything."

Williams said Brussow had asked her family for permission to marry her hours before he went missing. While Brussow was on the hike with Williams' brother, he also brought up his plans.

"When they were there, Jonathan also asked Eric if it was OK if he could marry me," Williams said. "I know that and the one thing Eric did tell me that Jonathan said was, 'Come have a seat with me, buddy,' and then it just kind of happened, I guess."

Williams recalled her brother telling her Brussow was missing. She added that she "pretty much knew" her boyfriend was gone, but didn't give up hope. Local authorities helped search for Brussow in the following days.

"If there's anybody who could get out of a situation like this, it's Jonathan," Williams said. "But the odds were absolutely against him. There was just no way he could have made it."

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

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A Michigan man who was swept away by a massive wave in the Bahamas had asked his girlfriend's family for permission to marry her hours before he died. Athena Williams, 20, and her boyfriend Jonathan Brussow, 19, were vacationing in the Bahamas with her family when Brussow went missing last Monday, FOX17 reported.

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At least 49 killed as a passenger jet bursts into flames after landing in Nepal

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A passenger jet attempting to land at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal skidded off a runway, crashed and burst into flames, an airport official told ABC News.

Of an estimated 67 passengers on board, only 17 have been rescued so far, the official said. The rescue is ongoing.

The plane was en route from Dhaka and arrived around 2:20 p.m. local time.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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A passenger jet attempting to land at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal skidded off a runway, crashed and burst into flames, an airport official told ABC News. Of an estimated 67 passengers on board, only 17 have been rescued so far, the official said. The rescue is ongoing. The plane was...

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At least two people were killed and three were in critical condition Sunday night after a helicopter with six people aboard crashed in New York City's East River, officials said.

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It took 12 years for the tapes to surface, but television audiences were able to finally hear what Fox billed as O.J. Simpson's "shocking hypothetical account" of the 1994 murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.

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On Sunday, the network aired the two-hour "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?," in which the former NFL running back outlines how he might have killed Goldman and the mother of his two children. Simpson was acquitted of the murders, but he was deemed responsible for them in a civil lawsuit.

In the interview, Simpson described Goldman as "a guy that I didn't really recognize. I may have seen him around, but I really didn't recognize him."

At one point, Simpson referenced a friend, whom he identifies only as "Charlie," who went with him to confront Brown and handed him the knife that would be used as the murder weapon in the scenario.

"As things got heated, I just remember Nicole fell and hurt herself and this guy kind of got into a karate thing. And I said, 'Well, you think you can kick my ass?' And I remember I grabbed the knife -- I do remember that portion, taking a knife from Charlie -- and to be honest after that I don't remember, except I'm standing there and there's all kind of stuff around and ..." he said, trailing off.

Judith Regan, who conducted the interview in 2006 for the book, "If I Did It," pressed Simpson: "What kind of stuff?"

"Blood and stuff around," he replied.

Simpson at first resisted discussing the killings but later appeared at several points to validate the prosecution's timeline and theory of the case. He also lapses into tenses that don't sound speculative, saying at one point, "Obviously I must have" taken a glove off after the killing, given that one was found at the scene.

Simpson also refers to blacking out, the vast amount of blood spilled ("It was horrible"), having been "fed up" with Nicole for bringing what he considered unsavory characters around his children and sneaking back into his house after the murders.

After the interviews were originally conducted, Regan, who was the publisher at News Corp.-owned HarperCollins, saw her book deal withdrawn amid backlash over the prospective book and a TV special Fox planned to air. She was subsequently fired and filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against the company, which was eventually settled. The book was eventually published elsewhere.

Regan told CNN on Monday that she found the interview "incredibly disturbing."

"I had a friend text me last night and say, 'Remind me never to play poker with Judith Regan,' because, she said, I kept my poker face throughout the interview," she said. "It was very difficult to sit and talk to him with the things that he was saying without reacting in the way in which I felt. So it was traumatic to revisit it. It's a traumatic, sad, tragic story that I think affected a lot of people in a lot of different ways."

In what appeared to be a move to undermine the ABC premiere of "American Idol" -- a show Fox closed the curtains on in 2016 -- Fox decided to air its Simpson special to compete against its former hit program.

This time, though, Simpson stands to make not one dime from the telecast, which was hosted by former CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien and included a panel of experts, including Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden. Fox also promised it would air public-service announcements about domestic abuse during the special.

Filmmaker Terence Wrong said the producers reached out to Simpson, who did not respond.

An attorney for Fred Goldman said the family welcomes "the airing of these tapes."

"While justice has eluded our family, Fox Entertainment enables everyone to make their own judgment," the statement added.

Simpson was released from prison in October, having served time for kidnapping and armed robbery in his attempt to recover sports memorabilia.

CNN's Brian Lowry contributed to this report.

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At least 38 people were killed when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed and burst into flames Monday as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal.