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Investigators continue to look for evidence, clues into 2-year-old Gardner girl’s death

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GARDNER, Kan. -- Gardner police returned to a home on Wednesday where a 2-year-old girl was found unresponsive on Tuesday. There are still lots of questions surrounding the death of Presley Porting.

Crime scene tape still blocked off the front yard, and crime scene technicians and police are also still investigating.

Police say they were first called to this home around 2 p.m. after they received a 911 call that the child wasn't breathing. Investigators say paramedics rushed Presley to the hospital where the 2-year-old later died. The case is still referred to as a "death investigation."

Gardner's police chief says crime scene technicians investigated the scene looking for evidence and possible clues that would tell them what happened to the little girl and how she died.

Wednesday afternoon, when glove-wearing, crime scene investigators returned, FOX 4 saw them going in and out of this house with gold envelopes in their hands.

The police chief says the team of investigators is still processing this scene, and neighbors are praying for the girl's family.

"I hope that the family is staying really strong and that, you know, no matter what that they look up and they continue to live and love for their daughter," said neighbor Shelby Tyrer.

Neighbors add that Presley's father and his fiancé live at the home with their 2 little girls, a GoFundMe page has been set up for her memorial.

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Investigators continue to look for evidence, clues into 2-year-old Gardner girl's death

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GARDNER, Kan. -- Gardner police returned to a home on Wednesday where a 2-year-old girl was found unresponsive on Tuesday. There are still lots of questions surrounding the death of Presley Porting. Crime scene tape still blocked off the front yard, and crime scene technicians and police are also still investigating.

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Airbuds test flying car by end of year

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Bajandar suffered from a rare condition that caused his hands to sprout tree-like warts. He lived with it for years before beginning surgery to remove the growths last February.

Since then he has had 16 procedures to restore his hands, and will undergo a few more before he is released from the hospital.

Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, chief plastic surgeon at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, told CNN Bajandar is in "very good shape" now, and can eat and write using his own hands. The further procedures, he said, are more for "beautification."

A life nearly stolen by a curious disease

Bajandar suffered from epidermodysplasia verruciformis, a disease so rare there have only been a handful of reported cases around the world. It is caused by a defect in the immune system which increases one's susceptibility to HPV, or human papilloma virus.

Lal Sen told CNN last February that Bajandar first noticed the lesions when he was 10. Over time, the growths completely encompassed his hands, stealing his livelihood as a rickshaw driver and making him the subject of international news.

Before the surgery, Bajandra could not eat, drink, brush his teeth or take a shower by himself. The only thing he could do was scratch his neck.

"I want to live like a normal person. I just want to be able to hold my daughter properly and hug her," he told CNN last year.

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Bajandar suffered from a rare condition that caused his hands to sprout tree-like warts. He lived with it for years before beginning surgery to remove the growths last February. Since then he has had 16 procedures to restore his hands, and will undergo a few more before he is released from the hospital.

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US special forces have carried out a raid against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Az Zor, according to an official and a monitoring group.

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United States special forces have carried out a raid on ISIL in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Az Zor, according to an official and a monitoring group.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group tracking developments in Syria's conflict through a network of contacts on the ground, said on Monday that at least 25 fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group were killed in the village of al-Kubar during Sunday's raid.

A US coalition official also told Al Jazeera that a raid had taken place on Sunday in Deir Az Zor but did not confirm the number of casualties.

The raid was first reported by news outlet Deirezzor 24 on its Twitter account, which specialises in news from the province.

It reported that a 90-minute clash took place near the village and that coalition troops - backed by two fighter jets - arrived at the scene in four helicopters.

Killings and arrests

According to Deirezzor 24, US troops took with them an unspecified number of bodies of ISIL members killed in the fighting and arrested several members of the group.

US soldiers are waging a low-profile war against ISIL, also known as ISIS, in Syria, as well as in neighbouring Iraq.

The US military mostly opts to target the group with jets, but is also known to have carried out several raids against ISIL's senior leaders.

In May 2015, US troops killed Abu Sayyaf, an ISIL leader, and at least six other members of the group in an attack in Deir Az Zor.

Later, in October 2015, a US soldier was killed in the Iraqi city of Hawija during a raid on an ISIL compound that freed more than 70 hostages.

US officials have been keen to play down their army's presence in both Iraq and Syria, cautious of being seen to be involved in another complex war.

Most of Deir Az Zor province is in ISIL hands except for a small Syrian government-held enclave inside the provincial capital, also named Deir Az Zor.

The province, which shares a long desert border with Iraq, was initially held by Syrian rebels but was captured by ISIL in 2014.

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US troops 'kill dozens of ISIL fighters' in Syria raid

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United States special forces have carried out a raid on ISIL in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Az Zor, according to an official and a monitoring group.

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Donald Trump's big week. Donald Trump is embarking on the most crucial week of his transition into the presidency -- and, as usual, he's at the epicenter of multiple controversies.

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Jon Jones explains why Ronda Rousey should not retire

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Ronda Rousey has received a mountain of criticism after she was demolished by Amanda Nunes in just 48 seconds at UFC 207 last weekend.

Nunes has stated bluntly that Rousey should retire and was overrated the entire time she stood atop the women's bantamweight division. Even Rousey's own mother, AnnMaria De Mars, has said she would like to see the former women's champion retire from competition following her latest loss.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and arguably the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport Jon Jones disagrees with both of them regarding Rousey's future.

In a new interview with TMZ Sport s, Jones admits that the best fighters in the world have caught up to Rousey but that doesn't mean she should retire following a couple of tough losses.

"No, I don't agree with that," Jones responded when asked if Rousey was overrated. "I think the sport is catching up with her talent level and people are realizing that maybe she's not as good as a striker as she is a ground specialist. I think Holly Holm kind of laid out a blueprint of how to beat Ronda. It works."

"One of the thing about martial arts, none of us are invincible. I guess the lesson to be learned in Ronda's situation is to always evolve."

While Rousey has certainly come up short in her last two bouts including the vicious second round knockout to Holm last November, Jones believes there's still plenty of room for her to improve.

Jones knows that Rousey still has something to prove and despite her recent setbacks, there are still a lot of fights she would win in the UFC right now without changing much of anything.

"I think it'd be great to see her come back. I know it would be great to see her come back and I think it would be important for her legacy. To show people her courage and her strength and her resilience," Jones said.

"I think she needs to stick to fighting. I said in a tweet, I believe that she still beats like 90-percent of the division. So maybe she's not going to be the invincible, unbeaten person people thought she was but whether she fights again or not, she's always going to be an absolute legend."

Jones wouldn't even discount Rousey making another run at the title.

As it stands, Rousey defended the belt six times before falling to Holm last year and Jones believes with the proper adjustments, there's a chance she could get back there again.

"I do believe she could regain the belt," Jones said. "I believe she could beat any of the other girls at any given time."

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Jai Bullock - an orlando police officer was shot this monday while searching for a murder suspect

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Jai Bullock - an orlando police officer was shot this monday while searching for a murder suspect

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Paris police: 17 arrested over Kardashian West jewelry heist

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"The backpack saved my life. (I) dropped and the backpack was still on my back and I was turned in such a way where that at one point when the shooter shot toward my direction

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Apple users are well known as being quite devoted to their various devices, and one man has a critical reason for his loyalty to the brand. Steve Frappier's MacBook Pro quite possibly saved his life. Five people were killed and eight others injured in the tragic Friday shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and Frappier told CNN's Anderson Cooper that if not for the computer in his backpack, he may have also been one of the victims.

On CNN's "AC360" show, Frappier said "The backpack saved my life. (I) dropped and the backpack was still on my back and I was turned in such a way where that at one point when the shooter shot toward my direction ... there was a bullet that ricocheted." He went on to say "I felt something hit my back. It was only later when I went to the bathroom to check myself out that the bullet had entered my backpack, hit my laptop and then later when I gave my backpack over to the FBI for investigation they found the bullet in the pocket of my backpack."

At this point, Frappier is counting his lucky stars. "The way that it ricocheted and entered my bag. That would have been my back," he continued. "It hit just so through the open backpack, exited, ran through the laptop and the casing and landed in an interior pocket of the backpack."

Mac enthusiast website 9 to 5 Mac reports that this isn't the first time a Apple product has taken a bullet for its owner. An iPhone 5c was the hero back in 2015. The phone was in the victim's pocket, taking the brunt of the shot. Police stated "had that phone not been in his pocket at that time he would undoubtedly have died."

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North Korea says it can send and is close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile

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Bees are critical for food pollination, but some of them are disappearing at an alarming rate. CNN columnist John Sutter investigates and meets a man on a quest to find a bee that may already be extinct.

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Storms in California have toppled one of America's most famous trees - the Pioneer Cabin Tree.

The giant sequoia was known for having a hole cut through its trunk - big enough for a car to drive through.

The tree, estimated to be more than 1,000-years-old, was felled by the strongest storm to have hit the area in more than a decade.

California and Nevada have been hit by unusually high rainfall levels, leading to flooding and falling trees.

The Calaveras Big Trees Association first reported that the drive-through Pioneer Cabin Tree - carved 137 years ago - was no more.

The storm was "just too much for it", the group wrote in a Facebook post that has drawn nearly 2,000 comments.

"Many memories were created under this tree," one read. "They will remain good memories."

Others pointed out that the tree might have survived for longer if a tunnel had not been carved into it.

"You can't cut a hole in a tree like this and expect it to live," said one comment.

"This hole always bothered me so much. Why not just drive around it?"

Park volunteer Jim Allday said the sequoia, also known as the Tunnel Tree, shattered as it hit the ground.

"We lost an old friend today," he wrote in a social media post.

Giant sequoia are closely related to the redwood tree, which is considered the tallest tree species on earth, reaching 250ft (76 metres).

They can only grow naturally in the groves of California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

The tree fell as parts of California and Nevada were drenched by a seasonal weather system known as the Pineapple Express.

Not to be confused with the Seth Rogen movie of the same name, the Pineapple Express is an "atmospheric river" that extends across the Pacific from Hawaii to the US West Coast, meteorologists say.

"This is a serious flood situation," the National Weather Service said in a special flood statement late Sunday night after the Russian River in California and the Truckee River in Nevada burst their banks.

Hundreds of people have been forced to flee their homes in Northern California and Nevada as water levels rise, and avalanches and mudslides close roads.

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Storms in California have toppled one of America's most famous trees - the Pioneer Cabin Tree. The giant sequoia was known for having a hole cut through its trunk - big enough for a car to drive through. The tree, estimated to be more than 1,000-years-old, was felled by the strongest storm to have hit the area in more than a decade.

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75% of all amphibian species could go extinct.

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Lots of amphibious creatures have disappearing in large numbers without an explanation.

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That's Bryan Pijanowski, a "soundscape ecologist" from Purdue University and one of the few people paying attention to the fact that nature -- especially the amphibian part -- is growing exceptionally quiet these days. Pijanowski and collaborators from around the world have been strapping audio recorders to trees here at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. The microphones look like funny little robots -- boxes with windscreen ears on each side.

The equipment has a critical mission.

It's listening for the sound of extinction.

Have you heard it already? I ask Pijanowski.

"I think so," he tells me. His muted, baritone voice sounds like a public radio host sharing secrets with you in a library. "There is evidence all around the world."

'Rapid extinctions'

Scientists fear Earth is on the verge of the sixth era of extinction.

There have been five mass extinctions in the planet's history.

If we usher in the sixth, three-quarters of all species could disappear in a couple of centuries, says Anthony Barnosky, executive director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at Stanford and author of "Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money and the Future of Life on Earth."

"The best way to envision the sixth mass extinction," he told me, "is to look outside and then just imagine that three out of every four of the species that were common out there are gone."

If you study amphibians, it can seem like that dystopian future already is here.

About 10% of birds and a third of mammals are at high extinction risk.

But more than 40% of amphibians are in similar straits -- making them worse off than any other vertebrate group, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Amphibians are vanishing without warning, and often without explanation.

"In the past 30 years or so, we've seen really dramatic, really rapid extinctions for frog populations all over the world," says Steven Whitfield, a conservation ecologist at Zoo Miami who joined Pijanowski and me on the visit to Costa Rica this summer. "Many of these extinctions are due to habitat loss. But other extinctions have occurred in pristine rainforests like this -- places that look healthy but the frogs are telling us there's something clearly wrong."

'Unable to see it'

Whitfield spent years studying frogs at this research station in this particular forest.

I ask him to show me how it's done.

It doesn't take long to realize it's not easy work. When Whitfield conducts a study, he often ropes off a small plot of land and then spends hours searching for every single frog he can find.

The search begins with his ears.

"I'll hear [a frog] call and spend half an hour or more looking into a small patch of vegetation, knowing that it's right there and that I need to find it but unable to see it," he tells me.

Whitfield is an expert at pulling frog sounds out of the EDM freak-out that is the rainforest. If you've been, then you know these places, in healthy conditions, are LOUD. I actually had a hard time falling asleep some nights in Costa Rica because it sounded (awesomely) like the forest was yelling at me; and I woke up early to screams of howler monkeys. (Fun aside: Researchers warn newcomers to always wear shoes -- because, vipers -- and to watch the trees, since the "bullet ant," which delivers the world's most painful bite, like a bullet, is all around.)

Whitfield's amphibian-listening powers are impressive, but even he has trouble finding frogs by sight. He takes me and a group of researchers from the Center for Global Soundscapes deep into the forest just after dusk one evening, when some frogs tend to be the most active. Our headlamps provide a washed-out sort of tunnel vision of the diversity hiding all around us.

Whitfield can hear and identify frogs at great distance. There's the "chit-chit-chit" of the blue jeans frog (the one with jeggings), the panicked meowing of a creature aptly nicknamed the "kitten frog." He hears the slot-machine rattle of the "glass frog," which has a translucent belly, allowing you to see organs through its skin. Smoky jungle frogs scream like human babies when they're threatened, and the tink frog seems to be named for its metallic call, which sounds like that ear-piercing noise a smoke detector makes when it wants you to change its battery.

This place is way beyond "ribbit." The sounds are staggering.

But finding these frogs by sight?

In a couple of hours, we saw only a handful of frogs.

Spiders almost seem easier to come by.

"Those bite," Whitfield says, pointing to one. "Don't touch that."

'Something is happening'

I'm grateful for the research Whitfield and other field ecologists have contributed when it comes to frogs. Their diligent, painstaking, searching-through-the-leaves work is how we know important (and fun) frog facts, like that the female blue jeans frog is an amphibian supermom.

Her tadpoles hatch on the forest floor, he says, but that's a precarious place for them, so she carries them, on her back, high up into the forest canopy, sometimes 10 to 15 meters off the ground -- about 33 to 50 feet. She drops the tadpoles off in little puddles of water up there in the forest canopy and makes a mental note of their location. She does this again and again, leaving her young all over the forest canopy. She remembers where all these tadpoles are (!!) and spends her days climbing the trees to deliver food.

"That's pretty complicated behavior for a tiny little frog," Whitfield says.

His research also has helped show that frogs at La Selva are in decline.

"We have really good long-term data on what's been happening with frog populations over four decades," he tells me. "In the forest here now, there's only about 25% as many frogs as there were sustained throughout the 1970s. And for us, that's a concern because it says that something is happening to this rainforest but we don't fully understand what that is."

That's worth stating again.

Locally, only a quarter of the frogs from the 1970s remain.

Meanwhile, the human population jumped from less than 4 billion to 7.4 billion today.

Whitfield's search-the-forest work is critical.

But even he would say it could use a technological assist.

That's where Pijanowski and his tree-hugging microphones come in.

He's listening for changes Whitfield might not be able to see.

'Your ears ring'

Bryan Pijanowski is an ecologist by training. Before that, he was a "quiet alterboy-ish kind of kid" in the Midwest who also was sort of an audiophile -- and an amateur musician. He played guitar in a high school band called Destruction. "Everybody wanted you to play 'Freebird,'" he said, "so that's what I played -- over and over again."

In school, he set out to become a medical doctor but changed his mind after hearing the "dawn chorus" of a swamp in Michigan. He became obsessed with nature and its music.

So he studied birds and ecology, and eventually turned to "soundscapes," the emerging field of using sound to understand the shifts in the health and function of ecosystems.

The work makes him so sound-focused he now has to wear earplugs to sleep.

He can't stop listening.

"There are times when [the rainforest] is almost too loud," he tells me.

"It's like being too close to the speakers at a concert. Your ears ring."

La Selva is now one of his study sites. He's working to develop others around the world, including underwater to listen for changes to coral reefs. His microphones have taken him to the tip of South America and the deserts of Mongolia. But this site is special both because the rainforest is nearly untouched -- and because there's so much data. Pijanowski got his hands on recordings that date back to 2008 and started making his own recordings here in 2010. At the peak of his research, he'd installed 34 microphone sensors.

Now he has 255,000 recordings here, totaling about 6.8 years of tape.

He's still analyzing the data with the help of computer algorithms.

What he's heard -- or rather, what he doesn't hear -- definitely freaks him out.

'Acoustic fossils'

One evening, insects and frogs chattering outside, Pijanowski sits me down in an open-window classroom at the research station and shows me some of his sound files.

He visualizes the audio in charts called spectrograms.

These charts illuminate trends that a walk through the forest can't.

Take a look at this La Selva recording from 2008.

And then another from 2015, recorded under similar conditions.

Those are just two moments.

Pijanowski's team can compress a year's worth of sound into one chart.

Take a look at what happens when you look at those years side by side. The red parts of the charts indicate more audible activity. The main frog frequencies grow much bluer, and quieter.

It's too soon to draw scientific conclusions from this, Pijanowski tells me.

"I'm worried that these would potentially become acoustic fossils," he says.

"In other words, the animals that are in these files are no longer alive. And the only record that we have of some of their presence is in an audio recording.

"That is somewhat disturbing to me, as a scientist and also as a citizen of this planet."

A collaborator of Pijanowski's, Michael Towsey, tells me he has a file of an Australian frog that's thought to be extinct -- a recording that already is an acoustic fossil.

You can listen to that frog's call here on the Internet.

But you can no longer hear it in nature.

'Most beautiful sound in the world'

Why does this matter?

There's the self-interested argument.

Here's Steven Whitfield's take on that.
"We are all dependent on the planet for clean water, for oxygen. And ecosystems not only provide food to people but rainforests like this are an important source of medicines. Some of the frogs that live in the rainforest here have chemicals in their skin that have been found to be important medicines. They can be painkillers or heart medicines. So these are things that can be really useful for medicine. And we'd like to not lose those. If we do lose those, it hurts us all."
There's the ecosystem collapse argument.

Bryan Pijanowski: "Some of the theoretical work that we're doing and ecology suggests that we could have ecosystem collapse. And that's not good ... You don't wanna start removing organisms and expect the ecosystem to survive and function in a healthy way. It could very well mean that some of the things that we are much more emotionally attached to are lost."

That should be enough to sway a pragmatist.

Still, I think there's a more human reason you should care about the disappearance of amphibians.

Chances are you never or rarely see frogs in your day-to-day life. But when you learn about them -- those with translucent bellies, supermom instincts, blue-jean legs and poisonous skin, all of which are calling to be noticed by each other if not by us -- then it's hard to ignore their plight.

There are multiple causes of the amphibian apocalypse, but all the trouble points back to us. We've helped carry a killer fungus, called chytrid, around the globe, with disastrous consequences. Climate change has been implicated in frog die-offs. Pollution is a big problem since frogs live part-time in water and basically breathe through their skin.

They are the front lines -- the most vulnerable of species.

Yet few of us seem truly outraged by their disappearance.

Maybe that will change if we start listening more closely.

After all, frog choruses are some of the most fascinating songs in nature.

One recording from the island of Borneo -- called "dusk by the frog pond" -- was voted by the always-wise Internet as "the most beautiful sound in the world."

It's not too late to stop the sixth extinction from taking permanent hold of us, according to Barnosky, the Stanford researcher. We have at most 20 years to change our ways.

There's hope. But we must ditch fossil fuels, mitigating climate change. We have to stop the spread of invasive species and disease. And, in the view of one prominent biologist, we must set aside half the planet for the benefit of biodiversity and nature.

Otherwise, we risk silencing the frogs.

And perhaps the rest of nature, too.

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PITTSBURGH - An assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers faces aggravated assault and other charges after an altercation at a local bar Sunday night following the team's AFC wild-card win over the Miami Dolphins.

Joey Porter, 39, was taken into custody after he allegedly assaulted a doorman at a bar in Pittsburgh. Porter is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest and public drunkenness, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety.

The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. ET when security guards at the bar summoned a Pittsburgh police officer working at a nearby restaurant and said an unruly customer "was in the process of assaulting the doorman," according to the statement.

The officer arrived on the scene, stopped the alleged assault and arrested Porter, police said.

"We are aware of an incident tonight involving Joey Porter," Steelers Director of Communications Burt Lauten said in a statement given to CNN. "We are still gathering information as it pertains to the situation, and we will have no further comment until we get more details."

Porter is in his second season as an outside linebackers coach, according to the Steelers website. He spent 13 seasons in the NFL as a linebacker, playing for Pittsburgh, Miami and Arizona.

The Steelers will play the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Jan. 15.

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Orlando police officer killed; sheriff's deputy dies in search for killer

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The suspect fled, triggering an intense manhunt that included door-to-door searches in apartment complexes and the placing of a dozen schools on lockdown.

Another officer died while taking part in the search for the gunman. The Orange County sheriff's deputy died when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle.

After the deaths of two law enforcement officers in one day, Orlando Police Chief John Mina vowed to find the suspect -- who has been identified as Markeith Loyd.

"I'm confident we will find him," Mina said. "It doesn't matter where he is. We will track him down to the ends of the Earth to find him."

"To lose two law enforcement officers on this Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation Day is indeed a tragedy," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.

Loyd also is wanted in the killing of a pregnant woman in December, Mina said.

A reward of up to $60,000 is offered for information leading to Loyd's arrest.

The officer he is suspected of shooting was identified as Orlando police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton, 42. The second officer who died in the accident was identified as Deputy First Class Norman Lewis.

"To lose two law enforcement officers on this Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation Day is indeed a tragedy," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.

'He shot her down'

On Monday morning, someone at a Walmart had contacted Clayton and told her Loyd was in the area, Mina said. It appears Clayton briefly chased the suspect on foot.

"As soon as she said stop, he basically opened fire on her," the chief said.

One witness told CNN affiliate WFTV he had been outside the Walmart when the shooting happened.

"I was walking down the sidewalk, right past the officer, and I heard her tell him to stop, or whatever, and he shot her. He shot her down," said James Herman.

Herman said the man continued shooting behind him as he was running from the scene. He also said the man wore a security shirt, but Mina said the suspect was not a security guard.

"That's not uncommon," he said. "We run into people in nightclubs that wear T-shirts that say FBI, police."

Clayton returned fire but investigators don't think she struck the gunman, Mina said.

Two minutes after Clayton's last radio contact, police received a call of an officer shot. Officers performed CPR but could not revive Clayton.

The pursuit

After the shooting, Loyd fled in a vehicle and fired shots at another officer, police said.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on the area.

The suspect abandoned the vehicle and carjacked a different one, police said. He ditched that second vehicle shortly after and ran into an apartment complex, Mina said.

Residents were urged to stay inside and several schools were put on lockdown. By 3 p.m. ET, the lockdowns had been lifted at all the schools, the school system said on Twitter.

Mina said officers searched "dozens of apartments and residences" and won't slow down because of darkness. "I believe there have been people out there helping him all along," Mina said. "If we find out about those people we will criminally charge them."

He said Loyd would be charged with first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer and attempted murder of the officer he fired at.

Sheriff's deputy killed

As authorities scrambled to find Loyd, Deputy First Class Norman Lewis died in a crash as he was traveling on his motorcycle.

"A motorist turned in front of him," the sheriff said. "Based on eyewitness testimony, he had a green light, he was not traveling at any (high) rate of speed."

Lewis had worked 11 years with the sheriff's department.

In another incident, police said the suspect fired at an Orange County sheriff's captain who spotted his vehicle. The captain was not seriously injured, but authorities are pursuing an attempted murder charge against the suspect.

Suspect had been wanted in girlfriend's death

CNN affiliate WFTV reported that Loyd was wanted in the December 13 fatal shooting of Sade Dixon, 24, his pregnant girlfriend, outside her home in the Pine Hills neighborhood.

She was the mother of a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old.

Dixon's brother, Ronald Steward, was critically injured when he tried to come to Dixon's aid, WFTV reported, citing deputies.

A hero who went above and beyond

Mina said his department is grieving the death of Clayton, a 17-year veteran at the department.

"I've known Debra for 17 years. She was extremely committed to our youth and the community. She did so many different projects in the community. She organized several marches against violence by herself," the police chief said.

Clayton was married and the mother of a college-age son.

The sheriff said his department also is mourning the death of its deputy. But with an "armed and extremely dangerous" killer on the loose, there is little time to grieve.

"While we're processing our own emotional feelings, we still have a job to do," Demings said.

Clayton's death marks the first fatal shooting of a law enforcement officer in the United States in 2017, said Steve Groeninger of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

The deaths of Clayton and Lewis mark the second and third on-duty law enforcement officer deaths of 2017. On Saturday, North Las Vegas police Det. Chad Parque was killed in a traffic crash.

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17 arrested in connection to Kim Kardashian jewelry heist

PARIS –  French police arrested 17 people Monday in connection with the October theft of more than $10 million worth of jewelry from Kim Kardashian West, finding weapons and a large amount of cash during multiple raids.

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Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting Suspect Esteban Santiago Appears in Court

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Eric Greitens is being sworn in as the new Governor of Missouri today!

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Missouri is on the precipice of new promises from a new Governor.

Come high noon Monday, Republican Eric Greitens will be sworn in as Missouri's 56th governor.

Greitens's staff indicates his speech will last roughly 15 minutes, and if comments from the governor-elect the week before his inauguration are any indication, expect parallels to his predecessor's speech on the capitol steps 8 years prior.

On Jan. 12th, 2009, Gov. Jay Nixon said in his inaugural speech "Ladies and Gentleman, today marks a new day for the state of Missouri."

Greitens echoed a similar sentiment Tuesday, saying "people voted for us to take Missouri in a new direction."

Governor Greitens this week said jobs are one of his top priorities.

"We can build a thriving and prosperous economy here in the state of Missouri," said Greitens.

"We'll turn the economy around by making Missouri a magnet for jobs," said Gov. Nixon in his inaugural address.

Both men have made broad promises to change ethics in Jefferson City.

"This new day will not be possible unless there is a new tone right here in Jefferson City," said Nixon. "For too many years politics and partisanship has stood in the way of progress"

On Tuesday, Greitens again echoed the assessment made 8 years ago by his predecessor.

"We're going to shake up Jefferson City," said Greitens. "We're going to put an end to politics as usual."

Greitens is expected to not just speak, but create policy on his first day of office. He will issue a series of executive actions. Gretiens' staff are not disclosing what those actions will be.

The inaugural ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Jefferson City. Greitens is expected to be sworn in at noon.

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