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17 in custody over Kim Kardashians robbery

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French police have detained 17 people for questioning over the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian West in Paris.

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The Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday by the score of 118 to 109 as Damian Lillard comes back from a sprained ankle and puts up 21 points and 10 assists.

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Donald Trump Says US Would Be 'Paid Back' by Mexico for Wall

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President-elect Donald Trump said today that Mexico will reimburse the United States for the cost of building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017

Trump repeatedly insisted during his presidential campaign that Mexico will pay for a border wall, but he suggested in an October speech that Mexico could reimburse U.S. taxpayers for the project.

In an interview with the New York Times Friday, Trump said reimbursement would allow the project to be completed more quickly. He also doubled down on his claim that Mexico will end up paying for the wall through trade deal negotiations.

"It's going to be part of everything," he said of funding the wall. "We are going to be making a much better deal. It's a deal that never should have been signed."

Mexico has said it will not pay for such a wall. Taking to Twitter Friday, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said his country would never pay Trump's "racist monument."

Incoming Trump administration press secretary Sean Spicer said in an interview on " Good Morning America " today, "The idea that we're going through the appropriations process [in Congress] and figuring out how to pay for it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody."

House Republicans and Trump's transition team are considering whether to tie funding for the wall to a broader government-funding measure in April, which could make it difficult for Democrats to oppose appropriating money for the wall, according a source familiar with the discussions.

Republican leaders believe they may have authority to build the wall under a 2006 Bush-era border-wall measure that was supported by Democrats, including then-Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York. That measure authorized construction of hundreds of miles of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Several GOP lawmakers said they were not concerned by appropriating taxpayer funds for the wall and seeking reimbursement from Mexico.

"In no place did he say, 'I'll make them pay for it in advance in pesos,'" Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said in an interview.

"I don't think anyone ever believed Mexico would write a big giant check to America," said Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana.

Democrats remain skeptical of the proposal, and Trump delivering on his promise.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, accused Trump of "scamming the American people when he said the Mexicans were going to pay for the wall."

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An inmate who was on the run for days after escaping from a federal prison in Rhode Island was captured near Boston this afternoon

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Four people have been charged with the attack on a special-needs teen. They have been charged with hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

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Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary. Hill also faces charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

Video of the torture has stunned the country, not just because of the graphic abuse, but because of the comments made by some of the assailants.

"*F*ck Donald Trump!" one attacker shouted in the video. "F*ck white people!"

The teen was tied up for four or five hours, Cmdr. Kevin Duffin of the Chicago Police Department told reporters. The victim will recover from his injuries and is at home with his parents, police said.

The teen's brother-in-law spoke briefly with reporters Thursday night.

"We're so grateful for all the prayers and efforts that led to the safe return of our brother. We're fully aware of the charges being brought against the offenders. At this time, we ask for continued prayers for all those involved, for our family's privacy as we cope and heal," David Boyd said, reading a statement.

Boyd said the teen is doing as well as can be expected. He told the media that everyone in the family has seen the video, but he didn't comment further on it.

Duffin said the department sought hate crime charges because of the victim's diminished mental capacity, the fact that the four suspects tied him up and the racial epithets heard on the video. The victim apparently is white; the suspects are African-American.

The suspects will appear in court Friday.

30 minutes of horror

Video of the attack shows the 18-year-old victim cowering in a corner of a room, tied up with his mouth bound in plastic. His eyes exude fear as his attackers get ready for their next act.

One assailant slashes his sweatshirt with a knife. The young woman streaming the abuse on Facebook Live repeatedly turns the camera back to herself.

An attacker then takes a knife to the victim's head, carving a patch off his scalp.

For the next 25 minutes, the abuse continues for the world to see. The victim is repeatedly kicked and punched, but his screams are apparently ignored.

The young woman broadcasting the attack appears dismayed that she's not getting more attention online.

"Y'all not even commenting on my s***," she tells a friend during the live stream.

Debate over 'Black Lives Matter'

Many who saw the video have blamed the Black Lives Matter movement. Within 24 hours, the hashtag #BLMKidnapping was mentioned more than 480,000 times on Twitter.

But on Thursday, police said they have not seen any connection to the Black Lives Matter activist group, contrary to some reports on social media.

Neither the Black Lives Matter national organization nor its Chicago chapter responded to CNN's request for comment Thursday.

But DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Black Lives Matter supporter, said those linking the attack to the movement don't have their facts straight.

"It goes without saying that the actions being branded by the far-right as the 'BLM Kidnapping' have nothing to do w/ the movement," he tweeted.

A former Chicago police officer, Dimitri Roberts, slammed the notion that the Black Lives Matter movement is to blame.

"This is hate. And hate doesn't have a color," Roberts said. "So for folks to talk about this is somehow connected to Black Lives Matter is absolutely the wrong way to look at this. ... And we cannot respond to hate with hate. It's just going to perpetuate the cycle."

President Barack Obama said the Facebook live torture video is "despicable," suggesting to CNN affiliate WBBM it was a hate crime.

"What we have seen as surfacing, I think, are a lot of problems that have been there a long time," said Obama, a longtime resident of Chicago. "Whether it's tensions between police and communities, hate crimes of the despicable sort that has just now recently surfaced on Facebook."

"The good news is that the next generation that's coming behind us ... have smarter, better, more thoughtful attitudes about race," Obama said.

What constitutes a hate crime

According to the city of Chicago's website, "Hate crimes are acts of bigotry, and are committed because of the intended victim's actual or perceived ancestry, color, creed, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (including HIV status), or national origin. Hate crimes not only harm the victim, but also the group in which the targeted member belongs."

And according to Illinois law, hate can be considered an aggravating factor in a criminal charge and can result in a more severe sentence.

The assailants made a wide array of statements in the video, including repeated references to Donald Trump, white people in general and the victim's appearance.

How the encounter started

The victim's parents reported him missing Monday, telling police they had not heard from their son since dropping him off Saturday at a McDonald's in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, about 20 miles from their home in Crystal Lake.

The victim was supposed to spend New Year's Eve with Hill, who picked the teen up in a stolen van, Duffin said.

Hill drove the teen around for several days in the van -- they apparently spent at least one night in the vehicle -- before they went to the Covingtons' apartment in Chicago. Police said Hill and the teen were acquaintances who knew each other from school.

At one point, Hill and the teen got into a play fight that escalated and he was tied up for hours, police said.

A resident in another apartment complained about the noise and the two sisters went to the home and kicked down the door. The neighbor called 911.

Police responding to the call found the teen on the street wearing an inside-out tank top, shorts and sandals.

"He was bloodied, he was battered," Officer Michael Donnelly said. "He was very discombobulated."

Video discovered

Police in Streamwood, which borders Schaumburg, said that after the man was reported missing to them, his parents began getting text messages from someone "claiming to be holding him captive."

Officers investigating the texts "discovered a Facebook video depicting (the man) being verbally and physically abused." It's unclear what alerted the police to check Facebook.

Soon after they discovered the video, Streamwood investigators said they were contacted by Chicago police, who said they had found the missing teen.

After viewing the Facebook video, they determined the victim was the teen found on the street -- and the people arrested were involved, police said.

Video pulled from Facebook

Facebook said it pulled the original video from a suspect's Facebook profile.

"We do not allow people to celebrate or glorify crimes on Facebook and have removed the original video for this reason. In many instances, though, when people share this type of content, they are doing so to condemn violence or raise awareness about it. In that case, the video would be allowed."

According to its community standards, the company removes content, disables accounts and works with law enforcement in cases of a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety.

Facebook users also can report offensive material to the social platform. If a live stream starts blowing up, Facebook staffers monitor it for possible violations and interrupt it if needed.

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Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary.

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In its statement, Toyota detailed many of the investments it has made in U.S. operations, including spending $360 million at its Georgetown, Ky., plant, $150 million at its Huntsville, Ala., plant, $100 million at its Princeton, Ind., plant, and $90 million at its Buffalo, W. Va., plant. Toyota says these investments added 1,130 U.S. jobs. Toyota's plant in Baja, Mexico, has supported production of Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks at its San Antonio, Tex., facility since 2002.

In an interview with Bloomberg published earlier today, Toyota president Akio Toyota said he would take the President-elect's decisions into account when planning the company's operations in Mexico. Trump has threatened tariffs as high as 35 percent on Mexican-made cars. Up until now, Ford and GM have taken the most heat from the President-elect's Twitter account. Ford cancelled plans to build a new Focus plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, this week. However, Focus production isn't coming back to the U.S. The Blue Oval will expand capacity at its existing plant in Hermosillo to accommodate the Focus. Ford CEO Mark Fields insists the decision was not politically motivated, instead driven by the slowdown in small car sales.

With Trump now going after Toyota, there's no telling which automaker could be next. Honda, Mazda, Nissan, and Volkswagen have all recently opened plants in the region. Nissan and Daimler are working together on a plant in Aguascalientes, and BMW is building one in San Luis Potosi. As executive editor Mark Rechtin reported in a recent column, more than 2 million vehicles were imported to the U.S. from Mexico in 2015, meaning one in eight new cars sold here were made south of the border. Will Trump also impose tariffs on the other country included in the North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada), where many automakers have plants? Time will tell.

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There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades.

Here's how we got to this point, what it means for the city and those whose lives have been changed forever.

WHAT 762 MEANS

The number alone doesn't tell the entire story of Chicago's bloodshed. There's another statistic that points to a disturbing trend the city is facing: a surge.

There was more than a 50% increase in murders in just one year. Chicago hit 500 homicides before the end of the summer in 2016. In 2015, the city had less than 500 homicides total.

Five police districts on the south and west sides of the city accounted for nearly two-thirds of the increase in murders, according to Chicago police.

The day-to-day breakdown of those figures is alarming. For example, there were 12 murders on Father's Day weekend alone. The youngest victim was just 16.

And crime didn't subside over the holidays. On Christmas weekend, 12 people were killed, and police investigated 27 shootings.

CHICAGO VS. OTHER CITIES

When you compare Chicago's murder rate to that of other big cities in the country -- New York and Los Angeles, for example -- it tops the list.

But Chicago isn't necessarily the murder capital of the United States.

New Orleans, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore and Newark all have higher figures when you drill down to a per-capita rate.

We often point to Chicago's alarming homicide numbers, but the real tragedy in this city are the victims and the families left behind.

One child age 16 or younger is murdered in the city every week on average. This has been happening for more than a quarter century, police records show.

On December 31, 2016, many Chicagoans came together to mourn what they lost over a year: their loved ones, their sense of safety -- and, in many ways, the city they love.
HIS SON WAS THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2016
"I see kids now ... and they remind me of my son when I see them. And I just want to tell them: be careful," Canady said.

"We as a people left in Chicago have a lot of work to do," she said. "They fear going outside. They fear playing."

Fierro said she feels empty without her son. "To bring someone into this world, and then to take them, like nothing."

Born and raised in Chicago, Porter has three children and fears for their safety daily.

"It wasn't a sudden change in the last year. Violence has been in Chicago for the last few years," she said.

"I don't even think I'm proud to say I'm from Chicago anymore," Torres said.
THEIR CHILDHOODS HAVE BEEN STOLEN
Earlier in 2016, we met some of the youngest victims of Chicago's violence. Several children learn how to hit the floor at the sound of gunfire -- and it's a lesson they're taught before they're old enough to set foot in a classroom.

THE GUN PROBLEM

A lot of the homicides in Chicago are gun-related. In 2016, there were 3,550 shooting incidents and 4,331 shooting victims, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago has strict gun laws, which is why many gun rights advocates point to it as evidence that tighter regulation doesn't equal less crime.

But Chicago's gun violence problem is more complicated. Sixty percent of the guns used in shootings were purchased out of state.

"We border Indiana and Wisconsin, which have really lax gun laws," Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.

"We know that people from Chicago go across the border, fill up gym bags with illegal weapons from gun shows and things of that nature and they come back here and sell them to the gangs."

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed a new gun control law that imposes harsher penalties on those who bring in guns from out of state to sell and do not have gun-owner ID cards.

WHO'S TO BLAME?

The street crime in Chicago has led to the killing of innocent bystanders and kept residents shut inside their homes out of fear.

Police said the majority of the violence wasn't random. More than 80% of fatal and nonfatal shooting victims in 2016 were previously identified by CPD as being likely to be involved in an act of gun violence either as a victim or an offender.

"The violence in 2016 was driven by emboldened offenders who acted without a fear of penalty from the criminal justice system," Superintendent Johnson said.

Neither homes nor streets are safe: Those are the first and second most likely places to get murdered in Chicago.

Englewood resident Stephanie Armas, 43, said she taught her kids from a very young age what to do when they hear gunshots.

"If you live in a society where (your children) have to learn to duck and dodge bullets, you have to teach them how to duck and dodge bullets," Armas said on September 1. "That's all you can do."

Porter, who grew up on the South Side, she said she thinks poverty and lack of education are a big part of Chicago's problem.

She also touched on how the city is still so segregated. Lack of resources for some of the neighborhoods, she said, is a major issue.

Many Chicagoans partly blame the violence on economic struggles and lack of jobs. However, Chicago's unemployment rate fell from 6.1% in 2015 to 5.5% in 2016.

THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY

For many residents in Chicago, there's also a deeply rooted distrust of the police force.

The city's police department was under review for months in the wake of high-profile officer-involved shootings, including that of Laquan McDonald.

An independent task force accused the police department of institutional racism, saying officers "have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color."

However, officer-involved shootings are only a tiny portion of Chicago's homicide rate.

From January 1 to September 8, there were six deaths tied to officer-involved shootings, according to the Independent Police Review Authority.

Attacks on officers, according to the Chicago Police Department, nearly doubled in 2016.

How will this all change in 2017? Some people are moving. Others are refusing to go outside. This man traded a gun for a yoga mat. One woman patrols her street herself.

But most of the people we've talked to in Chicago are united on a single desire: to make their city safe. They just don't know how.

The police department said it has its priorities: expanding the department, new leadership and "partnering with residents" are among them.

"The challenge we face as a city is serious, and like other cities it is significant," Superintendent Johnson said. "If we come together and work together I know we can turn the tide in 2017."

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There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades. Here's how we got to this point, what it means for the city and those whose lives have been changed forever. WHAT 762 MEANS The number alone doesn't tell the entire story of Chicago's bloodshed.

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There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades.

Here's how we got to this point, what it means for the city and those whose lives have been changed forever.

WHAT 762 MEANS

The number alone doesn't tell the entire story of Chicago's bloodshed. There's another statistic that points to a disturbing trend the city is facing: a surge.

There was more than a 50% increase in murders in just one year. Chicago hit 500 homicides before the end of the summer in 2016. In 2015, the city had less than 500 homicides total.

Five police districts on the south and west sides of the city accounted for nearly two-thirds of the increase in murders, according to Chicago police.

The day-to-day breakdown of those figures is alarming. For example, there were 12 murders on Father's Day weekend alone. The youngest victim was just 16.

And crime didn't subside over the holidays. On Christmas weekend, 12 people were killed, and police investigated 27 shootings.

CHICAGO VS. OTHER CITIES

When you compare Chicago's murder rate to that of other big cities in the country -- New York and Los Angeles, for example -- it tops the list.

But Chicago isn't necessarily the murder capital of the United States.

New Orleans, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore and Newark all have higher figures when you drill down to a per-capita rate.

We often point to Chicago's alarming homicide numbers, but the real tragedy in this city are the victims and the families left behind.

One child age 16 or younger is murdered in the city every week on average. This has been happening for more than a quarter century, police records show.

On December 31, 2016, many Chicagoans came together to mourn what they lost over a year: their loved ones, their sense of safety -- and, in many ways, the city they love.
HIS SON WAS THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2016
"I see kids now ... and they remind me of my son when I see them. And I just want to tell them: be careful," Canady said.

"We as a people left in Chicago have a lot of work to do," she said. "They fear going outside. They fear playing."

Fierro said she feels empty without her son. "To bring someone into this world, and then to take them, like nothing."

Born and raised in Chicago, Porter has three children and fears for their safety daily.

"It wasn't a sudden change in the last year. Violence has been in Chicago for the last few years," she said.

"I don't even think I'm proud to say I'm from Chicago anymore," Torres said.
THEIR CHILDHOODS HAVE BEEN STOLEN
Earlier in 2016, we met some of the youngest victims of Chicago's violence. Several children learn how to hit the floor at the sound of gunfire -- and it's a lesson they're taught before they're old enough to set foot in a classroom.

THE GUN PROBLEM

A lot of the homicides in Chicago are gun-related. In 2016, there were 3,550 shooting incidents and 4,331 shooting victims, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago has strict gun laws, which is why many gun rights advocates point to it as evidence that tighter regulation doesn't equal less crime.

But Chicago's gun violence problem is more complicated. Sixty percent of the guns used in shootings were purchased out of state.

"We border Indiana and Wisconsin, which have really lax gun laws," Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.

"We know that people from Chicago go across the border, fill up gym bags with illegal weapons from gun shows and things of that nature and they come back here and sell them to the gangs."

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed a new gun control law that imposes harsher penalties on those who bring in guns from out of state to sell and do not have gun-owner ID cards.

WHO'S TO BLAME?

The street crime in Chicago has led to the killing of innocent bystanders and kept residents shut inside their homes out of fear.

Police said the majority of the violence wasn't random. More than 80% of fatal and nonfatal shooting victims in 2016 were previously identified by CPD as being likely to be involved in an act of gun violence either as a victim or an offender.

"The violence in 2016 was driven by emboldened offenders who acted without a fear of penalty from the criminal justice system," Superintendent Johnson said.

Neither homes nor streets are safe: Those are the first and second most likely places to get murdered in Chicago.

Englewood resident Stephanie Armas, 43, said she taught her kids from a very young age what to do when they hear gunshots.

"If you live in a society where (your children) have to learn to duck and dodge bullets, you have to teach them how to duck and dodge bullets," Armas said on September 1. "That's all you can do."

Porter, who grew up on the South Side, she said she thinks poverty and lack of education are a big part of Chicago's problem.

She also touched on how the city is still so segregated. Lack of resources for some of the neighborhoods, she said, is a major issue.

Many Chicagoans partly blame the violence on economic struggles and lack of jobs. However, Chicago's unemployment rate fell from 6.1% in 2015 to 5.5% in 2016.

THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY

For many residents in Chicago, there's also a deeply rooted distrust of the police force.

The city's police department was under review for months in the wake of high-profile officer-involved shootings, including that of Laquan McDonald.

An independent task force accused the police department of institutional racism, saying officers "have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color."

However, officer-involved shootings are only a tiny portion of Chicago's homicide rate.

From January 1 to September 8, there were six deaths tied to officer-involved shootings, according to the Independent Police Review Authority.

Attacks on officers, according to the Chicago Police Department, nearly doubled in 2016.

How will this all change in 2017? Some people are moving. Others are refusing to go outside. This man traded a gun for a yoga mat. One woman patrols her street herself.

But most of the people we've talked to in Chicago are united on a single desire: to make their city safe. They just don't know how.

The police department said it has its priorities: expanding the department, new leadership and "partnering with residents" are among them.

"The challenge we face as a city is serious, and like other cities it is significant," Superintendent Johnson said. "If we come together and work together I know we can turn the tide in 2017."

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Babies should be given peanut early - some at four months old - in order to reduce the risk of allergy, according to new US guidance.

Studies have shown the risk of peanut allergy can be cut by more than 80% by early exposure.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the new guidance was "an important step forward".

However, young children should not eat whole peanuts, because of the risk of choking.

Allergy levels are soaring in the US and have more than quadrupled since 2008.

It is a pattern replicated across much of the Western world as well as parts of Asia and Africa.

Parents are often wary about introducing peanut and in the past have been advised to wait until the child is three years old.

The new guidance says:

Children with other allergies or severe eczema should start on peanut-containing foods at between four and six months old, with medical supervision

Babies with mild eczema should have peanut-containing food at about six months old

Those with no eczema or allergies can have peanut-containing food freely introduced

Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said: "We expect that widespread implementation of these guidelines by healthcare providers will prevent the development of peanut allergy in many susceptible children and ultimately reduce the prevalence of peanut allergy in the United States."

Michael Walker, a member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, said: "The guidelines are based on sound medical research carried out in the UK.

"UK parents should consult their GP, bringing attention to the guidelines if necessary, before attempting peanut allergy prevention in their infant themselves."

Prof Alan Boobis, from Imperial College London, said: "The previous view that delaying the introduction of allergenic foods decreases the risk of food allergy is incorrect and... if anything, the exclusion or delayed introduction of specific allergenic foods may increase the risk of allergy to the same foods, including peanut."

The advice to parents in the UK is still being reviewed and Prof Boobis advised parents to follow NHS guidelines for now.

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