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TRUMPS ATTORNEY GENERAL PICK FACES SENATE HEARING

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William Barr confirmation hearing: Live updates

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President Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, will be grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing. Follow here for the latest.

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Lil Uzi Vert says he´s done with music and ¨deleted everything.¨ This could affect the release of his upcoming album ¨Eternal Atake¨

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident."

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident."

Al-Shabab, an extremist group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack and said its members are still fighting inside, the Associated Press reported. The group made the announcement via its radio arm, the AP reported.

Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Video from the scene in Nairobi's affluent Westlands neighborhood showed vehicles ablaze and people being carried away. A popular, upscale hotel called the DusitD2 is located in the modern complex that police say was under attack.

Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

"We wish to confirm that there has been an attack incident along 14 Riverside Drive. The area has since been cordoned off," the Kenya Police Service said via Twitter.

Baz Ratner/Reuters

Police spokesman Charles Owino told The Associated Press that officers from the anti-terrorism unit have been deployed to the scene.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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High-end complex in Nairobi under 'attack,' police say

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident." Al-Shabab, an extremist group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack and said its members are still fighting inside, the Associated Press reported.

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BREAKING NEWS:
My depression is finally setting in and is sucks : )

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Former MLB closer and 1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland was arrested Monday on a child sex abuse charge, authorities said.

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Three kids in Florida die trapped in a unplugged an freezer.
The children, aged one, four and six, were playing outside their home before allegedly climbing into the freezer, which had been left in the garden.

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Three children have died in Florida after becoming trapped in an unplugged freezer, according to police.

The children, aged one, four and six, were playing outside their home before allegedly climbing into the unit, which had been left in the garden.

Two women living at the property in Live Oak found the children but were unable to resuscitate them.

Police say foul play is not suspected, but the case will be sent to the state attorney's office for review.

In a statement, the Suwannee County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) said it believed the three had suffocated after a latch fell shut on the chest freezer and trapped them inside.

"Words can't describe how heartbroken I am," Sam St John, Suwannee County Sheriff, said at a press briefing.

"Any time you deal with children and something like this and when they die from something like this nature, it just tugs at your heartstrings."

According to local press, the one-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were living with their grandmother at the property. The siblings' four-year-old friend and her mother also lived there.

Police say the mother had been supervising the children outside the property in Live Oak, northern Florida.

"She had to go inside to the restroom," said Sheriff St John. "She was gone for 10 or 15 minutes; when she came back they were gone."

After noticing their disappearance, she woke up the grandmother who had been asleep preparing to work a night shift, the SCSO said.

The two searched the property and a home next door and later found the children inside the freezer, not breathing. The children were taken to hospital but none survived.

The Florida Department of Children and Families has launched an investigation into the incident.

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Three children have died in Florida after becoming trapped in an unplugged freezer, according to police. The children, aged one, four and six, were playing outside their home before allegedly climbing into the unit, which had been left in the garden. Two women living at the property in Live Oak found the children but were unable to resuscitate them.

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The dramatic three day rescue of this youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year was so complicated that the boys needed to be heavily sedated with their handcuffed behind their backs, according to a new book.

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The dramatic three-day rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year was so complicated that the boys needed to be heavily sedated with their handcuffed behind their backs, according to a new book.

The 12 Wild Boars spent more than two weeks trapped in the Thailand's Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex after being flooded by annual monsoon rains. The last of the members of the cave were pulled out by July 10, drawing celebration across the world.

Thai officials had provided details of the rescue, saying how the boys would use wetsuits and flippers to swim in a buddy system with expert divers to the surface But a reporter who covered the team's ordeal says that's not exactly what happened.
THAI SOCCER TEAM GIVEN DRUGS TO MAKE THEM 'NOT STRESSED' DURING CAVE RESCUE, OFFICIALS SAY

In his new book, " The Cave," ABC Australia Southeast Asia correspondent Liam Cochran said that the boys were drugged with ketamine and handcuffed on their journey out of the cave, according to News.com.au.

"To calm nerves, the parents were told the boys were being taught how to dive and the media reported that each of them would be tethered to an air hose and then swim out with one rescue diver in front and another behind," Cochrane writes in his book. "This was untrue."

After the rescue, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the boys were given an anti-anxiety medication, anxiolytic, to help with their perilous removal from the cave.

But Cochrane writes the boys received far stronger drugs, and were handcuffed behind their backs to stop them from ripping off their tightly-fitted face masks if they woke up.

"Those who'd been inside the flooded tunnels knew there was no way a child who had never dived before could make it through the muddy and treacherous obstacle course," he writes. "The only hope was to sedate them, put oxygen-fed masks with silicone seals over their faces and let the expert cave divers carry them out."
THAI CAVE RESCUE TIMELINE: THE DANGEROUS RACE TO BRING TRAPPED SOCCER TEAM HOME
The first boy to be taken out, 14-year-old Note, was given a sedative to swallow then was injected with ketamine in each leg, according to Cochrane. He then was handcuffed and had cables placed around his wrists and tied behind him.

"This was to ensure that if he did wake up from his ketamine slumber, he wouldn't try to rip off his face mask, endangering both his life and that of his rescuer," he wrote on his book.
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After going through the first flooded chamber of the cave in a harness strapped to another diver, the 14-year-old was medically checked before continuing the journey underway to the surface.

"The two biggest dangers underwater were the boy waking up and panicking, or his mask leaking and turning that plastic and silicone bubble of life over his face into a death trap," Cochrane writes. "Preventing the mask from becoming dislodged was a constant concern."

Divers then used similar techniques to get the remaining boys out.
THAI CAVE RESCUE ALMOST ENDED IN DISASTER, AFTER MAIN PUMP REPORTEDLY FAILED
Officials have previously disclosed the team's rescue almost ended in tragedy after a main pump malfunctioned, sending water into the caverns as the remaining rescuers were still trying to get out.

A rescue volunteer, former Thai navy SEAL Saman Kunan, died during the early stages of operation when he ran out of oxygen.

After the rescue, officials said the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex will become a "living museum" to showcase the harrowing ordeal.
Fox News' Edmund DeMarche, Nicole Darrah, and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Thai cave boys were actually handcuffed, heavily sedated during dramatic rescue, new book claims

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The dramatic three-day rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year was so complicated that the boys needed to be heavily sedated with their handcuffed behind their backs, according to a new book.

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The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said.

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This throw by Patrick Mahomes in Saturday’s AFC divisional playoff win over the Colts impressed a lot of people when it happened in real time.

In the third quarter of the Chiefs’ 31-13 win over the Colts, Mahomes completed a sidearm pass around a Colts defender to tight end Travis Kelce.

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Breakdown of Patrick Mahomes' sidearm throw vs. Colts | The Kansas City Star

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes' sidearm pass to Travis Kelce in Saturday's AFC divisional playoff game looks even more impressive when broken down by David Carr of the NFL Network.

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Tottenham confirm Harry Kane out with ankle injury

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Tottenham confirm Harry Kane out with ankle injury

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Spurs have had their worst fears confirmed. Kane has suffered an untimely ankle injury.

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Several storms this week are forecast to hit the West Coast and then move across the country. Seven states from California to Colorado are under snow, flood or high-wind alerts this morning as areas burned by wildfires in Santa Barbara County are being evacuated today because of potential weather-related threats including mudslides.

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Several storms this week are forecast to hit the West Coast and then move across the country.

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Seven states from California to Colorado are under snow, flood or high-wind alerts this morning as areas burned by wildfires in Santa Barbara County are being evacuated today because of potential weather-related threats including mudslides.

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Today, the first system hitting the West is bringing heavy rain and potentially more mudslides and flash floods. Heavy snow is likely in the mountains, with strong winds along the coast.

This first system should then move through the Midwest tomorrow and into the Northeast on Thursday night, into Friday.

The heaviest snow will be inland, with rain expected from Washington, D.C., to New York City. Boston probably will see some snow.

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The next West Coast storm is expected on Thursday, and it, too, will track across the U.S. very quickly, reaching the Midwest by Friday night, into Saturday. It should reach the Northeast Saturday, into Sunday.

Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit, and parts of the inland Northeast, should watch out for heavy snowfalls. This storm also should deliver rain from D.C. up to Boston.

Over the next few days, some parts of the West, from Oregon down to California, may see half a foot of rain.

The Sierra Nevada may see 5 feet of snow.

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Severe storms heading for West Coast, then speeding east

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Several storms this week are forecast to hit the West Coast and then move across the country. Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Weather news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

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Netflix is raising prices in the United States as the streaming service invests heavily in new programs.

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Netflix is raising its subscription prices | CNN Business

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Netflix is raising prices in the United States as the streaming service invests heavily in new programs.

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Investigators piece together what happened in 3 months of Jayme Closs' captivity.

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jayme closs: investigators tracking down movements of kidnap suspect  - cnn

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Investigators tracking down movements of Jayme Closs' kidnap suspect

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As Jayme Closs starts her road to recovery following her kidnapping, investigators are trying to piece together what happened during the nearly three months she was in captivity.

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Kylie Jenner on Sunday lost the world record of having the most liked photo on Instagram to an egg.

The photo, posted online to the account world_record_egg by the "Egg Gang" on Jan. 4, received more than 18 million likes as of Sunday evening.

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Egg beats out Kylie Jenner for most-liked Instagram photo

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Kylie Jenner on Sunday lost the world record of having the most liked photo on Instagram to an egg.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will have a valuable man back on the 53-man roster.  Right Guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif will be back on the roster.  They took S Ron Parker off the roster so they could put Duvernay-Tardif on it.

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Chiefs activate guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from IR

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The Kansas City Chiefs activated right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to the 53-man roster. The offensive lineman suffered a fractured fibula and was subsequently placed on injured reserve.

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident."

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident."

Al-Shabab, an extremist group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack and said its members are still fighting inside, the Associated Press reported. The group made the announcement via its radio arm, the AP reported.

Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Video from the scene in Nairobi's affluent Westlands neighborhood showed vehicles ablaze and people being carried away. A popular, upscale hotel called the DusitD2 is located in the modern complex that police say was under attack.

Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

"We wish to confirm that there has been an attack incident along 14 Riverside Drive. The area has since been cordoned off," the Kenya Police Service said via Twitter.

Baz Ratner/Reuters

Police spokesman Charles Owino told The Associated Press that officers from the anti-terrorism unit have been deployed to the scene.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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High-end complex in Nairobi under 'attack,' police say

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Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an "attack incident." Al-Shabab, an extremist group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack and said its members are still fighting inside, the Associated Press reported.

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A McDonald’s franchise owner in Florida has confirmed that a Fast  Food employee caught on camera using a racial slur against a customer has been fired.

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A McDonald's franchise owner in Florida has confirmed that a fast-food employee caught on camera using a racial slur against a customer has been fired.

"I am aware of the incident involving one of my employees earlier this week," said Javier Ilias in a statement obtained by The Washington Post. The disturbance with the customer prompted our management team to call the police right away; and we did an immediate investigation on this matter. This behavior goes against the values and standards that I expect from employees in my restaurants. This employee displayed improper and unacceptable conduct and is no longer with the company."
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The unacceptable conduct to which Ilias refers was captured on video that surfaced over the weekend, showing a McDonald's employee and a customer having an argument at the drive-thru window of a location in Spring Hill.

The video begins with the customer accusing an employee of using the slur, several times.

"You just called me a n-----," the customer repeatedly shouts through the closed window.

A McDonald's employee responds by shouting, "I don't give a f---," before shouting the slur.

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"Ah! Got you on camera," the customer responds, adding "Worldstar!" in reference to the WorldStarHipHop website, which often posts viral videos.

"You're getting fired!" the customer adds, pointing at not only the employee who uttered the slur, but also the two other employees, one of whom was on the phone, reportedly to police, and telling officers that the customer had "threatened to kill" her manager (an allegation that wasn't confirmed by the footage) and sliding open the drive-thru window (which the customer appears to do at one point).

The employee who uttered the slur also returns to the window to add, "I will f--- you up, you f---ing n-----."

The customer then addresses a woman he presumed to be a manager, telling her she was at fault for this as well, telling her, "You're supposed to handle this differently!"
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A representative for McDonald's was not immediately available to comment.

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McDonald's employee seen using slur against customer has been fired, franchise owner confirms

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A McDonald's franchise owner in Florida has confirmed that a fast-food employee caught on camera using a racial slur against a customer has been fired. "I am aware of the incident involving one of my employees earlier this week," said Javier Ilias in a statement obtained by The Washington Post.

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Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack at an upscale hotel complex in Kenya’s capital on Monday that sent people fleeing from the scene shortly after explosions and gunfire erupted and left a number of people dead.

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An American citizen was one of at least 15 people killed Tuesday when militants from the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab attacked an upscale hotel in Kenya's capital city, a State Department official told The Associated Press.

The official said the department was offering condolences to the American's family and friends but declined to identify the individual publicly. Nic Hailey, the British high commissioner in Kenya, said at least one British national had been killed.

Al-Shabab -- which carried out the 2013 attack at the nearby Westgate Mall in Nairobi that left 67 people dead -- claimed responsibility for the carnage at the DusitD2 hotel complex, which includes bars, restaurants, offices and banks and is in a well-to-do neighborhood with many American, European and Indian expatriates.

"We regret to confirm that at approximately 3 p.m. today [Tuesday], a group of armed assailants attacked the Dusit Complex in a suspected terror attack. Security and emergency teams immediately responded to the incident and have cordoned off the area. The situation is being managed and residents are being screened and evacuated from the area," police said in a statement.

A Kenyan police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AP that 15 bodies had been taken to a nearby morgue. Al-Shabab asserted that 47 people were killed but its Shahada news agency post gave no details. In addition to the victims, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that security forces killed the Islamic extremist gunmen involved in Tuesday's attack.

"All the terrorists have been eliminated," he said in a televised address, before urging Kenyans to "go back to work without fear."

Kenyatta did not say how many attackers were involved but added that more than 700 people were evacuated during the security operation.

Witnesses described thunderous explosions and seeing militants gunning down people at cafe tables. One bystander, who gave his name only as Ken, said he saw five bodies at the hotel entrance. Other people were shouting for help and "when we rushed back to try to rescue them, gunshots started coming from upstairs, and we had to duck because they were targeting us and we could see two guys shooting," he said.

"We were changing our shifts, and that is when I heard a loud blast and people were screaming," said Enoch Kibet, who works as a cleaner at the cafe and managed to crawl out a basement gate. "I couldn't believe I was alive. The blast was so loud and shook the whole complex."

Authorities sent special forces into the hotel to flush out the gunmen. Late Tuesday night, about eight hours after the siege began, Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i said all of the buildings affected had been secured and that security forces were mopping up.

"I would like to reiterate that the situation is under control and the country is safe," he said.
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However, more gunfire was heard about an hour later, Kenyan broadcaster NTV reported. Some family members said they had been in touch with loved ones still hiding inside the complex, waiting to be rescued.

Early Wednesday, Kenya's interior ministry said a tweet that all buildings had been secured and there was no further threat to the public.

Police told the AP they have detained a man and two women following a raid at a home where one of the attackers was said to live.

They are being questioned "to establish how they knew the man who lived here and the people who had been visiting," a police official said.
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He said authorities descended on the home after neighbors called to say they had identified a vehicle that was parked outside the hotel during the attack.

Though the number of attackers remains unclear, Kenya's Citizen TV aired security-camera footage that showed at least four heavily armed men in dark-colored, paramilitary-style gear.
'WHITE WIDOW' TERRORIST KILLED BY RUSSIAN SNIPER, REPORTS SAY
The coordinated assault began with an explosion that targeted three vehicles outside a bank, and a suicide bombing in the hotel lobby that severely wounded a number of guests, said Kenya's national police chief, Joseph Boinnet.

Kenyan hospitals appealed for blood donations even as the number of wounded remained unclear.

Dozens were rushed to safety as plainclothes officers went from shop to shop in the complex. Some people held up their hands to show they were unarmed.

As officers searched luxury fashion displays, wounded people were carried away on stretchers.

Like the attack at the Westgate Mall, this one appeared aimed at wealthy Kenyans and foreigners. It came a day after a magistrate ruled that three men must stand trial in connection with the Westgate Mall siege.
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Al-Shabab has vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia to fight it since 2011. Tuesday's violence came three years to the day after al-Shabab extremists attacked a Kenyan military base in Somalia, killing scores of people.

The Al Qaeda-linked group has killed hundreds of people in Kenya. In the deadliest attack, al-Shabab claimed responsibility for an assault on Kenya's Garissa University in 2015 that killed 147 people, mostly students.

The latest carnage demonstrated al-Shabab's continued ability to carry out spectacular acts of bloodshed despite a dramatic increase in U.S. airstrikes against it under President Donald Trump.

Tourism -- an important source of revenue in Kenya, East Africa's largest economy -- has suffered because of the violence. A Kenyan intelligence official said the country had been on high alert since November, with information about potential attacks on high-profile targets in Nairobi. The official was not authorized to talk to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Despite the repeated attacks, the Kenya-Somalia border remains porous, with al-Shabab extremists able to easily bribe their way across, according to a U.N. panel of experts.

The hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood is about a mile from Westgate Mall on a relatively quiet, tree-lined road in what is considered one of the most secure parts of the city. The hotel's website says it is "cocooned away from the hustle and bustle in a secure and peaceful haven."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
On Monday, the hotel promoted its spa by tweeting: "Is your new year off to a rough start?"

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American among at least 15 dead in Kenya hotel terror attack

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An American citizen was one of at least 15 people killed Tuesday when militants from the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab attacked an upscale hotel in Kenya's capital city, a State Department official told The Associated Press. The official said the department was offering condolences to the American's family and friends but declined to identify the individual publicly.