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Germaine Moore, 44, of Millbrook, Alabama, turned himself in to authorities outside of Montgomery early Tuesday, according to Lt. Brooke Walker, commander of the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The video depicts a sexual act between an adult male and a minor, whom authorities believe was 6 years old at the time.

Many people shared the video on social media in an apparent attempt to locate the man seen in the video, leading authorities in several states to warn people they could face charges for sharing and possessing the video, according to CNN affiliates WTKR and WFSA.

Charges are pending against Moore in Alabama, according to Elmore County District Attorney Randall V. Houston. Moore already faces criminal sexual conduct charges in Michigan involving three young relatives he allegedly sexually assaulted over the course of several years in Michigan and Alabama, the Wayne County, Michigan Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

"I believe we have the right person for this event," Walker told CNN.

Alabama authorities are trying to determine when and where the viral video was taken, and who first shared it to social media. Walker said the video is not a recent video. Authorities believe that a person in the Montgomery area originally posted the video to Facebook, Walker told CNN.

She said she couldn't say whether the victim in the video was under Moore's care or whether the victim was related to him. Walker referred all questions about the victim in the video to Detroit police.

The child appearing in the viral video is safe, authorities said.

"These are the kind of cases -- where a six-year-old child is being forced to engage in sexual activity -- that gives all of us as parents nightmares," Houston told reporters.

The investigation began last Wednesday when the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, along with Montgomery, Alabama police and other authorities, learned that the video was being shared on various social media platforms, Walker said. Authorities worked with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and with Facebook to develop more leads, which led investigators to believe the video was connected to the Montgomery area, she said.

Tips poured in from all over the world, she said.

Around the same time, tippers also began contacting Central Alabama Crimestoppers about the video, the organization's executive director, Tony Garrett said.

The Detroit Police sex crimes unit also gave the task force a strong lead in the cases, Walker said, ultimately leading to the charges in Detroit.

Authorities identified Moore as a suspect and searched his Millbrook residence on Monday. Authorities found several electronic devices but couldn't locate Moore.

Moore's wife, Tonya Hardy Moore, who arrived at the house, refused to cooperate in the search for him, Walker said. She was charged with hindering prosecution.

Authorities asked for the public's help in locating Moore, who surrendered to Millbrook police around 3:30 a.m.

The couple is being held in the Elmore County Jail in Wetumpka, according to Walker. It wasn't immediately clear whether either had an attorney.

Moore is expected to be extradited from Alabama to Michigan, according to prosecutors in both states.

Moore sexually assaulted the three relatives at his mother's home in Detroit and at his home in Alabama, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said. The children -- who are now ages 9, 10 and 12 -- were in Moore's custody and care from 2011 until 2017 while their mother worked, the prosecutor's office said. He is the children's paternal uncle, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.

Moore was charged Monday with offenses including two counts of child sexually abusive activity and one count each of using a computer to commit a crime and distributing sexually explicit material of children, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.

Garrett said people shared the video because they wanted to help identify the suspect. But the multiple shares can hamper the investigation as authorities try to find the origin of the video, he said.

"We believe the majority of the people that shared the video had good intentions," Garrett said.

Facebook said it flagged the video when they learned about it, and its technology will automatically block it from being shared or uploaded in the future. The company will also report any attempts to share and upload the video to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Facebook said.

"We have also reported the video to the appropriate authorities," Facebook said in a statement. "Sharing any kind of child exploitative imagery using Facebook or Messenger is not acceptable -- even to express outrage. We are and will continue to be aggressive in preventing and removing such content from our community,"

Alabama authorities are also looking at what contact Moore has had with children during his time in Alabama and are working with Michigan authorities.

"We're also looking at those same victims in Michigan and seeing did they spend time in Alabama," Walker told WSFA.

"All the way around, it's a team effort to make sure that every available charge in both jurisdictions is sought out," she added.

It's not clear if Moore or his wife has an attorney.

CNN's Samira Said contributed to this report.

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Germaine Moore, 44, of Millbrook, Alabama, turned himself in to authorities outside of Montgomery early Tuesday, according to Lt. Brooke Walker, commander of the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The video depicts a sexual act between an adult male and a minor, whom authorities believe was 6 years old at the time.

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Raina Nash- Japan's princess postpones wedding because they are not ready for marriage.

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Japan's Princess Mako and her commoner fiancé Kei Komuro have postponed their highly anticipated engagement and wedding until at least 2020, saying they were not yet ready for marriage.

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Elon Musk the founder of SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon Heavy test was to test the return system of the boosters and put the roadster in orbit of Mars.

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SpaceX has done it again.

The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy.

That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

Falcon Heavy took flight Tuesday around 3:45 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

"I'm still trying to absorb everything that happened because it's still kind of surreal to me," Musk told reporters after the launch.

Thousands of onlookers in Florida could be heard cheering on the company's livestream, which was viewed by about 3 million people.

In the run up to launch, it wasn't at all clear that the rocket would work.

"People [came] from all around the world to see what will either be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display they've ever seen," Musk said in an interview with CNN's Rachel Crane Monday.

Related: Falcon Heavy: How it stacks up with other massive rockets

The rocket's smooth takeoff wasn't the only stunning thing about this launch.

In a never-before-seen feat, SpaceX also managed to guide at least two of the Falcon Heavy's first-stage rocket boosters to land upright back on Earth. They cut back through the Earth's atmosphere and landed in unison at a Kennedy Space Center landing pad.

"That was probably the most exciting thing I've ever seen -- literally ever," Musk said.

The third booster was supposed to land on a sea-faring platform called a droneship -- but just as it was about to land, the livestream cut out. Musk confirmed after the launch that the booster crashed.

On board the rocket that's now headed deeper into space is Musk's personal Tesla roadster. At the wheel is a dummy dressed in a spacesuit. Musk said in December the car would play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on repeat. Cameras on board the car show it cruising by Earth, which appears as a big blue orb in the background. Musk plans to send the car into orbit around the sun.

He announced last year he planned to put his car on the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight. When asked on Twitter why he wanted to throw away a $100,000 vehicle, he replied, "I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future."

Related: Everything you need to know about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Tuesday's success marked a huge step forward for a company that's already managed to shake up the rocket industry with its groundbreaking technology.

The company made the world take notice when it proved it can safely return first-stage rocket boosters to Earth with its Falcon 9 rocket, which the company has used for more than 40 missions dating back to 2012.

Those rockets have a single first-stage booster, and SpaceX has safely recaptured them after 21 Falcon 9 launches.

Now, SpaceX routinely puts used boosters back to work. In fact, the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight actually used two pre-flown Falcon 9 boosters (the center booster was new.)

Reusing hardware is part of SpaceX's plan to drive down the cost of launches.

Before SpaceX came along, companies just discarded rockets after each mission.

Note the Falcon Heavy is not the most powerful rocket in history. That honor belongs to NASA's Saturn V rocket, which was used for the Apollo moon landings and was retired in the 1970s.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 6, 2018: 2:30 PM ET

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The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy. That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

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On Tuesday an 11-year-old boy died after he rescued his friend who had fallen through the ice earlier. The 12-year-old who was helped out of the ice by his friend was the one who notified authorities when the 11-year-old fell in.

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&#151; -- An 11-year-old New York boy died on Tuesday after saving a friend who fell through the ice of a freezing pond, police said.

The child, Anthony Perez, fell into icy Strack Pond at Forest Park in Queens, New York, on Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials, after he rescued a friend, 12, who had fallen through the ice earlier.

Perez went out about 50 feet on the pond before the ice let go underneath him, according to the New York Fire Department.

The Strack Pond at Forest Park in Queens, New York, where a young boy died Tuesday.

Firefighters said they plunged into the pond's frigid waters within minutes of arriving on the scene after several witnesses stated that the child had fallen through the ice.

"Members had to physically, with their hands, break through the ice and chop the ice so they could get to the area that they knew the child would most likely be in," FDNY Deputy Chief George Healy said in a statement. "They had to go underneath to get the child."

The Strack Pond at Forest Park in Queens, New York, where a young boy died Tuesday.

The boy was transported to a local hospital where he later died, according New York ABC station WABC. Two firefighters were also taken to the hospital for hypothermia treatment.

The 12-year-old, who helped to alert authorities that Anthony has fallen through the ice, was not injured. He told police that Anthony saved him when the ice started to crack and he plunged through.

"He was just a good kid, I would expect nothing else," Lenny Coraci, 41, told ABC News of Anthony, who lived two doors away from him. "He always smiled. He was a respectful kid."

Coraci, a nurse practitioner, said most days he takes a stroll around the pond about the same time the tragedy occurred, but on Tuesday he said he arrived home shortly after firefighters pulled Anthony from the icy pond.

"I feel some guilt because had I been there like I usually am, I might have been able to help," Coraci said. "As soon as I pulled into my driveway, someone came up and said someone had drowned in the park. By the time I rushed up there, they were putting Anthony into the ambulance."

Healy urged parents to keep kids off the ice.

The Strack Pond at Forest Park in Queens, New York, where a young boy died Tuesday.

"There are signs around all the lakes in the city and we implore you, tell your children -- the ice is not safe, it's not going to support your weight, and it can have tragic consequences," Healy said. "Again, the ice looks to be safe, it looks to be thick, but the temperature today was well above freezing.

"We implore parents -- make sure your kids know the ice in the city of New York, on these lakes and ponds, is not safe," he added.

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151; -- An 11-year-old New York boy died on Tuesday after saving a friend who fell through the ice of a freezing pond, police said. The child, Anthony Perez, fell into icy Strack Pond at Forest Park in Queens, New York, on Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials, after he rescued a friend, 12, who had fallen through the ice earlier.

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At least 7 killed, 67 missing after quake rocks Taiwan tourist area

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Reuters 1 hr ago By Fabian Hamacher and Tyrone Siu

HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, in a search for 67 people missing after a strong earthquake that killed at least seven near Taiwan's popular tourist city of Hualien.

The magnitude 6.4 quake, which hit near the coastal city just before midnight on Tuesday, injured 260 people and caused four buildings to collapse, officials said. Hualien Mayor Fu Kun-chi said the number of people missing was now close to 60, although an exact figure was not provided. As many as 150 were initially feared missing.

Many of the missing were believed to be still trapped inside buildings, some of which tilted precariously, after the quake struck about 22 kilometers (14 miles) northeast of Hualien on Taiwan's east coast.

At the city's Marshal Hotel, rescuers trying to free two trapped Taiwanese pulled one out alive, but the other person was declared dead, the government said. Mainland Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Singaporean and South Korean nationals were among the injured.

"This is the worst earthquake in the history of Hualien, or at least over the past 40 years that I've been alive," volunteer Yang Hsi Hua said. "We've never had anything like this, we've never had a building topple over. Also, it was constantly shaking, so everyone was really scared, we ran to empty open spaces to avoid it."

Aftershocks with a magnitude of at least 5.0 could rock the island in the next two weeks, the government said. Smaller tremors rattled nervous residents throughout the day. Residents waited and watched anxiously as emergency workers dressed in fluorescent orange and red suits and wearing helmets searched for residents trapped in apartment blocks.

Hualien is home to about 100,000 people. Its streets were buckled by the force of the quake, with around 40,000 homes left without water and around 1,900 without power. Water supply had returned to nearly 5,000 homes by noon, while power was restored to around 1,700 households.

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Emergency workers surrounded a badly damaged 12-story residential building, a major focus of the rescue effort. Windows had collapsed and the building was wedged into the ground at a roughly 40-degree angle. Rescuers worked their way around and through the building while residents looked on from behind cordoned-off roads.

Others spoke of the panic when the earthquake struck.

"We were still open when it happened," said Lin Ching-wen, who operates a restaurant near a damaged military hospital. "I grabbed my wife and children and we ran out and tried to rescue people," he said.

A Reuters video showed large cracks in the road, while police and emergency services tried to help anxious people roaming the streets. A car sat submerged in rubble as rescue workers combed through the ruins of a nearby building.

President Tsai Ing-wen went to the scene of the quake early on Wednesday to help direct rescue operations. "The president has asked the cabinet and related ministries to immediately launch the 'disaster mechanism' and to work at the fastest rate on disaster relief work," Tsai's office said in a statement.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and major Apple supplier, said initial assessments indicated no impact from the earthquake.

Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China considers part of its territory, lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck nearby on Sunday. More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, and some Taiwanese remain scarred by a 7.6 magnitude quake that was felt across the island and killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.

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Reuters 1 hr ago By Fabian Hamacher and Tyrone Siu HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, in a search for 67 people missing after a strong earthquake that killed at least seven near Taiwan's popular tourist city of Hualien.

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Elon Musk the founder of SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon Heavy test was to test the return system of the boosters and put the roadster in orbit of Mars.

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SpaceX has done it again.

The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy.

That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

Falcon Heavy took flight Tuesday around 3:45 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

"I'm still trying to absorb everything that happened because it's still kind of surreal to me," Musk told reporters after the launch.

Thousands of onlookers in Florida could be heard cheering on the company's livestream, which was viewed by about 3 million people.

In the run up to launch, it wasn't at all clear that the rocket would work.

"People [came] from all around the world to see what will either be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display they've ever seen," Musk said in an interview with CNN's Rachel Crane Monday.

Related: Falcon Heavy: How it stacks up with other massive rockets

The rocket's smooth takeoff wasn't the only stunning thing about this launch.

In a never-before-seen feat, SpaceX also managed to guide at least two of the Falcon Heavy's first-stage rocket boosters to land upright back on Earth. They cut back through the Earth's atmosphere and landed in unison at a Kennedy Space Center landing pad.

"That was probably the most exciting thing I've ever seen -- literally ever," Musk said.

The third booster was supposed to land on a sea-faring platform called a droneship -- but just as it was about to land, the livestream cut out. Musk confirmed after the launch that the booster crashed.

On board the rocket that's now headed deeper into space is Musk's personal Tesla roadster. At the wheel is a dummy dressed in a spacesuit. Musk said in December the car would play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on repeat. Cameras on board the car show it cruising by Earth, which appears as a big blue orb in the background. Musk plans to send the car into orbit around the sun.

He announced last year he planned to put his car on the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight. When asked on Twitter why he wanted to throw away a $100,000 vehicle, he replied, "I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future."

Related: Everything you need to know about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Tuesday's success marked a huge step forward for a company that's already managed to shake up the rocket industry with its groundbreaking technology.

The company made the world take notice when it proved it can safely return first-stage rocket boosters to Earth with its Falcon 9 rocket, which the company has used for more than 40 missions dating back to 2012.

Those rockets have a single first-stage booster, and SpaceX has safely recaptured them after 21 Falcon 9 launches.

Now, SpaceX routinely puts used boosters back to work. In fact, the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight actually used two pre-flown Falcon 9 boosters (the center booster was new.)

Reusing hardware is part of SpaceX's plan to drive down the cost of launches.

Before SpaceX came along, companies just discarded rockets after each mission.

Note the Falcon Heavy is not the most powerful rocket in history. That honor belongs to NASA's Saturn V rocket, which was used for the Apollo moon landings and was retired in the 1970s.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 6, 2018: 2:30 PM ET

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The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy. That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

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In northern India fake doctor infected at least 33 people with HIV.

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6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday, several people were killed.

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A magnitude 6.4 quake was recorded about 21 kilometers (13 miles) north of the Taiwanese city of Hualien on Thursday, February 6.

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Initial planning for the military parade requested by President Donald Trump is now underway. One option being considered is to hold the parade in November in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War I on November 11, 1918

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It is expected that the Army Military District of Washington, which oversees some military activities in the city, will be designated to coordinate parade planning, according to a senior defense official.

One option being considered is to hold the parade in November in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War I on November 11, 1918, the official said.

Military planners will now look not only at dates and locations for the parade, but also costs, logistics and whether it is feasible to hold a parade displaying large weaponry such as tanks on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Pentagon spokesman Charlie Summers said Tuesday that Trump asked for the military parade, adding that the planning process was in its "infancy."

According to The Washington Post, which first reported that Trump asked top brass at the Pentagon for a military parade, the President was inspired by France's Bastille Day celebration.

Trump was French President Emmanuel Macron's guest on Bastille Day last year, and later called the French military parade he witnessed "one of the greatest parades" he had ever seen.

CNN's Eli Watkins and Ryan Browne contributed to this report.

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It is expected that the Army Military District of Washington, which oversees some military activities in the city, will be designated to coordinate parade planning, according to a senior defense official. One option being considered is to hold the parade in November in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War I on November 11, 1918, the official said.

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In New York an 11 year old boy died after saving his friend from falling through the ice of a pond. The boy crawled out on to the ice after he watched his friend fall in. After saving his friend he fell in himself and was trapped on under the ice. Firefighters saved him then he was transported to the hospital where he later died.

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On Tuesday night, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Hualien, Taiwan. It killed several people, and many more were injured.

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Heavy snowfall in Paris results in shutting down the Eiffel Tower.

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After drying out from near-record rainfall that swamped Paris last month, the French capital awoke this morning to a white blanket of snowfall thick enough to shut down the famed Eiffel Tower.

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Around 5 inches of snow has fallen there in the past 24 hours, according to French official weather service Meteo France.

The Eiffel tower closed Tuesday because of "weather conditions" and is expected to remain closed today, according to its official Twitter account.

The Eiffel Tower closes from time to time because of strong wind gusts, for instance, but remained open during last month's flooding.

Bus services in the French capital were suspended Tuesday night and remained halted this morning, according to Paris police. Transport authorities hoped to get the buses back up and running throughout the day. The Paris metro and tramway systems, however, are functioning normally, police said.

Traffic at the two Paris international airports of Charles de Gaulle and Orly was not significantly affected by the snowfall, with only a few delays, according to a spokesman. But road access to the airports was disrupted.

Authorities are asking travelers to come to Paris airports as early as possible.

The greater Paris region of Ile-de-France was especially affected by the heavy snowfall Tuesday night. Traffic jams forced hundreds of people to abandon their cars and sleep in emergency shelters overnight, according to authorities, who urged people to leave their cars at home today in order to avoid traffic jams.

Rail traffic is severely disrupted this morning in the Paris suburbs, with less than half of train services operating, according to transport authorities. Moreover, school buses were not running in several areas near Paris.

Snowfall is not expected in Paris over the next 48 hours, but cold temperatures are likely to freeze the existing layer in place, leading to even more dangerous conditions, according to Méteo France.

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A 10-legged mutant crayfish is now on the march throughout the world. All of these mutants are female due to the fact that they do not need a male to fertilize their eggs. These crayfish are proving remarkably resilient and adaptive. The crayfish are now threatening the destruction of native freshwater species and the devastation of entire ecosystems. After an analysis of the mutant's genome, scientists fear the marbled crayfish is the result of an unexpected accident in a German aquarium in 1995. It's believed that the slough crayfish was imported from Florida as a pet. The owner added it to an aquarium where it soon had offspring. Although, the reason for the offspring was a DNA glitch. "One abnormal egg or sperm must have retained two copies of its chromosomes instead of the usual one. The resultant genetic combination produced a new all-female species capable of asexual reproduction — a phenomenon called parthenogenesis." After this, the crayfish began to rapidly reproduce, thus beginning the move of mutant crayfish.

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A global invasion is underway. A 10-legged mutant crayfish is on the march throughout the world.

They're all female. They don't need males to fertilise their eggs. And they're proving remarkably resilient and adaptive.

Now they're threatening the destruction of native freshwater species and the devastation of entire ecosystems.

After 20 years of the crustacean's blitzkrieg through Europe and Africa, science now knows where the monster came from. An analysis of the mutant's genome supports fears the marbled crayfish is the result of an unexpected accident in a German aquarium in 1995.
VIRGIN BIRTH
It's believed a slough crayfish ( Procambarus fallax) was imported from Florida as a pet.

According to National Geographic, the new owner added it to an aquarium - but had no idea what was going on under his nose.

The Florida crayfish soon had a surprise for the household - offspring.

He had no idea the clutch was the result of a DNA glitch.

One abnormal egg or sperm must have retained two copies of its chromosomes instead of the usual one. The resultant genetic combination produced a new all-female species capable of asexual reproduction - a phenomenon called parthenogenesis.

And they rapidly began to reproduce.

So fast, in fact, the owner didn't know what to do with them.

So he took them to local pet shops where other aquarium hobbyists bought them.

Some of these mutant crayfish then somehow managed to escape into the environment.

While not confirmed, this appears to have been the beginning of the march of a new invasive pest.

They've marched through Europe and Madagascar, and can be found in Japan.
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The story was revealed after German researchers tracked the genome of a dozen or so marbled crayfish ( Procambarus virginalis) back to the original female.

They were surprised to discover the three sets of chromosomes. Most animals receive just one from each parent. The extra set of chromosomes is believed to reduce the chances of genetic mutation, and help the new species adapt to new and challenging environments.

Essentially, the marbled crayfish can pick and choose from its vast genetic library to suit the conditions it finds itself in.

This means they can live in pure or polluted water. They can also eat just about anything - from rotten leaves through to snails, small fish and insects.

Researchers counted 3.5 billion base pairs in the crayfish genome, which makes it about seven per cent larger than the human genome.

"We could detect only a few hundred variants in a genome that is larger than the human genome. That is an incredibly small number," German Cancer Research Center researcher Frank Lyko says. "If we had more than one animal as a founder, we would have greater genetic differences."
FRINGE BENEFITS
It is hoped the genetic behaviour of the crustacean will help provide an insight for the behaviour of various cancers. Tumours are able to adapt to their environment, such as developing resistance to drugs, in a similar way the crayfish use their stored DNA to suit the conditions they live in.

"What we see in slow motion with the marbled crayfish evolution is something that happens during the very early stages of tumour formation," Lyko says.

"In many ways, the invasive expansion of [the marbled crayfish] is analogous to a cancerous lineage spreading asexually at the expense of its host," Jean-François Flot, an evolutionary genomicist at the Free University of Brussels, told the magazine .

But the marbled crayfish's blitzkrieg continues.

Scientists are keeping track of its advance in the hope some form of counter-strike can be found. Its sale has already been banned in the European Union. Marbled crayfish must not be kept as pets, sold or distributed in any way.
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'Cloverfield' crayfish created a new species of self-replicating female mutants

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Scientists prove the existence of superionic water. Normally the pair of hydrogen atoms in a water molecule push apart when the water freezes, becoming more obvious. With superionic water, the researchers say that the intense heat from the laser breaks the bonds between those atoms inside the molecules and leaves behind a solid crystal structure of oxygen atoms.Scientists had to exert a pressure a million times greater than seen naturally on Earth onto the water to create the superionic water. This required the water to be passed through two diamond layers to create a special ice called ice VII that is a solid at room temperature.

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What you learned in science class in grade school might be changing with scientist having discovered what they think is a new type of ice water they have dubbed "superionic water." The crazy thing about the new form is that it is both a solid and a liquid at the same time. The researchers think that the discovery could potentially lead to the development of new materials.

Researchers say that the idea of superionic water has been around for decades and this form of water is believed to be found inside the mantels of Uranus and Neptune. This is the first time that researchers have been able to prove the existence of the odd form of water in an experiment. In their experiment, the scientists used a high-pressure type of ice and a series of powerful laser pulses.

The combination of laser and ice created pressures that aren't natural on Earth and created the first glimpse of the form of water here on Earth. Normally the pair of hydrogen atoms in a water molecule push apart when the water freezes, becoming more obvious. With superionic water, the researchers say that the intense heat from the laser breaks the bonds between those atoms inside the molecules and leaves behind a solid crystal structure of oxygen atoms with a flow of hydrogen nuclei or ions between them.

That results in both a solid and a liquid state in the water at the same time. The scientists had to exert a pressure a million times greater than seen naturally on Earth onto the water to create the superionic water. This required the water to be passed through two diamond layers to create a special ice called ice VII that is a solid at room temperature.

In a separate lab, a laser shock wave that lasted 10-20 billionths of a second was then sent through the ice to create the conditions needed to generate superionic water. The scientists say that knowing superionic ice exists helps to explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune are off-center. Scientists have theorized that off-center nature is due to sheets of superionic ice inside the mantles of the planets.
[UPDATE: An earlier version of this article included typos, which have been corrected]
SOURCE: Science Alert

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What you learned in science class in grade school might be changing with scientist having discovered what they think is a new type of ice water they have dubbed "superionic water." The crazy thing about the new form is that it is both a solid and a liquid at the same time.

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British model Chloe Ayling suffered physical violence, 'brutally transported in luggage,' police testify.

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Scott Bio was accused of sexual assault by Nicole Eggert, and she recently filed a police report against him.

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Nicole Eggert reportedly has taken her complaints of molestation against actor Scott Baio to the police, after she first made the accusations public weeks ago.

TMZ reported that Eggert filed a police report claiming she was sexually abused as a minor on the set of Baio's show "Charles in Charge" between 1986 and 1990. Earlier, Baio had urged her to present her claims to the proper authorities.

The outlet noted that, unlike in her previous claims, Eggert compiled a list of witnesses who said they observed inappropriate behavior by Baio during this time. Among the witnesses: Alexander Polinsky, who played Adam Powell on the show, according to TMZ. Polinsky reportedly went with Eggert to file her police report.

The law in California regarding sex crimes committed against a minor recently changed. The new law, signed in Sept. 2016, states there is no statute of limitations for sex crimes against a minor committed after Jan. 1, 2017. However, for crimes that date years before that, "prosecution for the crimes of rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, continuous sexual abuse of a child, oral copulation, and sexual penetration, if committed against a victim who was under 18 years of age, may be commenced at any time prior to the victim's 40th birthday."

Eggert is 46.

As previously reported, Eggert first came forward last month with a series of tweets alleging that Baio, now 57, molested her from the time she was 14 to the age of 17. Baio said he had consensual sex with her once, but only after she had turned 18, the legal age of consent.

Baio was quick to come forward with a denial of the accusations against him, first taking to Facebook Live to explain his side of the story, calling Eggert's credibility into question.

"These false claims are part of a regular pattern of making and then deleting outrageous and untrue statements," Baio previously told Fox News. "Nicole Eggert, on national television today, acknowledged that she had no answer to the fact that her core claim of having underage sex was proven to be untrue in a 2013 radio interview, not just in her own words, but actually in her own voice."

In a statement to TMZ, Baio's reps said he's pleased Eggert has taken her claims to the police because he feels she'll now have to explain her "ever-changing story" on the record.

Reps for Baio and Eggert did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.

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Scott Baio's molestation accuser Nicole Eggert files police report against him, report says

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Nicole Eggert reportedly has taken her complaints of molestation against actor Scott Baio to the police, after she first made the accusations public weeks ago. TMZ reported that Eggert filed a police report claiming she was sexually abused as a minor on the set of Baio's show "Charles in Charge" between 1986 and 1990.

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President Trump said that he would like a government shutdown if the Democrats won't agree to tighten immigration laws. The government will run out of funding Thursday if a deal is not reached.

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The comment, which came during a White House meeting on the violent MS-13 gang, was not well received in the room. Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Virginia Republican who represents a district with thousands of federal workers, confronted Trump about the remark and urged him to avoid another government shutdown.

"If we don't change it, let's have a shutdown," Trump said of the nation's immigration laws. "We'll do a shutdown and it's worth it for our country. I'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of."

He added: "If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don't want safety, and unrelated but still related, they don't want to take care of our military, then shut it down. We'll go with another shutdown."

The government will run out of funding Thursday if negotiators can't strike a deal.

Comstock, who spoke shortly after Trump's remarks, said she would not back such a move and urged Trump to avoid it.

"We don't need a government shutdown on this," she said. "I think both sides have learned that a government shutdown is bad."

When asked to clarify his remarks at the end of the roundtable, Trump told reporters again that he would shut down the government over immigration.

"I would shut it down over this issue. I can't speak for everybody at the table but I will tell you, I would shut it down over this issue," he said, adding that if the US doesn't straighten out its borders "we don't have a country. Without borders we don't have a country."

Trump oversaw a multi-day government shutdown last month over immigration reform.

Though Trump opposed that government shutdown, he has previously said the United States could use a government work stoppage.

"Our country needs a good 'shutdown' in September to fix mess," he tweeted in May.

CNN's Elizabeth Landers contributed to this report.

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The comment, which came during a White House meeting on the violent MS-13 gang, was not well received in the room. Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Virginia Republican who represents a district with thousands of federal workers, confronted Trump about the remark and urged him to avoid another government shutdown.

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Porzingis is out for the season with a torn ligament in his left leg.

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New York Knicks All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis left Tuesday's home game against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second quarter with an apparent left knee injury.

Kristaps Porzingis was walking on his own and described as "OK" as he went to the hospital for an MRI on his left knee, ESPN sources said.

Porzingis landed on Giannis Antetokounmpo's foot after converting a dunk and his left ankle seemed to buckle. Porzingis immediately grabbed his left knee after landing and was clearly in pain. Porzingis needed to be helped off of the floor by two teammates, and he wasn't putting much weight on his left leg.

The Knicks would have a significant void to fill if the 22-year-old were to miss extended time.

Porzingis entered play Tuesday averaging a team-leading 22.9 points per game and an NBA-high 2.4 blocks per game.

He previously missed two games due to a left knee issue and two games due to an ankle injury.

New York (23-31) entered play Tuesday four games out of eighth place in the Eastern Conference, having lost 10 of 14.

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9:16 PM ET Ian BegleyESPN Staff Writer Close Covers the New York Knicks for ESPNNewYork.com New York Knicks All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis left Tuesday's home game against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second quarter with an apparent left knee injury.

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Elon Musk the founder of SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon Heavy test was to test the return system of the boosters and put the roadster in orbit of Mars. Two of the Boosters returned safely. The 3rd booster crashed at the landing site. In the top of the rocket was Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster. During the launch David Bowie was playing on the live stream and will continue to play in space. The first stage booster landed simultaneously.

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SpaceX has done it again.

The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy.

That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

Falcon Heavy took flight Tuesday around 3:45 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

"I'm still trying to absorb everything that happened because it's still kind of surreal to me," Musk told reporters after the launch.

Thousands of onlookers in Florida could be heard cheering on the company's livestream, which was viewed by about 3 million people.

In the run up to launch, it wasn't at all clear that the rocket would work.

"People [came] from all around the world to see what will either be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display they've ever seen," Musk said in an interview with CNN's Rachel Crane Monday.

Related: Falcon Heavy: How it stacks up with other massive rockets

The rocket's smooth takeoff wasn't the only stunning thing about this launch.

In a never-before-seen feat, SpaceX also managed to guide at least two of the Falcon Heavy's first-stage rocket boosters to land upright back on Earth. They cut back through the Earth's atmosphere and landed in unison at a Kennedy Space Center landing pad.

"That was probably the most exciting thing I've ever seen -- literally ever," Musk said.

The third booster was supposed to land on a sea-faring platform called a droneship -- but just as it was about to land, the livestream cut out. Musk confirmed after the launch that the booster crashed.

On board the rocket that's now headed deeper into space is Musk's personal Tesla roadster. At the wheel is a dummy dressed in a spacesuit. Musk said in December the car would play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on repeat. Cameras on board the car show it cruising by Earth, which appears as a big blue orb in the background. Musk plans to send the car into orbit around the sun.

He announced last year he planned to put his car on the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight. When asked on Twitter why he wanted to throw away a $100,000 vehicle, he replied, "I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future."

Related: Everything you need to know about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Tuesday's success marked a huge step forward for a company that's already managed to shake up the rocket industry with its groundbreaking technology.

The company made the world take notice when it proved it can safely return first-stage rocket boosters to Earth with its Falcon 9 rocket, which the company has used for more than 40 missions dating back to 2012.

Those rockets have a single first-stage booster, and SpaceX has safely recaptured them after 21 Falcon 9 launches.

Now, SpaceX routinely puts used boosters back to work. In fact, the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight actually used two pre-flown Falcon 9 boosters (the center booster was new.)

Reusing hardware is part of SpaceX's plan to drive down the cost of launches.

Before SpaceX came along, companies just discarded rockets after each mission.

Note the Falcon Heavy is not the most powerful rocket in history. That honor belongs to NASA's Saturn V rocket, which was used for the Apollo moon landings and was retired in the 1970s.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 6, 2018: 2:30 PM ET

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The pioneering rocket firm just pulled off the unexpected, and carried out what appears to be a seamless first-ever launch of its massive new rocket, called Falcon Heavy. That makes SpaceX, the game-changing company helmed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the owner of the world's most powerful operational rocket.

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Nearly three months after an Argentine submarine vanished with 44 crew members aboard, officials on Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar reward as part of a renewed effort to find the vessel. Defense Minister Oscar Aguad later said the reward could be around $4 million, but the exact figure will be known in the next couple of days.

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Nearly three months after an Argentine submarine vanished with 44 crew members aboard, officials on Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar reward as part of a renewed effort to find the vessel.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri made the announcement at his official residence while speaking to relatives of the ARA San Juan crew, Sky News reported.

Defense Minister Oscar Aguad later said the reward could be around $4 million, but the exact figure will be known in the next couple of days.

Family members at the hour-long meeting pushed for Macri to expand the search area, and for private companies to be allowed to look for the naval vessel.

"We propose [to the president] that the search area be expanded, including public and private companies," Itaí Leguizamón, wife of crew member Germán Oscar Suárez, told reporters.

The TR-1700 electric diesel submarine disappeared on Nov. 15 when sailing from Ushuaia, in the extreme south of Argentina, to its base in Mar del Plata, located south of Buenos Aires, after participating in a training exercise.
NEW CONTACT DETECTED IN SEARCH FOR MISSING ARGENTINE SUBMARINE IN SOUTH ATLANTIC
There have been 18 countries involved in the search for the vessel, but families were told in late November to abandon hope of finding the crew alive after the captain's last message reported seawater in the ventilation system, a development which is believed to have caused a battery to short-circuit and start a fire.

The government and the Navy have so far ruled out the possibility the submarine was the target of an attack by a foreign fleet, and said the sub's mission was to detect the presence of vessels in the illegal fishing zone.

"We want to know what happened: if there was corruption in the arrangement of the ship, if there was negligence, and if it was an accident we also want to know...It would be very helpful to find the submarine to know all that," Aguad told reporters.
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Previous detected contacts in the search for the sub have been false alarms, with one coming from a sunken fishing boat.

The sub's disappearance has led to the head of Argentina's navy, Admiral Marcelo Srur, being fired in December.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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Nearly three months after an Argentine submarine vanished with 44 crew members aboard, officials on Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar reward as part of a renewed effort to find the vessel. Argentine President Mauricio Macri made the announcement at his official residence while speaking to relatives of the ARA San Juan crew, Sky News reported.

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Because of all of the snow that hit Paris, they shut down the Eiffel Tower.

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After drying out from near-record rainfall that swamped Paris last month, the French capital awoke this morning to a white blanket of snowfall thick enough to shut down the famed Eiffel Tower.

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Around 5 inches of snow has fallen there in the past 24 hours, according to French official weather service Meteo France.

The Eiffel tower closed Tuesday because of "weather conditions" and is expected to remain closed today, according to its official Twitter account.

The Eiffel Tower closes from time to time because of strong wind gusts, for instance, but remained open during last month's flooding.

Bus services in the French capital were suspended Tuesday night and remained halted this morning, according to Paris police. Transport authorities hoped to get the buses back up and running throughout the day. The Paris metro and tramway systems, however, are functioning normally, police said.

Traffic at the two Paris international airports of Charles de Gaulle and Orly was not significantly affected by the snowfall, with only a few delays, according to a spokesman. But road access to the airports was disrupted.

Authorities are asking travelers to come to Paris airports as early as possible.

The greater Paris region of Ile-de-France was especially affected by the heavy snowfall Tuesday night. Traffic jams forced hundreds of people to abandon their cars and sleep in emergency shelters overnight, according to authorities, who urged people to leave their cars at home today in order to avoid traffic jams.

Rail traffic is severely disrupted this morning in the Paris suburbs, with less than half of train services operating, according to transport authorities. Moreover, school buses were not running in several areas near Paris.

Snowfall is not expected in Paris over the next 48 hours, but cold temperatures are likely to freeze the existing layer in place, leading to even more dangerous conditions, according to Méteo France.

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Heavy snow shuts down Eiffel Tower weeks after abnormal rainfall soaked Paris

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In North Carolina, a 4-year old girl was bitten by a teacher in her pre-K special-needs class. School officials said the girl injured herself on a paper towel dispenser. But the girl said she was bitten by the teacher. The bite caused and infection and a broken finger. Child Protective Services are investigating.

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In the Zion National Park located in southwestern Utah, a 13-year-old girl fell to her death and was discovered by hikers.

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A 13-year-old girl fell to her death from a popular narrow trail at Zion National Park in Southwestern Utah, officials said Tuesday.

Park Ranger John Marciano said the girl, who was from Utah, had been hiking with her family Monday evening when she tumbled from the Angel's Landing Trail. It did not appear that anyone had witnessed the fall, Marciano said. The girl was quickly discovered by hikers on the West Rim Trail below.

Angel's Landing was closed Tuesday morning to investigate the fall from the path that ascends some 1,500 feet above the southern Utah park's red-rock cliffs.

The girl had reportedly done the hike before, and the trail was clear of ice and snow. Her name and hometown were not immediately released.

"It was just a beautiful day. It's at time you wouldn't expect anything to happen," Marciano said.

The iconic trail offers sweeping views of the red-rock park in southern Utah and has become especially popular among visitors inspired by social media posts. But it also comes with dire safety warnings about the danger of falls, Marciano said. He advised anyone with young children or problems with heights not to make the trek.

Zion's website says there have been seven deaths on the Angels Landing trail since it opened in 1919. According to Marciano, there has been about one death each of the last two years on the trail.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Teen girl dies in fall from cliff hike at Zion National Park

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A 13-year-old girl fell to her death from a popular narrow trail at Zion National Park in Southwestern Utah, officials said Tuesday. Park Ranger John Marciano said the girl, who was from Utah, had been hiking with her family Monday evening when she tumbled from the Angel's Landing Trail.