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Flu season on track to break records, the CDC said Friday. The agency reported that an additional 10 children have died from the flu this season while flu-related hospitalizations for the fifth week of 2018 rose to about 60 people per every 100,000.

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Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to launch a delivery service for businesses, positioning it to directly compete with United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp.

Dubbed "Shipping with Amazon," or SWA, the new service will entail the tech giant picking up packages from businesses and shipping them to consumers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Amazon expects to roll out the new delivery service in Los Angeles in coming weeks with third-party merchants that sell goods via its website, according to the people. Amazon then aims to expand the service to more cities as soon as this year, some of the people say.

While the program is being piloted with the company's third-party sellers, it is envisioned to eventually be opened to other businesses too, according to some of the people. Amazon is planning to undercut UPS and FedEx on pricing, although the exact rate structure is still unclear, these people said.
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The new service, which stems from a Los Angeles pilot project first reported by The Wall Street Journal more than a year ago, moves Amazon into direct competition for parcel business currently handled by delivery partners UPS and FedEx. "Shipping With Amazon" was previously tested and rolled out in London.

It is the latest move by Amazon to create its own freight and parcel delivery network. In the last couple of years, Amazon has expanded into ocean freight, built a network of its own drivers who can now deliver inside homes and leased up to 40 aircraft while establishing an air cargo hub.

Amazon already delivers some of its own orders in at least 37 U.S. cities. With the new "Shipping with Amazon" option, Amazon plans to send drivers to pick up shipments from warehouses and businesses itself and deliver the packages when it is able, the people said. For shipments outside Amazon's delivery reach, the U.S. Postal Service and other carriers will take care of the so-called last mile to customers' doorsteps.

"We're always innovating and experimenting on behalf of customers and the businesses that sell and grow on Amazon to create faster lower-cost delivery choices," a spokeswoman said in a statement.

It remains to be seen whether Amazon can successfully deliver packages for other businesses on a broad scale. UPS and FedEx have built out massive networks over the course of decades to allow them to deliver across the U.S. And it is expensive. UPS this year alone is planning to spend up to $7 billion on upgrading its delivery network.

A spokesman said that UPS continues to support Amazon and other customers and doesn't comment on customers' business strategies or decisions regarding using UPS services.

FedEx didn't have an immediate comment. On the company's December earnings call, executives were asked about what would happen if Amazon started competing for its shipping business, to which they said they don't comment on hypothetical situations. They added that Amazon was a longstanding customer, but that no customer represented more than 3% of revenue or volume.

Amazon's push into logistics reflects its growing ambitions across a wide range of new businesses beyond online retail. The company runs a dominant cloud-computing services division, a Hollywood studio and a massive marketplace and logistics operation for sellers. Last year, it acquired Whole Foods for roughly $13.5 billion, transforming it into a brick-and-mortar grocer overnight.

Last week, Amazon said it was teaming up with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to form a new company to try to lower their employees' health costs, rattling health-care firm stocks.

Amazon started building out its logistics network in earnest after it missed deliveries during the all-important holiday season in December 2013, according to people familiar with Amazon's thinking. As more shoppers bought products online, Amazon executives concluded that the rate of parcel growth was too large for existing carriers to handle. Amazon also wanted to offer two-day deliveries, seven days a week.

The company has separately launched a logistics service called "FBA Onsite," according to the people familiar with the matter. Currently, most third-party sellers on Amazon's website ship their goods to an Amazon warehouse for its "Fulfillment by Amazon" program to qualify for Prime shipping. With FBA Onsite, sellers automatically qualify for Prime and then can ship directly from their own warehouse using software provided by Amazon.

While Amazon will control the method of those shipments, pickups and deliveries for now will still be handled by various carriers, including UPS and FedEx, the people said. Bloomberg News earlier reported on FBA Onsite.

For its "Shipping with Amazon" option, the online retail giant is expected to be able to offer lower prices than UPS and FedEx because it already delivers some of its own packages-any extra space it can fill in its trucks with additional deliveries is considered added revenue, according to people familiar with the company's thinking.
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Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to launch a delivery service for businesses, positioning it to directly compete with United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. Dubbed "Shipping with Amazon," or SWA, the new service will entail the tech giant picking up packages from businesses and shipping them to consumers, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Kim Jong Un's sister shook hands with South Korea's president at an Olympic meeting.

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The sister of North Korean despot Kim Jong Un and South Korea's president shook hands in a historic moment for the two countries during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Friday -- but no such interaction occurred between any Hermit Kingdom representatives and Vice President Pence despite two close encounters.

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un, and President Moon Jae-in were introduced by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach before shaking hands with each other and other world leaders.

The pair then sat down just a few seats away from Pence, but Pence and Kim Yo Jong did not interact nor appear to look at each other.

Earlier, at a VIP reception before the ceremony, Pence went around a table and shook hands with all the dignitaries except Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's 90-year-old nominal head of state.

Pence stood to cheer Team USA when they entered the stadium in PyeongChang, but left before the unified Korean team marched in, the New York Times reported.

Kim Yo Jong is the first member of Kim's family to travel to South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War, according to the Associated Press.

As first vice director of the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, Kim Yo Jong, who is believed to be about 30, has been an increasingly prominent figure in North Korea's leadership and is considered one of the few people who has earned her brother's absolute trust.

Her arrival came one day after North Korea held a massive military parade, displaying its intercontinental ballistic missiles before Kim Jong Un delivered a televised speech calling his regime a "global military power."

The parade featured tanks, planes, and thousands of goose-stepping troops - as well as Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15 ICBMS, which the North claims can reach U.S. soil.

Moon has been trying to use the Olympics in Pyeongchang as an opportunity to revive meaningful communication with North Korea after a period of diplomatic stalemate.

Skeptics say North Korea is using the Olympics to poke holes in the U.S.-led international sanctions against the country and buy more time to further advance its strategic weaponry.

The North has sent nearly 500 people to the Games, including officials, athletes, artists and a 230-member state-trained cheering group after the war-separated rivals agreed to a series of conciliatory gestures for the Games.

South Korea allowed the North to use a 9,700-ton ferry to transport more than 100 artists to perform at the Olympics, treating it as an exemption to maritime sanctions it imposed on its rival, and is now considering whether to accept the North's request to supply fuel for the ship.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out.

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out.

"We see great utility in the future with mobile driver's licenses that don't exist today with the physical plastic cards," said Paul Grassi with the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. "With innovation occurring on mobile platforms it almost makes too much sense to add this as an option."

NIST provided a $2 million grant to a cybersecurity company called Gemalto to design and test a digital license in a two-year pilot program.
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"The purpose of that pilot is really to test the technology before we went to a full-scale implementation." according to Tiffany Conway, field marketing director for Gemalto North America.

The company has already conducted field trials in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

"It's not just an image of a license on your phone," Conway said, "it's really a new way of carrying and storing your credential that allows you to interact with verifying parties in a completely different way."

The cellphone app does show your license, front and back, just as it looks on your plastic version. But unlike the license in your wallet, the app has settings that allow you to limit what's shown, depending on the situation.

For example, when buying alcohol "you only see their picture and it says that they are of age," said Elizabeth Gregg, general manager of Applejack Wine & Spirits in Denver, which participated in field testing.
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Nothing else on your ID is seen by the store clerk.

"You're just checking the face recognition with the computer and they're off and running," Gregg said, adding that simplicity and speed would really help stores like hers that have thousands of transactions in a single day.

On the other hand, if you are pulled over while driving, your entire license will be available to the officer. But what about those of us frightened by the idea of giving police access to all the information in our phone?

"That's a fantastic point and something that we've really heard from the get go of this," Conway said, "that no one wants to hand their cell phone over to anyone for any purpose."

Gemalto's solution was to develop an app you can access separately from the other information in your phone, protected, of course, by a pin or fingerprint. Conway said it works a bit like a digital ticket to a movie or concert. You open the app and hold your phone close to a device that scans or reads the information.

"Whether you are at the airport, whether you are being pulled over by law enforcement, your phone never leaves your hand," he said.

Not everyone is thrilled with the idea, however - including criminal defense attorney and self-described civil libertarian Dan Recht.

"What comes to my mind is the possibility of frightening privacy invasion by the government," Recht said.

Recht believes people have gotten much too used to having all of their personal information stored electronically. While he said there is nothing inherently wrong with a digital driver's license, he said it leaves room for abuse.

"What keeps the government from overreaching?" Recht said. "What keeps them from going the next step? And it really is only another step or two, to a national ID where they know everything about you."

"One of the very first tenets is no national ID," Grassi said of the work NIST is doing. "And the mobile driver's license would be no different."

Each individual state will still be in control of driver's license information, as they are now, he said.

Diane Johanssen manages the driver's license office in Lakewood, Colorado, which took part in field testing Gemalto's product.

"Everyone wants it right now and I think that the digital license is the wave of the future, personally and professionally," Johanssen said.

Johanssen said one of the biggest advantages to going digital would be the ability to update license information remotely.

"It would basically keep them out of the office, and for all those people with special needs, that are in nursing homes that have an issue to just get to a driver's license office," she said, "it's so simple."

There is still a year to go in the pilot during which Gemalto will focus on how to use the digital ID for things like setting up accounts online, instead of manually typing in information.

"And then we'll take all the results that we've found," Conway said, "...and we'll take the new refined technology and present it all to the states and it will really be up to them to determine when they'd like to implement this in a full-scale fashion."

Grassi believes most Americans will have the choice of using a digital driver's license, or sticking with the old hard copy, within the next five years.

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out. "We see great utility in the future with mobile driver's licenses that don't exist today with the physical plastic cards," said Paul Grassi with the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Toronto police have recovered the remains of at least six people on a property linked to accused serial killer Bruce McArthur, Detective Sgt. Hank Idsinga said Thursday.

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At least some of the remains have been identified as belonging to Andrew Kinsman, who was last seen in June 2017 and who is one of five missing men McArthur is charged with killing, Idsinga said.

Authorities have not identified the five other sets of remains, which were found in planters.

Idsinga said McArthur, 66, stored landscaping equipment at the property and the remains were found in potted plants.

Police have identified more than 30 properties where McArthur worked. They urged his past clients to come forward.

Suspect due in court next week

McArthur is due in Toronto provincial criminal court on February 14.

He has been charged with killing:

Esen had no fixed address, and often had a small plastic suitcase on wheels, police said. He was reported missing in April last year.

Kayhan was reported missing in October 2012.

Lisowick was not reported missing, but authorities believe he was killed sometime between May 2016 and July 2017.

Mahmudi was reported missing in August 2015.

Kinsman was last seen in June 2017.

"I got a text from one of his housemates on June 28, saying no one had heard from him for a couple days," said Ted Healy, a friend of Kinsman's. "We went into the apartment on Wednesday night. The cat was out of food and water and was glad to see us. The apartment was untouched."

"He was always the smartest guy in the room. And wasn't boastful about that. If he was your friend he was loyal and kind and generous. I miss him very much." Healy said.

Alleged serial killer

Last month, Idsinga characterized McArthur as an alleged serial killer.

"The city of Toronto has never seen anything like this," Idsinga said. The resources that are being thrown at it, everything that we have. I'd call it an unprecedented type of investigation."

Gary Speedie was a former co-worker of McArthur. The two met while doing landscape work for a mutual friend.

"He was always opinionated," Speedie said. "Never got any warm, friendly vibes from him. He seemed moody. Usually fairly happy, but sometimes quiet."

Speedie said he hadn't seen McArthur in several years.

"We did go to his apartment that he shared with his ex-partner for dinner once about 12 years ago. He came to our place for Christmas gatherings around the same time," he said.

CNN's Lauren del Valle, Keith Allen, and Paul Murphy contributed to this report.

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A photo of a teacher with the same hairstyle as her student is going viral for its inspirational message.

Teacher Leigha Bishop complimented her 4-year-old student's braids, and the student didn't seem to believe her.

Bishop wore her hair in the exact same style the next day to show the student how much she meant it.

Most people have a teacher that impacted them in a positive way, but rarely do teachers take as much of an inspiring approach as Leigha Bishop.

A photo of Bishop wearing the same braided hairstyle as one of her students has recently gone viral for its powerful message.

This teacher, Ms. Bishop from Lakeview Elementary in Sugarland, Tx complimented one of her student's hair saying she loved it, but the little girl didn't believe her. The next day, the teacher came to school with her hair done the same as her student so cute! pic.twitter.com/jdVc3eDIDq
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This teacher, Ms. Bishop from Lakeview Elementary in Sugarland, Tx complimented one of her student's hair saying she loved it, but the little girl didn't believe her. The next day, the teacher came to school with her hair done the same as her student so cute! pic.twitter.com/jdVc3eDIDq

Bishop said the idea started when she complimented the 4-year-old student on her hair, which wasn't met with the positive reaction she expected.

"Of course she didn't believe me, so she responded with a 'Sure, Ms. Bishop.' as she walked away," Bishop told INSIDER.

Disheartened by the student's reaction to her compliment, Bishop decided to take matters into her own hands to show her student just how much she meant it.

"With my student's hair being similar to mine, I thought what better way to show her how she inspired me to feel beautiful with that same braided updo hairstyle?" she told us.

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Bishop has been a teacher for seven years, and says she is always seeking ways to make sure her students feel valued.

"Teaching to me means to enhance a child's success by promoting their individual growth and their well being in ALL aspects of life," Bishop told us. "A child should be celebrated beyond academics, and that is my goal year after year."

People are loving the powerful message behind Bishop's actions, and have retweeted the photo over 125,000 times at the time of this post. Twitter users are calling it "heart warming" and "a moment she'll always treasure."

In a country where children are often terrorized and marginalized in the classroom this is an awesome gesture but this teacher. I'm not even sure she understands the magnitude of what she did, AMAZING.
- Regular Joe (@RegularJoe1084) February 7, 2018

In a country where children are often terrorized and marginalized in the classroom this is an awesome gesture but this teacher. I'm not even sure she understands the magnitude of what she did, AMAZING.

this is honestly so awesome, I went to Lakeview Elem. & I already thought it was a great school but now I love it even more 😢❤️
- D e s t i n y (@destinyydtinyy) February 7, 2018

this is honestly so awesome, I went to Lakeview Elem. & I already thought it was a great school but now I love it even more 😢❤️

🙌🏽👏🏽 yes! This will be a moment she'll always treasure
- J'Ardoin Janǽ (@JArdoin_814) February 5, 2018

🙌🏽👏🏽 yes! This will be a moment she'll always treasure

We need more of this. Building confidence and reinforcing the natural beauty of our little girls.
- cнrιѕтιne нerrera (@Kishez) February 6, 2018

We need more of this. Building confidence and reinforcing the natural beauty of our little girls.

You just made my whole week, this is so heart warming 💕
- Salame 12/1 (@Sanmiri6) February 6, 2018

You just made my whole week, this is so heart warming 💕

Following the popularity of her story, Bishop took a moment to thank those who have shared the message.

Wow!!! Thank you so much sharing💕💫 this is just me simply living my purpose....teaching children (and all people) to feel whole & loved!! Thank you again for sharing🤗
- Ms. Leigha Bishop (@LeighaBishop) February 6, 2018

Wow!!! Thank you so much sharing💕💫 this is just me simply living my purpose....teaching children (and all people) to feel whole & loved!! Thank you again for sharing🤗

Bishop is glad people have responded in a positive way.

"Oftentimes people will try their hardest to put a negative spin on things, but I have not seen one serious negative response!" Bishop said. "It has been the biggest blessing to have people from all over the world not only see the picture, but feel it too."

She's also hoping the message reaches and inspires people from all walks of life.

"Ultimately, this is not about hair, or being black, or being seen," Bishop told us. "It's about making a child feel they are one! They are whole! They are unique! And no one can or should make them feel any different."

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Flu-related hospitalizations rose to about 60 people out of every 100,000 in the fifth week of 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in its weekly surveillance report.

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Four metro girls become some of first in the country to join Boy Scouts

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Four metro girls have become some of the first in the country to join the Boy Scouts of America.

The organization celebrated its 108th anniversary Thursday. This year, the celebration included a historic change. Girls are now able to join the Cub Scouts.

Den Leader Jody Vanwey said this is the first time in the organization's history that girls could ever join the organization.

"There is nothing in any of the rank books that is male specific," she said. "All of the values that we try to instill in our little boys -- that parents want for their sons like being trustworthy and loyal -- now parents can get the same things for the daughters."

Tracy Wicks watched her two sons go through the Boy Scout. She said she was thrilled to see her daughter sharing the same uniform.

"I just want her to have the opportunity to do the different things she saw her older brothers doing," Wicks said.

Currently, girls can enroll in the Cub Scouts, which is for first through fifth grades. Future plans for girls to enroll in the Boy Scouts will not happen until 2019.

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1st overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft may or may not return for the 76ers this season. Fultz has been suffering a shoulder injury since playing the first 4 games of the season.

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Markelle Fultz's status for the remainder of the 2017-18 regular season is still up in the air.

"There's always a chance that he's going to be out there soon, and there's a chance that he's not going to play this year," Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo told reporters Friday. "I can't answer that question because we don't know the answer to that."

Colangelo also confirmed Fultz has been retooling his shot after seeking treatment for scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder.

"He's retraining his shooting mechanics," Colangelo said. "He's retraining his muscle movement patterns. All those things. That's the part that's a little bit of an unknown for us and our medical team. There's no timeline, per se."

On top of that, Colangelo disclosed Fultz's range is currently "within the paint."

That was also the case before Fultz hit the shelf.

Through four NBA appearances, the No. 1 overall pick didn't attempt a three-pointer, and all 27 of his field-goal attempts came within 16 feet of the rim, according to Basketball Reference.

"It's been a long journey just trying to relearn it," Fultz told TNT's Caron Butler on Tuesday. "I'm just going through it, and I want to go back out there as quick as I can."

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Around 1,200 flights in the Midwest have been canceled due to a severe snow storm.  There is an average of 1 inch of snow falling per hour, and Chicago is predicted to get around 8-14 inches.

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To execute the cyberattack, a thief needs physical access to an ATM and will use malware, physical hacking tools, or both, to take control of the machine and force it to dispense cash quickly.

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The Secret Service is warning banks about a hacking scheme called "jackpotting" that lets someone steal money from ATMs. It's the first time this type of scheme has made its way to the United States.

To execute the cyberattack, a thief needs physical access to an ATM and will use malware, physical hacking tools, or both, to take control of the machine and force it to dispense cash quickly. If it works, cash pours out of the ATM like the hacker won a jackpot.

"Criminals have been able to find vulnerabilities in financial institutions that operate ATMs, primarily ATMs that are stand-alone," the Secret Service said in a release shared with CNN Tech. "The targeted stand-alone ATMs are routinely located in pharmacies, big box retailers, and drive thru ATMs."

At least six attacks have taken place within the last week. They ranged in location from the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf region to New England. Thieves have stolen over $1 million in attacks so far.

The Secret Service said criminals associated with jackpotting can be individuals or organized crime groups.

ATM makers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corporation confirmed they have alerted clients to the potential jackpotting attacks. A spokesperson for Diebold Nixdorf said older Diebold units are being targeted.

Similar jackpotting attacks spread through Latin America last year.

Related: Two hours and 1,600 fake credit cards later: $13 million is gone

Jackpotting has also been reported in Europe and Asia. Independent security journalist Brian Krebs first reported the U.S. jackpotting threats.

In recent months, activity around ATM hacking and jackpotting has spiked on the dark web, according to Paulo Shakarian, CEO at threat intelligence firm CYR3CON. The dark web refers to networks of websites that require specific software to access. Some dark web sites are known for criminal activity.

Shakarian said his firm tracked an uptick in conversations around malware used for jackpotting and also noticed people talking on these forums about new ATM hacking hardware targeting specific machines.Shakarian also spotted a jackpotting guide available for sale on one dark web forum.

"Any one of those things by themselves might not lead you to believe that U.S. jackpotting is imminent," he said. "But now you're seeing multiple indicators that could be pointing to it."

The Secret Service did not say how many jackpotting cases the agency has seen. The release noted the agency received reports about planned U.S. jackpotting attacks through its Electronic Crimes Task Force partners.

-- CNN's Samuel Burke contributed to this report.

CNNMoney (San Francisco) First published January 29, 2018: 6:29 PM ET

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Tomorow is a big day for LSJBA basketball. At noon, the top two teams in the league, Team Allen and Team Rowe will square off and it should be a duel to the death. Team Allen is led by All-pro guards Joseph Thomas and Brayden Priest who are both averaging 15+ ppg. Also in the league, Team Blackham, Led by Returning All-pro forward Cade Cowan who is currently averaging a triple double, will square off with team Rife who is legit terrible.

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After giving birth at Tuscon International Airport, a mom left her baby in the bathroom with a handwritten note. The note said she wanted what was best for her baby and that wasn't her.

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Authorities are looking for a mother who they believe abandoned her newborn baby at Tucson International Airport with a handwritten note pleading, "I just want what is best for him and it is not me."

The woman, seen on security footage carrying something wrapped in a blanket and walking with an awkward gait, may have given birth in an airport bathroom in Tucson, Arizona, before leaving the child on a changing table at a family changing room with a handwritten note, Los Angeles ABC station KABC reported.

Tucson Airport Authority via Storyful

The Tucson Airport Authority released footage this week of the woman walking through the airport when the baby was abandoned on Jan. 14, and are looking to find out who she is.

The note left with the child read, "Please help me. My mom had no idea she was pregnant. She is unable and unfit to take care of me. Please get me to the authorities so they can find a good home.

"I just want what is best for him and it's not me," the note adds.

Tucson Airport Authority via Storyful

Airport security received a 911 call from someone who discovered the baby at the changing table near baggage claim, according to KABC, and they immediately began investigating.

The child was in good condition, authorities said.

The Washington Post reported airport officials found bloody clothes in an airport bathroom they believe belong to the woman.

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Mother gives birth, abandons baby in airport bathroom with handwritten note

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Authorities are looking for a mother who they believe abandoned her newborn baby at Tucson International Airport with a handwritten note pleading, "I just want what is best for him and it is not me." The woman, seen on security footage carrying something wrapped in a blanket and walking with an...

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After the government shutdown, Trump signed a budget deal, and the government has reopened. One of the things that will be affected by this budget deal is distribution of disaster relief funds.

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out.

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out.

"We see great utility in the future with mobile driver's licenses that don't exist today with the physical plastic cards," said Paul Grassi with the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. "With innovation occurring on mobile platforms it almost makes too much sense to add this as an option."

NIST provided a $2 million grant to a cybersecurity company called Gemalto to design and test a digital license in a two-year pilot program.
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"The purpose of that pilot is really to test the technology before we went to a full-scale implementation." according to Tiffany Conway, field marketing director for Gemalto North America.

The company has already conducted field trials in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

"It's not just an image of a license on your phone," Conway said, "it's really a new way of carrying and storing your credential that allows you to interact with verifying parties in a completely different way."

The cellphone app does show your license, front and back, just as it looks on your plastic version. But unlike the license in your wallet, the app has settings that allow you to limit what's shown, depending on the situation.

For example, when buying alcohol "you only see their picture and it says that they are of age," said Elizabeth Gregg, general manager of Applejack Wine & Spirits in Denver, which participated in field testing.
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Nothing else on your ID is seen by the store clerk.

"You're just checking the face recognition with the computer and they're off and running," Gregg said, adding that simplicity and speed would really help stores like hers that have thousands of transactions in a single day.

On the other hand, if you are pulled over while driving, your entire license will be available to the officer. But what about those of us frightened by the idea of giving police access to all the information in our phone?

"That's a fantastic point and something that we've really heard from the get go of this," Conway said, "that no one wants to hand their cell phone over to anyone for any purpose."

Gemalto's solution was to develop an app you can access separately from the other information in your phone, protected, of course, by a pin or fingerprint. Conway said it works a bit like a digital ticket to a movie or concert. You open the app and hold your phone close to a device that scans or reads the information.

"Whether you are at the airport, whether you are being pulled over by law enforcement, your phone never leaves your hand," he said.

Not everyone is thrilled with the idea, however - including criminal defense attorney and self-described civil libertarian Dan Recht.

"What comes to my mind is the possibility of frightening privacy invasion by the government," Recht said.

Recht believes people have gotten much too used to having all of their personal information stored electronically. While he said there is nothing inherently wrong with a digital driver's license, he said it leaves room for abuse.

"What keeps the government from overreaching?" Recht said. "What keeps them from going the next step? And it really is only another step or two, to a national ID where they know everything about you."

"One of the very first tenets is no national ID," Grassi said of the work NIST is doing. "And the mobile driver's license would be no different."

Each individual state will still be in control of driver's license information, as they are now, he said.

Diane Johanssen manages the driver's license office in Lakewood, Colorado, which took part in field testing Gemalto's product.

"Everyone wants it right now and I think that the digital license is the wave of the future, personally and professionally," Johanssen said.

Johanssen said one of the biggest advantages to going digital would be the ability to update license information remotely.

"It would basically keep them out of the office, and for all those people with special needs, that are in nursing homes that have an issue to just get to a driver's license office," she said, "it's so simple."

There is still a year to go in the pilot during which Gemalto will focus on how to use the digital ID for things like setting up accounts online, instead of manually typing in information.

"And then we'll take all the results that we've found," Conway said, "...and we'll take the new refined technology and present it all to the states and it will really be up to them to determine when they'd like to implement this in a full-scale fashion."

Grassi believes most Americans will have the choice of using a digital driver's license, or sticking with the old hard copy, within the next five years.

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Driver's licenses could soon be replaced by cell phone apps

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Your driver's license could be replaced by a cellphone app if a pilot program involving four states and the District of Columbia works out. "We see great utility in the future with mobile driver's licenses that don't exist today with the physical plastic cards," said Paul Grassi with the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Russia got busted for trying to steal bit coins.

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Several scientists working at a highly-guarded Russian facility that produced the Soviet Union's first nuclear bomb reportedly have been arrested after trying to use one of the supercomputers there to acquire Bitcoins.

The scientists' were caught after the computer - which is supposed to be disconnected from the Internet to prevent intrusions - went online, the BBC reported, citing Russian media.

"There has been an unsanctioned attempt to use computer facilities for private purposes including so-called mining," said a statement from the Federal Nuclear Centre in Sarov.

Popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin don't rely on a set of centralized servers but instead get the power for transactions from a network of computers around the globe. Those who donate processing power can be rewarded with Bitcoins, the BBC reports.

"As far as we are aware, a criminal case has been launched against them," the Interfax News Agency was quoted as saying.

The Federal Nuclear Centre has a supercomputer with a capacity of 1 petaflop, good for about 1,000 trillion calculations per second, according to the BBC.

The town of Sarov is guarded with barbed-wire fences and special permits are the only way to get inside.

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Russian nuclear scientists busted for plot to acquire Bitcoins, reports say

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Several scientists working at a highly-guarded Russian facility that produced the Soviet Union's first nuclear bomb reportedly have been arrested after trying to use one of the supercomputers there to acquire Bitcoins. The scientists' were caught after the computer - which is supposed to be disconnected from the Internet to prevent intrusions - went online, the BBC reported, citing Russian media.

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The White House pushed ahead Wednesday with plans to throw a grand military parade through the streets of Washington, brushing aside criticism that such a display could be an unnecessary show of raw military power.

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The White House pushed ahead Wednesday with plans to throw a grand military parade through the streets of Washington, brushing aside criticism that such a display could be an unnecessary show of raw military power.

In a briefing to reporters, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the parade plan reflects Trump's respect for the armed forces.

"We all know the president of the United States' affection for the military," Mattis said. He said the Pentagon has been "putting together some options" for the parade to send to the White House.

The Washington Post, which was first to report the plan Tuesday, said Trump wants an elaborate parade this year with soldiers marching and tanks rolling, but no date has been selected.

Massive military parades of the kind that are common in authoritarian countries like China and North Korea are not quintessentially American. The U.S. traditionally has not embraced such showy displays of military might, such as North Korea's parading of ballistic missiles as a claim of international prestige and influence.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told CNN that such a parade risks being "kind of cheesy and a sign of weakness" if it's all about showing off military hardware.

"My hope is this parade will not focus on military hardware, but on military service, sacrifice, and saying 'Thank You" to those who protect our nation," Graham said on Twitter.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said a parade would be a "fantastic waste of money." But White House legislative director Marc Short shot back on MSNBC: "I'm not sure honoring the military is a waste of money."

Short said it was too early to know how much the parade would cost.

It has long been conventional wisdom that the U.S. does not need to boast of its military strength because it already is recognized as the leader of the NATO alliance and a model of military professionalism that countries across the globe seek to emulate.

Last September, at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump announced his idea of staging a grand parade of the armed forces in Washington on July 4.

Trump reminisced about watching France's Bastille Day military parade when he visited Paris in July. He said the two-hour parade was a "tremendous thing for France and for the spirit of France," and said he wanted one on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington that would be grander than the one he saw in Paris.

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White House advances idea of military parade

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The White House pushed ahead Wednesday with plans to throw a grand military parade through the streets of Washington, brushing aside criticism that such a display could be an unnecessary show of raw military power. In a briefing to reporters, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the parade plan reflects Trump's respect for the armed forces.

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Greg Louganis (Past Olympic gold medalist for diving) spoke about his hesitation to visit the White House if he were still competing.

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Olympic diving gold medalist Greg Louganis talks about his hesitation to visit the White House if he were still competing.

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He heard 'My baby!' and came to the rescue, then disappeared. The family finally found him

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He heard 'My baby!' and came to the rescue, then disappeared. The family finally found him

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Rick Freund was driving home from watching car races one late summer night in 1971 when he spotted a section of sky brightly illuminated by what had to be fire.