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A painting of Britney Spears sells for $10,000 at an auction for the Loss lives in Las Vegas Shooting.

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At a Vegas Cares auction benefiting victims and first responders of the Las Vegas mass shooting, a painting Britney Spears created sold for $10,000.

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Three times a day, for about a year a heartbroken dog stared out the window constantly, then His Owner Wrote A Note To The Neighbor.

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Heartbroken Dog Stared Out The Window Constantly, But Then His Owner Wrote A Note To The Neighbor.

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Authorities say a man who was in a Colorado court for violating his bond on a drug charge is in even more trouble after a wad of cocaine fell from his hat while he was in front of the judge.

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It's singles day in China which is also called the anti-Valentine's Day.

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It's that time of year again: the biggest shopping day of the year.

No, it's not Black Friday. It's China's Singles Day, which falls on Nov. 11 every year.

The online flash sale binge on China's mammoth e-commerce giants, like Alibaba's Tmall.com and its rival JD.com, begins at midnight Friday China local time and lasts for 24 hours.

For a few years now, Singles Day sales have far surpassed its U.S. counterparts of Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- combined.

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Last year, Americans spent a record $12.8 billion online between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, according to analytics firm Adobe Digital Imprints. Impressive until you compare it to the $17.6 billion in sales generated by Chinese consumers in a single 24-hour period during 2016's Singles Day.

This year, Citigroup told Bloomberg that Singles Day sales are expected to exceed $23 billion. That's more than the gross domestic product of Iceland in 2016.

So what's it all about?

Singles Day is China's anti-Valentine's Day -- known as "Bare Sticks Day" or "Bare Branches Day" in Chinese -- because the date "11/11" looks like bare branches and "one" is the loneliest number.

Legend has it Singles Day began in the early 1990s in the dorm rooms of Nanjing University, one of China's oldest and most prestigious universities, when a group of single friends bemoaned the lack of significant others and decided to mark the day by organizing activities as a group of singles and soothing their loneliness by buying themselves a gift.

It was originally known as Bachelor's Day, but soon became an unofficial day for all of China's youth to celebrate -- or at least feel OK -- about being single.

Then in 2009, sensing a lull between the sales period of China's National Day on Oct. 1 and Chinese New Year in late January or early February, Alibaba's Jack Ma saw an opening: retail therapy to soothe lonely hearts.

The first year did only $7.5 million in sales, but just five years later, that record was broken in 12 hours.

What's up this year?

The Countdown Gala

The countdown toward Singles Day has become a cultural event. Each year Alibaba holds a slickly produced live-streamed and televised countdown gala that has become more and more extravagant. The event held on the evening on Nov. 10 is basically a warm-up act until the flash sales go live at the stroke of midnight.

This year's gala is set to features appearances by the likes musicians Pharrell Williams and Jessie J, basketball star LeBron James and tennis player Maria Sharapova. Alibaba's Ma, a tai chi aficionado, is set unveil a short film starring himself performing martial arts alongside Jet Li, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"'s Donnie Yen and Thailand's Tony Jaa.

Unlimited alcohol supply?

Vendors are also getting creative to cut through the competition. The Chinese liquor brand Jiang Xiao Bai is offering an enticing deal for those who have an insatiable craving for the strong distilled Chinese spirit know as baijiu. As of this writing, Jiang Xiao Bai is offering 28 limited sets of a "lifetime supply" of baijiu for ¥11,111 ($1,672). The pictures of the bottles are wrapped with the words "This liquor is your partner for life."

If you buy their Singles Day set, the company will send you 12 3.4-ounce bottles a month until you die of natural causes, or liver failure. It appears they have taken that into account. The purchase agreement the company is circulating online says that within five years of purchase you can transfer the supply to a family member in the event of the original purchaser's death.

The agreement also says that if the company folds anytime within 30 years of the purchase then the lifetime supply will be voided.

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It's that time of year again: the biggest shopping day of the year. No, it's not Black Friday. It's China's Singles Day, which falls on Nov. 11 every year. The online flash sale binge on China's mammoth e-commerce giants, like Alibaba's Tmall.com and its rival JD.com, begins at midnight Friday...

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Trump reportedly supports revoking Church of Scientology's tax-exempt status.

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President Trump reportedly wants the Church of Scientology to lose its tax-exempt status, a longtime aide and friend to the commander-in-chief told actress Leah Remini.

Lynne Patton, a friend of the Trump family and official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), told Remini, a former member but now outspoken critic of Scientology, that Trump wanted to revoke the church's tax-exempt status, the Huffington Post reported.

Patton was put in charge of HUD's Region II in June, which oversees parts of New York and New Jersey.

Patton tweeted to Remini on May 30 to communicate in a direct message. Remini responded and offered Patton help, according to tweets obtained from the Huffington Post.
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"From The moment I saw your series I told President Trump & his family we needed to revoke their tax exempt status. They couldn't agree more, but please don't publicize that yet," Patton wrote to Remini in May. "This is going to get done in the next 4 years or I'll die trying. Knock on wood!"

Patton responded to Remini's email the next day stating, "I look forward to doing my part to help put an end to this ongoing nightmare and blatant misuse of our IRS rules & regulations. ... I want to do more research on Scientology's history with the IRS, to date, so that I can better understand what tactics have been applied and where we can pick up. Would you have any of this information handy? If not, I will obtain it from the agency directly, Kindly advise!"

It was not clear if the IRS was contacted by Patton regarding Scientology's tax-exempt status.

The IRS granted the church tax-exempt status following a long battle the church waged against the agency, Fortune reported. Scientology members filed dozens of lawsuits against IRS employees and the agency. Members also hired private investigators to find any information against IRS employees to use against them.

Remini, who was a longtime member of Scientology until 2013, has a documentary-series on A&E titled "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath." The show talks to former members of the church about the abuses and mistreatment they said they endured from Scientology and its members. Remini's show has won an Emmy Award and universal praise for exposing the alleged abuses within the church.

The Church of Scientology was founded by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer, in 1953. Hubbard worked hard to get the church tax-exempt but the feat was not accomplished until 1993, years after the leader's death in 1986, Fortune reported.
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The allegations were exposed in the 2015 documentary film " Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief."

After a meeting, the IRS held with now-church leader David Miscavige and the former Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the church and 150 members were granted the status.

Miscavige declared "war is over" to members following the decision.

The Church of Scientology denied the documentary's representation of how it was granted tax exempt status, Fortune reported.

However, The Hill said the IRS was the only organization that could make the decision to revoke the church's tax-exempt status.

"For the White House or any administration official to try and influence who the IRS targets, for whatever reason, is wrong and could result in a violation of the law," a former general counsel member of the Federal Election Commission told The Hill. "The IRS must make these decisions independently without any influence by the White House or administration officials."

Remini told the Huffington Post that she has not heard from Patton since June 8.

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President Trump reportedly wants the Church of Scientology to lose its tax-exempt status, a longtime aide and friend to the commander-in-chief told actress Leah Remini. Lynne Patton, a friend of the Trump family and official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), told Remini, a former member but now outspoken critic of Scientology, that Trump wanted to revoke the church's tax-exempt status, the Huffington Post reported.

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Britney Spears painting sells for $10,000 at an auction benefiting the victims and first responders at the Las Vegas mass shooting.

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At a Vegas Cares auction benefiting victims and first responders of the Las Vegas mass shooting, a painting Britney Spears created sold for $10,000.

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The Trump administration's showdown with AT&T could turn into a legal fight unlike anything corporate America has seen in four decades.

Justice Department and AT&T sources told CNNMoney this week that AT&T would either need to buy Time Warner without its Turner unit, which includes CNN, or give up DirecTV, which it already owns, to gain the government's blessing.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said at the Dealbook conference in New York on Thursday that selling CNN is not in the cards, and he's ready to go to trial.

Virtually all mergers are either approved or scuttled outside of court, but that's especially true for the kind of deal AT&T is seeking.

Its proposed deal with Time Warner is a so-called vertical acquisition, because Time Warner would add a new line of business to AT&T: AT&T sells internet, phone and video services, and Time Warner makes content. The companies do not compete with one another. Because vertical mergers typically don't reduce competition, U.S. regulators very rarely fight to stop them.

If the dispute does end up in court, it could be the first vertical acquisition case that the U.S. government has fought in court all the way to conclusion since 1979, according to Steven Salop, a professor at Georgetown Law.

Why do so few mergers end up in court? The legal process is long and expensive. The burden of proof favors the government. And antitrust sentiment has shifted in favor of companies.

Time is of the essence. Even a case that's on a fast track can take six months to complete, and an appeal could take six more months.

All those legal bills are expensive on their own. But the companies also have to enter a holding pattern, unable to adjust their strategies as they wait to see whether they will combine or go their separate ways.

In many ways, time can be the enemy of the deal. A lot can change in the span of a lengthy regulatory battle that can make a deal less appetizing, including shifting markets, stock prices and economic conditions.

Related: Who is Makan Delrahim, the Trump antitrust chief?

Low burden of proof. Unlike in most other countries, the government does not have the power to block a deal outright -- it has to sue to block it.

If the government does challenge a merger, it typically brings a lawsuit under Section 7 of the century-old Clayton Act. To win its case, the government only needs to prove that a merger "may" harm competition, according to Craig Wildfang, antitrust attorney at Robins Kaplan.

That's why the vast majority of companies that regulators challenge either drop their merger bids or settle outside of court. Regulators will often attach stipulations called consent judgments that force companies to divest certain assets or agree to pro-competitive behaviors.

Those settlements have to be approved by a judge, but they're almost always granted.

Changing sentiment. In the 1970s case, the government sued to block the nation's largest truck trailer company from buying the biggest manufacturer of truck wheels. Though they weren't direct competitors, the FTC argued that the combined company could illegally harm the truck wheel market. The government lost on appeal, and the deal went through.

Shortly after that trial, the tide turned in favor of merging companies. Under President Reagan, the government appointed antitrust lawyers who favored less government intervention in corporate acquisitions.

"Since the 1980s and '90s, the judicial attitude has been to let free markets flourish," said Sam Miller, a professor at UC Hastings and the prosecutor who led the government's first antitrust case against Microsoft two decades ago.

That sentiment continued even throughout President Obama's administration, which blocked only slightly more mergers than his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush.

Related: Obama wasn't as tough on antitrust as you'd think

For example, Obama administration regulators sued to block just 47 of the nation's 1,832 mergers last year. Only three of those cases ended up going to trial, but all of those were different from AT&T/Time Warner -- horizontal mergers that would have taken a competitor out of the marketplace.

The Justice Department won all three of those cases this year, including the scuttling of proposed health insurance mega-mergers between Anthem and Cigna and between Aetna and Humana.

Where does that leave AT&T and Time Warner? Stephenson said that the companies are still negotiating with the Justice Department, and the deal could ultimately be settled out of court.

But if the case does go to trial, it could be a long, drawn out process that could take years to complete.

CNNMoney (New York) First published November 10, 2017: 12:02 PM ET

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A star from "Little Women Atlanta" was driving under the influence and caused a car crash that left a Coast Guardsman dead,she was being charged with a DUI maiming but the police may upgrade the charge to a DUI manslaughter.

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A woman who was featured on "Little Women: Atlanta" was charged for allegedly driving under the influence in a fatal car crash that left a Coast Guardsman dead.

Melissa Hancock, 25, was driving in the wrong direction in Virginia Beach, Va., when she hit Daniel Dill's car on Saturday around 2 a.m., police told the Virginian-Pilot.

The 29-year-old Coast Guardsman was taken to the hospital and treated for a major spinal cord injury, brain swelling, broken bones and internal injuries.

He died Sunday after his family made the decision to withdraw care.

According to the Virginian-Pilot, Hancock told police she had two to four mixed drinks one hour before driving home.

Hancock's blood alcohol level was 0.112 two hours after the crash. She was granted a $15,000 bond during a court hearing on Tuesday and was ordered to wear a GPS device which also tracks alcohol use, according to the Virginia-Pilot.

She was charged with DUI maiming but police may upgrade the charge to DUI manslaughter.

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Roy Moore's brother defended him against allegations of sexual behavior with a minor. He also compared the situation to the persecution of Jesus Christ.

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Roy Moore's brother reportedly defended him against allegations of sexual conduct with a minor, comparing the situation to the persecution of Jesus Christ, according to CNN.

CNN correspondent Martin Savidge spoke with Jerry Moore by phone, and said that he suggested the women who have made accusations against his brother are being paid by the Democratic Party to come forward.

"When I asked what does he believe the motivation is with these women coming forward, making the accusations they have, again, Jerry Moore says it's money and the Democratic Party, implying that they are doing this because they're being paid in some way, and it is for the purpose of derailing or interrupting this campaign," Savidge said.

Savidge said that Jerry Moore said "that his brother is being persecuted, in his own words, like Jesus Christ was," and that in their conversation he was "very defiant and very outspoken, relying on his faith and defending his brother to the hilt."

The Washington Post report published Thursday contained accounts from four women who said that Roy Moore, the GOP candidate for an empty Alabama Senate seat, tried to pursue relationships or engage in sexual conduct with them when they were teenagers and Moore was in his thirties. One woman alleged that Moore touched her sexually and kissed her when she was 14 and he was 32.

Roy Moore denied the accusations and said they were part of the "all-out war on our conservative values."

"The Obama-Clinton Machine's liberal media lapdogs just launched the most vicious and nasty round of attacks against me I've EVER faced!" He tweeted.

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Roy Moore's brother reportedly defended him against allegations of sexual conduct with a minor, comparing the situation to the persecution of Jesus Christ, according to CNN. CNN correspondent Martin Savidge spoke with Jerry Moore by phone, and said that he suggested the women who have made accusations against his brother are being paid by the Democratic Party to come forward.

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A vehicle was intentionally driven Friday into three students outside a high school near the southern French city of Toulouse, injuring them, the country's interior ministry said.

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Dunkin’ Donuts staffer sold drugs on the job, police say

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Here's a lesson on what you should definitely donut do while on the clock.

A Pennsylvania man is being accused of selling methamphetamines and heroin while at work at Dunkin' Donuts, Fox 17 reports. Authorizes were tipped off about the suspicious behavior of Dunkin' staffer Nathan Pizzardi earlier in the summer of 2017, and began monitoring him on the job.
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"We found that he would stay in his uniform, even his headpiece from the drive-through window at Dunkin' Donuts [...] when he went out to his personal vehicle and made the transactions," Lancaster County District Attorney's office spokesman Brett Hambright said.

Through August and September, law enforcement officers say that Pizzardi sold $25 worth of meth in the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot as well as $90 worth of heroin at a nearby Turkey Hill.
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In lieu of $80,000 bail, the 35-year-old from Denver was placed in Lancaster County prison, Pennlive.com reports. Further, court documents do not name an attorney who could comment on Pizzardi's behalf.

Hambright added that this case is just the tip of a larger iceberg, as "low-level [drug] dealers" who are gainfully employed are becoming increasingly common as the national opioid epidemic rages on.
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Here's a lesson on what you should definitely donut do while on the clock. A Pennsylvania man is being accused of selling methamphetamines and heroin while at work at Dunkin' Donuts, Fox 17 reports. Authorizes were tipped off about the suspicious behavior of Dunkin' staffer Nathan Pizzardi earlier in the summer of 2017, and began monitoring him on the job.

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George Papadopoulos, the Trump foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI initially.

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George Papadopoulos, the Trump aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, initially misled agents out of what he claimed was loyalty to Trump, a source said.

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A 3-year-old boy died at the hospital after reportedly eating a grilled cheese at his New York City school.

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Those in the Northeast are breaking out winter hats and mittens for the first time this season as an arctic front is moving through the I-95 corridor Friday and ushering in the coldest air of the season.

Behind the arctic front, wind chills are below zero and in the single digits in Midwest. These wind chills will move into the Northeast later Friday morning and into the afternoon and night.

The Northeast will have the coldest temperatures Friday night into Saturday morning, with ABC News forecasting record lows for Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston in the lower to middle 20s.

Wind chills will be even colder, teens and single digits will be in most of the New England and I-95 corridor.

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Because of the arctic air mass, the National Weather Service has issued multiple warnings and advisories for 16 states from Alabama to Michigan and east to New York.

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Snow will be the problem around the Greak Lakes.

Lake effect snow will continue around the Great Lakes from Michigan to New York and Pennsylvania, with some snow also possible in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Locally, 2 to 4 inches is possible around the lakes and maybe an inch or two in western New York, Pennsylvania and New England, ABC News forecasts.

A new storm system will move through the Midwest and the Great Lakes Friday night into Saturday, bringing more snow from Minnesota to Wisconsin and into Michigan. A winter storm watch has been issued for parts of the area with 5 to 9 inches of snow possible locally near the lakes.

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Those in the Northeast are breaking out winter hats and mittens for the first time this season as an arctic front is moving through the I-95 corridor Friday and ushering in the coldest air of the season. Behind the arctic front, wind chills are below zero and in the single digits in Midwest.

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A man convicted of attempting to join ISIS was granted supervised release from a Minnesota halfway house Thursday -- fewer than three years since he tried boarding a jet to meet up with the Islamic terror group in Syria. Abdullah Yusuf, 21, has been held at the federal halfway house since November 2016.

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A man convicted of attempting to join ISIS was granted supervised release from a Minnesota halfway house Thursday -- fewer than three years since he tried boarding a jet to meet up with the Islamic terror group in Syria.

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UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley reportedly could be forced to serve 20 days of house arrest and receive permanent banishment from China after being arrested for stealing Tuesday in Hangzhou.

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Report: LiAngelo Ball, UCLA Players Likely to Be Placed on House Arrest

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Aly Raisman: I was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor.

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Raisman, now 23, was a star gymnast on the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic teams, earning six medals overall. She said that she was first treated by Nassar when she was 15 years old.

"Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up?" Raisman said in a short clip released by 60 Minutes. "Why not look at what about the culture? What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?"

"You're angry," reporter Jon Lapook said.

"I am angry. I'm really upset because it's been -- I care a lot, you know, when I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is, I just -- I can't -- every time I look at them, every time I see them smiling, I just think -- I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this."

Raisman is the second member of the famed "Fierce Five" team of American gymnasts to speak out about Nassar, the former team doctor who has been charged with various counts of sexual misconduct and child pornography.

Last month, under the "#MeToo" hashtag, McKayla Maroney said Nassar sexually abused her under the guise of providing "medically necessary treatment." That "treatment" began when Maroney was 13 and continued through her stellar performance at the 2012 Olympics.

"It seemed whenever and wherever this man could find the chance, I was 'treated.' It happened in London before my team and I won the gold medal, and it happened before I won my silver," Maroney wrote.

Maroney described one incident with Nassar as "the scariest night of my life," and she encouraged others to come forward and speak about their experiences.

"Is it possible to put an end to this type of abuse? Is it possible for survivors to speak out, without putting careers, and dreams in jeopardy? I hope so," she wrote. "Our silence has given the wrong people power for too long, and it's time to take our power back.

"And remember, it's never too late to speak up."

Charges against Nassar

Dozens of women have accused Nassar of sexual misconduct. Nassar faces 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and 11 counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct at the state level, Megan Hawthorne, deputy press secretary for Michigan State Attorney General Bill Schuette, told CNN in July.

Nassar also pleaded guilty in July to federal charges of receiving child pornography, possessing child pornography and to a charge that he hid and destroyed evidence in the case. The guilty plea was part of an agreement with the western Michigan US Attorney's Office and was formally entered in federal court in Grand Rapids. His sentencing on the federal child pornography charges is scheduled for November 27.

In July, Nassar's attorneys, Matthew Newburg and Shannon Smith, declined to comment to CNN on the guilty plea, but issued a brief statement about the state charges he also faces.

"Dr. Nassar's position on the state cases has not changed and we intend to proceed to trial. The plea today was negotiated only to resolve the federal charges," their joint statement reads.

Reached on Friday, Newburg said he did not have a comment on Raisman's allegations.

In a statement, USA Gymnastics praised Raisman's dedication and determination to succeed and her willingness to speak out.

"In the last year, Aly has become an advocate for many issues, and sharing her personal experience of abuse takes great courage," USA Gymnastics said. "We are appalled by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused, and we are very sorry that any athlete has been harmed during her or his gymnastics career."

"Aly's passion and concern for athlete safety is shared by USA Gymnastics," the organization added. "Our athletes are our priority, and we are committed to promoting an environment of empowerment that encourages speaking up, especially on difficult topics like abuse, as well the protection of athletes at all levels throughout our gymnastics community."

In light of the sex abuse scandal, USA Gymnastics adopted a series of reforms in June that it said will better prevent and respond to future cases of abuse. All members are now required to report suspected sexual misconduct, and adults kicked out of a club will be tracked in a database to prevent future abuse.

"We are committed to doing what is right, and we want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe," USA Gymnastics said.

CNN's AnneClaire Stapleton, Laura Ly and Jill Martin contributed to this report.

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Raisman, now 23, was a star gymnast on the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic teams, earning six medals overall. She said that she was first treated by Nassar when she was 15 years old. "Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up?" Raisman said in a short clip released by 60 Minutes.

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Boy, 3, Allergic to Dairy, Dies After Eating Grilled Cheese at Pre-K

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A spokesman for the Fire Department said that no F.D.N.Y. ambulances were called to that pre-K center on Friday. Ruben Porras, a cousin of Elijah's father, said the school did not call an ambulance but called the boy's mother instead. She then took him to the hospital.

Christopher R. Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said in a statement: "There is nothing more important than the safety of our children and we are deeply saddened by this tragedy. We will get to the bottom of what happened here. In the meantime, we closed the Center for Family Services and are continuing to aggressively investigate what happened and whether the facility could have done something differently to prevent this tragedy."

Mr. Miller said that there was a safety plan in place for Elijah at the Center, but he declined to say whether there was an EpiPen on site that could have treated the boy's symptoms, citing the ongoing investigation.

On Thursday Lorelei A. Vargas, a deputy commissioner at the Administration for Children's Services, visited the preschool, a brick building with "Pre-K For All" signs in its windows and a brightly colored mural out front, splashed with the words "fun," "read," and "friends."

"There were no red flags at the center," Ms. Vargas said. "We do believe that this was an isolated event."

The GoFundMe page said that in addition to memorial expenses, the family was raising money for counseling for Elijah's brother, Sebastian, 5, and to pay for a second, independent autopsy because "it is unclear where responsibility for Elijah's death will fall between the pre-K and the hospital itself."

The page continued: "We dread the upcoming holiday season without our little boy. We are lost."

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A spokesman for the Fire Department said that no F.D.N.Y. ambulances were called to that pre-K center on Friday. Ruben Porras, a cousin of Elijah's father, said the school did not call an ambulance but called the boy's mother instead. She then took him to the hospital. Christopher R.