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Eleven hours before she shot up YouTube headquarters and then killed herself, Nasim Najafi Aghdam chatted with police.
It was 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, and Aghdam was hundreds of miles away from home. Police found her car overnight at a Mountain View parking lot, about 30 miles southeast of YouTube headquarters.

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It was 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, and Aghdam was hundreds of miles away from home. Police found her car overnight at a Mountain View parking lot, about 30 miles southeast of YouTube headquarters.

A quick check of her license plate revealed the owner had been reported missing from the San Diego area.

"We contacted the woman inside the vehicle, who was asleep, to check on her and to determine if she was the same person who had been reported missing," Mountain View police said.

"At no point during our roughly 20 minute interaction with her did she mention anything about YouTube, if she was upset with them, or that she had planned to harm herself or others ... she was calm and cooperative."

So officers notified her family and let her go.

But Aghdam's brother said he called police about his sister, an animal rights activist with a serious grudge against YouTube.

Website rails against YouTube

Police are investigating a website that appears to show the same woman lambasting YouTube for restricting her videos.

Authorities have not confirmed whether the site belonged to Aghdam. But on Wednesday, San Bruno police Chief Ed Barberini said "we know (Aghdam) was upset with YouTube, and now we've determined that was the motive."

The website lists four YouTube channels for the woman -- one in Farsi, one in Turkish, one in English and one devoted to hand art. It also lists an Instagram page that focuses on vegan life.

The woman's grievances against YouTube appear to be centered around censorship and revenue.

"There is no equal growth opportunity on YOUTUBE or any other video sharing site, your channel will grow if they want to!!!!!" one post reads. "Youtube filtered my channels to keep them from getting views!"

Another post accuses "close-minded" YouTube employees of putting an age restriction on videos, saying it's aimed at reducing views and discouraging the woman from making new videos.

On a YouTube channel, the same woman described herself as a vegan bodybuilder and an animal rights activist. But by Tuesday night, the account had been terminated, with a YouTube message citing "multiple or severe violations" of its policy.

The website's postings aren't limited to YouTube. Videos on several social media platforms include posts on animal rights, vegan lifestyle and the political system in Iran. Others include a bizarre mix of musical parodies.

An animal-loving vegan

Relatives are trying to reconcile how Aghdam, whom they called a peace-loving vegan, was capable of such violence.

Before Tuesday, her brother told KGTV, "she never hurt any creature."

Aghdam was known for protesting against animal cruelty and supporting a vegan lifestyle, relatives said.

But in a phone call between Aghdam's father and police, the father said YouTube recently took action on some of Aghdam's vegan videos, a move that infuriated her.

Two calls, two different accounts.

When Aghdam's brother learned her car was found in Mountain View, he worried she "might do something."

"I Googled 'Mountain View,' and it was close to YouTube headquarters. And she had a problem with YouTube," Aghdam's brother told CNN affiliate KGTV.

He said he warned police that "she went all the way from San Diego, so she might do something."

But Mountain View police said they received no warning that Aghdam might do anything violent.

After discovering Aghdam in her car, police called the woman's father and brother.

"The father confirmed to us that the family had been having issues at home, but did not act in any way concerned about why his daughter had left. At no point during that conversation did either Aghdam's father or brother make any statements regarding the woman's potential threat to, or a possible attack on, the YouTube campus," Mountain View police said.

"Roughly one hour after our phone call to Aghdam's family, her father called us back to let us know that she made a series of vegan videos for her channel on YouTube and that the company had recently done something to her videos that had caused her to become upset."

But once again, police said, "At no point did her father or brother mention anything about potential acts of violence or a possibility of Aghdam lashing out as a result of her issues with her (YouTube) videos."

CNN's MIguel Marquez and Cheri Mossburg contributed to this report.

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It was 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, and Aghdam was hundreds of miles away from home. Police found her car overnight at a Mountain View parking lot, about 30 miles southeast of YouTube headquarters. A quick check of her license plate revealed the owner had been reported missing from the San Diego area.

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Saric scores 24 to lead 76ers past slumping Knicks

Dario Saric scored 24 points to pace all five starters in double figures, and the Philadelphia 76ers won their fourth in a row, 108-92 over the slumping New York Knicks on Monday night.

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MLB All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza was caught with over half a million dollars of drugs. A search warrant was issued and investigators found over 44 pounds of drugs.  He was arrested for possession of drugs and sale and transportation of drugs.

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Two-time MLB All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza was arrested last week after San Diego County sheriffs allegedly caught him with half a million dollars in cocaine.

Loaiza, who pitched in the majors for 14 years, most prominently with the Chicago White Sox, was pulled over for a minor traffic violation while under surveillance for an ongoing narcotics investigation on Feb. 9, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

A search of Loaiza's vehicle revealed "a sophisticated aftermarket compartment used to conceal contraband," the sheriff's department said. No drugs were actually found in the car, but the search led detectives to to investigate his home near San Diego.

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A search warrant was issued for Loaiza's home in Imperial Beach, California, where investigators found over 44 pounds of cocaine. Authorities estimated the drugs had a street value of about $500,000.

San Diego Sheriff's Department Lt. Jason Vickery told ABC News the drugs were found in Loaiza's garage hidden in duffel bags and were packaged in a way that they appeared to have been transported from Mexico to the U.S. for distribution throughout the country.

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He has been booked on possession of over 20 kilograms of cocaine, possession of cocaine for sale and transportation of cocaine. Bail was set at $200,000.

Loaiza, 47, pitched for eight teams in his lengthy MLB career and finished with a record of 126-114. He went to the All-Star Game in 2003 and 2004 with the White Sox and finished second in Cy Young Award voting in 2003.

The pitcher made over $43 million in his career, according to Baseball Reference.

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Two-time MLB All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza was arrested last week after San Diego County sheriffs allegedly caught him with half a million dollars in cocaine. Loaiza, who pitched in the majors for 14 years, most prominently with the Chicago White Sox, was pulled over for a minor traffic violation...

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this guy named freund was coming home from a car race he was watching. He saw a house covered in flames. he went over and a women was standing outside screaming "MY BABY MY BABY MY BABY" no one else was there but him and a police officer. so they hoested each other up, got the baby out. but while he was getting out, he cut the back of his hand and his back. Then Freund walked away, without even knowing if the baby he saved was a girl or a boy. Forty-six years later, Freund finally found out when the family he helped all those years ago tracked him down to share their thanks for the first time. Freund learned that the baby he saved was a boy: Robert "Bobby" Magee. And Freund learned that because he saved him, Magee helped save hundreds of other lives.

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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.

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Three jail officials were charged with felonies because of a 2016 inmate death. The inmate had died from dehydration. The officers had cut his water supply for seven days. They are charged with three years in prison and $10,000 in fines

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Three Milwaukee County Jail officials, including the former commander, were charged Monday with felonies related to the 2016 death of 38-year-old inmate Terrill Thomas.

Thomas' death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner who said he had died from "profound dehydration." Prosecutors say his water supply had been shut off for seven days.

Criminal complaints filed today allege that Lt. Kashka Meadors ordered corrections officer James Ramsey-Guy to shut off the water to Thomas' cell. The complaint also alleges Maj. Nancy Evans, who served as the top official in the jail, failed to preserve surveillance video showing the water turned off and then lied, saying she hadn't seen the video.

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Evans faces two counts of obstructing an officer and one count of misconduct in office. Ramsey-Guy and Meadors both face felony charges of abuse and neglect of an inmate. If convicted, each face more than three years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm spoke about the charges at a Monday news conference, saying, "We made the determination that these three individuals were responsible for the actions surrounding Mr. Thomas' death."

Sheriff's officials said previously that Thomas' water was shut off after he stuffed a mattress in a toilet to flood his previous cell.

Milwaukee County Sheriff Richard Schmidt, who was not sheriff at the time of the incident, said it's a heartbreaking situation, "this family is going through a horrific ordeal. I don't wish this on anyone."

WDJT

In May 2017, after hearing testimony for more than a week, an inquest jury concluded criminal charges should be filed against seven jail staffers, but today only three are facing charges.

Chisholm said they are still reviewing issues related to the medical care Thomas received and if there could be any additional charges.

Thomas was being held at the jail in connection to a shooting at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.

All three charged in the case were expected to appear in court Monday afternoon.

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Amazon lays off hundreds of employees for the new store. The company is just looking to save more money and have a lesser hand count.

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Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

The majority of the layoffs are affecting the company's Seattle headquarters, but some global teams may be affected as well, according to the source.

The process of notifying employees has already started, the source said.

The affected departments are more mature areas of Amazon's business, such as its online retail operations.

Amazon confirmed the layoffs in a statement sent to CNN.

"As part of our annual planning process, we are making headcount adjustments across the company - small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others," the statement read. "For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring."

It appears the company isn't looking to reduce its overall headcount. It currently has 3,900 open corporate job listings in Seattle and 12,000 open positions worldwide, which point to the company's "aggressive" hiring plans. Amazon says it added 130,000 jobs in the past year, which doesn't include its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods.

At the end of 2017, Amazon employed 560,000 people worldwide.

Related: 5 ways Amazon has already changed Whole Foods

The news, first reported on Monday by The Seattle Times, comes at a time when Amazon is publicly searching for a location to build its second headquarters.

HQ2 will cost a minimum of $5 billion to construct and operate, and will create as many as 50,000 jobs, according to the company.

Amazon reported a profit of nearly $2 billion in its latest quarter from the holiday shopping season. The results were the largest in its history and the first time it topped $1 billion in a quarter.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos touted the success of its voice-assistant software Alexa.

"We don't see positive surprises of this magnitude very often - expect us to double down," Bezos said in a statement at the time.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 12, 2018: 4:55 PM ET

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Olympic snowboarder Shaun White shocked and thrilled a South Korean restaurateur this week when he showed up at the man’s restaurant and ordered the special million-won burger the chef had designed just for him.

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Olympic snowboarder Shaun White shocked and thrilled a South Korean restaurateur this week when he showed up at the man's restaurant and ordered the special million-won burger the chef had designed just for him.

According to Reuters, chef Cha Gwen Sol runs the Santa Burger restaurant just a couple miles from Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is the venue for the halfpipe qualifier for the 2018 Winter Olympics. He's also a snowboarding instructor, and apparently a huge fan of Shaun White, who got the nickname the "Flying Tomato" because of his signature red hair.

In honor of White, Cha added a million-won burger called the "Flying Tomato" to his menu. One million won is about $920, so Cha did not think anyone would order it, especially since the menu clearly stated that burger was only for Shaun White.

"The best special thing. This is only for Shaun White. My wish for your gold medal," the menu description read.

But then White shocked Cha by actually showing up at the restaurant on Sunday, February 11, and ordering the Flying Tomato burger.

"Is it real? This is Shaun White? It is not a dream? Shaun White tells me it is real. Oh my God, unbelievable," said Cha, who said it was a very happy day for him.

The burger was reportedly made of two patties, two types of cheese, and two chicken wings. It was priced at one million won, but Cha cooked it for White for free.

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Olympic snowboarder Shaun White shocked and thrilled a South Korean restaurateur this week when he showed up at the man's restaurant and ordered the special million-won burger the chef had designed just for him.

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A despondent military veteran was shot to death after police say he pointed a gun at them.

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Miami Herald 9 hrs ago By Charles Rabin and David Ovalle, Miami Herald

A despondent military veteran - slated for eviction because of complaints about his service dogs - was shot to death after police say he pointed a gun at officers Monday afternoon near Homestead, Fla.

Raymond Bishop, 84, died in his home at the Hidden Grove apartments. Miami-Dade police officers had rushed to the home after receiving a call about an armed man threatening to kill himself.

At least four Miami-Dade officers wound up opening fire on Bishop from just outside the doorway where he stood, gun in hand, after pleading with him extensively to put his weapon down, law enforcement sources told the Miami Herald. One officer praised Bishop's military background in an attempt to get him to surrender peacefully.

"These officers begged this gentleman to put the weapon down," said Florida Police Benevolent Association President John Rivera. "They had no choice. These are situations officers are confronted with daily, and it'll remain with them forever."

The dogs were inside the apartment and were not harmed, a source said.

Bishop, who served in the Korean War, was upset about the apartment complex's eviction attempt, according to a neighbor. Bishop lived there, according to court records, under a Miami-Dade County government subsidy program.

"They were throwing him out. He had nowhere to go," said neighbor Jonathan Rodriguez, who often fed Bishop and took him to the veterans' hospital for medical treatment.

Bishop was fighting his eviction from the apartment complex, which went to court in July 2017 to get him booted from his ground-floor unit. According to the lawsuit, Bishop was "harboring unauthorized pet dogs," allowing them out without a leash. One of them, the suit said, attacked and injured another resident, according to the suit.

His animals were a 13-pound dog named Roxie, and a 30-pound one named Ranger. Bishop, who was disabled and used a walker, was being treated for "mood disorder," according to court records. He also owned fish.

A psychiatrist at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center said the dogs had a "tremendously favorable influence" on Bishop. "Mr. Bishop's pets, in this case, has provided invaluable emotional therapeutic benefit," Dr. Ernesto Grenier wrote in a letter filed in the court record.

The case had been in mediation, but talks between the two sides failed, according to the court record. The case was ongoing.

The killing stunned his lawyer, Christopher Brochyus, of Legal Services of Greater Miami, which represents low-income clients.

"He was a really nice guy to talk to," Brochyus said. "He loved his animals."
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Police are investigating a possible case of road rage in Blue Springs that ended with bullets coming within inches of a driver.

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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Police are investigating a possible case of road rage in Blue Springs that ended with bullets coming within inches of a driver.

The victim was driving along Adam's Dairy Road when a car beside him seemed to try to start a race. Someone in that car ended up firing shots, hitting the victim's SUV.

"He got off work about 1:30 a.m. and come home, just trying to relax and unwind and realized he needed dog food, went to Walmart and got the dog food," the victim's mother said.

The victim's mom said as he went to leave the store and drive home, the car next to him kept revving its engine. As the victim approached the intersection, he heard three loud thuds.

It wasn't until he turned around and saw his window that he realized he'd been shot at.

"He came home, and he was pretty shook," she said.

It turns out, the driver had fired more than once. Police recovered three .45 caliber shell casings near Adam's Dairy Parkway and Moreland School Road.

They also found the back door of a nearby senior living condo shattered by a bullet. Thankfully, no one was living in the unit, but that doesn't make it any less terrifying to the victim's mother.

"If he's shooting at other people's houses and just whoever happens to be around, then nobody's safe," she said.

She also said the recent spurt of violent incidents in Blue Springs make her question the safety of the community -- so much so that she and her son didn't want to be identified for fear of what might happen.

They're just counting their lucky stars that Saturday morning's shooting didn't turn deadly.

"I'm just so grateful that he's OK," she said. "Cars can be fixed or replaced, but my son can't."

Blue Springs Police said, so far, there are no suspects. The family is hoping anyone who heard gunshots around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning or may have security cameras showing a grey Dodge Charger, the suspect's car, in the area around that time, will turn that information over to police.

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A 24 year old stabbed his girlfriend before driving to a family party at a Massachusetts restaurant to attack his parents. Police were called to the restaurant around 7 pm for a domestic violence incident and found Benjamin Walsh, who had stabbed his parents with a large kitchen knife before being restrained by party goers. His mother was hospitalized with serious conditions and his father was  treated and released. His father said his son struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, and is convinced Ben was "out of his mind" during the rampage.

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A 24-year-old man fatally stabbed his girlfriend before driving to a family party at a Massachusetts restaurant to attack his parents, officials said.

Needham Police said they were called to a restaurant around 7 p.m. Saturday in Millis for a domestic violence incident and found Benjamin Walsh, who had stabbed his parents with a large kitchen knife before being restrained by partygoers.

Walsh's mother was hospitalized in serious condition, while his father was treated and released.

Police say they also found the body of Walsh's girlfriend, 20-year-old Olivia Bergstrom, in the apartment they shared.

"I know that when Ben realizes what he did last night he will be devastated," Mike Walsh, Ben's father, told Boston 25 News.

Walsh's father said his son struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, and is convinced Ben was "out of his mind" during the rampage.
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Mike Walsh told Boston 25 he never imagined his son would harm his mother or girlfriend.

"She's, you know, a person he relies a lot on for support, I know she's not a person he would ever want to hurt," Walsh said.

Benjamin Walsh is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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Massachusetts man fatally stabs girlfriend, attacks parents during gathering at restaurant, officials say

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A 24-year-old man fatally stabbed his girlfriend before driving to a family party at a Massachusetts restaurant to attack his parents, officials said. Needham Police said they were called to a restaurant around 7 p.m. Saturday in Millis for a domestic violence incident and found Benjamin Walsh, who had stabbed his parents with a large kitchen knife before being restrained by partygoers.

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In California, Four men who were carpooling to their jobs at UPS found a bloody woman lying next to a road. The men said there was so much blood they could not determine her hair color. The woman was dumped off the road and crawled about 100 yards to the roadside. The men comforted her while another driver called 911. The woman was airlifted to Eden Hospital where she died about two hours later. She managed to tell police who killed her before she died. A motive for the killing is under investigation. Authorities did not identify the suspects and plan a press conference later Tuesday. Authorities arrested a man and woman—both 19

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A 19-year-old woman, who was stabbed multiple times and left for dead on a rural road in a town outside San Francisco, has been credited for fighting "like a soldier" and identifying the two suspects in her killing.

Reports of her condition when discovered early Monday are chilling.

Four men who were carpooling to their jobs at UPS found the bloody woman on lying in the middle of a rural road in Livermore at about 2 a.m. There was so much blood, the men said they could not determine her hair color. A 911 caller reported that the woman was missing an arm.

She was not.

The woman was dumped off the road and crawled about 100 yards to the roadside, Fox 40 reported. Authorities determined the distance by following a trail of blood.

"You could tell it was so bad to where you just had to give her comfort," Richard Loadholt, one of the men who found her, told Fox 40. "Anything else was going to be painful."

Loadholt said the men comforted her while another driver called 911.

The victim was airlifted to Eden Hospital where she died about two hours later, KRON4 reported. She managed to give police a "compelling" account of who killed her before dying and authorities arrested a man and woman-both 19-in Modesto, The San Francisco Chronicle report said.

"I've been around a long time, and I can only think of two to three times that I'm aware of in our agency that we've been able to get a dying declaration like that," Sgt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told The Chronicle. "A dying declaration is a very compelling piece of evidence that's recognized in the court to be very credible and reliable information."

A motive for the killing is under investigation.

"This victim really tried to survive, and she fought and she fought," Kelly said. "The last thing, we believe, that she was able to do was to point us in the direction of the people that killed her. And that's pretty remarkable."

Edmund DeMarche is a news editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @EDeMarche.

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3 employees were fired after a video went viral  and one of the women said this is what black people have to deal with if you want to know saying that the employees were racial profiling the manager accused them of dining and dashing the day before and the females were saying they have not been here they live on campus

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Three employees have been fired after a Missouri woman posted a video on Facebook that she says demonstrates the racial profiling that black people in America deal with.

The video is a recording of her and her friend's encounter with a police officer, a mall security guard and a manager at the Applebee's restaurant at Independence Mall on Saturday.

"This is what black people have to deal with if you want to know," one of the women says.

The women were eating dinner there when two officers approached them about an incident that had happened the day before, in which two women, apparently resembling them left without paying for their food. However, the women say the server's description of the dine-and-dashing women was vague, with few details other than skin color and body size.

"We have not been here!" Asia Hardy repeatedly exclaims to one officer.

In a statement released Monday evening, Applebee's said the restaurant's manager, a server and another employee involved in the incident have been fired after an internal investigation.

The franchise also said the Independence Center location is now temporarily closed "in order for the team there to regroup, reflect, learn and grow from this."

Applebee's said they are reaching out to apologize to the two women.

Throughout the video that had been viewed more than 2.2 million times, the anxiety over the accusations and interruption of their meal continues to grow and Hardy becomes even more visibly upset about the alleged racial profiling that she says was occurring.

"We have not been here. We have not been here. We have not been here. I'm a student. I live on campus. I have not been here, like, I've been on duty at Rockhurst University," Hardy said.

Her friend Alexis Brison tells the officer, "We've been shopping. We're just trying to have a nice dinner. Can we just pay for our food? We haven't done anything."

The officer asks the women to put themselves in his shoes, explaining he needed to ask them questions, talk to them, since the manager called police believing they are the same women who dined and dashed.

"You're doing your job but the restaurant isn't doing its job. Because if she's positive that she's seen us, we haven't been in here," Brison said.

The women ask if there are cameras to prove they aren't the women from the food theft the day before.

The officer tells them to: "Just relax."

"This is too much of an accusation to call it nothing because we have not been here," one woman said.

When the police officer tells the women that the restaurant manager decided he or she wants them to pay for their food, leave and not come back, the women eagerly agree, but grow more upset.

"We have not been here. Oh my God! We have not been here?" Hardy says again.

"Is she normally this emotional?" the officer asks.

Followed by: "Wow. Does she normally talk like this?"

Bill Georgas, Applebee's CEO, Apple Central, LLC, Applebee's local franchise, released the following statement about the video and restaurant policies:

"At Applebee's, we do not tolerate racism or bigotry of any nature. We regret any incident like this, because we want every guest experience to be positive. Our team has been working throughout the weekend and will continue to work to determine what happened and what appropriate measures will be taken. We currently have no indications this was race related. We have a diverse workforce that is reflective of the community we serve. All are welcome at our restaurant, and will continue to be welcome."

Independence Police said they had not received a police report on either the incident shown in the video or the dine-and-dash incident the day before.

The attorney for both women, Ryan Kaiser, said at this time they have no comment related to the incident.

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3 women were killed and 3 police officers were injured during a dangerous barricade incident at a Detroit home. Police were trying to get into Lance Smiths house who has 7 legal guns registered under his name. The three injured police officers suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the leg while using robots to enter the suspects home but found the suspect dead believing he took his own life. One of the victims was the suspects girlfriend, the other too were shot outside of Smiths house. in there late 40's early 50's. The suspect fired at an off duty officer who lives in the neighborhood then firing at an Detroit police officer. The officers were pinned down by gunfire for at least an hour.

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Three women were killed and three police officers injured in a dangerous barricade incident at a Detroit home that lasted from Sunday night through today, Detroit police said.

The suspect, Lance Smith, 49, who police said has seven legal guns registered to his name, was heard saying, "I will not be taken without a fight," Detroit Police Chief James Craig said at a news conference this morning.

The three injured police officers suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the leg, Craig said.

The "dangerous" standoff came to an end today when police made entry into Smith's home through robots and found the suspect dead inside, police said, adding that they believe he took his own life.

A woman who police said was Smith's girlfriend was also found dead inside, Detroit Police Deputy Chief Elvin Barren said at a news conference.

The other two women were found shot outside the home, police said. Two of the victims were in their 50s and another was age 46, Elvin said.

There "easily could have been a higher death toll," Barren said.

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The barricade began Sunday night with a 911 call to police about shots fired from a home, Craig said.

The suspect fired "an unknown number of rounds, basically attacked first the civilian victims," Craig said.

The suspect then allegedly fired at an off-duty officer who lives in the neighborhood and then fired at the responding Detroit police officers, Craig said.

The Detroit police officers "were pinned down by gunfire for at least an hour," Craig said. "And during that hour time, they were waiting for the response of our special response team who did a phenomenal job quickly getting in and safely moving out those who were shot, including those who were shot fatally."

An armored vehicle was brought in to help get those officers to safety, he said.

Then came a second attack on the officers, Craig said, during which the third officer was shot and then rescued by his partner.

The last time police heard from Smith was at about 2 a.m. When they attempted to speak with him through the loudspeaker, Smith would not say anything other than the threats he made threats he made early on, Barren said.

The standoff lasted 14 hours, Elvin said.

It is unclear if Smith had a phone, but he did not communicate with anyone during the standoff, Elvin said.

Multiple fires were also lit in the home, allegedly by the suspect, police said, noting there is no heat inside the house. Schools in the area were closed to keep children away from the ongoing incident.

Smith did not have a criminal history and did not have any diagnosis of mental illness, according to Elvin.

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Three women were killed and three police officers injured in a dangerous barricade incident at a Detroit home that lasted from Sunday night through today, Detroit police said. The suspect, Lance Smith, 49, who police said has seven legal guns registered to his name, was heard saying, "I will not be taken without a fight," Detroit Police Chief James Craig said at a news conference this morning.

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An anti-religion-based program is pressuring an Ohio high school to stop their tradition of almost 40 years of praying before sporting events at their school. One parent told Fox News, "They don't know us [...] or even stepped foot in our community. Yet they believe they can tell us to stop one of our cherished, long standing traditions." Through this time the high school has made "prayer matters" T-shirts, and has already sold 4,000 of them in support of their high school and what they believe.

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Members of an Ohio community are fighting back after a Wisconsin-based anti-religion group tried to pressure a high school to ban its long-held tradition of praying before sporting events.

Freedom From Religion Foundation Legal Director Rebecca Markert said the organization received a complaint from "two concerned citizens" alleging "serious constitutional violations" at West Branch High School in Beloit.

Upon receiving FFRF's Jan. 18 cease-and-desist letter, the school district halted the custom of having a local pastor give a nondenominational prayer before sporting events.

"We're pleased the public school district took quick action to halt the practice of inflicting coercive Christian prayers before what is essentially a captive audience," FFRF co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor said. "Public school students should not be expected to pray to play."

West Branch Superintendent Timothy Saxton said his district is a "deep-rooted Christian and faith-based community" that holds prayer near and dear and he called FFRF "an outside organization."

"The only opposition that I have had anyone voice to me is through this letter," Saxton told Fox News. "If anything we've had a strong positive show of support."

Marcie Curry, a parent in the district and West Branch alumna, told Fox News she was "disappointed" with the letter.

"They don't know us, have never attended a West Branch sporting event or even stepped foot in our community. Yet they believe they can tell us to stop one of our cherished, long standing community traditions," Curry said. "That just doesn't seem right."

Not everyone is opposed to the ban, though.

"I think it's the right call," Amanda Kaiser, a mother of three children in the district, told Fox. "If we can't include everybody, then we shouldn't give anyone special privileges."

Although one student told local newspaper The Vindicator that the controversy set off a "civil war" in the school, it has also created a good amount of solidarity in the community.

Parents Brooke and Brandy Pidgeon, with a team of volunteers, banded together to sell over 4,000 "Prayer Matters" t-shirts in the community of fewer than 900 people.

The idea came after their son, Nicholas, one of the school's basketball players, said the phrase "prayer matters" during family dinner.

Friday night's home basketball game was filled with 100 people sporting "Prayer Matters" in green letters alongside the school's Warriors logo.

Before the tip off, Jonny Ross, a junior at the school who is a leader of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, asked all to rise for the National Anthem and then stay silent for either reflection, individual prayer or some other expression.

Local Pastor John Ryser, who said the prayer over the morning announcements when he was in high school and has been leading the prayer for the last 12 years, said it's been going on for more than 40 years.

"Everybody's really coming together in support of the prayer issue, and we're having more conversations about prayer and about the gospel, the good news about Jesus Christ, than we've ever had before," Ryser said.

One of the nation's most prominent Christian leaders, Reverend Franklin Graham, even weighed in.

"Let's join the Warriors in this battle with our prayers," Graham said.

Caleb Parke is an associate editor for FoxNews.com. You can follow him on Twitter @calebparke

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Members of an Ohio community are fighting back after a Wisconsin-based anti-religion group tried to pressure a high school to ban its long-held tradition of praying before sporting events. Freedom From Religion Foundation Legal Director Rebecca Markert said the organization received a complaint from "two concerned citizens" alleging "serious constitutional violations" at West Branch High School in Beloit.

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A disabled veteran's service dog was found shot in the head and dumped by a railroad.Bryan is a 14 year U. veteran.  The dog, Gunner, would alert Bryan's family when he is having a seizure. "Bryan wasn't doing well learning that Gunner was killed" said the family.  The family suspected Gunner was stolen for more than two week ago. One of the family members was receiving text messages  from a person knowing where gunner is but demanded money. Authority is investigating Gunners death and  disappearance.

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A disabled Army veteran's service dog was found this week shot in the head and dumped by railroad tracks in Boone County, Ky.

The dog, Gunner, had belonged to Bryan Vallandingham, a 14-year U.S. Army veteran in Richwood, Ky., who relied on the service animal for safety, Cincinnati's Fox 19 reported.

Gunner would alert Vallandingham's family members whenever the disabled veteran was having a seizure.

"He would tell us by sitting in front of him by laying across him or just barking randomly at Bryan so he would notify us and give us time to get him in a safe situation so he wouldn't hurt himself," Vallandingham's wife, Kimberly, told Fox 19.

The family said Bryan wasn't doing well after learning of Gunner's death, and has been having repeated seizures.

The family suspected Gunner had been stolen from their yard more than two weeks ago. One family member said they received text messages from a person who claimed to know where the dog was and demanded money, but the family refused.

Authorities are investigating if extortion is involved with Gunner's disappearance and death.

Bradford Betz is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @bradford_betz.

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A disabled Army veteran's service dog was found this week shot in the head and dumped by railroad tracks in Boone County, Ky. The dog, Gunner, had belonged to Bryan Vallandingham, a 14-year U.S. Army veteran in Richwood, Ky., who relied on the service animal for safety, Cincinnati's Fox 19 reported.

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In Florida a women pleads guilty 20 years after kidnapping a newborn in 1998. The child was only hours old when a woman dressed as a nurse abducted her from her mother's room according to the 1998 report.

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California woman, 19, fatally stabbed, left for dead, ID's suspects on death bed

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A 19-year-old woman, who was stabbed multiple times and left for dead on a rural road in a town outside San Francisco, has been credited for fighting "like a soldier" and identifying the two suspects in her killing.

Reports of her condition when discovered early Monday are chilling.

Four men who were carpooling to their jobs at UPS found the bloody woman on lying in the middle of a rural road in Livermore at about 2 a.m. There was so much blood, the men said they could not determine her hair color. A 911 caller reported that the woman was missing an arm.

She was not.

The woman was dumped off the road and crawled about 100 yards to the roadside, Fox 40 reported. Authorities determined the distance by following a trail of blood.

"You could tell it was so bad to where you just had to give her comfort," Richard Loadholt, one of the men who found her, told Fox 40. "Anything else was going to be painful."

Loadholt said the men comforted her while another driver called 911.

The victim was airlifted to Eden Hospital where she died about two hours later, KRON4 reported. She managed to give police a "compelling" account of who killed her before dying and authorities arrested a man and woman-both 19-in Modesto, The San Francisco Chronicle report said.

"I've been around a long time, and I can only think of two to three times that I'm aware of in our agency that we've been able to get a dying declaration like that," Sgt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told The Chronicle. "A dying declaration is a very compelling piece of evidence that's recognized in the court to be very credible and reliable information."

A motive for the killing is under investigation.

"This victim really tried to survive, and she fought and she fought," Kelly said. "The last thing, we believe, that she was able to do was to point us in the direction of the people that killed her. And that's pretty remarkable."

Edmund DeMarche is a news editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @EDeMarche.

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A 19-year-old woman, who was stabbed multiple times and left for dead on a rural road in a town outside San Francisco, has been credited for fighting "like a soldier" and identifying the two suspects in her killing. Reports of her condition when discovered early Monday are chilling.

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A federal jury on Monday convicted two former members of a defunct Baltimore police gun task force in a corruption trial.

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Jury deliberations resume Monday in the sensational corruption trial of former detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor, members of the Baltimore Police Department's now-defunct Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF).

Hersl and Taylor are fighting charges including racketeering, extortion, filing fraudulent overtime claims and using a firearm in a violent crime. They have plead not guilty.

Six other Baltimore police officers have pled guilty to similar charges.

Hersl and Taylor are accused of carrying out brazen crimes along with those officers at a time of strained community relations, following the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Under the cover of their badges, the officers allegedly sold seized guns and drugs on the streets, ripped off narcotics dealers and locked up innocent people.

Amid soaring crime and distrust in law enforcement, the unit played "both cops and robbers," according to lead federal prosecutor Leo Wise.

"They were supposed to be sentinels guarding this city from people who break the law," Wise told the jury in closing arguments last week, CNN affiliate WBAL-TV reported.

"Instead, they became hunters."

Four of the officers who pled guilty testified against their former colleagues, along with drug dealers who struck deals for more lenient sentences.

Jenifer Wicks, Taylor's attorney, has accused the government of building a conspiracy case with witnesses plucked from "the depths of the criminal underworld," according to WBAL-TV.

Hersl's attorney, William Purpura, said his client was a latecomer to the gun task force, making him less culpable than his colleagues, the station reported.

Testimony and evidence presented during the trial brought to light shocking allegations of criminality that continued even as US Justice Department civil rights lawyers investigated Baltimore's Police Department.

The case has shone a light on deeply rooted problems known to Baltimore residents for years, said Vanita Gupta, who headed the DOJ's civil rights division when the city agreed to a consent decree on sweeping police reforms.

"When there is misconduct, there must be accountability," said Gupta, now president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

"That is why this trial in Baltimore is so critical -- not just for what it reveals in and of itself, but also for showing the public that misconduct does not go unchecked."

Here are examples of the startling corruption allegations from the trial:

'Looked like somebody that needed to be robbed'

In September 2016, Hersl, Taylor and three other officers allegedly robbed Sergio Summerville, a small-time drug dealer who kept his stash at a storage unit downtown.

Hersl "came at me like a gang," Summerville testified, according to WBAL-TV. "He wanted to meet me every week, like some kind of extortion, to know who I was dealing with and to give him money."

Summerville said the detectives stole drugs and $2,400 he had stuffed in a sock.

An employee at the storage facility testified that Hersl and his supervisor, who has pleaded guilty, demanded to see a surveillance video of the encounter, the station reported.

The employee said that, when he demanded a search warrant, one officer told him he "looked like somebody that needed to be robbed."

Officers allegedly split $100,000 taken from a safe

Convicted task force members testified that they stole the house keys of a man named Oreese Stevenson in March 2016, The Baltimore Sun reported. They said they entered Stevenson's Baltimore home without a warrant and broke open a safe.

They counted $200,000 in cash, stole half the money and then put the rest of the cash back in the safe, the officers said.

One of them shot a video showing the officers pretending to open the safe for the first time after they had already pocketed half the money, they testified, according to the newspaper. Cocaine, an expensive watch and designer clothes were also taken from the home.

Taylor is accused of participating in that theft, according to the criminal complaint.

A grappling hook, a sledgehammer, a machete and masks

A former detective testified that Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Wayne Jenkins once showed squad members a grappling hook with a rope, sledgehammer, machete, masks and other items he kept in his patrol car while on duty. The items were shown to the jury. Jenkins previously pled guilty to multiple charges.

Evodio Hendrix, who pled guilty to charges, testified that the sergeant "had all that stuff in the car in case he ran into a monster, someone with a lot of money and drugs," WBAL-TV reported.

"To arrest them?" a prosecutor asked.

"He was talking about robbing them," Hendrix replied.

In one home, detectives stole $25,000

A man named Ronald Hamilton testified that his car was stopped in 2016 by task force members, the station reported.

Hamilton said one of the officers knew he had won money gambling at a casino.

Prosecutors tried to show that squad members targeted casinos for people to rob.

Hamilton testified that Hersl and three other officers later searched his home and walked out with at least $25,000 in cash. Taylor was not involved in that incident, according to the criminal complaint.

BB guns, 'door pops' and 'slash days'

Another convicted former detective, Maurice Ward, testified that some officers in the task force kept BB guns in their vehicles in case they needed to plant them on suspects, according to WBAL-TV.

Ward said that when the squad was out on patrol, Jenkins would drive quickly toward a group of people, and the other officers would pop the doors open and chase those who took off running, according to the station. The suspects, sometimes as many as 50 per night, were robbed of drugs and money.

Unit members were given paid time off that wasn't on the books in return for getting guns off the street, Ward said, according to WBAL-TV. Jenkins would also give overtime pay as a reward for gun seizures, former detectives testified. The former sergeant admitted to the practice earlier this year.

Hersl and Taylor are charged with participating in the overtime fraud scheme.

Trash bags full of looted pills

Bail bondsman Donald Stepp testified that Jenkins delivered to his Baltimore County home two trash bags full of pharmaceutical drugs stolen from looters during the April 2015 riots that followed the death of Freddie Gray, according to WBAL-TV.

Stolen drugs were regularly delivered to Stepp's home, he said, where they were stashed before being resold on the street.

Stepp testified that the sergeant told him he simply waited and ripped off looters leaving shuttered pharmacies with stolen drugs.

"I've got an entire pharmacy," the sergeant told Stepp.

Stepp testified that Hersl shared in the proceeds from the drug sales, WBAL-TV reported, and alleged that Taylor participated in the theft of 30 pounds of marijuana.

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They were supposed to take guns off Baltimore's streets. They're accused of robbing suspects instead.

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Jury deliberations resume Monday in the sensational corruption trial of former detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor, members of the Baltimore Police Department's now-defunct Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). Hersl and Taylor are fighting charges including racketeering, extortion, filing fraudulent overtime claims and using a firearm in a violent crime.

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Boston Dynamics new robot can now open doors.

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The latest robot update by Boston Dynamics - a company known for its unnerving SpotMini robots - can now open doors, as shown in the company's latest YouTube video.

The video, titled "Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand?" shows a signature yellow dog-like creation from Boston Dynamics walking toward a door and examining it, before another robot approaches the door.

The second SpotMini robot trots over and releases its black arm, which grabs onto the door handle and proceeds to open the door.

The arm then maneuvers around the door, which opens entirely, and the polite SpotMini allows his first robot to enter the room first, before following suit.
BOSTON DYNAMIC IS TRYING TO MAKE ITS ROBOTS LESS TERRIFYING - BUT IS IT WORKING?
Social media users quipped online about how life-like the Boston Dynamic robot has become.

In November, Elon Musk freaked out about the company's then-latest robot, saying it was just the start of things to come - claiming the newest invention was "nothing" compared to what we'll see next.

"This is nothing," Musk tweeted. "In a few years, that bot will move so fast you'll need a strobe light to see it. Sweet dreams..."

Musk, who has said he believes artificial intelligence could be the cause of World War 3, has repeatedly asked for governments around the world to regulate artificial intelligence and robotics, much like society does with other sectors, such as food and drugs.

The tech leader said at the time that we've "Got to regulate AI/robotics like we do food, drugs, aircraft & cars."

"Public risks require public oversight. Getting rid of the FAA wdn't [SIC] make flying safer. They're there for good reason," Musk added.
Fox News' Chris Ciaccia contributed to this report.
Nicole Darrah covers breaking and trending news for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @nicoledarrah.

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The latest robot update by Boston Dynamics - a company known for its unnerving SpotMini robots - can now open doors, as shown in the company's latest YouTube video. The video, titled "Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand?"