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North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkiado Friday

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In a major show of defiance to the international community, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday.

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ESPN's sports anchor Jemele Hill made a Twitter comment about Trump being a "white supremacist".  Sarah Sanders, President Trump's spokeswoman, called Hill's Twitter comments "a fireable offense". Hill did apologize saying, "My comments on Twitter expressed my personal belief. My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light. My respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional."

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Beyond the pale as it is, the overreach by the White House is wholly in keeping with Donald Trump's long history of suing, insulting or otherwise trying to punish journalists who say or write things he doesn't like.

Hill's tweet was harsh and to the point. "Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists," she said. That's an oversimplification of Trump's long, troubled history of lending verbal aid and comfort to racists and extremists.

From his years of promoting the racially tinged lie of birtherism to his string of inconsistent statements about ex-KKK leader David Duke and his equivocations about the torchlight march by racists in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which one person died and many were injured, Trump has given us all reason to be concerned about his relationship to the poisonous ideology of white supremacy. I began calling it out publicly during the campaign.

But a public discussion is more complex than any serious observer -- especially Hill, a sports commentator -- can cram into 140 characters. If a topic is serious enough to take up with an audience of thousands, it's serious enough to approach with care and conviction.

Hill went off half-cocked, and later apologize d: "My comments on Twitter expressed my personal belief. My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light. My respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional."

That skirts the issue. Hill's apology was only to ESPN and her colleagues, not to Trump, which suggests that she does, in fact, consider the President a white supremacist, for which he has tried a ham-fisted form of retaliation.

The attempt at payback is not surprising. Politicians have been trying in vain to silence negative commentary about them since the dawn of the republic.

George Washington himself said in 1796 that one reason for not seeking a third term as president was that he was "disinclined to be longer buffeted in the public prints by a set of infamous scribblers." Jefferson ruefully lamented that "the man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

But Trump's history of lashing out at journalists takes him to a level never reached by his White House predecessors.

As far back as 1979, he threatened to sue my friend and mentor, the late investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, and subtly tried to bribe him with an offer to help Wayne land a nice apartment in New York, Barrett said.

Since then, Trump has frequently gone after individual journalists (as well as public figures) critical of him. According to the Columbia Journalism Review: "In the past decade alone, he's sued a former Times journalist who wrote a book about him that he later admitted he didn't even read; he's threatened to sue former 'View' host Rosie O'Donnell for allegations that have been shown over and over again during this campaign to be correct; he's sued HBO's Bill Maher over a joke bet that involved proving he was not, in fact, born an orangutan."

Back in 2015, Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, famously threatened a young reporter pursuing a line of questioning Cohen wanted shut down. "I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know," Cohen said. "You're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it."

That threat turned out to be hot air: Cohen never sued the reporter or the Daily Beast.

But ESPN is more susceptible to pressure. "From 2015 to 2017, ESPN has seen its number of subscribers fall 7.4% to fewer than 88 million," according to Vanity Fair. "Its ratings have faced an even steeper decline, with average total viewers falling 19.2% from 2014 to 2016. Wall Street has noticed."

Given that grim economic reality, it's no wonder that ESPN issued a bland statement dissociating itself from Hill's Twitter criticism of the President: "The comments on Twitter by Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN. We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes that her actions were inappropriate."

It's fine for ESPN to stand by its anchor. But like any other news organization, ESPN should go further and forcefully defend the free speech rights of its employees.

The White House should be told, in no uncertain terms, that who ESPN hires or fires will be determined by the company itself, not some outside politician. As in any case when dealing with a bully, the key to success is to stand up to the bully early and often.

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Beyond the pale as it is, the overreach by the White House is wholly in keeping with Donald Trump's long history of suing, insulting or otherwise trying to punish journalists who say or write things he doesn't like. Hill's tweet was harsh and to the point.

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Samsung is aiming to launch a folding cell phone by 2018. Rumors of a flexible phone have been traveling around since the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. They are still handling several issues they must overcome to actually make the phone happen. One major concern of making the phone happen is if apps will be able to work with a folding phone.

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Smartphones can do a lot of things, but you can't yet buy one that folds. Samsung plans to change that soon.

The world's biggest smartphone maker is aiming to release a device with a foldable display in 2018, its head of mobile Koh Dong-jin said in Seoul on Tuesday.

Koh added that the company still has "hurdles to overcome" before making the phones a reality.

"We are digging thoroughly into several issues," he said, without elaborating.

Rumors of a foldable phone have been swirling around Samsung ever since the company showcased a flexible display at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013.

It has already incorporated elements of the technology in its curved Galaxy Edge smartphones, and one industry analyst described Samsung's goal of releasing a foldable device next year as "quite realistic."

"It's been known that Samsung has been working on the foldable display for many years," said IHS Market analyst Jusy Hong.

A little-known Chinese startup called Moxi said in May 2016 it would launch wraparound black-and-white phones made of graphene by the end the year. There have been no signs since of those phones actually hitting the market.

Samsung says it is on track to produce a full-fledged folding smartphone.

"Foldable phones are on our roadmap," Koh said Tuesday.

Will apps catch up?

One challenge Samsung might face is getting developers to tailor their applications to the new folding screens.

"What makes smartphones smarter is applications, especially third-party applications," Hong said. "If you have a foldable phone but most of your applications are not supporting foldable features... it would be meaningless."

Successfully launching a folding smartphone would bolster a remarkable turnaround for Samsung's Galaxy Note series, which took a huge hit last year when Note 7 phones began bursting into flames. Samsung had to recall millions of devices and lost billions of dollars in the process.

But the latest model in the series, the Note 8, appears to have shaken off the concerns that dogged its predecessor. Samsung has already received around 650,000 pre-orders for the new device ahead of its launch on Friday, Koh was reported as saying.

-- Jo Shelley and Taehoon Lee in Seoul contributed to this report

CNNMoney (New Delhi) First published September 12, 2017: 8:48 AM ET

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The world's biggest smartphone maker is aiming to release a device with a foldable display in 2018, its head of mobile Koh Dong-jin said in Seoul on Tuesday. Koh added that the company still has "hurdles to overcome" before making the phones a reality. "We are digging thoroughly into several issues," he said, without elaborating.

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The new iPhone X can be unlocked with your face. But how secure is the technology?

The chances of someone else unlocking your iPhone are one in a million with Face ID, Apple's SVP of marketing, Phil Schiller, said at a Tuesday event. With Touch ID there is a one in 50,000 chance it will be opened with the wrong fingerprint. Apple did not disclose where these figures are from.

Here's how Face ID works: Front-facing cameras and sensors map your face to determine if you are actually the owner of the phone. The tech learns more about your face each time it is used. So for example, it will recognize you even if you grow a beard or put on glasses. It will also work in the dark.

Related: 10 things you need to know about iPhone X

While biometric identification, such as facial recognition and fingerprint sensors, can be more convenient than a passcode, it raises important questions about privacy and security, such as how this data is stored and whether the tech can be tricked.

Apple said facial information is protected by its "secure enclave" to keep data "extremely secure." The processing is done entirely on the device and not in the cloud in an effort to protect a user's privacy. Fingerprint information is also encrypted and stored securely. Apple declined to provide further details.

Face ID also requires a person's attention, so users must have their eyes open and be looking at the device for it to work. This could, for example, prevent someone from opening the device using your face when you're sleeping.

Apple also says Face ID is designed to prevent spoofing attempts by a photo or a mask. Facial recognition in the past has been tricked with a photo, such as with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

While we won't know if the iPhone X will be fooled until it's shipped in November, experts believe Face ID will be more difficult to hack than other systems.

"It goes well beyond the Galaxy Note, though it definitely isn't un-spoofable," Brian Brackeen CEO of facial recognition company Kairos, told CNN Tech.

Apple's Schiller joked on stage that user's should have a passcode if they have an evil twin. But what if you really have an identical twin?

"[Face ID] will probably not be spoofed by a 2D-photo or a mask, but it is more likely to be spoofed by a person who looks similar, like a close family relative or a twin," Brackeen said.

Schiller noted on stage that Face ID's accuracy statistics are lower if someone shares a close genetic relationship with you, and Brackeen echoed this sentiment.

However, Frances Zelazny, VP of global cybersecurity startup BioCatch, argues biometrics technology has "gone a long way" in telling the difference between identical twins and she doesn't see this as a concern.

Related: The iPhone X will have wireless charging

Face ID is also enabled for Apple Pay, the tech giant's mobile payments service.

"If Apple's facial recognition tool proves to be significantly flawed, it could really damage Apple's hopes for Apple Pay expansion. People simply won't use a payments tool if they don't think it is safe," said Matt Schulz, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com.

He added this is a "high-risk move" for Apple in wake of Equifax's recent breach, which exposed the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans, such as Social Security numbers and addresses.

"That debacle has put data security front and center in people's minds," Schulz said.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 13, 2017: 3:47 PM ET

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A 16-year old girl died September 7 due to 'Rapunzel Syndrome' causing her to eat her own hair. She fell ill due to an infection in her stomach from this disorder, and was brought to the hospital that day. The doctors failed to resuscitate her, leading to her death that day.

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A 16-year-old student in the U.K. died suddenly while away at college due to an infection caused by a hairball in her stomach. Jasmine Beever, of Skegness, was taken to the hospital via ambulance on September 7, where staff attempted life-saving resuscitation, LicolnshireLive.com reported.

An autopsy later revealed that Beever had suffering from peritonitis, which occurs when the thin membrane that covers the abdominal wall is inflamed, which is typically due to a fungal or bacterial infection. Beever's case was caused by the infected hairball in her stomach, and eventually led to a burst ulcer that caused her organs to shut down.
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Patients who swallow their own hair are often diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome, which is caused by a psychiatric disorder called trichophagia, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.

"Jasmine was amazing," Donna Marshall, a friend's mother, told LicolnshireLive.com. "She was one of those kids where she would make a sad face in the room smile. She was so bubbly."

Marshall called the teen's death a shock. Marshall's daughter, a longtime friend of the teen, set up a Just Giving page for donations to help the family cover medical expenses.
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"We are extremely upset but we want to thank everybody for all they have done for the family," Beever's parents said, according to LicolnshireLive.com.

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Teen with 'Rapunzel syndrome' dies from eating her own hair

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A 16-year-old student in the U.K. died suddenly while away at college due to an infection caused by a hairball in her stomach. Jasmine Beever, of Skegness, was taken to the hospital via ambulance on September 7, where staff attempted life-saving resuscitation, LicolnshireLive.com reported.

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Indians Extend Winning Streak to 22 Games with Extra-Innings Win vs. Royals

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Apple stocks drop after Iphone X facial recognition mishap.

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Apple stock fell amid disappointment the company will not begin taking orders on its much-anticipated iPhone X model until October.

It ended Tuesday trading at $160.82, down 0.4 percent.

There was also concern about its new facial recognition technology, after the function failed when it was being demonstrated by Apple during its unveiling. The new Face ID feature is supposed to let users unlock their phones by looking at it.

Apple launched two new iPhone 8 models and a new watch Tuesday afternoon.

"The big phone is not coming out until October," said Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS. The phone will be available for order in October before launching in November.

Traders said there were expectations its 10th anniversary iPhone X, which Apple priced at $999, would begin shipping shortly, though there was speculation it was in short supply.

In a statement, Apple said: "When we issued guidance for Q4 in July, we anticipated that the iPhone X would begin shipping in fiscal Q1." Apple is currently in its fourth fiscal quarter, which began July 2.

"This stock rallied right up into the unveiling of this," said Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at Lindsey Group. "There was chatter going into this that there were going to be glitches and delays. ... We priced this phone in already."

It is not unusual for Apple stock to run up ahead of an iPhone announcement, and then end the day lower. On the day of 11 iPhone announcements, the stock was lower 75 percent of the time and ended flat on average, with a gain of 0.04 percent.

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Apple stock fell amid disappointment the company will not begin taking orders on its much-anticipated iPhone X model until October. It ended Tuesday trading at $160.82, down 0.4 percent. There was also concern about its new facial recognition technology, after the function failed when it was being demonstrated by Apple during its unveiling.

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After completing a ¨Death Dive¨ Into Saturn´s upper atmosphere contact was lost with the Cassini spacecraft.

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.

NASA confirmed the spacecraft's demise at 7:55 a.m. ET, as predicted.

For about a minute, Cassini was able to transmit new data about the planet's composition as long as its antenna remained pointed toward Earth, with the assist from small thrusters. Then, the spacecraft burned and disintegrated due to the heat and high pressure of the hostile atmosphere. It became part of the planet it set out to explore.

"It was a perfect spacecraft," said Julie Webster, spacecraft operations chief. "Right to the end, it did everything we asked it to. It's perfect, it's perfect."

No spacecraft has ever been so close to Saturn. The last few seconds of the Cassini mission provided the "first taste" of the atmosphere of Saturn, NASA said.

"You can think of Cassini as the first Saturn probe," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist.

On Thursday, Cassini took its last images and transmitted all the data on its recorder to prepare for the final plunge. The final data from Friday is already being processed and analyzed.

For the team behind the mission, losing their spacecraft is bittersweet: Many are sad that the mission is over but excited to see the groundbreaking science provided by unprecedented proximity to Saturn during the final dive.

"The Cassini operations team did an absolutely stellar job guiding the spacecraft to its noble end," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager. "From designing the trajectory seven years ago, to navigating through the 22 nail-biting plunges between Saturn and its rings, this is a crack shot group of scientists and engineers that scripted a fitting end to a great mission. What a way to go. Truly a blaze of glory."

The team members that have worked together from concept to the final minutes exchanged hugs and tears in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California after the loss of signal was confirmed.

"Things never will be quite the same for those of us on the Cassini team now that the spacecraft is no longer flying," Spilker said. "But, we take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too."

After launching in 1997 and reaching the Saturn system in 2004, Cassini spent 13 years exploring the planet and its moons. The data and images led to numerous discoveries that changed how scientists think about our solar system.

"A superb machine in an amazing place doing everything possible to reveal the mysteries and secrets of our solar system," Maize said. "This morning, a lone explorer, a machine made by humankind, finished its mission 900 million miles away. To the very end, the spacecraft did everything we asked. We believe we got every last second of data. We have indeed accomplished everything we set out to do."

Why the dramatic ending?

Cassini had its closest approach with Saturn's moon Titan on Monday, dubbed a "goodbye kiss" by the mission's engineers because it provided the gravity assist that sent the spacecraft on its final encounter with Saturn.

Mission scientists and operators gave Cassini this fiery send-off on purpose. Although many other options were considered -- such as "parking" the spacecraft in orbit -- they didn't want to risk Cassini colliding with any of Saturn's moons.

Cassini data and observations revealed that while seemingly inhospitable to us, the moons Enceladus and Titan could be habitable for some form of life. And NASA didn't want to risk contaminating the moons or any future studies of themwith Earth particles. Although Cassini has been in space for 20 years, microbes from Earth could still exist on the spacecraft without air, water or protection from radiation.

Although the mission itself has ended, the data and observations provided by Cassini will provide new details about the planet, its unique rings and its moons for decades to come.

"Cassini may be gone, but its scientific bounty will keep us occupied for many years," Spilker said. "We've only scratched the surface of what we can learn from the mountain of data it has sent back over its lifetime."

During the final plunge, the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer acted as the "nose" of the spacecraft, directly sampling the composition and structure of the atmosphere -- something that can't be done from orbit, said Hunter Waite, team lead for the spectrometer.

This was in the hopes of investigating the "ring rain" phenomenon discovered by NASA's Voyager mission in the early 1980s, in which it appeared that the rings were raining down material on the planet and causing changes in the atmosphere. The spectrometer could determine what material is from the rings and what material is part of the atmosphere.

Cassini's grand finale actually began in April, with a series of dives between Saturn's rings, close to the planet and its moons, providing unprecedented insight. This is another reason the mission scientists decided on Cassini's particular end-game: The final dive was a dramatic conclusion to this long and scientifically valuable goodbye.

What Cassini taught us and what's next

Inspired to learn more after flybys of Saturn by NASA's Voyager missions, the Cassini mission was designed to be an international effort that united NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

It is known as the Cassini-Huygens mission because it delivered the European agency's Huygens probe to Titan, the "first descent and landing on a world in the outer solar system," according to NASA.

The Cassini mission has been extended twice and finally used up the last of its rocket propellant this week.

In the end, Cassini witnessed about half of a Saturn year. When the craft arrived, Saturn's northern hemisphere was emerging from winter. As seasons on Saturn last about seven Earth years each, Cassini was just able to witness summer in the northern hemisphere before the mission ended.

Over the years, Cassini has revealed insights about Saturn, its rings and how they operate, the complexities of its moons, the history of the solar system and planet formation and even the other places in our solar system where life might exist: ocean worlds. Cassini has collected more than 450,000 images using a visible light camera.

It has traveled nearly five billion miles, executed 2.5 million commands, conducted 162 targeted flybys of Saturn's moons, completed 294 orbits and its collected data has led to the publication of nearly 4,000 research papers.

When Cassini arrived, it witnessed a giant storm circling the planet for nine months. We learned that there are 3-D structures in the rings. Serendipitous observations showed that icy jets erupt from Enceladus. And Titan not only has seas and lakes of liquid ethane and methane, it has an atmosphere of chemicals that rain down, forming a unique chemistry that could lead to life.

"This is the final chapter of an amazing mission, but it's also a new beginning," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "Cassini's discovery of ocean worlds at Titan and Enceladus changed everything, shaking our views to the core about surprising places to search for potential life beyond Earth."

And the spacecraft itself, as well as its instruments, are informing future missions like NASA's Europa Clipper mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon, launching in the 2020s.

"Cassini has enabled those future missions to be possible," said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science.

NASA's New Frontiers competition has called for proposals that include future missions to the Saturn system. The proposals include a Saturn probe that explore the planet deeper than Cassini. Intrigued by Cassini's discoveries, scientists have submitted concepts for future "spacecraft to drift on the methane seas of Titan and fly through the Enceladus plume to collect and analyze samples for signs of biology," according to NASA.

Finalists will be announced at the end of the year, and NASA will explore those mission concepts further.

"For future missions to Saturn, there are a lot of possibilities," Spilker said. "One certainly involves the tiny moon Enceladus and the potential for life in that global ocean. The potential for astrobiology in the ocean on Titan. There's questions about the rings -- can we get even closer and understand those individual ring particles? Lots of questions remain, so that's why we have to go back."

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Cassini, NASA's 13-year Saturn mission, has ended

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.

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Early Friday morning, in London, England, during the morning rush. The police identified a suspect that was linked to the bucket bomb that detonated on a packed subway train during the Friday morning rush how. It injured at least 22 people. The incident is called a "terrorist incident" by the police that investigated the explosion on the District Line train at Parsons Green Station. The ambulance team says that at least one of the injuries could be serious or life threatening.

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A manhunt was underway for any suspects linked to the bucket bomb that detonated on a packed subway train during Friday morning rush hour, injuring at least 29 people.

A source confirmed to Fox News that an ISIS affiliate took responsibility for the attack.

Police quickly called the explosion on the District Line train at Parsons Green station a "terrorist incident." It was the fifth terrorist attack in Britain this year.

Hours after the attack, officials in the United Kingdom raised the country's terrorism threat level to "critical" - the highest possible threat which means another attack is expected shortly.

Police said they have not arrested anyone in connection to the bombing, but hundreds of detectives were trying to hunt down the perpetrator or perpetrators.

The Metropolitan Police force said police "are making fast-time inquiries to establish who was responsible and are working closely with the security services."

Counterterrorism policing chief Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives were scanning surveillance camera footage, carrying out forensic work and speaking to witnesses.

Scotland Yard said an improvised explosive device was used in the attack, and London's Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism unit was also investigating; however, police did not immediately provide any details on any suspects.

The ambulance service said at least one of the injuries was thought to be serious or life-threatening and most of the injuries were flash burns.

Passengers reported seeing people with burns to their faces and bodies after the "massive flash of flames" on the tube station.

Peter Crowley, a passenger, told the BBC: "I heard a large bang from the doors on the other side of the tube train and this fireball came towards my heard and singed off all my hair - I have got burn marks at the top of my head. Everyone just ran off the train, it was quite scary."

"It was a really hot intense fireball above my head, I've just got red marks and burns to the top of my head. There were a lot of people a lot worse than me."

Photos taken inside a District Line train showed a white plastic bucket inside a supermarket shopping bag with flames and what appear to be wires visible.

Explosive experts told the Daily Mail that they were investigating the bucket and said if it exploded properly it could have killed dozens of people. The BBC reported that the homemade device contained a timer.

Police advised people to avoid the area.

"Our city utterly condemns the hideous individuals who attempt to use terror to harm us and destroy our way of life," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement. "As London has proven again and again, we will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism."

"My thoughts are with those injured at Parsons Green and emergency services who are responding bravely to this terrorist incident," British Prime Minister Theresa May tweeted.

Police said it was "too early to confirm the cause of the fire, which will be subject to the investigation that is now underway by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command."

The London Ambulance Service said it was called in at 8:20 a.m. local time and dispatched multiple resources to the scene, including a hazardous area response team.

"Our initial priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries," a statement read.

President Trump tweeted about the attack, which he said was perpetrated by a "loser terrorist."

"Another attack in London by a loser terrorist.These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!" Trump wrote. "Loser terrorists must be dealt with in a much tougher manner.The internet is their main recruitment tool which we must cut off & use better!"

May said speculation about the incident was unhelpful following Trump's tweets.

"I never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation," May said.

London police have declined to comment on Trump's suggestion that it knew about the attacker.

Richard Aylmer-Hall, 53, who was on the train when the blast occurred, said he saw people injured after being trampled.

"There was a woman on the platform who said she had seen a bag, a flash and a bang, so obviously something had gone off," he said. "Some people got pushed over and trampled on, I saw two women being treated by ambulance crews."

Hall said he didn't believe anyone was injured by the actual device.

"It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road. I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets," he told Sky News.

Emma Stevie, a passenger on the train during the fire, told the BBC she became mixed in a "human stampede."

"I wedged myself in next to a railing, I put myself in the fetal position," she said.

"There was a pregnant woman underneath me, and I was trying really hard not to crush her.

"I saw a poor little boy with a smashed-in head and other injuries. It was horrible.

"The injuries from the stampede seemed the worst. I'm outside now, there are women crying and people sitting on the floor."

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said people should "keep calm and go about their normal lives" following the incident, adding that it would be "wrong to speculate."

May said Britain's official threat level from terrorism remained at "severe," meaning an attack is highly likely, and has not been raised in the wake of the bombing.

The London Underground itself has been targeted several times in the past, notably in July 2005, when suicide bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus, killing 52 people and themselves. Four more bombers tried a similar attack two weeks later, but their devices failed to detonate fully.
Fox News' Allison Barrie, Catherine Herridge and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Cassini, a spacecraft that's mission was over a decade, loses contact after a "Death Dive" into Saturn on Friday morning at 6:30 a.m.

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.

NASA confirmed the spacecraft's demise at 7:55 a.m. ET, as predicted.

For about a minute, Cassini was able to transmit new data about the planet's composition as long as its antenna remained pointed toward Earth, with the assist from small thrusters. Then, the spacecraft burned and disintegrated due to the heat and high pressure of the hostile atmosphere. It became part of the planet it set out to explore.

"It was a perfect spacecraft," said Julie Webster, spacecraft operations chief. "Right to the end, it did everything we asked it to. It's perfect, it's perfect."

No spacecraft has ever been so close to Saturn. The last few seconds of the Cassini mission provided the "first taste" of the atmosphere of Saturn, NASA said.

"You can think of Cassini as the first Saturn probe," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist.

On Thursday, Cassini took its last images and transmitted all the data on its recorder to prepare for the final plunge. The final data from Friday is already being processed and analyzed.

For the team behind the mission, losing their spacecraft is bittersweet: Many are sad that the mission is over but excited to see the groundbreaking science provided by unprecedented proximity to Saturn during the final dive.

"The Cassini operations team did an absolutely stellar job guiding the spacecraft to its noble end," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager. "From designing the trajectory seven years ago, to navigating through the 22 nail-biting plunges between Saturn and its rings, this is a crack shot group of scientists and engineers that scripted a fitting end to a great mission. What a way to go. Truly a blaze of glory."

The team members that have worked together from concept to the final minutes exchanged hugs and tears in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California after the loss of signal was confirmed.

"Things never will be quite the same for those of us on the Cassini team now that the spacecraft is no longer flying," Spilker said. "But, we take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too."

After launching in 1997 and reaching the Saturn system in 2004, Cassini spent 13 years exploring the planet and its moons. The data and images led to numerous discoveries that changed how scientists think about our solar system.

"A superb machine in an amazing place doing everything possible to reveal the mysteries and secrets of our solar system," Maize said. "This morning, a lone explorer, a machine made by humankind, finished its mission 900 million miles away. To the very end, the spacecraft did everything we asked. We believe we got every last second of data. We have indeed accomplished everything we set out to do."

Why the dramatic ending?

Cassini had its closest approach with Saturn's moon Titan on Monday, dubbed a "goodbye kiss" by the mission's engineers because it provided the gravity assist that sent the spacecraft on its final encounter with Saturn.

Mission scientists and operators gave Cassini this fiery send-off on purpose. Although many other options were considered -- such as "parking" the spacecraft in orbit -- they didn't want to risk Cassini colliding with any of Saturn's moons.

Cassini data and observations revealed that while seemingly inhospitable to us, the moons Enceladus and Titan could be habitable for some form of life. And NASA didn't want to risk contaminating the moons or any future studies of themwith Earth particles. Although Cassini has been in space for 20 years, microbes from Earth could still exist on the spacecraft without air, water or protection from radiation.

Although the mission itself has ended, the data and observations provided by Cassini will provide new details about the planet, its unique rings and its moons for decades to come.

"Cassini may be gone, but its scientific bounty will keep us occupied for many years," Spilker said. "We've only scratched the surface of what we can learn from the mountain of data it has sent back over its lifetime."

During the final plunge, the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer acted as the "nose" of the spacecraft, directly sampling the composition and structure of the atmosphere -- something that can't be done from orbit, said Hunter Waite, team lead for the spectrometer.

This was in the hopes of investigating the "ring rain" phenomenon discovered by NASA's Voyager mission in the early 1980s, in which it appeared that the rings were raining down material on the planet and causing changes in the atmosphere. The spectrometer could determine what material is from the rings and what material is part of the atmosphere.

Cassini's grand finale actually began in April, with a series of dives between Saturn's rings, close to the planet and its moons, providing unprecedented insight. This is another reason the mission scientists decided on Cassini's particular end-game: The final dive was a dramatic conclusion to this long and scientifically valuable goodbye.

What Cassini taught us and what's next

Inspired to learn more after flybys of Saturn by NASA's Voyager missions, the Cassini mission was designed to be an international effort that united NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

It is known as the Cassini-Huygens mission because it delivered the European agency's Huygens probe to Titan, the "first descent and landing on a world in the outer solar system," according to NASA.

The Cassini mission has been extended twice and finally used up the last of its rocket propellant this week.

In the end, Cassini witnessed about half of a Saturn year. When the craft arrived, Saturn's northern hemisphere was emerging from winter. As seasons on Saturn last about seven Earth years each, Cassini was just able to witness summer in the northern hemisphere before the mission ended.

Over the years, Cassini has revealed insights about Saturn, its rings and how they operate, the complexities of its moons, the history of the solar system and planet formation and even the other places in our solar system where life might exist: ocean worlds. Cassini has collected more than 450,000 images using a visible light camera.

It has traveled nearly five billion miles, executed 2.5 million commands, conducted 162 targeted flybys of Saturn's moons, completed 294 orbits and its collected data has led to the publication of nearly 4,000 research papers.

When Cassini arrived, it witnessed a giant storm circling the planet for nine months. We learned that there are 3-D structures in the rings. Serendipitous observations showed that icy jets erupt from Enceladus. And Titan not only has seas and lakes of liquid ethane and methane, it has an atmosphere of chemicals that rain down, forming a unique chemistry that could lead to life.

"This is the final chapter of an amazing mission, but it's also a new beginning," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "Cassini's discovery of ocean worlds at Titan and Enceladus changed everything, shaking our views to the core about surprising places to search for potential life beyond Earth."

And the spacecraft itself, as well as its instruments, are informing future missions like NASA's Europa Clipper mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon, launching in the 2020s.

"Cassini has enabled those future missions to be possible," said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science.

NASA's New Frontiers competition has called for proposals that include future missions to the Saturn system. The proposals include a Saturn probe that explore the planet deeper than Cassini. Intrigued by Cassini's discoveries, scientists have submitted concepts for future "spacecraft to drift on the methane seas of Titan and fly through the Enceladus plume to collect and analyze samples for signs of biology," according to NASA.

Finalists will be announced at the end of the year, and NASA will explore those mission concepts further.

"For future missions to Saturn, there are a lot of possibilities," Spilker said. "One certainly involves the tiny moon Enceladus and the potential for life in that global ocean. The potential for astrobiology in the ocean on Titan. There's questions about the rings -- can we get even closer and understand those individual ring particles? Lots of questions remain, so that's why we have to go back."

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.

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Americans living in the Northeast worry as Hurricane Jose has the potential to hit that area.

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Tropical Storm Jose has the potential to hit the Northeast

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a 16 year old girl in the UK died on September 7th due to "Rapunzel Syndrome" an excess to eating her own hair.

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A 16-year-old student in the U.K. died suddenly while away at college due to an infection caused by a hairball in her stomach. Jasmine Beever, of Skegness, was taken to the hospital via ambulance on September 7, where staff attempted life-saving resuscitation, LicolnshireLive.com reported.

An autopsy later revealed that Beever had suffering from peritonitis, which occurs when the thin membrane that covers the abdominal wall is inflamed, which is typically due to a fungal or bacterial infection. Beever's case was caused by the infected hairball in her stomach, and eventually led to a burst ulcer that caused her organs to shut down.
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Patients who swallow their own hair are often diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome, which is caused by a psychiatric disorder called trichophagia, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.

"Jasmine was amazing," Donna Marshall, a friend's mother, told LicolnshireLive.com. "She was one of those kids where she would make a sad face in the room smile. She was so bubbly."

Marshall called the teen's death a shock. Marshall's daughter, a longtime friend of the teen, set up a Just Giving page for donations to help the family cover medical expenses.
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"We are extremely upset but we want to thank everybody for all they have done for the family," Beever's parents said, according to LicolnshireLive.com.

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A 16-year-old student in the U.K. died suddenly while away at college due to an infection caused by a hairball in her stomach. Jasmine Beever, of Skegness, was taken to the hospital via ambulance on September 7, where staff attempted life-saving resuscitation, LicolnshireLive.com reported.

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A bomb exploded down in the London subways. 22 people were sent to the hospital. The London police are still looking for the suspect.

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London Metropolitan Police announced they were on scene of an "incident" on a subway train at the Parsons Green station just before 9 a.m. local time.

We are aware of an incident at #ParsonsGreen tube station. Officers are in attendance. More info ASAP
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London Metropolitan Police announced they were on scene of an "incident" on a subway train at the Parsons Green station just before 9 a.m. local time. We are aware of an incident at #ParsonsGreen tube station. Officers are in attendance. More info ASAP- Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 15, 2017

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Russia's military exercises: Could they turn into war?  In Russia and neighboring Belarus, the Zapad military exercise begins today.

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The two countries' Western neighbors have been worried. Zapad is Russian for "West," and of all the different major exercises in the Russian military calendar, it causes the most excitement and concern because it is the one that most closely resembles practice for war with NATO.

As a result, this regular event receives a lot more attention than other Russian manoeuvers of similar size. Held every four years, the exercise can even develop its own mythology: Much of the Western coverage said that the 2009 exercise ended with a simulated nuclear attack on Warsaw, Poland, even though there is no evidence at all from unclassified sources to suggest this was the case.

What happens during this year's Zapad exercise is important. The United States, NATO and especially the front-line states bordering Russia will be watching closely to learn what they can about the latest Russian capabilities and military procedures.

An additional cause for concern is that Russia has previously used the fact of large numbers of troops being on the move for major exercises to launch real military operations -- against both Georgia and Ukraine.

In Poland, Lithuania and especially Ukraine, some fear this year's Zapad could provide cover for preparing another Russian military adventure.

But unlike those exercises, Zapad is not a purely Russian undertaking. It is run in cooperation with Belarus.

Belarus finds itself in the difficult position of being officially an ally of Russia's but not sharing Moscow's antagonism toward the West and wanting instead to remain neutral in the confrontation between Russia and NATO.

But at the same time, the country shares NATO's concern about the danger of inadvertent conflict in the region, and is looking for ways to avoid inflaming the situation.

Belarus is pushing for openness to the West during the exercises -- which will also help ensure that Russia does not take the opportunity to deviate from the exercise scenario to launch some kind of unfriendly action.

The authorities in Minsk have invited military observers and defense attachés from a large number of NATO and non-NATO countries as well as from international organizations such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Red Cross and a large number of Western media to observe portions of the exercise.

That may not have pleased Moscow, which is keeping quiet about the much bigger Zapad-related activities on its side of the border. But all these Russian activities will be far less visible to the West than the high-profile "main event" in Belarus.

Various theories have been put forward for how Russia might exploit Zapad to gain some kind of military advantage. At the most extravagant, these theories include mounting an actual military attack on Russia's NATO neighbors, and the United States and other countries have made small temporary increases in the number of troops and defensive assets in place in the Baltic states as a precaution.

At the less dramatic end of the scale, another suggestion is that Russian troops taking part in the exercise on the territory of Belarus could remain there at the end of the exercise.

There has been little public discussion on what the "staying behind" option might actually look like. While major Russian units remaining on Belarusian territory seems a remote prospect, another possibility that has been put forward is Russian military equipment being left there without troops, as part of pre-positioning for possible future Russian military action launched against neighbors such as Lithuania or Poland, or the so-called Suwałki gap, from Belarus itself.

A move such as this could be portrayed by Russia as a defensive measure in response to NATO's placement of a small number of additional troops in the Baltic states and Poland under the "enhanced forward presence" program -- the argument would be that NATO has prepositioned its forces in the front-line states, so Russia is now doing the same.

But this too would require cooperation and agreement from Minsk, which does not fit with Belarus' track record of resisting attempts at increasing the amount of Russian military infrastructure in the country.

At the same time, Russia has good reason at the moment to play down conflict instead of launching new military adventures. With a strong interest in rolling back sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe, Moscow could choose to act calmly to defuse anti-Russian rhetoric and undermine those who warn of the Kremlin's aggressive intent.

As a result, Russia is currently mixing threatening language designed to intimidate the West with another, contradictory message: that those who fear a Russian military threat are "hysterical," "living in the last century," and hankering for the Cold War. By keeping quiet about Zapad, Russia allows speculation and hype in Western media -- and even from government officials -- do this job for them.

With the current level of Western alarm at possible developments of the upcoming exercise, if Zapad comes to an end with no incident, then Moscow can quite readily say, "We told you so."
This article was originally published in August and has been updated.

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The haunting photograph captures the heart-wrenching story of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims fleeing the ethnic violence in Myanmar.

Her name is Hanida Begum. Her people are often described as the most persecuted minority in the world.

This is the moment she discovers the death of her infant son.

One-month-old Abdul Masood died after the wooden boat delivering his family to Bangladesh capsized Thursday in the waist-deep water of the Bay of Bengal on Shah Porir Dwip island, close to shore.

Begum presses her lips against Abdul's. She cups his head. Rohingya Muslims around are unable to comfort the grieving mother.

Begum and her family are among the staggering 370,000 people who have made the perilous journey to Bangladesh since August 25, according to the UN refugee agency. The sad end to their voyage was captured by an Associated Press photographer.

They are men, women and children -- including the newborn, pregnant and elderly -- escaping violent clashes in Rakhine State as the Myanmar military conducts "clearance operations" which intensified after Rohingya militants attacked police border posts in late August.

There have been reports of violent attacks on Rohingya by the military, as well as rape, murder and arson, according to Human Rights Watch and other groups. The UN says the crisis has left at least 1,000 people dead.

Myanmar considers them illegal immigrants because their heritage is rooted in East Bengal, now called Bangladesh.

But Bangladesh denies them civil and political rights, saying they're Burmese.

Almost 90% of Myanmar's population are Buddhists, according to government figures. The Rohingya have long been marginalized for their faith.

Now they're fleeing for their lives -- an average of almost 20,000 a day.

Abdul's parents were trying to save their children -- and themselves -- from what the UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has called a "textbook case of ethnic cleansing."

Many Rohingya escape on overloaded boats ill-equipped for the rough waters. Dozens have drowned. Rarely are bodies collected, according to a senior Bangladeshi border guard

A striking image from the ill-fated journey undertaken by Abdul's family shows his bearded father holding the baby's body. Abdul's little arm rests on his abdomen. He appears asleep.

Begum wails as she holds another child over her shoulder. Her hand supports the father's hands as if to keep the infant from falling.

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The haunting photograph captures the heart-wrenching story of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims fleeing the ethnic violence in Myanmar. Her name is Hanida Begum. Her people are often described as the most persecuted minority in the world. This is the moment she discovers the death of her infant son.

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North Korea fires a missile over Japan. the missile fired over 3,700 km (2,300 mi). It few the furthest any other North Korean missile. This was another violation of the UN's resolution.

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In a major show of defiance to the international community, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday.

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Pregnant teacher went missing, and was found dead. Her boyfriend was suspected for her murder.

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BALTIMORE (WJZ)- - A missing Maryland teacher who was four months pregnant has been found dead and her boyfriend has been arrested and charged with her murder, Montgomery County police say.

We are sad to report that missing Olney woman Laura Wallen has been located deceased. A suspect was arrested for her murder 45 minutes ago.

- Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) September 13, 2017

Laura Wallen was found dead Wednesday in a shallow grave in Damascus off Prices Distillery Road.

Wallen's family and friends became alarmed last week when she didn't show up for the first day of classes at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia.

"We had a real sense of dread this is the way this was going to end up," said Montgomery County police chief Tom Manger.

Police say Tyler Tessier, Wallen's longtime boyfriend, had been a person of interest even as he held hands with Wallen's mother on Monday and pleaded for her safe return at a press conference.

"There is nothing we can't fix together, myself and your family," Tessier said at the conference.

Police say Wallen's parents knew he was a suspect as detectives noticed inconsistencies in his story.

"The decision to allow him to participate in that news conference was a calculated decision made by the detectives in this case with the expressed purpose of hearing what he had to say," Chief Manger said.

Investigators believe Tessier may have killed Wallen on September 3, and then drove her SUV to an apartment complex near the Mall in Columbia and ditched it there.

They also say he admitted to removing the front tag of her SUV, and to throwing away her license and phone.

Police recovered surveillance video of the two at a nearby supermarket the day before she went missing.

Police say Wallen, who lived in Olney, last contacted family members by text message on Sunday. But investigators believe Tessier was the one who sent a message from Wallen's phone to her sister's phone saying the baby wasn't his.

"This is one of those tragic cases where you have an absolutely innocent victim," Manger said. "Just senseless, senseless killing."

Police said Tessier texted a friend for a ride on September 3 and said that he needed "help to clean up mess." That friend declined to help.

Tessier is in police custody and will make his first court appearance Thursday.

Police say Tessier is currently their only suspect in Wallen's death. Investigators did not say how Wallen was killed, and the investigation is ongoing.

A vigil was scheduled for Wallen Wednesday night at Wilde Lake High School but was canceled following the announcement of her murder. Current and former students and members of the community had gathered in hopes of Wallen's safe return.

Once word spread that she'd been found dead and that her boyfriend had been arrested and charged with her murder, those able to speak were basically left at a loss for words.

"It's unreal," former student Saquan Maxwell said. "It's like one of them bad Lifetime movies that you just like 'yeah I know what's going to happen in the next five minutes of the movie,' like it's not real. Why? Like why? Like what motivated you, like why? Like how could you be so possessed with hate?"

"The community is devastated," said Rick Wilson. "Our heart goes out to the Wallen family."

"She influenced us to be better in life not just in school, in life," former student Hamad Wasti said.

"While all of our hearts are broken they know that their dear Laura is secure in the arms of God and they are holding onto the faith," family pastor Mark Hricko said.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ)- - A missing Maryland teacher who was four months pregnant has been found dead and her boyfriend has been arrested and charged with her murder, Montgomery County police say. We are sad to report that missing Olney woman Laura Wallen has been located deceased.

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"I was taken to the hospital," she tweeted from Los Angeles. "It is not simply hip pain or wear and tear from the road, I am in severe pain."

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Lady Gaga canceled her performance in Rio de Janeiro because she was taken to the hospital, the singer shared Thursday.

Gaga took to Instagram to update fans on why she would not be able to perform at Brazil's Rock in Rio music festival Friday as she had planned.

"I was taken to the hospital," she tweeted from Los Angeles. "It is not simply hip pain or wear and tear from the road, I am in severe pain."

Still, she reassured fans that she would be okay, adding that she is "in good hands w/ the very best doctors."

Gaga has been open with fans before about her struggle with chronic pain.

While she didn't specify it as the reason for her hospitalization, she explained Tuesday that she has fibromyalgia, a musculoskeletal illness that causes pain across the body.

She also didn't want fans in Brazil to feel disappointed by the canceled performance.

I ask for your grace and understanding, and promise that I will come back and perform for you soon.
- xoxo, Gaga (@ladygaga) September 14, 2017

"Please don't forget my love for you," she said. "Remember years ago when I tattooed Rio on my neck, the tattoo was written by children in the favelas. You hold a special place in my heart. I love you."

It's clear her fans love her right back. They were quick to show their support for the singer on social media.

Lady Gaga is a human being, not a robot. She's ill and we understand it! #GetWellSoonGaga#weloveyougaga pic.twitter.com/OR9Icq13Bb
- María 👒 (@gaga_spain_) September 14, 2017

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Lady Gaga canceled her performance in Rio de Janeiro because she was taken to the hospital, the singer shared Thursday. Gaga took to Instagram to update fans on why she would not be able to perform at Brazil's Rock in Rio music festival Friday as she had planned.

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Irma death toll raises to 82 and over 1.5 million businesses without power.

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The death toll from Hurricane Irma was at 82 early on Friday as 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power in sweltering heat, five days after the historic storm ripped through southeast U.S.

NextEra Energy Inc's (NEE.N) FPL, Florida's biggest electric company, said on Friday about 1.1 million customers had no power, while Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) reported that more than 371,000 customers were in the dark and Tampa Electric, a unit of Emera Inc (EMA.TO), reported about 39,000 were without power.

Irma, which had ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record before striking the U.S. mainland as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, has been blamed for at least 82 deaths, with several hard-hit Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, accounting for more than half the fatalities.

At least 32 deaths have been reported in Florida and seven more combined in Georgia and South Carolina. The death toll includes eight elderly patients who died after being exposed to sweltering heat inside a Miami-area nursing home left with little or no air conditioning after the hurricane struck.

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The deaths at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills stirred outrage at what many saw as a preventable tragedy, and heightened concerns about the vulnerability of the state's large elderly population amid widespread, lingering power outages.

"It was unnecessary," Bendetta Craig, whose 87-year-old mother was among dozens of patients safely removed from the center, told reporters on Thursday.

"I don't know what happened inside. I wasn't there. I hope the truth comes out. It is just senseless," she said.

Police obtained a search warrant on Thursday in their criminal investigation into the deaths while Florida's healthcare agency ordered a Miami-area nursing home suspended from the state Medicaid program.

High temperatures were forecast to reach the upper 80s Fahrenheit (low 30s Celsius) in Florida's two biggest cities, Jacksonville and Miami, and the mid-80s F (around 30 C) in Atlanta over the next week or so, according to meteorologists at AccuWeather.

FPL, which serves nearly 5 million homes and businesses, said it expects to restore power to essentially all its users, in the eastern portion of Florida, by the end of the weekend and the harder-hit western portion of the state by Sept. 22.

Duke Energy Corp, which serves the northern and central parts of Florida, said on its website it expects to restore service to most customers by midnight Sept. 17.

Irma rampaged through the Caribbean, devastating several islands and raking the northern shore of Cuba last week before barreling into the Florida Keys island chain on Sunday with sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour (215 km/h).

An estimated 20 percent of Florida's gas stations had no fuel on Thursday, down from a peak of 46 percent, according to fuel information service Gas Buddy.

U.S. President Donald Trump visited Gulf Coast Florida communities recovering from the hurricane on Thursday, praising first-responders for their role in limiting the loss of life.

The U.S. Justice Department has received more than 400 fraud complaints involving relief aid after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and expects a spike in fraud complaints in the coming months, department officials said on Thursday.

(Additional reporting by David Alexander in Washington, Zachary Fagenson in Miami, Letitia Stein in Detroit, Colleen Jenkins in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Gina Cherelus, Jessica Resnick-Ault, Joseph Ax and Scott DiSavino in New York; Writing by Scott Malone and Steve Gorman; Editing by Paul Tait and Toby Chopra)

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Fans drape a poster reading "Racism is as American as Baseball" during Red Sox game. Two women and one man were seen holding the banner. They were booed by the audience until security removed the protesters.

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Protesters caused a stir at Boston's Fenway Park Wednesday night when they unfurled a banner proclaiming "Racism is as American as Baseball" over the famed Green Monster.

Two women and one man were seen holding up the black banner in the middle of the fourth inning of the Red Sox game against the Oakland Athletics.

The Boston Globe reported that the crowd booed the banner until it and the protesters were removed by security. The game was not delayed.

In a statement, the Red Sox said that four people were ejected from the park and the banner was "in violation of the club's policy prohibiting signs of any kind to be hung or affixed to the ballpark." The club's statement did not mention the message on the banner.

Boston fans were embroiled in a racially charged episode in May, when Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was taunted with racial slurs by fans sitting in the Fenway bleachers. Two days later, the Red Sox announced that they had banned a fan from the park for life after he directed racial slurs at another fan the night after Jones said he was abused.

After deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last month, Red Sox owner John Henry said he planned to ask the city of Boston to change the name of Yawkey Way, which runs in front of Fenway Park. The street is named for Tom Yawkey, who owned the Red Sox from 1933 until his death in 1976.

Under Yawkey's ownership, the Red Sox infamously became the last team in the American League to integrate when they signed Pumpsie Green in 1959.

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The London have reportedly identified a suspect that has been linked to the bucket bombing on a packed subway injuring 22 people on Friday.

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Police are investigating a possible hazing death at LSU. Reports came in that a pledge had an incident and has died. It is believed to a be a hazing incident, but it is still under investigation. All Greek life has stopped on the campus.

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Maxwell Gruver, a Phi Delta Theta Fraternity pledge, died Thursday, LSU Media Relations said.

LSU President F. King Alexander reiterated that while the 18-year-old's death is being investigated as a "potential hazing incident," many details of what occurred before his death are still unknown.

All Greek activities at the university were suspended "indefinitely, pending the results of a thorough investigation," he said at a news conference late Thursday.

"As we've continually warned over and over again, hazing is dangerous, irresponsible, and unacceptable, and it will not be tolerated at LSU period," Alexander said.

Fraternity members were interviewed, and no arrests have been made, said Ernie Ballard, the university's media relations director.

What officials know

A fellow fraternity member took Gruver to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center's emergency department Thursday morning, where he was pronounced dead shortly before noon, according to the East Baton Rouge Coroner's office.

The fraternity contacted LSU's Greek Life office around 12:15 pm on Thursday to inform them of an incident. That office then notified the university's police, which began investigating, Ballard said.

Gruver's cause of death is unknown. The East Baton Rouge Coroner's office says it will perform an autopsy Friday morning to determine the preliminary cause of death.

The Phi Delta Theta's LSU chapter of the fraternity has been suspended both by LSU and by the fraternity's national office, which has also opened an investigation into the incident.

"We're committed to investigating this situation thoroughly. The chapter and any individuals who are found to have violated our policies will be held accountable," Bob Biggs, Executive Vice President and CEO of Phi Delta Theta General Headquarters, said in a press release.

The Phi Delta Theta house is owned by the fraternity's chapter, but it is considered on-campus housing by the University. A house mom lives in the fraternity house, Ballard told CNN. It is unknown if the house mom was in the fraternity house the night before or the morning of Gruver's death, he added.

"This is an evolving situation. We are investigating the matter with the utmost seriousness," Alexander said.

The fraternity did not have any registered or scheduled events with the school on Sept. 13, the night before Gruver died, officials said.

LSU has a fall rush period where students can try to join a fraternity. The fall rush period has ended, and students who received invitations, or bids, to join fraternities are now in a pledging process to become a member.

Twenty-three percent of LSU's student body is in a Greek organization, according to Ballard.

"A young man's life was cut short last night, and we mourn the loss," the University President said. "Our deepest sympathies and prayers go to his family and his friends."

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lsu student dead after 'potential hazing incident' - cnn

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Police investigating possible hazing death at LSU

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Maxwell Gruver, a Phi Delta Theta Fraternity pledge, died Thursday, LSU Media Relations said. LSU President F. King Alexander reiterated that while the 18-year-old's death is being investigated as a "potential hazing incident," many details of what occurred before his death are still unknown.

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NASA's 13 year old Saturn mission spacecraft, Cassini, deliberately crashed into Saturn.

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.

NASA confirmed the spacecraft's demise at 7:55 a.m. ET, as predicted.

For about a minute, Cassini was able to transmit new data about the planet's composition as long as its antenna remained pointed toward Earth, with the assist from small thrusters. Then, the spacecraft burned and disintegrated due to the heat and high pressure of the hostile atmosphere. It became part of the planet it set out to explore.

"It was a perfect spacecraft," said Julie Webster, spacecraft operations chief. "Right to the end, it did everything we asked it to. It's perfect, it's perfect."

No spacecraft has ever been so close to Saturn. The last few seconds of the Cassini mission provided the "first taste" of the atmosphere of Saturn, NASA said.

"You can think of Cassini as the first Saturn probe," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist.

On Thursday, Cassini took its last images and transmitted all the data on its recorder to prepare for the final plunge. The final data from Friday is already being processed and analyzed.

For the team behind the mission, losing their spacecraft is bittersweet: Many are sad that the mission is over but excited to see the groundbreaking science provided by unprecedented proximity to Saturn during the final dive.

"The Cassini operations team did an absolutely stellar job guiding the spacecraft to its noble end," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager. "From designing the trajectory seven years ago, to navigating through the 22 nail-biting plunges between Saturn and its rings, this is a crack shot group of scientists and engineers that scripted a fitting end to a great mission. What a way to go. Truly a blaze of glory."

The team members that have worked together from concept to the final minutes exchanged hugs and tears in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California after the loss of signal was confirmed.

"Things never will be quite the same for those of us on the Cassini team now that the spacecraft is no longer flying," Spilker said. "But, we take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too."

After launching in 1997 and reaching the Saturn system in 2004, Cassini spent 13 years exploring the planet and its moons. The data and images led to numerous discoveries that changed how scientists think about our solar system.

"A superb machine in an amazing place doing everything possible to reveal the mysteries and secrets of our solar system," Maize said. "This morning, a lone explorer, a machine made by humankind, finished its mission 900 million miles away. To the very end, the spacecraft did everything we asked. We believe we got every last second of data. We have indeed accomplished everything we set out to do."

Why the dramatic ending?

Cassini had its closest approach with Saturn's moon Titan on Monday, dubbed a "goodbye kiss" by the mission's engineers because it provided the gravity assist that sent the spacecraft on its final encounter with Saturn.

Mission scientists and operators gave Cassini this fiery send-off on purpose. Although many other options were considered -- such as "parking" the spacecraft in orbit -- they didn't want to risk Cassini colliding with any of Saturn's moons.

Cassini data and observations revealed that while seemingly inhospitable to us, the moons Enceladus and Titan could be habitable for some form of life. And NASA didn't want to risk contaminating the moons or any future studies of themwith Earth particles. Although Cassini has been in space for 20 years, microbes from Earth could still exist on the spacecraft without air, water or protection from radiation.

Although the mission itself has ended, the data and observations provided by Cassini will provide new details about the planet, its unique rings and its moons for decades to come.

"Cassini may be gone, but its scientific bounty will keep us occupied for many years," Spilker said. "We've only scratched the surface of what we can learn from the mountain of data it has sent back over its lifetime."

During the final plunge, the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer acted as the "nose" of the spacecraft, directly sampling the composition and structure of the atmosphere -- something that can't be done from orbit, said Hunter Waite, team lead for the spectrometer.

This was in the hopes of investigating the "ring rain" phenomenon discovered by NASA's Voyager mission in the early 1980s, in which it appeared that the rings were raining down material on the planet and causing changes in the atmosphere. The spectrometer could determine what material is from the rings and what material is part of the atmosphere.

Cassini's grand finale actually began in April, with a series of dives between Saturn's rings, close to the planet and its moons, providing unprecedented insight. This is another reason the mission scientists decided on Cassini's particular end-game: The final dive was a dramatic conclusion to this long and scientifically valuable goodbye.

What Cassini taught us and what's next

Inspired to learn more after flybys of Saturn by NASA's Voyager missions, the Cassini mission was designed to be an international effort that united NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

It is known as the Cassini-Huygens mission because it delivered the European agency's Huygens probe to Titan, the "first descent and landing on a world in the outer solar system," according to NASA.

The Cassini mission has been extended twice and finally used up the last of its rocket propellant this week.

In the end, Cassini witnessed about half of a Saturn year. When the craft arrived, Saturn's northern hemisphere was emerging from winter. As seasons on Saturn last about seven Earth years each, Cassini was just able to witness summer in the northern hemisphere before the mission ended.

Over the years, Cassini has revealed insights about Saturn, its rings and how they operate, the complexities of its moons, the history of the solar system and planet formation and even the other places in our solar system where life might exist: ocean worlds. Cassini has collected more than 450,000 images using a visible light camera.

It has traveled nearly five billion miles, executed 2.5 million commands, conducted 162 targeted flybys of Saturn's moons, completed 294 orbits and its collected data has led to the publication of nearly 4,000 research papers.

When Cassini arrived, it witnessed a giant storm circling the planet for nine months. We learned that there are 3-D structures in the rings. Serendipitous observations showed that icy jets erupt from Enceladus. And Titan not only has seas and lakes of liquid ethane and methane, it has an atmosphere of chemicals that rain down, forming a unique chemistry that could lead to life.

"This is the final chapter of an amazing mission, but it's also a new beginning," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "Cassini's discovery of ocean worlds at Titan and Enceladus changed everything, shaking our views to the core about surprising places to search for potential life beyond Earth."

And the spacecraft itself, as well as its instruments, are informing future missions like NASA's Europa Clipper mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon, launching in the 2020s.

"Cassini has enabled those future missions to be possible," said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science.

NASA's New Frontiers competition has called for proposals that include future missions to the Saturn system. The proposals include a Saturn probe that explore the planet deeper than Cassini. Intrigued by Cassini's discoveries, scientists have submitted concepts for future "spacecraft to drift on the methane seas of Titan and fly through the Enceladus plume to collect and analyze samples for signs of biology," according to NASA.

Finalists will be announced at the end of the year, and NASA will explore those mission concepts further.

"For future missions to Saturn, there are a lot of possibilities," Spilker said. "One certainly involves the tiny moon Enceladus and the potential for life in that global ocean. The potential for astrobiology in the ocean on Titan. There's questions about the rings -- can we get even closer and understand those individual ring particles? Lots of questions remain, so that's why we have to go back."

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Cassini, NASA's 13-year Saturn mission, has ended

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The spacecraft deliberately sank into Saturn's upper atmosphere at a high speed and plunged itself into the planet just after 6:30a.m. ET Friday. Given the amount of time it takes signals to reach Earth, the final signal and last bits of data reached the Deep Space Network's Canberra Station in Australia about an hour and a half later.