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George W. Bush delivers tearful eulogy

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President George W. Bush delivers a tearful eulogy for his father, former President George H.W. Bush, at the National Cathedral in Washington.

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Cardi B and Offset divorce months after their child is born.

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Cardi B says she and her husband Offset have broken up.

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A security guard is under arrest after the body of a missing female Floridian was found in Costa Rica.

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A security guard for the hostel where an American woman was staying during her last night in Costa Rica has been arrested in connection with her disappearance, local authorities announced Tuesday.

Carla Stefaniak was last heard from on Nov. 27, the night before her 36th birthday, her family told ABC News. The Miami resident traveled to Costa Rica on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate her birthday with her sister-in-law, April Burton, but decided to remain in the Central American country for an extra day after Burton returned to Florida on Nov. 27, the family said.

Bismarck Espinoza Martinez, a 32-year-old Nicaraguan security guard who lived in the room next to where Stefaniak was staying, has been arrested after testimony he gave investigators did not match with surveillance footage or other witness statements, Walter Espinoza, director of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department, told reporters on Tuesday. Martinez had been in the country since June, Espinoza said.

A woman's decomposing body was found in a wooded area about 1,000 feet away from the hostel in San Jose that Stefaniak had booked for her final night, Espinoza said on Monday.

While the remains have not yet been positively identified, the body "preliminarily corresponds" to Stefaniak, Espinoza said on Tuesday. An autopsy determined the cause of death as "stab wounds around the neck and extremities," Espinoza said. The body also had a blunt force trauma injury to the head, Espinoza said.

Authorities are looking to conduct a fingerprint comparison to positively identify the body, Espinoza said.

Investigators studied surveillance footage from the area where Stefaniak was staying, near the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, and compared it to witness statements, Espinoza said.

The testimony the security guard gave to authorities was "incompatible to reality" and contradicted with the surveillance footage and other witness testimonies, Espinoza said.

Martinez was living in apartment No. 7, while Stefaniak was staying next door in apartment. No. 8, Espinoza said, adding that blood was found in her room.

Stefaniak's family and friends last spoke to her on the night of Nov. 27 just before her phone died around 9 p.m., according to a timeline the family provided to ABC Tampa affiliate WFTS.

A couple hours before, Stefaniak had sent a message to a group chat on WhatsApp stating that it was raining heavily and that the power went out, describing the situation as "Super Sketchy."

While FaceTiming with a friend around 7:20 p.m. that night, Stefaniak told him that she was thirsty, according to the timeline. When he suggested that she boil some water, she told him that all she could find was a skillet and said that she was going to ask one of the security guards to buy her a bottle of water, since it was raining, the family told WFTS. It is unclear if she had contact with one of the security guards.

The owner of the hostel told Stefaniak's family that she had checked out with all her belongings at 5:10 a.m. on Nov. 28, according to the timeline provided to WFTS. Stefaniak's flight wasn't until 1:30 p.m. that day, and the family said it was unlikely that she would check out early for no reason. There were no security cameras on the property to verify the hostel owner's claim, the family told WFTS.

The Uber driver who had driven Stefaniak from the airport to the hostel on Nov. 27 -- after she dropped Burton off for her flight and returned their rental car -- told the family that she asked him to pick her up the next morning around 8;30 a.m. and take her to a shopping center, but she never showed up, according to the timeline. The Uber driver had also taken Stefaniak on a city tour of San Jose after she checked into the hostel, the family told WFTS.

The U.S. Department of State said in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that it was aware of the reports of a missing U.S. citizen and that an "unidentified body" had been found but did not comment further due to privacy concerns.

"The U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad have no greater responsibility than the protection of U.S. citizens overseas," the statement read. "When a U.S. citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts."

ABC News' Conor Finnegan contributed to this report.

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Hostel security guard arrested after American woman vanishes in Costa Rica: Police

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A security guard for the hostel where an American woman was staying during her last night in Costa Rica has been arrested in connection with her disappearance, local authorities announced Tuesday. Carla Stefaniak was last heard from on Nov. 27, the night before her 36th birthday, her family told ABC News.

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A puppy is being credited with unearthing a piece of prehistoric history along Puget Sound in Washington state.

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LANGLEY, Wash. - A puppy is being credited with unearthing a piece of prehistoric history along Puget Sound in Washington state.

An Island County dog owner says his pup literally dug up a woolly mammoth tooth from his own back yard.

Kirk Lacewell says he has lived in Langley for about six years. His dog Scout isn't his first pet, but he's been a fun new addition to his family. A few weeks ago, Kirk noticed Scout paying close attention to something in his back yard.

"I saw him with what looked like a rock to me one day a couple months ago, I didn't think anything of it," said Lacewell. "The next day he had that rock again."

Something about Scout's find seemed off to Lacewell so he cleaned it up and called the experts at the University of Washington.

"I called the museum over there and the paleontologists examined the pictures and told me this was part of a woolly mammoth tooth," said Lacewell.

He told KCPQ the tooth could be 13,000 years old and although the discovery wasn't a first for Western Washington, it certainly was for Scout.

Now Lacewell and his neighbors wonder what other prehistoric treasures could be hiding underneath the soil on Whidbey Island.

"Andy Warhol said everybody's going to have fifteen minutes of fame," said Lacewell. "Well, Scout and I are famous for fifteen minutes now."

Lacewell says he plans to keep Scout's find as a family heirloom and in the coming months, who knows what other gems scout can sniff out from his own back yard.

"If we find the rest of the woolly mammoth in the backyard we'll call you back," he said.

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Puppy unearths woolly mammoth tooth in family's backyard

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LANGLEY, Wash. - A puppy is being credited with unearthing a piece of prehistoric history along Puget Sound in Washington state. An Island County dog owner says his pup literally dug up a woolly mammoth tooth from his own back yard. Kirk Lacewell says he has lived in Langley for about six years.

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Medieval skeleton was unearthed in London, and was found wearing "expensive" leather boots

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Medieval skeleton unearthed in London wearing ‘expensive’ leather boots

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An estimated 500-year-old skeleton still wearing the boots he died in was recently unearthed by archaeologists excavating a site in London.

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Angry bride releases 10-year-old letter to sister who stole her spotlight before wedding: 'Thank you for your thoughtlessness'

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A bride has released a letter she wrote before her wedding 10 years ago expressing her anger toward her sister for getting engaged ahead of her special day.

The letter was shared on air in Ireland on RTE Radio 1's Ryan Tubridy Show as part of a competition called "The Letter You Never Wrote," The Mirror reports.

The anonymous woman details how furious she was at her sister, who was also a bridesmaid, for stealing the spotlight nearly two months before her wedding.

"Dear sister, it is now six and a half weeks to my wedding, I'll be spending this week putting together the invites and trying to get them off in the post. It's a very stressful time and I've had to compromise a lot of my wedding plans to suit people I don't even know. To top it all, I've spent the last two days crying over something that I shouldn't be," she wrote, per The Mirror.
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"Now don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for you. I'm delighted that you've found someone who makes you happy and who you wish to spend the rest of your life with. But could you not have waited another six weeks before announcing your engagement?"

The anonymous woman goes on to say that you "only get engaged and married once" and that the run-up to her wedding should be a "special time" for her.

"Forgive me for being a bit of a bridezilla but the focus should be on me and my day, not you and your engagement," she wrote.

She claims she decided to write her feelings down and seal the letter away instead of sharing them now because "we're not children anymore" and "life is not a competition." Though she did note that she might "consider posting [the letter] after the wedding.

"I'm so hurt that neither you nor your fiancé thought for even one moment the impact it would have on me and mine, it should be our time to shine and celebrate our wedding, and you have thoughtlessly taken that away. You both will have your time in the future, I hope no-one does to you what you've done to me," she added.
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She said she didn't tell their parents because she didn't want to take away any of her sister's happiness or have her parents fight before the wedding.

"Too many people have helped me so far for my day to be overshadowed," she said.

"So, dear bridesmaid, thank you for your thoughtlessness. Although I'm not really surprised."

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A bride has released a letter she wrote before her wedding 10 years ago expressing her anger toward her sister for getting engaged ahead of her special day. The letter was shared on air in Ireland on RTE Radio 1's Ryan Tubridy Show as part of a competition called "The Letter You Never Wrote," The Mirror reports.

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Ryan Murphy starts an organization that will raise funds and aim to get rid of anti-LGBTQ candidates running in the political scene as of 2020.

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Ryan Murphy fund aims to get 'anti-LGBTQ' candidates out of office in 2020

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The midterms lit a fire in Ryan Murphy, and a new organization he's formed aims to continue what he sees as a wave of positive momentum for the LGBTQ community.

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500 year old skeleton unearthed in London, found wearing "expensive" leather boots.

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Medieval skeleton unearthed in London wearing ‘expensive’ leather boots

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An estimated 500-year-old skeleton still wearing the boots he died in was recently unearthed by archaeologists excavating a site in London.

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in the 2019 madden nfl game that has just came out. Kareem hunt has was one of the best running backs on the game and was rated as a 93 overall. After the current events of the incident with hunt and the girl madden has decided to remove him from madden and remove him from his madden contract.

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If you have Kareem Hunt on you Madden Ultimate Team, expect to see a replacement player in the near future.

EA Sports told TMZ that Hunt was being removed from its popular Madden video game in the wake of a video that surfaced Friday showing Hunt kick and push a woman during an incident in February.

The Chiefs released Hunt on Friday and he cleared waivers on Monday, meaning he is a free agent.

"We are in the process of removing Kareem Hunt from the Madden NFL 19 roster, Madden Overdrive and Madden Ultimate Team," an EA Sports representative told TMZ Sports, which published the surveillance video of the incident.

"Any of our players who currently have Hunt on their Ultimate Team will receive a replacement generic player with identical stats."

There is precedent for this.

The Washington Post noted that EA Sports dropped former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice from Madden 15 after video surfaced of him punching his then-fiancee, and former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was dropped from Madden after murder charges were filed against him in 2013.

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If you have Kareem Hunt on you Madden Ultimate Team, expect to see a replacement player in the near future. EA Sports told TMZ that Hunt was being removed from its popular Madden video game in the wake of a video that surfaced Friday showing Hunt kick and push a woman during an incident in February.

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Undisclosed information that Austin Tice, a man captured in Syria in 2012, is still alive. Parents are "confident" he is still alive.

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The parents of kidnapped American journalist Austin Tice said Tuesday undisclosed new information leads them to believe their son is still alive six years after he was last seen in Syria, and the pair said they're hopeful the Trump administration will get Tice freed.

Marc and Debra Tice told reporters in Beirut they've met with U.S. officials -- including President Trump -- and "they have each made a commitment to us that they're determined to bring Austin home safely."

Austin Tice, who would now be 37 years old, disappeared Aug. 14, 2012, after stopping at a checkpoint in Syria while en route to Lebanon. Five weeks after his disappearance, a video surfaced showing a blindfolded Tice being detained by armed men. He reportedly hasn't been seen since. At the time of his disappearance, Tice was working as a freelance journalist outside Damascus, the Syrian capital.
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His parents said they recently applied for visas to go to Damascus, to appeal for Tice's release in person, but the visas have yet to be granted.

"We're incredibly encouraged, and we've spent many hours, many days meeting all the senior officials in the United States government, from the president down, over the course of a number of months," Marc Tice said.

The Tices said they're hopeful they'll get their son back due to Trump's personal interest in the case and his administration's success in freeing hostages around the globe.

The parents told Fox News in August they have "confidence" their son is alive. In April, the FBI offered a $1 million reward for information leading to Tice, a former Marine who served in Iraq and has reported for the Washington Post, CBS and other outlets. Debra Tice said the couple has been contacted by a number of credible individuals "who have shared information about Austin," though she declined to elaborate on specifics.
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"It's not just the feeling in our hearts that Austin is alive. It's the consensus of all those working on his case," Mark Tice said.

It's not clear what entity -- terror group, criminal gang, government faction -- is holding Tice, and no ransom demand has ever been made. An FBI poster released this year urges people to report any information that could lead authorities to Tice's location or could aid officials in his recovery. Debra Tice said she often dreams about the day her son returns home.

"I plan to make it very difficult for him to breathe because I'll be hugging him so tight," she said.
Fox News' Paulina Dedaj and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Parents of Austin Tice, journalist kidnapped in Syria, say new info suggests son still alive

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Angry bride releases 10-year-old letter to sister who stole her spotlight before wedding: 'Thank you for your thoughtlessness'

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A bride has released a letter she wrote before her wedding 10 years ago expressing her anger toward her sister for getting engaged ahead of her special day.

The letter was shared on air in Ireland on RTE Radio 1's Ryan Tubridy Show as part of a competition called "The Letter You Never Wrote," The Mirror reports.

The anonymous woman details how furious she was at her sister, who was also a bridesmaid, for stealing the spotlight nearly two months before her wedding.

"Dear sister, it is now six and a half weeks to my wedding, I'll be spending this week putting together the invites and trying to get them off in the post. It's a very stressful time and I've had to compromise a lot of my wedding plans to suit people I don't even know. To top it all, I've spent the last two days crying over something that I shouldn't be," she wrote, per The Mirror.
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"Now don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for you. I'm delighted that you've found someone who makes you happy and who you wish to spend the rest of your life with. But could you not have waited another six weeks before announcing your engagement?"

The anonymous woman goes on to say that you "only get engaged and married once" and that the run-up to her wedding should be a "special time" for her.

"Forgive me for being a bit of a bridezilla but the focus should be on me and my day, not you and your engagement," she wrote.

She claims she decided to write her feelings down and seal the letter away instead of sharing them now because "we're not children anymore" and "life is not a competition." Though she did note that she might "consider posting [the letter] after the wedding.

"I'm so hurt that neither you nor your fiancé thought for even one moment the impact it would have on me and mine, it should be our time to shine and celebrate our wedding, and you have thoughtlessly taken that away. You both will have your time in the future, I hope no-one does to you what you've done to me," she added.
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She said she didn't tell their parents because she didn't want to take away any of her sister's happiness or have her parents fight before the wedding.

"Too many people have helped me so far for my day to be overshadowed," she said.

"So, dear bridesmaid, thank you for your thoughtlessness. Although I'm not really surprised."

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Angry bride releases 10-year-old letter to sister who stole her spotlight before wedding: 'Thank you for your thoughtlessness'

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A bride has released a letter she wrote before her wedding 10 years ago expressing her anger toward her sister for getting engaged ahead of her special day. The letter was shared on air in Ireland on RTE Radio 1's Ryan Tubridy Show as part of a competition called "The Letter You Never Wrote," The Mirror reports.

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George H.W. Bush funeral at National Cathedral.

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ABC News Live will provide full coverage of the George H.W. Bush funeral services starting at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Watch on ABCNews.com/Live, The ABC News App, Hulu, and Roku.

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Hundreds of dignitaries, heads of state and family members will gather at Washington National Cathedral Wednesday for a state funeral honoring the life of former President George H.W. Bush.

The remains of the 41st president, who passed away last Friday at the age of 94, have been lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since Monday afternoon.

Thousands of individuals have visited the Capitol to pay their respects to Bush, who has been memorialized among a bipartisan chorus of voices since his death, for his commitment to national service and dedication to his family.

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According to the current schedule, there will be a departure ceremony at the Capitol beginning at 10 a.m., and Bush's casket will be transported to the National Cathedral by motorcade.

The Bush family, including former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, will arrive at the cathedral with military escorts and take their seats before the casket is transported to the cathedral landing by a group of honorary pallbearers.

The program itself is largely reflective of Bush's own service in the military, and will include full state's honors and performances by the U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra, the Armed Forces Chorus, the Air Force Singing Sergeants and the "President's Own" Marine Band, among others.

It will mark a contrast to the funeral service scheduled for Thursday after the president's return to Texas, which is said to feature friends of the family from "west of the Mississippi" and includes performances from the Oak Ridge Boys and Reba McEntire.

The attendee list at the national service is a bipartisan cadre of current and former heads of state, and will be the first time that President Trump is in the same room as all the former living presidents, as well as his defeated 2016 campaign rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

President Trump's public statements about Bush since his passing and the White House's coordination of the service have largely received praise for striking a tone of respect and being in alignment with his predecessors' handling of state funerals.

The Office of George H. W. Bush thanks The President and First Lady, their White House staff, and the Congressional leadership from both parties -- and their staff -- for their amazing support as we attempt to give this great and good man the send-off he surely deserves. #Bush41 https://t.co/yKLBYpVUv3
- Jim McGrath (@jgm41) December 4, 2018

But that tone of respect will hardly erase what has been the president's overwhelmingly hostile posture towards the Bush family, the Obamas and the Clintons, both from the campaign trail and since taking office.

Jacquelyn Martin/AP

While both the president and the first lady met privately with members of the Bush family Tuesday, it's unclear whether their attendance at the funeral will bring about any direct interactions with former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton or Secretary Clinton. As recently as last week, Trump shared an image with his millions of Twitter followers that called for Obama and Clinton to be jailed and investigated for "treason."

Even so, the service itself is not expected to carry some of the more political overtones that were present in the service for former Sen. John McCain this year, that included multiple instances like the eulogy from McCain's daughter Meghan McCain that seemed to take veiled shots at Trump himself.

Eulogies in Bush's funeral will be delivered by his son, former President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and historian Jon Meacham. Trump was not asked to deliver a eulogy, marking a departure from the most recent state funerals for Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, where both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton delivered eulogies as acting presidents.

Upon the conclusion of the service, the president's remains will be transported by Air Force One to Houston, and will lie in repose at the St. Martin's Episcopal Church, where Bush and his wife Barbara first became members in 1959.

There will be a funeral service at the church on Thursday before Bush's remains are transported by train to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University, where he will be interred alongside his wife Barbara.

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Jael Strauss, former 'America's Next Top Model' contestant, dies after breast cancer battle

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Former "America's Next Top Model" contestant Jael Strauss has died after a battle with breast cancer, according to an update posted to her official fundraising page on GoFundMe.

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NATO allies say they have concluded that Russia is in violation of a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty, paving the way for the United States to leave the pact unless Moscow complies with it.

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The Latest on a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO nations: (all times local):

6:05 p.m.

NATO allies say they have concluded that Russia is in violation of a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty, paving the way for the United States to leave the pact unless Moscow complies with it.

Foreign ministers from NATO member countries said in a statement Tuesday that they "strongly support the finding of the United States that Russia is in material breach of its obligations" under the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after the decision that the United States would suspend its treaty obligations in 60 days over the alleged violations.

U.S. President Donald Trump previously threatened to pull out of the bilateral pact.

The ministers called on Russia "to return urgently to full and verifiable compliance. It is now up to Russia to preserve the INF Treaty."

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1:35 p.m.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is accusing Russia of using Crimea as a platform to take control of waters off eastern Ukraine.

NATO allies struggled Tuesday to find ways to dissuade Moscow from destabilizing the former Soviet republic and respect a landmark Cold-war era nuclear treaty.

Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014. On Nov. 25, Russian border guards fired on three Ukrainian navy vessels near Crimea, where Russia's Black Sea fleet is based. The vessels and the crews were captured.

At talks in Brussels, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin appealed for NATO support in the confrontation with Russia over the Black Sea and the adjacent Sea of Azov, a key commercial waterway for the country.

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12:40 p.m.

Russia takes center-stage at NATO on Tuesday as allied foreign ministers meet to debate ways to dissuade Moscow from destabilizing Ukraine and encourage it to respect a landmark Cold-war era nuclear treaty.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his NATO partners will hold talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin as Kiev seeks international support for its Black Sea confrontation with Russia.

Russian border guards last week fired on three Ukrainian navy vessels in the Black Sea near the Russia-occupied Crimea. The vessels and the crews were captured.

But it is unclear what more NATO would do beyond the sea patrols and air policing it already does in the region.

Noting that Ukraine not a member of NATO, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the allies already "provide strong political support and strong practical support

But as to what more NATO would do beyond the sea patrols and air policing it already does, he said: "There is already a lot of NATO in the Black Sea."

NATO allies have helped modernize Ukraine's armed forces and boosted their presence in the Black Sea over the last year, with more ships deployed in the region and more air policing. Three NATO allies on the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey - are also taking individual measures.

NATO nations, individually and through the European Union, have also imposed economic and other sanctions on Russia since it annexed Crimea, but there is little appetite among the allies to broaden those measures.

Klimkin welcomed the political support he received in Brussels, but said: "We shouldn't just stay on the level of declarations, however strong declarations are."

"We need to create a coordinated response to the actions of Russia," Klimkin said, adding that he raised "a set of practical steps with a number of proposals" at the meeting as to how NATO, Ukraine and Georgia might do that together.

He also suggested a possible ban on Russian ships entering other countries' ports if Moscow continues to block the Sea of Azov, and said that he would raise this with his EU counterparts next week.

Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that shipping traffic has resumed on the Sea, but a senior U.S. State Department official said that at NATO "no one would see that as a satisfactory move or the end of the matter."

"Even a partial blockage from our standpoint is unacceptable both under international law and the obligations that the Russian have to the Ukrainians from their own bilateral agreements on how they manage that passageway," the official said.

Also of major concern to NATO is Russia's new SSC8 missile system. The U.S. has shared intelligence evidence with its allies that the ground-fired cruise missile could give Moscow the ability to launch a nuclear strike in Europe with little or no notice.

Washington says the system contravenes the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which bans all land-based cruise missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (310-3,410 miles), and President Donald Trump is threatening to pull out of the bilateral pact.

"It's urgent that Russia ensures full compliance in a transparent and verifiable way, because the INF treaty is so important for our security," Stoltenberg said Tuesday.

Some European allies suspect that Trump could give notice in coming months that the U.S. is leaving the treaty. That would give Russia a notice period of six months to decide whether to comply.

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While canoeing with her husband on the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Saturday morning, Christine Yaldor was attacked by a hippo, according to Africa's Eyewitness News.

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Humans may not be on a hippopotamuses ideal menu, but a lack of desire to eat a person won't stop them from aggressively attacking someone that gets too close, as an American tourist recently learned.

While canoeing with her husband on the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Saturday morning, Christine Yaldor, 37, was attacked by a hippo, according to Africa's Eyewitness News. Following the attack, she was airlifted to a hospital in South Africa for treatment.

The catalyst of the attack was when Yaldor and her husband paddled their canoe near the hippo, The Sunday News reported. It was unclear if the couple was aware of the hippo's location or if the animal was below the water's surface.

"They came too close to the hippo and it panicked and attacked their boat," a witness told The Sunday News. "The woman was injured on her right leg in the process."

Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesperson Tinashe Farawo confirmed that a woman was injured during the attack and said she had her wounds treated. Farawo reiterated that hippos, like all wild animals, can be dangerous and people should avoid contact with them even if they appear docile.

"Our message remains the same, we urge tourists to be vigilant and extra careful," Farawo said. "Never underestimate these animals. Simply stay away from them. Let us be careful and avoid unnecessary deaths and injuries."

Victoria Falls is along the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia and one of Africa's most famous tourist towns. Along with a view of the cascading waterfall, Victoria Falls gives tourists the opportunity to see wild animals such as elephants and rhinos on safari and enjoy local cuisine and shopping.

The Zambezi River runs from Zambia to Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean, according to CNN. Tourists can rent inflatable kayaks and paddle through the water, home to hippos and crocodiles.

"Crocs aren't usually a problem, but let's not tempt them by dangling our hands in the river," guide Rob Shattock told CNN writer Tim Johnson during a trip.

Often warming hearts with an ear wiggle or pictured in one's mind as Hyacinth Hippo, dancing around in a clear yellow tutu and ballet slipper, hippos can be thought of to be cute, loveable giants. However, the multi-ton animal is not one to be fooled with.

Growing up to 14 feet long, hippos usually weigh between 1.5 tons and four tons, according to National Geographic. Aptly named the "river horse" by the Greeks, hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes, although they're not related to horses. Hippos are aggressive and will use their large teeth and tusks to defend themselves against threats, including human beings who enter their space.

In 2016, BBC News labeled hippos the world's deadliest large land mammal and reported they kill an estimated 500 people per year in Africa. Along with yawning, a hippo will make a sound like a laugh, but unlike with human beings when it signals joy, when a hippo laughs, it's time to run.

"They don't go out and hunt humans, but if you encounter them on the way back to the water and you are in between," Johan Eksteen, a South African conservation ecologist told BBC News. "Then you have to make a plan!"

In September, a 49-year-old German woman was trampled to death by an elephant at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. Farawo said at the time that the woman left the vehicle she was in to take the photo.

Another man, identified as Frank Sternhardt, 56, was walking to his hotel in Victoria Falls when he was attacked by an elephant. Local residents used catapults to launch items at the elephant and successfully scared it off, at which point the man was rescued. Farawo called the man "lucky to be alive" and suspected that he got too close to the animal and the elephant became uncomfortable.

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Humans may not be on a hippopotamuses ideal menu, but a lack of desire to eat a person won't stop them from aggressively attacking someone that gets too close, as an American tourist recently learned. While canoeing with her husband on the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Saturday morning, Christine Yaldor, 37, was attacked by a hippo, according to Africa's Eyewitness News.

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An inmate was shot dead 20 minutes after escaping prison. This came after he kicked down a homeowners door and armed himself with a sharp metal rod. He was shot in the head and was later pronounced dead at a later hospital.

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The recommended amount of sleep for adults is six to eight hours a night. Sleeping more than those hours is associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular diseases, says a global study published Wednesday in the European Heart Journal.

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Too much sleep linked to a greater risk of death

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Sleeping more than eight hours a night is linked to a higher chance of poor health, particularly from cardiovascular diseases, a new study says.

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"Snow white" reindeer found in Norway

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A collection of stunning photographs of a white reindeer in the snow has gone viral after a photographer captured the rare sighting while on a hiking trip in Norway.

Oslo-based photographer Mads Nordsveen, 24, was traveling with friends in Senja, an island in northern Norway, when he came across the reindeer calf in a chance encounter.

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"The last day, we got eye on this little reindeer," Nordsveen told ABC News. "The local Sami people we talked to told us that these white animals are so unique that in Sami tradition they bring happiness. The calf seemed a bit scared at first, but we sat completely quiet and were very calm and eventually it came quite close."

White reindeers are not albino; instead, they have a genetic mutation that causes their fur to lose its pigment.

Nordsveen, who regularly shares photographs of the Norwegian landscape on his Instagram account, admitted his surprise at finding such a perfect shot.

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"Before trips, I do quite a lot of research to find the best locations and views," he said. "However, you cannot plan magical moments like the reindeer photos."

The wintry pictures have proved a hit with social media users. The original post has been liked over 25,000 times since it was published on Tuesday.

And Nordsveen is delighted with the positive response.

"I am very pleased with the reaction," he said. "[They are] some very special photos but I did not think it would blow up worldwide like this!"

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Stunning photographs capture rare white reindeer in Norway

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A collection of stunning photographs of a white reindeer in the snow has gone viral after a photographer captured the rare sighting while on a hiking trip in Norway. Oslo-based photographer Mads Nordsveen, 24, was traveling with friends in Senja, an island in northern Norway, when he came across...

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South Carolina woman kills escaped jail inmate who kicked down her door

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Hours after he and another inmate escaped jail after beating up a security guard, a South Carolina inmate was fatally shot after he broke into a woman's house, officials said.

Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, was shot in the head by the woman after he kicked in her back door on Tuesday, according to Pickens County authorities.
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After he entered the home, McLaughlin grabbed a knife sharpening tool from the kitchen and headed toward the woman's bedroom around 3 a.m. Sheriff Rick Clark said the woman was home alone and had undergone concealed weapons training at some point prior to the incident.

"This was a big guy. If she hadn't had a weapon there's no telling what would have happened," the sheriff said. "I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her."

Clark said the incident was "a shining example" of why owning and knowing how to properly use a gun is important.
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McLaughlin had been in and out of the county jail roughly a dozen times on charges ranging from drug possession to assaulting a police officer to shoplifting, officials said. He was currently awaiting trial on first-degree burglary and grand larceny charges.

Another inmate, identified as Timothy Dill, also escaped the jail. They allegedly beat up two guards as part of their escape, which they planned for days.

The sheriff said that other inmates tried to help the guards as they were being attacked. McLaughlin and Dill stole the guards' keys and locked them in a room, but the other inmates broke the door down.
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The guards suffered bruises and one complained of a sore back, but they're expected to recover.

Dill is charged with escape along with two counts of kidnapping, and first-degree assault and battery as well as other charges. He's awaiting trial on a criminal sexual conduct with a minor charge.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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South Carolina woman kills escaped jail inmate who kicked down her door, sheriff says

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Hours after he and another inmate escaped jail after beating up a security guard, a South Carolina inmate was fatally shot after he broke into a woman's house, officials said. Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, was shot in the head by the woman after he kicked in her back door on Tuesday, according to Pickens County authorities.

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A father in Iowa left his infant son in his hot apartment room while maggots crawled over the infant and E.coli infected the infants bloodstream causing the baby to die.

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An Iowa father will spend the rest of his life behind bars for leaving his infant son alone in an apartment bedroom for nine days while maggots crawled over the boy and E. coli infected his bloodstream before he ultimately died, The Des Moines Register reported.

Zachary Koehn, 29, was convicted last month of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death, the report said. He was sentenced Tuesday in Chickasaw County District Court.
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In August 2017, Koehn left his 3-month-old son, Sterling, in a baby swing in a bedroom for at least nine days with the windows covered and the door closed, according to the report.

Prosecutors said feces in the boy's diaper ate through his skin, causing E. coli bacteria to enter his bloodstream and cause an infection. The hot room attracted flies that laid eggs, which hatched into maggots and crawled on the boy - while he was still alive. Meanwhile, Koehn and the boy's mother, 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris, were caring for their 2-year-old daughter in the same apartment unit.

The boy eventually died from dehydration, malnutrition, and infection, weighing barely more than what he weighed at birth, prosecutors said.

Koehn "was aware of what was going on and he chose to do nothing," Assistant Iowa Attorney General Denise Timmins said.

Koehn's attorneys argued he should receive a new trial because the elements of the crime were not proven at trial and his actions didn't amount to murder, but the motion was denied.

Harris was charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death. Her sentencing trial is scheduled for late January. She has pleaded not guilty, according to The Register.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Iowa father sentenced after leaving his maggot-infested to die in hot apartment

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An Iowa father will spend the rest of his life behind bars for leaving his infant son alone in an apartment bedroom for nine days while maggots crawled over the boy and E. coli infected his bloodstream before he ultimately died, The Des Moines Register reported.

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Oklahoma murderer found in Missouri

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A convicted murderer who escaped from an Oklahoma jail on Thursday by assuming his cellmate's identity was captured Tuesday at a motel in St. Louis, Missouri, officials said.

Patrick Walker, 34, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. by U.S. Marshals at an Extended Stay America motel in St. Louis, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement.

An alleged female accomplice was also taken into custody, officials said. Her name was not immediately released.

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Walker, who had been considered armed and dangerous, was captured without incident, said Joe M. Allbaugh, director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

"We deeply appreciate the dogged, tireless efforts of the U.S. Marshals to take Patrick Walker into custody," Allbaugh said in a statement. "Fortunately, they were able to capture him without incident, and he will soon be back in Oklahoma."

Walker escaped Thursday from the Payne County Jail in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he was being held pending a court hearing on charges he assaulted a guard at the Cimarron Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Cushing, Oklahoma, officials said.

Walker allegedly stole the identification card of his cellmate, Charles Pendarvis, threatening to harm Pendarvis' family if he didn't give him his ID, officials said.

Walker signed his own name on the bail forms when he was released Thursday night, but the bondsman who asked for his signature didn't catch it until after Walker left the jail and vanished, officials said.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Walker is serving a life sentence for the Nov. 6, 2001, killing of 19-year-old Brandon Harlan, who was found shot to death in a car in Oklahoma City. A jury convicted Walker of murder in 2003 and he was sentenced to life in prison.

After he allegedly assaulted a corrections officer at the Cimarron prison, Walker was transferred to the maximum-security Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, officials said. The day he escaped, he was at the Payne County jail for a court hearing on the assault charge, officials said.

Allbaugh has ordered a full investigation on how Walker, who goes by the nickname "Notty G," managed to escape.

"I'm looking forward to a full report explaining how one of our most dangerous inmates could bond out of a county jail," Allbaugh said. "We can't have this happen again in any of the 76 other counties of this state."

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Escaped Oklahoma murderer nabbed in Missouri with female accomplice

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A convicted murderer who escaped from an Oklahoma jail on Thursday by assuming his cellmate's identity was captured Tuesday at a motel in St. Louis, Missouri, officials said. Patrick Walker, 34, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. by U.S. Marshals at an Extended Stay America motel in St.

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Florida doctor arrested after allegedly drugging date