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'Dogs' is a feel-good tale about BFFs with tails

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Team behind Netflix's 'Dogs' seeks to breed unity

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In case you've missed the memo, feelings are big on TV right now. Enter "Dogs," a six-episode docuseries poised to become the latest feel-good must-view.

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James shot 19 for 31 from the field, 6 for 8 from 3-point range, became the seventh player to score at least 51 in a game against Miami, and started his two-game reunion tour in sensational fashion.
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The U.S. and Western powers have clashed with Russia and others at the global chemical weapons watchdog over a new investigative team being set up to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks.

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The U.S. and Western powers have clashed with Russia and others at the global chemical weapons watchdog over a new investigative team being set up to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks.

Russia said the new team would wield unlawful powers within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and on Monday called for an "expert group" to assess the viability of such a team, something the U.S. insisted would hamstring the development of the team. The U.K. ambassador to the OPCW said that the Russian move would "undermine" plans to set up the team.

Britain has accused Russia of using a nerve agent in the attempted assassination in March in the English city of Salisbury of former spy Sergei Skripal. Moscow denies any involvement.

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The U.S. and Western powers have clashed with Russia and others at the global chemical weapons watchdog over a new investigative team being set up to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks. Russia said the new team would wield unlawful powers within the Organization for the...

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As crews and family members search for survivors amid the devastation of the Camp Fire in Northern California, 993 people remained unaccounted for

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As crews and family members desperately search for survivors amid the devastation of the Camp Fire in Northern California, 993 people remained unaccounted for on Sunday.

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The death toll has climbed to 77 in the Camp Fire, now the the deadliest on record in the state. As of Sunday, 67 of the victims had been identified.

The same day the Camp Fire ignited, another unprecedented and deadly blaze hit the southern part of the state.

Here is a closer look at the fires by the numbers:

Camp Fire

-- Started on Nov. 8 in Butte County in Northern California

-- 77 people have died, making the Camp Fire the deadliest in California's history

-- 151,000 acres burned

-- 66 percent contained

-- 11,713 homes destroyed, 472 commercial buildings destroyed and 3,388 other buildings destroyed

-- 5,332 fire personnel involved

Woolsey Fire

-- Started on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in Southern California

-- at least 3 people dead

-- 96,949 acres

-- 94 percent contained

-- destroyed 1,500 structures

-- 1,086 fire personnel involved

ABC News' Stacy Chen and Marilyn Heck contributed reporting

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California wildfires by the numbers: A closer look at the deadly blazes

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Driver fractures spine in Macau Grand Prix crash in China

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Raw video shows the moment 5 people including 2 drivers were injured in a Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix crash in China

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A fake psychiatrist practice for 22 years

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Probe launched after fake psychiatrist practiced for 22 years

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Foreign doctors in the UK are having their backgrounds checked after it emerged that a fake psychiatrist, Zholia Alemi, was allowed to practice with no qualifications for 22 years.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday.

Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

In August, Chris Watts spoke out to reporters, saying his wife and daughters disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.

"My kids are my life," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH. "I mean, those smiles light up my life."

"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he said.

After Shanann and the girls disappeared, Chris Watts stayed with his friends, the Thayers.

"In the 48 to 72 hours we were with him ... he was his normal self," Amanda Thayer told ABC News in August. "He never once cried."

"He fooled us. And I'm so sorry. We just thought we were doing the right thing by being a good friend," added her husband, Nick Thayer. "We were duped."

Within days of the disappearance, Chris Watts was arrested and the bodies of his wife and children were found.

At the time of the killings, Chris Watts was dating another woman, 30-year-old Nichol Kessinger, she told The Denver Post.

They met through work in June and started dating the next month, she told the newspaper.

Chris Watts told Kessinger he had two daughters and was going through a mutual divorce, which was almost finalized, Kessinger said.

At the end of July, Chris Watts told her that his divorce was official, Kessinger said in the report, which was published online last week.

"He lied about everything," she told the Post.

Watts pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him: five counts of murder in the first degree; three counts of tampering with a deceased human body; and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty, the Weld County District Attorney's office said. The victims' family agreed to those terms, the district attorney's office added.

Watts faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday. Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

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Written by Oscar Holland, CNN

CNN Style is the international digital news partner for the RIBA International Prize. Over recent weeks we have been profiling the four finalists for the 2018 award.

Architect Stefano Boeri has always been obsessed with trees. The Italian traces his fascination back to a novel he read as a child, "Il Barone Rampante" ("The Baron in the Trees"), in which a young boy climbs up into a world of trees and vows to never to return.

"I think trees are individuals," Boeri said in a phone interview. "Each has its own evolution, its own biography, its own shape."

Unsurprisingly, there is child-like wonder to the architect's best-known building, Il Bosco Verticale, or the Vertical Forest. Built in his home city of Milan, the celebrated complex teems with greenery, its facades transformed into living, breathing organisms.

The project's two residential towers -- measuring 80 meters (262 feet) and 112 meters (367 feet) respectively -- play host to around 20,000 trees, shrubs and plants. They spill out from irregularly placed balconies and crawl up the structures' sides. By Boeri's estimates, there are two trees, eight shrubs, and 40 plants for each human inhabitant.

The purported benefits of this garden architecture transcend aesthetics. Greenery, supposedly, provides shade to apartments, psychological benefits to residents and a home to wildlife. (There are, Boeri said, "hundreds of birds, more than 15 different species" nesting on the towers' various floors.)

But the architect's proudest claim that the buildings absorb 30 tons of CO2 and produce 19 tons of oxygen a year, according to his research, with a volume of trees equivalent to more than 215,000 square feet of forestland.

"The ability to enlarge green surfaces inside and around our city is one of the most efficient ways to try to reverse climate change," he said. "So, a vertical forest is one of the possible ways to ... enlarge biological surfaces, in the horizontal and the vertical. (The solution is) not only gardens. Why not also the side of the building?"

Other energy-efficient features, including geothermal heating systems and wastewater facilities, have attracted less attention. Nonetheless, they help the towers to not only resemble trees, but function like them too, the architect said.

"The buildings really work as trees, from the roots up," he explained. "They have a trunk, and they distribute (water and energy) through the different branches."

Scalable urban model

In September, Vertical Forest was named among four finalists for the RIBA International Prize, a biennial award honoring the world's best new buildings. Amid the plaudits, Boeri claims the project's real success is that it serves as a prototype.

The architect has far more ambitious designs. His firm has already unveiled plans for new Vertical Forest buildings in European cities including Treviso in Italy, Lausanne in Switzerland and Utrecht in the Netherlands.

In the Chinese city of Liuzhou, Guangxi province, he has masterminded an entire " Forest City," scheduled for completion in 2020, which comprises tree-covered houses, hospitals, schools and office blocks over a sprawling 15-million-square-foot site. (Boeri said that he's also been approached about producing similar "cities" in Egypt and Mexico.)

Each location requires detailed research to decipher which species of plants and trees will flourish. (Levels of humidity, wind and sunlight are the most challenging variables.) Before opening his Milan towers, Boeri spent two years observing the growth of different plants, and only used those that proved most resilient.

Having already carried out numerous studies (and proven the project's real estate worth), future ventures will invariably become more attractive to developers -- and cheaper to deliver. On this front, Boeri highlights an upcoming project in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. The 19-story, 125-unit tower will mark the first time the Vertical Forest concept is applied to social housing.

"The challenge is to realize Vertical Forest for low-income people, not only rich people," he said. "The apartments will be rented to young couples and families (with less) money. And this is, for me, a very, very important step. We have reduced the cost of construction and used prefabrication for the facade without reducing the number of trees or plants.

"I want to demonstrate that it's possible to put together the two main issues for the future of our cities: climate change and poverty."

A green 'manifesto'

Boeri is, undoubtedly, an architect on a mission. A manifesto published on his firm's website commits to launching "a global campaign on urban forestry" that spans city farms, roof gardens, green facades and other forms of public greenery. He recently helped establish the first World Forum on Urban Forests, which is set to take place in Mantua, Italy, later this month.

Yet Boeri is neither dogmatic nor protective of his vision. "I'm proud to say we didn't put any kind of copyright," he said, "because we know well the social value of this kind of building."

It could easily be argued that designers and architects like Thomas Heatherwick and Ole Scheeren -- whose upcoming projects in Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City, respectively, feature prominent urban forestry -- owe a debt of gratitude to Boeri's vision. But the Italian remains modest about his role in what is a burgeoning architectural movement.

"There will be architects and urban planners who realize buildings, with the same philosophy, that will be better than what we've done," he said. "It's already happening. I'm very happy to see that.

"As architects, we are used to dealing with natural materials," he added. "But living nature is something very different. We normally think that living nature is only an ornamental part of our buildings. What we have done with the Vertical Forest ... is to demonstrate that it is possible to transform living nature into a basic component of architecture."

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Australian man dies following suspected stingray attack

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Chris Watts to be sentenced for killing pregnant wife and young daughters

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday.

Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

In August, Chris Watts spoke out to reporters, saying his wife and daughters disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.

"My kids are my life," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH. "I mean, those smiles light up my life."

"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he said.

After Shanann and the girls disappeared, Chris Watts stayed with his friends, the Thayers.

"In the 48 to 72 hours we were with him ... he was his normal self," Amanda Thayer told ABC News in August. "He never once cried."

"He fooled us. And I'm so sorry. We just thought we were doing the right thing by being a good friend," added her husband, Nick Thayer. "We were duped."

Within days of the disappearance, Chris Watts was arrested and the bodies of his wife and children were found.

At the time of the killings, Chris Watts was dating another woman, 30-year-old Nichol Kessinger, she told The Denver Post.

They met through work in June and started dating the next month, she told the newspaper.

Chris Watts told Kessinger he had two daughters and was going through a mutual divorce, which was almost finalized, Kessinger said.

At the end of July, Chris Watts told her that his divorce was official, Kessinger said in the report, which was published online last week.

"He lied about everything," she told the Post.

Watts pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him: five counts of murder in the first degree; three counts of tampering with a deceased human body; and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty, the Weld County District Attorney's office said. The victims' family agreed to those terms, the district attorney's office added.

Watts faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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In this week's typically overstuffed edition of Monday Morning Digest:

Someone in the Saints offense is on pace to smash a record, and it's not (just) Drew Brees;

The Jaguars smother themselves with their own arch-conservative game plan;

The Alex Smith injury spells doom in Washington and causes chaos in the NFC playoff chase;

Danica Patrick and Condoleezza Rice make NFL news. Yup, that's a thing that happened this week;

Digest Sportsbook previews the Chiefs-Rams showdown;

Lamar Jackson was mesmerizing, dynamic, electrifying and thrilling to watch in his first NFL start. Jackson was still

He just wasn't very good.

Jackson led the Ravens to a 24-21 victory over the Bengals in relief of the injured Joe Flacco, now on his sixth year of personifying overpriced quarterback mediocrity. Jackson rushed for 117 yards on 27 carries, adding 150 yards and an interception on 13-of-19 passing.

When a quarterback runs the ball eight more times than he throws it, you know something is up. The Ravens offense with Jackson at the helm looked like a mid-major college.

Jackson executed the option, ran quarterback draws on third downs, scrambled frequently and handed off effectively to Gus Edwards and other rushers. He juked, spun and bedeviled defenders who were never quite sure who had the ball. He tossed a few short passes to the flat and fired enough side-armed throws on shallow crosses to keep the Bengals defense semi-honest.

Jackson also threw an ugly interception at the end of a playground scramble to set up a Bengals touchdown, heaved a few other dangerous throws up for grabs and failed to convert a 4th-and-1 because everyone in the stadium knew a sneak was the only possibility. What passing game the Ravens had was primitive and conservative.

Evaluating Jackson on Sunday was like interpreting midterm election results. If you were hoping for a Jackson wave, you got a win, highlights and stats that don't look out of place among Jackson's rookie-quarterback peers. If you belong to the Committee to Convert Jackson to Wide Receiver, well, Jackson looked a little like a wide receiver pressed into emergency service at quarterback a few times.

Jackson still appears to have a long way to go before he's an effective every-down passer, and it will catch up with the Ravens quickly if what he showed on Sunday is all he's got. The Bengals may be flummoxed by read options-the Bengals just fired their defensive coordinator and hired Hue Jackson, for heaven's sake-but future opponents will render Jackson's designed runs about as dangerous as Flacco's one-yard passes on 3rd-and-long.

The Ravens are 5-5: still wild-card berth viable, with a winnable Raiders game next week. Flacco should be healthy enough to return soon. Jim Harbaugh's job may well depend on how the next six weeks play out. But there is no obvious answer to their quarterback dilemma. mastering the basics of being an NFL quarterback in August. Both his preseason performances and weekly Wildcat cameos were a lot like Sunday's game: some OMG-worthy athletic highlights mixed with long stretches of ineffective read-option gadgetry and pocket indecision.

Jackson is the future for the Ravens. And Flacco is the past. But the present may still belong to the Flacco-Jackson platoon. Whether that's the best of both worlds or an imperfect compromise, it gives the Ravens the best chance to win, at least until Jackson shows that there's more to his game than options and potential.

and much more, beginning with the much-anticipated-and modestly encouraging-starting debut of Lamar Jackson.

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Monday Morning Digest: Is Lamar Jackson the Next Big Thing or a 1-Game Wonder?

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In this week's typically overstuffed edition of Monday Morning Digest: Someone in the Saints offense is on pace to smash a record, and it's not (just) Drew Brees; The Jaguars smother themselves with their own arch-conservative game plan; The Alex Smith injury spells doom in Washington and causes chaos in the NFC playoff chase; Danica Patrick and Condoleezza Rice make NFL news.

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The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 113-97 on Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami.

LeBron James earned his first win in Miami since leaving the Heat in 2014, scoring 51 points and collecting eight rebounds. It's the 12th 50-point scoring game of LeBron's legendary career. Sports Illustrated's Ben Golliver noted that's the most among active players.

Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram chipped in with 15 and 13 points, respectively, while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope came off the bench to score 19 points. Tyson Chandler grabbed 11 rebounds as well for Los Angeles.

Wayne Ellington (19 points) was Miami's leading scorer, with Josh Richardson scoring 17 before his ejection in the fourth quarter.
LeBron's Huge Night Reminds Rest of NBA He's Still Best Player in the World

This is the first year one could make a strong argument Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry is close to usurping James as the NBA's pre-eminent talent-if not already there. Then LeBron drops 51 points on his old team.

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LeBron with a casual 51 point Sunday night game in Year 16. Good god.

This wasn't the kind of performance in which James needed to overexert himself either. He played 38 minutes and attempted 31 shots, both of which aren't that high by his standards.

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"When players are as good as LeBron it looks easy for them. It's not easy, but they make it look easy because they're so good... He did it within the way we want to play, and it was just an incredible night." - Luke on LeBron

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LeBron outchea in workout mode. An easy 42pts after 3 qtr. Lakers up 12 with 8:36 to go.

At 33 years old and with 1,397 career games under his belt, James will have stretches in which he doesn't get out of second gear.

Right now, his priorities should be saving himself for the stretch run of the regular season and letting the Lakers' younger players take their lumps and learn-the latter of which he did when he returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But don't for a second question how good James can be when he's dialed in.

Granted, the Lakers' fortunes this season will likely highlight how they can't be a one-man show-even with James running things-and contend for a title. That formula was good enough for the Cavs in the weaker Eastern Conference; it's going to be less successful in the Western Conference.

If nothing else, Sunday's performance signals to potential free agents next summer that James has plenty left in the tank.
Heat's Lack of Star Power Will Sink Them Once Again
For Miami, Sunday's game was another reminder how the Heat have yet to fill the void James left when he re-signed with the Cavs in 2014.

The 2018-19 season will likely end much as the last four years have; Miami will fight for a bottom-four playoff seed and struggle to get out of the first round should it reach the postseason.

Goran Dragic has been battling a knee injury, which has left the Heat without one of their best players. Even with a healthy Dragic, though, Miami's playoff ceiling wouldn't change much.

Perhaps it's simplistic to say LeBron is the difference between Miami and Los Angeles. It looks that way nonetheless.

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Spoelstra on LeBron: "I've seen it before on our side. No question, when he's hitting the three like that, it changes the equation."

Following an underwhelming 2-5 start, the Lakers turned to James to right the ship.

The Heat, on the other hand, don't have that same luxury as head coach Erik Spoelstra tries to respond to a fifth defeat in his team's last six games. There's only so much Spoelstra can do with a roster built around Dragic, Richardson, Hassan Whiteside, Justise Winslow, Rodney McGruder and Tyler Johnson.

Whiteside in particular is a burden for Miami. He shot 2-of-9 from the field, with his .494 field-goal percentage on pace to be his worst since returning to the NBA in 2014-15.

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Hassan Whiteside has now missed 16 of his last 24 shot attempts.

One could question whether acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Minnesota Timberwolves ultimately would've changed much for the Heat. He would've provided a different dimension to Miami's offense and been a star who could've attempted to match James shot for shot Sunday.

Until the Heat are willing to embrace a complete rebuild or land a marquee free agent, they'll continue to tread water in the East.
What's Next?
The Lakers head to Cleveland on Wednesday for a reunion between James and the Cavaliers. The Heat stay at home Tuesday for a matchup with the Brooklyn Nets.

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LeBron James Explodes for 51 Points as Lakers Cruise Past Heat

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Issac Baldizon/Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 113-97 on Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. LeBron James earned his first win in Miami since leaving the Heat in 2014, scoring 51 points and collecting eight rebounds. It's the 12th 50-point scoring game of LeBron's legendary career.

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This hot air balloon exploded with fireworks all over this festival. Over 9 people were injured.

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At least nine injuries were reported at the annual Tazaungdaing Festival in Myanmar after a hot-air balloon packed with fireworks exploded crashing to the ground

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The Colorado man that killed his pregnant wife and 2 kids is going to be sentenced today. He is being charged with five counts of murder in the first degree; three counts of tampering with a deceased human body; and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy. He will most likely be sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday.

Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

In August, Chris Watts spoke out to reporters, saying his wife and daughters disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.

"My kids are my life," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH. "I mean, those smiles light up my life."

"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he said.

After Shanann and the girls disappeared, Chris Watts stayed with his friends, the Thayers.

"In the 48 to 72 hours we were with him ... he was his normal self," Amanda Thayer told ABC News in August. "He never once cried."

"He fooled us. And I'm so sorry. We just thought we were doing the right thing by being a good friend," added her husband, Nick Thayer. "We were duped."

Within days of the disappearance, Chris Watts was arrested and the bodies of his wife and children were found.

At the time of the killings, Chris Watts was dating another woman, 30-year-old Nichol Kessinger, she told The Denver Post.

They met through work in June and started dating the next month, she told the newspaper.

Chris Watts told Kessinger he had two daughters and was going through a mutual divorce, which was almost finalized, Kessinger said.

At the end of July, Chris Watts told her that his divorce was official, Kessinger said in the report, which was published online last week.

"He lied about everything," she told the Post.

Watts pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him: five counts of murder in the first degree; three counts of tampering with a deceased human body; and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty, the Weld County District Attorney's office said. The victims' family agreed to those terms, the district attorney's office added.

Watts faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday. Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

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Former chiefs QB Alex Smith who was traded to the redskins this last offseason was carted off yesterday against the texans. Doctors than found out later that he will miss the rest of the season with a broken tibia and fibula

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The NFL may be a 100 percent injury league, but certain injuries are far more devastating and memorable than others. Unfortunately, Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith suffered such an injury Sunday at FedEx Field against the Houston Texans.

Head coach Jay Gruden told reporters after the game Smith required immediate surgery after breaking his tibia and fibula. Despite the gruesome injury, Washington is far from done this season with the NFC East up for grabs.

As Smith lay on the ground, much of the viewing audience flashed back to Joe Theismann, who suffered a similar injury 33 years ago to the day. Even Theismann seemed taken aback by the eerie occurrence.

Joe Theismann @Theismann7
Alex's leg is exactly like mine 33 yrs ago

Theismann's career ended when his leg snapped under New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor's body. The moment inspired a movement around the league, one that contributed to the basis for The Blind Side, a New York Times best-selling book by Michael Lewis and an Academy Award-winning film.

But NFL coaches and players are creatures of habit. They have to live in the moment because their careers can be over at any second. Washington still has six games left to play.

"Now it becomes a situation where of course we're playing for each other, but we're also playing for Alex," tight end Vernon Davis said, per the Richmond Times-Dispatch's Michael Phillips. "Alex knows this is not the end. He'll have a great number of opportunities to showcase his talent and help this team win in the future."

Their season isn't over because their offensive leader will no longer be under center. It's just a little more difficult. Once the initial shock wore off, a realization came: Washington is still well situated to win its division.

What seems to be forgotten among the annals of history is that Washington reeled off four victories in its final five games after Theismann's injury and finished 10-6 overall with backup Jay Schroeder leading the way. This year's group has the potential to do something similar.

The schedule is certainly in Washington's favor. None of its final six opponents (including the Philadelphia Eagles twice) has a winning record. A tidy 20-30 record is counted among the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans and Eagles.

Even a depleted roster has a fighting chance against such a soft lineup, and Washington's roster is definitely depleted at the moment.

Of course, Smith is a steadying hand, but Washington signed Colt McCoy to a one-year, $3.5 million extension this summer, making him one of the league's highest-paid backups. Money talks in the NFL, and the trust the coaching staff and locker room has in McCoy to step into this situation and lead the offense is significant.

"He broke it down, 'You're in good hands with me,'" cornerback Josh Norman said of McCoy taking the reins, per the team's official site. "We're all behind him fired up and ready to go."

Unlike Schroeder, McCoy isn't a fresh-faced first-time starter. The 32-year-old signal-caller has 25 career starts, although none came during the past three seasons behind former starting quarterback Kirk Cousins.
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"I'm a big, firm believer in Colt McCoy to play football in the National Football League," Gruden said, per The Athletic's Tarik El-Bashir. "This an opportunity of a lifetime for him. I know he would like it in different circumstances, but things happen for a reason. It's an opportunity for Colt, and I think he'll take advantage of it."

The nine-year veteran was ready for his moment: He led Washington on a 14-point comeback before ultimately falling 23-21 to the Texans. McCoy came into the game during the third quarter and threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jordan Reed on his first pass attempt. Washington took a 21-20 lead on the following drive. McCoy placed his team in a position to win, only to have it fall just short.

"We see Colt every day and see how much passion he has," Reed said, per Paul Woody of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "If he makes a bad throw, he's hot [mad], even though he's just running the scout team. He prepares like he's going to play every week. He knows the offense like the back of his hand. He knows where the ball is supposed to go. He can make throws."

Gruden knows he's placing the offense in the hands of someone who knows the system and will approach everything with a professional attitude.

"We don't have to change anything," Gruden said, per Phillips. "We'll continue to do what we've been doing, and build off the things we've done well, and trash the things we didn't do well.

"I think he has the skill set that fits perfect to what we do."

McCoy will get help along the way since Washington should get healthier in the coming weeks.
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The team had to overcome losing starting guards Brandon Scherff and Shawn Lauvao to season-ending injuries two weeks ago, but its best blocker, left tackle Trent Williams, could be back for the Thanksgiving Day contest against the Cowboys, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. His return could create a ripple effect through the starting offensive line if Gruden decides to move Ty Nsekhe to guard.

Also, Jamison Crowder isn't expected to be out much longer after dealing with an ankle injury the last six weeks. His addition will provide a much-needed boost to the wide receiver corps with a full complement of targets-which will be a first this season after Trey Quinn returned to the lineup against the Texans.

Washington can continue to lean on running back Adrian Peterson, but expanded options in the passing game have the potential to open up the offense, even without Smith in the lineup.

Even if the offense doesn't carry its weight, Gruden's squad features a solid defense with a physical and sometimes dominant front that ranks top-10 overall in run defense. Defensive tackle Da'Ron Payne is powerful up the middle, as is defensive end Jonathan Allen. Fellow end Ryan Kerrigan remains an active and effective pass-rusher. Matthew Ioannidis is the wild card up front as a disruptive interior presence with the ability to collapse the pocket.

Cornerback Quinton Dunbar's possible return later this season from a shin injury will create secondary depth. Even without him, the Texans only managed 181 passing yards.

When a veteran quarterback is surrounded by improving talent and a solid defense, it usually portends a positive outcome.

At 6-4 overall, Washington holds an edge over the rest of the NFC East with the potential to extend its current division lead despite Smith's disheartening circumstances.
Brent Sobleski covers theNFLfor Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter:@brentsobleski.

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Alex Smith Injury Isn't a Death Sentence for Washington Redskins

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Joe Robbins/Getty Images The NFL may be a 100 percent injury league, but certain injuries are far more devastating and memorable than others. Unfortunately, Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith suffered such an injury Sunday at FedEx Field against the Houston Texans.

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North Korean defector: 'If you don't have money or power, you die in a ditch'

North Korean defector: 'If you don't have money or power, you die in a ditch' The North Korean soldier who was caught on tape making a dramatic escape through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to South Korea late last year has given some startling insights into life in the North, including the suggestion that the majority of young people there have no loyalty to Kim Jong Un.

Giving his first interview since his defection last November, Oh Chong-song told Japanese and South Korean media that he's a "new person with a new name" in South Korea, and that one of the first things he remembers following his emergency life-saving surgery, was seeing the South Korean flag.

The then-24-year-old was shot around five times by his fellow North Korean soldiers as he made his daring escape across the line that divides North and South Korea.

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The North Korean soldier who was caught on tape making a dramatic escape through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to South Korea late last year has given some startling insights into life in the North, including the suggestion that the majority of young people there have no loyalty to Kim Jong Un.

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Kansas governor demands county commissioner resign over 'master race' comment to black consultant,  commissioner claimed he was "part of the master race" when talking to an African-American consultant during a public meeting last week.

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The governor of Kansas is demanding the resignation of a white county commissioner who claimed he was "part of the master race" when talking to an African-American consultant during a public meeting last week.

Gov. Jeff Colyer is asking Louis Klemp, chairman of the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners, to step down following his "inappropriate remarks" made during a public meeting on Nov. 13.

"Racial and discriminative language have no place in our society, and most especially when spoken by someone holding a public office," Colyer said in a statement. "The inappropriate remarks made by Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp are unacceptable and do not reflect the values of the county which he represents. As such I call on him to step down as county commissioner."

Leavenworth County Board of County Commissioners

During a public meeting on Tuesday, Triveece Penelton, a consultant for VIREO Planning Associates in Kansas City, was making a presentation to the board of commissioners about community engagement on a potential development of rural land in Tonganoxie, Kansas.

In a video of the meeting, posted on the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners' YouTube channel, Klemp expressed his displeasure with a plan to develop the land as residential. He said he favored an industrial development that would return revenue to the county.

Speaking directly to Penelton, Klemp said, "I don't want you to think I'm picking on you because we're part of the master race. You know you got a gap in your teeth. You're the masters. Don't ever forget that."

Klemp did not explain what he meant by the comment.

The term "master race" stems from Nazi terminology, often describing Adolf Hitler's belief in a superior Aryan race.

Klemp did not respond to requests for comment Sunday from ABC News.

Penelton also could not be reached for comment on Sunday.

Leavenworth County Administrator Mark Loughry issued a statement defending Klemp, saying the commissioner was referring to a gap in his own teeth and noting that Penelton had a similar gap.

"The use of the term 'Master Race,' as ill-advised as it may be, was not a reference to Nazis or used in a racist manner in this instance," Loughry said in a statement. "Leavenworth County has a zero tolerance for racism or discrimination in any form from any staff members. I am deeply sorry that one misconstrued comment by a member of our elected governing body has caused so much grief, sorrow and hatred."

But Robert Holland, one of Klemp's colleagues on the commission, said Klemp needs to be disciplined.

"When he said 'master race,' there is no master race," Holland told ABC affiliate station KMBC-TV in Leavenworth. "I mean, we're all Americans, we're all human beings. There is no master race."

Holland said he is considering a motion to remove Klemp, whose term on the board runs through Jan. 15, from being chairman of the board.

Meanwhile, the Leavenworth City Commission held a special meeting on Thursday and issued a statement condemning Klemp's remark and asked that he apologize and step down.

"These comments have resulted in widespread negative attention and have harmed the overall perception of residents, businesses, cities, organizations and agencies in Leavenworth County," the Leavenworth City Commission said in its statement. "The City Commission unequivocally denounces the use of 'master race' or any other language that has historic ties to racism, division and bigotry in any setting at any time."

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The governor of Kansas is demanding the resignation of a white county commissioner who claimed he was "part of the master race" when talking to an African-American consultant during a public meeting last week. Gov. Jeff Colyer is asking Louis Klemp, chairman of the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners, to step down following his "inappropriate remarks" made during a public meeting on Nov.

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Chris watts is guilty for killing his wife and 2 young daughters , and he is set to sentence Monday.Chris said that his wife and daughters disappeared, and the that wife left her purse and keys at home

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday.

Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

In August, Chris Watts spoke out to reporters, saying his wife and daughters disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.

"My kids are my life," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH. "I mean, those smiles light up my life."

"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he said.

After Shanann and the girls disappeared, Chris Watts stayed with his friends, the Thayers.

"In the 48 to 72 hours we were with him ... he was his normal self," Amanda Thayer told ABC News in August. "He never once cried."

"He fooled us. And I'm so sorry. We just thought we were doing the right thing by being a good friend," added her husband, Nick Thayer. "We were duped."

Within days of the disappearance, Chris Watts was arrested and the bodies of his wife and children were found.

At the time of the killings, Chris Watts was dating another woman, 30-year-old Nichol Kessinger, she told The Denver Post.

They met through work in June and started dating the next month, she told the newspaper.

Chris Watts told Kessinger he had two daughters and was going through a mutual divorce, which was almost finalized, Kessinger said.

At the end of July, Chris Watts told her that his divorce was official, Kessinger said in the report, which was published online last week.

"He lied about everything," she told the Post.

Watts pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him: five counts of murder in the first degree; three counts of tampering with a deceased human body; and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty, the Weld County District Attorney's office said. The victims' family agreed to those terms, the district attorney's office added.

Watts faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters is set to be sentenced Monday. Chris Watts, 33, was convicted this month in the murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, 34, and their daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4.

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A teacher from North Carolina was murdered by a drug dealer while on a vacation to mexico.

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A North Carolina teacher who disappeared last month during a vacation to Mexico was killed by a drug dealer, state officials confirmed.