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Three suspects are accused of shooting and killing an Indianapolis pizza delivery driver for his pizza, which they then took home to eat, investigators said.

Papa John's driver and manager LaVon Drake, 24, reportedly hadn't been scheduled to work Monday night, but had come in to help his co-workers.

The suspects were identified as Juwuan Terry, 18; Jason Epeards, 18; and Jasean Dale, 19. They are suspected of killing Drake with two different weapons, officials said, according to Fox 59 of Indianapolis.

"It's devastating. ... He was a good young man, a great employee and a great manager. I'm going to miss him so much."
- Cheyenne Pryor, LaVon Drake's co-worker and friend

"It's devastating," Drake's co-worker and friend Cheyenne Pryor told the Indianapolis Star. "He was a good young man, a great employee and a great manager. I'm going to miss him so much."

A neighbor saw Drake walk up to a vacant rental house, then noticed the suspects' car parked near her house and jotted down the plate number, the report said.

Another witness saw the three suspects leave the house with a rifle and a pizza bag, Fox 59 reported.

Police tracked the car to a nearby apartment complex where the men confessed to robbing and killing Drake, police said, according to the report.

The suspects had gone home "to eat the pizza," investigators told the station.

Drake was the manager at the local Papa John's and wasn't scheduled to work, "but his co-workers needed him," the Indianapolis Star reported.

"He knew being a manager that he had to do what is needed from him, and if it was to fill in or stay later he would," Pryor told IndyStar. "They called him in to help with delivery."

Pryor added that all Drake did was "work and go home."

"He never hardly went out. He was too busy taking care of his family, from biological to his Papa John's family," she said.

"I mean it really makes me sad, you know we're just out here doing our job," Tyler Gadberry, a Topper's pizza delivery driver, told Fox 59.

The story left drivers like him "shaken," the station reported.

"Anything can happen at any time."

Kimberly Charles, a team leader at Topper's pizza, told the station they have "an entire delivery area that we don't go to because of reasons like that."

"I feel so sorry for his family," Charles said of Drake. "If we were to ever lose somebody here, which hopefully never happens, we would probably shut our store down, because we're that big of a family."

She stressed precautions such as carrying no more than $20 and delivering with a co-worker.

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Three suspects are accused of shooting and killing an Indianapolis pizza delivery driver for his pizza, which they then took home to eat, investigators said. Papa John's driver and manager LaVon Drake, 24, reportedly hadn't been scheduled to work Monday night, but had come in to help his co-workers.

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A group of feminist in Saudi Arabia may face beheading after participating in a protest in 2011.

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Rights groups are warning that a female Shiite activist detained in Saudi Arabia since December 2015 may be beheaded along with other activists.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other groups have said that Israa al-Ghomgham and at least four other activists face execution for participating in 2011 Arab Spring protests in eastern Saudi Arabia's Shiite heartland.

Human Rights Watch says al-Ghomgham is the "first female activist to possibly face the death penalty for her human rights-related work, which sets a dangerous precedent for other women activists currently behind bars."

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it was aware of al-Ghomgham's case and remains "deeply concerned by the detention of activists in Saudi Arabia."

Saudi officials didn't respond to a request for comment on Thursday amid the Eid al-Adha holiday.

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Two people were killed and one "badly injured" in a knife attack Thursday morning in Trappes, a suburb west of Paris, according to France's National Police.

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President Trump came across a conflict. He is being accused of violating the finance laws which is one of the things his lawyer was charged with and said he was influenced by president Trump. Now Trump is in question for impeachment and he himself questions how people can consider impeachment with all the good hes done.

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President Donald Trump questioned how he could be impeached when he's made strides improving economic conditions in an interview aired Thursday.

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Someone in Paris attacked two people in Trappes, Paris. One of the victims died, the other was severely injured. The man who was responsible for the attack also died shortly after being found by the police.

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President Trump's former lawyer has testified under oath that he was directed to put forth hush money under Candidate Trump.

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Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, made the extraordinary admission in court on Tuesday that Mr. Trump had directed him to arrange payments to two women during the 2016 campaign to keep them from speaking publicly about affairs they said they had with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Cohen acknowledged the illegal payments while pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and other charges, a litany of crimes that revealed both his shadowy involvement in Mr. Trump's circle and his own corrupt business dealings.

He told a judge in United States District Court in Manhattan that the payments to the women were made "in coordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal office," implicating the president in a federal crime.

"I participated in this conduct, which on my part took place in Manhattan, for the principal purpose of influencing the election" for president in 2016, Mr. Cohen said.

The plea represented a pivotal moment in the investigation into the president, and the scene in the Manhattan courtroom was striking. Mr. Cohen, a longtime lawyer for Mr. Trump - and loyal confidant - described in plain-spoken language how Mr. Trump worked with him to cover up a potential sex scandal that Mr. Trump feared would endanger his rising candidacy.

Mr. Cohen also pleaded guilty to multiple counts of tax evasion and a single count of bank fraud, capping a monthslong investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors who examined his personal business dealings and his role in helping to arrange the financial deals with women connected to Mr. Trump.

The plea came shortly before another blow to the president: His former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was convicted in his financial fraud trial in Virginia. The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, had built a case that Mr. Manafort hid millions of dollars in foreign accounts to evade taxes and lied to banks to obtain millions of dollars in loans.

Mr. Trump's lawyers have, for months, said privately that they considered Mr. Cohen's case to be potentially more problematic for the president than the investigation by the special counsel.

But Mr. Trump's lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said in a statement after Mr. Cohen's plea, "There is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government's charges against Mr. Cohen."

In federal court in Manhattan, Mr. Cohen made the admission about Mr. Trump's role in the payments to the women - an adult film actress and a former Playboy playmate - as he pleaded guilty to two campaign finance crimes.

One of those charges stemmed from a $130,000 payment he made to the actress, Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

Prosecutors said that Trump Organization executives were involved in reimbursing Mr. Cohen for that payment, accepting his phony invoices that listed it as a legal expense. The other charge concerned a complicated arrangement in which a tabloid bought the rights to the story about the former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, then killed it.
[The scene inside the courtroom: "I had a glass of Glenlivet 12 on the rocks," Mr. Cohen said when asked whether he had taken medication or alcohol in the last 24 hours.]
Mr. Cohen's plea was announced by Robert Khuzami, the deputy United States attorney, along with senior officials from the F.B.I. and the Internal Revenue Service. Addressing reporters outside the courthouse, Mr. Khuzami said that Mr. Cohen had "decided that he was above the law, and for that, he is going to pay a very, very serious price."

The plea agreement does not call for Mr. Cohen to cooperate with federal prosecutors in Manhattan. Still, it does not preclude him from providing information to them later or to the special counsel, who is examining the Trump campaign's possible involvement in Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign.

If Mr. Cohen were to substantially assist the special counsel's investigation, Mr. Mueller could recommend a reduction in his sentence.

Mr. Cohen had been the president's longtime fixer, handling some of his most sensitive personal matters over a decade at the Trump Organization. He once said he would take a bullet for Mr. Trump.

As Mr. Cohen addressed the judge, admitting to the crimes he had committed, the packed courtroom remained silent. Even when Mr. Cohen made obvious references to Mr. Trump, referring to him as "the candidate" and "a candidate for federal office," spectators seemed to listen raptly, with no gasps or audible reactions.

Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion for concealing more than $4 million in personal income from 2012 to 2016 and to one count of bank fraud, for failing to disclose $14 million in debts in an application for a $500,000 home equity line of credit - the source of his payment to Ms. Clifford.

He also pleaded guilty to making an excessive campaign contribution and causing an unlawful corporate contribution during the 2016 election cycle.

He will be sentenced on Dec. 12 before Judge William H. Pauley III. Though Mr. Cohen faces a maximum of 65 years in prison, the plea agreement provides for a far more lenient sentence: The government calculated the sentencing guidelines at from 51 to 63 months and the defense put them at 46 to 57 months. A final guidelines determination will be made by the Probation Department, but the ultimate sentence will be determined by Judge Pauley.

Mr. Cohen's attorney, Lanny J. Davis, said Mr. Cohen had put his family and country ahead of his loyalty to Mr. Trump.

"He stood up and testified under oath that Donald Trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election," Mr. Davis said. "If those payments were a crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldn't they be a crime for Donald Trump?"

Looming over the negotiations between prosecutors and Mr. Cohen has been the possibility of a presidential pardon. Mr. Trump reached out to Mr. Cohen by phone a few days after the F.B.I. raids, and they had dinner together a month earlier in March, at Mr. Trump's private club in Florida, Mar-a-Lago.

Mr. Cohen's lawyer had loosely raised the issue of a pardon with an attorney for Mr. Trump several months ago, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.

By striking a deal with Mr. Cohen that includes prison time, federal authorities were aware of the risk that the president might pardon him, said another person briefed on the matter. But it is also possible that Mr. Cohen could eventually cooperate.

Prosecutors charged that Mr. Cohen's $130,000 payment to Ms. Clifford was effectively a donation to Mr. Trump's campaign, because by securing her silence it improved his electoral fortunes, and thus violated 2016 campaign finance law prohibitions against donations of more than $2,700 in a general election.

Mr. Cohen also pleaded guilty to "causing" an illegal corporate donation to Mr. Trump through his involvement in a $150,000 payment American Media Inc. made to Ms. McDougal in late summer 2016 to buy the rights to her story, effectively securing her silence for the remainder of the campaign.

Corporations are prohibited from coordinating political spending with candidates or their representatives. Mr. Cohen signed papers a month later to purchase the rights to her agreement from A.M.I., but the publisher backed out of the deal at the last minute.

The prosecutors filled in several blanks in a story that has been unfolding for months about the lengths to which Mr. Cohen went during the campaign to help his boss stave off embarrassing news about alleged affairs ahead of Election Day.

And the charges confirmed that what might have seemed on the surface to have been only tawdry allegations involving an adult entertainment star and a former Playboy model may actually carry legal and political implications for a sitting president.

Prosecutors left little doubt that A.M.I. Inc., owner of The National Enquirer, became a de facto campaign proxy for Mr. Cohen in his efforts on behalf of Mr. Trump.

According to court papers, the publisher agreed in August 2015, months before the first primaries, to look out for damaging stories about Mr. Trump and his alleged affairs with women during talks with Mr. Cohen and "one or more" members of Mr. Trump's campaign.

The tabloid company agreed to identify those stories "so they could be purchased and their publication avoided," the prosecutors said on Tuesday - an inverted role for a tabloid scandal sheet such as The Enquirer, which went on to savage Mr. Trump's opponents while promoting and protecting him.

That deal led to the arrangement with Ms. McDougal, which was struck in August 2016. It only came together, prosecutors said, after Mr. Cohen promised A.M.I. it would be reimbursed for the McDougal payment.

But prosecutors also reported for the first time that A.M.I. was intimately involved in the arrangement with Ms. Clifford. The tabloid connected Mr. Cohen with the lawyer who had negotiated the McDougal contract, Keith Davidson. Mr. Davidson also had Ms. Clifford as a client and later hashed out the agreement for Ms. Clifford's silence.

Prosecutors said in court papers that when Mr. Cohen initially failed to finalize the deal, an editor at A.M.I. - a likely reference to Dylan Howard, the company's chief content officer - alerted Mr. Cohen that there was a risk that Ms. Clifford would sell her story to another media company, one that would publish it.

Mr. Cohen's admission that he broke the law by paying off Ms. Clifford was a remarkable turnaround from the legal and publicity battle that he and his lawyers had waged against her. Ms. Clifford and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, have hounded Mr. Cohen since May, taunting him on social media and predicting his indictment.

Mr. Cohen's lawyers frequently fired back, accusing Mr. Avenatti of "fanning a media storm" and of "smearing" Mr. Cohen in a relentless series of televised appearances.

"I predicted this a long time ago before the warrants were even executed," Mr. Avenatti said on Tuesday. "We feel extremely vindicated."

Mr. Cohen's plea culminates a long-running inquiry that became publicly known in April when F.B.I. agents armed with search warrants raided his office, apartment and hotel room, hauling away reams of documents, including pieces of paper salvaged from a shredder, and millions of electronic files contained on a series of cellphones, iPads and computers.

Lawyers for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump spent the next four months working with a court-appointed special master to review the documents and data files to determine whether any of the materials were subject to attorney-client privilege and should not be made available to the government.

The special master, Barbara S. Jones, who completed her review last week, issued a series of reports in recent months, finding that only a fraction of the materials were privileged and the rest could be provided to prosecutors for their investigation.

On Monday, the judge overseeing the review, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, issued an order adopting Ms. Jones's findings and ending the review process.

It was unclear on Tuesday what role the materials that Ms. Jones reviewed, which were made available to prosecutors on a rolling basis, may have had in the charges against Mr. Cohen.

One collateral effect of Mr. Cohen's plea agreement is that it may allow Mr. Avenatti, Ms. Clifford's lawyer, to proceed with a deposition of Mr. Trump in a lawsuit that Ms. Clifford filed accusing the president of breaking a nondisclosure agreement concerning their affair.

The lawsuit had been stayed by a judge pending the resolution of Mr. Cohen's criminal case. Mr. Avenatti wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that he would now seek to force Mr. Trump to testify "under oath about what he knew, when he knew it and what he did about it."

Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer contributed reporting.

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Larry Nassar's appeal of his 60-year federal sentence on child pornography charges has been denied.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling Wednesday, affirming U.S. District Judge Janet Neff's decision to sentence Nassar to three 20-year prison terms to be served one after another.

Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, received three lengthy prison sentences over an eight-week stretch starting in December, first in Neff's federal courtroom and then in two separate Michigan county courtrooms. He had pleaded guilty to federal child pornography and state sexual assault charges.

He appealed all three sentences, with the appeals of the state sentences still pending.

Nassar's federal court-appointed appellate attorney filed an appeal in April, arguing that Neff erred when she used his 10 sexual assault convictions in state court, for which he had not been sentenced at the time, in calculating the sentence guideline range. Nassar's attorney also argued that it was "procedurally unreasonable" for the federal judge to order Nassar's state sentences to be served after the federal sentence.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, in response, argued that Neff acted within her discretion.

"In deciding to impose consecutive sentences, the district court relied on the duration, enormity, and gravity of Nassar's criminal conduct; the serious harm that Nassar inflicted on his victims; and the serious safety threat that Nassar presents to the public," the appeals judges wrote in their opinion.

"... The district court agreed with the government's observation that at least some of Nassar's activities occurred outside of the State of Michigan, and thus at least implicitly recognized that Nassar's state sentences for first-degree criminal sexual conduct would not account for all of his criminal behavior."

Related: Inside the investigation and prosecution of Larry Nassar

Related: Larry Nassar and a career filled with 'silenced' voices

Related: How Larry Nassar abused hundreds of gymnasts and eluded justice for decades

Nassar, 55, formerly of Holt, pleaded guilty in July 2017 in federal court to three charges: obtaining and possessing child pornography and destroying computer files to hamper the investigation.

Nassar had at least 37,000 videos and images of child pornography, which the MSU Police Department found in September 2016 while executing a search of his Holt home.

Before he was fired from MSU, he had his work laptop wiped clean. That action was the basis for the federal charge related to destroying files.

Four months after pleading guilty to the federal charges, Nassar pleaded guilty to 10 sexual assault charges split between Ingham and Eaton counties.

In January, his two sentencing hearings on those 10 charges began, first in Ingham County then in Eaton County.

The Ingham sentencing lasted seven days and included victim-impact statements from 156 women and girls who spoke about how Nassar sexually assaulted them. The hearing drew international attention and pushed Nassar, his crimes and his victims into a spotlight not seen during the 16 months prior.

The hearing ended with Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina telling Nassar she was signing his "death warrant" and sentencing him to 40 to 175 years in prison.

His three day sentencing hearing in Eaton County started the following week and after dozens more victim-impact statements, Judge Janice Cunningham sentenced Nassar to 40 to 125 years in prison.

Nassar has filed motions in state courts seeking new sentences. A hearing on the issue is set for Monday in Ingham County and in September in Eaton County.

Nassar sexually abused hundreds of women and girls over more than 20 years, many of them at his MSU office. In May, MSU agreed to settle lawsuits filed by hundreds of those victims for $500 million.

Nassar is currently housed at a federal transfer center in Oklahoma City, according to online records. He had been at a federal prison in Arizona, but his attorneys said in a recent court filing that he had been attacked shortly after being released into the general population.

Judge Aquilina 'uniquely situated' to keep Larry Nassar case, chief judge rules

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Over a million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.

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Over a million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.

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Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort was arrested on 8 counts of financial crimes. His former lawyer Micheal Cohen admitted to paying hush money to multiple women.

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Two massive clouds that have been hanging over Donald Trump's presidency for months broke open almost simultaneously on Tuesday afternoon -- and poured rain all over the President.

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Pakistan's new administration promises to place a bigger priority on science and education in the country, especially to alleviate poverty - but the country is facing an economic crisis.

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Pakistan is reeling from a political earthquake - and researchers are both nervous and excited. On 18 August, the former cricket superstar Imran Khan is expected to be sworn in as prime minister. Khan's win has come as a shock because few expected that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice, or PTI) party would defeat the country's former ruling party and the main opposition.

Khan arrives at a time when Pakistan's research community faces big challenges, from an economic crisis that is strangling labs to a chronic shortage of research and teaching positions for its PhD holders. Although research policy featured little in the bitterly fought election campaign, Khan has a track record of using science and education to alleviate poverty: he has founded a cancer hospital and a technical college. Many researchers are now excited about what he can achieve on a national stage.

"Imran is like our Kennedy. He can lead and he can inspire," says scientist-entrepreneur Faisal Khan, a synthetic biologist at Cecos University in the northern city of Peshawar. He hopes that Imran Khan will aim high when it comes to tackling endemic corruption and rebuilding public services - the new prime minister is promising a more transparent government, clean water, a national health service and 5 million affordable homes. "I hope he will take a moonshot approach," says Faisal Khan.

Ongoing challenges

Pakistan's perennial problem in science and higher education is a shortage of internationally competitive public universities. There is no clear path to a research career in the country's universities, which have weak links to industry and face political interference in senior academic appointments.

But in spite of this, there is cross-party consensus that universities and research are important, says Athar Osama, a member of the Planning Commission, the government body that vets big research proposals. Pakistan now has 192 universities, most of which have been created in the past 20 years. But the universities funding and regulatory body, the Higher Education Commission, is in a constant battle to maintain quality in research and teaching. It is continually uncovering academics involved in plagiarism - including members of its own staff - and two years ago it shut down 57 PhD and master'﻿s programmes because of concerns over quality.

Added to this, years of military rule have given military officers an oversized say in the nation's affairs. Two of Pakistan's universities are listed in the top 500 of the latest QS World University Rankings; one is the National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad, which was established when a number of military training colleges amalgamated, and is run by a retired general. The other is the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, near Islamabad; it is a spin-off from the Atomic Energy Commission, which runs the country's nuclear programme.

It is difficult for civilian administrations to refuse, or carry out due diligence on, funding requests that are backed by military or industrial interests. However, former science minister Atta-ur-Rahman is convinced that change is coming. Khan supports appointments based on merit and will protect the independence of institutions, says Atta-ur-Rahman, who was science minister from 2000 to 2002 and universities minister from 2002 to 2008, under the most recent military government. He is now close to PTI.

In Pakistan, vice-chancellor appointments at public universities need to be approved by politicians, which can lead to nepotism. Over the past five years, Atta-ur-Rahman has chaired an independent committee established by the PTI to vet such appointments in the PTI-run northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There have been attempts at interference, he says, but Khan has backed his committee when this has happened. "Once you start yielding to pressure, it's a slippery slope."

PhD trap

Atta-ur-Rahman is hoping to play a role in science and innovation policy in the new government. He is lobbying the new government to revive a policy from his time as universities minister, in which the state paid for 2,000 students per year to enrol in PhDs at universities abroad. He's also calling on international universities should partner with Pakistani ones to improve local university quality and conduct joint research. Atta-ur-Rahman established the Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, north of Islamabad - a joint venture with Austria's network of Fachhochschule technology institutes.

But Faisal Khan urges the new government to proceed with caution. He is a beneficiary of the policy to send PhD students abroad - he returned from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2013 - and he says that it has created a small army of unemployed young people who returned home with no offers of a job. They have established the PhD Doctors' Association. In June, they organized a demonstration in Islamabad, complaining that the government has abandoned them.

Faisal Khan says there was never any follow-up after his return from Oxford: "The government still hasn't asked me what I'm up to." He co-founded an incubator for start-up companies called Peshawar 2.0, and set up a lab at Cecos University in Peshawar that uses synthetic biology to manufacture enzymes for food processing. "I have 200 PhD-level CVs on my desk and no jobs to give them," says Khan.

He also points out that joint ventures with international universities are expensive and benefit relatively few students. The Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology will cost the provincial government 8.6 billion rupees (US$70 million) over eight years.

Atta-ur-Rahman says that after he left office in 2008, subsequent governments ignored his plans to provide seed grants for postdoctoral research projects and establish a tenure-track system for researchers.

Credit crunch

As scientists wait for the new government to take office, they face an immediate challenge. Decades of corruption have brought the economy and the health system to its knees, says former public-health minister Sania Nishtar. Days before the country went to the polls on 25 July, the central bank stopped international foreign-currency transactions because of a shortage of foreign reserves. This has particularly affected researchers, because they now need to obtain extra central-bank permissions before buying equipment from other countries.

"The fallout on our capacity to do research will be immense and irreversible," says Sabieh Anwar, a physicist at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Anwar says that the central bank's policy could "bring academia to a permanent halt" if researchers cannot instantly order supplies.

Faisal Khan also acknowledges that there will be hard times ahead, but says a rare opportunity has opened up for genuine reforms. The new government needs to evaluate its priorities, consult widely and not just copy what happened before. "I hope they don't go for the spray and pray approach," he says.

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A white college professor was fired from his job for ant-white speech. Using language and discrimination that goes against school policy. He claims it was "Satirical"

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A white professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey violated the school's policy when he complained about other white people in a post on Facebook, according to reports.

The university says it prohibits discrimination and harassment, and judged that history professor James Livingston, who is white, crossed a line with his comments.

In the post, Livingston slammed other white people, describing them as entitled and saying they impeded "access to my dinner."

"... this place (burger restaurant) is overrun with little Caucasian a--holes who know their parents will approve of anything they do," Livingston wrote.

"... this place (burger restaurant) is overrun with little Caucasian a--holes who know their parents will approve of anything they do."
- Rutgers professor James Livingston, in since-deleted Facebook post

"I hereby resign from my race. F--- these people," the professor added.

Facebook removed his post, he reportedly said in a subsequent post, according to NJ.com.

Livingston argues that his remarks were "satirical," and he was commenting on the gentrification of the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, where he lives, NorthJersey.com reported

"OK, officially, I now hate white people," Livingston wrote. "I am a white people, for God's sake, but can we keep them-us-us out of my neighborhood?"

Since the post appeared, Livingston has faced a "barrage of hate emails, slur-laced insults and death threats," the Washington Post reported.

Rutgers said in a statement that "there's no place for racial intolerance at Rutgers," the report said.

"... at Rutgers University, we also must foster an environment free from discrimination, as articulated in our policy prohibiting discrimination," Dory Devlin, media relations director for Rutgers, told NorthJersey.com.

In a letter, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has asked Rutgers, on Livingston's behalf, to reverse its conclusion that he violated policy, according to the publication. The letter also reportedly argued that he has the right to his opinion as a private citizen.

His appeal was denied, the Post reported, citing FIRE.

Livingston, a tenured professor for 28 years, has taught at the university since 1988, NorthJersey.com reported.

"Allowing human resource administrators to tell a professor of 30 years what he can and can't say on Facebook means that the tradition of academic freedom in our public universities is essentially over. I respect that tradition too much not to protest," Livingston said in a statement, according to the report.

Livingston faces disciplinary action that could include discharge, the Post reported.

"You may not agree with the faculty member, but the First Amendment exists to protect speech that challenges you or asks you to think about things in a different way."
- Will Creeley, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)

"I'm also a fan of the Constitution, which is equally under assault here," Livingston said. "I very much hope the university will see its way to overturning this finding of 'reverse racism' and reaffirming the democratic freedoms that Rutgers has long stood for."

Will Creeley of FIRE said the First Amendment right is particulary important for faculty members, especially because Livingston was speaking about gentrification -- a matter of public concern, according to the Post.

"You may not agree with the faculty member, but the First Amendment exists to protect speech that challenges you or asks you to think about things in a different way," Creeley said.

Last year, another Rutgers professor came under fire for his Facebook posts, which some critics said were anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.

Michael Chikindas, a professor in the university's food science department, lost his role as a school center's director and was no longer allowed to teach required classes, Fox News reported.

Amy Lieu is a news editor and reporter for Fox News.

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A white professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey violated the school's policy when he complained about other white people in a post on Facebook, according to reports. The university says it prohibits discrimination and harassment, and judged that history professor James Livingston, who is white, crossed a line with his comments.

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Over a million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.

The storm is moving closer to the Hawaiian islands with sustained winds of 145 mph and forecasters say it's "on course to pass very close" to the islands or make landfall from Thursday through Friday. It could be so devastating that authorities are urging residents to set aside two weeks worth of food and water.

"Be prepared to shelter in place with 14 days of food supplies and water and any other necessities," Hawaii Gov. David Ige said at a press conference Wednesday.

Buses around Honolulu have been picking up residents in need and taking them to shelters. All public schools canceled classes until further notice and many state employees have been asked to stay home.

It's unclear how close Lane will get to the islands and how much damage it would cause. Forecasters say the storm threatens to bring dangerous winds, landslides to Hawaii with ocean water and heavy rain causing major flooding.

The storm was in the Pacific about 260 miles south of the Big Island town of Kailua-Kona early Thursday.

Why is Hurricane Lane so rare?

Only two hurricanes have made landfall ever. Hurricanes rarely make landfall in Hawaii and some people haven't lived through one. Hurricane Dot was the first one to hit the islands in 1959, followed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Other than hurricanes, there have only been two tropical storms that made landfall.

There are only a few storms in the Central Pacific. The Atlantic or Eastern Pacific usually see many more storms. Plus the Hawaiian islands present a small target in the vast Pacific Ocean. Hawaii gets a named storm within 60 miles of its coastline about once every four years on average, forecasters say.

Tropical storm force winds stretch over 230 miles, which is greater than the distance from Hilo to Honolulu. Even if the hurricane doesn't make landfall, it could have widespread impact.

All of the Hawaiian islands are under weather alerts. A hurricane warning is in effect for Hawaii and Maui counties -- meaning hurricane conditions are expected there. Oahu and Kauai are under a hurricane watch, meaning hurricane conditions are possible and that winds of at least 39 mph are anticipated in the comings days.

How are people reacting?

People have been rushing to stores for supplies. They are stocking up on canned foods, ramen, water and toilet paper.

Some were going for generators and also plywood to board their windows. Others have been filing up propane tanks and waiting in lines that circle around the block to get gas for their cars.

"(I'm) filling up my bathtub with some water, hoping to board up my main windows in time," a shopper on the Big Island, Shana Bartolome, told CNN affiliate KHON on Tuesday.

Authorities are asking people to seek shelter before it's too late or stay in their homes if they believe those structures can withstand hurricane winds.

And many others are leaving. Long lines were seen at airports in Honolulu as hundreds of people were trying to catch flights out of the islands before the storm comes closer.

The 15 airports throughout the state will remain open as long they don't suffer damage to their infrastructure or the debris "makes flight operations unsafe," the Hawaii Department of Transportation said in a statement.

President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii on Wednesday ahead of the storm.

In a statement announcing Trump's approval, Gov. David Ige said Hawaii had submitted the request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to help with the impact the hurricane may have in the islands.

"The approval of the Presidential Disaster Declaration means that Hawai'i will have quick and efficient access to federal resources in the wake of Hurricane Lane, as our communities and residents recover from any damage and losses caused by the storm. We are grateful to the president and FEMA for the swift approval of our request as our state braces for the severe weather ahead," the governor said.

What are experts saying?

Tropical-storm-force winds -- 39-73 mph -- and rain could be seen on portions of the Big Island and Maui County on Thursday, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center said.

As the outer bands of Hurricane Lane continue approaching the islands, steady and heavy rain could lead to major flash flooding. Most areas are expected to see 10 to 15 inches while some could get more than 20 inches of rain.

The downpours could also lead to landslides.

Another important threat is storm surge.

"The combination of a dangerous storm surge and large breaking waves will raise water levels by as much as 2 to 4 feet above normal tide levels along south and west facing shores near the center of Lane," the hurricane center said.

The surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.

While the exact path of of Lane remains uncertain, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri says, the storm could weaken as it nears the islands. Conditions could trigger a weakening of Lane in the coming days but it would still pose danger as it's likely to remain a Category 1 cyclone.

CNN's Brandon Miller and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.

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CNN 3 hrs ago By Nicole Chavez, CNN Slideshow by Photo Services Over a million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.

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An Arkansas man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole after fatally shooting a 3-year-old in a road-rage incident.

Gary Eugene Holmes was convicted of first-degree murder and terroristic threatening after a jury found him guilty of the December 2016 killing of Acen King.

According to the boy's grandmother, Kim King-Macon, she was stopped at a stop sign in Little Rock, when Holmes honked his horn, got out of his car and fired into her car. King was shot in the back but his grandmother did not realize until she reached a shopping center 10 miles away.

The toddler died later that night at the hospital.

A woman who was in Holmes' car at the time of the shooting had a different story. According to a police affidavit, she said he was angry because he thought the car behind him was tailing him too closely.

Jurors deliberated for fewer than 30 minutes before returning the guilty verdict. Holmes was sentenced 45 years for the killing and five years for the terroristic threats.

Holmes's mother said she didn't think her son was "in his right mind" when he shot at the vehicle. She also described injuries her son sustained as a child and battles with depression.

Defense Attorney Ron Davis said Holmes plans to appeal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Paulina Dedaj is a writer/ reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter @PaulinaDedaj.

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An Arkansas man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole after fatally shooting a 3-year-old in a road-rage incident. Gary Eugene Holmes was convicted of first-degree murder and terroristic threatening after a jury found him guilty of the December 2016 killing of Acen King.

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People 11 hrs ago Adam Carlson

On Tuesday a relative of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts appeared to publicly rebuke pundits and politicians - including President Donald Trump - who have used Tibbetts' slaying as a talking point in ongoing debates about immigration in America.

"Please remember, Evil comes in EVERY color," Billie Jo Calderwood wrote on Facebook Tuesday night, only a few hours after authorities announced that the 20-year-old Tibbetts' remains had been found about a month after she disappeared from Brooklyn, Iowa.

Calderwood, described in various media reports as Tibbetts' aunt, later shared another post on Facebook which stated, in part, "Please do not compound the atrocity of what happened to her by adding racism and hate to the equation."

She was apparently referencing the fact that Trump and others, including the Iowa governor, have spoken out in political terms about Tibbetts' suspected killer, 24-year-old Cristhian Rivera.

Law enforcement has said Rivera is an undocumented immigrant, which his attorney disputed.

However a manager at Yarrabee Farms, where Rivera had worked for four years, said he was employed there under another name, using an out-of-state government ID and matching Social Security card, the Associated Press reports.

Rivera "is not who he said he was," the manager, Dane Lang, told the AP.

A U.S. immigration official further told the AP that they don't have records showing he was legally admitted into the country.

Lang said an earlier statement from the farm that they had used the federal E-Verify system to confirm Rivera's eligibility to work in the United States was incorrect, according to the AP. Instead, he said, they checked Rivera's Social Security card against a Social Security Administration system.

It remains unclear when, exactly, Tibbetts was killed and how well she may have known her suspected murderer, if at all. Authorities allege Rivera abducted and murdered her after they crossed paths while she was out on her run.

At a rally on Tuesday, Trump invoked the case in starkly electoral language.

"You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from Mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman," he said. "Should've never happened. ... The laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. We're getting it changed, but we have to get more Republicans."

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While state authorities said Rivera was an undocumented immigrant, his attorney, Allan Richards, argued in a court filing Wednesday that is not the case, the Des Moines Register reports.

According to the paper, Richards filed a motion seeking a gag order in which he stated that Rivera "is in this jurisdiction legally."

"Sad and Sorry Trump has weighed in on this matter ... which will poison the entire possible pool of jury members," Richards said in his motion.
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He reiterated that complaint during Rivera's initial court appearance later Wednesday where he urged the judge to "exclude the media from these proceedings."

"Portraying Cristhian as something that he isn't, I view this as a political payback for what's swirling around," Richards said. He also noted that Rivera, who has not yet entered a plea, has no prior criminal record and is presumed innocent.

Richards said Rivera first came to the United States as a minor.

Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, echoed Trump in her comments at a daily press briefing on Wednesday, calling Tibbetts' death "an unfortunate reminder of why we need to strengthen our immigration laws."

Kim Reynolds, Iowa's governor, reportedly said much the same in her own statement: "We are angry that a broken immigration system allowed a predator like this to live in our community, and we will do all we can [to] bring justice to Mollie's killer."

In her post on Facebook Tuesday night, Calderwood wrote that "our family has been blessed to be surrounded by love, friendship and support throughout this entire ordeal by friends from all different nations and races. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you."

Tibbetts, a 20-year-old psychology student entering her second year at the University of Iowa, vanished on July 18. She had been set to attend a destination wedding for her boyfriend's brother about two weeks later.
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Following confirmation of her death this week, Tibbetts' family said in a brief statement that they were grief-stricken but grateful for the community's support. They did not reference her accused killer.

"We know that many of you will join us as we continue to carry Mollie in our hearts forever," they said.

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Mollie Tibbetts' Aunt Speaks Out as Trump Uses Murder as Talking Point: 'Evil Comes in EVERY Color'

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People 11 hrs ago Adam Carlson On Tuesday a relative of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts appeared to publicly rebuke pundits and politicians - including President Donald Trump - who have used Tibbetts' slaying as a talking point in ongoing debates about immigration in America.

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A category 4 hurricane known as Hurricane Lane is on path to tropical islands, including Hawaii. It will be the most powerful storm to hit Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki which was in 1992. There is an urge to seek shelter for residents to seek shelter, however, there is not enough shelter space and those clear of flood zones are advised to just stay home.

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HONOLULU - As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents.

Hurricane Lane was forecast to continue its northwest turn into the islands Thursday, which would make it the most powerful storm to hit Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in 1992.

"Everyone is starting to buckle down at this point," said Christyl Nagao of Kauai. "Our families are here. We have businesses and this and that. You just have to man your fort and hold on tight."

Officials opened shelters on the Big Island and on the islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai on Wednesday. They urged those needing to use the Molokai shelter to get there soon because of concerns the main highway on the south coast of the island could become impassable.

On the island of Oahu, which was put on a hurricane warning late Wednesday, shelters were scheduled to open Thursday. Officials were also working to help Hawaii's sizeable homeless population, many of whom live near beaches and streams that could flood.

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Tom Travis said there's not enough shelter space statewide and advised those who are not in flood zones to stay home.

Officials warned the limited shelter space should be a "last resort" and aren't designed to withstand winds greater than about 40 mph (64.3 kph).

"Whenever possible, the public should plan to shelter in place or stay with family or friends in homes outside of these hazard areas that were designed, built, or renovated to withstand anticipated conditions," the city and county of Honolulu said in a news release.

Hurricanes are ranked 1 to 5 according to what is known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane Lane is at category 4, which means winds from 130 to 156 mph (251 kph).

The Big Island was already starting to see Lane's first effects, Gov. David Ige said at a news conference Wednesday.

The hurricane's outer rain bands were bringing showers to some parts of the island, said Matt Foster, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The eastern side of the island picked up nearly 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) of rain in three hours, Foster said.

Melanie Davis, who lives in a suburb outside Honolulu, said she was gathering canned food and baby formula.

"We're getting some bags of rice and of course, some Spam," she said of the canned lunch meat that's popular in Hawaii.

She was organizing important documents into a folder - birth and marriage certificates, Social Security cards, insurance paperwork - and making sure her three children, all under 4, have flotation devices such as swimming vests - "just in case."

Public schools were closed for the rest of the week and local government workers were told to stay home unless they're essential employees.

Meteorologist Chevy Chevalier said Lane may drop to a Category 3 by Thursday afternoon but that would still be a major hurricane.

"We expect it to gradually weaken as it gets closer to the islands," Chevalier said. "That being said, on our current forecast, as of the afternoon on Thursday, we still have it as a major hurricane."

The central Pacific gets fewer hurricanes than other regions, with about only four or five named storms a year. Hawaii rarely gets hit. The last major storm to hit was Iniki in 1992. Others have come close in recent years.

"We're planning on boarding up all our windows and sliding doors," Napua Puaoi of Wailuku, Maui, said after buying plywood from Home Depot. "As soon as my husband comes home - he has all the power tools."

Puaoi was 12 when Iniki hit Hawaii.

"When it did happen, I just remember, pandemonium, it was all out craziness," she said.

Unlike Florida or Texas, where residents can get in their cars and drive hundreds of miles to safety, people in Hawaii are confined to the islands.

Instead, they must stay put and make sure they have enough supplies to outlast prolonged power outages and other potential emergencies.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has several barges with food, water and supplies that it moved into the region ahead of Hurricane Hector, which skirted past the islands more than a week ago, according to FEMA Administrator Brock Long.

The U.S. Navy was moving its ships and submarines out of Hawaii. All vessels not currently undergoing maintenance were being positioned to help respond after the storm, if needed.

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Associated Press journalists Mark Thiessen and Dan Joling in Anchorage, Alaska, and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.

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HONOLULU - As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents. Hurricane Lane was forecast to continue its northwest turn into the islands Thursday, which would make it the most powerful storm to hit Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in 1992.

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The Virginia man who said he found his 3-year-old son dead in a clothes dryer has been arrested on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend as they made funeral arrangements for their child.

The boy's Aug. 7 death remains under investigation, more than two weeks after he was found dead in his father's home.

Authorities in Virginia Beach said Thursday that Chet Lloyd was charged with domestic assault. Amanda Ray confirmed in a Facebook message that she was assaulted outside a funeral home.

Police also charged Lloyd with drug possession.

The Virginian-Pilot first reported the alleged assault. Lloyd previously told the newspaper he found his son, Brantley Lloyd, in a dryer. Brantley was later pronounced dead.

The boy's mother said the circumstances of Brantley's death make little sense.

It's unclear if Lloyd has an attorney.

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Virginia father, whose young son was found dead inside dryer, charged with assaulting boy's mother

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The Virginia man who said he found his 3-year-old son dead in a clothes dryer has been arrested on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend as they made funeral arrangements for their child. The boy's Aug. 7 death remains under investigation, more than two weeks after he was found dead in his father's home.

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Two brothers -- just 2 and 4 years old -- are dead after they were found unresponsive in a river, authorities said.

The incident unfolded when concerned witnesses called 911 at the Kankakee River by the Illinois and Indiana state line on Tuesday, said Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.

Witnesses said the boys' father was in and out of consciousness and "acting strangely," Martinez said at a news conference Wednesday.

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The witnesses "felt that he was under the influence of something," Martinez said, and noticed him "jumping in the water. And the witnesses were confused of where the kids were at and started looking for the kids."

Witnesses found one child floating in the water and the second child under the water and unresponsive, he said.

The boys, Evan Patillo, 2, and Levi Patillo, 4, both died, Martinez said.

The boys' mother has been contacted, Martinez said.

Their causes of death are under investigation, he added.

"It's a tragedy," Martinez told reporters. "It hits us hard."

The boys' father, Eric Patillo, was interviewed at the Lake County Police detective bureau, Martinez said, and was then taken into custody and booked on two probable cause charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

Authorities are awaiting test results that would reveal if Patillo was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, Martinez said.

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Hurricane Lane is making its way towards Hawaii. People are trying to get two weeks worth of food and water before the hurricane hits. People are taking shelter or leaving. The hurricane is a category 4 and winds can reach up to 145 mph. 10 to 15 inches of rain are expected.

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Over a million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.