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William Joseph Greer, 52, was arrested in southern Mexico, 11 years after his girlfriend Tammy Marie Esquivel was killed.

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A man suspected of killing his girlfriend more than 10 years ago was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday. Authorities say they were able to identify the suspect because one of his toes was missing from his left foot.

William Joseph Greer, 52, was arrested in southern Mexico, 11 years after his girlfriend Tammy Marie Esquivel was killed, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The U.S. Marshals Service learned of Greer's location last week, and worked with the Mexican authorities and the Harris County Sheriff's Office to track him down. They had apparently identified Greer during surveillance several days before his arrest, the Chronicle reported.

Authorities were able to positively identify Greer after U.S. Marshals asked him to remove his left shoe, revealing that a toe was missing - a characteristic widely publicized when he went missing in 2006.
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A man suspected of killing his girlfriend more than 10 years ago was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday. Authorities say they were able to identify the suspect because one of his toes was missing from his left foot. William Joseph Greer, 52, was arrested in southern Mexico, 11 years after his girlfriend Tammy Marie Esquivel was killed, the Houston Chronicle reported.

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North Korea's new Hwasong-15 missile

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North Korea test-fired the Hwasong-15 missile, a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which experts said shows a major advance in technology and threat.

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MTV is bringing jersey shore back, it was a old show in like 2010

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"Jersey Shore Family Vacation" will reunite most of the stars of "Jersey Shore," which became a pop culture phenomenon when it ran from 2009 to 2012.

The revival will feature past cast members Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio," Jenni "JWOWW" Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.

Most of the old party-hard gang has moved on to bigger life events, including marriage and parenthood, but apparently that has not dampened their excitement for the reunion.

Polizzi, who now has two children, shared a short teaser trailer which aired Monday night heralding the new show.

"That's it," she can be heard saying in the video. "It was so short!"

One person who MTV hasn't announced as returning is Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola. These days Giancola is a fashionista with her own online boutique, Sweetheart Styles.

In August she said on the E! series "Reunion Road Trip" that she had permanently ended her on-again, off-again relationship with former cast member Ortiz-Magro.

"That door is closed and will remain shut for a long time," she said of their relationship.

"Jersey Shore Family Vacation" is set to air sometime in 2018.

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"Jersey Shore Family Vacation" will reunite most of the stars of "Jersey Shore," which became a pop culture phenomenon when it ran from 2009 to 2012. The revival will feature past cast members Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio," Jenni "JWOWW" Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.

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People want to close New York's subway system overnight because only 85,000 people ride it, and they propose more shuttles and buses

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Imagine New York without its 24/7 subway system?

The experts at the Regional Plan Association did, and they believe it's key to building a reliable transit system for a growing metropolitan area.

The radical idea to snuff the pride of New York is one of dozens of recommendations in the research group's latest regional plan - the association's fourth region-wide blueprint since 1929 - being released Thursday.

"We think that the days of the 24/7 subway system in New York are coming to an end," RPA president Tom Wright told reporters of the "controversial" idea.

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There are 60 other ideas in the RPA's grand plan for the metropolitan region:

Raise money through new taxes, like charging drivers to enter Manhattan's business center, tolling major roads and highways, adopting a cap-and-trade program for emissions, and a tax based on vehicle-miles traveled. Build dense housing near transit stops throughout the region.

Extend subway lines around the city and build out overcrowded stations.

Create a regional rail network that allows trains to flow unimpeded through the tristate area, such as building a new facility south of Penn Station that could allow rail to bring travelers between Long Island and New Jersey without switching trains.

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RPA is unveiling its full plan Thursday at The New School, with elected and government officials from around the region.

Officials with the RPA acknowledge that politicians would surely slam some of the proposals. But together, the proposals could add nearly 4 million people and nearly 2 million jobs to the region by 2040. But sticking with "business as usual" would cut those numbers nearly in half.

To that end, RPA believes that closing the subway overnight from Monday through Thursday will help bring the subway system into the 21st Century - in 15 years.

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With overnight weekday ridership averaging 85,000 passengers, keeping trains running "doesn't make sense," Wright from the RPA said.

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Instead, RPA officials believe that the MTA can add shuttle buses to handle thousands of commuters each night.

"The cost of that, not just in terms of dollars but in terms of performance of the system the other 20 hours of the day, is no longer worth it," Wright said.

The MTA did not return request for comment.

Riders and transit experts had a Bronx cheer for the tone-deaf idea of nixing overnight subway service in a city that never sleeps.

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"That's a horrible idea because I work overnight sometimes. New York City is a city that's 24 hours," said Saud Alshaikh, 26, a pharmacist in the Upper West Side, "I hope it doesn't go through."

Stephanie Porto, 35, a photo producer, thought it would be painful for construction workers or nurses who work all hours of the day.

"Public transport shutting down at any point seems like a false solution," Porto said.

There were some riders who'd be willing to suck it up, though they acknowledged it would be most painful for late-night workers.

"If it were a short term thing that would be a small price to pay for the subway working better," said Dave Bernath, 50, a TV executive. "If you work late night and got to get somewhere, it doesn't make sense."

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Mitchell Moss, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management director, panned the "elitist" proposal.

"The RPA board should be embarrassed by this recommendation," Moss said. "The RPA board members and officers needs to take the subway after midnight and see that they're jammed with working New Yorkers, not the leisure classes who attend cocktail parties and galas."

Andrew Albert, a riders representative on the MTA board, said the region's economy would take a whack without a constantly running subway.

"People don't want to wait out in the street at the bus that will come even less frequently than the train, most likely. You cannot do that," Albert said. "You'll lose people permanently if you force them onto buses."

Riders, too were incensed at being asked to give up their subway creature comfort that made New York the city that never sleeps.

Former MTA boss Tom Prendergast, who is now an RPA board member, said that 24/7 service was one of the "absolutes" at the agency when he joined in 1982.

This "absolute" has waned over the years, he said, pointing to overnight Fast Track repairs that take segments of train lines out of service and the round-the-clock closure of the L line's Canarsie tube for 18 months.

"There's a conflict between improving 24/7 service on all lines every day versus getting that work done," he said. "The argument that needs to be made is, absent some significant way of changing of how work can get done in the system and make sure critical maintenance gets done, the system will continue to deteriorate over time. Then it reaches a point where it's unacceptable."

"It's going to spur a dialogue," he added.
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Imagine New York without its 24/7 subway system? The experts at the Regional Plan Association did, and they believe it's key to building a reliable transit system for a growing metropolitan area. The radical idea to snuff the pride of New York is one of dozens of recommendations in the research group's latest regional plan - the association's fourth region-wide blueprint since 1929 - being released Thursday.

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A former Bosnian Croat military chief who appeared to ingest poison during a United Nations war crimes tribunal on Wednesday has reportedly died.

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A former Bosnian Croat military chief who appeared to ingest poison during a United Nations war crimes tribunal on Wednesday has reportedly died.

Croatian state TV said Slobodan Praljak, 72, a former commander in Bosnia's 1992-95 war, appeared to drink from a small bottle moments after judges at the international criminal tribunal in The Hague reconfirmed a 20-year sentence.

He yelled "I am not a war criminal" while his lawyer shouted: "My client says he has taken poison."

Presiding Judge Carmel Aguis quickly suspended the hearing while Dutch emergency services were called to the scene. A court guard told reporters that Praljak was "receiving medical attention."

It's unclear what kind of liquid Praljak ingested.

Dutch police will not comment on the TV report based on "sources close to Gen. Praljak."

A spokesman for the tribunal, Nenad Golcevski, when asked by the Associated Press if he could confirm the death, said: "I have no information to share at this point."

Praljak was charged at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with ordering the destruction of Mostar's 16th-century bridge in November 1993. Judges said the bridge's destruction "caused disproportionate damage to the Muslim civilian population."

Wednesday's hearing was the final case at the groundbreaking tribunal before it closes its doors next month. The tribunal, which last week convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic of genocide and other crimes, was set up in 1993, while fighting still raged in the former Yugoslavia. It indicted 161 suspects and convicted 90 of them.

The appeals judges upheld a key finding that late Croat President Franjo Tudjman was a member of a plan to create a Croat mini-state in Bosnia.

The original trial began in April 2006 and provided a reminder of the complex web of ethnic tensions that fueled fighting in Bosnia and continues to create frictions in the country even today.

Two other suspects also had their sentences upheld before the hearing was halted, including the former prime minister of a Croat entity in Bosnia, Jadranko Prlic, who was sentenced to 25 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Lucia I. Suarez Sang is a Reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @luciasuarezsang

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A former Bosnian Croat military chief who appeared to ingest poison during a United Nations war crimes tribunal on Wednesday has reportedly died. Croatian state TV said Slobodan Praljak, 72, a former commander in Bosnia's 1992-95 war, appeared to drink from a small bottle moments after judges at the international criminal tribunal in The Hague reconfirmed a 20-year sentence.

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Slobodan Praljak, a former Bosnian Croat general, has died after swallowing poison moments after a judge at the Hague upheld his 20-year sentence for war crimes, Croatia’s Prime Minister has confirmed.

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Boyfriend identified as a suspect in killing of postal worker.

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Georgia authorities said Wednesday they have identified a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old postal worker who was shot in the head while on duty earlier this week.

Police said they are searching for Quantez D'Ante Tyre, 22, as a suspect in the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Tyrika Terrell. She was shot and killed on Monday evening near a post office in Decatur, Georgia -- located about 20 minutes northeast of Atlanta -- as she was finishing her shift, police said.

Tyre, who is the father of Terrell's 6-month-old daughter, also pleaded guilty to beating a previous girlfriend a year ago, according to court records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Police said he is considered "armed and extremely dangerous" and urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact authorities.

The U.S. Postal Service said it would review its security policies in the wake of the shooting, which witnesses said occurred near the back docking area of the Decatur city post office.

Terrell had just started working at the location as a city carrier assistant a few weeks ago, according to witnesses and co-workers.

Witnesses told ABC affiliate WSB-TV that a gate to the office's parking area should have been secured. They say it was wide open when the suspect walked up and opened fire on Terrell, WSB-TV reported.

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"It's hard to understand," Michael Grogan, who witnessed the shooting, told WSB-TV. "He turned around and came back. Then two shots went off, then two more.

"It's terrible, it's very terrible," he added.

Grogan said he doesn't know the shooter, but he saw the man "looking out the window" of a nearby laundromat before he opened fire on the woman.

A GoFundMe campaign set up by Terrell's family had raised about $5,000 -- short of its $8,000 goal -- as of early Thursday morning.

"[Terrell] had just returned from her route and was wrapping up her shift when her former boyfriend approached her and shot her," Eugenia Terrell-Grant, who identified herself as the victim's mother, wrote on the campaign page. "Now as a grandmother, I am forced to have to raise my granddaughter on my own. I will be forced to explain why mommy isn't coming home.

"Adding to the pain, is the fact that as a family we were not financially prepared to plan a funeral," she added.

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Georgia authorities said Wednesday they have identified a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old postal worker who was shot in the head while on duty earlier this week. Police said they are searching for Quantez D'Ante Tyre, 22, as a suspect in the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Tyrika...

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Anthony Senerchia, the man who inspired the 2014 "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," died Saturday after battling the disease for 14 years, FOX 4 reported.

He was 46.

He was originally diagnosed with the disease in 2003 shortly after he married his wife Jeanette and was told he only had a few years to live, the report said.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, damages nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that are responsible for controlling movement.

The "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" began in 2014 when his wife's cousin, professional golfer Chris Kennedy, encouraged her to take part in the challenge and dumped a bucket of ice water over her head. The idea behind the challenge was that ice water would simulate the experience of muscle stiffness that people diagnosed with ALS feel.

The "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" became viral, reaching 440 million views online and raising $200 million, according to an estimate by ALS News Today. The money led to a new breakthrough in research, FOX 4 reported.

The challenge led to donations from high-profile celebrities like Bill Gates, Oprah and LeBron James.

"What started out as a small gesture to put a smile on Anthony's face and bring some awareness to this terrible disease has turned into a national phenomenon," Kennedy told TIME, "and it is something we never could have dreamed of."

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A day after NBC News fired Matt Lauer, the former "Today" show host broke his silence amid allegations of "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace."

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In a statement obtained by ABC News this morning, Lauer said some of the allegations are "untrue or mischaracterized" but "there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed."

Here is Lauer's full statement:

"There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. As I am writing this, I realize the depth of the damage and disappointment I have left behind at home and at NBC. Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly. Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul-searching, and I'm committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full-time job. The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws. It's been humbling. I am blessed to be surrounded by people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace."

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack announced Lauer's termination in a memo Wednesday morning. He said the company received "a detailed complaint from a colleague" Monday night "about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer."

"It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards," Lack continued. "As a result, we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences."

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A suspect has now admitted to having the gun involved with the Tampa Florida shootings.

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Howell Donaldson III is facing four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of three men and a woman in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighborhood.

Despite his arrest and the evidence, the motive behind the killings remains a mystery.

Donaldson is set to appear in court for his first hearing Thursday morning but without a confession to the killings, investigators have more work to do.

"He was friendly and nice to the cops, but he didn't give us anything. He didn't tell us why he was doing it, or anything like that," Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said.

During interrogations, Donaldson only admitted to owning the weapon, police said. He said he was unfamiliar with the Seminole Heights neighborhood and did not have an association with anyone in the area, an arrest affidavit states.

When police told him that his firearm and ammunition matched the weapon they believed was used for the first three murders and that cellphone location data connected him to an address near the scenes of the three murders, Donaldson declined to explain and requested the presence of an attorney, the affidavit states.

He has not retained an attorney and will likely be appointed one at his court appearance.

A 'quiet, polite young man'

Donaldson or "Trai" -- as many call him -- did not stand out as a violent person for many who knew him.

"He is the most quiet, polite young man," said Tony Estevez, a neighbor who has known Donaldson for about 20 years. "I've never seen him say a bad word."

The 24-year-old attended Alonso High School in Tampa for half of his junior year and his senior year, the Hillsborough County School District confirmed.

From there, he attended St. John's University in New York beginning in fall 2011, and he graduated in January 2017, according to Brian Browne, executive director of university relations.

He was a walk-on for the men's basketball team during the 2011-2012 season but never played in a game, Browne said.

His freshman-year suitemate at St. John's -- who asked to not be identified -- said Donaldson had the best manners, dressed very well, and was a sneaker head.

The former suitemate said he never saw Donaldson angry, and at parties, he was a wallflower.

"[Trai was] just a regular guy," the former suitemate said. "Nothing stood out as violent."

Donaldson graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports management, CNN affiliate WFTS reported.

After college, Donaldson appeared to have returned to Tampa earlier this year. He worked at Ultimate Medical Academy, a health workers training school, for a few months until he was terminated for absenteeism, according to WFTS.

Most recently, he worked at a Tampa-area McDonald's that is about four miles from the Seminole Heights neighborhood.

Following his arrest, Donaldson was "cooperative" and seemed perfectly "fine" during police interviews, Dugan said.

"He seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing and what was going on. He was very much aware of where he was and what he was doing," the police chief said.

'We are relieved to a point'

Residents in the tree-lined neighborhood of Seminole Heights are no longer living with fear.

For more than a month, families stopped taking long walks or going on morning runs and kept their lights on at night. The neighborhood was swarmed by officers in patrol cars for weeks and lately, mounted patrols and police helicopters also became a familiar sight.

After learning that Donaldson had been arrested, Lajuanda Barrera walked to the front door of her flower shop and took down a poster that offered a reward for information about the killer.

"We are simply overjoyed. I think that's the word. Relief, utter and utter gratitude to all the men and women that are responsible to help bring this monster to justice," Barrera told CNN affiliate WFLA.

Maria Rodriguez, the stepmother of Anthony Naiboa -- one of the four people killed in the shootings -- told CNN she was happy no more people will be harmed.

"We're relieved to a point. Justice has been served so far," she said.

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Tennessee bus catches fire, injuring 11 workers.

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A bus transporting workers in Tennessee overheated and caught fire injuring 11 people who were on board.

Emergency officials told news outlets that the bus was traveling on Highway 49 near Springfield on Wednesday night when the fire occurred. Robertson County Emergency Medical Services Assistant Director Russell Gupton said the passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. He said about 30 people were on board when the blaze occurred.

Springfield Fire Lt. Jeremy Leggitt said all passengers had exited the bus by the time police arrived and it took firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the flames.

Gupton said the bus was from an organization called Safe Harbor, which transports residents in nearby Clarksville to area businesses for work.

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Dutch authorities probe Bosnian war criminal's courtroom suicide

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"Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal. I am rejecting your verdict with contempt," Praljak shouted defiantly.

He then tilted his head back and drank from a small vial. As the judge appealed for him to sit down, Praljak declared: "I have taken poison."

The judge, looking disconcerted, suspended proceedings. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia confirmed later Wednesday that Praljak had been given immediate medical help in the courtroom before being taken to the hospital, where he died.

Authorities in the Netherlands were on Thursday urgently investigating what the substance was and how Praljak was able to obtain it while being held in UN detention.

The dramatic courtroom scene unfolded as the work of the UN tribunal, set up to prosecute crimes committed during conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s, came to a close after more than 20 years.

Wednesday's appeal hearing, which reaffirmed the sentences imposed in 2013 on Praljak and five other former Bosnian Croat leaders for crimes against humanity and war crimes and almost all their convictions, was the tribunal's final ruling and it will formally close at the end of the year.

Significantly, the appeal judges upheld the earlier trial's findings that implicated the Croatian regime under then-President Franjo Tudjman in a criminal conspiracy with the goal of "ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population" of parts of Bosnia to ensure Croatian domination.

The Bosnian Croat leadership, along with Croat leaders, wanted to make this territory part of a "Greater Croatia," the ICTY said when the case first went through the court.

How did Praljak obtain poison?

Dutch authorities are now investigating the apparent security breach which allowed Praljak to take his own life. The ICTY said only that he had drunk "a liquid" and quickly fallen ill.

Croatian lawyer Goran Mikuličić told CNN's local affiliate N1 that "anyone could have brought him a bottle of poison easily." He said family, friends, journalists and lawyers were allowed to visit Praljak but that only lawyers were allowed to take bags into the detention facility.

Praljak isn't the first war criminal or suspect to kill himself while being held in the ICTY detention units.

Milan Babić, the president of the self-proclaimed "Serb Republic of Krajina" in Croatia, killed himself in 2006 after being convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes against Croat civilians during the war in Croatia.

War crimes suspect Slavko Dokmanovic was found hanged in his cell in 1998 as he awaited the verdict in his trial.

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milošević, who faced charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes for his role in the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo, died in 2006 while on trial at The Hague.

The official investigation into his death confirmed that non-prescribed pills were found in his cell, but couldn't prove his intent to take his own life.

Edo Batlak, a former prisoner at one of the concentration camps the former Bosnian Croat leaders were convicted of creating, told N1 he believed Praljak's action was influenced by his pre-war role as a theater director.

"Praljak is a director by profession. So this aligns with his profession, he wants to be remembered by it," he said.

Praljak, who was detained in 2004, had already served two-thirds of his 20-year sentence, for offenses committed between 1992 and 1994, and would have been eligible for release in the coming months.

What's the response in Croatia and Bosnia?

Despite being a convicted war criminal, Praljak still commands significant support in Croatia, in an indication of how the scars of the 1990s conflicts are yet to heal fully.

The Parliament of Croatia, or Sabor, began Thursday's session with a moment of silence to honor Praljak and all war victims.

The Parliament's President, Goran Jandroković, read a statement in which he said all parties represented in the chamber agreed that the verdict "does not honor historical truth, facts and proof" and as such was "unjust and unacceptable."

Representatives of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and the liberal GLAS party, were not present for the minute of silence.

Croatia's Prime Minister, Andrej Plenkovic, had already offered his condolences and those of his government following news of Praljak's death.

Other Croat politicians also rejected the verdict.

Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who spoke Thursday after cutting short a state visit to Iceland, said: "His act struck the heart of the Croatian nation. Croatia was not the aggressor, but, along with the United States, did most for the unity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia and Bosnia were attacked by Milošević's Serbia and the Yugoslav National Army and those are facts. Croatia didn't attack anyone."

Dragan Čović, a Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia, said: "We consider this (the verdict) primarily a crime against all honorable representatives of the Croat military forces and the Croat nation in Bosnia and Herzegovina."

About 1,000 Bosnian Croats gathered in a square in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar -- where some of the fiercest fighting occurred in the 1990s -- late on Wednesday to light candles in support of Praljak, Reuters news agency reported.

'Take responsibility'

The other former Bosnian Croat leaders whose sentences were affirmed by the Appeals Chamber include Jadranko Prlić, prime minister of the self-proclaimed "Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia," who was given 25 years in prison. Prlić led Croat separatists within Bosnia who wanted a part of Bosnia to be annexed to Croatia in collusion with Tudjman.

His niece, Lana Prlić, who is vice president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia, notably spoke out in support of the Hague tribunal in a statement on Facebook Wednesday morning.

"I respect and accept the verdict of the Court in the Hague," she wrote. "In our life, we have several families -- the one we choose and the one we are born into. The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia is my family that I chose as an activist in 2010. At the same time, I can't and don't want to escape the family whose surname I've carried since my birth in 1993. Everyone has to take responsibility for their crimes."

She called on politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia to respect the court and also the victims of war crimes and their families, who had suffered for years.

Croat politician Goran Beus Richembergh, of GLAS, wrote on Facebook that he had received a number of death threats, including threats to kill his wife, after an earlier post in which he welcomed the verdict and called Praljak a lawfully convicted war criminal. Beus Richembergh said he had alerted the police.

He told Croatian TV channel Nova TV: "In the mass of insults I get every day for publicly taking a stand, I got threats that can be considered serious. Now the police have to solve it."

CNN has sought comment from the police in Zagreb.

According to the GLAS Facebook page, fellow party member Vesna Pusić, a former foreign minister of Croatia who also welcomed the verdict, has also received a death threat.

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"Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal. I am rejecting your verdict with contempt," Praljak shouted defiantly. He then tilted his head back and drank from a small vial. As the judge appealed for him to sit down, Praljak declared: "I have taken poison." The judge, looking disconcerted, suspended proceedings.

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North Korea latest missile was the most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile it was named Hwasong 15 this missile could hit LA, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C.

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Officials in the U.S. say North Korea's latest launch appears to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) yet. North Korea named the missile the 'Hwasong-15.' Here's what we know about it and how deadly it could be.

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Sarah Sanders the White House press secretary defends Trump on his re-tweeting of anti-muslim videos.

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Donald Trump's retweeting of a series of anti-Muslim videos, telling reporters that the "threat is real."

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Avengers: Infinity War trailer came out yesterday. It features pretty much every avenger and the guardians of the galaxy, all against Thanos. It answers many questions that fans have had, and will be a two-part film. The first part comes out May 4, 2018.

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The new " Avengers " trailer has gone to infinity and beyond.

The teaser for the first installment of the upcoming "Avengers: Infinity War" movies has finally been released after some footage debuted at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year. It's pretty awesome.

In the video, we see a ton of superheroes meet up: Captain America (Chris Evans) is now bearded and in a new, dark, emo-looking suit; Thor is with the Guardians of the Galaxy; Vision (Paul Bettany) might've just been killed in front of our eyes; and Thanos (Josh Brolin) shows up to completely stomp everybody.

All of this is interspersed with a slew of action scenes and a giant battle in what we can assume is Wakanda from the jungle setting. But what really caught our attention were the Marvel mysteries the footage casually solves.

Is Captain America still Captain America?

Nah, it doesn't look like it.

As "Infinity War" directors, the Russo brothers, previously told HuffPost, when Captain America dropped his shield in "Captain America: Civil War," the gesture did in fact signal that the hero is seemingly letting go of his old identity.

It remains to be seen if he'll take on the moniker "Nomad," which he does at one point in the comics.

Loki mystery solved on the low key.

In the latest "Thor" movie, we're left wondering whether Loki takes the Tesseract from Asgard, only getting a scene of him eyeing it in Odin's vault.

The new "Avengers" trailer appears to confirm the God of Mischief was up to his gosh-darn tricks. Gosh darn it! One scene shows Loki (Tom Hiddleston) holding the Infinity Stone and handing it to someone (possibly Thanos). This also might answer how Thanos' ship apparently finds Thor and Loki at the end of "Thor: Ragnarok."

Peter Parker is confirmed to have Spidey sense.

Like Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) with her blonde hairdo and Captain America with his emo lumberjack vibe, Spider-Man has a new look in the trailer, too, sporting an upgraded suit. The hero's powers are on full display as well, with his arm hairs springing up during a scene on a bus, apparently confirming Spider-Man's Spidey sense.

Will everyone die?

Probably. Like we said, Vision might've died right there in the trailer.

When Thanos talks about "balance," that could be a reference to a comic story plot line in "Infinity Gauntlet," when Death, after sensing an imbalance in the universe, tasks Thanos with killing a bunch of people.

Spoiler alert! In that story, basically all the Avengers are killed, at least for a bit.

Plus, the official synopsis sent by Disney says: "The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all" ... aka they're gonna die.

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Georgia authorities said Wednesday they have identified a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old postal worker who was shot in the head while on duty earlier this week.

Police said they are searching for Quantez D'Ante Tyre, 22, as a suspect in the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Tyrika Terrell. She was shot and killed on Monday evening near a post office in Decatur, Georgia -- located about 20 minutes northeast of Atlanta -- as she was finishing her shift, police said.

Tyre, who is the father of Terrell's 6-month-old daughter, also pleaded guilty to beating a previous girlfriend a year ago, according to court records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Police said he is considered "armed and extremely dangerous" and urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact authorities.

The U.S. Postal Service said it would review its security policies in the wake of the shooting, which witnesses said occurred near the back docking area of the Decatur city post office.

Terrell had just started working at the location as a city carrier assistant a few weeks ago, according to witnesses and co-workers.

Witnesses told ABC affiliate WSB-TV that a gate to the office's parking area should have been secured. They say it was wide open when the suspect walked up and opened fire on Terrell, WSB-TV reported.

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"It's hard to understand," Michael Grogan, who witnessed the shooting, told WSB-TV. "He turned around and came back. Then two shots went off, then two more.

"It's terrible, it's very terrible," he added.

Grogan said he doesn't know the shooter, but he saw the man "looking out the window" of a nearby laundromat before he opened fire on the woman.

A GoFundMe campaign set up by Terrell's family had raised about $5,000 -- short of its $8,000 goal -- as of early Thursday morning.

"[Terrell] had just returned from her route and was wrapping up her shift when her former boyfriend approached her and shot her," Eugenia Terrell-Grant, who identified herself as the victim's mother, wrote on the campaign page. "Now as a grandmother, I am forced to have to raise my granddaughter on my own. I will be forced to explain why mommy isn't coming home.

"Adding to the pain, is the fact that as a family we were not financially prepared to plan a funeral," she added.

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Georgia authorities said Wednesday they have identified a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old postal worker who was shot in the head while on duty earlier this week. Police said they are searching for Quantez D'Ante Tyre, 22, as a suspect in the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Tyrika...

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Grieving father detonates grenades at son's killer's murder trial, injures 7.

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A grieving father killed himself and injured seven others Thursday after reportedly detonating two grenades at the murder trial of the man accused of killing his son.

The fatal incident took place at a court in Nikopol, in the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, police said.

Local authorities said the father died in the explosion, while seven other people - three defendants, two police officers, a court officer and a civilian - were injured by shrapnel.

All victims were taken to a local hospital; the extent of their injuries were not immediately revealed.

According to police, the unidentified man was on trial for allegedly killing another man in what appeared to be a redistribution of power in a known drug trafficking area.

Additional information was not immediately available.

The incident came a day a former Bosnian Croat military chief died after ingesting what appeared to be poison during a war crimes tribunal at The Hague on Wednesday. An autopsy was planned to determine what liquid Slobodan Praljak, 72, ingested.
Lucia I. Suarez Sang is a Reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @luciasuarezsang

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A grieving father killed himself and injured seven others Thursday after reportedly detonating two grenades at the murder trial of the man accused of killing his son. The fatal incident took place at a court in Nikopol, in the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, police said.