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American tourist found dead in Turks and Caicos. She was murdered.

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An American tourist found dead in Turks and Caicos last week prompted authorities there to launch a murder investigation Monday.

The body of Marie Kuhnla was discovered last Tuesday in the bushes near the Club Med Resort in the Leeward area, a popular tourist destination and upscale residential community with beaches, the Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police Force wrote on Facebook. The 61-year-old mother from New York was staying at the resort, a Club Med spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.

Kuhnla, who was reported missing the previous day, was pronounced dead shortly after her body was found.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Marie at this time. This is an active investigation into the death of Marie and I would ask that anyone with any information to please contact the investigators from the Serious Crime Unit or you can call in confidence at Crimestoppers on 1-800-8477," Trevor Botting, the acting police commissioner, said in a statement.

Police have launched a murder investigation but did not provide further details on Kuhnla's death.

Kuhnla was from Long Island in New York and was listed as an attorney from the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County.

Her son, Rick Kuhnla Jr., said in a statement to ABC News he wanted to focus on speaking about his mother, who he described as a "loving, caring, compassionate woman."

"My mom frequently visited her elderly mother, taking her out to eat and keeping her company. She went back to school later in life to earn her law degree and spent over 15 years as a public defender, providing legal assistance to those who could not afford it," the statement read. "She was a wonderful woman who brightened the day of everyone who knew her and many who didn't. She may be gone but the impact she had on the world and inspiration she provided most certainly is not."

Club Med Resort said it could not provide additional information and was cooperating with local authorities in the ongoing investigation into Kuhnla's death.

"The entire Club Med family is saddened by the death of this guest and sends its deepest condolences to the guest's friends and family," the resort said in a statement to Fox News.

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American tourist found dead in Turks and Caicos; murder investigation launched, police say

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An American tourist found dead in Turks and Caicos last week prompted authorities there to launch a murder investigation Monday. The body of Marie Kuhnla was discovered last Tuesday in the bushes near the Club Med Resort in the Leeward area, a popular tourist destination and upscale residential community with beaches, the Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police Force wrote on Facebook.

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Hurricane Florence rolls through and causes landfall and flooding.

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Florence kills 5 in North Carolina, officials say

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At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moved from the Tar Heel State into South Carolina, officials said Friday.

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As the flood water starts to worsen hundreds are starting to call for help. In New Bern 200 were rescued overnight while 150 people are still waiting. There was a tweet sent out by the city saying "you may need to go to the second story but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU"

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There are 150 people in New Bern, North Carolina, waiting to be rescued from the water

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As Hurricane Florence unleashes a deluge upon North Carolina, the city of New Bern has found itself inundated with floodwater, forcing hundreds of residents to call for help.

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Gas Leak in Massachusetts leave 1 dead and at least 12 injured

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Firefighters in Massachusetts are battling dozens of fires believed to have been caused by gas explosions.

The Massachusetts State Police Watch Center has responded to 39 different addresses spread across dozens of block in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover -- in Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley, the department wrote on Twitter.

Updated plotting of confirmed fires and explosions by MSP Watch Center. 39 locations confirmed thus far. Number will grow. New responses ongoing. Reminder: all residents of Lawrence/Andover/N Andover who have Columbia Gas must evacuate, as should anyone else who smells gas. pic.twitter.com/IwD4phgTfu
- Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) September 13, 2018

Evacuations are taking place in multiple neighborhoods where residents have smelled gas, according to state police.

Authorities also warned residents in the area who are served by Columbia Gas to "evacuate their homes immediately," as gas lines are currently being depressurized by the company.

Aerial footage taken by ABC Boston affiliate WCVB showed firefighters battling flames in a residential neighborhood that sent thick plumes of smoke into the air.

Residents in Andover were evacuated to a local senior center, while residents in North Andover were directed to a nearby middle school.

The Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's Office told WCVB that it sent investigators to the area to respond to a high-pressure gas line issue affecting homes nearby.

Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera told WCVB that the incidents are believed to have stemmed from a rise in gas pressure.

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39 locations of fires, explosions after suspected gas leak in Massachusetts

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Firefighters in Massachusetts are battling dozens of fires believed to have been caused by gas explosions. The Massachusetts State Police Watch Center has responded to 39 different addresses spread across dozens of block in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover -- in Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley, the department wrote on Twitter.

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The waffle house chain is famous for staying open 24 hours a day 365 days a year even during natural disasters.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has an unusual way to track the severity of a natural disaster, and it involves Waffle House restaurants.

The chain, whose restaurants are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is famous for staying open during many natural disasters. When it closes, that suggests an event was especially bad and likely to have devastating effects on the economy.

Because of this, FEMA internally uses an unofficial " Waffle House Index" to track potentially dangerous events.

"If a Waffle House store is open and offering a full menu, the index is green," a 2011 article in the magazine EHS Today says. "If it is open but serving from a limited menu, it's yellow. When the location has been forced to close, the index is red."

This doesn't just show FEMA how quickly a business might rebound, it also shows it how the larger community is doing.

"The sooner restaurants, grocery and corner stores, or banks can re-open, the sooner local economies will start generating revenue again - signaling a stronger recovery for that community," FEMA said in a blog post in 2011.

"If we are open quickly after the storm broke, that means the community is coming back and we are getting back to that sense of normalcy," Pat Warner, director or PR at Waffle House, said in an interview on CNN on Wednesday.

Waffle House said on Twitter that its "Storm Center" was monitoring Hurricane Florence, which is expected to hit the coast between North Carolina and South Carolina late Thursday or early Friday and could impact 230 of its restaurants.

The company is advising people to look for updates on Twitter.

"Since it is a pretty active storm, just stay tuned to our @wafflehousenews Twitter, official announcements will be made there," it tweeted on Wednesday morning.

A representative for Waffle House did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. A customer-service assistant said that the company had not yet confirmed whether stores will close.

The ⁦@WaffleHouse⁩ Storm Center is activated and monitoring #Florence. Plan ahead and be safe. pic.twitter.com/UOBi5oZRRi
- Waffle House News (@WaffleHouseNews) September 11, 2018

Waffle House has 2,100 restaurants across 25 states, most of which are in the South. It closed locations during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Harvey last year.

Warner told CNN that Waffle House prepares for a storm's aftermath by having resources like generators, food, and staff at the ready outside (but close to) the impacted area so that it can reopen restaurants as soon as possible.

Hurricane Florence has been designated a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. It would be the first hurricane of this strength to hit North Carolina since Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

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People are keeping a close eye on Waffle House as Hurricane Florence churns toward the East Coast - and there's a weird reason why

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NRA TV host castigates the British cartoon series "Thomas and Friends" for seeking to bring "gender balance" and "ethnic diversity" to the show.

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Editor's Note: Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at SUNY Cortland, and the author of 5 books on gun policy, including " Guns across America" and " The Politics of Gun Control." The views expressed here are solely the author's. View more opinion articles on CNN.

NRA TV host Dana Loesch seems to thrive on dog whistle controversy. Case in point: in a recent segment of her internet show "Relentless," she castigated the British cartoon series "Thomas & Friends," featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, for seeking to bring "gender balance" and "ethnic diversity" to the show.

The special focus of her ire? A tank character named Nia from Kenya who was introduced as part of the program's effort to internationalize and diversify its characters. Horrible as that may seem to Loesch, she capped her critique by displaying a doctored picture of Thomas and two of his friends in KKK hoods riding on track seen to be burning in the background.

Loesch considers the program "creepy." But next to the image of children cartoon characters in Klan outfits - well, readers and viewers can draw their own conclusions about what constitutes "creepy." But what does Loesch's grotesque distortion of a children's cartoon have to do with gun rights? Nothing, according to the laws of common sense. But in the era of President Donald Trump, everything.

This tale begins with the NRA's early and fulsome endorsement of Trump's presidential campaign - even before he had officially captured the nomination. That political move was significant for two reasons: first, the gun rights group has normally not made political endorsements so early in an election cycle; second, the NRA was taking a political risk because of the unorthodox nature of Trump's campaign. But the NRA's gamble hit the jackpot. Trump won the nomination, and the presidency.

The NRA has taken its culture war cues from Trump, especially through NRA TV where, according to Time magazine, "its segments are anti-Black Lives Matter, pro-cop, anti-media and pro-Trump." Add to that list that it's against Hollywood liberals and so-called coastal liberal elites, all Trump targets. The point is that it's not just guns the NRA is defending, but its way of life, its identity. If these messaging themes are good enough for the President, then why not for the NRA? Absent a demonic figure in the White House like Barack Obama or Bill Clinton, here is a new focus to gin up fear, anger, and gun sales.

Despite the fact that a decade earlier, Trump had supported gun measures like the assault weapons ban and longer gun waiting periods, his conversion to NRA dogma was thorough and unwavering. But more than that, Trump's core constituencies coincided closely with that of the NRA - especially older white males from rural areas, who are also highly likely to be gun owners.

It was a natural fit. Multiple studies have found that fears of "racial and global status threat," as political scientist Diana Mutz puts it, and fear of change in an increasingly multiethnic nation were core forces driving much of the Trump vote. This does not mean that all or even most Trump voters were racists, but that race-based fear and anxiety was nevertheless an important animating force explaining Trump's victory. NRA core supporters share many of the same beliefs.

One need look no further than Trump's obsessive condemnation of NFL players, mostly African-Americans, who chose to kneel before the start of games to protest unjust police shootings of African-Americans, to understand Trump's dog whistle race baiting. When Nike recently featured Colin Kaepernick, who led the kneeling movement, in an advertisement, Trump used it as a convenient symbol to rally his base and divert attention from the parade of scandals and missteps that have characterized his administration.

Even if one questions whether there was racial animus embedded in Trump's verbal attacks on NFL players, Trump's shocking defense of neo-Nazi protestors who demonstrated in Charlottesville in 2017 as including "some very fine people" - and which neo-Nazis were the "fine people," I wonder? - has to lead us to realize that Trump has carved out a safe space for virulent racists.

Admittedly, there is nothing the NRA would like more than to cultivate gun ownership and use among segments of the population that have shown little or substantially less interest in guns, including women, African-Americans, Latinos, and the LGBT community. To date, however, efforts to increase gun ownership among these groups don't seem to be yielding many gains. Surely the angry, dark, and relentlessly apocalyptic messaging that is the steady rhetorical diet of the NRA is not disposed to broaden the NRA's appeal, which goes double for its recent Trumpish foray into the culture wars.

The NRA's reaction, or lack of reaction, to recent shootings involving police and African-Americans certainly hasn't helped it broaden its base. Consider the case of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African-American pulled over by police outside of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016. When the officer asked for the man's license and registration, Castile told the officer that he had a firearm (and was a licensed gun owner). In the car was Castile's girlfriend and young daughter. After yelling at the man to not pull out his gun, and after Castile replied that he was not, within seconds the officer fired 7 shots, killing Castile. (The officer was acquitted of manslaughter, but was removed from the force.)

For its part, the NRA has been quick to defend, in a highly public way both with words and legal assistance, civilians who were, in its view, properly exercising their gun rights - even if authorities said otherwise. From Bernhard Goetz, the 1980s "subway vigilante" who shot four African-American youths he said were harassing him, to its fierce advocacy for expanded "stand your ground" laws that give special legal protections to people who kill others who feel threatened in public places, the NRA has been unstinting in extolling civilian gun use.

Yet in the Castile case, and despite the fact that the man wound up dead for simply exercising his so-called "gun rights," they were silent. In the culture wars debate the NRA wants to have, criticism of police, even when they mistakenly use deadly force against African-Americans, is a bridge too far - even if invoking the KKK isn't.

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Editor's Note: Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at SUNY Cortland, and the author of 5 books on gun policy, including " Guns across America" and " The Politics of Gun Control." The views expressed here are solely the author's. View more opinion articles on CNN.

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'It's like a bomb has gone off here': Stranded residents hunker down as Florence hammers NC

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First responders in North Carolina are scrambling to rescue residents stranded due to raging flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence.

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Officials in New Bern, a coastal town in Craven County, North Carolina, said at least 150 people were "awaiting rescue" early Friday morning as the dangerous hurricane moved ashore, packing 90-mph winds.

"More are on the way to help us," New Bern officials tweeted early Friday. "You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU."

Currently ~150 awaiting rescue in New Bern. We have 2 out-of-state FEMA teams here for swift water rescue. More are on the way to help us. WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. #FlorenceNC
- City of New Bern (@CityofNewBern) September 14, 2018

Craven County spokeswoman Amber Parker said the situation was dire in New Bern, which is southeast of Greenville, with some residents were trapped on their roofs.

"I would say certain areas of New Bern are very desperate," Parker told ABC News on Friday. "There are people that can be trapped in water, in vehicles, on roofs. That's just the situation for anyone."

Emergency workers said they'd gotten more than 100 calls from residents in need of assistance, but there was no way to reach everyone immediately.

"They just have to wait until the weather conditions permit them to make it here safely," Parker said. "I don't have the follow-up information on all of the calls. There are some that I know we have made it to and others where they've been rescued by other agencies or individuals -- private citizens who have rescued some people."

ABC News' Matt Foster and Stephanie Wash contributed to this report.

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Residents 'trapped on roofs and in vehicles' as Hurricane Florence nears coast

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As Trump threatens election meddlers, Russia says 'so what?'

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President Donald Trump is finally making moves against foreign election meddling - and Russia says it couldn't care less.

Trump's executive order this week authorizing sanctions on foreigners who mess with American elections could herald new headaches for Moscow, after extensive accusations that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

But Russian officialdom shrugged off Trump's order as internal U.S. politicking.

Analysts say it would barely bruise Russia's economy and do little to deter interference in the race for November's midterms, since Russia denies meddling anyway.

A Russian PR agent who runs a provocative U.S. website says the executive order isn't denting his resolve to expand in the next few months.

The order authorizes sanctions against foreign entities that interfere with things like voter databases or tabulation equipment, or distribute disinformation or propaganda.

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President Donald Trump is finally making moves against foreign election meddling - and Russia says it couldn't care less. Trump's executive order this week authorizing sanctions on foreigners who mess with American elections could herald new headaches for Moscow, after extensive accusations...

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Licensed gun owner aids Illinois cops in shootout with suspect

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A licensed gun owner was hailed Thursday for his role in helping police in suburban Chicago stop a suspect who was firing an automatic weapon, officials said.

Officials commended the unnamed civilian for his actions as they stood outside a hospital where Cicero police Officer Luis Duarte, 31, was undergoing surgery for four gunshot wounds suffered during the shootout, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

"We were lucky enough to have a citizen on the street there's who's a concealed-carry holder, and he's also engaged in gunfire," said Cicero police Superintendent Jerry Chlada Jr.

"We were lucky enough to have a citizen on the street there's who's a concealed-carry holder, and he's also engaged in gunfire."
- Superintendent Jerry Chlada Jr., Cicero (Ill.) police

The chaos erupted just after 5 p.m. when Duarte, a four-year-veteran of the department, and his partner tried to pull over a vehicle in Cicero for a routine traffic stop. The driver instead took off onto a ramp leading to Interstate 55, in Chicago's city limits.

The officers boxed the vehicle in traffic and the suspect got out and began firing the automatic weapon at them as he fled on foot, Fox 32 Chicago reported. The officers returned fire.

The concealed-carry owner then got out of his vehicle and began shooting at the suspect.

"He got out and started helping the police, which is something I've got to be proud of," Cicero town President Larry Dominick told the Sun-Times.

"He got out and started helping the police, which is something I've got to be proud of."
- Cicero town President Larry Dominick

The suspect was hit once but it was not clear if the bullet came from the officers or the concealed-carry holder.

Duarte suffered wounds to an arm, a leg and his abdomen, but was talking and alert ahead of surgery, officials said.

The suspect was taken to a hospital and listed in serious condition. His weapon was found at the scene.

Illinois State Police are investigating the officers' use of force.

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Licensed gun owner aids Illinois cops in shootout with suspect; 1 officer injured

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A licensed gun owner was hailed Thursday for his role in helping police in suburban Chicago stop a suspect who was firing an automatic weapon, officials said. Officials commended the unnamed civilian for his actions as they stood outside a hospital where Cicero police Officer Luis Duarte, 31, was undergoing surgery for four gunshot wounds suffered during the shootout, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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The New Mexico observatory closes and all of the workers had to evacuate. UFO speculations arise after the incident. The FBI will not comment on it.

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The temporary closure of a New Mexico observatory last week sparked wide-ranging theories, especially after reports that federal authorities were involved.

The Sunspot Solar Observatory, located near the Sacramento Mountains, closed over an unspecified security issue, the facility said in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday.

"Sunspot apologizes for the continued closure of the facilities," the statement said. "The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is addressing a security issue at the National Solar Observatory facility at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico and has decided to temporarily vacate the facility as a precautionary measure.

"AURA, which manages Sacramento Peak with funding from NSF (National Science Foundation), is working with the proper authorities on this issue. We have no further comment at this time."

Otero County Sheriff Benny House told the Alamogordo Daily News last week the sheriff's office was asked to stand by and mentioned that the FBI was involved.

"The FBI is refusing to tell us what's going on," House told the newspaper. "We've got people up there (at Sunspot) that requested us to standby while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say."

House said there were a lot of unanswered questions over Sunspot's closure.

"But for the FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about it, there was a lot of stuff going on up there," House told the newspaper. "There was a Blackhawk helicopter, a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers but nobody would tell us anything."

It was unclear when the observatory was going to re-open and workers decided to evacuate the facility as a "precautionary measure," AURA spokeswoman Shari Lifson told the Alamogordo Daily News. Lifson couldn't comment as to whether the FBI was involved.

Frank Fisher, an FBI spokesman, couldn't confirm or deny the agency's involvement, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

The mysterious nature of the closure sparked all kinds of speculation on the internet.

"When the aliens invade we have nowhere to evacuate to anyway; the truth will be our destiny," Gene Alexander wrote on the observatory's Facebook page, according to the Kansas City Star.

"There was a Blackhawk helicopter, a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers but nobody would tell us anything."
- Otero County Sheriff Benny House

"Maybe a celestial body that we have not encountered in a long while for thousands of years is finally making its way back into our solar system," John Pleites-Sandoval hypothesized.

Whatever is happening at the observatory, one employee told the Albuquerque Journal they weren't too concerned just yet because they didn't have enough information.

"That's what happens when you do something and don't tell anybody why," the employee said.

Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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The temporary closure of a New Mexico observatory last week sparked wide-ranging theories, especially after reports that federal authorities were involved. The Sunspot Solar Observatory, located near the Sacramento Mountains, closed over an unspecified security issue, the facility said in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday.

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At least 7 people injured after a part of a cliff fell onto a popular beach in Greece.

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Former doctor faces the death penalty or life in prison for killing 4 people for revenge that were connected to a Nebraska Medical School where he once worked.

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A former doctor found guilty of what prosecutors described as the revenge killing of four people connected to a Nebraska medical school where he once worked is facing life in prison or the death penalty.

Anthony Garcia, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was convicted of fatally stabbing 11-year-old Thomas Hunter, son of Creighton University School of Medicine faculty member William Hunter, and the family's housekeeper, 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman, in 2008.

Garcia also was found guilty of two other killings five years later: the 2013 Mother's Day deaths of another Creighton pathology doctor Roger Brumback, and his wife, Mary, in their Omaha home.

Prosecutors say Garcia blamed Hunter and Brumback for his firing from Creighton's pathology residency program in 2001.

A three-judge panel is expected to sentence Garcia on Friday.

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There were many drugs recalled by the FDA because of something in it that is used to make rocket fluid.

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FDA finds another impurity in recalled heart drug

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The US Food and Drug Administration said it found an additional "unexpected impurity" in three lots of Torrent Pharmaceuticals' recalled valsartan drug.

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Man killed at his brothers funeral

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Maryland police say a man who was shot to death at a funeral was attending a service for his younger brother when he was killed.

Baltimore County police tells The Baltimore Sun 32-year-old Maurice Brown died Wednesday while attending the funeral of 18-year-old Marcus Brown, who was fatally shot last month.

The shooting left another man seriously wounded.

Spokeswoman officer Jennifer Peach said police believe there were two shooters in the funeral's crowd. Peach says police believe the shooting was targeted.

The newspaper reports the father of the Brown brothers declined to comment.

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93 year old man from Iowa buys chocolate bars for his neighbors every week. He goes to dollar general every Sunday morning and buys the chocolate.

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A 93-year-old man from Iowa is making an impact on his community in the sweetest possible way. Bob Williams visits a Dollar General near his home in Long Grove every Saturday morning when the store offers $5 off of $25 purchases. He uses his coupon to buy Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars by the boxful to share with friends and strangers - something he's been doing for the past 10 years.

Three bars don't make it past the checkout, though. Two are for store employees and one is for the customer in line behind him. To date, the retired teacher and coach has purchased an estimated 6,000 bars, rightfully earning him a nickname among locals as "The Candy Man."

Williams' decade-long act of kindness was inspired by his desire to connect with others and bring people together - and it works. Grateful neighbors describe him as a generous man of few words who "doesn't like to talk about himself." They say he's awesome, that people love him, and that "it's always a good time when Bob's here."

Some surmise he's humbly unaware of how special he makes others feel when he gives them chocolate bars. In a heartwarming promotional video shot by Hershey's, one appreciative local said, "I don't think he realizes the effect he has on people."

"He's teaching all of us how to pay it forward," said another.

As for Williams, he just wants to see his neighbors smile.

"It just makes me feel good," he said. "It's guaranteed to light up most anyone's life. You'll see."

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A 4000 year-old Egyptian tomb was opened to the public after 80 years. The Tomb of Mehu is near Giza and the Great Pyramids

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(CNN) - An ancient Egyptian tomb hidden away from public eyes for more than 80 years has opened near Giza, the home of the ancient pyramids.

The 4,000-year-old Tomb of Mehu belonged to a high-ranking official. Archeologists say its colorful wall decorations shed light on how Egyptians lived more than a thousand years before the pyramids were constructed.

It was originally discovered back in 1940 by Egyptologist Zaki Saad, but was closed to the public until the recent completion of restoration work.

The tomb is one of the most beautiful in the Saqqara necropolis, an ancient burial ground south of Cairo, says Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

It's the final resting place of Mehu, an offical who lived during the time of King Titi in the Sixth dynasty. The chambers also house Mery Re Ankh, Mehu's son, and his grandson Hetep Kha II.

Mehu's tomb is notable for its colorful walls, adorned with vibrant drawings and inscriptions chronicling ancient Egyptian life. The Ministry of Antiquities notes the scenes include hunting, fishing, cooking and dancing.

Prior to the reopening, extensive renovation took place to enhance the visitor experience. Colors in the paintings were strengthened and a lighting system was developed inside the tomb.

According to the Ministry of Antiquities statement, the tomb consists of a long narrow corridor with six chambers.

The tomb is one of many ancient attractions in the Saqqara burial ground. The area has numerous other tombs and small pyramids, which Egyptian authorities are continuing to open up.

Egypt's tourism industry is still recovering from the aftermath of the political upheaval that erupted following the so-called Arab Spring of 2011.

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(CNN) - An ancient Egyptian tomb hidden away from public eyes for more than 80 years has opened near Giza, the home of the ancient pyramids. The 4,000-year-old Tomb of Mehu belonged to a high-ranking official. Archeologists say its colorful wall decorations shed light on how Egyptians lived more than a thousand years before the pyramids were constructed.

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China is trying to make a push to change their laws. The people are trying to convince the government to allow same sex marriage.

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BEIJING - Chinese activists are rallying in the thousands to renew a push for same-sex marriage, making use of a rare window of opportunity to suggest revisions to a draft piece of legislation to include legal protections for the gay community.

After decades of Communist prudery about sex of all kinds, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Chinese have in recent years been openly tackling bureaucracy, legal uncertainty and entrenched social norms to assert their place in society.

But unlike neighboring, democratic Taiwan, whose decision last year to give same-sex couples the right to marry gave a boost to the gay rights movement across Asia, China has not budged.

Two years after a Chinese court rejected his application to be legally married, Sun Wenlin is trying to galvanize the LGBTQ community by asking people to propose amendments to a draft civil code en masse.

The code, a piece of landmark legislation expected to be passed in 2020, was released last week by China's parliament for two months of public comment.

The code makes changes on issues including sexual harassment, divorce and family planning, but does not further the rights of the LGBTQ community, Sun told Reuters.

Earlier this week, Sun posted on his WeChat account a guide for how to submit revisions to write the legalization for same-sex marriage into the code.

Sun's post went viral and started trending on the Twitter-like Weibo, with related hashtags being viewed 50 million times. Signatories to Sun's campaign for same-sex marriage legalization, launched last year, jumped from around 5,000 to over 20,000 in a day, he said.

"I did not want to be reconciled to watching this law sit there silently without anyone paying attention," he said.

"We don't know how long we would have to wait for the next change to submit opinions on the civil code."

The chance that suggested revisions to dozens of provisions will be accepted is "close to zero," Sun said, but he is hopeful that discussion can push forward legal recognition.

The civil code drafting process can help protect LGBTQ rights in areas like childbirth and employment, according to Zhu Bao, a Beijing-based lawyer.

"Discussion of the provisions that have an impact on the legitimate interests of the community will make lawmakers face up to the existence of gender minorities," he said.

Reuters was unable to locate contact details for parliament's Standing Committee, which is in charge of legislation.

Individual legislators have occasionally in recent years proposed legislation during China's annual meeting of parliament in March to legalize same-sex marriage, without success.

Despite thriving gay scenes in many big cities and growing awareness of LGBTQ issues, the community has repeatedly had to face-off with China's censors in recent months. There are no laws against same-sex relations in China.

A ban - then reversal - of LGBTQ content by Weibo in April, followed by censoring of gay-themed content during the Eurovision Song Contest in May, have fueled fears of a growing intolerance.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Friday in three towns north of Boston rocked by a string of deadly gas explosions, and he put another utility company in charge of restoration efforts.

"Today, on a number of very significant issues, we heard one thing and something else happened," Baker told reporters.

Baker said Eversource would replace Columbia Gas of Massachusetts on the same day he warned stunned residents of the towns that the return to normalcy could take time following blasts Thursday that set homes ablaze, forced evacuations and left one person dead.

Later in the day, the governor said Columbia was "simply inadequately prepared" to effectively manage relief efforts.

Mayor Daniel Rivera of Lawrence, one of the affected towns, said of the company, "It just seemed like there's no one in charge, like they're in the weeds, and they've never seen this before."

Utility President Steve Bryant later defended the company's performance, saying the company had remained in constant touch with state and federal officials.

"I would say that we've advanced this as rapidly as it could possibly be advanced," he told reporters. "I don't think that anybody else managing this would've been further down the road than we are at the moment."

Bryant expressed his condolences to the victim's family, apologized for the inconvenience to customers and said the company was providing "all the resources that we possibly can to be able to correct the damage."

Hundreds of natural gas technicians were to descend on Lawrence, Andover and North Andover in the coming days to restore gas service safely before electricity could be turned on, state officials said.

"Utility technicians must do their jobs in order to make sure everyone has a safe place to return to," Baker said. "This will not be an easy process and we ask for continued patience."

Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said, "How long is it going to take? As long as it takes. ... We don't know today how long this will take."

The investigation into the cause - involving the National Transportation Safety Board and other federal agencies - is in its early stages, officials said.

"Once the utilities secure the affected areas we'll work with the federal government to investigate how this occurred and who should be held accountable for the results and actions," Baker said.

As pressure mounted for gas company officials to provide answers about what happened, Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called for a congressional hearings on the explosions and fires.

"People have a right to know," Markey told reporters. "There's oftentimes a tendency, when there are accidents like this, for a company to huddle down, to try to protect their shareholders when their one goal should be just to protect the people who they are serving. We're going to be here to make sure that that happens."

Thursday evening, homes erupted in flames across the three towns, consumed by more than 60 suspected gas fires.

"It looked like Armageddon, it really did," said Andover Fire Rescue Chief Michael B. Mansfield.

One house in Lawrence exploded, sending the chimney flying. It crashed into a nearby car, fatally wounding a teenager who was inside. Leonel Rondon, 18, and two of his friends were in the car when the debris struck, his family told CNN affiliate WHDH. He later died at the hospital, authorities said.

Also in Lawrence, a boiler inside Ra Nam's house caught fire, he told CNN affiliate WCVB.

Minutes later, he said he heard a loud booming sound from his neighbor's house. Three people rushed out. About 25 people, including two firefighters, were wounded, officials said.

"This has been an overwhelming event," Mansfield said. "I have been in the fire service for almost 39 years and I have never seen anything like this in my entire career."

Gas, power shut off

Gas technicians and first responders went door to door reviewing thousands of homes in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover and shutting down gas mains.

Massachusetts State Police confirmed at least 70 responses to fire, explosions and gas odor reports.

The NTSB sent a team Friday to investigate what "appears to be multiple explosions involving (a) natural gas pipeline in the Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts," Chairman Robert Sumwalt said.

Sumwalt said his agency would look at "the design of the pipeline system, any maintenance or upgrades being done or in process of being done on the pipeline. The integrity management system of the pipeline operator Columbia Gas. We'll look at the emergency response, the system safety program of the pipeline operator."

"Our mission is to find out what happened, so that we can learn from it and keep it from happening again," he said.

Thousands can't go home

Authorities cautioned it was "far too early to speculate" on the cause of the explosions.

Earlier Thursday, before the fires broke out, the utility company that services the area announced it would be upgrading natural gas lines in neighborhoods across the state.

"Weather permitting, work will take place Monday through Friday," Columbia Gas said in a statement. Andover, North Andover and Lawrence were included in the planned projects.

Gas service was interrupted for 250 customers in Lawrence last month because of a line hit by a third party, according to the company. It's unclear whether that incident was related to Thursday's fire and explosions.

The governor said he urged Columbia Gas to develop a "comprehensive safety inspection plan."

Utility works with officials to 'investigate this incident'

In a statement Friday, Columbia Gas said crew members are working to restore power with the help of other utility companies.

"Our thoughts are with the community and everyone impacted by yesterday's tragic incident. We are focused on providing as much support as possible to our customers, residents and communities," the company said in the statement.

Columbia Gasalso said it's working with officials to "investigate this incident in order to understand its cause."

This is not the first time that a subsidiary of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, has been the subject of a federal probe stemming from a disaster.

A Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation natural gas pipeline burst in West Virginia in 2012 and NTSB investigators determined that external corrosion, which could have been discovered by the pipeline operator, was at fault.

Columbia Gas Transmission was owned by NiSource until 2015, when the company was spun off into Columbia Pipeline Group. Later, that company became part of TransCanada.

NiSource is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states, according to its website. The company also provides electric distribution, generation and transmission services to almost 500,000 customers in northern Indiana as well.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Friday in three towns north of Boston rocked by a string of deadly gas explosions, and he put another utility company in charge of restoration efforts. "Today, on a number of very significant issues, we heard one thing and something else happened," Baker told reporters.