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Sheriff’s officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town.

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An Alabama sheriff's office says it's busted an illegal winery that was operating at a city's sewage plant

RAINSVILLE, Ala. -- Sheriff's officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town.

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the town of Rainsville on Thursday. Investigators then uncovered what's described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Photos released by investigators show glass containers, buckets, a fermenting rack and other equipment often used by people who make wine at home.

The agency says officers seized a lot of illegal alcohol, and arrests are expected. The town of about 5,100 people is 100 miles northeast of Birmingham.

"I want to thank the mayor for his cooperation and willingness to allow law enforcement to do our job and shut something like this down," Sheriff Nick Welden said in a statement. "This is definitely one of the biggest operations we've seen in our county and possibly our state."

It's legal to make limited amounts of wine at home in Alabama, but it's illegal to have more than 15 gallons of homemade wine or beer at a time. Police photos show multiple fermenting vessels filled with what appears to be more than 100 gallons of white and red liquid.

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US cities are losing over 36 million trees a year

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If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, this summer's record-breaking heat waves might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as ten degrees Fahrenheit and lower energy costs. Here's how you can help.

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A tornado destroyed three communities in florida on wednesday at about 4 pm. The tornado covered 50 miles in just 2 hours. There are zero confrimed deaths.

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A tornado ripped through three Florida communities Wednesday as snow buffeted the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states in a flurry of wild weather, according to local reports.

The "large, extremely dangerous tornado" ripped across Pinellas, Hillsborough and Polk counties, beginning just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, covering more than 50 miles in about two hours.

There was extensive damage in Pinellas County, according to the Tampa Bay Times. But there were no confirmed fatalities or serious injuries. The tornado weakened over Tampa Bay and formed again in Polk County on the other side, according to the paper.

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Photos showed some of the havoc: an upside-down Chevy pickup, sheared rooftops, a bent and battered trampoline slammed against the side of a house, branches and other debris strewn through parking lots and flattened fences.

Bay News 9 reporter Jorja Roman shared a video showing what appeared to be a plastic or metal plank dangling from powerlines overhead.

Aerial video showed industrial rooftops ripped to shreds, and debris spewed across a parking lot. Other photos showed the storm had peeled the siding off of a warehouse near Bryan Dairy Road, which may have suffered the brunt of the tornado.

Nearby, a pole appeared to have blown over on Route 19 near 66th Street, according the Florida Highway Patrol.

Authorities reported numerous damaged vehicles and structures, and thousands of people lost power.
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The weather service had predicted strong to severe thunderstorms across Central Florida for much of the afternoon.

The weather service's Tampa Bay branch tweeted early Wednesday evening that it was looking for pictures or video of the storm, along with information on the approximate time and location they were taken.

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A tornado ripped through three Florida communities Wednesday as snow buffeted the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states in a flurry of wild weather, according to local reports. The "large, extremely dangerous tornado" ripped across Pinellas, Hillsborough and Polk counties, beginning just before 4 p.m.

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Pompeii going into it's first large excavation in around 50 years trying to dig form the top down.
People don't realize is that only two thirds (44 hectares) of ancient Pompeii have been excavated.

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Recently, it seems as if every month or two a history-altering discovery emerges from the ancient Roman city, which was destroyed in 79CE when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Bids to take our minds off the pandemic? A sudden global interest in ancient history? The rise of social media making photos of ancient horses go viral? Not so much -- the reason that so much is being discovered these days is that in the past few years, the site has undergone its first major excavations in decades.

"The excavations which they're doing now are the biggest in at least 50 years," says Stephen Kay, Archaeology Officer at the British School of Rome, who oversaw a dig on the site from 2015-17.

"For all of us, from the public to archaeologists, the new excavations are fascinating.

"It's the first time in my lifetime they're digging from the top down, from field into city."

Visitors to Pompeii -- one of Italy's top tourist attractions -- often remark on its sprawling size. The ancient city is large enough to get lost in; certainly large enough that taking a tour is the best way to see it. "It's difficult to imagine how big Pompeii is, even for people who know a bit about it", says Naples-based tour guide Fiorella Squillante.

But what visitors often don't realize is that only two thirds (44 hectares) of ancient Pompeii have been excavated. The rest -- 22 hectares -- are still covered in debris from the eruption almost 2,000 years ago.

And while it's long been agreed in the international community that it's best to leave the rest untouched -- funds are better spent on the upkeep of what has already been excavated -- in 2017, archaeologists began to excavate a new section.

Before then, modern excavations had been revisiting buildings and areas that had already been excavated in the past.

Rather than discovering new buildings, colorful wall paintings or bodies of those tragically killed by the eruption, studies in recent years have been looking at the details that may have been missed before. Kay's work, in the cemetery around the Porta Nola gate, looked at the "type and class of burials," for example. The area had already been excavated, but they returned with modern techniques.

"We found more burials than were cleared in [the excavations of] 1974-5," he says. They even found a rare example of the burial of a baby, its body laid to rest in an amphora.

But of course, no victims of the eruptions, who would have been found during earlier excavations.

In fact, it might seem counterintuitive, but we have to thank recent damage to Pompeii for the discoveries coming to light today.

Italy's then-President Giorgio Napolitano said that, "We should all feel shame for what happened." The damage was deemed so disastrous to world heritage that the following year, the European Union and the Italian state put aside €105 million ($127 million) to fund preservation efforts in the "Grande Progetto Pompei," or Great Pompeii Project.

The money was given to shore up and preserve the parts of the city that had already been uncovered, rather than to excavate new areas.

But it just so happened that damage to existing structures in the northeastern part of the site was being caused by the pressure put on them by the physical mass of the unexcavated city pushing up against them -- two millennia of dirt, earth, and materials from the 79CE eruption pressing on the 2,000-year-old walls.

On top of what had accumulated naturally, earlier archaeologists had dumped earth from their excavations, too, meaning there was even more mass pushed up against the buildings. And because of poor drainage, rain was particularly damaging to the site.

To stabilize the excavated part of the city, it was decided to excavate the three-kilometer perimeter around the unexcavated part -- known as Regio V -- leaving a space between the ruins and the third of Pompeii that has never been explored.

What's more, in a wedge-shaped area of unexcavated mass jutting in on the ruins, there needed to be a full excavation of the 1,000-square meter area, to protect the standing structures around it.

All that means that from 2017-2019, Pompeii saw the kind of excavations that had not been done since the prewar period.

To start with, the displaced earth from previous excavations had to be removed. Within that, archaeologists found items such as amphorae, bricks and fragments of stucco -- the kind of less glamorous objects that early explorers often discarded.

But then, they hit the real city below, which had never been explored.

"By pushing the boundary back even 10 meters, you discover new buildings because this was the middle of the city," says Stephen Kay.

In fact, that "wedge" area has brought to light two brand new houses: the Casa del Giardino (House with a Garden) and the Casa di Giove (House of Jupiter), both rich in art.

Discoveries at the Casa di Giove include a detailed fresco of gladiators, one of whom appears mortally wounded (near the gladiator barracks that had collapsed, it's thought to be a place they frequented); electoral inscriptions exhorting passersby to vote for specific candidates; and the skeleton of a person fleeing the eruption, carrying a bag of bronze and silver coins.

This is the person who was originally assumed to have been crushed by the boulder found on top of his head, though later findings revealed that he had been asphyxiated by the pyroclastic flow -- the burning hot mix of gas, lava and debris flung out by Vesuvius in the second and final stage of the eruption.

Meanwhile, the Casa del Giardino -- named for its garden with a frescoed portico -- has turned up the remains of five individuals, sheltering from the eruption in a room; a treasure chest of precious stones and amulets; and frescoes including the portrait of a woman, thought possibly to be the lady of the house.

Up until now, historians have always taken the date of the eruption as 24 August, following a first-hand account by Roman writer Pliny the Younger.

Archaeologists now believe it took place on 24 October.

In another newly excavated street, a house has emerged with a clear-as-day fresco of Leda and the Swan, described as an artwork of "profound sensuality" by Massimo Osanna, Director General of the Pompeii Archaeological Park.

The same house also contains a painting of Narcissus, gazing at his reflection, and a saucy picture of fertility god Priapus, weighing his own appendage on a pair of scales.

While the Regio V excavations finished in 2019, work continues at Civita Giuliana, about 700 meters beyond the ancient city walls.

In Roman times, this was a part of the countryside known for its sprawling villas and farms owned by wealthy Pompeii residents.

But its location beyond the city walls means that today, the area doesn't enjoy the protection that the city does. And that means it's susceptible to criminals.

Excavations in 1907-8 revealed 15 rooms of a large villa. But because people knew there were ruins there, recent years have seen illegal tunnels built and looting of the property.

The tunnels destroyed part of the perimeter walls and damaged the plasterwork. Artifacts were stolen, too.

So in 2017, the site, along with the Public Prosecutor's Office of Torre Annunziata, started their own excavations in a race to get there first.

What has emerged is a country smallholding preserved to an astonishing extent. Plastercasts using the technique pioneered by Pompeii's 19th-century director of excavations, Giuseppe Fiorelli -- where archaeologists pour plaster in the empty holes left by organic matter -- have revealed a bed in one of the rooms, along with a mat, and a still intact window arch. There are amphorae, kitchen utensils and animal bones.

The stable revealed feeding troughs and the bodies of three thoroughbred horses, killed in the eruption, one still wearing a bridle and harness. What is thought to be a saddle has also been recovered.

And in November 2020, a reason as to why the horse might have been saddled up became apparent.

In a covered passageway in the "noble" area of the villa -- where the owners lived -- the bodies of two men were found.

One, between 30 and 40 is thought to be the villa owner. The other, between 18 and 23, would have been enslaved. He appears to have been carrying a thick mantle as they rushed to escape the eruption.

The new discoveries, one after the other have made headlines around the world, and have changed the atmosphere in Pompeii, according to Fiorella Squillante, who guides tourists there almost daily.

"During the Regio V excavations, Via del Vesuvio [one of Pompeii's main streets] was closed, but even then, seeing the works going on from a distance, in an area that before was overgrown with pomegranate trees, rosemary bushes and so on, was emotional," she says.

"When they reopened the street, it was so emotional to walk along it again. We went back to see the buildings there with renewed passion.

"I have often suggested to my clients that we visit the house of Leda and the Swan. Every time is a new emotion. Looking at the volcanic materials, which still cover a lot of the house, is astonishing, and makes me think of the enormous excitement that people visiting Pompeii in previous centuries would have found.

"Ten years ago the collapse of the gladiator school went around the world, and I got emails and phonecalls from travelers asking me if it was still worth visiting.

"Obviously the collapse was terribly sad for all of us, but it only led to the closure of a small area."

And that's the thing about Pompeii, according to those who work there. Although the new discoveries linked to the eruptions get the headlines, the site is continuously springing surprises.

Dr. Caitlín E. Barrett, associate professor at Cornell University, is co-director of a dig at the Casa della Regina Carolina, for which she has been named a National Geographic Explorer, having received a grant from the National Geographic Society to study daily life through the remains at Pompeii.

The house she is excavating -- they have done two summers digging, but couldn't continue this year as planned -- is one of the city's larger ones, and was first excavated in the 18th century. But early explorers "weren't typically interested in the less flashy remains," she says, noting that those excavating for the Bourbon royal family were "mainly interested in finding beautiful artworks to put on display." Modern teams, in contrast, want "information about what it was like to be a person in the past."

Her team is using modern techniques to study the garden and recreate everyday life before the eruption. "We know a lot about Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted, but less about its earlier history", she says.

The modern digs, like Barrett's, and Stephen Kay's, use modern technology to get a different take on remains that were already known. And their interest is coming from a different place, too. "When people first started digging at Pompeii, the focus was on finding things that corresponded to contemporary perceptions of beauty," says Barrett.

"Today, archaeologists try to understand ancient societies by studying the entire material record -- not just the beautiful or luxurious objects, but also the broken bits of cooking pottery, the animal bones thrown into the trash, the microscopic grains of pollen in the soil, and much more."

So what are the experts most excited about? Caitlín Barrett is thrilled about a collection of amulets and beads that has been unearthed in the Casa del Giardino, because "we can use the study of ancient magic and personal ritual as a way to get at what people's hopes and fears were -- and they often turn out to be a lot like ours."

For Stephen Kay, meanwhile, it's the charcoal inscription moving the date of the eruption from August to October.

"We've always relied on that Pliny passage, written 25 years later, but now seeing information coming out like that is absolutely amazing -- it's a completely stunning find," he says.

So what will the future hold?

Possibly not much more new excavation work, for starters. "It would be amazing to see the other [buried] parts of the city, but it depends how feasible it is," says Stephen Kay -- pointing to the $127 million of the Grande Progetto Pompeii just to shore up what's already on display. "Our responsibility at the moment is to conserve what we do have, rather than uncover more," he says.

Barrett agrees: "I think the finds coming out of the Grande Progetto Pompeii are going to inspire research for a very long time."

For Fiorella Squillante, Pompeii is a constantly changing place that will continue to morph, even if that last third is never excavated.

"Everyone has heard of Pompeii, but what people never expect is that it's still a living city, whose image changes and will continue to change, because its story hasn't all been written", she says.

"The new discoveries, but also the areas excavated in the past, change continuously, because we learn to read them in a different way, depending on new studies and new equipment. That makes it totally unique.

"Even those of us who live it for work, get closer to it with renewed astonishment. We know that although it's a city from the past, we -- and future generations even more -- will live it in the future, too."

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F-16 pilot crashed and died in Michigan's Hiwatha National Forest around 8 p.m. on Tuesday night. He was just completing a routine training mission.

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"Today is a day for mourning," a Fighter Wing commander said.

The F-16 pilot who crashed in Michigan Tuesday has been pronounced dead.

The Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing announced his death Friday morning, stating that, per the Department of Defense's policy, they will not release the pilot's identity until 24 hours after notifying the service member's next of kin.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss; our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time," 115th Fighter Wing commander Col. Bart Van Roo said in a statement. "Today is a day for mourning, the 115th Fighter Wing and the entire Wisconsin National Guard stands with the pilot's family as we grieve the loss of a great Airman, and patriot."

The Fighting Falcon assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison crashed in Michigan's Hiawatha National Forest at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, while on a routine training mission.

A multi-state, interagency search for the pilot and aircraft immediately followed the crash and emergency responders arrived at the scene, the Wisconsin National Guard said.

"We are an extremely close knit group at the fighter wing, the loss of one of our own brings immeasurable sadness to every member of our organization," Van Roo added.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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"Today is a day for mourning," a Fighter Wing commander said. The F-16 pilot who crashed in Michigan Tuesday has been pronounced dead. The Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing announced his death Friday morning, stating that, per the Department of Defense's policy, they will not release the pilot's identity until 24 hours after notifying the service member's next of kin.

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MSNBC is getting a new company president. She is the first African american to become the president of a major news company.

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the first black person to run a major cable news network   - cnn

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MSNBC is getting a new president, the first Black person to run a major cable news network

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Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC for the past twelve years, will step down shortly after President-elect Biden's inauguration in January.

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Masks are critical to help stop the spread covid-19 Because we are in cold weather. And we can't be outside. Mask can help stop spread of covid without locking out.

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(CNN) -- Masks are "critical" to controlling the spread of coronavirus, and that includes at home sometimes, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

A CDC review of what works makes it clear that mask use, physical distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands all could help control the spread of the virus -- and would allow kids to go back to school and businesses to reopen.

"Consistent and correct use of face masks is a public health strategy critical to reducing respiratory transmission of SARS-CoV-2, particularly in light of estimates that approximately one half of new infections are transmitted by persons who have no symptoms," the CDC summary of guidance reads.

The CDC has gradually been strengthening its recommendations on mask use. "Compelling evidence now supports the benefits of cloth face masks for both source control (to protect others) and, to a lesser extent, protection of the wearer," the CDC's Margaret Honein, Dr. Henry Walke and colleagues wrote.

Masks work so well that certain communities should consider giving them out, the CDC team said.

"A community-level plan for distribution of face masks to specific populations, such as those who might experience barriers to access, should be developed," the CDC team wrote in the agency's weekly report.

"Because the highest risk for transmission has been documented among household contacts of Covid-19 patients, keeping the household safe requires physical distancing, using the other public health strategies summarized here, and, in particular, consistent and correct use of face masks (outside the household and in some circumstances within the household) to prevent introduction and transmission of SARS-CoV-2," they added.

"To preserve the supply of N95 respirators for health care workers and other medical first responders, CDC recommends nonvalved, multilayer cloth masks or nonmedical disposable masks for community use," the team added.

"Within households, face masks should be used when a member of the household is infected or has had recent potential Covid-19 exposure."

Physical distancing is also important.

"Although the impact of physical distancing is difficult to disaggregate from other interventions, one study estimated that physical distancing decreased the average number of daily contacts by as much as 74%," they added. Consistent physical distancing could stop the spread, the CDC said.

Restaurants and crowded events are especially risky, the CDC team noted.

"Exposures at nonessential indoor settings and crowded outdoor settings pose a preventable risk to all participants," they wrote.

"Indoor venues, where distancing is not maintained and consistent use of face masks is not possible (e.g., restaurant dining), have been identified as particularly high-risk scenarios. Crowded events in outdoor settings have also been linked to spread of SARS-CoV-2, although it can be difficult to isolate the impact of crowded outdoor events from related indoor social interactions."

Since 40% or more of all people with coronavirus infections don't have symptoms, symptom screening -- like temperature checks -- don't do much good, the team noted.

Plus, testing is not always foolproof because of the possibility of false negatives. So people need to do everything: wear masks, stay apart, ventilate indoor spaces as much as possible and wash hands frequently.

Testing is, however, important. That's especially true for people who interact a lot with others and are at higher risk, the CDC team said. That includes people who work in dense settings or college students.

Nursing home staff, for instance, should be frequently tested both for their own sakes and so they don't spread virus to others.

And people need to get the results back quickly so they can isolate if they are infected -- and warn their contacts so they don't spread the virus without knowing it.

"These actions will provide a bridge to a future with wide availability and high community coverage of effective vaccines, when safe return to more everyday activities in a range of settings will be possible," the CDC team wrote.

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(CNN) -- Masks are "critical" to controlling the spread of coronavirus, and that includes at home sometimes, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. A CDC review of what works makes it clear that mask use, physical distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands all could help control the spread of the virus -- and would allow kids to go back to school and businesses to reopen.

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A fire was started wednesday night and has been rapidly spreading though southern california. Due to winds the fire had a major explosion making it spread even faster causing thousands to evacuate.

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Southern California's Bond Fire exploded overnight Thursday, scorching 6,400 acres and injuring two firefighters.
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The fire started Wednesday after a Silverado Canyon home caught fire amidst gusty Santa Ana winds. The blaze then spread to nearby vegetation and up into the hills.

While the extent of the wildfire's destruction remains unclear, 25,000 people were forced to evacuate, according to KTLA.

About 500 firefighters from more than 30 agencies have been called to fight one of the state's multiple fires, the Orange County Fire Authority Public Information Office reported.

In a tweet, the public information office wrote that the Bond Fire has been 10% contained.

Two U.S. Forest Service firefighters hurt in the effort were taken to a hospital after being treated by paramedics on the scene. Chief Brian Fennessy told reporters in a news briefing that their condition is unknown, adding that he believed the response to the fire had saved homes in Modjeska Canyon.

"We're feeling pretty good about the effort that they put in," Capt. Thanh Nguyen said. "We had seven helicopters that went at it hard today, dropping water. We had bulldozers, hand crews, and we had engine companies, and they put in a solid amount of work."

The communities most impacted by the Bond Fire include Silverado Canyon, Williams Canyon, Modjeska Canyon, Foothill Ranch, Lemon Heights, Cowan Heights and the Portola Hills area.

A temporary Red Cross evacuation point was set up in Orange, though no "congregate shelter" would be offered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fennessy noted that evacuees would not be able to return soon due to downed power poles and wires.
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There are still challenges ahead for firefighters as winds shift directions. Much of Southern California remains under red flag warnings of extreme fire danger.

Smoke from the Bond Fire and the nearby Airport Fire has prompted a smoke advisory, issued through Friday.

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Southern California's Bond Fire exploded overnight Thursday, scorching 6,400 acres and injuring two firefighters. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES FORCE EVACUATIONS, LEAVE 2 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED; POWER COMPANIES CUT ELECTRICITY The fire started Wednesday after a Silverado Canyon home caught fire amidst gusty Santa Ana winds. The blaze then spread to nearby vegetation and up into the hills.

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Damion Delgado was arrested for murder. He killed a 5 month pregnant women along with the baby. The two got together on social media and planned to meet. Family members reported her missing on thanksgiving. Investigators found blood on a knife and sidewalk where the scene happened.

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Missouri prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in what they said was the "violent, violent killing" of a pregnant young woman who disappeared on Thanksgiving.

Amethyst Killian, 22, of St. Peters, Mo., was five months pregnant when she was brutally stabbed more than 20 times in the head, neck and abdomen, authorities said Thursday.

Damion Delgado, 27, of O'Fallon, Mo., was arrested on murder charges in the deaths of Killian and her unborn baby, according to St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar.

They were strangers, Lohmar said.

"They had made a connection through an online website, exchanged numbers, and communicated throughout the evening. They agreed to meet up and their intention was to have consenual sex," Lohmar said of Killian and Delgado.
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Family members reported Killian missing around 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. They told police they last saw her waking to a gas station around 1 a.m. Thursday.

Police found the body stashed in brush near her home on Black Friday, Fox 2 St. Louis reported. They were called there after members of Kiillian's found her purse and clothing.

Lohmar told a news conference the investigation determined that blood recovered at the scene on a knife, the sidewalk, and a fence belonged to Delgado.

The investigation also revealed that the last person Killian exchanged texts with was the suspect, he said.
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"Unfortunately, the victim and the defendant in this case were engaged in a potentially dangerous situation and ultimately she lost her life," Lohmar said.

Killian's mother, Stacy Stelzer, told Fox 2 said she was grateful detectives had solved the case but said she still had many unanswered questions.

"I still don't know how someone can do this to anybody," she said.

Killian was the mother of a 6-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son.

Police records say Delgado attempted suicide at his home on Monday and was taken to a hospital, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday.
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The paper reported that Killian's boyfriend told police that Killian sometimes engaged in prostitution by advertising online.

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Missouri prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in what they said was the "violent, violent killing" of a pregnant young woman who disappeared on Thanksgiving. Amethyst Killian, 22, of St. Peters, Mo., was five months pregnant when she was brutally stabbed more than 20 times in the head, neck and abdomen, authorities said Thursday.

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Many refugees are being moved to this island. They are being moved because they wanna prevent any genocides or killings of the refugees.

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The US has recorded a new record of Covid-19 deaths or cases. Multiple countries are trying to create a vaccine as fast as possible.

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A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 64.6 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Coronavirus live updates: US virus deaths top 2,800 in a single day for first time

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A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 64.6 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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A seventeen year old named Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with killing two men, badly injuring another, and having possesion of a gun as a minor during a protest in August. The protest was in Kenosha, Wiconsin and was for the shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse will be tried on January 5th where they will decide if the deaths were homicides or out of self defense.

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Kyle Rittenhouse was ordered Thursday to stand trial in the fatal shooting of two men and the wounding of another in August during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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The United States reached an all time high of 2,800 corona virus related deaths in one day. Many states in the US are facing increasing numbers of cases. The CDC reports that by Christmas around 329,000 people could die due to covid-19 in the US alone.

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Coronavirus live updates: CDC announces alternatives to 14-day quarantine

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A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 64 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Baltimore County Public Schools will reopen Wednesday after a ransomware attack forced the system to close for three days.
The district shared the update saying that schools would return to virtual learning.

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Baltimore County schools will reopen Wednesday after being closed due to cyberattack

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Baltimore County Public Schools will reopen Wednesday after a ransomware attack forced the system to close for three days.