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A Syrian Kurdish militia said Wednesday its fighters have captured eight foreign fighters with the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, including an American teenager.

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Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement put out Wednesday on the Amazon CEO's Twitter account.

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Oklahoma City Thunder big man Nerlens Noel suffered a head injury on Tuesday in the third quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves after he was hit in the head with an unintentional elbow from Timberwolves wing Andrew Wiggins and hit his head on the floor.

Daniel Beyer of Fox Sports provided more details:

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Wow. #Thunder big man Nerlens Noel hit his head hard on the floor and is still laying there. Doctors yelling "keep your eyes open". Scary.

After the game, Wiggins told reporters he hoped the Thunder center would be OK and that the hit was accidental. Wiggins also tweeted good wishes to Noel:

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My prayers out to you 🙏🏾 @NerlensNoel3

Noel underwent thumb surgery last season and only played in 30 games, and he has dealt with injuries throughout his career. He missed the 2013-14 campaign because of knee surgery, missed 15 games in 2015-16 and played just 51 games in 2016-17.

Entering Tuesday, the Kentucky product averaged 5.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in his first full campaign with the Thunder after they signed him this past offseason following a disappointing showing with the Dallas Mavericks in 2017-18. He averaged just 4.4 points a night in those 30 games.

Noel can serve as a double-double threat when completely healthy, as evidenced by his 11.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in 2015-16.

The Thunder figure to rely even more on the combination of Steven Adams, Jerami Grant and Patrick Patterson in the frontcourt while Noel is sidelined.

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Nerlens Noel Stretchered Off vs. T-Wolves After Suffering Scary Head Injury

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the government has particularly shutdown for 18days

Trump claims a lot of furloughed federal workers "agree with what I’m doin

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President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders.

The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

A White House official says the president wants a chance to re-do his appearance in the briefing room and take questions to amplify his position on the shutdown.

Unclear, of course, whether he will take questions. But the expectation is that he will, the official said.

Deputy chief of staff Bill Shine instructed aides to prepare the Rose Garden for a presidential announcement a short time ago.

The White House just announced that President Trump sent a letter to Congress this morning, saying the wall is "absolutely critical to border security."

Trump included a PDF presentation that the White House says Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen attempted to give during the meeting with Congressional leadership in the White House Situation Room earlier this week, but was rejected.

"Some of those present did not want to hear the presentation at the time, and so the President decided to make it available to all Members of Congress," the White House says.

In his letter, Trump writes that "our first task should be to reopen the Government and to deliver on our highest duty as elected officials: the security of the Nation and its borders."

After outlining a series of White House-supplied numbers making the administration's case, Trump writes, "Absolutely critical to border security and national security is a wall or a physical barrier that prevents entry in the first place."

He also calls for the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement, a decades-old settlement agreement that limits the length of time and conditions under which US officials can detain immigrant children. The White House believes it is "preventing families from being held together through removal."

"Americans have endured decades of broken promises on illegal immigration," Trump tells Congress.

"Now, is the time for both parties to rise above the partisan discord, to set aside political convenience, and to put the national interest first. Now is the time-this is the moment-to finally secure the border and create the lawful and safe immigration system Americans, and those wanting to become Americans, deserve."

Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine say the shutdown should end before a deal is reached on a wall.

Democrats, who passed two bills in the House last night, believe they not only hold the political high ground in the fight, but also now put the policy hot potato back into the laps of the GOP, aides say.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

The White House message during the shutdown has been that there is a "national security emergency" at the border -- Sarah Sanders used these exact words this morning -- and the Situation Room lends an air of seriousness to the debate for the White House.

The Situation Room is also typically a no-press zone because it is a setting for classified intelligence, which means there is no opportunity for cameras or questions (although rare exceptions have been made in the past).

Having no press in the room means private discussions can be had, and it effectively blocks another photo-op moment between Trump and Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer from happening.

The invitations also didn't use the word "briefing" this time, -- it's just a meeting between principals. As a result, many on the Hill are expecting it will be just talks, but Democrats are also expecting the White House to put on some sort of show -- similar to the Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen briefing on Wednesday -- which was not classified and could have been held anywhere in the White House.

The bottom line: Trump likes the gravitas and air of seriousness the Situation Room brings even though it is technically just another conference room when national security and classified information is not being discussed. The Oval Office, which is traditionally used for meetings with Congressional leadership, would serve the same purpose in theory.

The Senate has left the building until Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, meaning that the shutdown likely won't end before then.

Democrats believe they have effectively jammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the plan the House passed Thursday night -- a bill to reopen the government with no additional wall funding -- and that rank-and-file senators will start to feel the pressure and send word that it's time to buck the President and put the Democratic proposals on the floor.

Given that, Democrats don't plan on moving off their position (the two bills passed Thursday) at least until Republican senators return to Washington next week to face the press (and pressure).

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019.

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

The House last night passed two bills to reopen the government. However, it was largely a symbolic gesture.

The Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for Trump's promised border wall.

Trump and congressional leaders will meet in the Situation Room at the White House to, once again, attempt to find a way to end a government shutdown, now in its second week

The House passed the second of two Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

The measure consists of six spending bills to reopen and fully fund parts of government until the end of the fiscal year, September 30. The House passed the appropriations package 241 - 190.

The vote comes after the House passed the first measure -- a stopgap bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime.

Both bills are expected to go nowhere in the Senate. Even if they did, Trump, who wants $5 billion in new border wall money, announced he would veto both bills.
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The House of Representatives passed a stopgap bill on Thursday night to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime. The stopgap bill would not allocate any new wall funding, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for additional funding for a border wall.

The House passed the DHS stopgap bill 239-192. Five Republicans joined with Democrats to pass it.
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Underscoring how far apart President Trump and Congressional Democrats remain over the shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphatically reiterated tonight, "We're not doing a wall. Does anyone have any doubt? We are not doing a wall."

In a news conference ahead of two votes tonight on reopening the government, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders continued to criticize the President for "holding hostage" federal employees to get his border wall money.

"Take yes for an answer. Open up government," Pelosi said.

Pelosi knocked Trump as a "master of diversion," accusing him of making noise about the border wall to distract from other problems in his administration.

Asked by CNN if she's concerned about backlash, Pelosi fired back: "It has nothing to do with politics."

She knocked the wall as "an immorality," "a waste of money," and a "diversionary tactic on the part of the President."

Asked by CNN whether she would accept $1 in new border wall funding, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quipped that she could support $1, after refusing to budge on the border wall in ongoing negotiations.

"A dollar? Yeah, $1," she said, as other Democratic leaders chuckled around her.

Pressed by CNN why she wouldn't be willing to accept more than that, Pelosi hit back: "You said $1."

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President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders.

The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

A White House official says the president wants a chance to re-do his appearance in the briefing room and take questions to amplify his position on the shutdown.

Unclear, of course, whether he will take questions. But the expectation is that he will, the official said.

Deputy chief of staff Bill Shine instructed aides to prepare the Rose Garden for a presidential announcement a short time ago.

The White House just announced that President Trump sent a letter to Congress this morning, saying the wall is "absolutely critical to border security."

Trump included a PDF presentation that the White House says Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen attempted to give during the meeting with Congressional leadership in the White House Situation Room earlier this week, but was rejected.

"Some of those present did not want to hear the presentation at the time, and so the President decided to make it available to all Members of Congress," the White House says.

In his letter, Trump writes that "our first task should be to reopen the Government and to deliver on our highest duty as elected officials: the security of the Nation and its borders."

After outlining a series of White House-supplied numbers making the administration's case, Trump writes, "Absolutely critical to border security and national security is a wall or a physical barrier that prevents entry in the first place."

He also calls for the termination of the Flores Settlement Agreement, a decades-old settlement agreement that limits the length of time and conditions under which US officials can detain immigrant children. The White House believes it is "preventing families from being held together through removal."

"Americans have endured decades of broken promises on illegal immigration," Trump tells Congress.

"Now, is the time for both parties to rise above the partisan discord, to set aside political convenience, and to put the national interest first. Now is the time-this is the moment-to finally secure the border and create the lawful and safe immigration system Americans, and those wanting to become Americans, deserve."

Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine say the shutdown should end before a deal is reached on a wall.

Democrats, who passed two bills in the House last night, believe they not only hold the political high ground in the fight, but also now put the policy hot potato back into the laps of the GOP, aides say.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leadership on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House.White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

The White House message during the shutdown has been that there is a "national security emergency" at the border -- Sarah Sanders used these exact words this morning -- and the Situation Room lends an air of seriousness to the debate for the White House.

The Situation Room is also typically a no-press zone because it is a setting for classified intelligence, which means there is no opportunity for cameras or questions (although rare exceptions have been made in the past).

Having no press in the room means private discussions can be had, and it effectively blocks another photo-op moment between Trump and Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer from happening.

The invitations also didn't use the word "briefing" this time, -- it's just a meeting between principals. As a result, many on the Hill are expecting it will be just talks, but Democrats are also expecting the White House to put on some sort of show -- similar to the Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen briefing on Wednesday -- which was not classified and could have been held anywhere in the White House.

The bottom line: Trump likes the gravitas and air of seriousness the Situation Room brings even though it is technically just another conference room when national security and classified information is not being discussed. The Oval Office, which is traditionally used for meetings with Congressional leadership, would serve the same purpose in theory.

The Senate has left the building until Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, meaning that the shutdown likely won't end before then.

Democrats believe they have effectively jammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the plan the House passed Thursday night -- a bill to reopen the government with no additional wall funding -- and that rank-and-file senators will start to feel the pressure and send word that it's time to buck the President and put the Democratic proposals on the floor.

Given that, Democrats don't plan on moving off their position (the two bills passed Thursday) at least until Republican senators return to Washington next week to face the press (and pressure).

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019.

Trump addresses the press in the White House briefing room on Jan. 3, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

The House last night passed two bills to reopen the government. However, it was largely a symbolic gesture.

The Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for Trump's promised border wall.

Trump and congressional leaders will meet in the Situation Room at the White House to, once again, attempt to find a way to end a government shutdown, now in its second week

The House passed the second of two Democratic-led measures aimed at reopening shuttered parts of the federal government without allocating new money for President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

The measure consists of six spending bills to reopen and fully fund parts of government until the end of the fiscal year, September 30. The House passed the appropriations package 241 - 190.

The vote comes after the House passed the first measure -- a stopgap bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime.

Both bills are expected to go nowhere in the Senate. Even if they did, Trump, who wants $5 billion in new border wall money, announced he would veto both bills.
Hear more:

The House of Representatives passed a stopgap bill on Thursday night to reopen the Department of Homeland Security at its current funding levels until February 8, essentially punting the fight on the wall to next month while reopening DHS in the meantime. The stopgap bill would not allocate any new wall funding, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for additional funding for a border wall.

The House passed the DHS stopgap bill 239-192. Five Republicans joined with Democrats to pass it.
Hear more:

Underscoring how far apart President Trump and Congressional Democrats remain over the shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphatically reiterated tonight, "We're not doing a wall. Does anyone have any doubt? We are not doing a wall."

In a news conference ahead of two votes tonight on reopening the government, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders continued to criticize the President for "holding hostage" federal employees to get his border wall money.

"Take yes for an answer. Open up government," Pelosi said.

Pelosi knocked Trump as a "master of diversion," accusing him of making noise about the border wall to distract from other problems in his administration.

Asked by CNN if she's concerned about backlash, Pelosi fired back: "It has nothing to do with politics."

She knocked the wall as "an immorality," "a waste of money," and a "diversionary tactic on the part of the President."

Asked by CNN whether she would accept $1 in new border wall funding, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quipped that she could support $1, after refusing to budge on the border wall in ongoing negotiations.

"A dollar? Yeah, $1," she said, as other Democratic leaders chuckled around her.

Pressed by CNN why she wouldn't be willing to accept more than that, Pelosi hit back: "You said $1."

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The government is STILL shut down: Live updates

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President Trump has a planned appearance in the Rose Garden this afternoon, two White House aides say, following his meeting with Congressional leaders. The White House plan now calls for Trump to address the media after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer take questions from reporters at the stakeout location.

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NFL star Melvin Gordon recorded his Uber driver trash-talking the Los Angeles Chargers. The driver had no idea the Chargers' running back was the passenger

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NFL star Melvin Gordon recorded his Uber driver trash-talking the Los Angeles Chargers. The driver had no idea the Chargers' running back was the passenger.

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The strong response to Jeremy Kappell's on-air slur, whether intentionally uttered or not, and the speed of his station's firing him show the powerful emotion around the slur and casual, offhand utterances like it, Marcus Mabry writes.

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Jeff and Mackenzie Bezos are getting divorced after 25 years of marriage. "After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends," the couple said in the statement."We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other," the statement continued. "If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again."

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Ex-Louisiana State University football player shot by dog while hunting, has leg amputated

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A former Louisiana State University lineman was shot -- by his dog -- while duck hunting in Mississippi last month, a freakish injury that reportedly required the amputation of part of his left leg.

Micah Heckford of Baton Rouge told the Clarion-Ledger on Tuesday that he and some friends were on a duck hunting trip near Eagle Lake on Dec. 28 when the incident occurred. He said the group has been going to the area for about six or seven years to hunt.

"Everybody was pumped up," Heckford told the newspaper. "We rode the levee the day before and there were a ton of ducks. We were excited."
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Later in the morning, Heckford said ex-lineman Matt Branch was accidentally hit by a blast from his shotgun, which he had left loaded in the bed of his pickup truck.

Heckford said a Labrador named Tito jumped onto the truck bed, "stepped on the safety of Branch's shotgun and pulled the trigger." He said the 12-gauge shotgun shell tore through the side of the truck and hit Branch's left thigh.

"In the midst of the chaos at this point, I ran over to Matt to assess what had happened," Heckford said. "We had no clue what the damage was at this point in time.

The group called 911 and Heckford began to understand how precarious the predicament was.

"I think that's when it hit me how serious it was," Heckford said. "It was at that point in time I realized how much he had bled. His pants were just soaked in blood."
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He said Branch has since had his left leg amputated.

A blood donation drive was held on Tuesday in Baton Rouge for Branch, WAFB reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Ex-Louisiana State University football player shot by dog while hunting, has leg amputated

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A former Louisiana State University lineman was shot -- by his dog -- while duck hunting in Mississippi last month, a freakish injury that reportedly required the amputation of part of his left leg. Micah Heckford of Baton Rouge told the Clarion-Ledger on Tuesday that he and some friends were on a duck hunting trip near Eagle Lake on Dec.

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The human remains discovered Tuesday at an abandoned Colorado truck stop were identified as belonging to a woman who disappeared the day after Christmas -- bringing some closure to one of the state's missing person cases, but leaving investigators as puzzled as ever about where Kelsey Berreth may be.

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The human remains discovered Tuesday at an abandoned Colorado truck stop were identified as belonging to a woman who disappeared the day after Christmas -- bringing some closure to one of the state's missing person cases, but leaving investigators as puzzled as ever about where Kelsey Berreth may be.

Residents found the remains near Aguilar while walking along Interstate 25 on Sunday. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday the remains belonged to LeBrea Jackson, who was reported missing by her family on Dec. 26.

Police are investigating her death as a homicide, though her cause of death was not released.
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The discovery of the body initially prompted speculation the remains may have been those of Berreth, who was last spotted Thanksgiving Day at a Safeway store in Woodland Park.

Although her body has not been located, authorities determined in December she was dead and arrested her fiancé, Patrick Frazee, in her murder.
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Frazee is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and three counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder.

FBI agents were searching a town outside of Twin Falls, Idaho, this week in hopes of locating Berreth or clues that would lead to her body. Officials went to the Idaho town to investigate a woman linked to Frazee who may have helped dispose of Berreth's cellphone.

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Colorado woman ID'd from human remains found at truck stop, search for Kelsey Berreth continues

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The human remains discovered Tuesday at an abandoned Colorado truck stop were identified as belonging to a woman who disappeared the day after Christmas -- bringing some closure to one of the state's missing person cases, but leaving investigators as puzzled as ever about where Kelsey Berreth may be.

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The Browns fired their head coach in the middle of the season. They had a interim head coach until today. They hired their Offensive Coordinator, Freddie Kitchens, as their new head coach.

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Browns promote Freddie Kitchens to head coach

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The Cleveland Browns are hiring Freddie Kitchens to be their head coach, Ian Rapoport reports. Kitchens became the interim offensive coordinator after Todd Haley was fired midseason.

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President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom asked him to double the federal investment in forest management.

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President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold Federal Emergency Management Agency money to help California cope with wildfires if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices.

Trump tweeted Wednesday that California gets billions of dollars for fires that could have been prevented with better management. The state's former top firefighter Ken Pimlott disagrees, saying last month that California leads the nation in clearing away dead trees and thinning areas to remove fuel for fires.

Trump tweeted that "unless they get their act together ... I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!"

November's fire in the northern California town of Paradise was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, killing at least 85 people and destroying nearly 14,000 homes.

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President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold Federal Emergency Management Agency money to help California cope with wildfires if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices. Trump tweeted Wednesday that California gets billions of dollars for fires that could have been...

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86 year old woman charged with murder after allegedly beating her husband to death with cane.

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An 86-year-old Florida woman is facing a murder charge after authorities allege she beat her elderly husband to death with a cane.

On Saturday, when a neighbor of Ramona Maxine Lund saw her standing over her husband's bloodied body on the couple's front porch in Pace, he was sure the man, 89-year-old Francis Lund, had taken a bad fall and his wife was unable to help him.
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The neighbor, who has not been identified, told authorities who later arrived at the scene that he encouraged Ramona Lund to call 911, but she claimed she couldn't find her phone. He quickly ran home to get his phone and call authorities before performing CPR on Francis Lund's lifeless body, the Pensacola News Journal reported, citing an arrest report.

But when police arrived at the home, they determined it wasn't a fall that caused the 89-year-old's death. Rather, they allege, his wife beat him to death with a walking cane.

When investigators looked inside the couple's home, they found pieces of the cane - which were covered in blood, according to the newspaper - scattered around the house. Parts were on the sofa while other pieces were found in a bucket near the front door. Ramona Lund's hands and feet were reportedly covered in blood and a blood-soaked nightgown was draped on the arm of the couch.

Though a formal autopsy has yet to be conducted - it's scheduled for Monday - an investigator on the scene allegedly said the man's injuries "were consistent with having been beaten by a cane," the arrest report said, according to the News Journal. Francis Lund also reportedly had "bruises and indentations in and about" his head.

Ramona Lund was subsequently charged with murder and is being held in Santa Rosa County Jail on a $250,000 bond, public records show.

"We're dealing probably with someone's grandmother now," Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said at a Monday news conference, according to the News Journal. "It's not something that happens every day."

The 86-year-old is slated to undergo a mental evaluation before she makes her first court appearance, Johnson said, as she appeared "confused" when officials with the sheriff's office and state attorney's office spoke with her. She reportedly did not know where she was or what time it was.

"Based on observations of my investigators, as well as other personnel, when you interact with her on a personal level, when you ask her questions, it's clear that she's confused," Johnson said. "It's important that, while we are going to focus on the mental confusion and that aspect, it's important to remember and be reminded that she is charged with a very serious crime that has resulted in the loss of a human life."

State Attorney Bill Eddins said it was "unusual" for the state to seek a mental competency evaluation, but noted it is important in this case because "it became clear to me and my office that this woman had significant indications of confusion, and I felt it was important to my office to take an unusual approach."

It's not yet clear if or what mental the condition Ramona Lund may suffer from, though officials suspect it could be dementia.
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"If someone suffers from dementia, they are not going to become competent, they are going to stay that way," Public Defender Bruce Miller, who is representing the woman, said, according to the News Journal.

Ramona Lund is currently being treated in the jail's infirmary.

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Florida woman, 86, charged with murder after allegedly beating elderly husband to death with cane

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An 86-year-old Florida woman is facing a murder charge after authorities allege she beat her elderly husband to death with a cane. On Saturday, when a neighbor of Ramona Maxine Lund saw her standing over her husband's bloodied body on the couple's front porch in Pace, he was sure the man, 89-year-old Francis Lund, had taken a bad fall and his wife was unable to help him.

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Four Kids Break Into Houston Carmax, Crash $800,000 Worth of Vehicles in the Lot

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In the ever-difficult decision of whether to spend an evening playing the legal version of bumper cars at a local arcade or heading to a dealership for the illegal one with real cars, local law enforcement said four kids in Houston went with the latter this weekend. It cost a bit more than some gaming tokens to do it.
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Four underage boys broke into a Houston-area CarMax lot on Sunday and were caught on surveillance cameras, according to a Facebook page for a constable in Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston and some surrounding cities. The page belongs to constable Mark Herman, and his post said four suspects were arrested after breaking into the dealership, stealing some keys and crashing vehicles into other vehicles on the lot.

In all, the post on Herman's Facebook page said, the suspects managed to crash into more than 20 vehicles and cause about $800,000 in damage. Photos from Herman's post show Dodge Challenger Scat Pack with the front end ripped off, a Corvette Z06 with scrape lines all down the side and a busted rearview mirror, a Ford Mustang that looks like it came from a car meet, a Porsche Boxster with a nasty hit to the front end, and plenty of other cars that look like they all got into a fight with each other-with some faring better than others.

When deputies arrived, Herman's post said, the suspects took off on foot but were later caught and arrested. The life-size game of bumper cars landed them in the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center on felony charges of criminal mischief in the first degree. Because the suspects were underage, their names weren't released.

The whole thing doesn't make much sense on the surface, since breaking into a dealership and getting arrested is a lot of trouble to go to when there's no gain in it other than a few minutes of fun. But people have different views on life-some find value in money or fame, while others just want to crash nearly $1 million of cars into each other in a parking lot.

It's all about preference, you know.

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In the ever-difficult decision of whether to spend an evening playing the legal version of bumper cars at a local arcade or heading to a dealership for the illegal one with real cars, local law enforcement said four kids in Houston went with the latter this weekend.

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A California surfer says he's just “happy to be alive” after getting up close and personal with a hungry shark.
Nick Wapner, a 19-year-old communications sophomore at Cal Poly, went to Montaña de Oro State Park on Tuesday for what should have been a typical day of surfing -- at least until a real-life "Jaws" showed up.

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A California surfer says he's just "happy to be alive" after getting up close and personal with a hungry shark.

Nick Wapner, a 19-year-old communications sophomore at Cal Poly, went to Montaña de Oro State Park on Tuesday for what should have been a typical day of surfing -- at least until a real-life "Jaws" showed up.

"It all happened quickly, but I turned and saw that it had one of my legs in its mouth," he told the Tribune of San Luis Obispo.
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The 19-year-old said at about 10 a.m. he was paddling into position for an incoming set of waves when the shark suddenly came up beneath him.

The shark, which Wapner identified as being a great white, grabbed on to the lower part of his legs and thrashed around for "a full second" before Wapner managed to kick hard enough to wrangle free.

"The thing was huge," he said, estimating the shark at about 15-feet in length with an 18-inch dorsal fin.

He recalled yelling to his friends - who had already headed back to shore - that he had just been attacked by a shark.

Montaña de Oro State Park Ranger Supervisor Robert Colligan told the Tribune a state park ranger interviewed Wapner at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. He said the shark did not penetrate any of the surfer's limbs -- but it did leave quite an impression on his surfboard.

"It may have been kind of an exploratory bite, as sharks will sometimes do," Colligan said. "The shark might have bitten, and then realized it wasn't what it was looking for and let go."

Wapner, who grew up in Palos Verdes near Los Angeles and regularly surfed at L.A.-area beaches, received about 50 stitches on his legs before he was discharged from the hospital.

He said the attack will not prevent him from hitting the waves again.

"I'll just take it one day at a time," Wapner said.

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A California surfer says he's just "happy to be alive" after getting up close and personal with a hungry shark. Nick Wapner, a 19-year-old communications sophomore at Cal Poly, went to Montaña de Oro State Park on Tuesday for what should have been a typical day of surfing -- at least until a real-life "Jaws" showed up.

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An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group Hay’at Tahir al-Sham (HTS) is gaining swaths of territory in the northern province of Idlib, usurping control from Turkish-backed groups connected to the National Liberation Front (NLF).

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An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group Hay'at Tahir al-Sham (HTS) is gaining swaths of territory in the northern province of Idlib, usurping control from Turkish-backed groups connected to the National Liberation Front (NLF).

The goals of the group, otherwise known as the "Organization for the Liberation of the Levant," are centered on dominating as much territory as possible ahead of planned talks between Russia and Turkey, to bring a final end to the almost eight-year Syrian civil war. Based on a previous agreement, Turkey was supposed to have reigned in the extremist outfit - now raising concerns it may not have the capacity to do so.

HTS's latest capture includes the strategic town of Darat Izza, close to two of Syria's main highways, and deemed a conduit both within Syria and to bordering Turkey. Some analysts have contended the Turkish leadership is too focused on the Kurdish issue in the region to effecitively respond to HTS's expansion.

So who is HTS, and what danger do they pose?

"HTS has proven itself to be the strongest military force in the Idlib pocket in recent weeks. Their rapid advance is a cause for concern because they are de-stabilizing efforts to bring a political settlement to the last rebel enclave," Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the U.S. policy think tank the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News. "Their extremist ideology also makes it more likely that the Russian and Assadist forces will have an excuse to launch a full-scale offensive, which will have devastating humanitarian consequences."

The group initially formed at the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011 and "has remained a dangerous opposition force," according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Last May, it was added to the State Department's Foreign Terrorist designation given its association to al- Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra. They are considered to be anti-Iran, anti-U.S, anti-Russia - and also anti-Assad regime in Syria.

HTS was previously known as Syria's Al Qaeda (AQ) branch al-Nusra Front, and later named Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, was originally from the Golan Heights, but lived in Damascus.

Following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, he crossed the border to join Al Qaeda there and was considered a close associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian born terrorist known and one of the West's most wanted men.
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Soon after the top terror figure was killed by an airstrike in 2006, Jolani is said to have relocated to Lebanon and continue logistical work for Al Qaeda, and alter linking with Abu al-Baghdadi, who would later herald a split from Al Qaeda and form the brutal offshoot, ISIS.

While Jolani's leadership of HTS was shared with other figures in the ensuing as it went through multiple name changes, he took full control of the organization in late 2017 as it continued to blitz territory in Syria's Idlib province, the last remaining enclave.

According to a CSIS analysis, HTS is an "independent entity that follows no organization or party, al-Qaeda or others." It has estimated fighting force of around 12,000 and is the most dominant of all rebel groups operating in the region, yet allegiances among fighting faction is often thought to frequently shift.

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The world's richest couple is splitting up. Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement put out Wednesday on the Amazon CEO's Twitter account.

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The wife of a Norwegian tycoon was abducted in October. The kidnappers are demanding 10 million in exchange for her life.

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The wife of a Norwegian real estate tycoon was abducted back in October, police only revealed on Wednesday, and the kidnappers are demanding $10 million ransom money in exchange for her life and freedom.

Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, has been missing since Oct. 31, chief investigator Tommy Broeske revealed on Wednesday, with police saying she was abducted "against her will."

Her husband Tom Hagen, a real estate investor and owner of power facilities, is among the wealthiest people in Norway, boasting a total wealth of about $2 billion.

Authorities said the suspected kidnappers left a note in the couple's house, near the capital Oslo, detailing the fatal consequences if he refused to pay the demanded money in the form of the cryptocurrencies.
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It remains unclear what the exact figure of the demanded ransom is, but local Norwegian media claim the kidnappers asked for more than $10 million.

"A ransom demand and serious threats have been issued," Broeske told a news conference. "Our main theory is that the victim was kidnapped by unidentified perpetrators at her home," he said, adding that police investigated several possible theories of the disappearance.
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The note reportedly said the wife would be killed if police gets involved, according to Norway's VG newspaper.

The investigator said "the threats (in the note) were of a very serious character" and the police have no evidence that she's alive "but we haven't received any indication that she isn't alive either."

The reason the authorities went public with the case is to encourage anyone with any information about the kidnapping to come forward.

"Despite a broad and extensive investigation, we need more information," he continued. "We have no suspects in this case," Broeske said, noting police have been "on the case for several weeks. That is all I'd say."
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He urged the family not to pay the ransom money and said that the people behind the kidnapping "have chosen to communicate digitally and we have had no other type of contact."

Norwegian authorities are working together with Europol and Interpol on the case. Police said the woman disappeared about 31 miles from the Swedish border.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The wife of a Norwegian real estate tycoon was abducted back in October, police only revealed on Wednesday, and the kidnappers are demanding $10 million ransom money in exchange for her life and freedom. Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, has been missing since Oct.