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Programming note: Watch "New Day" and "CNN Newsroom" each Friday to see inspiring stories of officers going above and beyond the call of duty.

But when Albuquerque police officer Ryan Holets responded to a possible theft at a nearby convenience store, it had all the hallmarks of a mundane assignment he could quickly clear from the call log.

It didn't turn out that way.

As Ryan left the convenience store on September 23, he noticed out of the corner of his eye a couple sitting on the grass against a cement wall. It appeared the man and woman were shooting up heroin in broad daylight behind the convenience store.

Ryan turned on his body camera and approached the couple but he wasn't prepared for what he saw. The woman was in the middle of injecting a needle into her companion's arm. Then he noticed the woman was pregnant.

"It's not every day I see a sight like that and it just made me really sad," he told CNN.

Crystal Champ, 35, looked slightly dazed and agitated in the body camera footage as you hear Ryan begin to scold her. She told the officer that she was almost 8 months pregnant and addicted.

"You're going to kill your baby," Ryan is heard saying on the bodycam footage. "Why do you have to be doing that stuff?" It's going to ruin your baby."

In the video, Champ is seen breaking down in tears after hearing this. She told CNN the officer's words cut deeply because, even though she's pro-choice, the idea of having an abortion was never an option for her.

"I was like how dare you judge me. You have no idea how hard this is," Champ told CNN. "I know what a horrible person I am and what a horrible situation I'm in."

'He became a human being instead of a police officer'

Champ, who has battled addiction since she was a teenager, sat down for an interview with CNN outside of a tent where she currently lives in Albuquerque.

Champ has been homeless for more than two years. She detailed a life time of battling heroin and crystal meth addiction and how the drug controls every moment of her life, spending up to $50 a day on scoring hits of heroin simply so she can "get well." She's tried multiple times to get clean, but failed.

"I did give up. I just decided this was going to be my life," Champ said. "It just keeps coming back and ruining my life."

In the body camera footage, Ryan questions Champ and her companion for almost 11 minutes. He focused on Champ and tried to figure out whether she fully understood the danger drug use was inflicting on her unborn child.

In the course of the conversation, Champ emotionally told Ryan that she desperately hoped someone would adopt her baby. Champ says the words triggered a change in the officer's demeanor.

"He became a human being instead of a police officer," Champ said.

Ryan made the call to not charge the couple with drug possession but he couldn't shake the voice in his mind telling him that this was his chance to help and truly make a difference.

Ryan showed Champ a picture of his wife and four children, including a 10-month old baby and in that moment offered to adopt her baby.

"I was led by God to take the chance," Ryan said. "God brought us all together. I really don't have any other way to explain it."

Champ was stunned and says she looked at him to "make sure his eyes were genuine and that I could see his soul." She realized instantly, her prayers had been answered.

But there was one problem, Ryan offered to adopt Champ's baby but had not told his wife about it.

Rebecca Holets was just a few miles away at a going-away party for a friend. Ryan jumped in his police car and drove over to the party to break the news.

Ryan walked up to his wife, who was holding their 10-month old baby, and said he had just met a pregnant woman who was shooting up heroin and that he offered to adopt the baby.

The couple had discussed adopting a child in the future but were waiting for their youngest child to grow a little older. When Ryan delivered the shocking news at the party, Rebecca never hesitated.

"He already knew my heart on the issue and he knew that I would be totally onboard with it," Rebecca said.

The Holets say they see many in the world around them who desperately need stability. They know they can't help every child, but Rebecca knew she could take on the challenge of raising another baby.

"We feel God has called us to do that," Rebecca said. "It's been on our hearts for a while."

On October 12th, Crystal Champ gave birth to a baby girl and the Holets family named her Hope.

Ryan was at the hospital for the delivery and he kept thinking back to the surreal turn of events that brought a young police officer to this moment with a pregnant, homeless heroin user.

A few days later when Rebecca walked into the nursery with Crystal Champ, it would be the last time the birth mother would see the newborn. Rebecca watched Crystal fawn over how beautiful the little girl looked.

"I love you. Goodbye," Rebecca recalled Crystal saying to the baby. "And then she turns to me and says 'Take care of her for me.' And I said, 'I will take good care of her and you take good care of yourself.' It was super emotional."

Rebecca said from that moment she was Baby Hope's new mother.

Opioid babies are born every 25 minutes

Baby Hope represents an alarming trend in the United States, babies born addicted to opiates.

The medical term for a baby exposed to opioid abuse in the womb is, neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study in 2016 that determined the number of neonatal abstinence cases tripled between 1999 and 2013.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that a baby suffering from opioid withdrawal is born every 25 minutes in the United States and that these babies face developmental issues.

Dr. Heather Pratt-Chavez is a pediatrician at the University of New Mexico, the same hospital where Baby Hope was born. She specializes in babies born with opioid exposure and says that babies usually need several weeks of medical treatment, which can include morphine and methadone, to help the newborn detox.

The Holets say Baby Hope suffered the painful process of detoxing and withdrawals and even endured methadone treatment.

Babies suffering from NAS usually endure abnormal sleep patterns, are difficult to console and have trouble feeding. The withdrawal symptoms are just as intense for babies as adults.

"I look into their little faces and see their brows furrowed and watch for their faces to relax," Dr. Pratt-Chavez told CNN.

Many experts says intensive intervention in early infant care is crucial to ensuring a healthy future for the baby. After the initial medical treatment, Dr. Pratt-Chavez says "skin-to-skin" touch is crucial in lowering stress levels and ensuring the most nurturing development.

Hope for the future

Baby Hope is no longer in the hospital. The Holets family takes her for weekly medical checkups but mostly they're beginning to settle into their new routine.

Crystal Champ's future is bleak. She's still battling addiction and remains homeless. Ironically, Crystal Champ was also given up for adoption as a newborn. She remembers the lyrics of a song that her adoptive parents used to sing her as a child:

"I'm Crystal. I'm adopted. I'm loved, loved, loved.

I'm Crystal. I'm adopted. I'm loved, loved, loved."

But she hopes that when Hope grows older she'll understand how much her mother and father loved her. And that placing her with a loving family was the best thing to do for her future.

"She needs to have a safe environment and a stable life and be able to grow and be nurtured and be safe and secure and all of these things I can't give her right now," said Champ.

Both Crystal and the Holets marvel at the inexplicable course of events that brought them together in that convenience store parking lot back in September.

Ryan calls it "providence" and still can't believe that he met the parents of his future child on what was supposed to be an unmemorable call.

Crystal calls it "serendipity" and describes the adoptive parents of her baby girl as a "light in this world."

"There needs to be more people like Ryan and his wife and their family in this world," she said.

The Holets know their new baby will likely face trials and troubles in the future. The threat of developmental issues is real. But they're banking on love and nurturing to save Baby Hope's life.

Rebecca says as Hope grows older, and when the time is right, they will share the details of how she was adopted. And they want her birth parents, Crystal Champ and Tom Key, to have a place in their life. But the road to overcoming addiction is unpredictable.

"Whatever struggles she has, we'll be there and we'll work through it," said Ryan. "And that makes me happy."

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Programming note: Watch "New Day" and "CNN Newsroom" each Friday to see inspiring stories of officers going above and beyond the call of duty. But when Albuquerque police officer Ryan Holets responded to a possible theft at a nearby convenience store, it had all the hallmarks of a mundane assignment he could quickly clear from the call log.

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A 49-year-old was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group in Costa Rica island.

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A 49-year-old Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island, according to officials.

Rohina Bhandari, 49, who lived in the Upper East Side, suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while off diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland, the environment ministry said in a statement.

Bhandari was a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, a firm founded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and often attended New York City charity events.

The death of the vibrant brunette came to a shock to her friends.
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"Unbelievably sad and heartbreaking news that Rohina has died," posted Julie Walker, one of her Facebook friends.

"She was such a wonderful person who loved life. I will always remember her kindness, friendship and our adventures together."

Tiger sharks are predators often found around Pacific islands.

According to a report in the local La Nacion, it was the group's diving guide that noticed the shark approaching underwater and tried to scare it away.

But as they surfaced, the shark swam directly at Bhandari and began biting her legs.

The guide tried to assist, and also got bitten, according to the report.
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A 49-year-old Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island, according to officials. Rohina Bhandari, 49, who lived in the Upper East Side, suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while off diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland, the environment ministry said in a statement.

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An 18 year old has confessed molesting more than 50 kids.

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The confession would go much deeper once Riverside police detained 18-year-old Joseph Boston on Saturday, authorities say.

Not only did he confess to sexually assaulting 4- and 8-year-old boys at a $65-a-night motel room about a mile away from the police station, but he also admitted molesting "upwards of 50 children since he was 10 years old in different cities where he had lived," according to Riverside police.

Those previous addresses include the Southern California cities of Lakewood and Buena Park, police said. Boston had been staying in Riverside, about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles, since earlier this month.

Boston had a room at the motel where he "befriended" the boys, who were staying with their parents, also guests at the motel, a police news release said. The children went to Boston's room Friday night, the statement said.

"Hours later, the suspect called his own mother stating what he had just done," the news release said.

The teen's mother took him to the closest Riverside Police Department station and told an officer she wanted to turn in Boston for suspected molestation, police said.

Boston confessed to molesting the boys in the motel before saying he had dozens of other victims, according to police.

Police charged Boston with two counts of oral copulation on a child under the age of 10, according to online records. He is being held at Robert Presley Detention Center. His bail is set at $1 million.

It was not immediately clear if Boston had an attorney.

Riverside County Child Protective Services took both victims into custody.

Detectives say they believe Boston has victimized other children and ask anyone with information about this case or any previous alleged crimes to contact Riverside police.

"This is going to affect not only the victims for a long time, but also our detectives and officers involved in this -- to hear someone just be very open about what they've done, and they're only 18 themselves," Officer Ryan Railsback told CNN affiliate KABC.

CNN's Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.

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The confession would go much deeper once Riverside police detained 18-year-old Joseph Boston on Saturday, authorities say. Not only did he confess to sexually assaulting 4- and 8-year-old boys at a $65-a-night motel room about a mile away from the police station, but he also admitted molesting "upwards of 50 children since he was 10 years old in different cities where he had lived," according to Riverside police.

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Body of missing 4-year old girl found in pond.

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The body of a missing 4-year-old girl has been found by authorities in Florida.

Chelsea Noel - who had autism - was last seen just before 10 p.m. Saturday night in Port St. Lucie, Florida, police said.

A local resident donated the use of his drone to help in searching areas for the child, police said. That drone detected a discolored figure in a body of water near her home.

A dive team searched that pond for Noel this morning, but there was no sign of the toddler.

Late Sunday, members of the search team in a kayak searching a retention pond, found a body submerged. The body was confirmed to be Chelsea Noel.

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The body of a missing 4-year-old girl has been found by authorities in Florida. Chelsea Noel - who had autism - was last seen just before 10 p.m. Saturday night in Port St. Lucie, Florida, police said. A local resident donated the use of his drone to help in searching areas for the child, police...

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Davis Allen Cripe died from a caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts announced in a news conference Monday. During an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, and lack of blood flow affects the brain, heart and other organs.

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Davis Allen Cripe died from a caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts announced in a news conference Monday. During an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, and lack of blood flow affects the brain, heart and other organs.

The teen consumed three caffeine-laced drinks -- a cafe latte, large Diet Mountain Dew and an energy drink -- in a two-hour period before collapsing in his classroom at Spring Hill High School on April 26, Watts said.

Among those at the news conference Monday was the teen's father, Sean Cripe.

"Like all parents, we worry about our kids as they grow up. We worry about their safety, their health, especially once they start driving. But it wasn't a car crash that took his life. Instead, it was an energy drink," Sean Cripe said of his son's death.

Watts said Davis had purchased the latte at McDonald's around 12:30 p.m. After that he consumed the Diet Mountain Dew and the energy drink.

Davis collapsed at the school in Chapin, near Columbia, just before 2:30 p.m. and according to Watts, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m.

Davis' autopsy showed no undiagnosed heart conditions and that Davis was healthy and had no conditions that could have triggered by the caffeine intake. Also, no other drugs or alcohol were found in the teen's system, according to Watts.

"This was not an overdose. We lost Davis from a totally legal substance," Watts said. "Our purpose here today is to let people know, especially our young kids in school, that these drinks can be dangerous, and be very careful with how you use them, and how many you drink on a daily basis."

Sean Cripe said he hopes that if nothing else comes out of this, parents and kids will realize the dangers of caffeinated beverages.

"Parents, please talk to your kids about the dangers of these energy drinks," he said.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents, age 12 to 18, should not consume more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day. An intake of caffeine greater than that has been associated with elevated blood pressure in adolescents, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, nutrition specialist and vice chairwoman in the department of nutrition at the University of California, Davis previously told CNN.

When it comes to energy drinks specifically, "children and adolescents are advised to avoid energy drinks. They can contain a significant amount of caffeine as well as other stimulants," she said.

A 201 4 study found an estimated 73% of children consume some kind of caffeine each day. While there is no designated standard for children, according to the US Food and Drug Administration adults can consume 400 milligrams of caffeine per day -- equivalent to four or five cups of coffee -- without experiencing side effects.

Caffeine is a stimulant that can improve alertness and mood. It can also be habit forming. Too much caffeine can cause mild symptoms such as shaky hands and an upset stomach. Severe symptoms can include high blood pressure, seizures and coma, according to the National Capital Poison Center.

CNN's Jacqueline Howard and Jen Christensen contributed to this report

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Davis Allen Cripe died from a caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts announced in a news conference Monday. During an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, and lack of blood flow affects the brain, heart and other organs.

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Chelsea Noel, who has autism, was last seen Saturday night.

— -- The body of a missing 4-year-old girl has been found by authorities in Florida.

Chelsea Noel, who had autism, was last seen just before 10 p.m. Saturday night in Port St. Lucie, Florida, police said.

A local resident donated the use of his drone to help in searching areas for the child, police said. The drone detected a discolored figure in a body of water near her home.

A search team in a kayak checked that pond late Sunday and found a body submerged. The body was confirmed to be Chelsea Noel.

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Chelsea Noel, who has autism, was last seen Saturday night. - -- The body of a missing 4-year-old girl has been found by authorities in Florida. Chelsea Noel, who had autism, was last seen just before 10 p.m. Saturday night in Port St. Lucie, Florida, police said.

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Jay-Z opens up about cheating on Beyoncé

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Hip-hop star Jay-Z opens up during an interview for The New York Time's "T Magazine" regarding cheating rumors surrounding his marriage with singer Beyoncé.

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18 year old now in jail in California after molesting 50 kids after telling his mother that he assaulted 2 boys.

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A California teen has admitted to molesting upwards of 50 young children after he told his mother he sexually assaulted two boys and she turned him in, police said.

Joseph Hayden Boston, 18, was charged Saturday with assaulting the two boys, ages 4 and 8, at a motel in Riverside, police said.

"He also admitted to molesting upward of 50 children since he was 10 years old in different cities where he lived," police said.

Detectives are seeking other potential victims, according to police.

Boston was arrested after his mother flagged down a Riverside cop around 3 a.m. Saturday. She said she wanted to turn her son in for suspected molestation, police said.

"The suspect called his mother and said he had molested two young children earlier," police said. "She drove to her son's location and took him to the police station, where he later confessed the acts to officers.

The parents of the alleged victims, who were staying at the same motel as Boston, allowed them to go to Boston's room, police said.

"This is going to affect not only the victims for a long time, but also our detectives and officers involved in this -- to hear someone just be very open about what they've done, and they're only 18 themselves," Riverside Officer Ryan Railsback said, according to KABC-TV.

The two boys were turned over to the Riverside County Child Protective Services, police said.

Boston checked into the motel last month after living in Lakewood and Buena Park.

He is being held on $1 million bail after being booked on sexual assault charges.

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A California teen has admitted to molesting upwards of 50 young children after he told his mother he sexually assaulted two boys and she turned him in, police said. Joseph Hayden Boston, 18, was charged Saturday with assaulting the two boys, ages 4 and 8, at a motel in Riverside, police said.

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Elton John's mother died after reconciling with her son

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Elton John's mother has died months after reconciling with her British singer son.

Sheila Farebrother passed away Monday morning, the "Rocket Man" musician revealed in a Twitter post. She was 90.

"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning. I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock," John wrote.

"Travel safe Mum. Thank you for everything. I will miss you so much."

Elton John's estranged mom: I haven't met my grandson yet

The cause of death was not immediately known.

John, 70, announced on Mother's Day that he and his mother settled their feud after he fell ill with a dangerous bacterial infection while touring through South America. He canceled several concerts to recover.

The mother and son spent nine years apart.

Farebrother blamed her son-in-law, David Furnish, for inspiring her son to cut off contact with her, she told the Daily Telegraph in 2015.
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Elton John's mother has died months after reconciling with her British singer son. Sheila Farebrother passed away Monday morning, the "Rocket Man" musician revealed in a Twitter post. She was 90. "So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning. I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock," John wrote.

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Suspect identified for open firing in a hispital.

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A 28-year-old teacher has been arrested after she allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student in a park this past spring, police in Solebury Township, Pa., said.

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A 28-year-old teacher has been arrested after she allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student in a park this past spring, police in Solebury Township, Pa., said.

Former Pennington School teacher Alyssia Marie Reddy was arrested on Friday, authorities say. The school is located in Pennington, New Jersey.

Solebury Township police said that last month they got a report of an alleged spring 2017 sexual assault, which took place in a park. The investigation determined that Reddy allegedly had sexual intercourse with the student.
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Reddy is living in the Baltimore area.

She was arrested Friday for institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communication facility and corruption of a minor, the Solebury Township police department release said.

She's being held in Baltimore City, while waiting to be extradited to Pennsylvania, police say.

The Pennington School said in a letter to parents that it had been "recently made aware of an alleged inappropriate relationship involving a former Upper School teacher of The Pennington School in the 2016-17 school year," the Trentonian reported.
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The school said that "the matter was promptly reported to the Mercer County Prosecutor's office."

Reddy also has been fired from her job at St. Paul's School for Girls in Maryland, Fox 43 reports.

"We have just learned that one of our Upper School teachers, Alyssia Reddy, who joined our faculty this year, has been charged with a felony involving sexual assault of a minor," head of school Penny B. Evans said in a letter obtained by the station. "The alleged events took place in Pennsylvania this past school year with a male high school student before she came to St. Paul's School for Girls."

She said that Reddy has been fired from the school and banned from the campus.

"Before today, we had no information suggesting any prior improper conduct by Mrs. Reddy," she said.

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Prep school teacher, 28, had 'park sex' with 16-year-old student, police say

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A 28-year-old teacher has been arrested after she allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student in a park this past spring, police in Solebury Township, Pa., said. Former Pennington School teacher Alyssia Marie Reddy was arrested on Friday, authorities say. The school is located in Pennington, New Jersey.

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On Saturday morning, Apples new update had a glitch that made third-party apps reboot over and over.

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A woman was possibly abducted Saturday night around 8:30pm in Northeast Lakewood Boulevard and Northeast Anderson Lane. Witness says a man shoved her into the trunk of his Chevrolet Malibu car. Police are investigating whether it was abduction or domestic disturbance.

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Lee's Summit police were investigating a possible abduction of a woman Saturday night.

The possible kidnapping was reported around 8:30 p.m. in the area of Northeast Lakewood Boulevard and Northeast Anderson Lane.

A witness told the arriving officers that he saw a car stop in the middle of the street and a man force a woman into the trunk of the car. The possible abductor then sped south onto Interstate 470 and Northeast Lakewood Boulevard.

The witness described the car as a cream colored Chevrolet Malibu. Officers searched the area for additional witnesses and surveillance video that might have captured the incident.

Police are trying to determine whether the witness saw an abduction, a domestic disturbance or another incident.

Anyone with information should call Lee's Summit police at 816-969-7390.

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Lee's Summit police were investigating a possible abduction of a woman Saturday night. The possible kidnapping was reported around 8:30 p.m. in the area of Northeast Lakewood Boulevard and Northeast Anderson Lane. A witness told the arriving officers that he saw a car stop in the middle of the street and a man force a woman into the trunk of the car.

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A baby born at a Texas hospital is the first in the US to be birthed from a mother who had received a uterus transplant,

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The hospital has not revealed many details surrounding the birth, including when the baby boy was born. The patient and her family have also asked for privacy at this time, according to the hospital.

Giuliano Testa, the principal investigator of the uterine transplant clinical trial at the hospital called the birth a "milestone" and "a beautiful moment of love and hope for a mother who had been told she would never be able to carry her own child," in a statement.

The transplant was carried out as part of a clinical trial to study new infertility treatment options for women who don't have a functioning uterus. This could be because the women were born without the organ, lost the uterus or has one that no longer functions.

It's an irreversible condition, called uterine factor infertility, affecting as many as 5% of women worldwide.

The world's first baby born from a transplanted uterus was born at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden back in 2014. A 36-year-old woman gave birth after receiving a uterus transplant from a 61-year-old, unrelated donor.

Since then, the Swedish hospital has had a total of eight babies born to mothers who've received uterine transplants.

The Baylor team had input from the Swedish researchers in its current clinical trial.

Last year, Baylor researchers performed th e first living donor uterus transplants in the US in four women. The procedure was unsuccessful for the first three patients, who had the organs removed.

The Cleveland Clinic performed the first uterus transplant in the US in February 2016, but the patient developed complications and the organ was removed.

How a uterus transplant works

The women selected for the study had to be healthy with working ovaries. Before the surgery, a recipient undergoes in-vitro fertilization to retrieve eggs from her ovaries. Her eggs would then be fertilized in the lab with sperm.

After that, she receives a uterus and cervix transplant from the donor.

For a year after the transplant, the medical team checked to see how the recipient's body reacts to the new organ. If all goes well, an embryo is transferred to the transplanted uterus and then closely monitored until a cesarean delivery.

The transplanted organ is not designed to be permanent, since recipients have to take anti-rejection drugs. After the first or second pregnancy, the donated uterus is to removed.

CNN's Debra Goldschmidt contributed to this report.

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18 year old admits to molesting dozens of children

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A California teen has admitted to molesting upwards of 50 young children after he told his mother he sexually assaulted two boys and she turned him in, police said.

Joseph Hayden Boston, 18, was charged Saturday with assaulting the two boys, ages 4 and 8, at a motel in Riverside, police said.

"He also admitted to molesting upward of 50 children since he was 10 years old in different cities where he lived," police said.

Detectives are seeking other potential victims, according to police.

Boston was arrested after his mother flagged down a Riverside cop around 3 a.m. Saturday. She said she wanted to turn her son in for suspected molestation, police said.

"The suspect called his mother and said he had molested two young children earlier," police said. "She drove to her son's location and took him to the police station, where he later confessed the acts to officers.

The parents of the alleged victims, who were staying at the same motel as Boston, allowed them to go to Boston's room, police said.

"This is going to affect not only the victims for a long time, but also our detectives and officers involved in this -- to hear someone just be very open about what they've done, and they're only 18 themselves," Riverside Officer Ryan Railsback said, according to KABC-TV.

The two boys were turned over to the Riverside County Child Protective Services, police said.

Boston checked into the motel last month after living in Lakewood and Buena Park.

He is being held on $1 million bail after being booked on sexual assault charges.

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California 18-year-old confesses to molesting dozens of children

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A California teen has admitted to molesting upwards of 50 young children after he told his mother he sexually assaulted two boys and she turned him in, police said. Joseph Hayden Boston, 18, was charged Saturday with assaulting the two boys, ages 4 and 8, at a motel in Riverside, police said.

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US masses stealth jets in South Korea for war games

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A US 7th Air Force official said the top-of-the-line F-22s are being joined by Air Force and Marine Corps F-35s in the largest concentration of fifth-generation fighter jets ever in South Korea.

The stealthy F-22s and F-35s are among 230 US and South Korean aircraft -- supported by 12,000 troops -- participating in the annual Vigilant Ace 18 air combat drills,which are scheduled to end Friday.

North Korea state media said Monday that "ceaseless large-scale war games" by the US and South Korea are "creating a situation that a nuclear war may break out any moment."

Over the weekend, official sources from both North Korea and the US said the chances of war are growing.

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said US President Donald Trump was "begging for a nuclear war" through what it called an "extremely dangerous nuclear gamble on the Korean Peninsula," in a statement released Saturday.

The same day, White House national security adviser HR McMaster told a conference in California that the chances for war on the Korean Peninsula grow daily.

"I think it's increasing every day, which means that we are in a race, really, we are in a race to be able to solve this problem," McMaster told an audience at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley.

McMaster made the comment when asked if North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time had increased the chance of war.

"There are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict, but it is a race because he's getting closer and closer, and there's not much time left," McMaster said, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

With every missile launch or nuclear test, Kim has improved his country's capabilities, McMaster said.

US Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican hawk who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CBS News that North Korea's advancing military technology makes the possibility of pre-emptive war more likely.

"I think we're really running out of time," he said.

Graham also said he will urge the Pentagon not to send any military dependents to South Korea.

"It's crazy to send spouses and children to South Korea, given the provocation of North Korea. So I want them to stop sending dependents. And I think it's now time to start moving American dependents out of South Korea," he said.

Air combat exercise begins

Six US Air Force F-22 Raptors, Washington's top-of-the-line stealth fighters, arrived in South Korea on Saturday to participate in the Vigilant Ace 18 air combat exercise, an annual US-South Korea drill the US Air Force says is designed to boost the "combat effectiveness" of the alliance.

"The US aircraft that have landed on South Korea include six F-22s, six F-35s, six EA-18Gs," a South Korean defense official told CNN. "More than 10 F-15Cs and F-16s have also been deployed for the drill."

These aircraft will stay in South Korea for the week. They will be joined by more F-35bs -- the Marine Corps version, based in Japan -- B-1 bombers and E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft that will fly in to join the wargames and then return to bases elsewhere, the official said.

But it is the stealth fighters that experts say pose the biggest threat to Pyongyang.

Cloaked with the world's most advanced stealth coating, the F-22s and F-35s would likely be called upon to lead a potential air campaign against North Korea should the situation escalate to the point of using military force, experts say.

While the North Korean military maintains capable anti-air weaponry, their radar systems would be unable to detect the stealth fighters before a strike on those defensive systems.

The North Korean commentary published in state newspaper Rodong Sinmunon Sunday said the aerial war games show "the enemies' moves to start a nuclear war have reached a dangerous stage."

"It is an open, all-out provocation against the DPRK, which may lead to a nuclear war any moment," it continued.

Another commentary published Monday referenced the succession of large-scale US-South Korean war games this year, including November's naval exercises that saw three US Navy aircraft carriers operate together in the Pacific for the first time in a decade.

It said war games are "driving the situation of the Korean Peninsula to the lowest ebb" and "bringing dark clouds of a nuclear war to the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia."

North Korean threat to US mainland

The exercises come less than a week after Pyongyang fired off an intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can reach the "whole" mainland of the United States.

A US official said Saturday technical analysis of that missile's flight is ongoing but the "the North Koreans had problems with re-entry."

It is likely the ballistic missile, fired higher than any previous North Korean missile, broke up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the official said.

The crew from a Cathay Pacific flight reportedly saw the missile on its downward trajectory, the airline said in a statement Monday.

Still, the ability of the new missile to fly higher and longer than others in the past signals North Korea's intent to develop weapons capable of attacking the US.

At the California forum, McMaster said Kim was extremely unlikely to change his behavior "without some significant new actions in the form of much more severe sanctions" and "complete enforcement of the sanctions that are in place."

He pushed China to do more, including cutting off North Korean oil imports.

"We're asking China not to do us or anybody else a favor," he said. "We're asking China to act in China's interest, as they should, and we believe increasingly that it's in China's urgent interest to do more."

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US masses stealth jets in South Korea for war games

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A US 7th Air Force official said the top-of-the-line F-22s are being joined by Air Force and Marine Corps F-35s in the largest concentration of fifth-generation fighter jets ever in South Korea. The stealthy F-22s and F-35s are among 230 US and South Korean aircraft -- supported by 12,000 troops -- participating in the annual Vigilant Ace 18 air combat drills,which are scheduled to end Friday.

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Chicago cop kills her son. But that's not the whole story

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Horrific cuts cover her son's body after he's shot dead by Chicago police, and Cynthia Lane wants answers. A yearlong investigation by CNN's Rosa Flores shows the truth is not always black and white.

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Wall Street big, 49, killed by shark while diving in Costa Rica.

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A 49-year-old Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island, according to officials.

Rohina Bhandari, 49, who lived in the Upper East Side, suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while off diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland, the environment ministry said in a statement.

Bhandari was a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, a firm founded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and often attended New York City charity events.

The death of the vibrant brunette came to a shock to her friends.
MAN BADLY BITTEN BY SHARK WHILE SPEARFISHING OFF CALIFORNIA BEACH
"Unbelievably sad and heartbreaking news that Rohina has died," posted Julie Walker, one of her Facebook friends.

"She was such a wonderful person who loved life. I will always remember her kindness, friendship and our adventures together."

Tiger sharks are predators often found around Pacific islands.

According to a report in the local La Nacion, it was the group's diving guide that noticed the shark approaching underwater and tried to scare it away.

But as they surfaced, the shark swam directly at Bhandari and began biting her legs.

The guide tried to assist, and also got bitten, according to the report.
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Wall Street big, 49, killed by shark while diving in Costa Rica

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A 49-year-old Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island, according to officials. Rohina Bhandari, 49, who lived in the Upper East Side, suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while off diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland, the environment ministry said in a statement.