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K2 and fake week has been found and is tied to over 38 cases of reported bleeding and one death in Chicago.

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Dozens of people suffered severe bleeding, and two died, related to synthetic cannabinoids, according to Illinois health officials who are also warning the public about the dangers of fake weed.

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Tens of thousands of Oklahoma and Kentucky teachers ditched classrooms Monday to rally at their state capitals, demanding more education funding for students. Many say they won't stop until a change is made.

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Tens of thousands of Oklahoma and Kentucky teachers ditched classrooms Monday to rally at their state capitals, demanding more education funding for students.

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At the iHeart radio music festival rapper eminem bashes the NRA in a freestyle verse for his song "nowhere fast" stating that the NRA loves their guns more than they love our children. He was introduced to the stage by a survivor of the parkland school shooting.

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At the iHeart radio music festival rapper eminem bashes the NRA in a freestyle verse for his song "nowhere fast" stating that the NRA loves their guns more than they love our children. He was introduced to the stage by a survivor of the parkland school shooting.

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Rapper Eminem: 'NRA loves their guns more than our children'

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During his performance at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the 15-time Grammy winner Eminem added a verse that slammed the NRA and possibly President Trump, saying they 'love their guns more than our children.'

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Bachelor star slammed for April Fools Day pregnancy joke

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On Sunday, Luyendyk tweeted a photo of a woman sporting a baby bump whose face could not be seen with the words "Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven!" and tagged fiancée Lauren Burnham.

Right off the bat, there was suspicion the couple were joking.

"Love you guys but hopefully this isn't a joke. A lot of people struggle with getting pregnant or loosing babies and that would be F'ed up and selfish," one fan tweeted. "Just an odd day to share it is all. Hopefully a congrats will be in order."

Soon after, Luyendyk posted "APRIL FOOLS!" which did not go over well.

"Arie, this isn't funny," another person tweeted. "There are people who are struggling to get pregnant, and don't have kids because of complicated pregnancies.

Luyendyk responded to the complaints on his Instagram story, writing "Sorry if you were offended, but we really are making a Dutch Baby" over a recipe for a Dutch baby, which is a large, fluffy pancake.

The former race care drive has been dubbed one of the most unpopular stars of "The Bachelor" franchise after the show aired him ending his engagement to contestant Becca Kufrin to return to Burnham, who had originally been the runner up on the show.

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On Sunday, Luyendyk tweeted a photo of a woman sporting a baby bump whose face could not be seen with the words "Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven!" and tagged fiancée Lauren Burnham. Right off the bat, there was suspicion the couple were joking.

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Winnie Madikizela- Mandela, a campaigner, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, has died from an illness.

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South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela -- Nelson Mandela's widow -- has died, according to her personal assistant Zodwa Zwane.

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South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela -- Nelson Mandela's widow -- has died, according to her personal assistant Zodwa Zwane. This story will be updated. Please check back in.

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Authorities are investigating the crash of a family vehicle off a cliff in California that killed Jennifer and Sarah Hart and three of their six children. The other three children are still missing.

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In 2007, Chad Houser bought into a popular bistro in Dallas, and his dream of being a top chef and restaurant owner was fulfilled.

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"I remember the feeling I had was exhilaration," he said. "I had done it."

In his first year of ownership, Houser helped grow the business and was nominated by a local magazine as best up-and-coming chef in Dallas.

Then something happened that changed the way he viewed success.

"I had an opportunity to go teach eight young men inside a Dallas County juvenile detention facility how to make ice cream for a competition," he said.

In the young men, Houser saw raw talent, drive and enthusiasm. When one of the students won the entire competition, beating out culinary students and young professionals citywide, the young man told Houser he'd found his calling: He wanted to cook for a living.

Houser says that's when reality set in.

In Texas, more than 40% of juveniles are reincarcerated within three years of release. Statistics told Houser that the young man, despite being gifted and passionate in culinary skills, had the odds stacked against him.

"I remember consciously thinking that the system is rigged based on choices that were made for him, not by him -- the color of his skin; the part of town that he was born into; the schools that he had access to," Houser said. "I thought, 'If you're not willing to do something yourself, then you're being a hypocrite. ... And that was it for me."

Houser began volunteering with the Dallas County Juvenile Department and, in 2011, started a culinary program to train young men caught up in the system. It started as a series of Sunday night pop-up dinners at a top eatery, where participants learned about restaurant management and trained to serve the evening meal.

As the pop-up dinners gained popularity, Houser's vision grew.

In January 2015, he opened the doors to Café Momentum in downtown Dallas. The upscale restaurant and nonprofit incorporates a 12-month paid internship for young men and women coming out of Dallas County juvenile facilities.

Interns rotate through jobs at the restaurant, from cooking to dishwashing to serving, while also receiving educational support and career counseling.

Working with the local juvenile justice department, the group aims to help young people break the cycle of violence and crime that many of them have faced. Houser frequently accompanies youth to court appointments and offers enrichment opportunities and field trips.

Nearly 500 young people have participated in the program.

CNN's Allie Torgan spoke with Houser about his work. Below is an edited version of their conversation.

CNN: What inspired you to start your program, and how did you get the word out?

Chad Houser: There were horrific and rampant stereotypes about my kids, and in order to raise awareness and break through the stereotypes, I started to host monthly pop-up dinners. The idea was very simple: Go into one of the top restaurants in Dallas on a Sunday night and sell tickets to a private dinner at that restaurant. We would bus in young men from one of the Dallas County juvenile detention facilities and teach them what it meant to work in a restaurant.

The first dinner, we didn't think anybody would show up. I had a plan to call my mom and have her guilt the ladies in her Bible study class into buying tickets. But myself and another gentleman posted a link, and within 24 hours, we had sold 68 seats. That first dinner, 68 people, when they left, either shook my hand or gave me a hug. By December of 2011, we doubled the price and the dinner sold out in 15 minutes. And by spring of 2012, the dinners were selling out in 15 seconds.

CNN: You have groups of 20-30 kids coming through the paid internship every year. How do you keep them motivated?

Houser: Over the course of 12 months, they work their way through four tiers. Each tier is designed to increase their accountability -- (to create a) solid foundation they can continue to build the rest of their lives on, even after they leave Café Momentum. For example, in tier one, the interns have to re-enroll in school. They also have to go get a physical, a dental exam and a vision exam.

Once an intern completes tier four and graduates our program, we invite them and their family to come in for dinner one night during normal dinner service, and we actually stop down the entire restaurant and acknowledge them so that they're getting kind of a unique, individual honor. We're not just celebrating them, but we are celebrating their family as well. Because it's important that they all take pride in this accomplishment. This young person has completely changed the trajectory of their life.

CNN: You have a team tradition each night before meal service.

Houser: My kids come from households where they've witnessed domestic abuse, drug use; in some cases, they've witnessed murder.

Every day before dinner service, we sit down together and have dinner as a family. That's not a concept that's uncommon amongst all restaurants, but it takes on a very different purpose for us -- and that is for most of our kids, that's the first time that they've sat down and shared a meal together with a group that resembles a family. That's why we call ourselves the Café Momentum Family because we want to sit down around the table and talk like a family does.

CNN: We've talked a lot about the nuts and bolts of the program -- but what about the food?

Houser: Café Momentum is currently ranked as a third best restaurant in Dallas by Eater Dallas. The ranking of the restaurant is important to us, not because of my chef ego, but because it proves something very important, not just to the young men and the young women, but to our community as well -- that these kids can and will rise to whatever level of expectation is set for them, as long as you give them the tools, resources, guidance, love, support and opportunity to get there.

I will do whatever is necessary to help ensure their success, whatever it takes for them to know that I unconditionally love them and will continue to support them and advocate for them, for the rest of their lives.

Want to get involved? Check out the Café Momentum website and see how to help.
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"I remember the feeling I had was exhilaration," he said. "I had done it." In his first year of ownership, Houser helped grow the business and was nominated by a local magazine as best up-and-coming chef in Dallas. Then something happened that changed the way he viewed success.

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K2 or fake weed has been tied to 38 cases of severe bleeding including one death across Chicago and central Illinois

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Dozens of people suffered severe bleeding, and two died, related to synthetic cannabinoids, according to Illinois health officials who are also warning the public about the dangers of fake weed.

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Rock legend Alice Cooper has been known for his death-defying stunts over the years. Whether he's sitting in an electric chair, using real switchblades as props or facing the "gallows," Cooper was never afraid of a challenge in order to wow his audience

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Rock legend Alice Cooper has been known for his death-defying stunts over the years. Whether he's sitting in an electric chair, using real switchblades as props or facing the "gallows," Cooper was never afraid of a challenge in order to wow his audience.

But one night, while rehearsing a mock execution on stage at England's Wembley Stadium in April 1988, an accident almost cost Cooper his life.

With guidance from stage magician James Randi, Cooper wore a harness connected to thick piano wire hanging from the rafters to hoist himself up. The wire kept the noose hanging at least an inch above his neck. During the show, Cooper planned to drop several feet in the gallows, pretending he was hanging from a noose.

"I went down to the floor and pretty much blacked out."
- Alice Cooper

"When I go to the circus and there's a guy in a cage with 12 tigers, there's always a chance that one of the tigers didn't get the message," Cooper, who recently played King Herod in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live," told Entertainment Weekly. "When you see a guy on a tight wire, you know that there may be a second you witness a tragedy. I always wanted that in our show: What they're seeing could be the last night of Alice Cooper."

Cooper successfully pulled off the stunt dozens of times without a hitch. He never even thought about changing the wire.

"You know, I figured it'll last forever," Cooper told the magazine.

Then suddenly, while he was practicing the stunt, he heard a snap. The wire broke and the rope hit his chin.

"In an instant I flipped my head back. That must've been a fraction of a second because if it caught my chin it would have been a different result," Cooper explained. "It went over my neck and gave me a pretty good burn. I went down to the floor and pretty much blacked out."

Fortunately, Cooper's quick-thinking saved his life. He was able to slip his neck out of the rope and tumble onto the stage. He was unconscious, but still breathing at the time, Ultimate Classic Rock reported.

The accident rattled Cooper, but it didn't stop him from continuing the show -- or the stunt. Cooper switched out the wire and continued performing the fake hanging, despite the incident.

"You're going to get paid, you're going to see the world, and you're going to get stitches," said Cooper, adding that's the advice he always gives his bandmates.

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A Vermont man has been arrested on an outstanding warrant after mistaking a police cruiser for a pizza delivery car.
MAN WHO ROBBED PIZZA HUT DELIVERY DRIVER MOCKED BY SHERIFFS AFTER GETTING ARRESTED
Michael Gonzalez of Underhill, VT, was expecting a pizza to be delivered early Sunday. Authorities say the 29-year-old approached the marked police vehicle thinking his pizza had arrived.

Police were in the area investigating public complaints about suspicious activity at a unit in Stonehedge condos in South Burlington, VT, WCAX reported.

Police arrested Gonzalez on a warrant for careless and negligent operation. Police also say Gonzalez possessed a misdemeanor amount of suspected heroin and ecstasy on his person at the time of arrest.

Police found a second resident inside the condo of Gonzalez who also had an active arrest warrant. William Russel, 29, was arrested for a petty larceny charge, according to WCAX.
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Both Gonzalez and Russell were brought to Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility to be held. Gonzalez is scheduled to appear in court today for drug possession charges.
Alexandra Deabler is a Lifestyle writer and editor for Fox News.

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A Vermont man has been arrested on an outstanding warrant after mistaking a police cruiser for a pizza delivery car. MAN WHO ROBBED PIZZA HUT DELIVERY DRIVER MOCKED BY SHERIFFS AFTER GETTING ARRESTED Michael Gonzalez of Underhill, VT, was expecting a pizza to be delivered early Sunday.

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President Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 due, in large part, to his willingness to play on deep-seated fear of the other. "They" were invading America,Trump argued. "They" were challenging "our" values, changing the face of America in ways that were deeply damaging to the country.

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In ways large and small, Trump has continued to blow the dog whistle as President -- insisting that on everything from immigration to trade, America is under very serious threat from the "other," and that unless things change, we will lose what is fundamentally American.

Trump took that call up a level on Monday morning, with two tweets that aimed to not only draw a very bright line between "us" and "them" but also to raise the stakes of that made-up fight.

Here are Trump's tweets from this morning strung together (bold is mine):

"Mexico has the absolute power not to let these large 'Caravans' of people enter their country. They must stop them at their Northern Border, which they can do because their border laws work, not allow them to pass through into our country, which has no effective border laws. Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People. Border Patrol Agents (and ICE) are GREAT, but the weak Dem laws don't allow them to do their job. Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!"

Let's parse what Trump is saying and doing here.

First off, the "caravans" mentioned here by Trump refer to, presumably, t he group of more than 1,000 people currently making their way through Mexico on their way to the US where they are seeking asylum. It's the fifth time that the group People Without Borders has led such a caravan of people -- who say they are fleeing persecution in their own countries. In 2017, there were two so-called caravans of 200 or so people; of that group, three have been granted asylum in the US while the others' fates are still being litigated.

So, unlike some (many?) of the things Trump tweets, there's truth here. But, what Trump is doing here has very little to do with the actual reality of these asylum seekers. After all, it's a relatively small group. And it's not the first time this has happened.

What Trump is doing is using the caravan to play on the fears of the country -- and, in particular, his supporters. The mental image he is conjuring is something out of " Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome": Hordes of ill-intentioned people surging toward the US with malice in their minds.

They want to take what's ours, Trump is basically screaming. And they will if we don't stop them!

Whether or not Trump actually believes this (and I'm not sure he does), he absolutely knows what he is doing with this sort of language. This is the same sentiment that animates the "Make America Great Again" slogan of Trump's campaign and rhetoric like this from his inauguration speech: "Crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now."

The surface-level message of all of that goes like this: This country was made great by people like you and I. We shared a value system. We built all that you love about the country. But, these people don't think like us. They won't make America great. And I am the one willing to stand up for you and our values.

The just-below-the-surface message is this: White people made this country great. Brown people are flooding in. They pose an existential threat to your daily life and what the future holds for your children. If you don't fight back now, you may lose everything.

Appeals like these -- raw, emotional and designed to be a punch in the gut -- work in politics. Hope and change may be powerful motivators but they are nothing compared to fear and anxiety. Trump's 2016 campaign is a testament to just how powerful making people scared can be. Despite large majorities of people believing he was not temperamentally suited to be President and lacked the qualifications for the job, they voted for him anyway -- believing that we are under threat and that only Trump properly understood it.

As Trump feels more and more free to act in ways consistent with his gut -- and as Republicans continue to fret about the gap in base enthusiasm between their side and Democrats heading into the midterms this November -- all of this seems purposeful. There's no question that talk of invading hordes of immigrants rallies the Trump base. Ditto calls for the need for a wall.

"DACA is dead because the Democrats didn't care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon," tweeted Trump on Monday. "No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!"

Trump knows what he is doing here. Look for a relentless focus on the wall and the threats posed by allegedly unfettered immigration between now and November. And it will likely gin up the GOP base.

That won't mean Republicans can dodge the likely hit they will take. But, it might mitigate it slightly.

But that doesn't make what he's doing presidential. Or right.

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President Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 due, in large part, to his willingness to play on deep-seeded fear of the other. "They" were invading America,Trump argued. "They" were challenging "our" values, changing the face of America in ways that were deeply damaging to the country.

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Bachelor star makes a April's fools joke and some fans did not find it funny.

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On Sunday, Luyendyk tweeted a photo of a woman sporting a baby bump whose face could not be seen with the words "Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven!" and tagged fiancée Lauren Burnham.

Right off the bat, there was suspicion the couple were joking.

"Love you guys but hopefully this isn't a joke. A lot of people struggle with getting pregnant or loosing babies and that would be F'ed up and selfish," one fan tweeted. "Just an odd day to share it is all. Hopefully a congrats will be in order."

Soon after, Luyendyk posted "APRIL FOOLS!" which did not go over well.

"Arie, this isn't funny," another person tweeted. "There are people who are struggling to get pregnant, and don't have kids because of complicated pregnancies.

Luyendyk responded to the complaints on his Instagram story, writing "Sorry if you were offended, but we really are making a Dutch Baby" over a recipe for a Dutch baby, which is a large, fluffy pancake.

The former race care drive has been dubbed one of the most unpopular stars of "The Bachelor" franchise after the show aired him ending his engagement to contestant Becca Kufrin to return to Burnham, who had originally been the runner up on the show.

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On Sunday, Luyendyk tweeted a photo of a woman sporting a baby bump whose face could not be seen with the words "Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven!" and tagged fiancée Lauren Burnham. Right off the bat, there was suspicion the couple were joking.

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'Miracle' boy found alive 13 hours after falling down drainage pipe in Los Angeles: Fire official

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A 13-year-old boy was found alive this morning after falling through a wooden plank on Sunday and being washed away into a network of drainage pipes in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Jesse Hernandez, who was scared, cold and hungry when he was found early this morning, is "alert and talking," the fire department said.

Jesse was trapped in the "intricate, enclosed" pipe system overnight during the "relentless" search for him that lasted 13 hours, LAFD Capt. Erik Scott told ABC News.

Scott called it a "miracle" that Jesse survived.

The accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. local time on Sunday when the boy fell about 25 feet into a sewer pipe, the fire department said.

Jesse's family was picnicking nearby as part of its annual Easter tradition before the boy went missing, fire department official said. The fire department told ABC station KABC in Los Angeles that Jesse and his friends had climbed over a chain-link fence near Griffith Park and entered an abandoned maintenance shed. Jesse then fell after a wooden plank he was standing on gave way.

The pipes, which run parallel the Los Angeles River and cross under freeways, are 4 feet in diameter, the fire department said.

The pipes are filled with 2 feet or more of sewage that moves at 15 mph, officials said.

The fire department, working with the Bureau of Sanitation, pinpointed the search area to a one-mile radius, and intelligence then narrowed the search down to a 6,400-foot section of pipe, Scott of the LAFD told ABC News.

Cameras used to inspect pipes for repair were employed as part of the rescue effort, the fire department said.

"At 4 o'clock ... one of the cameras saw some handprints on the sewer inside the pipe," Adel Hagekhalil of the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation told ABC News. "The first thing they hear is, 'Help.'"

Rescuers opened the maintenance hatch and spotted Jesse, who had seen a glimpse of light when the sewage hatch was opening, Scott said.

"Right away they lowered the hose ... and said, 'Hold on.' He held on and they reeled him up," Hagekhali said. "First thing [Jesse] wanted was a cell phone to call his family."

Jesse's mother was relieved to hear his voice as rescuers checked his vitals, Scott said.

Jesse, who went missing near 5254 Zoo Drive in Los Angeles, was found near the intersection of the 134 Freeway and the 5 Freeway.

Scott said it appears Jesse traveled about three-quarters of a mile.

Scott said crews were extremely concerned that Jesse wouldn't be found safe due to the fall and the hazardous material inside the pipes.

"We maintained hope, we maintained intensity and we did not give up," Scott said. "But I'll be honest, we did not think we would find a viable patient."

After there was word that Jesse had been found, Scott said he has never seen so many men hold back their tears and embrace each other.

Jesse was taken to a hospital to be evaluated, the fire department said. He has since been released, Los Angeles County hospital spokesman Mike Wilson told ABC News.

"We would like to thank the entire Hernandez family for their patience and optimism," the department said. "From start to finish, this was an unprecedented team effort and the LAFD would like to recognize the excellent teamwork among all agencies involved."

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Ben Affleck's massive back tattoo mocked

Remember that huge back tattoo Ben Affleck said was fake?

Apparently not so much.

The "Justice League" star was recently photographed shirtless and the colorful phoenix in flight was on full display.

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Apparently not so much.

The "Justice League" star was recently photographed shirtless and the colorful phoenix in flight was on full display.

In 2016 Affleck told "Extra" the tat was "fake for a movie."

"I actually do have a number of tattoos, but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover up." he said. "They get sort of addictive, tattoos, after awhile."

Naturally the internet had a field day.

"Next time you're feeling sad, remember that you're not Ben Affleck so you (probably) don't have a tattoo so big and so ugly and so universally ridiculed that you had to lie and say it was only temporary and just for a movie when it is so clearly not," one person tweeted.

The tattoo has also earned a thumbs down from some people closer to Affleck.

Former fiancée Jennifer Lopez was asked about it two years ago during an appearance on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen."

"It's awful, what are you doing," Lopez said at the time. "His tattoos always have too many colors. They shouldn't be so colorful."

Around the same time Jennifer Garner discussed it in a Vanity Fair article after she and Affleck announced their marriage was over.

The actress told the magazine "You know what we would say in my hometown about that? 'Bless his heart.' "

"A phoenix rising from the ashes," Garner said. "Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes."

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Apparently not so much. The "Justice League" star was recently photographed shirtless and the colorful phoenix in flight was on full display. In 2016 Affleck told "Extra" the tat was "fake for a movie." "I actually do have a number of tattoos, but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover up."

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Boy who fell in Los Angeles drainage pipe found alive

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A 13-year-old who was trapped for more than 12 hours after falling into the Los Angeles drainage pipe system said he thought he “was going to die.”

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Teens snort condoms then pull them through mouths in disturbing new trend

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It is disgusting as it is dangerous and, yes, absurd.

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Truck carrying elephants crashes in Spain, at least one animal killed

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A truck carrying five elephants crashed on a highway in Spain on Monday, killing at least one of the majestic animals and leaving two injured.

The crash unfolded on highway A-30 near the town Pozo Cañada, located about 180 miles southeast of Madrid, police in Albacete tweeted.

The circus truck rolled past a barrier and into a ditch, Sky News added.

Photos posted by the law enforcement agency show three of the five elephants milling around in the lanes of the highway after the accident.

The director of the General Directorate of Traffic, an autonomous body under the Ministry of the Interior of Spain that's responsible for roads, tweeted the official count of those injured and killed.

Gregorio Serrano posted a video of authorities lifting one elephant into another truck after the crash.

The driver of the truck involved in the crash was not injured, officials told Europa Press.

Serrano said on Twitter that according to preliminary investigations, the accident happened after trying to pass another vehicle in the right lane.

Other photos and videos posted on social media show the elephants wandering around on the road with minor injuries.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) responded: "Animals in circuses are caged and chained for the majority of their lives and forced to perform tricks under threat of punishment, which is why PETA asserts that the only way to ensure their safety is to end their use in circuses altogether. PETA is also calling for an examination by police of the driver's record and public disclosure of veterinary care for the surviving elephants."
Fox News' Mike Arroyo contributed to this report. Click for more from Sky News.
Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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Donald Trump's latest dog whistle on immigration is more like a scream. And he has been using scare tactics to get elected, over exaggerating problem.

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In ways large and small, Trump has continued to blow the dog whistle as President -- insisting that on everything from immigration to trade, America is under very serious threat from the "other," and that unless things change, we will lose what is fundamentally American.

Trump took that call up a level on Monday morning, with two tweets that aimed to not only draw a very bright line between "us" and "them" but also to raise the stakes of that made-up fight.

Here are Trump's tweets from this morning strung together (bold is mine):

"Mexico has the absolute power not to let these large 'Caravans' of people enter their country. They must stop them at their Northern Border, which they can do because their border laws work, not allow them to pass through into our country, which has no effective border laws. Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People. Border Patrol Agents (and ICE) are GREAT, but the weak Dem laws don't allow them to do their job. Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!"

Let's parse what Trump is saying and doing here.

First off, the "caravans" mentioned here by Trump refer to, presumably, t he group of more than 1,000 people currently making their way through Mexico on their way to the US where they are seeking asylum. It's the fifth time that the group People Without Borders has led such a caravan of people -- who say they are fleeing persecution in their own countries. In 2017, there were two so-called caravans of 200 or so people; of that group, three have been granted asylum in the US while the others' fates are still being litigated.

So, unlike some (many?) of the things Trump tweets, there's truth here. But, what Trump is doing here has very little to do with the actual reality of these asylum seekers. After all, it's a relatively small group. And it's not the first time this has happened.

What Trump is doing is using the caravan to play on the fears of the country -- and, in particular, his supporters. The mental image he is conjuring is something out of " Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome": Hordes of ill-intentioned people surging toward the US with malice in their minds.

They want to take what's ours, Trump is basically screaming. And they will if we don't stop them!

Whether or not Trump actually believes this (and I'm not sure he does), he absolutely knows what he is doing with this sort of language. This is the same sentiment that animates the "Make America Great Again" slogan of Trump's campaign and rhetoric like this from his inauguration speech: "Crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now."

The surface-level message of all of that goes like this: This country was made great by people like you and I. We shared a value system. We built all that you love about the country. But, these people don't think like us. They won't make America great. And I am the one willing to stand up for you and our values.

The just-below-the-surface message is this: White people made this country great. Brown people are flooding in. They pose an existential threat to your daily life and what the future holds for your children. If you don't fight back now, you may lose everything.

Appeals like these -- raw, emotional and designed to be a punch in the gut -- work in politics. Hope and change may be powerful motivators but they are nothing compared to fear and anxiety. Trump's 2016 campaign is a testament to just how powerful making people scared can be. Despite large majorities of people believing he was not temperamentally suited to be President and lacked the qualifications for the job, they voted for him anyway -- believing that we are under threat and that only Trump properly understood it.

As Trump feels more and more free to act in ways consistent with his gut -- and as Republicans continue to fret about the gap in base enthusiasm between their side and Democrats heading into the midterms this November -- all of this seems purposeful. There's no question that talk of invading hordes of immigrants rallies the Trump base. Ditto calls for the need for a wall.

"DACA is dead because the Democrats didn't care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon," tweeted Trump on Monday. "No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!"

Trump knows what he is doing here. Look for a relentless focus on the wall and the threats posed by allegedly unfettered immigration between now and November. And it will likely gin up the GOP base.

That won't mean Republicans can dodge the likely hit they will take. But, it might mitigate it slightly.

But that doesn't make what he's doing presidential. Or right.

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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

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Trump's dog whistle on immigration is more like a scream

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President Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 due, in large part, to his willingness to play on deep-seeded fear of the other. "They" were invading America,Trump argued. "They" were challenging "our" values, changing the face of America in ways that were deeply damaging to the country.

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Tens of thousands of public school teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma plan to attend rallies on Monday at their state capitols in what they hope will be the latest display of muscle by the nation's educators demanding higher wages and better classroom resources.

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Tens of thousands of public school teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma plan to attend rallies on Monday at their state capitols in what they hope will be the latest display of muscle by the nation's educators demanding higher wages and better classroom resources.

The double demonstrations come less than a month after West Virginia teachers went on a nine-day strike that ended with the governor there signing legislation giving them a 5 percent pay hike -- their first raise in four years.

"What happened in West Virginia is inspiring for sure," Charles Main, spokesman for the Kentucky Education Association, told ABC News Sunday.

The planned rallies also comes on the heels of a demonstration on Wednesday in which 2,500 teachers in Arizona -- who are demanding a 20 percent raise -- rallied at the state's capitol in Phoenix. Gov. Doug Ducey didn't directly address the teachers' demands, but noted that the state already gave teachers a 4.3 percent raise from 2016 to 2017.

On Monday, thousands of teachers and supporters in Kentucky are expected to descend on the state capitol in Frankfort to demand Gov. Matt Bevin veto a bill that overhauls their pension plan, which they say was forged by lawmakers in secret backroom deals.

Meanwhile, thousands of Oklahoma teachers and advocates for better education are poised to stage a classroom walkout and converge on the state capitol in Oklahoma City to call on lawmakers, including Gov. Mary Fallin, to restore funding for education programs and supplies they say have been drastically slashed over the last decade.

The Oklahoma protest comes after Fallin signed legislation Thursday granting teachers annual pay raises averaging $6,100, the largest in state history. Oklahoma teachers had been making an average of $45,276 a year, among the lowest wages for educators in the country, according to a 2017 report by the National Education Association.

While teachers in Oklahoma say they appreciate the pay raise, they are upset that state lawmakers shortchanged their students by slating only $50 million for education programs and supplies.

Alicia Priest, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, said the union had asked that teachers' pay be raised by $10,000 annually and that funding for education be boosted by $200 million over the next three years.

"It's not about teacher pay raises. It's not about being greedy and needing what I need. It's me seeing what my kids need and recognizing that I can only do so much in the classroom," David Walls, a seventh-grade teacher in Moore, Oklahoma, told ABC station KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.

Despite the pay hike, Oklahoma educators still earn below the national average for public school teachers of $58,950 a year, according to the National Education Association report. Only teachers in Mississippi and South Dakota earn less, according to the report.

Teacher union officials in Oklahoma say many educators have left their schools for higher pay in neighboring states. In Arkansas, public school teachers earn an average of $48,218 annually, while teachers in Texas make an average of $51,890 a year.

In anticipation of the teacher walkout, many Oklahoma public school districts, including those in the largest districts of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, canceled classes for Monday.

Doug Folks, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Education Association, told ABC News that about 200 schools in the state will close Monday due to the teacher walkout.

"There will be teachers from schools that are open who will join us at the Capitol. Those schools will combine classes or get subs where they can," Folk said in an email, adding that teachers who can't attend the Oklahoma City demonstration plan to protest in their home districts.

As of Sunday, union officials said they were planning for just a one-day teacher walkout.

In Kentucky, so many teachers staged a sickout on Friday that 29 school districts were forced to cancel classes because they couldn't find enough substitute teachers.

Main, the teachers' union spokesman, told ABC News that up to 10,000 teachers, parents and students plan to attend the demonstration, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday in front of the Kentucky Education Association headquarters in Frankfort, and march around the state capitol building.

Stephanie Winkler, president of Kentucky Education Association and a fourth-grade teacher from Madison County, Kentucky, called for the demonstration on Friday, a day after the state Senate and House passed a bill that was initially meant to address sewage service, but was amended at the last minute to include the measure to overhaul the teachers' pension plan.

During a news conference Friday, Winkler said the move by lawmakers was "nothing short of a bomb that has exploded on public service."

The union is asking Gov. Bevin to reject the bill, which creates a "hybrid" plan for new teacher and will no longer allow experienced teachers to tack on accrued sick leave pay to their years of service when calculating retirement benefits.

The Republican-dominated legislature says the pension reform bill was crafted to help the state cover a $41 billion shortfall in pension costs over the next 30 years. But teachers' union officials said the pension overhaul would only generate $300 million in savings over the next three decades.

"These political shenanigans are unacceptable," Winkler said. "Anyone who voted yes for this bill will need to start packing up their legislative office."

Winkler said the union did not have anything to do with organizing the teacher sickout on Friday, saying, "I can't control what teachers do."

Bevin, a Republican, has voiced support for the bill and after the legislature passed it Thursday night he tweeted that public workers owe "a deep debt of gratitude" to the state lawmakers.

Tonight 49 members of the Kentucky House and 22 members of the Kentucky Senate voted not to keep kicking the pension problem down the road

Anyone who will receive a retirement check in the years ahead owes a deep debt of gratitude to these 71 men & women who did the right thing
- Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) March 30, 2018

The governor has not announced when or if he will sign the legislation.

Main said some grassroots groups supporting teachers are planning to form a ring around the state capitol building early Monday to prevent lawmakers from entering and Bevin from signing the bill.

"He can't do that if there's a gigantic crowd outside screaming for his head," Main said.

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Tens of thousands of teachers planning massive rallies and classroom walkouts

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Tens of thousands of public school teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma plan to attend rallies on Monday at their state capitols in what they hope will be the latest display of muscle by the nation's educators demanding higher wages and better classroom resources.

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Hawaii man suffers injuries in shark attack.

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A 25-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a shark attack in Hawaii on Saturday morning, according to authorities.

The attack occurred at 9:30 a.m., according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources.

Officials on the Big Island of Hawaii were forced to close down Kukio Beach following the attack. Kukio Beach is located on the Kona Coast near Hualalai and is a popular tourist area -- located near the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai and Hualalai Golf Course.

Hawaii ABC affiliate KITV reported the man suffered multiple injuries to his hand and leg.

Public beach access remained closed for the rest of Saturday, and KITV reported a decision on whether to open the beaches on Sunday would not be made until the morning.

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Man suffers serious injuries in shark attack

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A 25-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a shark attack in Hawaii on Saturday morning, according to authorities. The attack occurred at 9:30 a.m., according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources. Officials on the Big Island of Hawaii were forced to...

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of meeting at the White House during a phone call last month, the White House confirmed on Monday.

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"As the President himself confirmed on March 20, hours after his last call with President Putin, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the 'not-too-distant future' at a number of potential venues, including the White House," White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said in a statement.

Shah's comment came after Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Putin, said Trump "offered to hold the first meeting in Washington, in the White House."

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov appeared to deny the story soon after it broke.

In response to a text from CNN's Matthew Chance asking for confirmation, Peskov replied: "Hi! No. Nothing specific yet. Contacts on this issue are yet to start. If ever ..."

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White House confirms Trump, Putin discussed summit

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"As the President himself confirmed on March 20, hours after his last call with President Putin, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the 'not-too-distant future' at a number of potential venues, including the White House," White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said in a statement.