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FILE - This undated photo provided by Jefferson's family shows Atatiana Jefferson. Former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean shot Jefferson, 28, through a back window in the early hours on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, after a neighbor reported her front door was left open. Dean was taken into custody two days after the killing.

Judge halts funeral plans for woman shot at home by officer

10/18/2019 09:25 PM

A probate court judge has halted a funeral scheduled for Saturday evening for a woman shot in her home by a Fort Worth police officer...

Botched Miranda warning excludes statements in Tibbetts case

This undated photo released by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation shows Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who was reported missing from her hometown in the eastern Iowa city of Brooklyn on Thursday, July 19, 2018.

Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII

In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, photo, Vulcan Inc. director of subsea operations of the Petrel, Rob Kraft looks at images of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are honing in on a debris field deep in the Pacific. The research vessel called the Petrel is launching underwater robots about halfway between the U.S. and Japan in search of warships from the Battle of Midway.

FAA confronts Boeing over undisclosed internal communication

In this April 10, 2019 photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration are both partly at fault for the failures of the 737 Max, the plane model involved in two fatal crashes, according to a new report.

Police: Dog hits throttle, causes four-wheeler to hit owner

Officials: Blast at Afghan mosque kills 62 during prayers

A wounded man is brought by stretcher into a hospital after a mortar was fired by insurgents in Haskamena district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

Workers in a bucket begin the process of planting explosive charges on two unstable cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel, which underwent a partial, major collapse Saturday, Oct. 12, in New Orleans, viewed Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.

Plans pushed back to explode 2 cranes in New Orleans

Plans have been pushed back a day to bring down two giant, unstable construction cranes in a series of controlled explosions before they can topple onto historic New Orleans buildings, the city's fire chief said Friday, noting the risky work involved in placing explosive on the towers...

World's 1st female spacewalking team makes history

In this photo released by NASA on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch pose for a photo in the International Space Station. On Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, the two are scheduled to perform a spacewalk to replace a broken battery charger.

South Dakota man charged with manslaughter in loss of fetus

White House: Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announces that the G7 will be held at Trump National Doral, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington.

Pence announces Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria

U.S Vice President Mike Pence, talks to members of the media regarding his earlier meeting with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Pence says United States and Turkey have agreed Thursday to a cease-fire in Syria.

This June 2, 2017 file frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. The White House says it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort in Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit.

White House says next G-7 to be held at a Trump golf resort

The idea of holding the event June 10-12 at Trump's resort has been criticized by ethics watchdogs ...

Europe's specialty food makers brace for US tariffs

Wine bottles sit in a boutique shop in Le Cannet-des-Maures, in the Provence region, Thursday Oct. 10, 2019.

Chicago teachers strike in nation's 3rd largest district

Teachers, staff and their supporters march through downtown Chicago, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. The teachers are calling for district leaders to meet their demands on class sizes just days before a threatened strike that would affect thousands of students in the country's third-largest school district.

Envoy key to Ukraine debate is due in impeachment inquiry

In this July 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base, in Brussels, Belgium.

Baltimore Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings dies at age 68

In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. U.S. Rep. Cummings has died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019.

President Donald Trump speaks after presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former NBA basketball player and general manager Jerry West, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Washington.

Trump says US troops 'largely out' of Syria region

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington.

Book: Trump mulled order to close parts of VA health system

In this July 17, 2019 file photo, a pedestrian passes a McKesson sign on an office building in San Francisco. Shares of big drug distributors soared in early trading Wednesday, Oct. 16 after The Wall Street Journal reported that they were in talks to settle litigation over the opioid epidemic.

Drug distributor shares jump after settlement report

Toxic PCBs linger in schools; EPA, lawmakers fail to act

At first, teachers at Sky Valley Education Center simply evacuated students and used fans to clear the air when the fluorescent lights caught fire or smoked with noxious fumes. When black oil dripped onto desks and floors, they caught leaks with a bucket and duct-taped oil-stained carpets...

In this Oct. 9, 2019, photo, Donya Grant, center, works on a homeschool lesson with her son Kemper, 14, as her daughter Rowyn, 11, works at right, at their home in Monroe, Wash. The family joined a lawsuit against the Monroe School District and others, alleging that the district failed to adequately respond to PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, at the Sky Valley Education Center, a K-12 public school. Grant has homeschooled her children since they left Sky Valley in 2016 for health reasons that they believe were related to the toxic chemicals.

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