تقنية جديدة تمكن من شحن بطارية الهاتف عن بعد وبدون كابل

تقنية الشحن اللاسلكي ليست غريبة على المستخدمين، فهي موجودة منذ فترة في العديد من الأجهزة المتنقلة الرائدة. لكن التقنية الحالية تتطلب أن يكون الشاحن على تلامس فعلي بالجهاز المتنقل كي تعمل، وعادة ما يكون ذلك من خلال قاعدة شحن، لكن كل هذا سيتغير قريبا مع تقنية جديدة للشحن اللاسلكي عن بُعد. فقد وافقت (...)

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هذه توقعات الأرصاد لطقس منطقة طنجة في نهاية 2017

تتوقع مديرية الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية، بالنسبة ليوم الأحد، تكون بعض السحب المنخفضة المرفوقة بكتل ضبابية خلال الصباح بالقرب من السواحل الأطلسية الشمالية. كما سيلاحظ تكون جريحة محلية بالمرتفعات والهضاب العليا خلال الليل والصباح. وستكون السماء أحيانا غائمة إلى غائمة ليلا بمنطقة طنجة، ومن المحتمل كذلك (...)

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تعويض ضحايا «الزلزال» السياسي

أسابيع بعد عزل عدد من المسؤولين السامين في عدد من القطاعات الوزارية، في إطار ما بات يعرف ب«الزلزال السياسي»، افتتحت الحكومة أخيرا مسطرة تعويض المسؤولين المقالين، في الوقت الذي يستمر فيه شغور مناصب الوزراء الذين تم إعفاؤهم. وزارة الشباب والرياضة بادرت إلى إعلان فتح باب الترشح لتعويض كل من كاتبها (...)

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عناصر درك سبع عيون تنهي نشاط "ولد لمنيعي"

تمكنت عناصر الدرك الملكي بسبع عيون، مساء السبت، من توقيف (أ- ل)، البالغ من العمر 22 سنة، والملقب ب "ولد لمنيعي" وسط مدينة سبع عيون. وهو من ذوي السوابق القضائية، ومبحوث عنه من طرف مركز الدرك ذاته، وقد وجهت إليه تهمتا تكوين عصابة إجرامية متخصصة في السرقة بالعنف بواسطة السلاح الأبيض ومحاولة (...)

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مولين يلهب أجواء حفل عقيقة ابنة باطمة بحضور نجوم الفن-فيديو

ألهب المغني الشعبي، عثمان ملين، أجواء حفل عقيقة ابنة دنيا باطمة، والمنتج البحريني محمد الترك، غزل، في المناسبة الأولى التي تظهر فيها بملامح مكشوفة. وخلق مول البندير، أجواء حماسية بالأغاني الشعبية التي قدم، بحضور نجوم الفن المغربي، للاحتفال مع باطمة بعقيقة طفلتها غزل. وحضر لعقيقة غزل مجموعة من (...)

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شقير: رقعة الاحتجاجات ستتوسع في 2018 وهذا ما يخاف منه النظام

قال محمد شقير، كاتب وباحث في العلوم السياسية، إن خطر الاحتجاجات يشكل هاجسا للنظام – في اعتقادكم، هل استطاع سعد الدين العثماني تشكيل حكومة منسجمة وقوية تستطيع مواجهة التحديات التي تواجهها؟ أولا، يجب أن نعود إلى المخاض السياسي الذي أدى إلى ولادة هذه الحكومة التي ولدت ميتة، نظرا إلى أن الظروف التي أدت (...)

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خليفة بنزيما يتمرد على ناديه لعيون ريال مدريد

لم يعد ريال مدريد الاسباني في الاستمرار في علاقته بالمهاجم الفرنسي كريم بنزيما في الفترة المقبلة , و يطرق النادي الملكي أبواب عدة أندية للحصول على بديله في الميركاتو . و وضع فلورنتينو بيريز رئيس ريال مدريد الاسباني عينه على المهاجم الأرجنتيني ماورو ايكاردي لاعب نادي انتر ميلان الايطالي للتعاقد معه (...)

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"وينرز" توجه طلبا للوداديين بخصوص آخر مباراة للفريق في سنة 2017

طالبت أولترا "وينرز" الفصيل المساند لفريق الوداد الرياضي من الجماهير الودادية بمساندة الفريق في مباراة يوم غد أمام شباب أطلس خنيفرة، برسم الجولة الخامسة من البطولة الاحترافية اتصالات المغرب. و فيما يلي رسالة الوينرز للوداديين: إعلان هام : آخر مباراة للفريق سنة 2017 ، بمدينة خنيفرة من أجل إنهاء هذه (...)

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جمعية نسائية تخرج بموقف من حافلات للمغربيات ضد التحرش

دعت فدرالية رابطة حقوق النساء السلطات الوصية للتدخل الفوري لإلغاء « حافلات التمييز » باعتبارها ضمن المخطط الممنهج للإجهاز على المكتسبات المحققة والعودة بالمجتمع إلى ما .قبل دستور 2011 وشرعنة العنف والتمييز ضد النساء. وأضاف المكتب الجهوي لفدرالية رابطة حقوق النساء في بيان توصلت « فبراير.كوم » بنُسخة (...)

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مداخيل القنص تلامس 200 مليون بجهة سوس

200 مليون سنتيم هو حجم مداخيل نشاط القنص بجهة سوس ماسة، خلال الموسم 2016-2017. نسبةُ 25 في المائة من هذه المداخيل وفّرها القنص السياحي، حسب معطيات حديثة صادرة عن المندوبية السامية للمياه والغابات ومحاربة التصحر. وأوضحت المندوبية أنَّ المداخيل المالية، التي سجّلها قطاع القنص بسوس خلال الموسم الفارط، (...)

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ربورطاج : المبادرة المغربية للعلوم تنظم دورة تكوينية حول علوم التربية ومستجدات الحقل التربوي

في إطار برنامجها السنوي, نظمت جمعية المبادرة المغربية للعلوم والفكر بدعم من جماعة الناظور, وبتنسيق من الجمعية المغربية لتوجيه التلميذ والدعم والإنصات,دورة تكوينية مجانية حول "علوم التربية ومستجدات الحقل التربوي", بالمركز اللغوي الإنجليزي بالناظور وذلك يوم الجمعة 29 دجنبر 2017. بداية رحب رئيس (...)

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أصحاب السيارات النفعية ينتفضون ضد جمارك طنجة المتوسط‎

أثار قرار نائب المدير الجهوي للجمارك بمدينة طنجة عددا من الإنتقاذات اللاذعة ضده وضد عناصر الجمارك المرابطة بهذه النقطة الحدودية،حيث تعالت الأصوات بتنظيم وقفة إحتجاجية في محيط البرلمان إذ لم يتراجع المسؤول الجمركي عن قراره الذي إعتبره أصحاب نقل الإرساليات مجحفا في حقهم ولا يتماشى مع طبيعة العمل الذي (...)

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دراسة: تلوث الهواء يؤدي للوفاة حتى لو كان بنسب منخفضة

حذرت دراسة أمريكية حديثة من خطورة تلوث الهواء على صحة البشر، حتى لو كان بنسب منخفضة. الدراسة أجراها باحثون ب"كلية تي إتش تشان للصحة العامة" التابعة لجامعة هارفارد الأمريكية، ووجدت أن التعرض لمستويات منخفضة من تلوث الهواء يرفع معدلات الوفاة بين كبار السن. وأجرى فريق البحث دراسته لرصد تأثير التعرض (...)

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"الداودي " ينفي نية الحكومة الزيادة في ثمن "البوطا"

خرج " لحسن الدوادي" الوزير المنتدب المكلف بالشؤون العامة والحكامة ، عن صمته بخصوص ماراج مؤخرا عن الزيادة في ثمن قنينة الغاز "البوطا" ليصبح ثمنها 70 درهما بزيادة قدرت في 30 درهما ، حيث كتب قبل قليل من مساء يومه الأحد 30 دجنبر على حائط صفحته الرسمية بموقع "فايسيوك " نافيا أن تكون هناك نية في الرفع من (...)

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أولحاج ل"البطولة": " قدمنا مرحلة الذهاب بشكل جيد ونتمنى إنتهاء الأزمة"

ر.بنموسى ( البطولة الرباط) أكد محمد أولحاج لاعب فريق الرجاء الرياضي، في تصريح خاص ل"البطولة"، أن الفريق قدم مرحلة الذهاب في البطولة بشكل جيد "حسب قوله". وأشار اللاعب الرجاوي، إلى ضرورة إتحاد جميع فعاليات النادي الأخضر، لإخراج الفريق من أزمته، معلقا بالقول: " فريق الرجاء الرياضي كبير من هذه (...)

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الإصابة تُبعد المهدي أوبيلا عن الملاعِب لأزيد من شهر


فَرضت الإصابة التي تعرّض لها المهدي أوبيلا، متوسّط ميدان فريق حسنية أكادير لكرة القدم، غيابه عن الملاعب خلال الفترة الحالية وعدم المشاركة مع فريقه في مباريات الجولة 14 و15 من منافسات الدوري الاحترافي، إضافة إلى الغياب عن لائحة "أسود البطولة" في مسابقة "الشان" بسبب الإصابة التي لحقته في نزال (...)

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إمام مغربي مهدد بالترحيل من فرنسا بسبب عدم احترام “العلمانية”

 

يواجه إمام مغربي، كان يمارس الخطابة في أحد مساجد فرنسا، احتمال إقدام السلطات الفرنسية على ترحيله إلى المغرب، بسبب اتهامه بالتشجيع على «الجهاد».

الإمام محمد التلاغي، البالغ من العمر 50 عاما، صدر في حقه قرار الترحيل، في انتظار بت القضاء فيه بشكل نهائي.

التهمة التي وجهت إلى هذا الإمام هي عدم احترام المبادئ العلمانية للجمهورية الفرنسية، ودعوته، في بعض الخطب التي ألقاها بالمسجد، إلى الدعاء مع المجاهدين أينما كانوا في العالم، والدعاء على أعداء الإسلام في فرنسا وفي العالم. اللجنة التي قررت ترحيل الإمام المغربي، والتي تضم في عضويتها قضاة، عززت قرارها بخروج المتهم لمساندة متهمين بتشكيل خلية إرهابية اعتقلتهم السلطات الفرنسية، كانوا يرتادون المسجد الذي اعتاد الخطابة فيه.

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المدون الإسرائيلي الذي أثار ضجة بفيديو الحرم النبوي.. يظهر في مسجد جديد

بعد موجة الجدل التي أثارها جراء تصوير فيديو له وهو داخل المسجد النبوي بالمملكة العربية السعودية، عاد المدون الإسرائيلي، بن تزيون، ليثير الجدل مجددًا،

ونشر بن تزيون على صفحته بالفيسبوك، صورًا من مسجد عمرو بن العاص في العاصمة المصرية، القاهرة، تشبه تلك التي نشرها في نونبر، من داخل الحرم النبوي، حيث وقف مبتسمًا للكاميرا وهو يشير بإصبعه إلى أحرف عبرية منقوشة على حقيبته.

وعلق تزيون على المنشور بأنه في مسجد عمرو بن العاص الذي بُني خلال عامي 641 و642، مشيرًا إلى أنه أول مسجد يُبنى في مصر وإفريقيا، وأضاف أن ابن العاص قائد عربي حرر مصر من الوجود الروماني سنة 641.

كما نشر المدون بصحيفة “تايمز أوف إسرائيل” مقطع فيديو آخر من داخل معبد بن عزرا اليهودي، الموجود بمنطقة الفسطاط في حي مصر القديمة، وفيديو ثالث وهو يمتطي حصانًا، بعباءة وسوط في يده، عند الأهرامات في الجيزة.

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الجيش المغربي يعزز ترسانته العسكرية بصواريخ جو-جو أمريكية

في الوقت الذي كشف فيه تقرير حديث لوزارة التجارة الإسبانية أن مقتنيات المملكة من السلاح الإسباني لم تتجاوز سلاحا واحدا، حيث اقتنى المغرب مدفعية واحدة قدرت قيمتها بـ14.8 مليون يورو، أظهر تقرير جديد أن الجيش المغربي لايزال من بين أهم زبناء أمريكا من السلاح، كاشفا أن مصنع «رايتون توكسون» الأمريكي المتخصص في صناعة القاذفات، الموجود في ولاية أريزونا، وقع عقدا مع القوات المسلحة الملكية من أجل إنتاج قاذفات جو-جو، لصالح طائرات F16 بلوك52.

وبعد القنابل الذكية «إير سول» وذخيرة JDAM، سيتعزز العتاد الحربي بقاذفات جو-جو، وذلك حسب ما أعلنته وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية، حيث يتوقع أن يمنح هذا العقد الجيش المغربي قاذفات من طراز AIM-120 AMRAAM، يتراوح مداها بين 75 و160 كيلومترا حسب كل نوع، معززة بنظام قيادة ورادار نشيط.

وحسب المصادر العسكرية الأمريكية، فإن العقد المبرم يضم، كذلك، ذخيرة لباقي العتاد، وقطع غيار لباقي قاذفات الصواريخ، في الوقت الذي يتوقع فيه أن ينتهي العمل بالعقد في تاريخ 31 يناير 2020.

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مؤثر.. نساء “حراك جرادة” يبكين المتظاهرين بشهاداتهن -فيديو

في مشهد مؤثر، اعتلت النساء منصة قيادة “حراك جرادة”، بداية الأسبوع، أمام الآلاف من المتظاهرين الذين أغرقوا ساحة الأمل المقابلة لمقر الجماعة.

وأبكت شهادة مسنة من نساء جرادة، المحتجين، حين تحدثت عن معاناة الساكنة، وقالت: “جرادة ماكانتش معروفة، منسية”، مطالبة بتوفير العمل لشباب المدينة، ممن يجدون أنفسهم مجبرين على النزول إلى تحت الأرض، لاستخراج الفحم الحجري.

وتركزت الخطابات التي تلقيها النساء، على دعوة الشباب المشاركين في الاحتجاجات، للتمسك بسلمية احتجاجهم، والصمود إلى حين تحقيق مطالبهم، رافعين شعار “الشعب يريد بديلا اقتصاديا”.

كما اعتلت نساء أخريات، منصة “الحراك”، لقص معاناتهن الاقتصادية، بين ترميلهن، جراء وفاة الأزواج ضحايا مرض السليكوز، الناتج عن العمل في آبار الفحم الحجري.

 

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6 آلاف مالك لسيارات فولكسفاجن يطالبون بتعويضات في فضيحة الانبعاثات

رفعت مؤسسة حماية المستهلك السويسرية دعوى قضائية أمام محكمة متخصصة في نظر القضايا التجارية نيابة عن نحو ستة آلاف مالك لسيارات فولكسفاجن، طلبا للتعويض عن الأضرار الناجمة عن فضيحة الانبعاثات التي لاحقت الشركة في الآونة الأخيرة.

وقالت المؤسسة إنها تفترض أن الأضرار تقدر بنحو 15 بالمئة من سعر بيع التجزئة الأولي للسيارات المعنية، وإنها مع شركات التأمين التي تدعم الدعوى القضائية، وتريد منح أصحاب السيارات في سويسرا إمكانية الحفاظ على حقوقهم دون أي مخاطر مالية.

وأضافت المؤسسة في بيان أمس الجمعة ”السيارات التي بيعت على أنها صديقة للبيئة بيعت بسعر أعلى منذ البداية. وبسبب التلاعب في نظام العادم فقدت المزيد من قيمتها في السوق الثانوية“.

وقالت فولكسفاجن إنها ستدرس تفاصيل الدعوى القضائية، بمجرد حصولها عليها لكنها لا ترى أساسا للقضية، حيث لم يتمكن خبراء قطاع السيارات من تحديد أي خسارة ملحوظة في قيمة سيارات فولكسفاجن في السوق السويسرية.

وقالت الشركة ”ثقة ورضا عملائنا لهما أهمية بالغة بالنسبة لنا. لكننا لا نرى أي أساس قانوني للقضايا المتصلة بقضية الديزل“.

وذكرت فولكسفاجن أنها أدخلت تعديلات على 98 بالمئة من 173 ألف سيارة في سويسرا، دون فرض أي تكاليف على أصحابها.

وقالت شركة إيه.إم.إيه.جي التي تستورد السيارات في سويسرا في بيان على موقعها الإلكتروني، إنها لا تفهم سبب رفع مؤسسة حماية المستهلك دعوى قضائية،ولأن أسعار السوق الثانوية لسيارات الديزل الخاصة بفولكسفاجن ظلت بنفس المستوى بل وأعلى من السيارات الأخرى المنافسة.

وأضافت أنها لم تتصرف بنية خداع المستهلكين.

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تعويض ضحايا «الزلزال» السياسي

 

أسابيع بعد عزل عدد من المسؤولين السامين في عدد من القطاعات الوزارية، في إطار ما بات يعرف بـ«الزلزال السياسي»، افتتحت الحكومة أخيرا مسطرة تعويض المسؤولين المقالين، في الوقت الذي يستمر فيه شغور مناصب الوزراء الذين تم إعفاؤهم.

وزارة الشباب والرياضة بادرت إلى إعلان فتح باب الترشح لتعويض كل من كاتبها العام ومديرها في الميزانية والتجهيز ومرافق الدولة المسيرة بصورة مستقلة.

المسؤولان معا تم إعفاؤهما بعدما قرر الملك إعفاء أربعة وزراء، وكلّف رئيس الحكومة بحسم مصير الموظفين السامين المعنيين باختلالات مشروع «الحسيمة منارة المتوسط»، فيما يحول «البلوكاج» الحالي في تعويض الوزراء المقالين، دون استبدال الموظفين الكبار المعزولين، حيث يعتبر الوزراء الذين يتولون هذه القطاعات بالنيابة مجرد وزراء «تصريف أعمال»، ولا يمكنهم التدخل في تعيينات يفترض أن يقوم بها الوزراء الجدد.

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مولين يلهب أجواء حفل عقيقة ابنة باطمة بحضور نجوم الفن-فيديو

ألهب المغني الشعبي، عثمان ملين، أجواء حفل عقيقة ابنة دنيا باطمة، والمنتج البحريني محمد الترك، غزل، في المناسبة الأولى التي تظهر فيها بملامح مكشوفة.

وخلق مول البندير، أجواء حماسية بالأغاني الشعبية التي قدم، بحضور نجوم الفن المغربي، للاحتفال مع باطمة بعقيقة طفلتها غزل.

وحضر لعقيقة غزل مجموعة من النجوم، أبرزهم لطيفة رأفت، وأسماء لمنور، وحياة الإدريسي، وهدى سعد، والصويري، وعمر لطفي وزوجته فرح الفاسي، وخولة بنعمران، وصفاء حبيركو، وآخرون.

يذكر أن عقيقة غزل، حدث انتظره الجمهور منذ مدة، وذلك بعد أن أعلنت باطمة أنها ستكشف خلاله ملامح طفلتها، بعد مضي 6 أشهر على ولادتها.

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شقير: رقعة الاحتجاجات ستتوسع في 2018 وهذا ما يخاف منه النظام

قال محمد شقير، كاتب وباحث في العلوم السياسية، إن خطر الاحتجاجات يشكل هاجسا للنظام

– في اعتقادكم، هل استطاع سعد الدين العثماني تشكيل حكومة منسجمة وقوية تستطيع مواجهة التحديات التي تواجهها؟

أولا، يجب أن نعود إلى المخاض السياسي الذي أدى إلى ولادة هذه الحكومة التي ولدت ميتة، نظرا إلى أن الظروف التي أدت إلى ولادتها كانت غير عادية، حيث اتسمت بالأساس بالانقلاب على صناديق الاقتراع والإرادة الشعبية، وفي الوقت نفسه ارتبطت بالانقلاب على رئيس الحكومة بتمديد مدة “البلوكاج”، الذي امتد أزيد من سبعة أشهر.
تشكيل حكومة سعد الدين العثماني، أدت إلى خلخلة كل مكونات المشهد السياسي من خلال طريقة تشكيل الائتلاف الحكومي الذي يترأسه، حيث ظهر، في آخر المطاف، أن هناك رئيسين للحكومة، الأول هو العثماني، والثاني هو عزيز أخنوش، وزير الفلاحة. وبالتالي هذا التقاطب داخل الحكومة، تركها حكومة غير مبادرة وشبه إدارية، أي فقط، تنفذ بعض المراسيم وتصدر بعض القرارات التقنية، بالإضافة إلى هذا، أظن أن ما سمي بالزلزال السياسي، كان له انعكاس أيضا على تحركات الحكومة، حيث لحدود الآن هناك انتظارات وتساؤلات حول ما إذا كان سيتم ترميم الحكومة أو إعادة تشكيلها.
وهذا الترقب يُنْتِج عدم ثقة الرأي العام في الحكومة، وعدم الاهتمام بها مقابل الاهتمام الذي كانت تحظى به حكومة عبد الإله بنكيران، وبالتالي فقدان ثقة الرأي العام، أظن أن هذا سيكون من أهم المشاكل التي تعانيها الحكومة، وهذا أثّر حتى على تحركها في المجال الذي يعتبر مجالا حارقا وهو المجال الاجتماعي. مؤخرا، لم تستجب المركزيات النقابية للجلوس للحوار الاجتماعي، وأظن أن هذا من أهم المشاكل التي ستعانيها الحكومة، لأن الرأي العام ينتظر حلا لمشاكله الاجتماعية، ولا يعير اهتماما كبيرا لما هو سياسي، الخاص بهذه الحكومة، خاصة أنها تعاني حاليا، من عدم الاستقرار نظرا لافتقادها لمجموعة من الوزراء، ومنه فهذه التشكيلة لن تكون في مستوى التطلعات.

– في هذا الصدد، كيف تفسر استمرار هذا “البلوكاج” المصغر لأزيد من ثلاثة أشهر؟

في اعتقادي، “البلوكاج” الذي واجه بنكيران، لازال يؤثر ويطبق على سير حكومة سعد الدين العثماني، وما يحدث الآن من تأخر في ترميم الحكومة يعكس اختلافا جوهريا، فهناك من يريد أن يجهز على هذه الحكومة، ويعيد النظر في تشكيلتها وبنيتها، وذلك ظهر، ما بين مكونات الحكومة، فهناك من يختار ويركز فقط على تعويض وزراء بآخرين، وهناك من يريد أن يتجاوز هذا الحد، ويعمل على أن يكون التعديل أكثر اتساعا، إما أن يكون بحزب الاستقلال في الحكومة، مادام أن حزب الاستقلال لم يحسم في الأمر، وإما أن يسيطر حزب التجمع الوطني للأحرار على حقائب التقدم والاشتراكية، وقد أبدى شهية كبيرة في امتلاك تلك القطاعات. العامل الآخر هو المربع الملكي ومن يصنع القرار السياسي في المغرب، فهو لا ينظر بعين الرضا للأسماء التي طرحت له للاستوزار، وهذا يفسر هذا التأخر في إعادة ترميم الحكومة، بالإضافة إلى هذا انشغال المؤسسة الملكية والملك بشكل خاص، بالتحديات الخارجية، على رأسها الملف الإفريقي.

– هناك عدد من المراقبين اعتبروا أن هذه السنة كانت ساخنة من ناحية تفجر الملفات الاجتماعية، في اعتقادك هل الحراك الاجتماعي سيستمر أم سيخفت؟ وكيف سيتم التعامل معه؟

الملف الاجتماعي ستكون له أولوية بامتياز، سواء لسنة 2017 أو للسنة المقبلة، حيث يوجد تراكم من الخصاص الكبير، خاصة في المناطق التي همشت لفترة طويلة ولازالت تهمش، وبالتالي هذه الهوامش أصبح لها ناطق رسمي باسمها، من خلال “الفايسبوك” أو عن طريق نخب محلية تكونت وأصبحت لها القدرة على الاحتجاج والتعبئة، وهذا رأيناه على مستوى جرادة والريف وزاكورة. وهذا الملف، أي ملف المشاكل الاجتماعية، سيكون هو التحدي الأكبر الذي ستعانيه الدولة، خصوصا وأن نسبة البطالة تعرف ارتفاعا مهولا.
في اعتقادي أننا سنرى احتجاجات في مناطق أخرى، وربما ستشمل حتى المدن الكبرى، وهذا هو الخطر الذي يخاف منه النظام، عندما تصل هذه الاحتجاجات إلى المدن الكبرى، وتتحرك في فترة متقاربة. الآن يحاولون ما أمكن أن يعزل كل حراك في المنطقة التي انطلق فيها. لكن إذا لم تتخذ إجراءات حاسمة، خاصة في المجال الاجتماعي، على مستوى الحوار الاجتماعي وإنجاز المشاريع الاجتماعية والصحة والتعليم، بالإضافة إلى البنيات التحتية خصوصا في المناطق المهمشة، سيعرف المغرب انفجارا اجتماعيا قريبا.

-على ضوء أن حزب العدالة والتنمية هو الذي يقود الحكومة، كيف ترى مستقبله بعد مؤتمره الأخير؟

حزب العدالة والتنمية أصبح حزبا كباقي الأحزاب، فقد ذلك البريق الذي كان يتمتع به منذ 15 سنة، بمعنى أصبح حزبا يباشر عمله على غرار الأحزاب الأخرى، إذ إنه يعيش السيناريو نفسه الذي تعرض له الاتحاد الاشتراكي بزعامة اليوسفي، فقد تحول إلى جهاز يخدم السلطة وينفذ توجيهاتها، علاوة على أنه أصبح مكونا من مكونات المخزن.

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والي جهة الشرق: نداء جرادة وصل.. والحكومة ستتعامل مع مطالب الساكنة

قال والي جهة الشرق، عامل عمالة وجدة أنجاد معاذ الجامعي، إن “نداء جرادة وصل”، لافتا إلى أن الحكومة ستتعامل مع مطالب ساكنة جرادة بالشكل الأنسب.

جاء ذلك في تصريح للصحافة عقب لقاء تواصلي عقده، مساء اليوم السبت بمقر عمالة إقليم جرادة، والي الجهة وعامل الإقليم مبروك ثابت مع فعاليات المجتمع المدني بالإقليم.

وأضاف الجامعي أن سلسلة اللقاءات التواصلية التي نظمت، طيلة اليوم مع ممثلي الأحزاب السياسية والمجتمع المدني والمنتخبين، كانت مناسبة للإنصات “المثمر” لانتظارات مختلف شرائح المجتمع، وذلك في أفق معالجتها في القريب العاجل، على الصعيد المركزي، وإطلاق مخططات تنموية واعدة للنهوض بالإقليم.

وقدمت فعاليات من المجتمع المدني بالإقليم، خلال اللقاء التواصلي، قائمة مطالب مستعجلة تمثلت أساسا في إيجاد بديل اقتصادي يحقق شروط التنمية وينهض بأوضاع الساكنة، وتقنين العمل في المناجم وتأمين سلامة العمال، إضافة إلى عدد من المطالب الاجتماعية.

ودعا المتدخلون إلى تقديم تحفيزات ضريبية للراغبين في الاستثمار بربوع إقليم جرادة، واستغلال الموارد الطبيعية المتاحة، لا سيما المياه الجوفية، في إنعاش الأنشطة الفلاحية بهذا الإقليم.

كما حثوا على استفادة الساكنة من فوترة تفضيلية لاستهلاك الكهرباء، بحكم تواجد محطتين لإنتاج الكهرباء بتراب الإقليم، وإبداع حلول مبتكرة لإحداث مناصب شغل جديدة لخفض معدل البطالة المرتفع، لاسيما في صفوف الشباب والنساء، وإيلاء مزيد من الاهتمام لأرامل العاملين في مناجم الفحم بجرادة ومرضى السحار الرملي “السيليكوز”.

وألح ممثلو المجتمع المدني على ضرورة فتح الحوار المباشر مع المحتجين، وإيجاد الحلول المناسبة لمطالبهم.

وفي تفاعله مع تدخلات ممثلي المجتمع المدني، أشاد الوالي بالطابع السلمي للاحتجاجات، مشيرا إلى أن الحوار مفتوح مع الجميع بغرض التوصل إلى الحلول الناجعة والكفيلة بتحقيق نهضة تنموية بالإقليم.

كما لفت نظر الحاضرين إلى أن استحداث أنشطة اقتصادية بديلة وتبني نموذج اقتصادي جديد بالإقليم يقتضي مواكبة الساكنة للانخراط في مسلسل التغيير المنشود.

وفي وقت سابق اليوم، نظمت لقاءات تواصلية مع أعضاء المجلس الإقليمي وممثلي الأحزاب السياسية وأعضاء المجلس الجماعي لجرادة، خصصت للاطلاع على الإكراهات التي يعيشها الإقليم وبحث سبل معالجتها.

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دنيا بطمة في “العمارية” مرة أخرى…وهذه المرة ما ابنتها “غزل” في أول ظهور لها- فيديو

تحتفل الفنانة دنيا باطمة، في اللحظات، بعقيقة ابنتها غزل، حيث كشفن للجمهور ملامحها لأول مرة بعد 6 أشهر من ولادتها.

وتقيم باطمة عقيقة غزل بأحد فنادق مدينة مراكش، بحضور عدد من النجوم والفنانين، وأفراد عائلة باطمة.
وولدت غزل في يونيو الماضي، لكن لم تظهر ملامح وجهها سابقا للجمهور، لخوف والديها عليها من العين وهي في سن صغيرة.

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La Mauritanie envoie une délégation assister à l’exercice militaire du Polisario

Le président mauritanien souffle à nouveau le chaud et le froid sur la normalisation des relations maroco-mauritaniennes. La décision de Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz d’envoyer une délégation assister à l’exercice militaire effectué par le Polisario, le lundi 25 décembre, devrait crisper le timide rapprochement de ces derniers mois.

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Tinghir : Les trois derniers détenus d'Imider libérés

Parmi les 33 personnes arrêtées depuis le début des manifestations à Imider (Province de Tinghir) en 2011, opposant les habitants de la petite localité et la Société métallurgique d’Imiter (SMI), filiale du groupe Managem, qui exploite la mine d’argent sur les hauteurs du village ; trois d’entre eux étaient encore détenus et viennent d’être libérés entre mercredi et vendredi, informe Telquel.

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Etats-Unis : Le Maroc achète de nouveaux missiles air-air de moyenne portée

Le Maroc poursuit la modernisation de son armée de l’air. Il est sur la liste des Etats devant recevoir des lots de missiles air-air américains, de moyenne portée, annonce le Département de Défense.

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Jerada : Le Hirak a formé une commission composée de 12 membres

Ce matin, le wali de l’Oriental a tenu seux réunions au siège du gouvernorat de Jerada. La première avec les élus du conseil provincial et la deuxième avec des membres de partis politiques (PAM, USFP, Istiqlal, RNI, PPS et FFD). Le PJD et la Fédération de gauche démocratique ont boycotté la réunion, à l’instar des syndicats.

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Prison de Salé : Deux détenus trouvent la mort suite à des problèmes de santé

La direction de la prison locale El Arjat 1 a annoncé que deux détenus sont décédés, au CHU Ibn Sina à Rabat. L’un d’entre eux est mort mercredi, pendant qu’il subissait une intervention chirurgicale des suites dun gonflement abdominal et dune occlusion intestinale aiguë. Le deuxième a péri vendredi des suites d’une crise cardiaque.

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Street food #12 : Les châtaignes grillées pour mieux supporter le froid hivernal à Rabat

Noël à Rabat, c’est le froid moins... la neige, les sapins et les rênes. Mais l’on se console avec un petit cadeau croustillant et chaud : les châtaignes grillées. Ces fruits non locaux sont assez rares mais pas introuvables. La petite histoire de ce street food hivernal fait chaud au cœur avec Moustapha, un vendeur généreux. Reportage.

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France : Un médecin dénonce la politique migratoire en rendant sa Légion d'honneur

Raphaël Pitti est médecin humanitaire. Élu au conseil municipal de Metz, il a annoncé vendredi 29 décembre avoir renoncé au titre d’officier de la Légion d’honneur décerné le 14 juillet par Emmanuel Macron pour protester contre le désengagement estimé de l’État vis-à-vis des demandeurs d’asile, indique l’AFP.

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France : Un médecin limogé d'un hôpital, débouté en justice

La requête d’un médecin stagiaire exerçant au centre hospitalier de Saint-Denis, limogé en février 2014 en raison de sa barbe jugée religieusement ostentatoire, a été rejeté par la cour administrative d’appel de Versailles, dans une décision du 19 décembre, indique l’AFP.

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Erica Garner, Activist Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27

Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of the New York City man killed in a police chokehold in a case that sparked nationwide protests, died Saturday after suffering an asthma-triggered heart attack earlier this month, the Rev. Al Sharpton said. She was 27. 

Garner died of natural causes at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, Sharpton confirmed to NBC 4 New York at the hospital. 

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"She was a warrior to the end," Sharpton said. 

Her official Twitter account also confirmed her passing, saying: "May you find the peace in the next life that you deserved while you were here."

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Her mother Esaw Snipes-Garner said her daughter suffered her first heart attack not long after giving birth to a baby boy in August. Doctors said Erica Garner's pregnancy had put a strain on her heart, which was later found to be enlarged.

Garner became an activist protesting police brutality after her father Eric Garner's death in 2014. He had been selling illegal cigarettes on a Staten Island street corner when he was arrested and a white police officer put the black man in a chokehold. 

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A video of the arrest -- in which Eric Garner cried out repeatedly "I can't breathe!" — was posted online. 

A grand jury opted not to indict the officer seen on video administering the chokehold, a tactic prohibited under NYPD rules, prompting massive protests in New York City and around the country.

The city later agreed to pay a $6 million civil settlement.

Asthma also affected her father. While the medical examiner determined Eric Garner's death to be a result of neck compression from the police chokehold, the autopsy report cited asthma, obesity and heart disease as contributing factors. Eric Garner's death was ruled a homicide.

"Erica Garner's heart was broken over three years ago when the justice system failed to give her any kind of justice for her father," Sharpton said. "The heart attack she suffered was on the pieces that were already broken."

Garner endorsed Bernie Sanders and spoke at events with him. Sanders tweeted Saturday that she "was an exceptional young woman" and "a loving daughter, sister, mother, friend. 

Mayor de Blasio that her death was "a horrible tragedy."

"I am praying for her family, who have already been through so much. This city will miss her unshakable sense of justice and passion for humanity," de Blasio's tweet reads. 

NFL star and fellow activist Colin Kaepernick, who famously protested against police brutality towards black people, tweeted his condolence saying: "You will be missed by many! Rest in Power."

Al Sharpton runs the National Action Network and hosts PoliticsNation on MSNBC, which is owned by NBC Universal, the parent company of this site.

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'Obamacare' Barely Survived 2017; 2018 Could Bring Tumult

After a year in which the Affordable Care Act's fate hung by a thread, 2018 is likely to feature fewer mortal threats. But the next 12 months could still be a tumultuous period as insurers, customers and elected officials react to major changes to the law by the Trump administration and the Republican Congress.

"I think we'll probably move on to other issues," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told NPR last week.

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While they fell short of full repeal, Republicans did manage to make a major change to the Affordable Care Act, also called "Obamacare," by passing a tax bill that eliminates the individual mandate, a penalty for people who go without insurance that was created by the Affordable Care Act, NBC News reported.

While the mandate's full impact isn't yet known, insurers have not taken well to unpredictability in the past. The change, along with other moves, will add more of it in 2018 as insurers decided their rates for the following year and whether to participate in "Obamacare's" exchanges at all.

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Frigid Weather Turns Niagara Falls Into a Winter Wonderland

Niagara Falls was practically frozen over Saturday night, creating a spectacular winter scene.

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Dramatic Images: Dog Rescued by Firefighters From Frozen Jersey Lake

A dog fell into the freezing water of a South Jersey creek Saturday, but brave firefighters from Oaklyn Fire Department quickly sprung into action, saving its life.

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'Hero' FDNY Paramedic Saves Man From Icy Hudson River

An FDNY paramedic is being called a hero after he saved a man from the freezing Hudson River.

Niall O’Shaughnessy jumped into the frigid river Saturday afternoon after he and his partner Mingze Wu saw NYPD Harbor Unit officers going into the river near Harrison Street and the West Side Highway in Manhattan.

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The NYPD had already lowered a life ring down to the man in the water, but the man was losing consciousness and starting to slip off the life ring, O’Shaughnessy said.

That’s when O’Shaughnessy took off his equipment and boots and jumped into the river feet first.

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“After I submerged and came back up, I put my arms around the victim,” O’Shaughnessy said. “I pushed him back on the life ring using my body, just to hold him against the life ring and I locked arms around the life ring.”

The dramatic rescue was on one of the coldest days of the year, when temperatures outside the water were in the 20s.

“After I jumped in, about 30 seconds in, I felt the cold set in,” O’Shaughnessy said, adding that he was having trouble moving his arms because of the cold.

Meanwhile, Wu was above him coordinating the rescue and Engine 10 was arriving on scene with a ladder. The ladder was put down into the water, but O’Shaughnessy says he knew he wouldn’t be able to climb up the ladder with the man.

That’s when an NYPD Harbor Unit boat pulled up and O’Shaughnessy managed to hand the man over to them before climbing the ladder back to shore.

Tom Garvey was at the scene and sent photos to NBC 4 New York, including one of O’Shaughnessy being led to an ambulance while bundled in a blanket. He was taken to a hospital to warm up, but is execpted to be okay. 

“He was in good spirits and looked like he'd feel a lot better after he got some warm socks,” Garvey said in an email in which he the paramedic a “hero.”

O’Shaughnessy says the man in the river was hypothermic and having trouble speaking and moving, but he was ultimately taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. It’s unclear why he was in the water.

This isn’t the first time O’Shaughnessy has rescued someone from the Hudson River, according to the New York Post, which reported that he saved a woman who had jumped into the Hudson back in July 2015. The report says he also saved a drunken woman who had fallen between train cars at the 49th Street subway station in Midtown in 2014.

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FBI Raids Home of Va. Man Who Wanted to Join ISIS, Attack US: Docs

An hours-long FBI raid at a Sterling, Virginia, townhome on Friday was connected to a man who wanted to join ISIS and researched how to make bombs and weapons on the internet, according to court documents.

FBI agents arrested Sean Andrew Duncan Friday and charged him with attempting to obstruct a terrorism investigation. Court documents say Duncan tried to run and get rid of a thumb drive and memory chip he destroyed when agents came to search his home on Courthouse Square.

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The court documents lay out a lengthy timeline of Duncan's alleged links to terrorism, including:

• In Feb. 2016, one of Duncan's relatives reported to the FBI that "Duncan had converted to Islam, may have been radicalized, and voiced his approval of westerners being beheaded in the Middle East," the documents say.
• Duncan and his wife were interviewed by the FBI after traveling to Turkey on Feb. 26, 2016. Duncan deleted his Facebook account two days after being interviewed by the FBI, according to the documents.
• Duncan allegedly had contact with a foreign detained ISIS supporter who told the FBI Duncan had expressed interest in joining ISIS and conducting an attack in the United States. The woman said Duncan gave her instructions on how to construct homemade bombs. Duncan would also share news articles with her from Amaq News, an ISIS news outlet, the documents said. The woman also told the FBI Duncan had asked her to go to Syria and to be his second wife.
• In June 2017, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, police gave the FBI a copy of Duncan's phone and the FBI found hundreds of searches for ISIS-related material, ISIS attacks, weapons, body armor, and surveillance and defense tactics, documents said. Alleghany County police had obtained a copy of his phone while investigating the death of Duncan's infant child. The cause of the child's death was inconclusive, documents said.
• Alleghany County police found more than 24,000 positive results in Duncan's phone and laptop after searching a list of common counterterrorism terms, documents said.
• In Dec. 2017, the FBI found a Twitter account allegedly associated with Duncan's phone number. The Twitter handle was @DawlahtulIslaam, which roughly translates to "The Islamic State."

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"Based on my training and experience I know the above-described searches conducted by Duncan are indicative of an individual planning and researching how to conduct an attack and defend himself from severe bodily harm," an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit.

Duncan moved to Sterling in June 2017 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the documents said.

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During Friday's raid, a long line of FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies carried boxes marked with red and black evidence tape out of the townhouse. A mobile command post was used at the scene.

Neighbors to the residence said the home’s occupants just started renting it last summer.

An FBI official said the incident was “authorized law enforcement activity.” Typically with raids of this nature, the purpose will only become public knowledge if charges are filed.

Stay with News4 and NBCWashington.com for updates.

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Duo Accused of Stealing Truck, Hitting Police Sergeant in NY

A man and woman allegedly stole a truck on Long Island before driving into an officer as he tried to pull them over.

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Skiers Rescued From Broken Ski Lift in the Catskills

A number of people had to be rescued from the chairs of a broken ski lift at a resort in the Catskill Mountains, officials say.

Video shows the skiers being slowly lowered down from the lift into the arms of rescuers after becoming stranded following a mechanical issue on the lift in Windham Saturday morning.

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Windham Mountain Resort spokeswoman Becky Pine said ski patrol rescued all the passengers and that there were no injuries.

It’s unclear how many people were rescued or at what part of the resort the lift broke down.

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Nine other lifts were working throughout the day and people continued to ski despite the mishap, Pine said.

Mechanics will look at the broken lift on Sunday morning, according to Pine.

Every guest was compensated with free lift tickets and the resort is offering lift tickets at a reduced rate on Sunday, Pine said.

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Maniacal Squirrel Steals Cookies, Propels at Officers: Video

A cookie-stealing, music-loving squirrel soared around a woman’s kitchen, targeting officers as they tried to catch it Upstate, bodycam video shows.

The chaos unfolded at a home in Brockport, northwest of Rochester, on Friday, police said.

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Brockport Police posted bodycam footage of the ordeal to their Facebook page. They said they were called to the home to catch a squirrel that had broken in and was eating cookies in the kitchen.

“Officers Sime and Dawson arrived on scene but were not at all expecting the warm welcome they would receive from the squirrel,” the Facebook post reads.

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Music can be heard blaring in the background of the video as police enter the kitchen.

“The squirrel turned it on,” a woman can be heard saying to the officers.

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“The squirrel turned it on?” the officer says.

Moments later, the squirrel comes into view. It ricochets off the ceiling, falls onto a table and launches itself right at the officer.

The squirrel then darts into the hallway as officers laugh hysterically.

After that, the critter zigzags back into the kitchen, jumps across a number of tables and disappears behind what appears to be a stove.

Police said the squirrel was ultimately captured and released uninjured.

“The homeowner was very relieved that their uninvited guest was set free,” police said in the Facebook post.

It’s not the first mischievous squirrel to make the news this holiday season.

Earlier this month, a squirrel was caught sabotaging a New Jersey town’s Christmas display by severing light cords.

And a New Jersey family found an obese squirrel was the thief that’d been stealing candy, tissues and lip balm from a tray they’d left on their front stoop for delivery people.

And yet again in New Jersey, a rogue squirrel was captured on video running amok in a Little Caesars Pizza.

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Man Started Massaging Random Boy at Newark Airport: Police

A man accused of frequenting high school sports events and requesting piggyback rides from players was arrested at Newark Airport after he allegedly gave a teenage boy a back massage and a suggestive note, authorities said.

A man accused of frequenting high school sports events and giving athletes piggyback rides was arrested at Newark airport after he allegedly gave a teenage boy a back massage and a suggestive note, authorities said. 

Sherwin, ShayegA man accused of frequenting high school sports events and requesting piggyback rides from players was arrested at Newark airport after he allegedly gave a teenage boy a back massage and a suggestive note, authorities said. 

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Sherwin Shayegan, 34, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after his arrest Friday, Port Authority police said. 

The so-called "Piggyback Bandit" was accused of giving a back massage without permission to a 14-year-old boy who was waiting at the luggage carousel. 

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Shayegan then handed the boy a money and a note, which read: "This is money for letting me give you a massage. Thank you."

The note also had a suggestive comment that police didn't detail. 

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A Jet Blue employee reported the encounter to police, who got a description of the assailant and tracked Shayegan down at the hotel where he was staying. 

Shayegan had other "disturbing" notes and money in envelopes with names of airports written on them, police said. 

He has been banned from high school sporting events in five different states for similar disturbing behavior, according to reports. 

Shayegan, of Bothell in Washington state, was known for attending high school sports events in Washington and Oregon and requesting piggyback rides from the players, according to news reports. 

He later moved across the country attending high school sports events. In 2014 in the Washington, D.C., area, he was convicted of assault and battery after grabbing a player by the arm and trying to drag him into a locker room.

Parents have said he appeared to be at the games in some official capacity, pouring water for players and giving them back massages. 

His mother has told reporters her son has Asperger's syndrome and is compulsively reliving his years as a high school sports team manager.

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Fire-Rated Door Was Required at Building in Tragic NYC Blaze

A self-closing fire-resistant door should have blocked flames from leaving the first-floor apartment where a deadly Bronx inferno began Thursday night.

But investigators haven't been able to determine if the landlord equipped the unit with the proper type of door, because the fire damage is so extensive.

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"Yes, self-closing and fireproof doors are required at this building," said Matthew Creegan, a spokesman for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. But he added that even fire-rated doors can be left ineffective by apartment occupants.

"Because of damage caused by the fire, it’s unclear if the unit had such a door and/or if there was an obstruction that prevented it from closing as the family fled," Creegan wrote in an email to NBC 4 New York.

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The law requires all multiple dwellings with more than three apartments to have self-closing doors in building hallways.

A representative for the building owner, D&A Equities, said the landlord is cooperating with city investigators. But the representative has yet to indicate whether the building was equipped with the proper type of self-closing fire doors.

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The fire that consumed the five-story walk-up in the Bronx Thursday night started in a first-floor apartment, but it quickly moved through an open door and to a stairwell, where the flames were sucked upward “like a chimney,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.

From there, the flames and smoke tunneled up the stairwell, scorching all five floors of the building and leaving a death toll not seen in the city in decades. Many of the dead were people who tried to run down the stairwell, Nigro said.

This fact is frustrating to fire safety experts like Glenn Corbett, of John Jay College, who says stairwells in older buildings should be better protected against flames and smoke.

Corbett says special fire walls can give residents hours, not minutes, to get out of burning buildings. He says New Jersey passed a law years ago requiring buildings to fireproof older stairwells.

“That retrofit law has actually saved lives over the years, because we don’t have as much of an issue with open stairwells in larger apartment buildings in New Jersey,” Corbett said.

But in New York City, older buildings are exempt from the rules requiring fire-proof stairwells.

Despite the value of modern fire suppression measures, fire safety experts say some of the responsibility falls on the shoulders of residents. While closed fire-proof doors may stop the spread of flames for up to 90 minutes, all it takes is someone propping the door open to render it useless.

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Vicious Cold to Grip Tri-State for at Least Another Week

Even colder subzero temperatures will move into an already frozen tri-state ahead of New Year's Eve after an Alberta clipper dropped several inches of snow.

About 1 to 3 inches of the white stuff fell throughout the tri-state Saturday, with parts of Long Island seeing the highest accumulations, Storm Team 4 says. In Babylon, 2.5 inches was recorded, while over in Howell Township, New Jersey, 2.8 inches was measured.

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In Bedford, New York, a 40-year-old man and his 3-year-old son were killed when a box truck, whose driver was unable to stop because of icy road conditions, plowed into their vehicle in a six-vehicle, chain-reaction crash, police said. The man's 40-year-old wife survived the crash and was taken to Westchester Medical Center for minor injuries. 

In Manhattan, an FDNY paramedic is being called a hero after he saved a man from the Hudson River. And in New Jersey, firefighters rescued a dog from a freezing lake. 

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At a public housing building on East 141st Street in the Bronx, residents said they had been without heat for more than a week. In a statement, NYCHA said, "Our residents deserve safe, warm homes in the winter and our staff is working diligently to repair outages as quickly as possible."

The dangerous, icy weather continues Saturday night as wind chills dip below zero. The frigid weather will continue on New Year’s Eve and through the first week of the New Year. 

Storm Team 4 says the temperature is expected to be about 11 degrees, with a wind chill of -5 degrees, in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. It will likely be one of the coldest ball drops on record, and those heading to Midtown should prepare for the dangerous weather.

The teeth-chattering forecast didn't put off some party-goers who planned to ring in the New Year in Times Square. Iyann Holley said she was going to be one of the hundreds of thousands of people watching the ball drop. 

"I love the cold. I'm a December baby," Holley said. 

Tri-state residents will awaken to a New Year Monday, but the same cold they've dealt with for days. Storm Team 4 says it'll be dry and sunny much of the work week, but temperatures will remain subzero, with highs in the 20s and teens most days.

The first glimmer of “warmth” returns a week from Monday, when highs are forecast to be slightly above the freezing mark, Storm Team 4 says.

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2 Men Charged in Deaths of Women, Kids Found in NY Home

Two men were arrested Saturday on murder charges in the deaths of two women and two children who were found dead in their upstate New York apartment.

Justin Mann and James White were arrested in their hometown, Schenectady, and pleaded not guilty in Troy City Court.

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According to the Times Union, Troy Police Chief John Tedesco said one of the defendants knew one of the victims. He declined to elaborate.

Information given in court said the killings took place at about 9 p.m., Dec. 21. It wasn't until Tuesday, five days later, that a property manager found 36-year-old Shanta Myers; her children, 11-year-old Jeremiah Myers and 5-year-old Shanise Myers; and 22-year-old Brandi Mells in a basement apartment along the Hudson River, just north of Albany. Meyers and Mells became engaged earlier this year, Mells' cousin, Sharonda Bennett, told the newspaper.

Myers' family described her as a good-natured woman who could not have done anything to provoke such violence, NBC News reported.

"She is so sweet," her sister, Shakera Symes, previously told NBC News. "She goes out of her way to want to be loved. She wouldn't be involved in anything that would be close to deserving this. She's very mild-mannered."

Tedesco and District Attorney Joel Abelove, who appeared at a press conference, declined to answer questions about a possible motive and the method of the killings.

They also would not say how the defendants know each other, but said that both have records and Mann is on parole.

More than two dozen people were in court Saturday, some wearing Troy Boys & Girls club sweatshirts.

Mann appeared to break down as he was led out of court. A man and a woman in the courtroom became visibly distraught.

The suspects were sent to the Rensselaer County Jail to await their next court appearance, on Thursday. Neither man said anything as the charges were read.

Tedesco said no more arrests are expected.

"I don't have to tell you what a good feeling it is to have these two in custody," he said. "It's a great relief."

"After being in this business for almost 42 years I can't describe the savagery of a person like this," Tedesco said earlier this week as police searched for those responsible.

"The rapid apprehension and arrest of two suspects in connection with this tragic crime is welcome news for our community and the victims' families impacted by this senseless tragedy," Troy Mayor Patrick Madden, a Democrat, said in a statement.

"My heart remains with both the Myers and Mells families," said Madden, who expressed hope that "with the support of the Troy community, they can begin to heal."

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How Much Times Square's Restaurants Charge on New Year's Eve

For a view of the ball drop, Times Square's restaurants don't hold back on charging patrons for a priceless experience. See the six most expensive restaurants below:

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Sources: 4 Charged After Torture, Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl

Four people were arrested Wednesday after a 16-year-old girl was held captive in a Massachusetts home, tortured and raped, law enforcement sources told the NBC Boston Investigators.

The sources say that police rescued the teenage victim at a home on White Terrace in Auburn. Her head had been shaved, and she had been drugged, raped and tortured with lit cigarettes.

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A machete was allegedly held up to the girl's neck and 23-year-old Krystal Lugo of Webster ordered it to be held harder if she lied, sources said.

Police arrested Krystal Lugo; her 19-year-old brother, Christopher Lugo; 22-year-old Yariel Torres-Abee of Southbridge and 19-year-old Yuleny Ortiz of Auburn, according to sources.

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All of the suspects were charged with kidnapping. Charges against Krystal Lugo also include assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and larceny under $250. Christopher Lugo was charged with rape and using a drug to confine. Torres-Abee also faces an assault and battery charge.

The suspects are being held without bail until a dangerousness hearing Tuesday. It was not immediately clear whether the suspects had obtained attorneys.

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Police believe the crime was related to a prior incident. They say the suspects targeted the victim after suspecting she was the one who set up a recent home invasion, in which two men busted into the White Terrace home and confronted Christopher Lugo. Three shots were fired in that incident. Police believe the purpose of the home invasion was to steal marijuana.

A fifth person, who has not been named, was arrested Friday on outstanding warrants, sources said.

The house was found to be uninhabitable and was condemned by a building inspector, according to sources.

No further information was immediately available.

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Woman Battling Cancer Gets Wedding Wish Before Dying

David Mosher of East Windsor knows timing is everything; after all he is an avid swing dancer.

It was in swing dance class he met Heather Lindsay after she caught his attention from across the room.

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"There was one night she was wearing these killer red pants and I told the two guys sitting next to me I’m going to ask that girl out tonight," Mosher said.

But, the timing just wasn’t right because Lindsay was seeing someone else. Mosher told her to let him know if anything changed.

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Four months later, Lindsay agreed to a date with Mosher and over the next year and a half the two would write start writing their love story.

On Dec. 23, 2015, Mosher decided to propose but before he could, Lindsay got an unexpected diagnosis. A lump in her breast previous doctors had dismissed turned out to be much more. 

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"[The doctor] said, 'I’m so sorry to tell you this its cancer'," Mosher explained.

The couple was confident it was something they would overcome and Mosher decided to move forward with his horse-drawn carriage proposal plans.

"I went down on one knee she said 'yes'," Mosher said.

Lindsay shared the day’s news, both the good and the bad, with her friend Christina Karas. Over the next year, Karas helped Lindsay navigate her triple negative breast cancer diagnosis along with her hopes and her concerns.

"She was so hopeful," Karas said. "The way we would talk about it, you always kind of felt this isn’t it."

Lindsay told Karas her biggest fear was not living to enjoy the beautiful person, Mosher, who just came into her life.

When her health took a turn for the worst, her friends, family and doctors at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford knew the wedding, originally planned for Dec. 30, had to happen fast.

"[We thought] we should just lay the dress on top of her because the energy we thought it would take to get her in would kill her," Karas said.

Together, they worked to get a weak Lindsay into her gown and into the hospital’s chapel where she met Mosher to exchange vows.

"She was gorgeous and she just felt like home to me," Mosher said.

Barely able to speak, Lindsay murmured her vows and just when those gathered thought she had exerted her last bit of energy, she raised her arms in celebration. The photo has been seen and shared thousands of times on social media. 

"That moment right there was like, 'Death, I’m not afraid of you! I am so in love and I am going to celebrate that love right now'," she said.

Eighteen hours after saying 'I do,' Lindsay died. 

"I saw her sick. I saw her in a lot of pain and she didn’t give up until she married me. It is so humbling that someone could love me like that," Mosher said. 

It was not the wedding the couple had planned, but it was one no one in the room will ever forget.

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Police Release Names of All 12 Victims in NYC Apartment Fire

A 58-year-old woman, her 7-month-old granddaughter, a mother and her 2- and 7-year-old daughters were among the 12 people who died when a fast-moving fire caused by a child playing with a stove engulfed their Bronx apartment building in a matter of minutes Thursday, relatives of the dead say.

On Friday, police and relatives identified five of the victims as: 2- and 7-year-old Kylie and Charmela Francis, and their 37-year-old mother Karen Francis; 19-year-old Shantay Young; and 58-year-old Maria Batiz. 

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On Saturday, police identified the remaining seven victims as: 7-month-old Amora Batiz; 48-year-old Gabriel Yaw Sarkookie; 28-year-old Emmanuel Mensah; 54-year-old Justice Opoku; 17-year-old Hannah Donkor; 49-year-old Solomon Donkor; and William Donkor. 

A relative at the scene shared photos with News 4 of the Francis children, one just a wide-eyed toddler sipping from a bottle, the other a young girl with a black leather jacket and hot pink pants.

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The shocked brother of Maria Batiz also identified her as another one of the fatalities.

"I didn't believe it," said Fernando Batiz. "I had to come down here and see for myself." 

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A baby girl seen in a photo next to a smiling Batiz is also among the dead, Fernando said. He didn't identify the baby by name, but the Daily News reports she was Batiz's granddaughter, and that the two were found dead in a bathtub where the older woman had desperately tried to shield them.

Five of the other victims were pronounced dead at the scene: a 7-month-old baby girl, a 63-year-old woman and three adult men, according to police. 

Meanwhile, four people remain in critical condition, fighting for their lives, after the fire, according to Mayor de Blasio. A dozen others were rescued from the fire with varying injuries but were expected to survive. 

A 28-year-old soldier who'd been missing since the fire, Emmanuel Mensah, was among the victim's whose names were released Saturday. He had been desperately sought by family and friends and was last seen heading back into the flames to help save others. 

"We know that there are four in critical condition," said family friend Eunice Reed at the time. "We are hoping that it's him, one of them is him." 

Mensah's father spent the day walking up and down the street, showing his photo to passersby, hoping someone could tell him where he is, The Daily News reported. 

Neighbor Nestor Torres said he was searching for a few people he knows in the bulding. 

"I called some phones, no one answered," he said. "I called about three persons and no one answered." 

"Went to work, he's not there. The building is gone," he said. 

Authorities said the flames broke out on the first floor of the building and quickly spread up through the five-story, 25-unit structure. Authorities said Friday that a small child playing with a stove in his first-floor kitchen appears to have sparked the blaze, which is the city's deadliest residential fire in decades.

Bronx neighbor Juan Sanchez didn't know anyone who died, but felt compelled to bring flowers and write a note Friday. 

"May the 12 souls already be in heaven," he said.

And at vigil later that evening, dozens of community members turned out to mourn and support the families of those who were lost. 

Several online fundraisers have also been set up for the families of those who perished in the flames. 

On Saturday, police received so many donations for the two dozen families affected by the blaze, that they called off their donation drive early, saying they had enough for 1,000 families. 

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Guy Fieri's Infamous Times Square Restaurant Is Closing

"Flavortown" is about to get a little less tasty.

Guy Fieri on Friday announced that his wildly popular -- and famously panned -- Times Square eatery, Guy's American Kitchen and Bar, would be shutting its doors on New Year's Eve after more than five years in business.

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"I'm proud that for over five and a half years, Guy's American in New York City served millions of happy guests from all over the world," the celebrity food personality said in a statement to NBC. "And upon the restaurant's closing, I'd like to say thank you to all of the team members and guests who helped make it all happen."

A representative for Fieri did not comment on the reason for the closure.

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The eatery was estimated to be among the top 50 most profitable independent restaurants in the country over the last four years, according to Restaurant Business magazine. In 2017, the industry magazine reported Guy's American Kitchen and Bar took in about $17 million.

Fieri's massive, 500-seat restauarant restaurant, like many at the Crossroads of the World, has been popular with the millions of tourists who visit New York City each year. It is his only eatery in New York City; the closest other ones owned by the Food Network host are in Atlantic City.

Among the restaurant's fans was model Chrissy Teigen, who tweeted about the restaurant after Eater first reported the closure.

"I'll swear on anything that I really liked this restaurant," Teigen wrote. "Went as a joke, came out covered in ribs and nacho hybrids."

Guy's American Kitchen and Bar gained notoriety in 2012 after a blisteringly negative and now-famous zero-star review by Pete Wells, a food critic for The New York Times. In the review, Wells lambasted nearly every item he tried -- including Fieri's ubiquitous donkey sauce -- at the then-new restaurant and mocked the "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" host's catchphrase.

"When you hung that sign by the entrance that says, WELCOME TO FLAVOR TOWN!, were you just messing with our heads?" Wells wrote.

In a tweet Thursday, Wells wrote, "I guess it's time to give up on getting those questions answered."

But the restaurant did have high points in the Big Apple: Fieri, representing the Guy's American Kitchen and Bar, tied Manhattan chef and restaurateur Josh Capon for the top prize during New York Wine and Food Festival's annual Burger Bash in 2013. 

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Feds Cast Doubt on NY-NJ Tunnel Funding Plan

A plan to pay for an estimated $13 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River raises serious concerns, including that it relies on a "non-existent" agreement that would have the federal government foot half the bill, an official at the nation's federal transportation agency wrote Friday.

In a letter to New York and New Jersey officials, K. Jane Williams, the deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, wrote that a recent funding proposal by the states for the first phase of the project, estimated at $11 billion, seeks a 50 percent federal investment that is "considerably higher than much existing precedent for past 'mega projects'" and would deplete the existing grant program.

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The letter also criticized the states' reliance on a 50-50 funding agreement with the federal government dating back to the Obama administration.

"We consider it unhelpful to reference a non-existent 'agreement' rather than directly address the responsibility for funding a local project where 9 out of 10 passengers are local transit riders," Williams wrote.

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President Trump is expected to announce his infrastructure plan next month, and it's not clear where the project, dubbed Gateway, fits in.

The Gateway Development Corporation, the group composed of representatives of both states and Amtrak that oversees the project, said through a spokesman Friday, "there is no more urgent infrastructure project than Gateway, and posturing aside we are confident that the Trump Administration will engage with us as the President turns to infrastructure in 2018."

In future phases, the project also envisions expanding New York's Penn Station and adding track capacity on the New Jersey side. It is seen as essential to alleviating worsening congestion and delays in the New York region and on the Boston-to-Washington corridor. Roughly 750,000 people per day ride the corridor on Amtrak and several commuter railroads that share the tracks.

Amtrak, which owns the tunnels and most of the tracks along the corridor, has estimated the existing tunnel could fail in 10 to 15 years due to saltwater damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Were that to happen, the number of rush-hour trains would plummet from 24 per hour to six if one of the tunnel's two tubes had to be closed for repairs.

Under the current plan, the existing tunnel would close its two tubes for repairs once the new tunnel is built. But Williams questioned Friday why that repair work, estimated at between $1 billion and $2 billion, was left out of the states' funding plan.

Both states plan to use federal loans for the first phase of the project, but use different means to pay them back. New Jersey plans to raise $1.9 billion by hiking rail fares by about 90 cents per cross-Hudson trip for New Jersey Transit train riders starting in 2020, with increases of $1.70 and $2.20 planned for 2028 and 2038, respectively.

New York plans to allocate money annually over 35 years to service a $1.75 billion loan, state budget director Robert Mujica Jr. wrote in a letter to the Department of Transportation this month.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has committed $1.9 billion to the project.

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Smart Meters Cause Concern in Hudson Valley

New, so-called smart electric meters are causing complaints in Orange and Rockland counties. Sarah Wallace reports.

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Water Quality in Puerto Rico Impacted by Maria

The water in Puerto Rico's estuaries and lagoons were impacted by Hurricane Maria. Gaby Acevedo reports.

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Mastic Beach Dissolves, Rejoins Brookhaven

The Long Island village of Mastic Beach is rejoining Brookhaven. Checkey Beckford reports.

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How to Keep Your Pets Safe During Extreme Cold Temperatures

As the temperature drops, veterinarians are warning people to keep a close eye on their pets.

Even bigger dogs that usually do well through the winter could show signs of hypothermia in these conditions. For small dogs, frostbite can set in in less than a half-hour.

Small dog owners across New England say it’s the same story every year.

"We’ve been outside for 30 seconds and she’s lifting her paw," said Jessica Stira of Haverhill, Massachusetts. "I double coat him, but it doesn’t seem to work."

But experts say on days as cold as Friday, even big dogs who usually do well this time of year need some extra attention.

"It’s just been such a quick change that she hasn’t had a great chance to acclimate," said Dr. Steve Gentilella, director of animal and medical services at the NHSPCA in Stratham, New Hampshire. "She’s not a dog that will wear a jacket all winter, but for this stretch she’s been wearing one."

Dr. Gentilella says you should limit your pet’s time outside.

If they start getting lethargic, or their extremities turn colors, that’s when the danger of frostbite or hypothermia is imminent.

"If you suspect that in your pet, you want to get them to the vet and warm them up in the meantime," Dr. Gentilella said.

Another way to keep your pets safe is buying some dog booties. They’ll keep their paws warm and also protect them from the salt and sand.

The best advice Dr. Gentilella has is to treat your animals like family and protect them the same way.

The ASCPA offers these tips for keeping your pets safe:

• Keep your home humidified and towel-dry your pet as soon as it comes inside.
• Never shave your dog down to the skin in winter.
• Bathe your pets as little as possible during cold spells.
• Feed your pet a little bit more during the cold weather months.

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Russian Tankers Smuggled Oil to North Korea: Report

Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state, Reuters reported.

The sales of oil or oil products from Russia, the world's second-biggest oil exporter and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council, breach U.N. sanctions, the security sources said.

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The transfers in October and November indicate that smuggling from Russia to North Korea has evolved to loading cargoes at sea since Reuters reported in September that North Korean ships were sailing directly from Russia to their homeland.

"Russian vessels have made ship-to-ship transfers of petrochemicals to North Korean vessels on several occasions this year in breach of sanctions," the first security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters.

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Flu Widespread in 36 States, Deaths Reported: CDC

Influenza was reported as widespread by 36 states last week, with some states reporting deaths from the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Twenty-one of the 36 states experienced high levels of activity in the week ending Dec. 23, according to the CDC report released Friday. They are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

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Almost a dozen total deaths have been reported in California, North Carolina and South Carolina.

In San Diego, pharmacies have run short of supply and one hospital emergency room created an additional emergency room outsideflu to accommodate patients.

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Experts had said that the flu seaon may be more severe this year, with the dominant strain being H3N2.

"Typically in years when the predominant strain is H3N2, there are more hospitalizations, more severe disease and people tend to get sicker," Dr. Michael Ison, a professor of infectious disease and organ transplantation at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, told NBC News.

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And the vaccine available in the U.S. was reported as only 10 percent effective in preventing illness from H3N2. However, while those vaccinated can still get sick, they typically experience a milder form of the illness.

The CDC began bracing for the season in September, campaigning for flu vaccinations and advising the public about influenza symptoms, which can appear suddenly. Symptoms can include fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, chills and body aches, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea.

The flu virus has had millions of affected cases in the U.S. each year since 2010, according to the CDC. Those cases resulted in between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths each year.

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Stolen Dog 'Tub Tub' Reunited With Family

These twin girls received their Christmas surprise -- a new dog named Tub Tub -- four days late, thanks to a thief. Brian Thompson reports.

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NYE Street Closures, Subway Changes Around Times Square

If you're trying to brave the weather on what could be one of the coldest New Years Eves in NYC history, or simply trying to avoid a Times Square subway transfer, the MTA has issued a statement on some important changes.

More than 1 million revelers are expected to descend on the Crossroads of the World to ring in the new year with the iconic ball drop, and many streets in midtown are closing to make room for them. And security will be tighter than ever after attacks in Las Vegas and along the Hudson River Greenway in Tribeca.

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Times Square is shut down to vehicular traffic, and police recommend using public transportation to get around town on New Year's Eve (MTA service changes outlined below). And remember, leave the alcohol, duffel bags, backpacks and umbrellas at home.

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Beginning at 4 a.m. on Sunday, December 31st, Times Square will be closed to vehicular traffic. These streets are affected: 

• 45th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 46th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 47th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 48th Street between 5th and 9th Avenue

• 49th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 50th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• Both side of 51st from 6th to 8th Avenue

• 52nd Street between 5th and 8th Avenue

• 53rd Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 54th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 55th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 56th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 57th Street between 5th to 9th Avenue

• 58th Street between 5th and 8th Avenue

• 58th Street between 10th to 11th Avenue

• 59th Street between 10th to 11th Avenue

• 59th Street between 5th Avenue and Columbus Circle

At approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, December 31st, the following streets will be closed to all vehicular traffic:

• Seventh Avenue, from 43rd to 48th Streets

• Broadway, from 47th to 48th Streets

• 46th and 47th Streets, from Sixth to Eighth Avenue

Beginning at 11 a.m. commercial vehicles, trucks and other large vehicles will not be able to access:

• 6th Avenue from 34th to 59th Streets;

• West of 5th Avenue from 37th Street to 59th Street

• 8th Avenue from 34th to 59th Streets

• East of 9th Avenue from 58th Street to 37th Street

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 31st, the following streets will be closed to all vehicular traffic:

• Seventh Avenue, from 41st to 59th Streets

• Broadway, from 47th to 59th Streets

• 43rd to 47th Streets, from Sixth to Eighth Avenue

Beginning at 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 31st , 42nd Street from 6th to Eight Avenues will be closed to traffic. After 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 31st, the remainder of the traffic closures will be instituted as crowd conditions warrant:

• All cross-town streets from 37th to 41st Streets - Sixth to Eighth Avenues

• All cross-town streets from 49th to 59th Streets - Sixth to Eighth Avenues

• 48th Street, from Fifth to Ninth Avenues

• Cross-town access for emergency vehicles will be available on 42nd, 48th, and 59th streets

There will be no parking in the following areas from Sunday, December 31st at 12:01 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. on Monday, January 1st:

• All cross-town streets from 33rd to 59th Street between 6th and 8th Avenue

• West side of 5th Avenue, from 37th to 52nd Streets

• West side of 6th Avenue, from 34th to 59th Streets

• Both side of 6th Avenue, from 37th to 52nd Streets

• Broadway between 34th to 59th Streets

• 7th Avenue between 34th to 59th Streets

• 9th Avenue between 41st to 43rd Streets

• West side of 10th Avenue, from 58th to 59th Streets

• Both sides of 11th Avenue, from 34th to 39th Streets

• East side of 11th Avenue, from 58th to 59th Streets

• Both side of 8th Avenue from 34th to 59th Streets

• 34th Street between 5th and 9th Avenue

• 34th Street between 11th to 12th Avenues

• 37th Street between 5th and 8th Avenue

• 38th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 39th Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 40th Street between 5th to 9th Avenue

• 41st Street between 6th to 8th Avenue

• 42nd Street between 1st to 2nd Avenue

• 42nd Street between 5th and 9th Avenue

• 43rd Street between 5th and 8th Avenue

• 44th Street between 6th to 9th Avenue

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MTA New Year's Eve Service Changes

• From 6 p.m. Sunday to 12:10 a.m. Monday, 1 trains skip 50th Street. Use the 59 St-Columbus St station instead
• From 6 p.m. Sunday to 12:10 a.m. Monday, N, Q and R trains skip 49th Street in both directions. Use the 57th Street-7th Avenue station instead
• On Sunday night, N, Q, R, S, 7, 1, 2 and 3 exits at Times Square-42nd Street are subject to closures. As an alternative, exit via the passageway to 42 Street-Port Authority on Eighth Avenue. The 42nd Street Shuttle will operate overnight

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Boys Brandishing Swords, Daggers Threatened NJ Kids: Police

Two boys face serious charges after they shot up a home with BB guns and threatened other children with an arsenal of daggers and swords they had, police say.

The two 14-year-olds were arrested by Franklin Police Thursday after the madness unfolded at a home on Rutherford Avenue.

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Police say the duo had been invited into the home by two other kids, but when they got inside they began firing off BB guns to intimidate them. At one point one of the teens fired a BB gun at the kids, nearly striking one of them, according to police.

The teens also brandished daggers and swords as they made the threats, police said. The weapons were allegedly found on the teens when police arrested them.

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The two of them were charged with multiple counts of possessing weapons, along with making terroristic threats and pointing a firearm at another to intimidate them.

Sussex County Juvenile Detention officers placed active house monitoring bracelets on the teens until their court appearances and both were released to their parents, police said.

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No injuries to the two other children were reported.

It's unclear if some sort of dispute led to the altercation. 

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Waitress Promises to Split Winning Ticket, Goes on the Run

A waitress in Arkansas claimed that half of a $300,000 winning lottery ticket her friend and co-worker scratched off belongs to her, but the friend has disappeared after claiming the prize, NBC affiliate KARK reported.

The waitresses at Sportsmans Drive-In in Stuttgart all received lottery tickets from their boss the Friday before Christmas.

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"He told us whatever we won, it would be split between us for our Christmas bonus," said waitress Leslie Underwood.

Underwood and fellow waitress, Mandy Vanhouten, have been friends for a decade. They scratched off their pile together at the bar.

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Vanhouten scratched off a $300,000 Fortune instant ticket, worth $10, and won the top prize. Since they work the same shift, she and Underwood would each get $150,000, according to the deal Underwood said their boss made.

Underwood and Vanhouten were going to claim the money together in the new year, but Vanhouten decided to take it and run.

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Underwood, a mother of five, saw the picture of Vanhouten Wednesday with a check in her hands and a big smile on her face.

"It's a little emotional," Underwood said as she started to cry. The two have been best friends for nearly a decade.

"I helped her get the job, put in a good word, stuck my neck out for her, let her stay with me so she didn't have to drive back and forth," Underwood said. "I think that's what hurt me the most is as much as I've done, she could have done right for once."

She hasn't heard from Vanhouten.

Vanhouten said she was going to use the money "to make her life easier," according to a press release by Arkansas Scholarship Lottery

KARK tried calling Vanhouten, got her voicemail and did not receive a call back. Vanhouten also never came into work for her shift this week.

If she doesn't get her share of the winnings, Underwood said she plans to take legal action. However, Vanhouten is the only one who signed the back of the ticket.

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CDC Investigating E.coli Outbreak in 13 States, Infecting 17 Americans

The CDC is investigating a multistate E.coli outbreak in 13 states, including Connecticut, and the agency is looking into whether it’s connected to an outbreak in Canada that’s believed to be linked to romaine lettuce.

There have been 17 illnesses linked to the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 infections, including two in Connecticut, two in New Hampshire, three in California and one each in New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, Virginia and Washington.

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The Illnesses started between Nov. 15 and Dec. 8, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Public Health Agency of Canada also is investigating an outbreak of STEC O157:H7 infections in several provinces.

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Whole genome sequencing is being performed on samples of bacteria making people sick in the United States, preliminary results show that the type of E. coli making people sick in both countries is closely related genetically, according to the CDC.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has identified romaine lettuce as the source of the outbreak in Canada.

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In the United States, state and local public health officials are interviewing sick people to determine what they ate in the week before their illness started.

CDC is still collecting information to determine whether there is a food item in common among sick people, including leafy greens and romaine.

At this point, the CDC is unable to recommend whether U.S. residents should avoid a particular food and said the investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes available.

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