Turkish man, 22, fatally shoots himself on Facebook Live; Police couldn’t help his grandma during the hurricane, so he called the pizza guy instead.; Singer Leonard Cohen: ‘I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable.’; Mother, boyfriend locked boy in closet, beating and torturing him over two years, Chicago authorities say; ‘I am NOT pro-Trump,’ clarifies ‘The Apprentice’ producer Mark Burnett amid video controversy; Trump knocks ‘softer’ NFL rules. ‘Concussions — ‘Uh oh, got a little ding on the head?’; Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants; ‘I want my teeth back,’ says one of 30 California kids infected by dirty, dangerous dentist water; Chinese scientists made worms produce super silk by feeding them a nanotube diet; CoverGirl’s first CoverBoy: 17-year-old YouTube sensation James Charles; ‘Law & Order: SVU’ to air a Donald Trump-themed episode titled ‘Unstoppable’; Sorry, Eric Trump, but there’s no science behind Donald’s ‘alpha personality’; A white cop in Ga. saved a black infant’s life, ‘forever’ changing his own; ‘We need a Donald Trump to show some authoritarian power,’ says Maine governor;
 
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Egregious unfairness to students in sexual misconduct case brings unusual government rebuke
In an apparent first, the federal government steps in after a complaint from accused student at Wesley College in Delaware.
Turkish man, 22, fatally shoots himself on Facebook Live
"No one believed when I said I will kill myself," the young man said before shooting himself in the stomach with a shotgun.
 
Police couldn’t help his grandma during the hurricane, so he called the pizza guy instead.
Papa John's did not disappoint.
 
Singer Leonard Cohen: ‘I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable.’
Death has arguably been on Cohen's mind since he began writing poetry if not before, but it appears to have taken hold ever more as of late.
 
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Mother, boyfriend locked boy in closet, beating and torturing him over two years, Chicago authorities say
Caroline Woods and her boyfriend beat her son with a baseball bat and once burned his genitals, prosecutors in Chicago allege. A doctor said the boy had more injuries than he'd ever seen on a person.
 
‘I am NOT pro-Trump,’ clarifies ‘The Apprentice’ producer Mark Burnett amid video controversy
Burnett and MGM studios have faced increased pressure to release "The Apprentice" outtakes, which critics argue may contain footage potentially damning to Donald Trump's presidential bid in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
 
Trump knocks ‘softer’ NFL rules. ‘Concussions — ‘Uh oh, got a little ding on the head?’
"Uh oh, got a little ding on the head? No, no you can’t play for the rest of the season," the GOP candidate said Wednesday, deriding the NFL's efforts to deal with concussions.
 
Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants
Before the locker room, there was the dressing room.
 
 
‘I want my teeth back,’ says one of 30 California kids infected by dirty, dangerous dentist water
State health officials are investigating the water system at the Children's Dental Group of Anaheim, where 30 children contracted a dangerous infection during dental procedures this summer.
 
Chinese scientists made worms produce super silk by feeding them a nanotube diet
After they were heated, the altered silk fibers could conduct electricity, too.
 
CoverGirl’s first CoverBoy: 17-year-old YouTube sensation James Charles
“Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup. I think it’s so important to love who you are and be comfortable in your own skin,” Charles said.
 
‘Law & Order: SVU’ to air a Donald Trump-themed episode titled ‘Unstoppable’
It will feature actor Gary Cole as a politician “whose campaign goes haywire when several women go public with damaging accusations."
 
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Sorry, Eric Trump, but there’s no science behind Donald’s ‘alpha personality’
The idea of the "alpha" male can be traced to wolves, and the work of a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who later lamented the term was incorrect, and would refine the terminology based on an additional 40 years of wolf research. But inaccuracy did not keep the idea from creeping into descriptions of humans.
 
A white cop in Ga. saved a black infant’s life, ‘forever’ changing his own
"Out of my 25 years being a cop this is my greatest and most profound accomplishment and it made every second of those 25 years worth it all. I am forever humbled and changed by this."
 
‘We need a Donald Trump to show some authoritarian power,’ says Maine governor
In a radio interview, Gov. Paul LePage said the Constitution was "broken," called President Obama an "autocrat," and defended Donald Trump's remarks about women.
 
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