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Social media influencer convicted for violent plot to hijack website name

iStock/xijian(NEW YORK) -- A social media influencer from Iowa is facing 20 years in prison for planning a violent home invasion to hijack an internet domain name for his company.Rossi Lorathio Adams II, 26, was convicted of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by force, threats and violence on Thursday, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office Northern District of Iowa.According to the statement, Adams founded the social media company “State Snaps” and at one point had more than a million followers on ...

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Mueller investigated whether Russians used chess to build a bridge to Trump

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Of all the topics special counsel Robert Mueller put before President Donald Trump during his sweeping 22-month investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, chess was perhaps the most surprising.But buried among the myriad of revelations contained in Mueller’s 448-page report, released on Thursday with limited redactions by Attorney General William Barr, was the fact that Trump disclosed to investigators that sanctioned Russian powerbroker Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, then the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), invited the Trump Organization to ...

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Walt Disney World goes green(er) with solar farm larger than Magic Kingdom

Orgis Energy via Walt Disney World(ORLANDO) -- Disney just got a whole lot greener!Walt Disney World has unveiled its newest and largest solar farm. At 270 acres, the site is almost twice the size of the entire Magic Kingdom."Here at Disney, every day is Earth Day," Angie Renner, Environmental Integration Director of Disney Parks told "The new facility is Disney's largest solar endeavor to date and is expected to generate enough energy to power two of the four theme parks at Walt Disney World.The 50 ...

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Dramatic video shows officers pulling victims out of burning car before it's engulfed in flames

iStock/Fedorovekb(CAMDEN, N.J.) -- Police in Camden, New Jersey, have released new body camera video from a dramatic rescue of passengers inside two burning cars on the interstate.Just moments after the 2:30 a.m. April 7 accident on I-676, four police officers are seen struggling to rescue two drivers and two passengers trapped inside."Come here. Give me your hand!" an officer is heard shouting in the video.The car and SUV were quickly engulfed in flames. Officer Vincent Russomano even caught fire himself.Those officers were honored by Camden ...

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8-year-old girl killed after storm causes tree to crash through her Florida home

iStock/aijohn784(WOODVILLE, Fla.) -- An 8-year-old girl in Florida was killed after a morning storm caused a tree to crash through her house, fatally injuring her and another child in the home, police said.Officers responded to a 911 call from the home just after 8 a.m. Friday, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.A storm, which had struck the area Friday morning, caused the tree to go through the Woodville home where the 8-year-old and a 12-year-old boy were inside.Both children were transported to ...

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After Mueller report exposed Russian interference 'roadmap,' is US ready for 2020?

iStock/mashabuba(WASHINGTON) -- Now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report has revealed the purported “sweeping and systematic” effort by the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. government is left with a pressing challenge looking forward: how to prevent or defend against a similar attack in 2020.“It’s sobering to see all in one place the various attacks on the election in 2016,” Lawrence Norden, deputy director at the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, told ABC News. “We’re much more aware of this ...

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What did the Mueller report reveal about Trump's overtures to the Russians?

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling, 22-month long investigation culminated Thursday in the release of a meticulous examination of Russia’s efforts to sow discord in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump administration’s actions to block investigators.But at its core, the Mueller probe sought to settle one question: Did then-candidate Donald Trump seek assistance from Russians to tip the balance of the 2016 election?Setting aside the scintillating details about Russia’s social media campaign or descriptions of a toxic West Wing, what was ...

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