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Saturday December 30th, 2017 evening edition

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More Videos 0:54 Police release body camera video from shooting linked to 'swatting' Pause 4:59 Police release the 911 call that led to the deadly 'swatting' 1:54 Mother reacts to son's killing by police 10:09 'Swatting' led to fatal shooting of Andrew Finch, police say 1:35 What is 'swatting'?

2:22 Man shot by police after false call of shooting, hostage situation 7:32 Bruce Weber press conference: K-State 91, Iowa State 75 1:17 Dean Wade scores 34 in win at Iowa State 2:48 Mom of police shooting victim speaks out 0:43 First Chick N Max to debut Jan. 8 Video Link copy Embed Code copy.

Police release the 911 call that led to the deadly 'swatting' A 911 caller told police he was holding his mother and little brother hostage in a house in the 1000 block of McCormick.

Listen to the 911 call that led to the deadly "swatting" in Wichita.

(Video by Candi Bolden) A 911 caller told police he was holding his mother and little brother hostage in a house in the 1000 block of McCormick.

(Video by Candi Bolden) [email protected]. A 911 caller told police he was holding his mother and little brother hostage in a house in the 1000 block of McCormick. »

Utah teacher fired after students see nudity in art

Authored by ksl.com

HYRUM (AP) — A Utah art teacher was fired amid complaints that images of classical paintings containing nudity were passed out in a classroom and seen by sixth-graders, a newspaper reported.

Cache County deputies found Principal Jeni Buist shredding postcards — at the request of the school district — that contained nudity, said Sheriff Chad Jensen.

Parent Venessa Rose Pixton said she's upset because Rueda's handling of the situation belittled students, including her 11-year-old son. »

January will bring two supermoons, a blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse

Authored by qz.com

On the night of Jan. 31, the lunar eclipse will begin at 11:48am UTC and reach its maximum at 1:30pm UTC.

A supermoon seen during a total lunar eclipse behind the Colorado State Capitol Building on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.

Fortunately, unlike the solar eclipse, the supermoon and the lunar eclipse are safe to view with the naked eye! »

China's ban on elephant ivory sales goes into effect Sunday

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The ivory trade is responsible for the deaths of nearly 30,000 elephants every year in Africa.

Many factories that at one time legally carved ivory were closed and there was the beginning of a downturn in consumer buying.

More about elephant poaching, ivory sales, China ban, Hong Kong, preconvention elephant poaching ivory sales China ban Hong Kong preconvention. »

Kansas Man Killed In ‘SWATting’ Attack — Krebs on Security

Authored by krebsonsecurity.com

Compounding the tragedy is that the man killed was an innocent party who had no part in the dispute.

“Livingston didn’t say if the man, who was 28, had a weapon when he came to the door, or what caused the officer to shoot the man.

Police don’t think the man fired at officers, but the incident is still under investigation, he said. »