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Gander, Newfoundland is a tiny Canadian town on an island in the Atlantic Ocean — so tiny, in fact, that according to Mayor Claude Elliott, the town only has six traffic lights.Elliott has lived in Gander for more than 40 years. He served as mayor for more than half that time before he retired two years ago."Oh, the people are generous. They love helping people," Elliott said.But 18 years ago, Gander's welcoming spirit got put to the test.After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the FAA shut down American airspace for the first time in history. Due to Gander's proximity to Europe, 38 commercial planes with nearly 7,000 people on board were diverted to the town's airport. Overnight, the town's population nearly doubled."What do we do with 7,000 people?" Elliott said. "We've only got 500 hotel rooms."Weary passengers watched as day turned into night. Some ended up stuck on their planes for more than 12 hours.But what the passengers couldn't see is the urgent effort by the people of Gander, working to make sure the tired travelers would feel welcome once they got off the plane.The people of Gander opened up churches, schools and even the beds in their own homes.Beulah Cooper was among those who stepped up to help."When there were 38 planes here I knew there was a big impact," she said.Cooper made trays of sandwiches for the "plane people" and brought travelers over to her home to sleep and shower."You just have to put yourself in their shoes, and that makes your heart even bigger," Cooper said.Among Cooper's guests were two New York natives, Dennis and Hannah O'Rourke. The couple was stranded in Gander dealing with the unimaginable — their son, a firefighter, was missing following the attack.As the hours went on, the O'Rourkes could not get in touch with their son, Kevin."He was off that day. He wasn't on duty that day, but she knew in her heart that he was there," Cooper said.Cooper looked after the O'Rourkes for five days before the couple was able to fly home. When they left, they still haven't heard from Kevin. It wasn't until the O'Rourkes got home that their fears were realized. Kevin had rushed to the World Trade Center and gave his life to save others."She called me on the phone and said, 'Beulah, he's gone.' She said they found his body under the stairwell," Cooper said. "That was hard. It was hard."Cooper still keeps in touch with the O'Rourkes and others she helped. So do many others in Gander, even 18 years later."The first day, we had 7,000 strangers. On the third day, we had 7,000 friends. And on the fifth day, we lost 7,000 family members," Elliott said. "That's how close we became to the people that were here. " 2692

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How long would you wait to claim the winning lottery ticket for a .5 billion jackpot? For someone in South Carolina, it took more than four months. The South Carolina Education Lottery announced on Monday that the winner from October's Mega Millions drawing has finally come forward to claim the prize. The lottery said that the winner opted for the cash lump sum, which is a one-time payment of 7,784,124. It is considered the largest payout to a single winner in US history. The winner of the lottery has decided to remain anonymous. “We are delighted that the winner is a South Carolinian and has come forward to claim this remarkable prize," South Carolina Lottery's executive director Hogan Brown said. "We offer sincere congratulations and are very happy that one of our South Carolina retailers, KC Mart in Simpsonville, will receive ,000 for selling the claimed winning ticket. The State of South Carolina will benefit from million that will be collected in income taxes from the winner. While lottery experts say it is prudent not to immediately claim the prize, waiting this long could cost millions in interest.Hans Blake, a South Carolina investing expert, told the Greenville News that had the winner claimed their prize in October and picked the 8 million lump sun, that person could have already made more than million off interest.Had that person invested in the stock market since October, that rate of return could have been up to 7 percent, or nearly million, he told the paper.The winner had until April 17 to claim the prize. It is not unprecedented for winners to wait to claim their prize. In 2016, three winning tickets were sold for a Powerball drawing worth nearly .6 billion. A couple, Marvin and Mae Acosta, from California waited six months before claiming their share of the winnings."It may have taken six months for them to come to one of our offices, but these winners did just what we tell all our winners to do — they read our Winner’s Handbook and then assembled a team of legal and financial advisors to help them make the most of this windfall and prepare them for their new life as Lottery winners," California Lottery Director Hugo Lopez said in a 2225

For hours, bullets flew and gunpowder wafted through the streets of North Philadelphia.Police officers trying to serve a narcotics warrant entered a row house in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. As they got toward the kitchen area, a man fired multiple rounds, forcing some officers to escape through the window, authorities said.But others got trapped in the house with the gunman after he barricaded himself. As he traded gunfire with officers outside, bullets ricocheted on the pavement, sending them crouching behind police cars.By the time the suspect was in custody nearly eight hours later, six officers were wounded. Police announced his arrest with a single tweet shortly after midnight Thursday."We're thankful. A little angry about someone having all that weaponry and all that firepower, but we'll get to that another day," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said at a news conference. "It's about the officers and their families right now."Three hours after the first shotsThe shooting started about 4:30 p.m. after officers entered the home. More than three hours after the first shots, the suspect showed no signs of surrendering, police said.Temple University's Health Sciences Center campus was put on lockdown briefly as police secured the area. Concern grew for two officers trapped in the house with the gunman as police cars and officers in tactical gear swarmed the neighborhood."We've got a pretty horrible situation unfolding, and you hear me say unfolding because it is not resolved," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said at the time.Negotiators tried to communicate with the suspect, but he was picking up the phone and not responding, Ross said. The suspect's attorney joined a phone call to reassure him police won't harm him, authorities said.Five hours after the first shotsAs the sun set and the standoff dragged on, the mayor said he was listening to police radio transmissions. Officers in the house were whispering because they didn't want the shooter to hear them, he said.Five hours after the standoff started, a SWAT team rescued two officers and three others trapped inside the row house, the police commissioner said. CNN affiliate KYW reported the officers were trapped on the second floor while the shooter was on the first floor."They were able to use stealth to do it," the mayor said. He said the shooter appeared unaware of the rescue mission.Eight hours after the first shotsShortly after midnight, authorities announced the suspect's capture.All six officers suffered injuries that are not life threatening and have been released from an area hospital, police said.The Philadelphia mayor called out the NRA and demanded a resolution to the nation's gun crisis, saying officers need help keeping numerous weapons out of criminals' hands."Our officers deserve to be protected and they don't deserve to be shot at by a guy for hours with an unlimited supply of weapons and an unlimited supply of bullets. It's disgusting and we got to do something about it ... quickly," the mayor said. "This government, both on federal and state level, don't want to do anything about getting these guns off the streets and getting them out of the hands of criminals." 3238

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called the recently passed abortion bill in Alabama, and other pieces of legislation that restrict access to the procedure, an example of "appalling attacks on women's lives and fundamental freedoms."Clinton joined the chorus of Democratic voices 288