Top News Stories For Tuesday September 20
Afghanistan-born chicken shack worker, 28, wanted for weekend bombings is charged with five counts of attempted murder after he was found sleeping at a bar and captured in a FBI shootout
Amal Clooney fights back tears speaking about risking her life to take on ISIS and how George feels about her dangerous new case
Dashcam video shows the moment unarmed pastor was shot dead by police after they tasered him - despite having his hands in the air
US government mistakenly grants citizenship to more than 800 immigrants from countries that pose threats to national security due to missing fingerprint records
Kmart is closing 64 stores and firing thousands across 28 states as the company continues to lose money
Does your iPhone 7 HISS? Users are startled by strange sounds coming from their handsets
Son of China's richest man 'buys eight iPhone 7s for his DOG'
Florida man sues Samsung for $15,000 after his Note 7 exploded in his pocket and severely burned his leg while he was in Costco
Husband of Jim Carrey's ex files wrongful death suit against actor accusing him of giving Cathriona White pills she used to commit suicide
Kim Kardashian takes out full-page ad slamming Wall Street Journal for downplaying mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians
CDC warns adorable felines carry deadly bacteria that causes brain swelling and heart infection
Teacher is hailed as a hero after his list of 101 tips - including buying yourself flowers and practising a 'monster smile' - goes viral
Afghanistan-born chicken shack worker, 28, wanted for weekend bombings is charged with five counts of attempted murder after he was found sleeping at a bar and captured in a FBI shootout
- Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder and two gun charges
- He was taken into custody after a shoot-out with police in Linden, New Jersey Monday morning
- Witnesses say he was found sleeping in the vestibule of a bar and the owner called police
- When cops arrived on the scene, Rahami started shooting and four officers were injured, none critically
- Rahami was also shot in the right shoulder and taken from the scene in an ambulance
- FBI released Rahami's picture Monday morning, saying they wanted to question him in connection to the two bombings and one attempted bombing in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend
- The pressure cooker bomb set off Saturday in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood left 29 people injured
- Fingerprints on a second unexploded bomb found blocks away led police to Rahami
- Just hours before the Chelsea bombing, a pipe bomb was detonated at a military charity run in Seaside Park, New Jersey. No one was injured in that incident
- On Sunday, five more pipe bombs were found at the Elizabeth train station and were disarmed by police
- DailyMail.com exclusively revealed on Monday that Rahami had sued his local police for discrimination
- FBI officials said Rahami was not on any terror watch list but he had traveled multiple times to Afghanistan
- The Rahami family came to the U.S. as asylum seekers in the 1990s when Ahmad was about seven years old
- The Rahamis own First American Fried Chicken in Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Ahmad Rahami, 28, was arrested Monday morning after police shootout
- Yelp users wrote scathing comments Monday following the capture
- He is suspected of two bombings in New York and New Jersey and one attempted bombing in New Jersey
- His father Mohammad registered the business in 2006; the suspect worked there frequently
- Two young men found the pressure cooker on 27th Street, DNA Info says
- It was inside a rolling suitcase but they put it in a garbage bag, sources said
- They took the suitcase and left, having unknowingly deactivated the bomb
- The two men are not believed to have played a part in the explosions
Amal Clooney fights back tears speaking about risking her life to take on ISIS and how George feels about her dangerous new case
- Amal Clooney is preparing to put ISIS on trial on behalf of a sex slave who was held captive by the group
- She spoke about her decision to take on such a risky case while appearing on Today Monday morning alongside her client Nadia
- 'This is my job,' said Clooney, who added that she discussed the risks of her new case with husband George
- Clooney said Nadia was taken captive as a sex slave at the age of 19 and at times raped by two men at once until she fell unconscious
- 'I'm ashamed as a human being that we ignore their cries for help,' said Clooney
- She added that bombing the group was not enough and that the trial was needed because it is impossible to 'kill an idea'
Dashcam video shows the moment unarmed pastor was shot dead by police after they tasered him - despite having his hands in the air
- Terence Crutcher was first tasered by officer Tyler Turnbough and then fatally shot by officer Betty Shelby on Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Police released footage of the shooting on Monday
- It shows Crutcher with his hands in the air as he is surrounded by four cops
- After speaking with him for a few seconds Shelby shoots, firing one shot
- Crutcher had no weapon in his possession, police confirmed
- Shelby has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation
US government mistakenly grants citizenship to more than 800 immigrants from countries that pose threats to national security due to missing fingerprint records
- At least 858 people from special interest countries became US citizens
- Used different names or birth dates to apply, OIG said in a report Monday
- Discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing
- Came from countries with security concerns or neighboring countries with high immigration fraud rates
Kmart is closing 64 stores and firing thousands across 28 states as the company continues to lose money
- Sears Holdings announced it will close the stores in addition to 68 Kmarts and 10 Sears that have already closed in 2016
- The stores in the latest round of closures will begin liquidation sales by the weekend and close for good in December
- The company has shuttered almost 10 percent of its stores since its financial troubles began
Does your iPhone 7 HISS? Users are startled by strange sounds coming from their handsets
- Strange reported by some users when the processor is under heavy load
- So far, it's not clear whether the issue is limited to one batch or not
- Apple has not yet made any statement on the subject, however, it appears to only be impacting a small number of users in the US and Canada
Son of China's richest man 'buys eight iPhone 7s for his DOG'
- Coco the Alaskan Malamute is seen posing with her new presents
- Her owner has apparently bought her eight £800 iPhone 7 handsets
- The lucky pooch is the pet of Wang Sicong, the son of Wang Jianlin
- Property tycoon Jianlin is the richest man in China, worth £23 billion
- Pampered pooch also has two Apple Watches and a Fendi handbag
Florida man sues Samsung for $15,000 after his Note 7 exploded in his pocket and severely burned his leg while he was in Costco
- Jonathan Strobel filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics on Friday seeking damages of at least $15,000
- Strobel, 28, of Boca Raton, said he was in a Costco store in Palm Beach Gardens on September 9 when his Note 7 exploded
- He said the phone burned directly through his pants, resulting in severe burns on his right leg
- The lawsuit seeks damages for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other alleged injuries
- An unprecedented 2.5million phones were recalled, just two weeks after their release
Husband of Jim Carrey's ex files wrongful death suit against actor accusing him of giving Cathriona White pills she used to commit suicide
- Mark Burton is suing Jim Carrey for the wrongful death of Cathriona White
- Burton, who was White's estranged husband at the time of her death, claims Carrey illegally obtained and distributed pills to White
- Among the prescription pills Burton names are Ambien, Popranolol and Percocet, which were all found near White when her body was discovered
- Burton also claims that despite reports to the contrary, Carrey 'never paid a dime' of White's funeral expenses
- He is asking Carrey to pay all his legal fees, the cost of the suit, the cost of White's burial and punitive damages
- Burton, 49, is a Scientologist
Kim Kardashian takes out full-page ad slamming Wall Street Journal for downplaying mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians
- Kim Kardashian has taken out a full-page ad to slam the Wall Street Journal
- She blasted paper for running an advert downplaying Armenian genocide
- Reality TV star described WSJ as 'reckless, upsetting and dangerous'
- More than 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Turkey in First World War
CDC warns adorable felines carry deadly bacteria that causes brain swelling and heart infection
- CDC has issued new warning to cat owners: don't kiss your kittens
- Cats carry bacteria that can cause fever, brain swelling, heart infection
- Report says increasingly cases of 'cat-scratch disease' reach hospital
Teacher is hailed as a hero after his list of 101 tips - including buying yourself flowers and practising a 'monster smile' - goes viral
- High school senior Alina Ramirez tweeted her teacher's inspirational list
- Brett Phillips gave his student 101 tips for reducing stress
- Her post has been liked 29,000 times and retweeted 24,000 times
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Woman who asked a sibling for advice before test-driving a car becomes a viral star after posting his VERY handy tips online to the delight of thousands
- The Imgur user, who is known as VeganChubbers, took to the community sharing site on Sunday to share photos of the detailed text messages
- Her older brother Chris told her to do everything from checking for rust holes on the on the exhaust pipes to smelling the transmission fluid
- The woman explained that she was sharing the advice on Imgur for people who don't have older brothers to help them
- She didn't end up buying the car, but her brother's messages have been viewed more than 332,000 times
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