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The deaths of 12 residents of a Florida nursing home after Hurricane Irma have been declared homicides. As the investigation continues, the state is seeking to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

Listeners share some announcements they plan to make this holiday season, as well as why they've decided to use this particular time of year to make them.

CEO Sam Haskell and board chair Lynn Weidner are stepping down under pressure regarding emails that contained crude language disparaging former pageant winners were published by HuffPost on Thursday.

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's retirement has been rumored, but the Washington Post reported he plans to step down after he becomes eligible to receive full pension benefits as early as March.

In 1917, the Hall brothers sold tissue paper during the holiday season for gift wrap in a shop in downtown Kansas City, Mo — until they ran out. They quickly turned to something they had on hand, envelope liners; they sold out again, and a few years later, they were printing their own decorative gift wrap. It was the first product Hallmark made other than gift cards.

When Hurricane Harvey stormed ashore in August, it devastated Refugio, Texas. Now, several months later, the town is rebuilding and buoyed the success of its high school football team.

The rocket carrying 10 satellites into low-earth orbit sparked alarm among some fearing a UFO. The Los Angeles Fire Department was prompted to release a statement about the "mysterious light."