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A retired Marine killed her young daughter and then herself Monday night in Florida in an apparent murder-suicide hours before the girl was scheduled to fly home to her father, police tell PEOPLE. Ericka Joseph, 46, was found dead with her 9-year-old daughter, Akili Joseph, in Joseph’s home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday morning, a police spokeswoman says. According to authorities, Joseph was divorced from Akili’s father, and though they shared custody of the child, Akili spent the majority of her time with her dad in Bogota, Colombia.

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The boy, now under the care of physicians, was allegedly so malnourished he weighed only 30 pounds and was incapable of standing on his own, Washington County Sheriff’s Lt. David Crouse tells PEOPLE. Likening his alleged living conditions to a “torture chamber,” Crouse believes the boy might have been in the bathroom of the Toquerville home for two years. On Monday, police charged the boy’s mother, Brandy Jaynes, 36, with felony child abuse.

NASCAR on NBC’s analysts have chimed in on the surprising news that Carl Edwards is leaving full-time NASCAR competition effective immediately. Dale Jarrett, Steve Letarte, Jeff Burton and NBCSports.com lead motorsports writer Nate Ryan took part in a Facebook Live discussion about the news. Jeff Burton, NASCAR on NBC analyst - “I think it is courageous to follow your gut and say, ‘this is what I want to do.’ The thing I found interesting is how Carl said he ‘lived for the feeling that he got in racing.’ It will be interesting to see what he replaces that feeling with. That is a difficult transition. To have the courage to make this decision without really having a plan, not many people can do

From the very beginning of Trump's contentious press conference on Wednesday, the president-elect expressed his contempt for news organizations like CNN and Buzzfeed . PEOTUS' ire appears to have been provoked by a story published by CNN last night, which referenced a memo alleging that Trump may have been compromised by Russia. When CNN reporter Jim Acosta attempted to ask Trump a question today, Trump shut the senior white house correspondent down, accusing him of publishing fake news. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump trusts WikiLeaks more than the CIA or FBI Acosta made repeated attempts to have the president-elect answer a question, but Trump spoke over the reporter and referred to him as "rude."  While Buzzfeed published the full 35-page document of the allegations, CNN and Acosta did not, as the claims could not be independently verified. That didn't seem to matter to Trump, and the exchange electrified Twitter, who worried about freedom of the press. Honestly, the press should band together and defer to @Acosta or @SaraMurray so CNN can get a question in. - Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 11, 2017 CNN’s @Acosta is one of the best in the business. Good on him relentlessly pushing Trump to answer his questions. - Matt Viser (@mviser) January 11, 2017 (Would've helped if Jim Acosta just shouted out the question) - Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 11, 2017 Following @acosta because Trump shouted him down and that's all the endorsment I need for a journalist. - Hong Kong Hermit (@HongKongHermit) January 11, 2017 Hats off to @Acosta for calling Donald's egregious behavior in this press conference "inappropriate." - Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) January 11, 2017 After the exchange, Acosta tweeted that his question was asked by another member of the media. Fortunately ABC's Cecilia Vega asked my question about whether any Trump associates contacted Russians. Trump said no. - Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 11, 2017 This was Trump's first press conference in about six months. BONUS: Meryl Streep is the moral compass the world needs now

Dow component Merck (MRK) shares jumped in early trading after the drugmaker said late Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration agreed to a speedy review of its application to combine its lung cancer treatment with chemotherapy. This could potentially give Merck an edge over competitors, such as Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and AstraZeneca (AZN), which are developing similar therapies. Amazon (AMZN) announced that its prime members are getting another perk.