| Graham: Trump must punish Russia for election interference Posted: 19 Feb 2017 02:44 AM PST  MUNICH (AP) — A senior U.S. Republican senator on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to take action against Russia over allegations that Moscow interfered in the election that brought him to power.
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| Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69 Posted: 18 Feb 2017 04:27 PM PST ![Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69]( "Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69") (Reuters) - Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, died on Saturday at the age of 69, a journalist close to McCorvey said. McCorvey died on Saturday morning of heart failure at an assisted living home in Katy, Texas, Joshua Prager, a journalist who is writing a book about the ruling, said in an email. McCorvey lent her real name to supporters of the abortion-rights movement in the 1980s.
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| Abundant fish draw 1 million penguins to Argentine peninsula Posted: 17 Feb 2017 07:54 PM PST  PUNTA TOMBO, Argentina (AP) — More than a million penguins have traveled to Argentina's Punta Tombo peninsula during this year's breeding season, drawn by an unusual abundance of small fish.
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| ABC News' Jonathan Karl: Free press is a big part of what makes America great Posted: 19 Feb 2017 06:05 AM PST  Jonathan Karl reflects on White House press relations throughout history.
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| Police Name Mystery Man Caught on Surveillance As Suspect In Murder of Teen Hikers Posted: 19 Feb 2017 12:08 PM PST  Preliminary evidence led to their decision, according to police.
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| SpaceX Set For 10th ISS Cargo Mission Launch Posted: 18 Feb 2017 02:42 AM PST  A Falcon 9 rocket will send the unmanned Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday morning. Here's how to watch the launch.
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| Hundreds of Cubans deported after US immigration status end: Cuba Posted: 18 Feb 2017 10:52 AM PST  More than 680 Cubans have been deported back to Cuba since the United States ended its decades-old policy giving them preferred immigrant status in January, state media reported Saturday. According to official Cuban reports, 683 people have been sent back to the Caribbean island from the United States, or from Mexico, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, where they were crossing in a bid to reach the US border. On January 12, then-president Barack Obama scrapped with immediate effect a 1995 policy that had given Cubans near-automatic entry to the United States if they managed to set foot on American soil, regardless of their visa status.
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| Can Tony Blair stop Brexit? Posted: 18 Feb 2017 12:41 PM PST ![Can Tony Blair stop Brexit?]( "Can Tony Blair stop Brexit?") Earlier this month, British members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly voted to back Brexit, citing deference to the will of the people. Speaking at an event for Open Britain, which wants Britain to maintain access to the single market, Tony Blair declared that the Brexit discussion was far from over. The task for voters who want to remain in the EU, Mr. Blair said, is to persuade Leave voters to change their minds, thus forcing a reversal on Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
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| Syrian rebels say army attacks wrecking ceasefire efforts Posted: 19 Feb 2017 02:05 PM PST ![Syrian rebels say army attacks wrecking ceasefire efforts]( "Syrian rebels say army attacks wrecking ceasefire efforts") Syrian rebel groups who have participated in peace talks said on Sunday that an upsurge in Syrian army shelling and bombing was wrecking the prospects of maintaining a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey. The rebel groups, mostly backed by Turkey, have attended two rounds of talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. Mohammad Alloush, the head of the Astana talks delegation, said the rebel groups who signed a shaky ceasefire deal late last year that was meant to end bombing of civilians were ready to go back to "all out war".
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| At least 19 dead after bus turns over in Argentinean Andes Posted: 18 Feb 2017 05:29 AM PST ![At least 19 dead after bus turns over in Argentinean Andes]( "At least 19 dead after bus turns over in Argentinean Andes") A bus traveling to Chile flipped over in Argentina's Mendoza province early on Saturday, killing at least 19 people on a remote mountain road in the Andes, local authorities said. Turbus, the Chilean company operating the vehicle, confirmed the crash on Route 7 in the Aconcagua park in a statement. A civil defense spokesman in Mendoza said there were 19 confirmed deaths.
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| Man dies after breaching security at Honolulu airport Posted: 18 Feb 2017 04:28 PM PST ![Man dies after breaching security at Honolulu airport]( "Man dies after breaching security at Honolulu airport") HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a man is dead after he breached security at Honolulu International Airport and stopped breathing.
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| Arpaio successor pulls back on immigration holds in jails Posted: 18 Feb 2017 08:02 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — For years, immigrants being released from jails in Phoenix would routinely be kept locked up an extra couple days to give federal authorities time to check their immigration status and launch deportation proceedings.
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| Jason Chaffetz and Mitch McConnell are the new 'Hardy Boys' except much worse Posted: 18 Feb 2017 08:00 AM PST  Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has been doing a really great job not investigating some of the major controversies surrounding the Trump White House. Mitch McConnell, the Majority Leader of the Senate, has also impressively managed to avoid publicly denouncing or questioning even the most flagrantly unconstitutional executive orders signed by the POTUS. SEE ALSO: Wow, Obama's outgoing letter to Trump speaks volumes With their impressive the-opposite-of-mystery-solving skills on full display for the American public, we thought it'd be fitting to reimagine the two GOP leaders as the straight-laced Hardy Boys. A post shared by Mashable Watercooler (@watercooler) on Feb 17, 2017 at 2:41pm PST Combining their powerful detective minds, Mitch and Jason can ignore basically anything that happens. "The Town Hall Mystery" Image: max knoblauch "The Mystery of Nope Shut Up There Is Nothing To Investigate Here" Image: Max knoblauch "The Mystery of Just Hangin' Out, Not Solving Anything" Image: Max knoblauch The next installment can't come soon enough!
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| Mom-To-Be Shares Photo of 2 Onesies Surrounded by Needles After Struggling to Get Pregnant Posted: 18 Feb 2017 11:30 AM PST  She is 13 weeks along.
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| 'War won't stop us' vow Syria child victims Bana, Abdel Posted: 18 Feb 2017 11:12 AM PST  Two Syrian children who have become powerful symbols of their homeland's conflict met Saturday, vowing that "the war will not stop us" despite the horrific violence around them. Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed -- whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo -- met 10-year-old Abdel Basset who lost his legs after bombardment in Idlib. A video of the young boy screaming for his father spread on social media and images of Abdel were shared by Bana as well.
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| Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt ranked top three U.S. presidents Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:14 PM PST ![Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt ranked top three U.S. presidents]( "Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt ranked top three U.S. presidents") (Reuters) - Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt were ranked as the top three U.S. presidents in history respectively while Barack Obama entered the rankings in the 12th spot, based on a survey of historians released on Friday. Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower rounded out the top five of 43 presidents in U.S. history, a survey of historians' rankings of presidential leadership found. "Once again the big three are Lincoln, Washington and FDR - as it should be.
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| Romania’s lesson in public integrity Posted: 18 Feb 2017 07:09 AM PST ![Romania's lesson in public integrity]( "Romania's lesson in public integrity") Since early February, tens of thousands of people in Romania have held almost daily protests against corruption in many cities. This persistent and peaceful outcry on Romania's streets for honest governance began after the ruling party tried to roll back anti-corruption efforts that have already led to thousands of officials being put on trial since 2013. People were shocked at how easily their progress in suppressing corruption could be eroded by politicians.
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| France denounces cyberattacks blamed on Moscow Posted: 18 Feb 2017 06:57 PM PST  Suspected Russian cyberattacks on the French presidential campaign are "unacceptable", France's foreign minister said Sunday, adding it was clear that pro-Europe candidate Emmanuel Macron was being targeted. A spokesman for Macron, who is currently riding high in the polls, has accused Moscow of being behind a flurry of cyberattacks on his campaign website and email servers over the past month. "It's enough to see which candidates, Marine Le Pen or Francois Fillon, Russia expresses preference for in the French electoral campaign," Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in an interview with Journal du Dimanche.
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| Police Find 75-Year-Old Woman Molded to Chair After Sitting In Same Spot for Almost a Year Posted: 19 Feb 2017 09:41 AM PST  She is now recovering at a local hospital.
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| "Blind Sheik" guilty of 1990s terror plots dies in US prison Posted: 18 Feb 2017 11:37 PM PST  The so called Blind Sheik, Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of plotting terror attacks in New York City in the decade before 9/11 has died in a federal prison. He was 78.
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| Expect more fake news from Russia, top NATO general says Posted: 18 Feb 2017 05:21 AM PST ![Expect more fake news from Russia, top NATO general says]( "Expect more fake news from Russia, top NATO general says") By Robin Emmott MUNICH (Reuters) - Russia was behind a false report of a rape by German soldiers in Lithuania that was intended to undermine support for NATO's new eastern force, a senior NATO general said on Saturday, warning Europe to expect more such "fake news". Petr Pavel, who heads NATO's military committee, said he also hoped to hold the first telephone call in more than two years with Russia's military chiefs in coming weeks.
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| Shop These Presidents Day Deals For Maximum Savings Posted: 18 Feb 2017 07:20 AM PST  Presidents Day is a hotbed of discounts on appliances, mattresses, furniture and other items.
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| Man’s plan to bomb Target stores to buy cheap stock totally backfires Posted: 17 Feb 2017 06:01 PM PST  Get rich schemes come in all shapes in sizes, but leave it to the always creative "Florida Man" to come up with perhaps the worst money-making scheme in the history of mankind. Mark Charles Barnett is currently in custody and facing up to ten years in prison after planning to blow up several Target retail stores along the East Coast in an attempt to get the company's stock to dip, allowing him an opportunity to grab shares at a reduced cost. Needless to say, things didn't exactly work out as Barnett planned. Barnett built explosive devices into random food boxes, which he intended to be placed at Target stores between Florida and New York. When the bombs detonated, Barnett assumed that the resulting news would cause Target's stock to take a dive, at which point he would load up on the stock and make a hefty pile of profit when the stock eventually recovered. Barnett didn't want to do the dirty work himself, and instead decided to hire a man to plant the bombs for him. Barnett gave the man ten bombs, some gloves and a mask, along with a license plate cover to aid his getaway. For his services, he was paid the sum of $10,000. Unfortunately for Barnett, things didn't exactly work out the way that he had planned. Rather than taking the cash and planting the explosives, the would-be bomber brought all the evidence to local authorities who brought in federal agents to close the case and lock Barnett up. Barnett is currently in custody and awaiting trial.
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| Father and Son Killed In Head-On Collision With One Another Posted: 19 Feb 2017 10:37 AM PST  Police said alcohol was a factor in the crash.
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| US student debt tops $1.31 trillion: Does Betsy DeVos have a plan? Posted: 18 Feb 2017 05:03 PM PST ![US student debt tops $1.31 trillion: Does Betsy DeVos have a plan?]( "US student debt tops $1.31 trillion: Does Betsy DeVos have a plan?") Student loans were the leading cause for a substantial increase in household debt last year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday. While the high balance of US student debt is not news anymore, the new record-high $1.31 trillion balance, up 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter, is another reminder of the severity of a problem that has cast a shadow over the nation in recent years. During her confirmation hearing, now-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos suggested a vision for higher education that might not require as much student debt.
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| Lewandowski and Mook weigh in on President Trump's relationship with media Posted: 19 Feb 2017 08:38 AM PST  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook discuss President Donald Trump's relationship with the media.
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| Protesters in Barcelona urge Spain to take in more refugees Posted: 18 Feb 2017 11:21 AM PST  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At least 160,000 protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to demand that Spain's conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.
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| Paris protesters decry police abuse; some clash with police Posted: 18 Feb 2017 10:21 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Paris police sprayed tear gas at bottle-throwing demonstrators on the margins of a rally Saturday meant to support a young black man who was allegedly raped with a police baton and other victims of police abuse.
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| Gambia's new president pledges fresh start, economic reform Posted: 18 Feb 2017 10:59 AM PST ![Gambia's new president pledges fresh start, economic reform]( "Gambia's new president pledges fresh start, economic reform") By Cheikh Sadibou Mane and Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's President Adama Barrow vowed on Saturday to revive the country's faltering economy with sweeping reforms as he sought to draw a line under the erratic 22-year rule of his predecessor. Barrow was sworn into office a month ago during a brief exile in Senegal as Yahya Jammeh refused to accept his defeat in a December election. Jammeh fled into exile days later as troops from West African countries prepared to enter the capital and force him to go.
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| NASA’s Juno To Stay In 53-Day Jupiter Orbit Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:57 PM PST  The space agency dropped its plan to fire the spacecraft's main engine, a risky maneuver that would have reduced the orbital period to 14 days for its fifth flyby of Jupiter.
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| Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election Posted: 19 Feb 2017 06:02 AM PST ![Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election]( "Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election") By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's people and the ruling ZANU-PF party see no viable alternative candidate to President Robert Mugabe for general elections in 2018, state media quoted him as saying on Sunday. "The people, you know, would want to judge everyone else on the basis of President Mugabe as the criteria," Mugabe, who is Africa's oldest leader, said. Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980 and in December his party confirmed him as its candidate for the next presidential election expected in mid-2018, when he will be 94.
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| Iran in new military drills despite US warnings Posted: 18 Feb 2017 03:33 AM PST  Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday, despite warnings from the United States and fresh sanctions over a ballistic missile test. "The manoeuvres called 'Grand Prophet 11' will start Monday and last three days," General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the force's ground units, told a news conference. In early February, Iran conducted drills involving short-range missiles at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
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| AstroBot Kit Teaches Kids the Joys of Coding Posted: 19 Feb 2017 03:00 PM PST  One of the most intriguing robot kits at this year's show, UBTech's AstroBot kit can be built into one of three different characters and programmed using a simple mobile app. Available this spring for $199, AstroBot can be built as either a treaded robot that looks a bit like Walle, a humanoid-style robot or a wheeled vehicle. An infrared sensor keeps AstroBot from bumping into objects as it moves around.
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| Police: Man charged in shooting death of Chicago toddler Posted: 18 Feb 2017 12:56 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — A man has been charged in a Chicago shooting captured on video that killed two people, including a toddler, and wounded a pregnant woman, police said Saturday.
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| 26 people detained after Turkey car bomb attack Posted: 18 Feb 2017 02:09 PM PST  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say 26 people have been detained following a car bomb attack, which killed two people in the southeast of the country.
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| Blizzard Terminating Windows XP, Vista Support Posted: 18 Feb 2017 08:21 PM PST  Video game company Blizzard Entertainment has announced the end of the road for Windows XP and Windows Vista support for its games.
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| Scientists claim existence of drowned Pacific Ocean continent Posted: 17 Feb 2017 09:53 PM PST ![Scientists claim existence of drowned Pacific Ocean continent]( "Scientists claim existence of drowned Pacific Ocean continent") A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean, scientists reported in the journal of the Geological Society of America. The land mass of 4.5 million square kilometers (1.74 million square miles) is 94 percent underwater and only its highest points - New Zealand and New Caldeonia - poke above the surface. "It's rather frustrating for us geologists with the oceans being there," said Nick Mortimer, a geologist at GNS Science in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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| Hundreds of inmates abandon gang life in El Salvador Posted: 18 Feb 2017 06:29 PM PST  Inside a Salvadaron prison Francisco Lopez teaches fellow ex-gang members how to make paper figurines, as part of a program designed to reinsert them into society once they are released. There are an estimated 70,000 gang members in El Salvador.
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| A town changed by Trump Posted: 19 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST ![A town changed by Trump]( "A town changed by Trump") There are times these days when Mary Jo Groves feels like she no longer understands her city and the world around it. The hospital physician knows Springfield as a place that has prided itself on its moderate, practical outlook. Asked about Mr. Trump, an elderly gentleman said he was pleased, suggesting the crackdown on immigrants and the temporary ban on citizens from seven Muslim nations was spot on.
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| This futuristic ATM means you’ll never have to go into a bank again Posted: 19 Feb 2017 06:00 AM PST  Fifty years ago, the ATM was one of the first robots to start down the long path of stealing jobs. Even the name -- Automated Teller Machine -- shows that it was explicitly designed to put bank tellers out of a job. ATMs have become far more sophisticated since their introduction, but their main function of dispensing cash hasn't really changed. So, for ATMs themselves to remain relevant as banks increasingly go online, there needs to be change. NCR, a company you likely haven't heard of but almost certainly interact with frequently, has just released its latest take on the ATM. Called the SelfServ 80, it's likely to have payment processing conference attendees all aflutter -- but there's a reason you should care too. Rather than just dispensing cash, the machine uses a 19-inch touchscreen and video confrencing to let you do virtually anything you'd do in a regular bank. Apply for credit cards or loans can theoretically all happen without ever speaking to a person in the flesh: all the communication can happen with a bank advisor via fancy Skype. Only ever talking to a bank advisor through a screen does sound like an awfully dystopian future. But the silver lining here is that by centralizing the bank tellers, banks could offer services for much longer hours, and you'd never need to wait in line to see one of your branch's two tellers ever again. The ATM will start rolling out this year, as according to NCR "several of the largest banks in the world, along with many community banks, have signed on for initial delivery contracts."
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| U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes Posted: 18 Feb 2017 01:30 PM PST ![U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes]( "U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes") By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation. While the fact that the FBI is investigating had been reported previously by the New York Times and other media, these officials shed new light on both the precise number of inquires and their focus. The FBI's Pittsburgh field office, which runs many cyber security investigations, is trying to identify the people behind breaches of the Democratic National Committee's computer systems, the officials said.
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| Struggle against evil sparks China ritual Posted: 17 Feb 2017 07:00 PM PST  Villagers in eastern China have a unique way of washing away the taint of evil spirits -- by bathing in a shower of scorching sparks. The ritual takes place in the city of Putian in Fujian province, where China's Hakka people are concentrated and hold extended celebrations for the annual Lantern Festival, which officially fell on February 11. The ceremony in the village of Fangshan begins when eight local men selected by village elders don ancient-style Chinese dress to pray in a temple for protection from the Buddha.
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