| Deputies Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old In His Home While Firing At Suspect Posted: 23 Dec 2017 02:07 PM PST  A Texas community is grappling with the death of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in his home Thursday as sheriff's deputies shot at a woman they were chasing outside.
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| This woman was taken off life support to die -- and lived Posted: 23 Dec 2017 08:10 AM PST  Sheila Lewis was in a coma for six weeks and was totally unresponsive on life support. Her family brought her home to die, but instead she woke up and recovered.
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| Turkey wants to bring wounded from Syria's Ghouta for treatment Posted: 24 Dec 2017 03:12 AM PST ![Turkey wants to bring wounded from Syria's Ghouta for treatment]( "Turkey wants to bring wounded from Syria's Ghouta for treatment") Turkey is working with Russia to evacuate around 500 people from the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. "There are around 500 people, including 170 children and women who need urgent humanitarian aid," Erdogan said ahead of his departure on an official visit to Sudan. Ankara aimed to bring people in need of assistance to Turkey to provide treatment and care.
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| Mass shootings, hurricanes and President Trump top the biggest events of 2017 Posted: 23 Dec 2017 09:34 PM PST  In the final NBC News/WSJ poll of 2017, respondents reveal mixed reactions to a rocky year.
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| The Thomas Fire Is Now The Biggest In California's History Posted: 24 Dec 2017 11:27 AM PST  The so-called Thomas Fire burning in parts of Southern California now ranks as the largest wildfire on record in the state.
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| 6 of the most remarkable space moments of 2017 Posted: 24 Dec 2017 12:15 PM PST  From the astonishing solar eclipse that captivated millions across America to the end of the 20-year long Cassini spacecraft mission, 2017 was an astounding year for space discoveries.
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| Tunisia suspends Emirates flights over women security measures Posted: 24 Dec 2017 02:27 PM PST  Tunisia on Sunday suspended Emirates Airlines flights after a public outcry over security measures in the United Arab Emirates targeting women from the North African country. The transport ministry said it had "decided to suspend" Emirates flights to Tunis "until the airline is able to find the appropriate solution to operate its flights in accordance with international law and agreements". A number of Tunisian women had said their travel to the Gulf state on UAE airlines had been delayed and some had been forced to undergo additional examination of their visas.
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| Progressive Group Ousts Cenk Uygur Over Past Sexist Writing Posted: 23 Dec 2017 03:20 PM PST  The Justice Democrats ousted Cenk Uygur, one of its founding board members and a creator of progressive online network The Young Turks, following the Thursday revelation that Uygur had authored sexist blogposts in the early 2000s.
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| 2017 Was Mexico's Deadliest Year On Record Posted: 24 Dec 2017 06:27 AM PST  A total of 23,101 murder investigations were launched nationwide between January and November, reported Reuters, citing figures released by the country's interior ministry.
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| US Marine Corps commandant tells soldiers: 'I hope I'm wrong but there's a war coming' Posted: 24 Dec 2017 01:46 AM PST  General Robert Neller told the Marine rotational force at the Norwegian Home Guard base near Trondheim: "I hope I'm wrong, but there's a war coming. "Just remember why you're here," Sergeant Major Ronald Green told the Marines, according to the military news site. The rotational force has been deployed in Norway since January, where they have supported Nato operations and trained in cold weather and mountainous conditions.
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| High School Students Gift Custodian With New Pair of Work Boots For Christmas Posted: 23 Dec 2017 07:45 AM PST  Several students pitched in for the purchase.
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| Federal Judge Partially Lifts Trump Administration Ban on Refugees Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:21 AM PST  A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the U.S.
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| Dozens Feared Dead In Massive Shopping Mall Blaze In Philippine City Of Davao Posted: 24 Dec 2017 03:32 AM PST  An enormous fire that consumed a shopping mall in the Philippine city of Davao, trapping at least 37 people inside, continued to burn on Sunday ― more than a day after the blaze began.
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| Thomas Fire becomes largest wildfire in California's history Posted: 22 Dec 2017 06:17 PM PST  The Thomas Fire has burned more acres than any previous wildfire on record in California, and there are no signs of a pattern change that would deliver beneficial weather for battling the blaze.
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| Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great Posted: 23 Dec 2017 09:34 AM PST ![Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great]( "Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great") SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia's left-wing prime minister said he is ready to renounce his country's claim to be the sole heirs of the legacy of Alexander the Great to help solve a 26-year-old dispute with neighboring Greece over the country's name.
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| Apparently, Little Kids Think Birthday Parties Cause Aging Posted: 23 Dec 2017 07:01 AM PST  Whether they're flashy North West-style blowouts or more modest sheet cake-and-balloons affairs, birthday parties are a major ritual for many kids around the world.
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| These 17 Photos Show Santas Spreading Joy Around The World Posted: 24 Dec 2017 04:09 PM PST  Santa Claus will soon be making his unbelievably fast trip around the world, delivering gifts to all of those children good enough to make his "nice" list.
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| Spain's king urges Catalan lawmakers to avoid 'confrontation' Posted: 24 Dec 2017 12:51 PM PST ![Spain's king urges Catalan lawmakers to avoid 'confrontation']( "Spain's king urges Catalan lawmakers to avoid 'confrontation'") Spain's King Felipe VI in a Christmas speech on Sunday urged Catalan lawmakers to respect their region's diversity and avoid another confrontation over independence. Felipe's remarks came three days after separatist parties, led by ousted president Carles Puigdemont, won an absolute majority of seats in a parliamentary vote. "The road cannot lead again to confrontation and exclusion, which as we already know generate nothing but discord, uncertainty and discouragement," he said at his Madrid residence, flanked by Spanish and EU flags.
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| Family asked to remove 'offensive' Jesus sign from their Christmas display because it offended a neighbour Posted: 24 Dec 2017 05:15 AM PST  A family has been asked to take down a sign with the name "Jesus" from their Christmas display, after a neighbour reportedly claimed it was offensive. Mark and Lynn Wivell said their homeowner's association had made the request after they put up the display outside their home in Adams County, Pennsylvania. "As part of our Christmas decoration, we would display the name Jesus to point out to everyone that we in this family believe that the reason for the season is to celebrate the birth of Jesus," Mr Wivell told the FOX43 news channel.
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| Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted match Posted: 24 Dec 2017 05:39 AM PST ![Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted match]( "Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted match") Israeli players have been denied visas to participate in a speed chess championship hosted by Saudi Arabia this week, a vice president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Sunday. Seven Israeli players had requested visas for the tournament on Dec. 26-30. It would have marked the first time Saudi Arabia had publicly hosted Israelis as the Gulf state does not recognize Israel and there are no formal ties between them.
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| Italy PM plans to shift military forces from Iraq to Niger Posted: 24 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST ![Italy PM plans to shift military forces from Iraq to Niger]( "Italy PM plans to shift military forces from Iraq to Niger") Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday he would propose to parliament transferring some of the country's troops stationed in Iraq to Niger to fight people smuggling and terrorism. Gentiloni said Italy's 1,400-strong military presence in Iraq could now be reduced after victories against Islamic militants and instead deployed in the Sahel region of West Africa. "We have to continue to work, concentrating our attention and energies on the threat of people trafficking and terrorism in the Sahel," he said aboard the Italian ship Etna used in the European Union's "Sophia" operation to counter people smuggling in the Mediterranean.
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| Deer At 'Santa's Journey' Exhibit in Ireland Picked Off By Cruel Poachers Posted: 24 Dec 2017 05:44 AM PST  Three Sika deer that were part of a Santa wonderland display in Ireland vanished in a trail of blood earlier this month, apparently shot and killed by poachers, according to authorities.
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| US agrees to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, angering Russia Posted: 23 Dec 2017 10:13 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America's involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Russia. Moscow responded angrily on Saturday.
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| The Last Known Dancing Bears Of Nepal Have Been Rescued Posted: 23 Dec 2017 08:29 AM PST  The last two known bears forced to dance for spectators in Nepal have been rescued.
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| Miss America suspends CEO over misogynistic emails Posted: 22 Dec 2017 09:31 PM PST  The Miss America pageant suspended its CEO on Friday after dozens of former beauty queens demanded he step down over leaked internal emails that contained misogynistic, fat- and slut-shaming language. The decision was announced in the face of mounting pressure in the media as the United States continues to grapple with a sexual harassment firestorm upending powerful men from Hollywood, to entertainment and politics. "The Miss America Organization Board of Directors today voted to suspend Executive Chairman and CEO Sam Haskell," it said.
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| ‘Squinty Eyes’ Reference Made At Mayor Ed Lee's Memorial Causes A Stir Posted: 23 Dec 2017 07:10 AM PST  Members of San Francisco's Chinese-American community have voiced their displeasure after a public official made a racially insensitive remark during the memorial service for the city's Mayor Ed Lee held last Sunday.
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| Google's Santa Tracker Will Let You Follow His Deliveries All Over the World Posted: 23 Dec 2017 06:00 AM PST  You can see when he's coming to town
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| Matt Damon's Father Dead At 74 Posted: 23 Dec 2017 11:59 AM PST  Kent Damon, father of actor Matt Damon, has died at the age of 74
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| Rescuers search for Philippine storm victims as toll rises to 200 Posted: 24 Dec 2017 04:33 AM PST ![Rescuers search for Philippine storm victims as toll rises to 200]( "Rescuers search for Philippine storm victims as toll rises to 200") By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Rescuers in the Philippines searched on Sunday for survivors of a storm that triggered floods and landslides and killed about 200 people, left scores missing and thousands homeless, most of whom apparently ignored warnings to move to safety. Misery in the largely Christian Philippines was compounded by the death of at least 37 people in a shopping mall fire, officials said on Christmas Eve. The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons a year and warnings are routinely issued, but the level of destruction wreaked by tropical storm Tembin on the southern island of Mindanao from late on Friday came as a surprise.
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| Ten great things Donald Trump will give America and the world in 2018 Posted: 23 Dec 2017 02:56 AM PST  Or take them as free advice to a struggling President whose approval ratings, with under a year until crucial midterm elections for Congress, are so deep in the basement he can barely find them. Watch as Trump gets more artful in his use of social media and less needlessly destructive. 2. It's finally time to engage with the Democrats on the Hill.
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| The GOP fights for its own voters to stop the next Roy Moore Posted: 23 Dec 2017 05:29 PM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republicans who hope their Senate disaster in Alabama will scare voters away from other outsider, longshot conservatives should spend some time with Michele Evans.
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| Supporters Cast Ballots to Nominate Alexei Navalny In Russia's 2018 Elections Posted: 24 Dec 2017 11:04 AM PST  Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president Sunday, allowing Navalny to ready the endorsement papers required for candidacy and putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run.
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| Turns Out That Carrie Fisher Wrote Some Of Her Best Lines In 'The Last Jedi' Posted: 23 Dec 2017 09:19 AM PST  Help us make "Star Wars" funnier, Carrie Fisher, you're our only hope.
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| Iraq's Mosul celebrates first post-IS Christmas Posted: 24 Dec 2017 06:09 AM PST  Hymns and cries of joy filled a church in Iraq's second city Mosul on Sunday as worshippers celebrated Christmas there for the first time in four years after the end of jihadist rule. "This is a sign that life is returning to Mosul," said wheelchair-bound Hossam Abud, 48, who returned earlier this month from exile in Iraqi Kurdistan. Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church called on the congregation to pray for "peace and stability in Mosul, Iraq and the world".
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| London Zoo Staff Are Still Searching for 4 Meerkats After a Fire Broke Out Posted: 23 Dec 2017 08:12 AM PST  Zoo officials say a fire left one aardvark dead and four meerkats missing.
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| Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails Posted: 23 Dec 2017 05:40 PM PST ![Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails]( "Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails") The head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned on Saturday after a report this week alleging that emails he had sent were derogatory toward past winners. Sam Haskell's resignation as executive chairman and chief executive of the Miss America Organization was accompanied by the departure of the organization's president, the chairman of the board and a board member. Haskell had been suspended on Friday, one day after a Huffington Post report about the internal emails.
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| Britney Spears Wears Slogan T-Shirt In Support Of Dreamers Posted: 23 Dec 2017 02:14 AM PST  Pop star Britney Spears' opinion on the Dream Act is crystal clear.
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| US Defense Secretary says ‘storm clouds are gathering’ over Korean Peninsula Posted: 23 Dec 2017 07:37 AM PST  Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has urged American soldiers to be ready for anything, saying that "storm clouds are gathering" over the Korean Peninsula. Mr Mattis stopped short of forecasting any real armed conflict between the United States and North Korea, but emphasised that diplomacy with the rogue regime in Pyongyang is best backed up with the clear threat that American military might is at the ready. "My fine young soldiers, the only way our diplomats can speak with authority and be believed is if you're ready to go," Mr Mattis told several dozen soldiers and airmen in North Carolina during a two-day pre-holiday tour of bases.
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| World’s largest amphibious plane, the AG600, makes successful maiden flight in China Posted: 24 Dec 2017 03:48 AM PST  The world's largest amphibious aircraft, the China-made AG600, made its maiden flight on Sunday, and comes as the latest milestone in the country's efforts to modernise its military. State television showed live images of the AG600 lifting off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong, which sits on the South China Sea coast. It returned about an hour later and taxied to its stand accompanied by martial music and greeted by crowds waving Chinese flags. Xinhua news agency said the aircraft was the "protector spirit of the sea, islands and reefs". China has stepped up research on advanced military equipment as it adopts a more muscular approach to territorial disputes in places such as the disputed South China Sea, rattling nerves in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States. Powered by four turboprop engines, the AG600 can carry 50 people during maritime search-and-rescue missions, and can scoop up 12 metric tons of water within 20 seconds for fire fighting trips, according to state media. It had previously been scheduled to make its first flight earlier this year but it is unclear why it was delayed after ground tests took place in April. The AG600 approaches the runway in Zhuhai Credit: REUTERS State-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) has spent almost eight years developing the aircraft, which is roughly the size of a Boeing Co 737 and is designed to carry out marine rescues and battle forest fires. The AG600 is known as 'Kunlong' in China Credit: AFP However, state media has also noted its potential use in the South China Sea, where China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Brunei all have overlapping claims. The AG600's crew disembarking after its successful maiden flight Credit: VCG The AG600's chief designer, Huang Lingcai, was quoted in the official China Daily earlier this month as saying it can make round trips without refuelling from the southern island province of Hainan to James Shoal, claimed by China but which is located close to Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. The aircraft has received 17 orders so far from Chinese government departments and companies. It has a maximum flight range of 2,800 miles and a maximum take-off weight of 53.5 tons. It can use conventional airports and also land and take-off from the sea. Ground staff stand guard for the latest military addition to China's military capabilities Credit: REUTERS China is in the midst of a massive military modernisation programme, ranging from testing anti-satellite missiles to building stealth fighters and the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier, to add to an existing one bought from Ukraine.
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| Oman opens sprawling oryx reserve to ecotourists Posted: 22 Dec 2017 07:17 PM PST  The Gulf sultanate of Oman is looking to carve itself a new niche in ecotourism by opening up a sanctuary for one of the desert's most fabled creatures -- the Arabian oryx. Once extinct in the wild, the rare member of the antelope family famed for its elegant horns has been dragged back from the precipice in a sprawling reserve fenced off for decades from the public. On a recent outing, wildlife rangers in SUVs patrolled the sandy plains of the reserve in central Oman's Haima province, spotting groups of grazing oryx and other indigenous species.
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| Gaza zookeeper puts lion cubs up for sale Posted: 23 Dec 2017 06:26 AM PST ![Gaza zookeeper puts lion cubs up for sale]( "Gaza zookeeper puts lion cubs up for sale") The owner of a private zoo in the impoverished Gaza Strip has put three lion cubs up for sale, saying he can no longer afford to feed them. Mohammad Ahmad Jumaa took to social media to advertise the animals at 3,500 Jordanian dinars ($5,000) each. "Because of the bad economic situation and the difficulty of finding food and drink (for the animals), I was forced to put up for sale three cubs born around a month ago," he said.
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