| Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Resigns Following Offensive Comments Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:03 AM PST  Carl Higbie, the chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, resigned Thursday after CNN unearthed a litany of offensive and discriminatory remarks he'd made on various radio segments.
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| Man Surprises Grandfather With Restored 1957 Chevy Bel Air For His 81st Birthday Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Cam Dedman revealed the car to Fred Lamar after a year of restoring it on his own.
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| The resistance is organized and ready in district where Trump is visiting Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST  Democrats, especially women, have been organizing ever since last year's election. And they think they have a chance to take the seat in this heavily Republican district.
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| Deported Man's Wife Will Be State Of The Union Guest Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:15 AM PST  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) was so moved by the story of Jorge Garcia, a 39-year-old man deported to Mexico this week after living most of his life in the U.S., that she plans to bring his wife Cindy Garcia as her plus-one guest to the 2018 State of the Union address.
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| Sen. Kaine condemns 'unacceptable' expanded U.S. mission in Syria Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:46 AM PST  Sen. Tim Kaine warned that the expanded mandate outlined by Rex Tillerson was "unacceptable" absent a vote in Congress.
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| California torture house: 13 siblings allowed to eat once a day, shower once a year Posted: 18 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST  The 13 starving siblings held captive in a California house hardly ever saw the sun and were allowed, a prosecutor said Thursday, to eat only one rationed meal a day and shower just once a year.
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| US border patrol exposed kicking over water bottles left for migrants Posted: 18 Jan 2018 06:32 AM PST  US border patrol agents are routinely sabotaging water supplies left for migrants in the Arizona desert, condemning them to death, humanitarian groups have said. Travellers attempting to cross into the US from Mexico regularly die of dehydration, as well as exposure to extreme heat or cold, so aid groups leave water bottles and emergency stocks such as blankets at points throughout the Sonoran desert. A video released by the groups showed border patrol agents kicking over water bottles and pouring away their contents.
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| Adulthood now begins at 24, say scientists as young people delay work, marriage and families Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST  Adulthood does not begin until 24, scientists have concluded because young people are continuing their education for longer and delaying marriage and parenthood. The traditional definition for adolescence is currently between and the ages of 10 and 19, which marked the beginnings of puberty and the perceived end of biological growth. But, writing in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, scientists from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne argue the timings needs to be changed. They point to the fact that the brain continues to mature beyond the age of 20, and many people's wisdom teeth do not come through until the age of 25. And people are also getting married and having children later, with the average man entering their first marriage aged 32.5 and women 30.6, an increase of eight years since the 1970s. Families have changed significantly since the 1970s Credit: Fox Photos Lead author Prof Susan Sawyer, said delays in young people leaving education, settling down and becoming parents, showed adolescence was now longer and argued that policies that support youth should be extended beyond teenage years. Countries such as New Zealand already treat children who have been in care as vulnerable until they are 25, allowing them the same rights as youngsters "Age definitions are always arbitrary," she said, but "our current definition of adolescence is overly restricted." "The ages of 10-24 years are a better fit with the development of adolescents nowadays." However other academics argued that just because young people were unmarried or still in education did not mean they were not fully functioning adults. But Dr Jan Macvarish, a parenting sociologist at the University of Kent, told the BBC: "There is nothing inevitably infantilising about spending your early 20s in higher education or experimenting in the world of work. "Society should maintain the highest possible expectations of the next generation." Prof Sawyer also admits there could be downsides to he plan, particularly if youngsters were no longer seen as responsible or capable of full engagement in society until they were 24. "Such a view would risk disenfranchising adolescents and undermines their rights to fully participate in society," she added.
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| House Blocks Trump's Order To Deport Palestinian Man Living In U.S. For 39 Years Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:02 PM PST  Last month, with a deportation order hanging over his head, Amer Othman Adi, 57, and his family were making preparations to leave their life in Youngstown, Ohio, willingly.
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| Helicopter with Zimbabwe opposition leader crashes, kills 5 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:52 PM PST  RATON, N.M. (AP) — A group of prominent friends, including a key Zimbabwean opposition leader and a Texas-based investor and philanthropist, was heading to a ranch in the U.S. state of New Mexico when their helicopter crashed and burned in a remote area, killing five people aboard.
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| WH blame possible shutdown on Schumer and Democrats Posted: 19 Jan 2018 09:16 AM PST  The White House tries to lay blame for possible government shutdown on Senator Schumer and Senate Democrats.
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| Parents Charged With Torture And Abuse Of 13 Kids May Face Life In Prison Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:30 AM PST  A California couple accused of holding their 13 children captive in their home for years face up to life in prison.
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| Fox News Guest Goes Off The Rails: 'White Supremacists Are American Citizens' Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:55 PM PST  A guest on Fox News defended white supremacists over undocumented immigrants on Thursday evening.
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| A free-for-all destroyed the Republican Party. Could Democrats be next? Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST  Lesson from the GOP in 2016: When a field of candidates is divided 20 different ways, the one who makes a loud, emotional or even outrageous appeal can incite enough of a disenchanted plurality to win.
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| Woman Says 12-Year-Old Son Who Died Had Flu-Like Symptoms But Test Came Back Negative Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  The CDC said the test can miss the flu up to half the time and doesn't give a complete picture.
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| Chris Christie Reportedly Turned Away From Airport VIP Entrance Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:44 PM PST  Chris Christie, no longer the governor of New Jersey, was reportedly denied access to a special VIP entrance at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday.
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| Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:25 AM PST ![Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says]( "Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says") By Jeanny Kao and Brenda Goh TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwan's aviation regulator has stalled applications for new flights from China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines amid a row between Beijing and the self-ruled island over air routes, a regulatory official said on Friday. Taiwan had not yet approved the applications to add flights during the approaching Lunar New Year holiday because in recent weeks the airlines had used four disputed air routes close to the island, said the official, who asked not to be identified. This month China opened several disputed air routes, including a northbound M503 route in the Taiwan Strait, without informing Taiwan, contravening what the democratic government in Taipei said was a 2015 deal to first discuss such flight paths.
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| UK and French leaders reach border deal, disagree on Brexit Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:23 PM PST  CAMBERLEY, England (AP) — The leaders of Britain and France met Thursday against a military backdrop to pledge closer cooperation on defense, security and borders after Britain leaves the European Union.
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| Phoenix Serial Killer Suspect Identified After DNA Allegedly Connects Him to 9 Killings Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:34 PM PST  Seven men and two women were shot between Nov. 27 and Dec. 17
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| Mom Of Racist-Ranting Alabama Student Says She Didn't Raise Her That Way Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:13 AM PST  The mother of a University of Alabama student who received national scorn for her racist rants on video said she agreed with the school's decision to expel her daughter.
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| Government shutdown: Trump tweets cause chaos for Republicans as they scramble to pass spending bill Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:25 PM PST  A tweet from President Donald Trump has thrown Republican plans to avoid a government shutdown into chaos by contradicting his own administration. Congress has been scrambling to pass a short-term measure before a shutdown comes into effect on Saturday. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said "we're in very good shape" for passage of a spending bill that would keep the government running for another four weeks.
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| Anderson Cooper Tells Conan Haiti Is 'Among The Richest Countries I've Ever Been To' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 04:03 AM PST  CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday gave Conan O'Brien a glowing review of Haiti before the talk show host's trip there.
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| Senate Advances Judicial Pick Hostile To Voting Rights For Black People Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Despite protests by civil rights leaders, the Senate voted Thursday to advance a judicial nominee who helped draft North Carolina's voter suppression law, defended racially discriminatory gerrymandering and may have lied to the Senate about his role in disenfranchising black voters when he worked for the late Sen. Jesse Helms.
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| Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST  An unlikely hero saved two teen swimmers on Thursday when a drone dropped a flotation device as the pair were stranded in heavy surf.
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| FBI investigating new person of interest in Vegas shooting: sheriff Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:56 PM PST  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking at a new person of interest in connection with the October mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead, the county sheriff said Friday. The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, killed himself after the rampage, which he carried out from his suite in a hotel on the gambling hub's famed Strip. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told a press conference that "the FBI has an ongoing case against an individual of federal interest," but he said he could not elaborate.
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| Delta Air to tighten rules for onboard service animals Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:39 PM PST  Delta Air Lines is tightening the requirements for passengers traveling with onboard service and emotional support animals, the carrier said on Friday, following a sharp uptick in pet-related safety issues in recent years. Effective March 1, Delta, the second largest U.S. airline by passenger traffic, said it will require passengers seeking to fly with pets to present additional documents outlining the passenger's need for the animal and proof of its training and vaccinations, 48 hours prior to the flight. This comes in response to what the carrier said was a 150 percent increase in service and support animals - pets, often dogs, that accompany people with disabilities - carried onboard since 2015.
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| Pope shocks Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slander Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:16 PM PST  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile's most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.
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| Mattis unveils new National Defense strategy Posted: 19 Jan 2018 08:43 AM PST  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis released the National Defense Strategy today that focuses on China and Russia as the biggest challenges to the U.S.
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| Car plows into crowd along Brazil’s Copacabana beach, killing baby Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:56 AM PST ![Car plows into crowd along Brazil's Copacabana beach, killing baby]( "Car plows into crowd along Brazil's Copacabana beach, killing baby") A car plowed into a crowd on Rio de Janeiro's tourist-packed Copacabana seaside promenade, killing a baby and injuring more than a dozen people.
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| Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  ― Conor Lamb, the Democrat running to represent this district in Congress, was wrapping up an interview with a reporter last week when Ted Skowvron, a 93-year-old veteran in a World War II cap, walked over to shake his hand.
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| Rex Tillerson Says There Is Evidence That Sanctions Are 'Really Starting to Hurt' North Korea Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:29 PM PST  The U.S. Secretary of State said he was confident the pressure would eventually bring North Korea to the negotiating table
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| Amazon Narrows Down Second Headquarters List To 20 Possibilities Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:45 AM PST  On Thursday, Amazon released the short list of cities and other localities that are still in the running to host the online retail giant's second headquarters, which it's calling HQ2.
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| Turpin family latest: Two healthy Maltese dogs seized from couple whose 13 malnourished children were found 'imprisoned' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST  Authorities seized two healthy dogs from the Turpin family after 13 siblings were found malnourished and allegedly tortured. The two Maltese-mix dogs "appear healthy", Perris, California animal control officer Christina Avila said, and will be raffled for adoption. David and Louise Turpin have denied a string of charges relating to their alleged treatment of the children, who are aged between 2 and 29.
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| U.S. lawmakers may soon be liable for sexual harassment payouts Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:09 PM PST ![U.S. lawmakers may soon be liable for sexual harassment payouts]( "U.S. lawmakers may soon be liable for sexual harassment payouts") Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could no longer use public funds for awards or settlements in sexual harassment cases under bipartisan legislation unveiled on Thursday that updates a 20-year law governing the rights of congressional employees. Leaders from both parties, including Speaker Paul Ryan, the most powerful lawmaker in the chamber, support the bill, indicating it should pass quickly and easily in a Congress frequently frozen by partisan standoffs. A growing wave of women reporting abuse or misconduct has brought down powerful men recently, from movie producer Harvey Weinstein to popular television personality Matt Lauer, as well as one of the longest-serving Democrats in Congress, former Representative John Conyers.
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| Last three years hottest on record: UN Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:53 AM PST  The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. Consolidated data from five leading international weather agencies shows that "2015, 2016 and 2017 have been confirmed as the three warmest years on record", the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. It added that 2016 remains the hottest year ever measured, due to the warming effect of El Nino, while 2017 was the warmest non-El Nino year beating out 2015 by less than one hundredth of a degree.
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| Turpin Case: Clothes, Shoes and Toys Donated to 13 Siblings Saved From California 'House of Horrors' Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:58 AM PST  The Perris community is rallying around the children, who were allegedly tortured by their own parents.
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| 'Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein Posted: 19 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST !['Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein]( "'Leaning Out': Aerial photography by Jeffrey Milstein") Jeffrey Milstein's overhead images of ports, train yards, airports, parking lots, and cityscapes, reveal harmonious symmetries invisible during daily life yet still somehow familiar.
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| White House Attorney: Trump Is ’Very Eager’ To Speak With Robert Mueller In Russia Probe Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:08 AM PST  Donald Trump's lawyer claims the president is "very eager" to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller and discuss the ongoing Russia investigation.
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| YouTube deleting Tide Pod challenge videos in bid to stem dangerous detergent-eating craze Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:43 AM PST  YouTube has said it is deleting any videos showing the Tide Pod challenge in an effort to stem the dangerous detergent-eating craze among US teens. The potentially health-damaging fad has seen teenagers daring each other to film themselves biting into washing machine capsules and then upload the results online, with some videos garnering hundreds of thousands of views. The trend has provoked warnings from health bodies in America, who say ingesting the capsules could have "serious health implications", and has also prompted an awareness campaign featuring an NFL star. Today YouTube said it was working to quickly remove Tide Pod videos as they encouraged dangerous behaviour with an "inherent risk of physical harm". A spokesman for YouTube said: "YouTube's Community Guidelines prohibit content that's intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm. We work to quickly remove flagged videos that violate our policies." NFL New England Patriots' star Rob Gronkowski has spearheaded an awareness campaign around eating Tide pods Credit: Twitter/Tide Accounts that have a video deleted also face having a temporary strike placed against them that can disable some of the channel's features, such as monetisation. YouTube channels that get three strikes against them in a three-month period are terminated from the platform. Parents have long been warned of the health risks detergent pods can pose to small children, who are attracted to the colourful capsules. In 2013 the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning saying: "Young children who are exposed to the highly concentrated, toxic detergent are at risk of serious injury." 19-year-old Marc Pagan reacting after biting into a Tide Pod due to a dare Credit: YouTube The commission said that children who had ingested detergent needed hospital attention for adverse effects such as loss of consciousness, excessive vomiting, drowsiness, throat swelling, and difficulty breathing. The first mentions of the "Tide Pod challenge" on YouTube date back to 2014. Then in 2015 the satirical site, The Onion, published a spoof op-ed from a toddler describing his determination to eat the colourful detergent pods. The fad of teens daring each other to bite into the pods came to the fore last year after a number of high-profile videos. The trend has spawned its own internet culture, with teenagers posting memes of fake adverts for the pods being marketed as food. When bae cooks for you �� pic.twitter.com/6kYnAjP2R5— Tide Pods (@OGTidePods) January 8, 2018 A video by CollegeHumor titled 'Don't Eat the Laundry Pods' posted in March 2017 has been viewed more than three million times. The craze has prompted the owners of Tide, Procter & Gamble, to launch an awareness campaign deterring teenagers from eating the pods. NFL star, Rob Gronkowski, of the New England Patriots, is featured in one of the videos saying: "What the heck is going on people? Use Tide Pods for washing, not eating." What should Tide PODs be used for? DOING LAUNDRY. Nothing else. Eating a Tide POD is a BAD IDEA, and we asked our friend @robgronkowski to help explain. pic.twitter.com/0JnFdhnsWZ— Tide (@tide) January 12, 2018 One teenager who fell foul of the craze was Marc Pagan, 19, who said he did it as he was dared. He told CBS News: "A lot of people were just saying how stupid I was or how – why would I be willing to do that? "No one should be putting anything like that in their mouths, you know?" However the trend has continued to grow over 2017 and 2018. The American Association of Poison Control Centers said there were 39 recorded cases of 13 to 19-year-olds intentionally exposing themselves to single-load laundry tablets in 2016 and 53 cases in 2017. The association said it had already recorded 39 cases in the first 15 days of 2018 alone. Stephen Kaminski, the AAPCC's CEO, said: "The 'laundry packet challenge' is neither funny nor without serious health implications. "The intentional misuse of these products poses a real threat to the health of individuals. We have seen a large spike in single-load laundry packet exposures among teenagers since these videos have been uploaded."
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| What to Know About David and Louise Turpin, the Parents Accused of Torturing 12 Siblings Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:21 AM PST  They are each being held on $12 million bail
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| Tillerson says U.S. has no intention to build border force in Syria Posted: 17 Jan 2018 08:25 PM PST ![Tillerson says U.S. has no intention to build border force in Syria]( "Tillerson says U.S. has no intention to build border force in Syria") U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying the issue, which has incensed Ankara, had been "misportrayed." Turkey has reacted angrily and warned of an imminent incursion into Syria's Afrin district after Washington said it would help Syrian Democratic Forces led by Kurdish YPG militias to set up a new 30,000 strong border force. On Wednesday, Turkey said it would not hesitate to take action in Afrin district and other regions across the border in Syria unless the United States withdrew support for the force.
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| Artist Gives Vintage Ads A Feminist Makeover By Swapping Gender Roles Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:48 PM PST  Eli Rezkallah, a 31-year-old artist and photographer from Beirut, Lebanon, recently created a photo series called "In a Parallel Universe."
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| Special Operations dogs get tactical gear upgrade Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:44 PM PST  Fox Firepower: Allison Barrie with a look at how U.S. Army SOCOM is looking to equip the 75th Ranger Regiment's dogs with advanced vest protection, wearable sensors and video cameras.
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