| The 2018 Democratic Wave Is About More Than Congress Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  As the 2018 midterms come into focus on the political terrain, it's safe to expect that media coverage will focus overwhelmingly on the possibility of Democrats gaining majorities in the House and Senate.
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| North Korean ex-spy Kim Hyon-hui speaks out Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:50 AM PST  Kim Hyon-hui is a mass murderer, a former spy for North Korea who blew up a passenger jet in 1987 on orders she says were from Kim Jong Un's father. Now she's speaking out against the regime.
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| Suspect Arrested In Killing Of 7-Year-Old Zainab Ansari Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:19 PM PST  Police in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested a man for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari, officials said on Tuesday.
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| Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Posted: 24 Jan 2018 05:58 AM PST ![Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan]( "Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan") Militants stormed the provincial offices of Save the Children in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two security guards and a civilian, and triggering hours-long clashes with the police, provincial officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Gun industry converges near Las Vegas mass shooting site Posted: 23 Jan 2018 01:00 PM PST  The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from the site where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire.
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| Kabul hotel guests describe lax security before deadly attack Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:39 AM PST  Visitors to an upmarket Kabul hotel attacked by Taliban gunmen have described glaring security breaches before the assailants went on a bloody rampage targeting guests, in a city constantly under threat. Bags were not checked, scanners did not work and body searches were non-existent, according to witnesses, as the private company providing security to the state-owned Intercontinental Hotel comes under the spotlight. The hotel -- its long white facade blackened by smoke -- was still barred to journalists Tuesday, two days after the assault ended.
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| Report: Conflicting California mudslide warnings issued Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:31 PM PST  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — In the days before mudslides devastated California neighborhoods, officials released conflicting evacuation orders that left some hard-hit neighborhoods out of the warning zone, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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| Trump won’t seek new authority for wider Syria mission after hammering ISIS Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:11 PM PST  The U.S. mission in Syria is shifting away from defeating the ISIS on the battlefield, but the president does not plan to ask Congress for new war powers there.
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| ICE Responds to Detainment of Michigan Doctor Citing 18 Encounters with Local Law Enforcement Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:06 PM PST  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responding to the controversial investigation of a Kalamazoo doctor who was detained last week.
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| Kentucky school shooting: 15-year-old gunman kills two classmates and injures 17 others Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:41 PM PST  A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school on Tuesday morning, killing two of his classmates, injuring 19 and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. The shooter, who has not been identified, entered a common area at Marshall County High School in Benton shortly before 8 a.m. local time, pulled out a pistol and began firing at students, witnesses told local media. "I see this guy draw from his side and he pulls out a pistol. I didn't even know what was going on. And then it registered. About the time it registered, this guy was sitting here pulling the trigger into all of us," student Bryson Conkwright told TV station WKRN. "I can hear the gunshots. He was shooting in our group," said Conkwright, showing where a bullet grazed his hand. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs and said the suspect will be charged with murder. It was the nation's first fatal school shooting of 2018. Family members escort their children out of Marshal North Middle School near Palma Credit: AP Students ran for their lives out of Marshall County High School, jumping into cars and running down a highway. "They was running and crying and screaming," said Mitchell Garland, who provided shelter to between 50 and 100 students inside his nearby business. "They was just kids running down the highway. They were trying to get out of there." A half-dozen ambulances and numerous police cars converged on the school, along with officers in black fatigues carrying assault rifles. Senator Mitch McConnell sent staffers and the state's governor, Matt Bevin, rushed to the scene. Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS...Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded...Much yet unknown...Please do not speculate or spread hearsay...Let's let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us...— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) January 23, 2018 Parents left their cars on both sides of an adjacent road, desperately trying to find their teenagers. At Marshall County High, 14 students were hit by gunfire, two of them fatally, officials said. A 15-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 15-year-old boy died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's trauma unit in Nashville, Bevin and hospital officials said. Four of the other gunshot patients brought to Vanderbilt were expected to survive, doctors said. Less severely wounded students were taken to other hospitals. Another five students suffered non-gunshot injuries, Bevin said, bringing the total number of injured to 17. Police escort a person, second from right, out of the Marshall County High School after shooting Credit: Dominico Caporali The shooter will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Mr Bevin said. Police did not release his identity, nor did they describe a motive. "This is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal. For some in this community will never fully heal," Mr Bevin said. After the shooting, signs of chaos in the school were abundant, Marshall County Attorney Jeff Edwards told the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper. "To walk in, the backpacks laying around, the phones laying around, going off … it's indescribable," he was quoted as saying. Five of the wounded were flown about 120 miles (193 kilometers) to Nashville, Tennessee's Vanderbilt University Medical Center, spokeswoman Tavia Smith said. Kentucky State Police are not looking for any other suspects in connection with the shooting. A suspect was taken into custody after one person was killed and others wounded Tuesday morning at a rural Kentucky high school Credit: BBC News The attack marked the year's first fatal school shooting, 23 days into 2018, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. Mr Bevin expressed his shock that a high school shooting could "happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County." Marshall County High School is about 30 minutes from Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, where a 1997 mass shooting killed three and injured five. Parents leave the school with their daughter Credit: AP Michael Carneal, then 14, opened fire there about two years before the fatal attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, ushering in an era when mass school shootings have become much more common. Meanwhile, in the small North Texas town of Italy, a 15-year-old girl was recovering Tuesday after police said she was shot by a 16-year-old classmate in her high school cafeteria on Monday, sending dozens of students scrambling for safety.
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| American Islamophobia Is Helping Trump Kill The Iran Deal Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:48 AM PST  In 1985, musician Sting released a song called "Russians."
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| Trustee Defends MSU President, Dismissing Sex Abuse Reports As ‘Nassar Thing’ Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:50 PM PST  The vice chairman for Michigan State University's board of trustees appeared to dismiss the damning Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal on Monday while defending the school's president against calls to resign.
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| Puerto Rico Neighborhood Erupts in Cheers as Power Finally Comes On, Months After Hurricane Maria Posted: 23 Jan 2018 05:41 AM PST  The devastating storm left most of the island in the dark.
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| Turkish attack highlights Syrian Kurds' isolation Posted: 24 Jan 2018 08:29 AM PST  After Turkey assaulted a relatively peaceful Kurdish enclave of northern Syria, regional leaders fear the world will abandon them even though they provided the ground troops who beat the Islamic State group. For the past four days, Turkish troops and allied Arab Islamist fighters have been battling their way into Syria's Afrin canton, which is defended by the American-backed Kurdish YPG militia. US leaders from President Donald Trump on down have appealed for restraint, but appear to have little influence over their NATO ally when it comes to its battle against the Kurds.
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| Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST ![Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement]( "Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement") Fast food company Burger King is taking on the Trump administration's decision to reverse the landmark 2015 net neutrality rules and making fun of the top U.S. telecommunications regulator in doing so. The Republican-majority Federal Communications Commission voted in December along party lines to reverse the 2015 net neutrality rules that bar internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes, also known as paid prioritization.
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| 'Everyone Is Just Scared.' 2 Killed, 17 Injured in Kentucky High School Shooting Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:10 AM PST  Police say the 15-year-old suspect will be charged with murder
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| Meet Rosemarie Aquilina – The judge being hailed as the quiet hero of the Larry Nassar sex abuse trial Posted: 24 Jan 2018 08:38 AM PST  The attitude of Rosemarie Aquilina, the judge overseeing the sentencing of disgraced former gymnastics Larry Nassar, has been very simple: if the women Nassar hurt and whose lives he wrecked wanted their day in court to confront him, then they should have the opportunity. As a result, over the best part of a week, around 150 girls and young women have taken the witness stand in Ms Aquilina's Michigan court room, turned to Nassar and allowed the agony to pour out. For every victim and survivor, Ms Aquilina has been there with words of encouragement and support.
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| Joel Taylor, Star Of Discovery Channel's 'Storm Chasers,' Dead At 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:54 AM PST  Joel Taylor, the star of Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers," has died at age 38, according to friends and associates.
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| Big Apple Circus clown resigns over sexual misconduct Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:20 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A beloved circus performer known as Grandma the clown has resigned from the Big Apple Circus following accusations that he pressured a 16-year-old aerialist to pose for pornographic photos.
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| Can a tsunami impact a cruise ship at sea? Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:42 AM PST  Experts say that whether an earthquake-triggered tsunami affects a cruise ship depends largely on where the ship is located.
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| The Trump Record After One Year Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:19 AM PST  A discussion at the Center for the National Interest examined Trump's presidency thus far. Has Donald Trump performed well in foreign policy over the past year? The lunch was moderated by Charles Boyd, a retired four-star general of the United States Air Force who is the chairman of CFTNI.
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| Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan after IS attack Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST  Save the Children suspended operations across Afghanistan on Wednesday as Islamic State militants terrorised staff trapped inside one of its offices in a deadly hours-long attack, the latest assault on a foreign charity. Gunmen blasted their way into the British aid group's compound in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing three employees and wounding four others, Save the Children said in a statement. "It is with profound sadness that we can confirm three Save the Children staff members were killed earlier today in an attack on our office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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| My Parents Held Me Captive for 18 Years. This Is How We Can Save Other Kids Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  Lessons we should all take from my experience and the tragic case in California
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| Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Online Town Hall Draws Over 1 Million Live Viewers Posted: 23 Jan 2018 10:14 PM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders' televised town hall on Tuesday night to promote single-payer health care, or "Medicare for all," drew a live audience of about 1.1 million people ― all but a few hundred of whom viewed the event exclusively online.
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| Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:27 AM PST ![Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics]( "Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics") While Hamas, Fatah and other groups call for a weekly show of strength on Fridays, dozens of stone-throwers turn out along the border between Gaza and Israel every day, even when, as last Friday, a protest is called off due to bad weather. Some wear the colors of the various factions vying to lead the drive for a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, but others have no affiliation, a sign of alienation that makes the political situation more volatile. "I am not against any of the factions, but we are grown-ups and are intelligent and we see that the ongoing division is weakening us all," said a 28-year-old protester, referring to a renewed standoff between the Islamist Hamas and secular Fatah.
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| Zoe Hastings Case: Man Gets Life for 2015 Rape and Murder of Teen Who Vanished on Way to Church Posted: 23 Jan 2018 08:22 AM PST  It took jurors in Dallas County less than seven minutes to sentence Antonio Cochran for the vicious killing of Zoe Hastings.
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| Instead of digging in, Democrats quickly sought an agreement Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:48 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Senate called it quits late Sunday night, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declared there still was no deal to end the federal government shutdown and address a standoff over immigration.
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| David Harbour Asked Twitter For A Huge 'Happy Feet'-Style Favor, And It Delivered Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:10 AM PST  The "Stranger Things" star asked fans to help in his quest to dance with penguins, and they totally came through.
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| Shipwreck discovered in Alabama may be remains of last boat to bring slaves to US Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:56 PM PST  The wreckage of a boat discovered on a riverbank in Alabama is thought to be that of the Clotilda, the last vessel to bring African slaves into the US. The ship wreck, which has not been formally identified, was found when unusually low tides revealed charred wood and rusted metal in a river delta and were spotted by a reporter for Alabama website AL.com. The 86-foot schooner was burned and scuttled after delivering its illegal human cargo at Mobile Bay in Autumn 1859.
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| Now Chris Cuomo And Kellyanne Conway Are Fighting Over Grammar Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST  Chris Cuomo and Kellyanne Conway have taken their act to the next level.
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| Colleagues Defend Michigan Doctor Detained by Immigration Officials Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:29 AM PST  A Michigan doctor that has lived in the United States for more than 40 years and has permanent legal resident status was detained by immigration officials at his home last week.
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| This Is the Odd-Looking Fighter That Could Have Replaced the F-22 Raptor Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:57 AM PST  Both the Raptor and a fully operational F-23 would have carried eight air-to-air missiles internally—that was the Air Force requirement. In fact, the Raptor ended up with the radar that was originally proposed for the YF-23. Ultimately, the Air Force ended up with an excellent plane with the Raptor—but both the YF-22 and YF-23 were outstanding designs.
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| Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:15 AM PST ![Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms]( "Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms") By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A bloody Taliban raid on a high-end hotel guarded by a private company in the Afghan capital has stirred fresh debate about the role of security firms in the violence-plagued county. Five gunmen dressed in army uniforms made their way through two checkpoints before getting in to the hilltop Hotel Intercontinental on the weekend, killing at least 20 people, including 13 foreigners. On Tuesday, security officials were meeting in the hotel, as guards of the Kabul Balkh Safety and Security Organisation (KBSS) stood outside, with rifles slung across their chests.
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| Fresh tremors halt search ops after Japan volcano eruption Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:10 PM PST  New volcanic activity Wednesday forced Japanese police to suspend search operations a day after an eruption near a popular ski resort that killed a soldier and injured several other people. A group of 50 police officers and rescue workers had been combing the area beneath Mt. Kusatsu Shirane on Wednesday morning, a day after the surprise eruption. "But we stopped it as volcanic tremors were detected," a Japanese police official told AFP.
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| Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Arrested Again After Sneaking Onto London-Bound Flight Posted: 23 Jan 2018 10:29 AM PST  The 66-year-old woman managed to sneak onto a flight to London without a passport or a ticket.
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| Egypt's military arrests ex-general running for president Posted: 23 Jan 2018 11:18 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to force out the last potentially serious challenger to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
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| 28 Funny Valentine's Day Cards For Couples Who Don't Like Sappy Stuff Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:45 AM PST  Can we agree that couples who get all mushy-gushy with each other are pretty much insufferable?
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| 2020 Range Rover SV Coupe: Dropping Doors, Like Before Posted: 24 Jan 2018 08:20 AM PST  Highly exclusive and plenty posh.
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| Melania Trump's Davos Cancellation A 'Subliminal Message' To Donald: Historian Posted: 23 Jan 2018 05:07 PM PST  Melania Trump won't be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and some are speculating that her cancellation is a "subliminal message" to her husband, Donald Trump.
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| Chelsea Manning addresses confusion after attending pro-Trump party Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:24 AM PST  Chelsea Manning, the transgender Army whistleblower who served seven years for leaking material to Wikileaks, has sparked controversy for attending a pro-Trump event. The 30-year-old, who recently announced she was running for the US Senate in her home state of Maryland, was photographed at the far right party in New York which branded itself "A Night For Freedom". Manning has now insisted she attended the Manhattan event on Saturday to gather intelligence on the so-called "alt right" – a political movement widely accused of racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny.
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| P&G profits drop as it fights teen abuse of laundry pods Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:29 AM PST  Procter & Gamble reported lower quarterly earnings Tuesday due in part to costs from US tax reform, and said it was amplifying efforts to counter teen abuse of its Tide detergent. P&G suffered another weak quarter in grooming, due to continued weakness in shaving products after the Gillette brand cut prices to compete with other companies. There was broad-based strength in P&G's beauty category, with Pantene and Head & Shoulders among the brands that sold well, along with premium skin-care offerings under Ski-II.
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| Philippines braces for long emergency as volcano erupts Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:41 AM PST  LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — An erupting Philippine volcano belched red-hot lava and clouds of ash and debris at least four times Wednesday, prompting the number of displaced villagers to swell to more than 74,000 and causing officials to brace for a humanitarian emergency they fear could last for months.
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