| 'How dare you': CNN's Camerota clashes with NRA's Loesch over her claim that media 'love' mass shootings Posted: 23 Feb 2018 07:17 AM PST  The national spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association on Friday doubled down on her claim that members of the media "love" mass shootings, like last week's school massacre in Parkland, Fla., because of the bump in television ratings that some networks experience.
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| Parkland Survivor: 'I've Never Been So Unimpressed By A Person' After Trump Call Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:19 AM PST  President Donald Trump has spoken to and met with several survivors and family members of victims of last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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| Trump on Parkland shooter: 'A teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened' Posted: 23 Feb 2018 09:17 AM PST  President Trump on Friday castigated the armed resource officer in Parkland, Fla., who resigned from the Broward County Sheriff's office after surveillance footage showed he waited outside the school during last week's mass shooting.
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| One of two men hired by man who planned his family's murder confesses to cops: Part 4 Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:28 PM PST  As Bart Whitaker fled to Mexico under an alias, cops found evidence he may have planned his family's murder two years earlier.
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| West Virginia Teachers Are Making Sure Their Students Get Fed While They're On Strike Posted: 23 Feb 2018 10:51 AM PST  Once it became clear West Virginia schools would close for a statewide teacher walkout this week, staffers from Nitro High School came up with a plan to keep hungry students fed while school was out.
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| Secret Service: Driver 'apprehended' after hitting barrier near White House Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:52 AM PST  The White House went on lockdown after a driver crashed a vehicle into a barrier outside of the complex. The suspect was later apprehended according to the Secret Service.
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| Boko Haram girls were not freed in heroic mission after all, Nigerian officials admit Posted: 23 Feb 2018 05:44 AM PST  Nigerian officials have apologised after falsely claiming to have staged a dramatic rescue of a group of schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction by Boko Haram on Monday night. Officials in northern Yobe State had claimed on Wednesday to have rescued at least 50 of the girls, in what they described as a "gallant" mission by the Nigerian army. But late on Thursday night, they told families of the missing girls that there had in fact been no rescue at all, saying that the claims had been based on "unreliable" information from the security forces. "We have now established that the information we relied on to make the statement was not credible," said Yobi state spokesman Abdullahi Bego. "The Yobe State government apologises for that." The admission came amid claims from parents that four days after the initial kidnapping in the town of Dapchi, more than 100 girls remain unaccounted for. At least five parents who were present fainted with the shock upon being told at an official briefing that their daughters were still missing after all. Boko Haram oppression in Nigeria, in pictures One parent, Kundiri Alhaji Bukar, told BBC Hausa language service: ''[The governor] said soldiers were dispatched but the military commander told him they could not locate the girls with the Boko Haram militants. He said no-one is really sure whether the girls were taken away by Boko Haram. But we on our part, we believe Boko Haram abducted the children." The backtracking by the Yobe state officials comes amid growing concerns about the government's handling of the incident. When reports of the attack on the school first surfaced earlier this week, officials initially claimed there had been no abductions at all, and that the missing girls had simply fled to surrounding villages. Critics have drawn comparisons with the government's handling of the notorious Chibok school abduction case in 2014, where officials likewise made a series of denials and contradictory statements before admitting that some 276 children had gone missing. As of Friday morning there was still no solid information on the number of girls believed to be missing. While some are thought to have been abducted, others may have fled to safety in surrounding villages and simply not yet contacted their parents. Mobile phone reception is limited in much of Nigeria's remote rural north. Sandals are strewn in the yard of the Government Girls Science and Technical College staff quarters in Dapchi, Nigeria, on February 22, 2018 Credit: AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP/Getty Images On Wednesday, government officials told the Reuters news agency that around 50 girls were still missing. But one parent, Bashir Manzo, told the Associated Press news agency that parents had presented the state governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, with a list of 101 missing children at Thursday's official briefing. "[Mr Gaidam] told us the girls have not been found and we should continue to pray for their safe return," another parent, Rabiu Sani, told the AP. The flow of official misinformation over the case is likely anger President Muhamamdu Buhari, who was critical of his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan's handling of the Chibok case. Earlier this week, he despatched a team of ministers to the area in an attempt to demonstrate that he was responding quickly to the situation. "I share the anguish of all the parents and guardians of the girls that remain unaccounted for," Mr Buhari tweeted on Wednesday evening. "I would like to assure them that we are doing all in our power to ensure the safe return of all the girls."
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| Alabama's aborted execution comes under court review Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:55 PM PST  Alabama was planning to execute Doyle Hamm, 61, on Thursday for the 1987 murder of a motel clerk but called it off due to venous issues it said could not be solved before a death warrant expired at midnight. The case in Alabama comes after states including Oklahoma and Arizona have had botched executions that raised questions about death chamber protocols in the 31 U.S. states with the capital punishment. Chief U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre in Alabama called for a medical check on Hamm and ordered the state to preserve the clothes the inmate was wearing on the execution night.
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| As Ivanka visits South Korea, Trump targets the North Posted: 23 Feb 2018 08:47 AM PST  President Trump announced that the U.S. was imposing a new round of sanctions taking aim at North Korea, the latest effort to tighten the economic vise in response to the Stalinist regime's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. He announced the sanctions as Ivanka visited the Olympic Games in South Korea.
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| Congressional Democrats Go Scorched Earth Against A Progressive Candidate Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:48 PM PST  A Democratic candidate running for Congress has attracted the opposite of an endorsement from her own party: A full-throated denouncement declaring her unfit for office.
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| The Latest: Life sentence for man who shot unarmed black man Posted: 23 Feb 2018 09:09 AM PST ![The Latest: Life sentence for man who shot unarmed black man]( "The Latest: Life sentence for man who shot unarmed black man") RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a man convicted of murder for shooting an unarmed black man (all times local):
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| Apple, Amazon, YouTube Urged To Pull NRA TV Channel Posted: 23 Feb 2018 03:19 PM PST  Amazon, Apple, Roku and YouTube are facing increased calls to drop the National Rifle Association's TV channel from their streaming services, as backlash against the organization grows following a Florida school shooting last week that killed 17 people.
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| Kylie Jenner teases makeup collection inspired by her daughter Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:33 AM PST  New mother Kylie Jenner has unveiled her latest makeup collection, which was inspired by her daughter Stormi. The collection, which launches February 28, includes two pressed powder palettes named "Eye of the Storm" and "Calm Before the Storm" that each feature 10 highly pigmented colors and come in bold black, yellow and grey casing. There are also two new "Glitter Eyes" duo sets of shimmering eyeshadow, a trio of new matte formula lipsticks, a "Flash" glittery pink lip gloss, a highlighter palette and a "Lightning Bolt" loose golden powder highlighter.
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| Why Schools Are Flooded With Threats After Mass Shootings Posted: 23 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  In the days since last week's mass shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, schools across the country have been receiving an onslaught of copycat threats.
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| Car Rental Company Enterprise Holdings Ends Discounts For NRA Members Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:13 AM PST  One of the world's largest car rental companies is cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.
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| Turkey urges 'world to say stop to E.Ghouta massacre' Posted: 24 Feb 2018 07:40 AM PST  Turkey called on the international community to end the "massacre" in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta hit by intense regime bombardment ahead of a UN Security Council vote on Saturday. "The regime is committing massacres in Eastern Ghouta," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter. "The world should say stop to this massacre together," Kalin said.
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| Trump reiterates call to arm teachers, saying they would've 'shot the hell out of' the Florida gunman Posted: 23 Feb 2018 08:45 AM PST  "Gun-adept" teachers, coaches, and other school workers should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon on campus to deter school shooters, Mr Trump told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Teachers and health policy experts alike have panned the idea since Mr Trump first suggested it, claiming an increase in guns on campus would make schools more dangerous, not less.
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| New charges filed against parents in California abused siblings case Posted: 23 Feb 2018 03:15 PM PST  A California couple accused of keeping 13 children imprisoned, chained and starved in a squalid suburban home were hit with additional charges on Friday as defense lawyers said they were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of evidence in the case. David Turpin, 57, and his wife Louise, 49, were advised of the new charges during a brief hearing in Riverside County Superior Court at which they appeared dressed in black at a table with their attorneys but did not speak. A spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said the new charges included three counts of child abuse against both defendants.
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| Attorney: Mayor has turned over phone code in affair probe Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:53 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's attorney said Friday that she has provided the passcode for her personal cellphone to state authorities, who are searching the device as they investigate whether laws were broken during her affair with her former bodyguard.
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| USA Makes History With First Olympic Curling Gold After Unlikely Comeback Posted: 24 Feb 2018 01:16 AM PST  The U.S. men's Olympic curling team made history on Saturday after they bested Sweden to win the squad's first ever gold medal.
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| Actress Nanette Fabray, Perennial TV Mom, Dies At Age 97 Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:41 PM PST  Actress Nanette Fabray, who was known to modern audiences as the mother of Bonnie Franklin's character on the CBS sitcom "One Day at a Time," died Thursday at her home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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| At least 23 killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:04 PM PST  At least 23 people, mostly soldiers, were killed and more than a dozen wounded in a series of attacks and suicide bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the latest assaults on the war-torn country's beleaguered security forces. In the biggest attack, Taliban militants stormed an army base in the western province of Farah overnight, killing at least 18 soldiers. "Last night a big group of militants attacked an army base in Bala Buluk district of Farah.
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| The RNC Asked Tweeters To Tell Donald Trump Their Priorities. They Didn't Hold Back. Posted: 23 Feb 2018 11:45 PM PST  The Republican National Committee used Twitter to ask people to tell President Donald Trump their priorities on Friday night.
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| Delta, United Airlines become latest companies to cut NRA ties Posted: 24 Feb 2018 02:24 PM PST  Delta Air Lines and United Airlines on Saturday became the latest major corporations to sever marketing ties with the National Rifle Association as the fallout from last week's massacre at a Florida high school took its toll on the gun advocacy group. The exodus of corporate names, ranging from a major insurer to car rental brands and a household moving company, began after the NRA launched a counter-offensive against a student-led campaign for tighter U.S. gun laws. The NRA responded by saying its members were being punished, but would not be intimidated, by what it called "a shameful display of political and civic cowardice" from some corporations.
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| Texas governor issues last-minute reprieve for son who ordered family killed Posted: 22 Feb 2018 05:45 PM PST  Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday issued a last-minute reprieve for a death row prisoner who hired a gunman to kill his family after his father, whom he sought to murder, pleaded for his son's life. Thomas Bartlett "Bart" Whitaker, 38, had been one of three men awaiting execution Thursday in three different US states. Another, Eric Branch, was executed as scheduled in Florida for the 1993 murder of a student.
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| CDC seeking $400 million to replace lab for deadliest germs Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:05 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after building a state-of-the-art lab for the world's most dangerous germs, the nation's top public health agency is asking for more than $400 million to build a new one.
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| 7 Eldest Turpin Children Recovering Well, Watching 'Harry Potter' Films for First Time, Lawyers Say Posted: 23 Feb 2018 12:11 PM PST  Hospital staffers have also created a special outdoor area where the children can exercise.
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| 5 Reasons to Claim Social Security at Age 70 Posted: 23 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST ![5 Reasons to Claim Social Security at Age 70]( "5 Reasons to Claim Social Security at Age 70") If you wait until you are 70 to take your Social Security benefit, you will receive monthly payments that are 32 percent higher than the benefits you would have received at 66, which is the retirement age for many Americans. Retirees who wait to claim can get hundreds of dollars more each month than those who take benefits early. Most Americans take Social Security before full retirement age, often because they can't afford not to.
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| Ex-NFL Player In Custody After Instagram Post Prompts High School Closure Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:22 PM PST  An Instagram post by former Miami Dolphins player Jonathan Martin prompted a private Los Angeles area high school to shut down Friday as authorities worked to understand the somewhat cryptic message.
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| How to Make Your Washer and Dryer Last Posted: 23 Feb 2018 08:51 AM PST  How long should your new washer and dryer to last? It's a topic of much debate. Given that most machines come with just a 1-year parts and labor warranty, we asked manufacturers what kind of long...
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| Philippine Catholics protest bill to legalise divorce Posted: 23 Feb 2018 11:26 PM PST  Around 2,000 Roman Catholic Filipinos protested in Manila on Saturday against a push to legalise divorce, with church groups also using the "Walk for Life" march to slam President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drugs war. The pre-dawn protest was organised by church groups worried about the possible passage of a divorce bill, which is being championed by Duterte's allies in Congress.
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| What does Gates' guilty plea mean for Manafort? Posted: 24 Feb 2018 10:36 AM PST  Former Trump campaign members Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were indicted on tax and bank fraud charges; 'America's News HQ' political panel weighs in.
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| This Is What A Serious Gun Violence Policy Would Look Like Posted: 24 Feb 2018 05:01 AM PST  A serious debate over gun policy is underway in the aftermath of last week's massacre in Florida, and one focus is the federal background check system ― a system that has existed for 20 years but which, by almost all accounts, isn't doing enough to deter would-be killers from buying firearms.
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| Three bombs rock Myanmar's northwestern city Sittwe, policeman injured Posted: 23 Feb 2018 08:53 PM PST  By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) - Three bombs rocked the capital of Myanmar's restive Rakhine State, Sittwe, early on Saturday, police said, adding that a policeman was slightly injured and the authorities were still working to determine who was behind the bombings. The blasts come only three days after a large bomb killed two bank employees and injured nearly two dozen other people in the northeastern city of Lashio, where several ethnic insurgent groups are fighting the Myanmar military. Sittwe is the capital of Myanmar's violence-torn Rakhine where Rohingya Muslim insurgent attacks last year sparked a massive military response that pushed 688,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh.
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| Greitens blames politics, but even some in GOP concerned Posted: 23 Feb 2018 03:38 PM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is blaming his felony invasion of privacy indictment on a "reckless liberal prosecutor," holding fast to the assertion that any case stemming from his admitted extramarital affair is politically driven.
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| 2018 Buick Regal GS Posted: 23 Feb 2018 12:55 PM PST  That's not a hatchback!
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| Emily Ratajkowski Marries Sebastian Bear-McClard In Surprise City Hall Ceremony Posted: 23 Feb 2018 01:56 PM PST  The 26-year-old model announced on Instagram Friday that she had married her boyfriend, Sebastian Bear-McClard.
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| The Flu Shot Is More Effective Than We Thought This Year Posted: 23 Feb 2018 04:02 AM PST  It's been a bad flu season, but this year's vaccine does offer some protection against the nasty bug, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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| New US tax law brings Buffett's firm $29 billion Posted: 24 Feb 2018 05:40 PM PST  Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, received a stunning $29 billion last year from the US government, thanks to a new tax law that massively lowered corporate tax rates. In his much-anticipated annual letter to shareholders, Buffett explained that the company's net gain of $65.3 billion in 2017 was only partly due to his employees' efforts. "Only $36 billion came from Berkshire's operations," he wrote.
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| Fees case may enable U.S. Supreme Court to curb union power Posted: 23 Feb 2018 10:04 AM PST ![Fees case may enable U.S. Supreme Court to curb union power]( "Fees case may enable U.S. Supreme Court to curb union power") By Robert Iafolla and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will consider for the second time in two years whether to choke off a critical funding stream for public-employee unions, potentially reducing organized labor's influence in the workplace and at the ballot box. The nine justices will hear a challenge backed by anti-union groups to the legality of fees that workers who are not members of unions representing teachers, police, firefighters and certain other government employees must pay to help cover the costs of collective bargaining with state and local governments. Two dozen states require payment of these so-called agency fees, covering roughly 5 million public-sector workers, that provide millions of dollars annually to unions.
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| The Pentagon Has Delivered Its Transgender Military Proposal To Trump Posted: 23 Feb 2018 10:37 AM PST  Defense Secretary James Mattis has delivered his recommendations concerning transgender troops to President Donald Trump, the Pentagon confirmed to HuffPost on Friday.
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| Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt Posted: 24 Feb 2018 06:42 AM PST ![Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt]( "Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt") TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry announced on Saturday the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo, the latest discovery in an area known to house ancient catacombs from the Pharaonic Late Period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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