| 2 Dead, 1 Injured In Shooting At California Law Firm Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:18 AM PST  A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said.
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| Donald Trump Heats Up Feud With Iran By Praising Anti-Government Protests Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:15 PM PST  The Iranian government denounced President Donald Trump on Saturday after he escalated his support for the anti-government protesters who have been holding demonstrations in the country for three days.
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| Neighbors Greet Vacationing Mike Pence With 'Make America Gay Again' Banner Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:15 PM PST  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence was welcomed to Colorado with snow-dusted pines, cool mountain air and a bright rainbow banner with the words, "Make America Gay Again."
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| Meghan Markle Says No New Year's Resolution For Her Posted: 31 Dec 2017 09:49 AM PST  While most people are creating long lists of New Year's Resolutions, Meghan Markle says she has given them up!
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| Berlin to host New Year's Eve 'safe zone' for women as authorities crack down on harassment Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:45 AM PST  New Year's Eve celebrations in central Berlin will include a women's safe zone for the first time, in the hope of preventing a repeat of mob attacks on female revellers during festivities in Cologne two years ago. Up to a million guests are expected to attend the open-air event taking place around Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, featuring fireworks and pop acts such as Rednex and Whigfield this year. The women's safety area is being established at the request of Berlin police. The tent will be set up near a plaza adjacent to the landmark tourist attraction, and manned by German Red Cross representatives. "There will be three to four (German Red Cross) helpers who are specially trained and can look after women who feel harassed or threatened," a spokesperson for the celebrations, Anja Marx, told German national broadcaster rbb. A police spokesperson told The Telegraph that patrolling authorities planned to check in regularly with staff at the women's safety tent and tend to instances of criminal offence. A man holds up a sign reading "No violence against women" as he takes part in a demonstration in front of the cathedral in Cologne Credit: ROBERTO PFEIL/AFP Hundreds of women reported sexual attacks and robberies by men outside the main train station at Cologne's public New Year's Eve gathering in 2016, where law enforcement was heavily outnumbered by dense crowds. Suspects were largely of North African and Arab background. The incident happened after Germany had accepted a record influx of more than one million migrants in 2015, mostly people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and elsewhere. A leaked police report concluded that more than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in various German cities at the 2015/2016 New Year's celebrations. More than 2,000 men were allegedly involved and around 120 suspects were identified, the bulk of which being foreign nationals who were also new arrivals to Germany. Cologne officials set up a security point for its 2016 carnival street festival following the attacks, and took security measures such as installing additional street lighting. Herbert Reul, interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, the state where Cologne is located, told German news agency DPA that authorities had "done everything" this year to ensure that the events of 2015/2016 would not occur again. In Berlin, strict safety precautions, including the banning of large bags, rucksacks, glass bottles and alcoholic beverages, will also be enforced. About 500 security personnel will be on the premises, as well as some 1,600 extra police officers deployed throughout the city.
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| Schaeuble does not rule out minority government for Germany Posted: 30 Dec 2017 12:23 PM PST ![Schaeuble does not rule out minority government for Germany]( "Schaeuble does not rule out minority government for Germany") By Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and Social Democrats on Saturday to quickly form a new government, but said he could not rule out a minority government if no deal is reached. Germany's constitution does not favor a minority government but that remains an option, Schaeuble, a leading conservative who is now president of the Bundestag (lower house of parliament), told Berlin's Tagesspiegel newspaper.
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| US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water project Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:14 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species.
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| China Shuts Down Domestic Ivory Trade In Effort To Fight Poaching Posted: 30 Dec 2017 01:20 PM PST  WASHINGTON — China, one of the world's largest markets for elephant ivory, will close out 2017 by shutting down its domestic ivory trade in an effort to curb poaching and ensure a future for the imperiled species.
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| No winner in Powerball drawing, jackpot soars to $440 million Posted: 30 Dec 2017 11:12 PM PST ![No winner in Powerball drawing, jackpot soars to $440 million]( "No winner in Powerball drawing, jackpot soars to $440 million") The estimated $440 million prize, with a cash value of $278 million, marks the ninth largest jackpot in the game's history, according to figures on the Powerball website. The winning numbers for Saturday's drawing were: 28, 36, 41, 51, 58 and the Powerball of 24. The odds of a single ticket hitting all six numbers are 292 million to one, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
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| Suspect in Quadruple Homicide Knew One of the Victims, Police Say Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:48 AM PST  "Never seen savagery like this"
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| New Year's celebrations around the world Posted: 31 Dec 2017 08:27 AM PST ![New Year's celebrations around the world]( "New Year's celebrations around the world") A look at the New Year's celebrations around the globe to ring in 2018.
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| Ivanka Trump's most talked about controversies of 2017 Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:42 PM PST  While President Trump normally gets the internet buzzing with eyebrow-raising comments and quick-response tweets, first daughter, Ivanka Trump, has also had her fair share of controversies in 2017. In an interview with the Associated Press, the first daughter said there was "a special place in hell for people who prey on children" after allegations surfaced that Moore sexually abused multiple teenage girls.
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| Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana Posted: 30 Dec 2017 10:51 AM PST  Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in "Nigerian prince"-style email schemes.
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| 18 dead in attack on Afghan funeral: officials Posted: 31 Dec 2017 07:40 AM PST  An explosion at a funeral in Afghanistan's restive east on Sunday killed at least 18 mourners and wounded another 13, officials said, capping a deadly year for ordinary Afghans. The Taliban said on Twitter they had nothing to do with the incident -- the latest violence to claim the lives of civilians in the war-torn country. "The explosion was caused by a motorcycle bomb our investigation has concluded," Nangarhar governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP.
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| 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Southern California law firm Posted: 29 Dec 2017 06:13 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man walked into the Southern California law firm where he worked and shot two men Friday before turning the gun on himself, police said.
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| Catelynn Lowell Of 'Teen Mom OG' Heads Home After Treatment For Suicidal Thoughts Posted: 30 Dec 2017 09:45 PM PST  "Teen Mom OG" reality star Catelynn Lowell Baltierra is heading back home to Michigan after six weeks in a treatment center following a struggle with suicidal thoughts.
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| Mattis sees larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:37 PM PST ![Mattis sees larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria]( "Mattis sees larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria") By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that he expected to see a larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria, including contractors and diplomats, as the fight against Islamic State militants nears its end and the focus turns toward rebuilding and ensuring the militants do not return. The United States has about 2,000 troops in Syria fighting Islamic State. Mattis' comments are likely to anger Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has previously called U.S. troops "illegal invader" forces.
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| 2-Year-Old Boy Is Thrilled to Get a Banana For Christmas Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:53 PM PST  Mason's dad told Inside Edition the family got him 20 gifts but the banana was his favorite.
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| 16 December Wedding Pics With Plenty Of Love To Keep You Warm Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:03 PM PST  Big congratulations to all the wonderful couples who tied the knot last month!
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| Court refuses to release elephants from zoo after campaigners say they are 'persons entitled to liberty' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:31 PM PST  A Connecticut court has refused to free three elephants from a zoo after an animal rights group asked it to do so. The court ruled that Minnie, Beulah, and Karen do not qualify as "persons entitled to liberty and equality" under state law. Judge James Bentivegna wrote in the decision that "the petition is wholly frivolous on its face" because it relied on applying "human rights of freedom and equality" to the animals.
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| Selena Gomez Hits the Beach in Cabo San Lucas Ahead of New Year's Eve Posted: 30 Dec 2017 10:19 AM PST  Selena Gomez is ending 2017 on sunny note
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| Minimum Wage Raises Coming To 18 States On New Year’s Day Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  Minimum wage workers in 18 states will get a pay hike next week when higher wage floors go into effect around the country for 2018.
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| Videos of Egypt Church Shooting Show Gunman Calmly Leaving Scene Posted: 30 Dec 2017 06:32 AM PST  Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes
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| Reporters face obstacle run in corruption-hit Bulgaria Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:48 PM PST  Cartoonist Hristo Komarnitski and his colleagues had no illusions: launching a satirical journal was always going to be tricky in Bulgaria, new holder of the EU presidency but also ranked as the bloc's worst press freedom violator. As Bulgaria prepares to take the rotating EU helm on January 1, its press industry is mired in "corruption and collusion between media, politicians, and oligarchs," according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Since joining the bloc a decade ago, Bulgaria has tumbled down in the annual RSF press freedom ranking from sharing the 35th place with France in 2006 to 109th out of 180 countries in 2017 -- by far the worst placed EU member state.
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| LA Man Arrested For 'Swatting' Call That Led To Innocent Kansas Man's Death Posted: 30 Dec 2017 09:53 AM PST  Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a "swatting" prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep.
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| Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 PM PST ![Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years]( "Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years") Congo Republic on Friday released Marcel Pika, a naturalized U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years, according to the U.S. embassy in the capital, Brazzaville. "We are happy about the liberation of Mr. Pika. Pika, a retired colonel in Congo's armed forces, immigrated to the United States in 1999 and became a citizen in 2005.
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| Is Trump Intern Giving a White Power Hand Signal in Group Photo? Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:31 AM PST  Controversial alt-right figures have flashed the sign.
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| Russia Could Soon Sell the S-400 Air Defense System to India: Report Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:45 PM PST  Russia is on the cusp of signing a deal to sell India its S-400 air and missile defense system, according to a senior Russian official. Recently appearing on Russian television, Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said the two countries were nearing an agreement. "We hope that the S-400 deal will be signed with India soon," Rogozin said, TASS reported.
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| Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:32 PM PST ![Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid]( "Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid") By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message.
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| Syrian forces find 'two Isil mass graves outside Raqqa' Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:47 AM PST  Two mass graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by Islamic State jihadists have been found in the west of Raqa province, state news agency SANA reported Friday. The bodies were discovered based on information provided by residents near Wawi in the west of the province, which borders Turkey. It said they had been executed. Recovery operations were expected to last several days "due to the huge area of the two mass graves", SANA quoted a source from the Syrian civil defence as saying. It was not immediately clear when they had been killed, other than while Islamic State controlled the northerly province, SANA said. The Islamic State group, which proclaimed a "caliphate" over swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, has now lost almost all the land it once controlled. It has been held responsible for multiple atrocities during its reign of terror, including mass executions and decapitations. In December 2014, the bodies of 230 people executed by Islamic State were found in a mass grave in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Another 200 civilians, including women and children, were killed by the group in June 2015 in the city of Kobane.
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| Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal Posted: 30 Dec 2017 09:24 AM PST  Fourteen suspects held over a 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea which killed 157 people are to go before a criminal tribunal after a legal investigation concluded, the country's justice minister said. "I am happy to announce to you that the judicial investigation into the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre ended on December 29. At least 157 people were killed and 109 women raped by troops during a massive opposition protest in the stadium on September 28, 2009 against the rule of then junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara after his security forces opened fire on the crowd.
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| Activist Erica Garner, Daughter Of Eric Garner, Dead At 27 After Heart Attack Posted: 30 Dec 2017 07:34 AM PST  Activist Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner, died Friday morning, less than a week after suffering a heart attack.
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| From sniper to saint, showing Iraqi Shiite militias' power Posted: 30 Dec 2017 07:57 AM PST  BASRA, Iraq (AP) — In his martyrdom, he has virtually become a new saint for Iraq's Shiites. His poster adorns shop windows, men and women wear his image as badges. Poems praise his valor. His sniper's rifle, with which he's said to have killed nearly 400 Islamic State group militants, is now enshrined in a museum in the holiest Shiite city.
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| New Year Kicks Off With Supermoon Lunapalooza Posted: 30 Dec 2017 05:43 PM PST  On Jan. 1, the full Moon will be at or near its closest point in its orbit around Earth, making it a supermoon.
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| Yeah, All Of This Really Happened In 2017 Posted: 31 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  Some might call the last year a turning point or a culmination of bottled feelings, but one thing we can agree on is that 2017 was a wild ride with some of the craziest news cycles in recent history.
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| Ten prisoners in eastern Turkey on hunger strike, health worsening: lawyers Posted: 30 Dec 2017 07:34 AM PST ![Ten prisoners in eastern Turkey on hunger strike, health worsening: lawyers]( "Ten prisoners in eastern Turkey on hunger strike, health worsening: lawyers") The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a new security measure, a lawyers' association in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir said on Saturday. Six women in a jail in the eastern province of Elazig went on hunger strike on Nov. 10, to protest against a rule obliging them to wear an ID while outside their living quarters, the Bar association said. The Diyarbakir Bar said the prisoners were losing weight and starting to have serious health problems.
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| Chaffetz talks battle over spending, immigration reform Posted: 31 Dec 2017 08:08 AM PST  Former Utah congressman shares his predictions for the 2018 agenda on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
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| Save the bees: Inside a bee sanctuary's fight to save colonies – and the world's food supply – from collapse Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:03 PM PST  On a seven-acre plot of land in upstate New York, an expansive lawn juts up behind a brown cottage, gently sloping down into the woods. "It's like a desert," Guillaume Gauthereau, the founder and executive director of the New York Bee Sanctuary, said this past August, gesturing to the lush grass as those same bees swirled around. The difference at the sanctuary, however, is that Gauthereau has carefully cultivated a habitat full of vegetation around that grass that gives bees the opportunity to thrive.
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| Road rage finally puts alleged 'Goodfellas' mobster, 82, behind bars Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:18 PM PST  New York may have recorded a dramatic fall in crime this year, including the lowest annual murder total since the 1950s, but a sentencing hearing in Brooklyn on Thursday revealed the persistence of some of the city's most famous criminal traditions. Prosecutors allege that Vincent Asaro, 82, was inducted into the Bonanno crime syndicate more than 40 years ago and has held the position of captain and been a member of the family's ruling panel. On Thursday, however, Asaro was sentenced to eight years in prison for his part in a road rage incident in the mob stronghold of Howard Beach, Queens.
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| Marco Rubio: Tax Bill ‘Probably Went Too Far’ On Corporate Handouts Posted: 29 Dec 2017 02:31 PM PST  has some hangups about the GOP's tax bill, and he's speaking out ― over a week after he delivered a crucial vote in its favor and helped send it to President Donald Trump's desk.
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| Clashes over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital claim 13th victim Posted: 30 Dec 2017 03:15 PM PST  A Gazan died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the border over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a Palestinian health official said. Jamal Muslih, 20, of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, had been seriously wounded by live fire on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. He was buried on Saturday afternoon. Muslih's death brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. Mourners at the funeral of Jamal Muslih, who died after being wounded by Israeli fire Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP Eleven protesters died after clashes with Israeli troops, and two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month. More than 50 Palestinians were wounded in the Friday clashes on the Gaza-Israel border as part of a "day of rage" over the US declaration, called for by both Gaza rulers Hamas and fellow militant group Islamic Jihad. In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said at least 16 people were wounded when Israeli troops fired live rounds during demonstrations, while others were hit with rubber-coated bullets. Earlier on Friday, militants in Gaza fired three rockets at southern Israel, two of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defence system, with the third hitting a village near the border, causing damage but no casualties. Israeli aircraft and tanks targeted two Hamas positions near the border on Friday afternoon in response, again causing damage but no casualties. UN vote to condemn Trump recognising Jerusalem as capital of Israel Late Saturday, the Israeli army carried out a second attack, with fighter jets "targeted an observation post belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the southern Gaza Strip," a statement read. According to the army, the Friday projectile attack on Israel proved that "Iran, through radical and rogue terror organisations, is operating to deteriorate the situation," risking lives in Gaza and threatening to cause "an escalation". The Israeli defence ministry has in recent weeks been increasingly highlighting the ties between Hamas and Iran, most notably in a series of Facebook posts by COGAT, the unit responsible for activities in the Palestinian territories. Speaking on Channel 2 television Saturday night, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed that the projectiles fired from Gaza at Israel on Friday were made and supplied by Iran. Rockets from Gaza are often fired by fringe Islamist groups but Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks from the territory.
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| Colombia ships 50 tonnes of holiday ham to Venezuela Posted: 30 Dec 2017 01:48 PM PST  Colombia has shipped around 50 tonnes (55 tons) of ham to Venezuela after protests broke out over shortages of the traditional holiday staple, an official said Saturday. The first two trucks of ham arrived in Venezuela on Friday night, a source from Colombia's national tax and customs office told AFP. The transport ministry said it had issued a firm a "special permit" to transport the ham to Barinas, western Venezuela.
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| 'Shaking' 2-Year-Old Girl in Diaper Found Wandering Into Traffic on Frigid Day Posted: 30 Dec 2017 10:37 AM PST  A two-year-old girl wearing only a diaper was found in Massachusetts
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| Ramen price-fixing class action headed for U.S. trial Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:42 AM PST ![Ramen price-fixing class action headed for U.S. trial]( "Ramen price-fixing class action headed for U.S. trial") U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Thursday rejected efforts by market leader Nongshim Co and Ottogi Corp to dismiss claims brought by food retailers and distributors, and by consumers in 23 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Lawyers in the United States for Nongshim and Ottogi did not immediately respond on Friday to requests for comment.
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| Consumer Reports' Top Car Stories of 2017 Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:36 AM PST  As 2017 draws to a close, we took a look back at the most popular Consumer Reports automotive articles of the year. We've highlighted the cars our testers and readers loved, along with the models...
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