| Vice President Pence downplays concerns over disruptions to health care Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:27 PM PST  Vice President Mike Pence dismissed concerns Thursday about the pace of Republican plans to repeal and replace the health care law passed by Democrats under President Barack Obama, promising an "orderly transition" to a new system. It was the only comment by Pence in a 20-minute speech that went beyond boilerplate rhetoric and touched on challenges facing the new administration.
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| Toyota to Unveil Yaris GRMN at Geneva Motor Show Posted: 23 Feb 2017 12:55 PM PST  A Yaris with 205 horsepower doesnt sound all that bad.
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| Wonder-ful news: 13-year-old girl wins Supreme Court decision over service dog Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:01 PM PST  You may have seen photos of a young girl and her goldendoodle Wonder on the steps of the Supreme Court on social media, so who is she and why is she smiling? On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously sided with Fry, which may allow her to sue her local school board for damages for the emotional distress she said she suffered by being denied the assistance of her service dog. "The school district had decided that Wonder wasn't necessary," Stacy Fry, Ehlena's mother, told Yahoo News.
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| U.S. seeks extradition of ex-Guatemala officials on drug charges Posted: 24 Feb 2017 04:43 PM PST ![U.S. seeks extradition of ex-Guatemala officials on drug charges]( "U.S. seeks extradition of ex-Guatemala officials on drug charges") The United States will request the extradition of former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti and a former cabinet minister on drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala said on Friday. Baldetti has been imprisoned in Guatemala since 2015 on charges of leading a network that defrauded the government of the Central American country along with former president Otto Pérez Molina, who has also been arrested and is awaiting trial.
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| Race for DNC chair narrows Posted: 24 Feb 2017 11:28 AM PST  ABC News' MaryAlice Parks talks with DNC chair hopeful Pete Buttigieg and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean.
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| Georgia woman wages single-handed fight for open government Posted: 24 Feb 2017 01:57 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — When Nydia Tisdale turned her camera on a north Georgia city council meeting, the mayor ordered her to stop recording and had a police officer forcibly remove her and the camera.
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| Trump Just Allowed Private Prisons To Make Huge Profits: Bernie Sanders Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:16 PM PST  The Vermont senator has been a vocal critic of the "business model" of private prisons and in 2015, introduced a bill to ban such facilities.
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| Navy: Arrest of AWOL sailor and new mother was 'last resort' Posted: 24 Feb 2017 03:07 PM PST  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 24-year-old U.S. Navy sailor who had a baby in August was arrested and remains on a military hold after being accused of deserting her post, court records show.
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| Lexus, Porsche, Toyota, Buick: America's most dependable brands Posted: 24 Feb 2017 07:41 AM PST  In the market for a car--maybe one that's a little gently used? You're in luck: this week, J.D. Power published its 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study, showing which brands are likely to cause the fewest headaches down the road. The Dependability Study is a bit like Power's equally popular Initial Quality Study, which is typically issued in June. Both studies assess real-world data from America's registered drivers about the problems they've had with their cars, trucks, and SUVs. The difference is that the Initial Quality Study looks at issues folks have had with new vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership. The Dependability Study, however, looks at vehicles that are three years old--the idea being that brands that score well stand a better chance of holding up over the long term. For the 2017 edition of its Dependability Study, Power polled 35,186 original owners of 2014 model-year vehicles, asking how many issues they'd had with their vehicles in the previous 12 months. Responses were gathered between October and December 2016. The winners, the losers Tied for first place in this year's study were two perennial top-of-the-heap contenders: luxury marques Lexus and Porsche. Each brand had a reported 110 problems per 100 vehicles during the prior year. But premium cars weren't the only ones receiving high scores: in third place was one of the world's best-known mass-market brands, Toyota, with 123 problems per 100 vehicles. Buick followed with a score of 126, and Mercedes-Benz rounded out the top five with 133. The industry average was 156 problems per 100 vehicles. That's four points higher than the 2016 average. At the bottom of the charts were four of Fiat Chrysler's five brands (which is, unfortunately, fairly common in surveys like this). Fiat fared worst of all, with a staggering 298 problems per 100 vehicles, though in fairness, it might've been bested by Smart if Power had been able to find enough Smart owners to include in the survey. In the penultimate spot, Jeep fared much better than its FCA sibling, with owners reporting 209 problems per 100 vehicles during the previous year. Other low performers were Infiniti (203), Dodge (187), and Ram (183). As far as individual models are concerned, Toyota was the clear winner, earning top marks in 10 of Power's 18 segments. (That's a record for this study.) Those winners included the Lexus ES, Lexus GS, Lexus RX, Toyota Avalon, Toyota Camry, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Toyota Prius, Toyota Prius v, Toyota Sienna, and Toyota Venza. And interestingly enough, of all models--luxury and mass-market--the Toyota Camry had the fewest number of issues. Takeaways What does all this mean for you, the buyer? Apart from fewer trips to the garage, high dependability scores could mean more money in the bank. Because of their strong performance, Power says that Toyota vehicles have resale values that are $750 higher than the national average. It also means that when it comes to issues with your next ride, chances are they'll involve the technology on your dashboard, not the transmission. In-car tech accounted for 22 percent of all owners' visits to the shop, and more often than not Bluetooth pairing and misrecognition of voice commands were the culprits. You've been warned.
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| Cop's Home, Truck Vandalized After Viral Video Shows Him in Confrontation With Teen and Firing Shot Posted: 23 Feb 2017 02:08 PM PST  Neighbors have also come to the officer's defense.
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| 'Ring of fire' eclipse treat for southern skygazers Posted: 24 Feb 2017 08:13 AM PST  A spectacular "ring of fire" solar eclipse Sunday will regale skygazers in South America and southern Africa, with seafarers in the nearby Atlantic getting a front-row view too, astronomers say. The eclipse -- during which the Sun will all but disappear as the Moon crosses its path -- will be most visible in a 100-kilometre (62-mile) band cutting through Chile, Argentina, Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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| China continues 'steady pattern' of S.China Sea militarization: experts Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:47 AM PST  Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on a series of artificial islands in the South China Sea, a Washington think-tank said Thursday. According to images published by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, the structures are being installed on Fiery Cross Reef, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands. The AMTI, which is part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said China appears to have begun construction on the buildings between late September and early November 2016.
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| Supreme Court seeks views on transgender policy switch Posted: 24 Feb 2017 08:30 AM PST  The Supreme Court wants both sides in the significant case on transgender students' rights to submit their views on the possible impact of the switch in policy on those rights by the Trump Administration.
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| India police arrest cheap mobile maker on fraud charges Posted: 24 Feb 2017 12:14 AM PST  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — The director of an Indian company that claimed it was selling the world's cheapest smartphone was arrested Thursday on fraud charges, police said Friday.
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| Trump's Latest Order To Create 'Regulatory Reform Task Force' In Each Agency Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:27 AM PST  The executive order, slated for release after Trump's CPAC remarks, would create teams to focus solely on altering or repealing regulations.
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| 2018 Toyota Tundra to Be First Pickup With Standard Automatic Emergency Braking Posted: 24 Feb 2017 11:16 AM PST  The 2018 Toyota Tundra will become the first pickup truck with automatic emergency braking as a standard feature. Often available only as an option, AEB has been found to cut accidents. Toyota ...
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| 4 charged in death of 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:15 PM PST  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A judge entered not guilty pleas Thursday on behalf of four people charged with neglect in the death of a malnourished 9-year-old western Indiana boy with cerebral palsy.
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| Pakistan says gas leak, not bomb, behind Lahore blast Posted: 24 Feb 2017 03:52 AM PST  An explosion that killed seven people and caused panic in the Pakistani city of Lahore was caused by a gas leak and not a bomb as police had earlier stated, officials said Friday. It was not caused by explosives or a result of terrorism," Punjab provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah said Friday. Thursday's explosion sent panic through Lahore, where reports of a second blast were quickly debunked.
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| A drone flies into a tiger habitat, and you’ll absolutely believe what happens next Posted: 23 Feb 2017 12:58 PM PST  Anyone who's ever used a laser pointer in the same room as a cat knows that any fast-moving object is pretty much fair game for feline ferocity. Knowing that, it's hard to imagine exactly what this drone pilot was thinking when allowed the pricey airborne gadget to get within swiping distance of an entire family of tigers. Whatever made him do it, the video is a treat to watch. The drone, which was being operated by reporters hoping to snag some up-closeup shots of Siberian tigers in China's Heilongjiang Province, made several low passes over the big cats, immediately piquing their interest. The tigers began following the drone around, slowly at first, but quickly picked up speed as the drone dropped in altitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhe_cyrHNpI It wasn't long before the drone pilot came a little too close to one of the cats, allowing it to slap the craft right out of the sky. Predictably, the tigers swarmed on the downed drone and began tearing it apart. Unfortunately, it seems the drone's battery shorted out from damage and the gadget began billowing thick white smoke, which was enough to scare the tigers off. It's undeniably adorable to watch the huge cats act like little kittens at the sight of the flying toy, but it's also pretty obnoxious that the reporters flying the drone allowed it to get within paw's reach of being knocked down. At the end of the day, the drone and its pilot got exactly what they deserved.
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| Michael Isikoff on the latest news of the White House asking the FBI to dispute Russia reports Posted: 24 Feb 2017 09:48 AM PST  On Feb. 23 at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga spoke to Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff about a report that the White House asked the FBI to dispute recent media claims regarding President Trump's campaign staffers' communication with Russia during the election.
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| China's New Frigate Design Looks Awfully Familiar Posted: 24 Feb 2017 09:37 AM PST  The three-hull design is more heavily armed than the American ship that inspired it.
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| Infant who survived in 1920s sideshow incubator dies at 96 Posted: 24 Feb 2017 11:47 AM PST  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Lucille Conlin Horn weighed barely 2 pounds when she was born, a perilous size for any infant, especially in 1920. Doctors told her parents to hold off on a funeral for her twin sister who had died at birth, expecting she too would soon be gone.
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| Latinos Don't Actually Hate Trump Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:05 PM PST  Only 40 percent of Hispanics said Trump would be a poor or terrible president, while 50 percent said he would be an average, good or great president.
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| Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Lake Tanganyika area: USGS Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:02 PM PST ![Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Lake Tanganyika area: USGS]( "Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Lake Tanganyika area: USGS") (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the southern area of Lake Tanganyika early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.1, was in a national park area in northern Zambia close to Lake Tanganyika. The quake, which struck at 2:32 a.m. (0032 GMT), could be felt across the lake in Tanzania and to the north in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, the USGS said.
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| Remembering Steve Jobs In 10 Quotes Posted: 24 Feb 2017 07:46 AM PST  The former Apple co-founder and chief executive left a memorable legacy -- and some memorable quotes. Here are 10 quotes in remembrance of Jobs' birthday.
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| Judge allows a second accuser to testify at Cosby sex assault trial Posted: 24 Feb 2017 09:30 AM PST ![Judge allows a second accuser to testify at Cosby sex assault trial]( "Judge allows a second accuser to testify at Cosby sex assault trial") About 50 women have accused Cosby, 79, of sexual assault. Cosby has denied any wrongdoing, but the accusations have shattered his image as an icon of family-friendly entertainment. Constand worked with the women's basketball team at Temple University, where Cosby, a university alumnus, befriended her.
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| California senator removed after criticizing late lawmaker Posted: 23 Feb 2017 07:36 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker was removed from the state Senate floor Thursday after refusing to stop delivering a speech criticizing late state Sen. Tom Hayden for his leadership role in the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s.
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| Tesla now offers insurance and maintenance for life Posted: 24 Feb 2017 08:00 AM PST  Self-driving cars are going to ruin everything--in a good way. If all goes as planned, they'll dramatically reduce auto accidents and highway fatalities; boost fuel efficiency; minimize traffic jams; and maybe even cut the number of vehicles we own. Autonomous vehicles are likely to wreak havoc on the insurance industry, too. For insurance agents who might not be worried about that doomsday scenario just yet, they should take a look at Tesla. That's because Tesla has slowly begun offering lifetime insurance policies to some buyers--and that package covers vehicle maintenance, too. The automaker hasn't widely discussed the feature, but it became public knowledge during an earnings call earlier this week. According to Tesla's President of Global Sales and Service, Jonathan McNeill, the insurance and maintenance package has been quietly rolling out to shoppers in Asian markets, where it's proven very popular. In fact, McNeill says that the majority of Tesla buyers in Asia have opted to shell out for the package. Tesla hasn't yet confirmed the price of the package, nor has it hinted when it might be available to shoppers in other markets. However, the offering clearly stems in large part from the company's confidence in its semi-autonomous (and soon, fully autonomous) Autopilot software. Would you be willing to pay upfront for a lifetime insurance and maintenance package? If so, how much? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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| Baked spaghetti squash that takes hassle out of cooking Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:55 AM PST  A few years ago when everyone I knew was on the Paleo diet, I started making spaghetti squash and topping it with meat sauce to feed my dinner party guests who were off carbs. I grew up eating spaghetti squash with butter and Parmesan cheese, so I have always had a taste for it, and more and more it seems an easy way to get an extra vegetable into my diet.
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| Little Tikes Recalls Thousands Of Toddler Swings Posted: 24 Feb 2017 08:53 AM PST  More than 540,000 of the company's 2-in-1 Snug 'n Secure Pink Swing was included in the recall.
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| Trump asks NASA to explore putting crew on rocket's debut flight Posted: 24 Feb 2017 12:55 PM PST ![Trump asks NASA to explore putting crew on rocket's debut flight]( "Trump asks NASA to explore putting crew on rocket's debut flight") By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The Trump administration has directed NASA to study whether it is feasible to fly astronauts on the debut flight of the agency's heavy-lift rocket, a mission currently planned to be unmanned and targeted to launch in late 2018, officials said on Friday. The study marks President Donald Trump's first step in shaping a vision for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Under former President Barack Obama, the U.S. space agency was working on the heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket and Orion deep-space capsule with the aim of sending astronauts to rendezvous with an asteroid in the mid-2020s, followed by a human expedition to Mars in the 2030s.
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| India is so tired and so overworked Posted: 24 Feb 2017 05:39 AM PST  We told you that our lack of sleep is costing the world billions of dollars. We also told you that Gen-Z might be the most hardworking people ever. Now it's time to put the spotlight on India — a country of 1.3 billion people with 65% below the age of 35. SEE ALSO: Facebook's new bereavement leave raises an important point about grief in the workplace In short: India is tired, overworked, sleep-starved and vacation-deprived. Here are 5 stats that show India needs to up its work-like balance game: 1. Almost a quarter (22%) of Indians are concerned about being tired. That is their biggest health concern, this report says. Image: Shutterstock / lenetstan 2. Indian millennials reportedly spend 52 hours a week at work, the highest in the world. The average for the US is 45 and the UK is 41. Image: Shutterstock / Elnur 3. An average employee works around 2,195 hours every year, more than those in most countries. Image: Shutterstock / WeStudio 4. In big cities like Mumbai, some spend up to 8 hours a day commuting to-and-from work. Image: Shutterstock / Constantin Stanciu 5. India is the 4th most vacation-deprived country in the world, as this study reveals. Image: Shutterstock / MihaPater Seriously India, just take a break! BONUS: This social experiment takes a poignant look at academic pressure placed on students
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| Crowds gather for S.Africa anti-immigration march Posted: 24 Feb 2017 01:09 AM PST  At least 300 people gathered for an anti-immigration march in the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, as President Jacob Zuma condemned xenophobic violence that has targeted shops and homes. Tyres were burnt in streets near Pretoria in the morning, as tensions rise between some South Africans and migrants from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Pakistan and elsewhere.
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| Conditions deteriorate in west Mosul as Iraqi advances slow Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:28 AM PST  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Iraqi advance into Mosul's western half slowed Saturday as combat turned to urban warfare and Iraqi forces met stiff resistance from the Islamic State group. Hundreds of civilians poured out of Mosul on foot following the advances, but the vast majority of 750,000 estimated to still be in the city's west remain trapped, and describe deteriorating humanitarian and security conditions.
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| UK Conservatives embarrass Labour Party by winning seat Posted: 24 Feb 2017 09:17 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Britain's governing Conservative Party dealt a humiliating blow Friday to the opposition Labour Party and its struggling leader Jeremy Corbyn by winning a parliamentary seat that had been in Labour's hands for decades.
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| California county seeks nationwide halt of Trump sanctuary order Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:01 AM PST ![California county seeks nationwide halt of Trump sanctuary order]( "California county seeks nationwide halt of Trump sanctuary order") Trump last month signed an order targeting local governments that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, as he made plans to transform how the United States deals with immigration and national security. Santa Clara County, which includes the city of San Jose and several smaller Silicon Valley communities, sued in San Francisco federal court earlier this month, saying Trump's plan to withhold federal funds is unconstitutional.
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| Guatemalan navy blocks Dutch 'abortion ship' Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:39 PM PST  Guatemala's military detains a Dutch boat that provides abortions as it entered the waters outside the Central American country. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala, unless the woman's live is at risk. Eve Johnson reports.
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| Pope Francis Speaks Out Against Catholics Leading 'Double Lives' Posted: 23 Feb 2017 01:00 PM PST  He delivered a strong message against hypocritical Catholics during a Thursday mass in Rome.
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