| Gorsuch calls same-sex marriage decision ‘settled law’ Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:31 PM PDT  Judge Neil Gorsuch referred to the Supreme Court's recent same-sex marriage decision as "settled law," using a stronger phrase than he has for other legal precedents. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., asked Gorsuch to explain how his views on marriage equality have changed since 2004, when the George W. Bush administration was pushing for ballot initiatives that banned the practice in states. Gorsuch replied that sharing his "personal views" would send a misleading signal to the American people that he might be inclined to rule one way or another on future cases that come up on the subject.
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| White House won’t say whether Trump will present proof of wiretapping Posted: 21 Mar 2017 12:44 PM PDT  At his daily briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to say when or whether President Trump will present evidence for the claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama. In an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson on March 15, Trump promised "some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks" when he was asked about the claim.
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| 19-year-old arrested after 2 teens found dead in Colorado Posted: 21 Mar 2017 01:06 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man is under arrest in connection with the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found on the shoulder of a rural Colorado road.
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| Survivors recount Ghana tree fall tragedy that killed 20 Posted: 20 Mar 2017 01:06 PM PDT  Frank Adansi-Bonnah sat on his bed Monday in the Kintampo Municipal Hospital in central Ghana, his lips covered in bruises and cuts, and his arm in a sling. Eighteen students died at the picturesque spot in the Brong-Ahafo region, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) by road from the capital, Accra. "What I remember was I was struggling with the tree," said the 21-year-old Adansi-Bonnah, who is a student at University of Energy and Natural Resources in the regional capital, Sunyani.
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| Correction: Oil Pipeline story Posted: 22 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — In a story March 22 about protecting pipelines from sabotage, The Associated Press misidentified a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, as Kerry Sundberg. His name is Kelly Sundberg.
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| Trump's net worth dwindled to $3.5 billion, Forbes says Posted: 20 Mar 2017 10:45 AM PDT ![Trump's net worth dwindled to $3.5 billion, Forbes says]( "Trump's net worth dwindled to $3.5 billion, Forbes says") By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - While Donald Trump's political fortunes were rising, his net worth was dropping to a mere $3.5 billion, or roughly a third of what he claimed during his successful campaign for the U.S. presidency, according to the latest Forbes list of the world's billionaires. Trump tumbled more than 100 spots to No. 544 on the magazine's 31st annual list, largely because of the impact of the slumping New York real estate market on his holdings. The developer-turned-politician, who ranked No. 205 last year, fell further behind to Bill Gates, the list's perennial leader.
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| Franken calls Gorsuch dissent in trucker case ‘absurd’ Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:53 PM PDT  Minnesota Sen. Al Franken recalled his comedic past in a contentious exchange with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch Tuesday during the judge's confirmation hearing. Franken was questioning Gorsuch on the case of Alphonse Maddin, a trucker who was fired after his trailer broke down in subzero temperatures. Gorsuch concluded in a dissent that it wasn't illegal for the company to fire Maddin for seeking safety, writing that "it might be fair to ask whether TransAm's decision was a wise or kind one, but it's not our job to answer questions like that.
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| Missing Tennessee Teen Hinted Of Looming Trouble Posted: 21 Mar 2017 01:56 PM PDT  Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Thomas is believed to have been kidnapped by one of her high school teachers.
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| Investigation continues after 8-alarm fire destroys multiple homes in Kansas Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:25 PM PDT  ABC News' Alex Perez joins from the scene of the fire that destroyed multiple homes in Overland Park, Kansas.
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| Man Burns Down Parents Home, Kills Three Pets While Trying To Exterminate Ants: Officials Posted: 21 Mar 2017 11:22 AM PDT  Devon Doucette, 21, was trying to incinerate the ants with wooden matches when one of them ignited combustible materials, investigators say.
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| Czech zoo saws off rhino horns to keep its animals safe Posted: 21 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PDT  PRAGUE (AP) — A Czech zoo is taking no chances after the recent killing of a rhinoceros at a wildlife park near Paris by assailants who stole the animal's horn — the zoo has started to remove the horns from its 21 rhinos as a precaution.
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| Tillerson Plan to Skip NATO Meeting Baffles Former Officials Posted: 21 Mar 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Lawmakers, former officials denounce the move as 'disgraceful.'
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| Gorsuch: I would have ‘walked out the door’ if Trump had asked me to overturn Roe Posted: 21 Mar 2017 11:37 AM PDT  Judge Neil Gorsuch said he was never asked by President Trump to promise to overturn the landmark Supreme Court case protecting a woman's right to an abortion and would have promptly walked out on the president if he had. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Gorsuch on the second day of his confirmation hearing if the president had ever made Gorsuch promise to vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
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| Ex-Clinton staffer: 8,000 millennial Democrats have told our new group they want to run for office Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:03 PM PDT  On Election Day 2016, people vote at a polling place set up at the Kenter Canyon Elementary School in Los Angeles. A postelection political action committee founded by the email director of the Hillary Clinton campaign to encourage millennial Democrats to run for state and local offices reports that more than 8,000 people have taken the first step toward becoming candidates. Contacted by Yahoo News, Run for Something founder Amanda Litman explained what she thought was behind that astonishing number.
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| Brother of Teen Allegedly Kidnapped By Teacher: 'I Do Believe He Has Some Control Over Her' Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:53 PM PDT  The search has intensified for Elizabeth Thomas and Tad Cummins.
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| That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight Posted: 21 Mar 2017 04:26 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska's largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a previous flight had brought a pet snake on board.
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| Joaquin Castro defends questioning James Comey on Russian dossier Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:24 PM PDT  Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke to Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about what he learned from his questioning of FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Michael Rogers on the Hill on Monday. Castro also commented on the news that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip his first meeting with members of NATO next month. He said, "I wish that he would be there."
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| China denies reports of building on disputed shoal Posted: 22 Mar 2017 02:19 AM PDT ![China denies reports of building on disputed shoal]( "China denies reports of building on disputed shoal") China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which is northeast of the Spratly islands, in 2012 and denied access to Philippine fishermen. Earlier this month, Xiao Jie, the mayor of what China calls Sansha City, said China planned to begin preparatory work this year to build environmental monitoring stations on a number of islands, including Scarborough Shoal.
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| Gorsuch Supreme Court confirmation hearings: Day 2 Posted: 21 Mar 2017 05:29 AM PDT  Confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, were under way Tuesday, with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning the federal judge from Colorado. Yahoo News Senior National Affairs Reporter Liz Goodwin was in Washington, D.C., covering the hearings on Capitol Hill. Yahoo News' instant analysis from the day's proceedings is the blog below.
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| TripAdvisor names Bali best global destination for 2017 in Travelers' Choice Awards Posted: 21 Mar 2017 09:11 AM PDT  The Buddhist island has claimed the top spot for the first time in TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards, published Tuesday, March 21, crowning the year's best travel destinations.
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| 11-Year-Old Girl Finds Mom's Body on Bathroom Floor: Police Posted: 21 Mar 2017 10:16 AM PDT  Police said the mother's body had bruises, including on her neck.
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| Spider venom may offer hope to stroke victims: scientists Posted: 20 Mar 2017 09:40 PM PDT  A protein in the venom of potentially deadly funnel web spiders could minimise the effects of brain damage after a stroke, researchers in Australia said on Tuesday. Strokes claim six million lives worldwide each year, and five million survivors are left with a permanent disability. Scientists from the University of Queensland and Monash University said spider venom was always a good place to look for proteins to help in medical treatments as they have evolved to target the nervous systems of insects.
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| iPhone 8 Design to Pay Homage to First iPhone Posted: 21 Mar 2017 05:34 AM PDT  Apple's iPhone 8 is expected to sport a radical redesign up front. The iPhone 8 could borrow the water drop design language from the original iPhone. Apple will deliver a "water drop design" in the next iPhone in an homage to the original iPhone that hit store shelves in 2007, China-based ETNews is reporting, citing sources who claim to have knowledge of the plans.
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| Exclusive: Tillerson urges Senate ratification of Montenegro's NATO membership Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:05 PM PDT ![Exclusive: Tillerson urges Senate ratification of Montenegro's NATO membership]( "Exclusive: Tillerson urges Senate ratification of Montenegro's NATO membership") By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has written to the leaders of the U.S. Senate urging the ratification of Montenegro as the newest member of the NATO alliance, saying it is "strongly in the interests of the United States." In a letter dated March 7 and seen by Reuters on Tuesday, Tillerson argued that Montenegro's membership in the alliance would support greater integration, democratic reform, trade, security and stability among its neighbors. Moscow opposes any further expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the delay in U.S. approval of Montenegro's accession has fueled questions about whether President Donald Trump's administration and his Republican Party will stand up to Russia despite Trump's desire for better relations.
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| Cameroon expelled 2,600 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram: UN Posted: 21 Mar 2017 06:11 AM PDT  More than 2,600 Nigerians who fled into northern Cameroon to escape Boko Haram jihadists have been forced to go home since the start of the year, the UN said Tuesday. Thousands of Nigerians have been displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, which has seen deadly attacks since 2009 in pursuit of a caliphate in northern Nigeria. Some 85,000 have sought refuge in Cameroon but the UN refugee agency said many had been sent back, with officials citing security reasons.
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| Tuesday’s top moments from the Neil Gorsuch confirmation hearings Posted: 21 Mar 2017 05:10 PM PDT  Day two of confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, was eventful, as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned the federal judge from Colorado. Return to Yahoo on Wednesday for more live-streaming coverage of the hearings as they happen.
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| US forces ferry Syrian-Kurdish fighters behind IS lines Posted: 22 Mar 2017 09:19 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. aircraft ferried Syrian Kurdish fighters and allied forces behind Islamic State lines on Wednesday to spearhead an assault on a strategic town belonging to the extremist group outside its de facto capital, Raqqa, the Pentagon said, marking the first time U.S. forces have provided airlift for local forces on a combat operation in Syria.
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| Parrot Laughter Is Contagious, Scientists Find Posted: 21 Mar 2017 06:21 AM PDT  A parrot native to New Zealand has demonstrated contagious emotion, scientists said.
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| Pilot and Wife, Dead from Overdoses, Discovered by Their 4 Kids: Police Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:33 AM PDT  Brian and Courtney Halye were found dead Thursday.
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| Nine US deaths linked to breast implant-associated cancer Posted: 21 Mar 2017 10:46 PM PDT  Nine women are believed to have died in the United States from a rare cancer linked to breast implants, US health officials said Tuesday, with more than 350 cases of the disease recorded nationwide. A possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) was first identified in 2011 but at the time few cases had been recorded. Now the US Food and Drug Administration says it has received 359 reports of ALCL linked to implants, including nine fatalities.
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| Son, 18, accused of beating, stabbing mother on her birthday Posted: 21 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PDT ![Son, 18, accused of beating, stabbing mother on her birthday]( "Son, 18, accused of beating, stabbing mother on her birthday") RIVERVIEW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man told investigators he'd been thinking for a long time about killing his mother and finally decided to go through with it on Monday, her 39th birthday.
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| U.S. to ban some airline passengers from carrying larger electronics Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:30 AM PDT ![U.S. to ban some airline passengers from carrying larger electronics]( "U.S. to ban some airline passengers from carrying larger electronics") Passengers on some U.S.-bound foreign airline flights will have to check electronic devices larger than a cell phone once U.S. authorities formalize a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday. The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding that it had been under consideration since the U.S. government learned of a threat several weeks ago. A source said the rule would cover around eight to 10 foreign airlines.
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| Drones all around — Unmanned aircraft take on various roles Posted: 22 Mar 2017 06:40 AM PDT ![Drones all around — Unmanned aircraft take on various roles]( "Drones all around — Unmanned aircraft take on various roles") The number of unmanned aircraft, or drones, in the United States will jump dramatically over the next five years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The increase comes after the Obama administration in 2016 implemented new rules that opened the skies to low-level small drones for education, research and routine commercial use. Policy makers are still debating whether to allow a sweeping expansion in drone use for activities like deliveries where aircraft would fly beyond the sight of an operator.
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| FBI confirms probe of Trump team ties to Russia Posted: 20 Mar 2017 03:33 PM PDT  FBI chief James Comey dealt Donald Trump a double blow Monday by confirming a probe into his election campaign's links to Russia last year while repudiating the president's claim that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama. In a high-stakes public hearing televised live from the US Congress, Comey took the extraordinary step of confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether Trump campaign aides colluded with a Russian effort to influence the 2016 election. Comey's bombshell statement undercut a White House effort to dismiss the controversy stalking Trump's young administration -- with the president once more dismissing talk of his team's ties to Russia as "FAKE NEWS" as the hearing got underway.
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| High court nominee: I'll be unbiased or 'hang up the robe' Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:37 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch pledged to be independent or "hang up the robe" as the U.S. Senate began rancorous hearings Monday on President Donald Trump's conservative pick to fill a Supreme Court seat that has been vacant for more than a year.
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| Cute grandparents are devoted to 2 things: Each other and In-N-Out Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:30 PM PDT  If you are looking for relationship role models, don't turn to celebrities. Turn instead to these grandparents who have been married for 53 years. While they've probably figured out many of the keys to a successful marriage in those 53 years, we'd like to think that number one amongst them is their love of In-N-Out, the California burger chain. SEE ALSO: The story of this elderly couple's 65-year marriage will move you to tears They go there a lot. And they have the photos to prove it. Everytime my grandparents go to In N Out together, my grandma takes a pic of my grandpa and texts it to me. I hope to be like them one day pic.twitter.com/zb3uN2CjCN — Heather Daniels (@heatheerdaniels) March 19, 2017 "The tradition started because their son (my uncle) lives in Seattle now, and a couple years ago, my grandma started to send him pictures every time they went to make him jealous of their In-N-Out," Heather Daniels, the couple's granddaughter, explained. "Eventually she started sending me the photos as well, which I loved!" This is an impressive endeavor on many levels. First, it takes a powerful amount of self-restraint to pose for a photo when a delicious burger is sitting right in front of you. Credit also needs to be given to grandpa, who allows himself to be photographed each and every time. And finally, just look at how many times they've been to In-N-Out. Image: heatheerdaniels/twitter Image: heatheerdaniels/twitter "They go to In-N-Out about once a week!" Daniels told us. Once a week? If you can get away with eating a fast food burger once a week when you become a grandparent, you've basically hit the life jackpot. Since looking at all these In-N-Out pictures made us hungry, we asked what the regular order was for these rockstars. "My grandpa gets the number two from the menu," Daniels stated, which is a combo meal with a cheeseburger, fries and a drink. "My grandma just gets a hamburger and they split the fries!" Wow, they split the fries? Their relationship just got that much more perfect. WATCH: The 10 best movie couples of all time
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