| Trump defends $1.5 trillion tax cut bill Posted: 16 Dec 2017 08:03 AM PST  "This will mostly benefit the middle class and jobs," Pres. Trump told reporters before departing for Camp David on Saturday.
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| Mystery swirls around powerful North Korea official as Hwang Pyong-so remains missing Posted: 16 Dec 2017 07:55 PM PST  A North Korean official widely deemed as the nation's second most powerful figure has been missing for some time, raising speculation that he has been executed.
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| This Cat Named D-O-G Helps Train Pups To Be Service Dogs Posted: 16 Dec 2017 03:12 PM PST  Not many cats get to have a career as a dog trainer, but one Missouri feline is doing just that.
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| Cousins charged with abuse of corpse, homicide in Pennsylvania murders Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST  Two cousins charged in the brutal murder of four men in Pennsylvania in July pleaded not guilty at their arraignment hearing Thursday.
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| 2 Key Republican Holdouts Are Now Backing The Tax Bill Posted: 15 Dec 2017 01:14 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― After months of hemming and hawing ― over debt, over procedural concerns, and over who benefits most from certain provisions ― Senate Republicans appear to be headed toward easy passage of a compromise tax bill next week, with remaining GOP holdouts folding on Friday for hardly any reason at all.
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| A bird, a plane, a polar bear? Wild guests at Alaska airport Posted: 15 Dec 2017 01:32 PM PST ![A bird, a plane, a polar bear? Wild guests at Alaska airport]( "A bird, a plane, a polar bear? Wild guests at Alaska airport") ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scott Babcock was wrapping up an early morning runway inspection at America's farthest north airport when he saw what he thought were a couple of wolves.
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| Capitol Hill Nervously Waits For The Next Big Sexual Harassment Scandal Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:50 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The atmosphere is tense on Capitol Hill, as members of Congress and their staff anxiously await more sexual harassment revelations in their ranks.
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| Roy Moore has a Jewish lawyer, so... Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:28 PM PST  Rachel Maddow shares video of an odd boast by Roy Moore's wife, Kayla Moore, that couple employs a Jewish lawyer, so accusations that they are anti-Semites could not be true.
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| Bodies of Canadian Billionaire and His Wife Found in Their Home in Apparently 'Suspicious' Death Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:15 AM PST  A Canadian billionaire and his wife were found dead in their Toronto home, under conditions which the police have called "suspicious," according to multiple reports
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| GOP Sen. Kennedy: Trump's nominee should have been able to answer my questions Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:24 AM PST  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said that he has supported nearly every one of President Trump's picks, but that he doesn't support them blindly: "I ask questions that I expect them to be able to answer. In doing so, I'm just doing my job."
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| Polish Holocaust survivor who escaped Auschwitz dies aged 98 Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:29 AM PST  Polish Holocaust survivor Kazimierz Piechowski, who spectacularly escaped Auschwitz by stealing the car of a Nazi SS officer, died on Friday aged 98, the state Institute for National Remembrance (INR) said. Piechowski, who became prisoner number 918 when he was deported to the infamous death camp in 1940, escaped two years later with three fellow prisoners in one of the most daring escape efforts of World War II. Piechowski and the three others managed to escape after stealing uniforms and guns of officers belonging to the Nazis' feared SS branch and hijacking the Steyr 220 convertible belonging to camp commander Rudolf Hoess.
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| Soccer Coach Accused of Running Away With Teen Girl Returns to Florida Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:43 AM PST  A Florida soccer coach arrested in New York after accusations that he ran away with a teenage girl has been returned to his home state
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| Pentagon fears dangers of 'risky flying' by Russian pilots in Syria Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:09 PM PST  The Pentagon is voicing growing alarm that the risky flying of Russian pilots in Syria could lead to a mishap – or even the nightmare scenario of a US jet shooting down a Russian warplane. Defense officials this week highlighted several recent close calls with Russian planes, including one Wednesday, when a pair of US F-22s intercepted two Russian jets over a part of Syria in which the Pentagon says they are not meant to be operating. The uptick in incidents comes as remaining operations by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have shrunk down to an area of only about 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) around Albu Kamal in eastern Syria, by the Iraq border. Coalition forces are giving air support to local Kurd and Syrian Arab partner troops on the ground as they root out remaining IS fighters east of the Euphrates River. Under a verbal agreement, the Russians, who support President Bashar al-Assad, are supposed to stay to the west. FAQ | Russian strikes in Syria Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart, an Air Force spokesman in the Middle East, outlined a string of instances where Russian fighter jets flew east of the Euphrates without notifying the coalition. On November 15, two US A-10 Warthog ground-attack planes nearly collided head on with a Russian Su-24 Fencer that passed within only 300 feet (90 meters) of the American planes – a mere whisker in aviation terms. One A-10 pilot had to "aggressively execute a defensive maneuver to avoid a midair collision," Pickart said in an email to AFP. Then on November 17, two F-22s intercepted an armed Russian Su-24 that flew over coalition and partner forces three times and failed to respond to radio call. "The F-22s intercepted this pilot and were in a position to fire," Pickart said. "Luckily our pilots showed restraint, but given the actions of the Su-24 aircraft could have reasonably been interpreted as threatening to US forces, our pilots would have been well within our rights to engage." Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said it was not clear if the incidents were a mistake due to inexperience, or the product of boisterous young pilots "dangerously feeling their oats." Jim Mattis, US Defence Secretary Credit: Matthias Schrader /AP "I don't expect perfection, but I don't expect dangerous maneuvers either and so we'll sort this out," Mattis told Pentagon reporters Friday. "Right now, I cannot tell you if it's sloppy airmanship, rambunctious pilots or people who are trying to do something that is very unwise." Since Moscow entered the Syria war in late 2015, Russia and the United States have been using a special "deconfliction" hotline to communicate about operations occurring in similar locations. Officials use the line constantly. A shootdown of a Russian jet, or a midair collision, could suddenly and dramatically shift the stakes in the knotted Syria conflict and open the door to a retaliatory measures by the Russians. "The coalition's greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," Pickart said. "We are not here to fight the Russians and Syrians – our focus remains on defeating ISIS. That said, if anyone threatens coalition or friendly partner forces in the air or on the ground, we will defend them." At one point during Wednesday's incident, the US F-22 Raptor stealth fighters deployed chaff and flares to convince the Russian Su-25s to leave the area, and one US pilot had to aggressively maneuver to avoid a midair collision, Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said. During and following the encounter, coalition leaders contacted Russian officers on a special hotline to try to calm the situation and avert a "strategic miscalculation," Pahon said. More than 340,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the Syrian war, and millions have been displaced.
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| The Latest: Penn State says it promotes safety in Greek life Posted: 15 Dec 2017 10:19 AM PST  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a grand jury report on excessive drinking in Penn State's fraternity system (all times local):
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| So, The FCC Repealed Net Neutrality. What Does That Mean For You? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  If you woke up with a chill in your bones and a faint sense of dread, it could be this: On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission decided to give internet service providers, like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, the power to meddle with your internet traffic.
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| Franks makes abrupt exit as scandal breaks Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:27 PM PST  Rachel Maddow reports on the strange accusations that suddenly drove Trent Franks from office, with some women saying Franks asked them to carry his baby, in one case offering millions of dollars to do so.
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| Matt Lauer's First Accuser Lives 'In Constant Fear' Of Being Identified Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:01 PM PST  Matt Lauer's original accuser is "terrified" that her identity will become public.
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| U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST ![U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort]( "U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort") By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday said she would release former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from house arrest once he meets certain conditions, expressing satisfaction that the $10 million he agreed to forfeit would be available if he ever failed to appear for court proceedings. In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to be released from home confinement, Manafort must execute documents agreeing to forfeit four properties, including two in New York, one in Alexandria, Virginia, and his Florida home. Manafort is charged with conspiring to launder money and failing to register as a foreign agent working on behalf of the government of Ukraine's former pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych.
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| Toll rises to three dead after Indonesia quake Posted: 16 Dec 2017 01:22 AM PST  At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday. The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said. A 62-year-old man in Ciamis and an 80-year-old woman in Pekalongan city were killed when the buildings they were in collapsed, national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, while a 34-year-old woman from the city of Yogyakarta died when she fell while running out of her house.
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| 63 Percent Of Americans Believe Donald Trump Tried To Obstruct Russia Probe Posted: 16 Dec 2017 08:36 PM PST  A new poll has found that 63 percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to "impede or obstruct" the investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. election and possible links between Trump's campaign and the Kremlin.
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| Tips on Tipping This Holiday Season Posted: 15 Dec 2017 03:45 PM PST  Who should you tip and how much should you give during the holidays? Those are questions consumers grapple with every year, and there's no clear-cut answer. But there are guidelines, depending on...
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| Female Congressional Candidate Quits Race Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Posted: 16 Dec 2017 07:13 AM PST  Andrea Ramsey is accused of sexually harassing a male subordinate in 2005
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| Vatican issues new rules for relics in saint-making process Posted: 16 Dec 2017 09:37 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's saint-making office has updated its rules governing the use of relics for would-be saints, issuing detailed new guidelines Saturday that govern how body parts and cremated remains are to be obtained, transferred and protected for eventual veneration.
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| Mario Batali Apologizes For Sexual Harassment With Cinnamon Rolls Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:03 AM PST  Mario Batali, the former host of "The Chew" who stands accused of sexual misconduct, issued an apology to fans on Friday through his newsletter and inexplicably ended it with a recipe for cinnamon rolls.
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| Penn State's 'shocking apathy' to drinking blamed in hazing death Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:21 PM PST ![Penn State's 'shocking apathy' to drinking blamed in hazing death]( "Penn State's 'shocking apathy' to drinking blamed in hazing death") Pennsylvania State University's "shocking apathy" to alcohol abuse contributed to the death of a student after he consumed 18 drinks in less than an hour and a half during a fraternity initiation, according a report issued on Friday. Grand jury members wrote the report after hearing testimony on hazing and alcohol use within the sprawling university's fraternity system. Prosecutors issued it at Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 10 months the death of Timothy Piazza, 19.
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| On the trail of London's serial cat killer Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:51 PM PST  In what has become a grim ritual, Tony Jenkins examines the mutilated remains of a domestic cat -- and says the south London serial killer has struck once again. Nobody is surprised when Jenkins, the co-founder of Snarl, a local animal rescue and rehabilitation shelter, arrives at a veterinary surgery to confirm the grisly find. In the last two years, Snarl has identified more than 400 suspected victims: mostly cats, but also some foxes and rabbits.
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| California Has Nearly Hit A Record On Wildfire Spending -- Halfway Through Its Budget Year Posted: 16 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  California's state firefighting agency is within days of spending more to fight fires in a single year than ever before, and the fiscal year still has six months to go.
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| NBC Paid Staffer Severance After Accusing Chris Matthews Of Harassment Posted: 17 Dec 2017 08:43 AM PST  A former MSNBC employee was given separation compensation after accusing host Chris Matthews of making inappropriate jokes and comments about her in 1999, which according to one report were sexual in nature.
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| Pentagon admits it ran secret multimillion-dollar UFO programme between 2007 and 2012 Posted: 17 Dec 2017 03:46 AM PST  The Pentagon has admitted it ran a secret programme tasked with investigating sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. Although the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Programme ended five years ago, when US defence officials shifted attention and funding to other priorities, it remains unclear if it has continued to investigate sightings of mysterious vehicles. Most of the money went to an aerospace research company ran by Robert Bigelow, a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime friend of Mr Reid.
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| SpaceX 1st: Recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule Posted: 15 Dec 2017 04:30 PM PST  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX racked up another first on Friday, launching a recycled rocket with a recycled capsule on a grocery run for NASA.
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| Immigration Groups Push Congress to Protect Dreamers Before the End of the Year Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:24 AM PST  Immigration advocacy groups are pressuring Congress to protect immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children before the year ends.
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| Plan released for dividing money to Vegas shooting victims Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:36 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A plan that will be used to divide donations for victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting was finalized Friday with a significant change that allows injured people who were not hospitalized to seek some of the money.
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| How To Beat The Winter Blues, According To Top Experts Posted: 15 Dec 2017 01:13 PM PST  If you're starting to feel glum, listless and irritable this time of year, you're not alone.
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| The Myth That Urbanization Means Prosperity Posted: 16 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger cities, the same is not true for the rapidly urbanizing areas of the developing world. In these parts of the globe, there really might be such a thing as too much urbanization, too quickly.
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| Taiwan steel firm behind toxic dump in Vietnam fined again Posted: 16 Dec 2017 11:06 PM PST  A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic spill that killed tonnes of fish in central Vietnam last year was fined for a second time for illegally burying "harmful" waste, official sources said Sunday. The deadly dump from Formosa's $11 billion steel plant in Ha Tinh province sparked one of the country's worst environmental catastrophes, decimating livelihoods along swathes of coastline and prompting months of rare protests in the authoritarian country. The firm was initially fined $500 million for pouring toxic chemicals -- including cyanide -- into the ocean in April 2016, and has now been ordered to pay an additional $25,000 on separate charges of burying harmful solid waste in the ground, according to the official Cong Ly newspaper.
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| Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources Posted: 16 Dec 2017 09:27 AM PST ![Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources]( "Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Sabih al-Masri, Jordan's most influential businessman and the chairman of its largest lender Arab Bank, was detained in Saudi Arabia for questioning after a business trip to Riyadh, family sources and friends said on Saturday. Masri's detention, which follows the biggest purge of the Saudi kingdom's affluent elite in its modern history, has sent shockwaves through business circles in Jordan and the Palestinian territories, where the billionaire has major investments. A Saudi citizen of Palestinian origin, Masri was detained last Tuesday hours before he was planning to leave after he chaired meetings of companies he owns, according to the sources.
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| Fox News Women Furious Over Rupert Murdoch Comments On Sexual Misconduct Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:41 PM PST  Current and former female Fox News employees say they are stunned, disgusted and "hungry for justice" after media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Thursday dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct at the network as "nonsense" outside of a few "isolated incidents" with former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes.
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| Why did Broward destroy 2016 ballots? Sanders ally seeks US probe Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:02 PM PST ![Why did Broward destroy 2016 ballots? Sanders ally seeks US probe]( "Why did Broward destroy 2016 ballots? Sanders ally seeks US probe") A South Florida law professor, running to unseat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is calling for a federal investigation into the destruction of all ballots cast in the August 2016 Democratic primary in Broward County. The challenger, Tim Canova, has made repeated public records requests and filed a lawsuit seeking access to paper ballots cast in his unsuccessful race last year against the former Democratic National Committee chair in Florida's 23rd congressional district. Over the past year, the Broward supervisor of elections, Dr. Brenda Snipes, has taken no action on Mr. Canova's requests to examine the ballots, and she has urged a judge to throw Canova's lawsuit out.
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| Police Investigating Possible Link Between Skeletal Remains Found in a Shed & 3 Missing Brothers Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:30 PM PST  Michigan police are investigating whether the partial remains of three children found in the shed of a rental home in Missoula, Montana, could belong to brothers missing for almost decade
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| Trump wraps up week with attacks on FBI and US immigrants: 'The worst people' Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:10 AM PST  The US president also made the false claim that foreign countries send the "worst of the worst" to America through the green card immigration lottery system. Having recently claimed the FBI's reputation is in "tatters", Trump launched his latest criticism following reports that former an FBI agent watered down director James Comey's statement – in the midst of the 2016 presidential election race – on Hillary Clinton's private email server and text messages.
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| Iowa justice blocks newspaper from reporting court records Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:16 PM PST ![Iowa justice blocks newspaper from reporting court records]( "Iowa justice blocks newspaper from reporting court records") IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court justice has taken the unusual step of temporarily ordering the state's largest newspaper not to publish the contents of court records legally obtained by one of its reporters.
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| #StarWarsHolidayFilms Is Precisely The Holiday Hashtag You're Looking For Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:17 PM PST  It's the season of giving, and we've been gifted the next episode in the "Star Wars" saga.
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| Cow Escapes Live Nativity Scene Twice and Wanders the Streets of Philadelphia Posted: 16 Dec 2017 09:44 AM PST  Stormy was returned after two adventures on snowy downtown streets
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| Cake for 'joyful' pope on his 81st birthday Posted: 16 Dec 2017 04:35 PM PST ![Cake for 'joyful' pope on his 81st birthday]( "Cake for 'joyful' pope on his 81st birthday") Pope Francis celebrated his 81st birthday Sunday with a hero cake and a message urging the world -- and children in particular -- to join in the holiday mood and be joyful. The Argentine pontiff thanked the crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square for the Angelus prayer as they sang happy birthday, and was expected to slice into his birthday cake after lunch. The artist -- whose real name is Mauro Pallotta -- famously depicted Francis as Superman in 2014 and has since begun supporting Vatican charitable projects by selling T-shirts bearing the flying pope.
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| What Does A Healthy Relationship Look Like? Experts Weigh In Posted: 15 Dec 2017 01:23 PM PST  A healthy relationship doesn't just happen by accident.
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| AP PHOTOS: Best of 2017 for the Middle East Posted: 16 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  In 2017 the Islamic State group was driven from its last strongholds in Iraq and Syria at an enormous cost, Pakistanis broke their silence to speak about sexual abuse in Islamic schools, and the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ignited widespread protests.
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