Friday, December 29, 2017

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Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New Year

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST

Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New YearWhite House officials, led by chief of staff John Kelly, are reportedly plotting a staff shakeup in the new year, as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to weather scandals and defeats, and prepare for what could be tumultuous midterm elections in 2018.


Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winner

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:47 AM PST

Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winnerAlabama Secretary of State John Merrill laughed off the assertion by Roy Moore campaign spokeswoman Janet Porter that there is a "one in 15 billion" chance voter fraud did not occur in the state's special U.S. Senate election.


26 Photos That Show The Natural Disasters Humanity Faced In 2017

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:40 PM PST

26 Photos That Show The Natural Disasters Humanity Faced In 2017For those in the United States, 2017 will probably always be associated with the record hurricanes that caused widespread damage in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.


Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST

Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year's EveIn the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing in New York City and the Las Vegas hotel shooting, the New York Police Department announced new steps to protect people in Times Square on New Year's Eve.


N. Korean boat skipper 'charged over Japan theft'

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:30 AM PST

N. Korean boat skipper 'charged over Japan theft'Japanese prosecutors reportedly charged a North Korean fishing boat captain for theft on Thursday, accusing him of making off with items ranging from home appliances to solar panels. The 45-year-old was among 10 North Korean "fishermen" spotted aboard a tiny wooden boat struggling in bad weather off the northern island of Hokkaido in late November. Some of them admitted to "taking out" some electronic products from a remote Japanese island where they landed briefly to take refuge.


Universities face #MeToo movement over sexual harassment

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:49 AM PST

Universities face #MeToo movement over sexual harassmentWASHINGTON (AP) — When Celeste Kidd was a graduate student of neuroscience at the University of Rochester she says a professor supervising her made her life unbearable by stalking her, making demeaning comments about her weight and talking about sex.


Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdown

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:50 AM PST

Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdownThe countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we'll be counting down the top 10 until New Year's Eve.


The Most Mind-Blowing Space Pictures of 2017

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:48 AM PST

The Most Mind-Blowing Space Pictures of 2017Gaze upon them. Do it.


Tuscon Police Release Footage of Man Impersonating a Police Officer

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST

Tuscon Police Release Footage of Man Impersonating a Police OfficerThe suspect allegedly made fake traffic stops in Arizona and handcuffed one of his victims.


Teacher Says She Was Bumped From First-Class Seat For Congresswoman: 'My Beef Isn't With Her'

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:57 AM PST

Teacher Says She Was Bumped From First-Class Seat For Congresswoman: 'My Beef Isn't With Her'Jean-Marie Simon says she was told to sit in economy after Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took her seat.


Puerto Rico Crisis Lingers as Trump Moves On

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:01 PM PST

Puerto Rico Crisis Lingers as Trump Moves OnMayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico, talks about the challenges the island is still dealing with months after catastrophic hurricanes, problems made worse by the Trump administration's bungling of the response and the new Republican tax law


6 Ways to Lose That Water Weight

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:32 AM PST

6 Ways to Lose That Water Weight


L.A. Woman Who 'Vanished' Months Ago May Be a Human Trafficking Victim, Authorities Say

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:16 PM PST

L.A. Woman Who 'Vanished' Months Ago May Be a Human Trafficking Victim, Authorities SayAuthorities in Florida say a California girl may be a victim of human trafficking


The Latest: No arrest after passenger got on wrong flight

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:49 PM PST

The Latest: No arrest after passenger got on wrong flightLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Tokyo-bound flight that returned to Los Angeles (all times local):


Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults dead

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST

Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults deadInvestigators in Troy, New York are on the hunt for the people responsible for murdering two children, their mother and her girlfriend. The bodies were found a day after Christmas.


NYPD Officers Suspended After Witnesses Say They Didn't Check On Woman Later Found Dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST

NYPD Officers Suspended After Witnesses Say They Didn't Check On Woman Later Found DeadTwo New York City police officers were suspended after witnesses said they failed to leave their car to check on a young woman who was later found dead at the bottom of a stairwell.


Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capital

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:39 AM PST

Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capitalBy Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi and Akram Walizada KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers stormed a Shi'ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference. Islamic State said in an online statement that it was responsible for the attack, saying the center received support from Iran. It was the latest in a series that the movement has claimed on Shi'ite targets in Kabul.


Conditions Favorable for Democrats in 2018

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:01 PM PST

Conditions Favorable for Democrats in 2018Steve Kornacki, national political correspondent for MSNBC, talks with Joy Reid about how the political conditions in 2018 compare with those of past midterm elections.


Situation Report: Russia Slams U.S. Missile Defense Sale to Japan

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:43 AM PST

Situation Report: Russia Slams U.S. Missile Defense Sale to JapanSaudi blockade of Yemen taking a toll, Turkey buys Russian military kit


Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:55 AM PST

Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attackRussian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism.


'I’m Not Giving up My Voice.' Sen. Al Franken Makes First Public Statement Since Resigning

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST

'I'm Not Giving up My Voice.' Sen. Al Franken Makes First Public Statement Since ResigningSen. Al Franken spoke to his supporters in Minneapolis Thursday evening after resigning due to sexual harassment allegations made against him.


Solange Opens Up About Autonomic Disorder She's Been Battling For Months

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:35 AM PST

Solange Opens Up About Autonomic Disorder She's Been Battling For MonthsSolange just revealed she won't be performing in South Africa at Afropunk's upcoming New Year's Eve show due to medical issues.


Video shows police officers risking their lives to save trapped teenagers

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:10 AM PST

Video shows police officers risking their lives to save trapped teenagersBody cameras captured the moments when two Milwaukee police officers rescued two teenagers who were trapped inside a burning car.


Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 09:12 AM PST

Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress codeTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran's capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.


Mueller Probing GOP Work With Russian Hacking

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:11 PM PST

Mueller Probing GOP Work With Russian HackingNatasha Bertrand, political correspondent for Business Insider, talks with Joy Reid about a report that the Mueller investigation is expanding to look at the extent to which RNC digital operations overlapped with Russian hacking activity.


US, Turkey put end to visa spat

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:22 AM PST

US, Turkey put end to visa spatThe United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense. The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between the countries, who are partners in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.


Greek urban guerrilla group claims responsibility for courthouse blast

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:21 PM PST

Greek urban guerrilla group claims responsibility for courthouse blastA Greek urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a blast at an Athens court on Dec. 22, accusing the judiciary of acting as a proxy for politicians supporting austerity in the crisis-hit country. Nobody was injured in the early-morning blast at the Athens Court of Appeal. In a statement, the Group of People's Fighters (OLA) said the Court of Appeal had upheld the legality of austerity measures, such as cutting pensions and salaries, in return for bailouts from international creditors.


Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crime

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:31 PM PST

Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crimeThe legal fallout over Apple slowing down old iPhones could produce a criminal court proceeding after a French organisation filed a criminal lawsuit. Since it emerged that Apple slowed old iPhones to prevent them from malfunctioning due to poor battery performance, the company has faced a slew of lawsuits in the United States and Israel. In a statement, the organisation claimed Apple's actions violated a 2015 French law that prohibits "the practice of planned obsolescence, which is defined by the use of techniques by which the person responsible for the marketing of a product aims to deliberately reduce the duration to increase the replacement rate".


Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:04 PM PST

Claire's Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old's KitClaire's, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.


5-Year-Old 'Star Wars' Fan Gets Stormtrooper-Inspired Prosthetic Hand

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:56 PM PST

5-Year-Old 'Star Wars' Fan Gets Stormtrooper-Inspired Prosthetic HandIt was the ultimate Christmas gift for the young man.


Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:18 AM PST

Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A MurderMore than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.


Lawmakers struggled to stay on track in Trump's first year

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:32 AM PST

Lawmakers struggled to stay on track in Trump's first yearWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's unpredictable, pugnacious approach to the presidency often worked against him as Republicans navigated a tumultuous but ultimately productive year in Congress.


Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing

Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST

Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing"Flavortown" fans, put on your best flame shirt and prepare to bury your feelings in a whole lot of donkey sauce.


No US pressure behind Guatemala embassy move to Jerusalem: FM

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:34 PM PST

No US pressure behind Guatemala embassy move to Jerusalem: FMThe United States did not pressure Guatemala into announcing it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Central American state's foreign minister said Wednesday. There wasn't any overture from the United States to make this happen. This was a decision by the government, the state and the foreign policy of Guatemala," the minister, Sandra Jovel, told a news conference in Guatemala City.


Kremlin says Russian satellite launch failures being investigated

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 04:01 AM PST

Kremlin says Russian satellite launch failures being investigatedThe Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was analyzing its space sector after two failed satellite launches in as many months. A spokeswoman for Russia's space corporation Energiya confirmed on Thursday that Moscow had lost contact with Angola's first national telecoms satellite, AngoSat-1, which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Tuesday.


A Dog Was Found Frozen Solid on Porch of Home, Humane Society Says

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:34 PM PST

A Dog Was Found Frozen Solid on Porch of Home, Humane Society SaysA bitter cold snap has gripped much of the United States


An Australian Grandmother Was Charged With Drug Trafficking in Malaysia. She Just Escaped a Death Sentence

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:10 PM PST

An Australian Grandmother Was Charged With Drug Trafficking in Malaysia. She Just Escaped a Death SentenceAn Australian grandmother who was detained with more than a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in Kuala Lumpur has been cleared of drug trafficking, a charge that in Malaysia carries a mandatory death penalty if convicted.


Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:26 AM PST

Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress CodePolice in Iran's capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.


Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Offshore Safety Rules Prompted By 2010 Spill

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:21 PM PST

Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Offshore Safety Rules Prompted By 2010 SpillThe Trump administration moved on Thursday to eliminate key offshore safety regulations adopted in the wake of the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest in the nation's history.


Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill

Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:47 AM PST

Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax billLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The owners of four now-closed stores that sold millions of cans of beer next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned are fighting a steep Nebraska tax bill.


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