| ABC News Suspends Reporter Brian Ross For 'Serious Error' In Flynn Story Posted: 02 Dec 2017 07:11 PM PST  Following an onslaught of criticism, ABC News has suspended chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for four weeks without pay after his erroneous on-air report about Michael Flynn.
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| President's lawyer claims he wrote incriminating Flynn tweet Posted: 02 Dec 2017 11:50 PM PST  John Dowd, a personal lawyer to the president, explains that he wrote a tweet from Trump's account in which the president claimed to be aware of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's lies to the FBI.
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| MSNBC Host Joy Reid Sorry For 'Tone Deaf' LGBTQ Posts Posted: 04 Dec 2017 12:41 AM PST  MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized over the weekend for writing blog posts that were slammed as anti-gay.
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| Here's how much the Mueller investigation has reportedly cost so far Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:35 AM PST  Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is racking up quite a bill.
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| Missing Florida teen found in upstate New York by police Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:57 AM PST  17-year-old Caitlyn Frisina and her family returned home to Florida today after the teen disappeared with her 27-year-old school soccer coach, traveling over a thousand miles before being apprehended by police in Syracuse NY.
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| The U.S. and South Korea Kick Off Their Largest Ever Military Drills Amid Threats From North Korea Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:11 PM PST  South Korea and the United States launched their largest-ever joint aerial drills on Monday, officials said, a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced missile as part of a weapons program that has raised global tensions.
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| US tax cut plan pushes Wall Street to new record Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:46 AM PST  Wall Street stocks touched new record highs early Monday following the Senate passage of a massive and long-awaited tax cut plan. Elsewhere, European stock markets rallied and Asian indices diverged as traders watched a Brussels summit on Brexit and digested news that a former aide to Donald Trump had agreed to co-operate with a probe into Russian election interference. "US stocks are adding to last week's strong gains in early action, with Saturday's passing of the Senate's tax reform bill boosting optimism..." said analysts at Charles Schwab brokerage.
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| 'Just Why? Why?' Parents of Suspected Serial Killer Say They Are 'Devastated' Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:16 PM PST  He was arrested for four killings in Seminole Heights
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| Trump Withdraws U.S. From UN Migrant And Refugee Compact Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:09 AM PST  Continuing his "America First" approach to foreign policy, President Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. out of a United Nations compact seeking global cooperation to protect the safety and rights of refugees and migrants.
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| Girl, 13, Leaves Heartbreaking Note to Parents After Suicide Attempt: 'Sorry Mom and Dad' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 05:01 AM PST  Rosalie Avila's parents believe she was bullied at school and say they have now become the targets.
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| Hawaii Developer Under Fire For Segregated 'Poor Door' For Renters Posted: 02 Dec 2017 08:51 PM PST  HONOLULU ― A real estate developer in Hawaii is under scrutiny for its plans to build a residential high-rise that has two separate entrances: one for high-income residents and another for low-income earners.
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| Is Hope Hicks the next target of Mueller's investigation? Here's why she might be Posted: 02 Dec 2017 02:23 PM PST  White House Communications Director Hope Hicks could be the next target in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says will not succumb to U.S. 'blackmail' over court case Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:24 AM PST  Turkish President Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would not succumb to "blackmail" by the United States in the trial of a Turkish bank executive being charged with evading U.S. sanctions on Iran. Already strained ties between NATO allies Ankara and Washington have deteriorated as Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, detailed in court a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions.
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| Cathay Pacific Crew Say They Saw North Korean Missile 'Blow Up And Fall Apart' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 03:57 AM PST  Crew members aboard a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight from San Francisco saw what they suspected was a North Korean ballistic missile re-entering the Earth's atmosphere last week, the airline has confirmed.
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| Storm chaser captures extraordinary images Posted: 03 Dec 2017 12:15 PM PST ![Storm chaser captures extraordinary images]( "Storm chaser captures extraordinary images") While most people head for cover at the first sign of a storm, this man runs straight toward it. Storm chaser and father of three Mike Olbinski is addicted to photographing extreme weather and regularly takes on tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms in a bid to capture extraordinary images. The photographer, from Phoenix, often travels hundreds of miles a day to reach the eye of a storm. He first became hooked on the unusual hobby almost a decade ago, following the birth of his daughter. (Caters News)
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| Migrants seek refuge in small French port Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  A year after France dismantled the notorious "Jungle" migrant camp at Calais, nearly 100 Africans can be found living out in the cold in the northern port of Ouistreham. One afternoon last week four of them were warming themselves around a fire amid intermittent freezing rain.
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| CIA director warns Iranian general on Iraq Posted: 02 Dec 2017 11:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Saturday that he sent a letter to a top Iranian military official warning him that the United States would hold Tehran accountable for any attacks it conducted on American interests in Iraq.
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| Missing Teen Found With Soccer Coach Has 'Emotional Reunion' With Family Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:20 AM PST  She had been missing for a week.
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| Obama: Elect More Women 'Because Men Seem To Be Having Some Problems These Days' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 11:30 PM PST  Barack Obama said he believes more future leaders should be women.
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| The Army Is Getting a New Gun: Everything We Know About the M17 Pistol Posted: 04 Dec 2017 04:24 AM PST  When it comes to fast-evolving tactics now used in close-quarter combat, something with which Army soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan now have more than a decade of experience, an ability to maneuver with increased lethality in caves, tunnels, crawl spaces, attics or buildings allows soldiers to access life-impacting firepower more effectively - especially in "tight quarters" situations where a longer, larger rifle may not be available for use. Soldiers with the Army's 101st Airborne Division have been the first to receive the services' new high-tech 9mm pistol engineered to give dismounted infantry a vastly increased ability to fight and close with an enemy in caves, tunnels, crawl spaces, houses and other close quarter combat scenarios.
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| New York financier killed in Costa Rica shark attack Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST  A New York financier has been killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, the country's Environment Ministry announced. Rohina Bhandari, 49, a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, was identified by friends as the American tourist who was fatally attacked last Thursday. She was dragged from the Pacific Ocean after sustaining severe bites to her legs but could not be saved. Her 26-year-old diving instructor was also badly injured. The male instructor, who was conscious and in relatively stable condition, told officials that the shark attacked when his group was surfacing at the tail end of the dive in pristine waters close to Cocos Island, about 300 miles from the country's mainland. According to the Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion, the guide noticed the shark approaching his group underwater and tried to scare it away. Rohina Bhandari was pulled from the water but could not be saved Credit: Getty But as they surfaced, the shark went for Ms Bhandari, tearing at her legs. Tiger sharks, which have dark stripes on their body when young, are predators often found around Pacific islands. Unlike many other species of shark, they can be aggressive and account for a large proportion of attacks on humans. Authorities said two park rangers and several doctors who were part of the diving tourism group of 18 people on the island trip organised by Undersea Hunter Group, offered first aid in a desperate bid to save her. The group regularly organises tours to the national park reportedly known for its abundance of sharks. Alan Steenstrup, the tour company's sales manager, said they were "in shock" because of the incident and added they were now focusing on working with the victim's family and the authorities. Friends paid tribute to the Manhattan resident on Facebook. "Unbelievably sad and heartbreaking news that Rohina has died," wrote Julie Walker. "She was such a wonderful person who loved life. I will always remember her kindness, friendship and our adventures together." Another unnamed friend wrote: "Your kindness and genuine warmth to those of us lucky enough to call you 'friend' was a blessing to behold." About | Shark attacks The environment ministry stressed the attack was "an isolated incident" and was the most serious one it had seen. The Central American country's economy relies heavily on the tourism industry.
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| The 2017 Supermoon Seen From Around The World Posted: 04 Dec 2017 01:30 AM PST  The first in a series of three supermoons lit up the sky overnight Sunday, appearing so big in some places that it looked close enough to touch.
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| Kate Steinle latest: Antifa outnumber neo-Nazis at White House protest over murder trial Posted: 04 Dec 2017 04:46 AM PST  Antifa outnumbered white supremacists during a protest in front of the White House which saw the two rival groups hurl slogans at each other before being escorted away by the police. Neo-Nazis and members of the far right gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue carrying American flags and chanting "build the wall" to show their opposition to the verdict in the Kate Steinle trial. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty of murder last week in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier that sparked a national immigration debate two years ago.
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| Crissy Teigen Dresses Up Her Baby Bump in Curve-Hugging Gown Posted: 03 Dec 2017 11:42 AM PST  Chrissy Teigen's lovin' her bun in the oven!
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| Judge to decide fate of South Carolina ex-policeman who killed black man Posted: 04 Dec 2017 04:03 AM PST  A U.S. judge on Monday will begin hearing evidence on whether a former South Carolina policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back should spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime that many say exemplified racist law enforcement. Michael Slager, a 36-year-old white man, pleaded guilty in May to a civil rights charge of using excessive force when, as a North Charleston police officer, he killed 50-year-old Walter Scott in 2015. In a hearing that opens on Monday in U.S. District Court in Charleston, prosecutors are expected to argue that Slager committed second-degree murder, punishable by life in prison, according to sentencing guidelines.
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| Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:17 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI, responding to revelations that an FBI agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages.
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| Big changes for Florida with mass Puerto Rican immigration Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:21 PM PST  Cristina Sanchez is one of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing their hurricane-ravaged island for Florida, a mass migration set to shape the southern US state as much as migrants from communist Cuba in the late 20th century. As her flight departed the capital San Juan, she glanced out the window at what she was leaving behind: a sun-drenched Caribbean island turned into a hellhole by Hurricane Maria. On September 20, powerful Maria tore across Puerto Rico, destroying homes, shattering the island's rickety power grid and phone network, and leaving its 3.4 million residents in the dark and incommunicado.
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| Lin-Manuel Miranda And Vanessa Nadal Expecting Their Second Child Posted: 03 Dec 2017 10:59 PM PST  Lin-Manuel Miranda confirmed on Sunday that he and his wife Vanessa Nadal were expecting their second child together.
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| Trump's Labor Law Enforcer Freezes Worker-Friendly Reforms Made Under Obama Posted: 03 Dec 2017 11:09 AM PST  During the Barack Obama years, the National Labor Relations Board took a broad view of worker rights, expanding protections for employees who try to join a union or come together to improve their working conditions.
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| Golden Krust Bakery Founder Who Was 'the Perfect American Success Story' Reportedly Commits Suicide in His Factory Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:51 PM PST  The Jamaican Prime Minister shared his condolences
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| Orrin Hatch comments on Chip health program at heart of social media storm Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:21 PM PST  Orrin Hatch speaks about Chip. A social media storm blew up on Sunday after a TV host suggested the Utah Republican Orrin Hatch thought children and pregnant women who receive federal healthcare assistance did not deserve such help because they "won't lift a finger" to help themselves. Joe Scarborough, the former Republican congressman and TV host who shared Hatch's remarks on Twitter, was accused of taking them out of context.
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| Retirement in the modern age: 'Why am I still working at 70?' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:07 AM PST  "Social media manager" is a job title that didn't exist until a few years ago and you would probably expect anyone in the role, which typically involves promoting a company and its products on Facebook, Twitter and similar services, to be in their 20s or 30s. Angela Laws is the social media manager at a company that puts homeowners in touch with house sitters. She is 70 years old. Mrs Laws wasn't forced to carry on working to make ends meet, although she said she was glad of the extra income. But given the decline of generous company pensions and the rise in the state pension age as longevity improves, many other seventysomethings will find themselves still in the workplace. 'It's a challenge: I grew up with a pen and a telephone' Mrs Laws, who lives in Brighton, originally retired when she moved abroad 25 years ago, but when she and her husband moved back to Britain seven years ago she decided to re-enter the world of work. She said that while her current job at trustedhousesitters.com had some similarities with her previous career in PR and marketing, she had faced a learning curve. "In some ways I am doing similar things to what I did before, but we are living in a digital age now," she said. "That's meant I've managed to learn new skills that I definitely wouldn't have learned if I hadn't come back to work. "It was a challenge because I've grown up with a pen and a telephone. I could use email and was aware of social media on a personal level, but there were definitely things I needed to learn. But I don't think it matters what age you are – if you apply yourself you can learn new skills." Social Media Manager Angela Laws in Brighton, Sussex Credit: Christopher Pledger for the Telegraph She added: "For me it was a lifestyle choice. It wasn't a financial necessity, but of course the financial aspect is advantageous." Her husband, John, 73, a former petroleum engineer, is fully retired. "The thing about retirement is you don't know how long it will go on for and you don't know how long you will be healthy for," Mrs Laws said. "My working is allowing us to be even more flexible with our planning." Why more of us will have to work into our 70s Soaring life expectancy is forcing all of us to view retirement differently. Squeezed savings rates have diminished pension returns, putting additional pressures on our years in work, and highlighting the importance of changing careers and retraining. If it continues to rise at the current rate, babies born this century will have a greater than 50pc chance of living to 105. This means someone wanting to retire in their mid-60s would have to fund a 40-year retirement. However this is done – via an annuity, living off investment income or gradually running down a savings pot – a very large sum of money would be required. Economists have started to argue that the traditional idea of a "three-phase life" – education, work, retirement – will need to change, with retraining and changes of career coming to the fore. Many people already work well beyond the traditional retirement age. Almost 15pc of men and 8pc of women over 65, a record number, are currently in employment. Are older workers discriminated against? Despite the growing popularity of working beyond the state pension age, discrimination based on age in the workplace appears to be rife. According to the charity Age UK, 65pc of older people believe that it is still common at work. Employers also seem to favour their younger workers when it comes to training. Almost 40pc of workers in their late 30s and 40s receive regular job-related training, compared with just 18pc of those aged between 50 and retirement age. But Mrs Laws said older workers should be coveted. "I'm the oldest at my company probably by about 25 years and I have a good relationship with my co-workers," she said. "There are things an older worker can offer, in terms of life experience, that a younger worker can't." She said that when her employer switched to Apple computers recently she was reluctant, having become used to a PC. Then, while in California, she visited an Apple store for a tutorial. "The tutor was a grey-haired gentleman who was older than me," she said. "He was a retired high school head teacher and he was their most popular tutor, because he had that extra experience and could explain things in such an easy way. "I can do something similar for my company. We are a tech firm, but I tell everyone in the office to do the 'granny test': if I don't understand our messaging then I'm going to tell you our members won't either."
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| Trump notes Flynn lied to FBI, says his actions during transition were lawful Posted: 02 Dec 2017 02:30 PM PST  By Jeff Mason and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful, and that he had had to fire him because Flynn had lied to the FBI and the vice president. The president's comment suggested he may have known Flynn lied to the FBI before he urged the FBI director not to investigate his former adviser, legal experts said. Flynn is the first member of Trump's administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by special counsel Robert Mueller's wide-ranging investigation into Russian attempts to influence last year's U.S. presidential election and possible collusion by Trump aides.
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| Half of Yazidis kidnapped by IS still missing Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:24 AM PST  Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Sunday. In 2014, IS jihadists killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse them as sex slaves. Kurdish fighters backed by the US-led coalition against IS captured Sinjar from the jihadists in November 2015 before Iraqi security forces took control of the region in October.
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| Pamela Anderson Victim-Blamed Harvey Weinstein Accusers, Then Refused To Apologize Posted: 04 Dec 2017 07:21 AM PST  Pamela Anderson said she believes that the women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and assault could have prevented it.
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| Dalai Lama Meets 'Old Trusted Friend' Barack Obama In India To Discuss World Peace Posted: 03 Dec 2017 01:03 AM PST  The Dalai Lama sat down with his "old trusted friend," former U.S. President Barack Obama, to discuss promoting peace in a world "torn by strife and violence."
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| Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are a holiday treat Posted: 04 Dec 2017 06:36 AM PST  If, like me, you're a fan of dark chocolate peppermint bark at Christmastime, you're going to love these cookies. Your friends and family will, too. But you'll have to plan ahead because the batter is so soft it needs to chill overnight before scooping.
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| McConnell says U.S. government shutdown over DACA 'ridiculous' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:25 AM PST  U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday it would be "ridiculous" for a fight with Democrats over immigration issues to result in a standoff over a year-end spending bill and prompt a shutdown of the federal government. "There's not going to be a government shutdown," McConnell told ABC's "This Week" program. "It's just not going to happen." As tensions rise between the two parties over the spending bill, McConnell called the Democrats' position "untenable," saying Congress has until March to address the status of so-called Dreamers, young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
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| Garrison Keillor's Successor Addresses 'Heartbreaking' Allegations in First Broadcast Since Firing Posted: 03 Dec 2017 03:14 PM PST  "We are in the middle of a national movement, which I believe represents progress"
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| Deer Hunter Saves Drowning Buck in Partially Frozen Lake Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:29 AM PST  He spotted the deer while on a nearby road.
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| A lonely Texas road, a dead border patrol officer. Trump cried murder – but was it? Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  The FBI is investigating a 'potential assault' but the local sheriff believes Rogelio Martinez's death nearby may have another explanation. Two weeks after two US border patrol agents were found with head injuries by a drainage channel next to a freeway in remote west Texas, how one of them died remains a mystery.
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| Pope Francis On Meeting Rohingya Refugees: 'I Wept' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:40 AM PST  After facing criticism for not speaking out against Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims during his visit to the Southeast Asian country last week, Pope Francis defended his silence on Saturday, saying he'd spoken privately about the humanitarian crisis with the nation's leaders and that he believed a more direct approach would have backfired.
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| Fired Mueller aide was key player in Clinton email probe Posted: 04 Dec 2017 06:13 AM PST  Catherine Herridge reports on Peter Strzok's role in the FBI investigation before he was removed from the Special Counsel over anti-Trump tweets.
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| Samantha Bee Says Her Staff Got An Icy Reception At 'Megyn Kelly Today' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:43 AM PST  There's no taking the sting out of this for Samantha Bee.
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| Iran's Rouhani calls for Middle East 'dialogue' Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:36 AM PST  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers. "We believe that if there is a problem in the region, it can be solved through dialogue," Rouhani said in a speech at the opening of a port in the southeastern city of Chabahar, broadcast by state television. "We do not need arms nor the intervention of foreign powers.
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