| Republicans Have 4 Convicted Criminals Running For Congress In 2018 Posted: 10 Jan 2018 10:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― When Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, announced his Senate candidacy on Tuesday, he became the fourth viable Republican 2018 congressional candidate who's been convicted of a crime.
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| Obama reports no gifts from Putin in 2016 — sad! Posted: 10 Jan 2018 02:23 PM PST  The State Department published its annual list of foreign leaders who made gifts to American officials, including President Barack Obama. Vladimir Putin wasn't on it. Neither was Kim Jong Un.
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| Your Questions About The California Mudslides, Answered Posted: 11 Jan 2018 05:37 PM PST  At least 17 people have died and several remain missing following the powerful mudslides that swept through the Southern California community of Montecito earlier this week.
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| Potentially deadly flu virus is widespread in 46 states Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:20 AM PST  A particularly deadly flu virus has reportedly become widespread in 46 states across the country, according to the recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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| In photos: A look at some of the best luxury hotels of 2018 Posted: 11 Jan 2018 08:34 AM PST |
| Governor Accused Of Affair Blackmail Closely Tied With 2 Other Accused Abusers Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:30 AM PST  Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican who stands accused of blackmailing a woman with whom he admitted to having an affair, worked closely during his campaign with two other men accused of sexual misconduct.
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| Shanghai probes Marriott hotels over geography gaffe Posted: 10 Jan 2018 09:39 PM PST  Authorities in Shanghai are investigating hotel giant Marriott after it triggered an online uproar with a customer questionnaire that listed Chinese-claimed regions such as Tibet and Hong Kong as separate countries. City officials said in a notice dated late Wednesday that they were probing whether the gaffe in Marriott International's Mandarin-language questionnaire violated national cyber-security and advertising laws. Marriott has issued an apology and amended the online questionnaire, which asked members of the chain's customer rewards programme to list their country of residence, giving Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan as possible options.
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| New York's Donald J. Trump State Park: A story of abandonment and decay Posted: 11 Jan 2018 03:18 AM PST  Signs for Donald J. Trump State Park are still visible on Taconic State Parkway in New York, even though the park is overrun with weeds and brambles. A subject of local debate and some controversy, the neglected land shows what happens when real property donated to the state for public use isn't maintained for years.
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| School Homework Asks Kids To Give 3 'Good' Reasons For Slavery Posted: 10 Jan 2018 05:10 PM PST  A private Christian school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, is under fire after asking fourth-graders to lay out three "good" reasons for slavery as part of a homework assignment.
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| Coastal Republicans Say States, Not Just Trump, Should Get Say On Offshore Drilling Posted: 10 Jan 2018 03:17 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Florida Gov. Rick Scott isn't the only East Coast Republican who wants a say on whether vast new stretches of federal waters should be open to oil and gas drilling.
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| The Latest: Surgeon among 17 killed in California mudslides Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:31 PM PST  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the California mudslide disaster (all times local):
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| Viral Tattoo Photos Lead to Arrest of Fugitive Yakuza Member Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:46 AM PST  He had been in hiding for 10 years
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| Saudi-led coalition says Yemen rebels threat to ships in Red Sea Posted: 11 Jan 2018 03:49 AM PST  A Saudi-led coalition has warned Yemen's rebels threaten ships in the Red Sea through their control of a key port, days after rebel warnings over a coalition blockade. "The port of Hodeida is a launching pad for terrorist operations threatening navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait," coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said late Wednesday. The Red Sea is a key shipping route for world trade that connects the Middle East to Europe via the Suez Canal.
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| Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official Posted: 10 Jan 2018 03:06 PM PST ![Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official]( "Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official") By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump is being urged by some top advisers not to bring back U.S. economic sanctions on Iran this week, a move by the president that would effectively end a 2015 deal to limit Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Two senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump's top advisers were recommending that he not reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the agreement between Iran, the United States and other world powers.
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| Aly Raisman Says USA Gymnastics Is '100 Percent Responsible' For Nassar Abuse Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:56 AM PST  Aly Raisman just called out USA Gymnastics for victim-blaming the 120-plus women who have accused former team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.
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| Finnish Chain Builds 'Game Of Thrones'-Themed Hotel Fit For Wildlings Posted: 11 Jan 2018 03:56 PM PST  A Finnish hotel chain has created a stunning winter retreat that's perfect for diehard "Game of Thrones" fans ― if they're brave enough to go ranging that far north, at least.
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| Residents didn't heed voluntary evacuation before mudslide Posted: 10 Jan 2018 05:46 PM PST  Residents of the area hit the hardest by the deadly flash floods in Southern California didn't heed a voluntary evacuation.
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| Plane on domestic flight makes emergency landing in Poland Posted: 10 Jan 2018 01:56 PM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Warsaw's international airport said Wednesday that a Polish plane on a domestic flight made a safe emergency landing with a malfunctioning front wheel and no one was hurt.
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| 'Breakthrough' breast cancer drug thwarted by chemical found in bread Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:00 AM PST  A chemical found in bread and a range of other common foods can thwart treatment for breast cancer, scientists have warned. New research suggested the benefits of the "breakthrough" new drug palbociclib, which is given to women with oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, was effectively reversed by xenoestrogens. The compounds are present in products made from wheat, maize, barley and other staples. Scientists said women currently taking the drug should consider altering their diet. They also suggested that, as well as hindering the benefit of the palbociclib, xenoestrogens may accelerate the growth of oestrogen-fuelled cancers themselves. Manufactured by Pfizer, the medication was approved for use on the NHS in November for women with oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer - which accounts for about 70 per cent of cases - in whom the disease was advanced and unlikely to be cured. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence gave the green light after trials showed palbociclib could double the period progression-free survival in some patients. Palbociclib was described as the 'next best thing to a cure' Credit: PA Currently available to up to 8,000 women in the UK, it has been described as the "closest thing to a cure", although scientists have hinted the drug may one day be improved to form a replacement to chemotherapy for women with early-stage breast cancer. However, the new laboratory research by The Scripps Research Institute in California showed that even limited exposure to xenoestrogens largely reversed the impact of the medication when used in combination with letrozole. "It's intriguing that even a low, background-level exposure to these xenoestrogens was enough to impact the effect of the therapy to this degree," said Dr Benedikt Warth, lead author of the study, which is published in the journal Cell Chemical Biology. His colleague, Dr Gary Siuzdak, said: "Breast cancer patients taking palbociclib/letrozole should consider limiting their exposure to foods that contain xenoestrogens." The Scripps team warned they had only tested the effect of two types of xenoestrogens and that many more were to be found in the human diet. "There are probably a lot of clinically relevant discoveries yet to be made," said Dr Warth.
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| How to Stop China from Someday Invading Taiwan? Submarines. Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:34 PM PST  8, to be exact. How to Stop China from Someday Invading Taiwan? The country with perhaps the most dire need for a modern submarine force in the industrialized world actually has the oldest. Fully half of Taiwan's submarine force consists of World War II–era boats, while the other half is "just" forty years old.
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| Professor Teaching ‘White Racism’ Class Gets Hundreds of ‘Vile’ Calls and Emails Posted: 11 Jan 2018 02:30 PM PST  "I think we need to name white racism"
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| Melissa Gorga Reveals ‘Shady' Management Issues Led to Their Family's Restaurant Closing Posted: 10 Jan 2018 01:12 PM PST  Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga is setting the record straight about the surprising news that her family restaurant is closing less than a year after opening.
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| With key GOPers retiring, could Orange County lead the way to a Democratic wave? Posted: 10 Jan 2018 04:04 PM PST  Two veteran GOP congressmen representing California's Orange County, Darrell Issa and Ed Royce, just announced their retirements, a hopeful sign for Democrats. But can they capitalize on it to flip the House?
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| Quadruple US murderer commits suicide in Czech prison: report Posted: 11 Jan 2018 12:41 PM PST ![Quadruple US murderer commits suicide in Czech prison: report]( "Quadruple US murderer commits suicide in Czech prison: report") Kevin Dahlgren, an American serving life at a Czech prison for killing four of his Czech relatives and trying to burn their bodies, committed suicide on Thursday, Czech media said. "I can confirm that we had a death by suicide in one of our prisons," Petra Kucerova, spokeswoman for the Czech Prison Service, told AFP. In May 2013, Dahlgren fatally slashed a man 29 times in his study before also stabbing the man's wife and their 23-year-old son to death at their home in Brno, eastern Czech Republic.
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| Strong quake in Caribbean Sea shakes Honduras, Mexico and Belize, no tsunami Posted: 10 Jan 2018 10:27 AM PST  By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Rodrigo Anaya Rodriguez was in a hammock inside his house near the popular tourist site of Bacalar Lake near Mexico's Caribbean coast when he felt three tremors. In Honduras, firefighters said some residents in southern neighborhoods fled their homes after feeling the shaking.
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| 23 Next-Level Ways To Make Roasted Cauliflower Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:35 AM PST |
| Exclusive: Mira Sorvino's Open Letter To Dylan Farrow Posted: 10 Jan 2018 08:31 PM PST  What I have to say next is not a justification, simply a description of my background with Woody at that time and since. As a young actress I landed the dream role of Linda Ash in "Mighty Aphrodite," and the artistic license he allowed me to create the character was thrilling.
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| Russian military shows drones it says came from Syria raid Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:22 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry on Thursday displayed a pair of drones that it said were captured following attacks on two Russian military bases in Syria, saying the attack required know-how indicating it was carried out with outside assistance.
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| Trump Administration Says States May Make Medicaid Recipients Work to Get Benefits Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:40 AM PST  The Trump administration is giving states this option
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| China denies report it could halt US bond purchases Posted: 10 Jan 2018 08:58 PM PST  China on Thursday denied a report that it may slow or cease its purchases of US Treasury bonds, which sent the dollar falling. Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that officials reviewing China's foreign-exchange holdings had recommended slowing or halting purchases of US Treasuries, citing people familiar with the matter. "We think this story could be quoting a mistaken source or it could also be a piece of fake news," the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement on its website.
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| Tonya Harding's mother: 'I would have coffee and sometimes I would put brandy flavoring in it' Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:22 AM PST  The former Olympic figure skater claims her mother, LaVona "Sandy" Golden, would often drink brandy early in the morning, but Golden says it was "brandy flavoring."
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| Anderson Cooper Fights Tears As He Defends Haiti From Trump's Insults Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:23 PM PST  "Let me be clear.... the people of Haiti have been through more, withstood more, fought back against more injustice... than our President ever has" Anderson Cooper choked back tears as he reflected on his relationship with Haiti, and its people https://t.co/3arEalkKOM—
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| Tattoos lead Thai police to arrest Japanese gang member Posted: 11 Jan 2018 06:03 AM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police said they have arrested a 74-year-old fugitive Japanese gang member who was recognized when photos of his full-body tattoos were circulated online.
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| Why The California Mudslides Have Been So Deadly Posted: 11 Jan 2018 01:45 PM PST  Rescue crews continue to search wreckage for missing people two days after powerful mudslides swept through the Southern California community of Montecito, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than two dozen.
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| US arrests Trinidad-born activist for deportation Posted: 11 Jan 2018 03:39 PM PST  US immigration agents arrested a prominent New York activist on Thursday to deport him to his country of birth, Trinidad and Tobago, as the Trump administration tightens its screws on migration. Ravi Ragbir was taken into custody at his annual appointment with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Manhattan, having lived for years under fear of deportation since a wire fraud conspiracy conviction in 2001. "He will remain in custody pending removal to Trinidad," a spokeswoman for ICE told AFP, saying that Ragbir had exhausted his petitions and appeals.
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| Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 people killed in communal violence Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:03 AM PST ![Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 people killed in communal violence]( "Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 people killed in communal violence") By Alexis Akwagyiram MAKURDI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Seventy-three people killed since the start of the year in communal violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers were buried in Nigeria on Thursday highlighting a bloody conflict over fertile land that is taking on political significance. The mass burial took place in Makurdi, in the central state of Benue, where thousands of mourners took to the streets to watch the funeral procession. The killings occurred in remote parts of Benue, the state worst hit by clashes that have killed at least 83 people since Dec. 31.
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| Video Shows Woman Wearing Only Hospital Gown as She's Left Outside ER Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:36 AM PST  The woman was wearing only a hospital gown when hospital staff left her outside in 30-degree temps.
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| US 'do not travel' advisory puts five Mexican states on same level as Syria Posted: 10 Jan 2018 02:35 PM PST  The state is included in the travel advisory. The US state department has warned Americans to completely avoid five Mexican states plagued by crime and drug cartel violence, putting the regions on the same level as war-zones such as Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. In an advisory issued on Wednesday, the state department said "do not travel to" the border state of Tamaulipas, as well as the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero.
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| Robert Downey Jr. Responds To Claim He 'Wanted To Kill' Hugh Grant Posted: 12 Jan 2018 06:40 AM PST  Robert Downey Jr. responded to Hugh Grant's claim that he "wanted to kill" his former co-star with a classy reply.
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| Kellyanne Conway’s Interview With Chris Cuomo Quickly Flies Off The Rails Posted: 11 Jan 2018 01:12 AM PST  White House advisor Kellyanne Conway claimed on Wednesday night that no one in Donald Trump's White House talks about Hillary Clinton.
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| Vatican takes over Peru-based movement on eve of pope's trip Posted: 10 Jan 2018 12:43 PM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday took over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexually, physically and psychologically abusing his members, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the church's sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out.
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| What to Expect at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show Posted: 10 Jan 2018 10:40 AM PST |
| California mudslides happened as cellphone alerts went out Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:54 PM PST  Many Californians in the area hit hardest by this week's deadly mudslides did not heed warnings for hours and days by emergency officials encouraging them to evacuate their homes — and then received cellphone alerts of imminent slides when the massive streams of debris were already heading toward them or had already hit their neighborhoods.
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