| California Volunteers Share Food With The Homeless, Get Arrested By Police Posted: 16 Jan 2018 06:24 AM PST  Volunteers in a Southern California city near San Diego face misdemeanor charges for handing out food to the homeless.
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| McCain rips Trump over threatened 'Fake News Awards': 'Stop attacking the press' Posted: 17 Jan 2018 07:10 AM PST  U.S. Senator John McCain wants President Trump to stop attacking the American free press.
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| Japanese News Outlet Mistakenly Sends North Korean Missile Alert Posted: 16 Jan 2018 05:44 AM PST  A Japanese broadcaster on Tuesday erroneously sent a mobile app alert announcing that North Korea had launched a missile.
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| Leader of Britain's UKIP splits with girlfriend after "appalling" Markle comments Posted: 15 Jan 2018 10:37 AM PST  The leader of Britain's anti-European Union UKIP Party said he had split with his new girlfriend after a newspaper published derogatory comments she made about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle and black people.
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| What does Mueller's subpoena of Bannon mean? Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:18 PM PST  Chuck Rosenberg, former federal prosecutor, talks with Rachel Maddow about what it might mean that special counsel Robert Mueller served Steve Bannon with a subpoena instead of asking him for an informal interview like others in Trump's inner circle gave.
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| Mystery over death of 15 million Aztecs may be solved after nearly 500 years, study suggests Posted: 16 Jan 2018 02:52 AM PST  Scientists believe they may have discovered the cause of an epidemic that struck Mexico's Aztec population in 1545, killing up to 15 million people. In a paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, they describe how DNA extracted from the teeth of 29 skeletons buried in a cemetery in southern Mexico revealed previously unidentified traces of the salmonella enterica bacterium. The epidemic was one of several to hit the indigenous population soon after the arrival of Europeans in the early 16th century.
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| Elvis Impersonator Who Presided as David and Louise Turpin Renewed Their Vows Stunned by Arrest Posted: 16 Jan 2018 11:28 AM PST  The couple arrested in the alleged shackling and torture of their children had appeared before Kent Ripley three times to renew their vows.
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| Car crashes into second floor dental practice in California Posted: 15 Jan 2018 12:26 PM PST  A man who had taken drugs before getting behind the wheel of his Nissan Sedan survived relatively unscathed after crashing his car in the second-floor of a house. Police in Santa Ana, California, say that the car, travelling at high speed, clipped the central reservation before launching into the air. It flew about 60 feet before smashing into the second floor of the building, which contained a dental practice. CCTV footage obtained by a local television station captured the moment, and showed the car flying through the air. Unbelievable new surveillance video shows a car hitting a median and launching into the second story of a Santa Ana dentist office. Driver and passenger transported with minor injuries. @NBCLA@ChristineNBCLApic.twitter.com/Yw4poZXUNR— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) January 15, 2018 The crash, which happened at about 5.25am on Saturday, rattled guests in a motel next door but the dental practice was closed at the time. The Los Angeles County fire department used a specialized forklift and wrecker to remove the car, the police said. Two people in the vehicle, although both were rescued suffering only minor injuries One of the two people inside the vehicle was able to exit on his own, but emergency workers had to remove the other person. The driver had minor injuries and remains in hospital, but will likely be charged with driving under the influence.
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| Teen fatally shot over iPhone was reportedly killed by a friend, mom says Posted: 16 Jan 2018 07:31 AM PST  A New York woman claims her 15-year-old son was fatally shot over an iPhone by one of his own friends.
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| Trump Aced His Dementia Screening, And He Really Wants You To Know Posted: 16 Jan 2018 04:18 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― A Navy rear admiral who serves as President Donald Trump's personal physician vouched on Tuesday for his mental fitness, explaining that he gave Trump a dementia screening exam at the president's request, and that Trump aced it.
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| Social Security Has Paid Benefits To My Dead Husband For A Year Posted: 17 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  Ann Brenoff's "On The Fly" is a weekly column about navigating growing older ― and a few other things.
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| China says North Korea talks in Vancouver 'not legal' Posted: 16 Jan 2018 02:44 AM PST  China on Tuesday dismissed an international meeting on the North Korean nuclear crisis hosted by Canada and the United States as illegitimate, as major players like Beijing were not present. The absence of Russia and China from the two days of talks in Vancouver, which began on Monday, shows the holes in Washington's bid to form a unified global front against North Korea's nuclear threat. "The most important relevant parties of the Korean peninsula issue haven't taken part in the meeting so I don't think the meeting is legal or representative," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular briefing.
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| Philippine volcano spews lava; thousands flee Posted: 17 Jan 2018 06:14 AM PST ![Philippine volcano spews lava; thousands flee]( "Philippine volcano spews lava; thousands flee") Glowing-red lava spurted in a fountain and flowed down the Philippines' most active volcano in a stunning display of its fury that has sent more than 34,000 villagers fleeing to safety.
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| Larry Nassar’s Victims Get Their Day In Court: ‘Little Girls Don’t Stay Little Forever’ Posted: 16 Jan 2018 11:57 AM PST  Larry Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State team doctor, listened to more than a dozen of his sexual abuse victims read impact statements in an East Lansing, Michigan, court on Tuesday.
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| Humpback whale entangled in 285ft of rope freed by rescuers off coast of Hawaii Posted: 16 Jan 2018 08:23 AM PST  A humpback whale spotted off the coast of Hawaii entangled in 285ft of rope has been freed by rescuers. The animal was first spotted on Thursday by the captain of a fishing boat near Makena Beach, on Maui island. "On release, the animal immediately breached several times," the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a statement.
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| California 'House of horrors' children like 'clones' and were 'forced to march in circles' Posted: 17 Jan 2018 12:52 AM PST  The 13 children from the California 'House of Horrors' were forced to march in circles in the middle of the night, according to a former neighbour. A man named Mike, who used to live across the road from David and Louise Turpin, the couple arrested yesterday for torture, told the New York Post that the family was "like a cult." He said: "They would march back and forth on the second story at night. The light would be on the whole the time, and they would be marching the kids back and forth." Because he worked at a hospital, he often came back home in the early hours of the morning, which is when he says he saw the children engaging in the strange behaviour. Mike, who didn't give his last name, said he saw them being marched through the upstairs rooms between midnight and 3am. 'Clone' children 'spoke robotically and at the same time' David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, have been charged with nine counts of torture and 10 of child endangerment after being arrested at their home in Perris, California. It followed a dramatic rescue of thirteen children aged between 2 and 29 who were discovered starving and some chained to items of furniture in the "filthy" and "foul-smelling" house. Police uncovered the abuse after a 17-year-old girl fled the property through a window, stole a mobile phone and alerted officers to the children's plight. She was so emaciated police thought she was only 10. Despite the fact Mike thought the situation was strange, he didn't feel anything serious enough to call the police was going on. He said: "My wife called them clones. They spoke robotically, in a monotone and at the same time." Family appeared 'obsessed with Disney' The family at Disneyland The Turpin family took multiple trips to Disneyland, and posted the evidence on Facebook. The children were seen in these pictures wearing matching Disney clothing. Reporters on Monday gained access to the family's back garden, where they saw Disney merchandise including pet food bowls (though it is not thought they had any pets) and a Mickey and Minnie Mouse fountain. Two cars parked outside the residence had personalised number plates, one reading DLand and another reading DL4ever. Although it is thought the first numberplate reads "Disneyland", the other could either mean David and Louise forever or Disneyland Forever. The family also appeared obsessed with Elvis Presley The Turpin couple renewed their vows three times, in the exact same location with the same Elvis impersonator performing their vow renewal ceremony. David and Louise Turpin renew their wedding vows at an Elvis chapel on their 30th anniversary on October 31, 2015 Credit: Elvis Chapel/YouTube They also wore the exact same outfits, at the Elvis Chapel in Downtown Las Vegas – Mrs Turpin's changing hairstyles being the only difference. Kent Ripley, the Elvis impersonator at the chapel, said he was "still disturbed" by the reports of abuse. "I mean they were sitting right around here three different times," he told Fox5 Vegas, indicating the rows of empty chairs in the chapel. The Elvis impersonator serenades the couple during the ceremony Credit: Elvis Chapel/YouTube "[The Turpins] seemed to care about each other and care about the kids. They seemed to smile, the kids were smiling they didn't hide behind themselves, they were very quiet." The couple stare into each other's eyes as their children look on Credit: Elvis Chapel/YouTube The family outings appear to have all stopped last July – five months after Mrs Turpin's mother, Phyllis Robinette, died aged 66 in Princeton, West Virginia. Shortly before she died, Mrs Robinette wrote on Facebook: "Would love to come and see you all." Louise Turpin's sister: we were not brought up like this Teresa Robinette, the sister of Louise Turpin told NBC News: "I've never felt such a diferent mixture of emotions. Like seriously I'm so heartbroken for my neices and my nephews. I'm so angry, I'm so mad, I'm hurt. "Our life wasn't perfect growing up but she didn't live like that. Neither did David, he was raised in a very wealthy home. "As a matter of fact my dad was a preacher at one point when I was very little – they weren't raised like this. I don't know where it came from. I feel like it's a bad dream."
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| Casino company: Boat that caught fire had no past problems Posted: 15 Jan 2018 08:52 PM PST  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A casino company said Monday it never had a problem with the shuttle boat that burst into flames off Florida's Gulf Coast, leading to the death of a female passenger.
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| Suspect In Murder Of Student Blaze Bernstein Claims He Was Hitting On Him: Report Posted: 16 Jan 2018 03:14 PM PST  The man suspected of murdering Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old college student from Orange County, California, told police he believed the victim had been hitting on him, according to a court document obtained by a local newspaper.
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| U.S. withholds $65 million in Palestinian aid after Trump threat Posted: 16 Jan 2018 03:14 PM PST ![U.S. withholds $65 million in Palestinian aid after Trump threat]( "U.S. withholds $65 million in Palestinian aid after Trump threat") By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday said it would withhold about half the initial aid it planned to give a U.N. agency that serves the Palestinians, two weeks after President Donald Trump questioned the value of such funding. In announcing that it would provide $60 million to the U.N. Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA) while withholding a further $65 million for now, the U.S. State Department said the aid group needed to make unspecified reforms. Palestine Liberation Organization official Wasel Abu Youssef immediately criticized the move, casting it as a deliberate U.S. effort to deny the Palestinians their rights and linking it to Trump's widely criticized Dec. 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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| MLK's Daughter Says We Must Remember Her Mother's Legacy, Too Posted: 15 Jan 2018 11:22 AM PST  Bernice King says those honoring her father on Martin Luther King Jr. Day should also remember another incredibly important figure in the civil rights movement: her mother, Coretta Scott King.
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| California parents charged with torture of 13 children Posted: 15 Jan 2018 10:44 PM PST  A California couple has been charged with torture after police rescued their 13 malnourished children from a home where some of them had been chained to beds. Ryan Brooks reports.
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| UAE to file complaint over Qatar flight 'interception' Posted: 16 Jan 2018 02:16 AM PST  The UAE will lodge a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization after Qatari jets came within little more than three kilometres of Emirati passenger flights, its civil aviation chief said on Tuesday. "Today we will file our complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization about the two serious incidents, along with the evidence that we've gathered, and ask for the intervention of the council to stop Qatar from repeating the act," Saif al-Suwaidi, head of the general civil aviation authority, told AFP. The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that Qatari fighter jets had "intercepted" two passenger flights headed for Bahrain, drawing a swift denial from Gulf rival Qatar.
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| Mormon Church Confirms New Leader In Live Broadcast Posted: 16 Jan 2018 04:18 PM PST  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially named Russell M. Nelson as its 17th president.
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| Heart-Stopping Video Shows NYPD Cop Dragged by Car in Dramatic Times Square Chase Posted: 15 Jan 2018 11:46 AM PST  After he's hit by the vehicle, NYPD Officer Ian Wallace gets up and pursues the suspect on foot.
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| Turpin family: Imprisoned children acted 'like they had never seen people before', neighbours say Posted: 16 Jan 2018 04:49 AM PST  Neighbours of two parents charged with torturing their children and chaining them to beds have described the 13 siblings as acting "like they had never seen people before". David and Louise Turpin each face nine counts of torture and 10 of child endangerment after police found their offspring, aged two to 29, malnourished in their darkened and filthy home. When Riverside County deputies arrived at the suburban house they found a number of the children chained and padlocked to beds in "dark and foul-smelling surroundings".
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| Suit targets California utilities over deadly mudslides Posted: 16 Jan 2018 04:33 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week's deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California's largest-ever wildfire let loose in heavy rain.
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| Steve Bannon Refused To Answer Congress's Questions In Russia Probe, Says Top Democrat Posted: 16 Jan 2018 08:31 PM PST  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon invoked executive privilege and refused to answer the House Intelligence Committee's questions during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, according to several media accounts.
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| 'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' arrives in Rome Posted: 16 Jan 2018 03:18 PM PST !['The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' arrives in Rome]( "'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' arrives in Rome") "The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains" is an immersive, multisensory and theatrical journey through Pink Floyd's extraordinary world. A story of sound, design and performance, the exhibition chronicles the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band, from the underground psychedelic scene in 1960s London to the present day, illustrating their groundbreaking use of special effects, sonic experimentation, powerful imagery and social commentary.
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| Former CIA agent arrested with top secret info Posted: 17 Jan 2018 01:41 AM PST  US authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a former CIA agent, Hong Kong resident Jerry Chun Shing Lee, after discovering he had an unauthorized notebook that had the identities of undercover US spies. Lee, a naturalized US citizen also known as Zhen Cheng Li, was arrested late Monday after he arrived at JFK International Airport in New York. The Department of Justice said Lee, 53, grew up in the United States and served in the US Army before joining the Central Intelligence Agency as a case officer in 1994.
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| Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break Posted: 17 Jan 2018 12:39 AM PST ![Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break]( "Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break") By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) - A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious events over a winter break, an education bureau said in a notice posted online, as authorities step up control of religious education. School students in Linxia county in Gansu province, home to many members of the Muslim Hui ethnic minority, are prohibited from entering religious buildings over their break, a district education bureau said, according to the notification.
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| Ford Ranger Returns for 2019: Pickup Aims to Be Commuter-Friendly Workhorse Posted: 16 Jan 2018 04:09 PM PST   A lot has happened in the midsized-pickup market since Ford stopped selling the Ranger in the U.S. in 2011. Chevrolet scored robust sales with its second-generation Colorado. Honda reintroduced t...
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| North Korea to send orchestra to Winter Olympics as talks continue over single flag at opening ceremony Posted: 15 Jan 2018 05:54 PM PST  North Korea will send an 80-piece orchestra and a further 60 singers and dancers to perform concerts in South Korea during the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. The Samjiyon band will perform folk songs and "masterpieces" that call for reunification of the Korean Peninsula in concerts in Seoul and Gangneung, which is hosting a number of events in the Games, Lee Woo-sung, the head of the South Korean delegation to the talks, told reporters. The delegation from Pyongyang made its offer during a second round of discussions on North Korea's participation in the games with their South Korean counterparts on Monday. Speaking at the outset of the meeting, Kwon Hyok-bong, the head of the North's negotiating team, said: "We believe that a great symphony will be enthusiastically received." The North Korean delegation also included Hyon Song-wol, the glamorous leader of the all-female Moranbong Band and rumoured to have been Kim Jong-un's former girlfriend. The Moranbong Band perform in Pyongyang in 2016 Credit: AFP Ms Hyon, who is believed to be in her late 30s, is so highly regarded by the North Korean dictator that she was named an alternate member of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in October 2017. The opening ceremony for the 16-day tournament is scheduled to take place on February 9, with the next round of talks likely to consider a number of additional proposals from both sides. Discussions continue over the proposal that athletes representing both North and South Korea participate together in the opening and closing ceremonies under a "Korean Unification" flag, a blue outline of the peninsula on a white background. The two sides are also exploring the possibility of fielding a joint women's ice hockey team and have filed a request with the International Olympic Committee. Athletes from North and South marched together with a unification flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Credit: AP If the IOC grants the request, it will be the first time that a unified Korean team will have taken part in an Olympic event. North Korea has also requested that its athletes, officials, media, performers and "cheering squad" members be permitted to travel to Pyeongchang across the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula. Seoul has agreed to guarantee the delegation's safety during its visit. The Samjiyon band is believed to have been formed in the late 2000s, Yonhap news reported, and has previously performed for high-profile foreign visitors to North Korea. Lee Woo-sung, of the South Korean delegation, answers questions after Monday's meetings Credit: AP "The two sides plan to discuss details, including the venue, stage conditions and other matters, through consultations", a joint statement said. "In this regard, the North will send an advance inspection team at an early date". Progress in the discussions to date has been rapid, although Pyongyang hinted on Sunday that there are still hurdles that need to be overcome. Apparently angered at comments by Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, about his continued commitment to removing all nuclear weapons from the peninsula, state media said Pyongyang could still decline to take part. "They should know that the trains and buses carrying our delegation to the Olympics are still in Pyongyang", the Korea Central News Agency said in an editorial. "We will, as ever, strive to improve the North-South ties, but will never remain an onlooker to sordid acts ... chilling the efforts".
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| The Latest: Missing man found safe after California mudslide Posted: 15 Jan 2018 03:34 PM PST  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on deadly California mudslides (all times local):
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| Zinke Pushes Majority Of National Park Service Advisory Panel To Resign Posted: 16 Jan 2018 05:15 PM PST  Most of the members of the National Park Service Advisory Board have tendered their resignation over frustrations with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, The Washington Post reports.
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| Ann Curry Was 'Not Surprised' By Matt Lauer's Sexual Misconduct Allegations Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:47 AM PST  Former "Today" show co-host Ann Curry said Wednesday that she was "not surprised" by the sexual misconduct allegations that led to the firing of her former co-host Matt Lauer ― but was reluctant to elaborate on what she knew, saying she wanted to "move on" from her tumultuous time at the show.
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| Senator reaches for nonexistent glasses and takes them off anyway Posted: 16 Jan 2018 02:31 PM PST  Today's collective LOL at the expense of lawmakers came courtesy of Senator Orrin Hatch, who just reached for his glasses and, upon finding there were none there, decided to take them off anyway. SEE ALSO: This state senator wants to revive net neutrality in California The 83-year-old was deep in the middle of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen when he made the gaffe. Of course Twitter pounced like a rabid fox on the nonsensical gesture. Here it is in all its glory. And here's perhaps the best of the inevitable jokes that followed. .@OrrinHatch we got you, dude pic.twitter.com/ymMhRuiiOS — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 16, 2018 Hatch's communications director Matt Whitlock followed up the incident with a pretty boring explanation — "The senator wears reading glasses and normally reads over his notes one last time before questioning witnesses in a hearing" — before his official account made a slightly funnier joke on Twitter. Oh you mean his invisible glasses from Warby Parker? They're new, you've probably never heard of them. pic.twitter.com/pygTRwbJl7 — Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) January 16, 2018 The glasses episode was just a sideshow, however, to the most significant event of the hearing: New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker slammed Nielsen for refusing to corroborate reports that Trump used the word "shithole" to refer to African nations. "Your silence and your amnesia is complicity": Sen. Cory Booker unleashes on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen after she says she doesn't remember President Trump using the word "shithole" to refer to African countries at the DACA meeting https://t.co/tPCw1t4SSR pic.twitter.com/HY3ff6M637 — CNN (@CNN) January 16, 2018 "Why am I frankly seething with anger?" he asked her. "The commander-in-chief in an Oval Office meeting referring to people from African nations and Haitians with the most vulgar language ... that language festers." He finished with a devastating barb: "Your silence and your amnesia is complicit." WATCH: Someone shaved Donald Trump into the back of their head and it's frightening AF
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| Flight from Denver to Hawaii Diverted After Toilet Troubles on Plane Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:10 AM PST  Toilet troubles caused a United Airlines flight from Denver to Hawaii full of passengers to divert back to land when they were halfway over the Pacific Ocean.
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| Top U.S. general says 'not giving up' on Pakistan ties Posted: 15 Jan 2018 09:59 AM PST ![Top U.S. general says 'not giving up' on Pakistan ties]( "Top U.S. general says 'not giving up' on Pakistan ties") The top U.S. military officer, Marine General Joseph Dunford, said on Monday he was committed to the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which has been strained in recent weeks as Washington piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants. The United States has long blamed militant safe-havens in Pakistan for prolonging the war in neighboring Afghanistan, giving insurgents, including from the Haqqani network, a place to plot attacks and rebuild their forces.
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| 4 law officers shot in South Carolina, 1 critically hurt Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:20 PM PST  YORK, S.C. (AP) — A man who was wanted for beating his wife ambushed and shot three SWAT officers searching for him in woods in South Carolina, leaving one deputy "hanging on to life,' a sheriff said Tuesday.
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| Airbus gets early 2018 jump on rival Boeing with Mexico order Posted: 16 Jan 2018 11:35 AM PST  Airbus got an early jump on rival Boeing for 2018 with news Tuesday that low-cost Mexican airline Volaris has ordered 80 of its popular A320 planes for a total $9.3 billion. The planned purchase, which entails deliveries over the next eight years, comes after the European Aerospace giant overtook Boeing last year in terms of aircraft orders, booking 1,109 against the US company's 718. "The announcement of the investment in 80 Airbus aircraft by Volaris for a total $9.3 billion is very important," Mexican Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz said, accompanied by Volaris executives.
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| The 5 Vehicles That Stole the Show at CES Posted: 16 Jan 2018 01:39 PM PST |
| David Harbour Just Made Another Amazing Twitter Promise To A Fan Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:18 AM PST  "Stranger Things" star David Harbour will go to great lengths to please fans.
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| Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's 'Winter White House,' Has Been Cited for Poor Maintenance Posted: 15 Jan 2018 11:54 PM PST  Health inspectors found 15 violations in the club's two main kitchens
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| Man brought to US as child says goodbye to family after Trump administration deports him Posted: 16 Jan 2018 08:59 AM PST  Thirty years after moving to the United States as a child, a 39-year-old landscaper and father has been deported back to Mexico. Jorge Garcia's eyes welled up as he said goodbye to his two children ad his wife — all American citizens — Monday in Detroit. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stood by, watching him closely.
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| In Chile, pope met with protests, passion and skepticism Posted: 15 Jan 2018 03:54 PM PST  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis flew in to Chile's capital Monday night for a visit expected to be met with protests over sexual abuse by priests and confronted by many Chileans deeply skeptical about the Roman Catholic Church.
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