| Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  ― Conor Lamb, the Democrat running to represent this district in Congress, was wrapping up an interview with a reporter last week when Ted Skowvron, a 93-year-old veteran in a World War II cap, walked over to shake his hand.
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| California torture house: 13 siblings allowed to eat once a day, shower once a year Posted: 18 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST  The 13 starving siblings held captive in a California house hardly ever saw the sun and were allowed, a prosecutor said Thursday, to eat only one rationed meal a day and shower just once a year.
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| Chris Christie Reportedly Turned Away From Airport VIP Entrance Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:44 PM PST  Chris Christie, no longer the governor of New Jersey, was reportedly denied access to a special VIP entrance at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday.
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| Mom Of Racist-Ranting Alabama Student Says She Didn't Raise Her That Way Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:13 AM PST  The mother of a University of Alabama student who received national scorn for her racist rants on video said she agreed with the school's decision to expel her daughter.
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| Woman killed friend hours after posing for Facebook photo with deadly weapon Posted: 18 Jan 2018 01:13 AM PST  Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday after Brittney Gargol, 18, was found dead near a landfill site in Saskatchewan, Canada, in March 2015. The blue belt with a large buckle was found on the roadside near Gargol's body, according to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. An autopsy ruled Gargol died of strangulation.
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| Amazon picks 20 finalists for ‘HQ2’ second headquarters location Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:08 AM PST The race to win Amazon's second headquarters is tightening: just 20 cities are in the running for the company promises will be 50,000 jobs paying at least $100,000 per year.
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| Interior official blasts resignation of parks advisory board Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:00 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Interior Department official on Wednesday blasted the resignation of most members of a board that advises it on national parks, suggesting the move was politically motivated and their work was flawed.
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| Worst-case global warming scenarios not credible: study Posted: 17 Jan 2018 01:04 PM PST  Earth's surface will almost certainly not warm up four or five degrees Celsius by 2100, according to a study released Wednesday which, if correct, voids worst-case UN climate change predictions. A revised calculation of how greenhouse gases drive up the planet's temperature reduces the range of possible end-of-century outcomes by more than half, researchers said in the report, published in the journal Nature. How effectively the world slashes CO2 and methane emissions, improves energy efficiency, and develops technologies to remove CO2 from the air will determine whether climate change remains manageable or unleashes a maelstrom of human misery.
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| 'The Wall is the Wall': Trump defends border plan after Kelly suggests it has 'changed' Posted: 18 Jan 2018 06:51 AM PST  The mixed signals from Trump and his chief of staff come as Congress is attempting to pass a short-term spending bill that would avert a government shutdown.
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| Pope Francis Performs Impromptu Wedding Ceremony Aboard Papal Plane Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:12 AM PST  Two flight attendants on Pope Francis' papal plane were treated to first-class service on Thursday when the pope helped them officially tie the knot.
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| Texas 'tourniquet killer' becomes first U.S. inmate executed in 2018 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 05:14 PM PST ![Texas 'tourniquet killer' becomes first U.S. inmate executed in 2018]( "Texas 'tourniquet killer' becomes first U.S. inmate executed in 2018") In the first U.S. execution of 2018, Texas on Thursday put to death a man convicted of raping and murdering five girls and young women, using a tourniquet to torture and strangle his victims. Anthony Shore, 55, was executed by lethal injection in the state's death chamber in Huntsville, dying at 6:28 p.m., Robert Hurst, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said by telephone. It was the 546th in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.
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| Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST  An unlikely hero saved two teen swimmers on Thursday when a drone dropped a flotation device as the pair were stranded in heavy surf.
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| Syrian Kurds appeal to UN as Turkey prepares to attack Posted: 17 Jan 2018 02:09 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's dominant Kurdish party on Wednesday called on the U.N. Security Council to act quickly to ensure the safety of Kurdish-controlled territories in the country's north, including an enclave that Turkey has threatened to attack.
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| Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Resigns Following Offensive Comments Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:03 AM PST  Carl Higbie, the chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, resigned Thursday after CNN unearthed a litany of offensive and discriminatory remarks he'd made on various radio segments.
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| Last three years hottest on record: UN Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:53 AM PST  The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. Consolidated data from five leading international weather agencies shows that "2015, 2016 and 2017 have been confirmed as the three warmest years on record", the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. It added that 2016 remains the hottest year ever measured, due to the warming effect of El Nino, while 2017 was the warmest non-El Nino year beating out 2015 by less than one hundredth of a degree.
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| A Norwegian Airline Claims to Have Set a New Record for New York to London Flights Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:59 AM PST  Norwegian Airlines flight DY7014 beat the previous subsonic record by three minutes
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| Price hike would make national parks look like 'exclusive club,' resigning NPS board member says Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:59 AM PST  Nearly every member of the National Park Service advisory board resigned out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has not consulted with them over any decisions about the nation's natural treasures. The agency is considering more than doubling the price of admission for 17 popular national parks during peak season.
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| Turpin family: Horrifying conditions the 13 siblings allegedly lived under revealed Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:04 PM PST  As they announced charges that could send David and Louise Turpin to prison for life, prosecutors described a gruesome years-long nightmare of allegedly imprisoning, beating and psychologically tormenting their children. While the Turpins have 13 children, prosecutors said they were not charging them for treatment of the youngest, a 2-year-old. Below are some of the allegations that Riverside District Attorney Mike Hestrin described at a press conference.
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| USA Gymnastics Cuts Ties With Training Center Where Athletes Say Nassar Abused Them Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:36 PM PST  USA Gymnastics announced on Thursday afternoon that it's severing ties with the organization's national team training center, Karolyi Ranch.
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| Here's Your 10-Piece Winter Capsule Wardrobe Checklist Posted: 17 Jan 2018 02:11 PM PST  If you've been toying around with the idea of a simplified wardrobe, there's no better time to start than the winter.
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| Authorities: Deputy fatally shoots teen in Ohio courtroom Posted: 17 Jan 2018 02:33 PM PST ![Authorities: Deputy fatally shoots teen in Ohio courtroom]( "Authorities: Deputy fatally shoots teen in Ohio courtroom") COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A deputy fatally shot a 16-year-old boy in an Ohio courtroom when a fight broke out involving the boy, his family and the officer on Wednesday, a sheriff's office investigator said.
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| Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:28 PM PST ![Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash]( "Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash") (Reuters) - Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday. The crash of a private Huey helicopter in rugged terrain near Raton, New Mexico, on Wednesday evening killed Bennett, 60, along with his wife, Heather Bennett, 55, James Coleman Dodd, 57, of Colorado, Charles Ryland Burnett, 61, of Texas and Paul Cobb, 67, of Texas, New Mexico State Police said.
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| Syria threatens to 'destroy' Turkish warplanes Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:44 AM PST  Deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad warned on Thursday that Syria's air force could destroy any Turkish warplanes used in a threatened assault on the war-torn country. "We warn that the Syrian Air Force is ready to destroy Turkish air targets in the skies of Syria," Mekdad told reporters, according to Syria's official SANA news agency. "We warn the Turkish leaders that if they start fighting in the region of Afrin, it will be seen as an aggression by the Turkish army against the sovereignty of Syria," he added.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:00 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| A free-for-all destroyed the Republican Party. Could Democrats be next? Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST  Lesson from the GOP in 2016: When a field of candidates is divided 20 different ways, the one who makes a loud, emotional or even outrageous appeal can incite enough of a disenchanted plurality to win.
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| Phoenix Serial Killer Suspect Identified After DNA Allegedly Connects Him to 9 Killings Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:34 PM PST  Seven men and two women were shot between Nov. 27 and Dec. 17
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| 15 Healthy And Hearty Oatmeal Recipes Posted: 17 Jan 2018 03:25 PM PST |
| The Difference Between Dating And Marriage, As Told In Tweets Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:01 AM PST  Early on in a relationship, both partners put their best foot forward, showing off the most pleasant, polished versions of themselves.
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| This Guy's Response To His Girlfriend's Selfie Is Extra AF Posted: 17 Jan 2018 03:10 PM PST  Being a little bit extra paid off big for one boyfriend.
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| Ukraine passes bill to get occupied regions back from Russia Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:12 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's parliament on Thursday passed a bill that aims to reintegrate the eastern territories currently controlled by Russia-backed separatists, and goes as far as to declare support for taking them back by military force if necessary.
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| Croupier and guard arrested over $6m Macau casino heist Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:15 PM PST  Police in the world's biggest gambling hub Macau have arrested a croupier and a security guard over a massive casino heist where almost HK$48 million ($6 million) in gaming chips were stolen from a VIP room. Semi-autonomous Macau is the only part of China where casino gambling is legal and is a favourite haunt of mainland high rollers. The heist happened early Tuesday morning at mega casino Wynn Macau, owned by United States gaming tycoon Steve Wynn.
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| Learn How These Design Experts Are Impacting Millions Posted: 18 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST |
| Gay Olympian Adam Rippon: I Don't Think Mike Pence 'Has A Real Concept Of Reality' Posted: 17 Jan 2018 02:21 PM PST  Adam Rippon is using his new, history-making platform to resist the Trump administration's anti-LGBTQ agenda.
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| India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable ICBM Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:22 AM PST  India successfully test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday in what officials called a "major boost" to the country's strategic defense system.
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| France's 'Black Widow' sentenced to 22-years for poisoning wealthy elderly men Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:14 PM PST  A French woman dubbed the "Black Widow of the Riviera" was jailed for 22-years Thursday for poisoning four wealthy elderly men, two of whom died. Patricia Dagorn, 57, was convicted of killing two men found dead in 2011 on the Cote d'Azur and of drugging two others. Prosecutors say she attempted to enrich herself by seducing older men she met mostly through a dating agency. The "Black Widow", who denied all the charges against her, did not flinch as the verdict was handed down. Dagorn is already serving a five-year prison term for theft, fraud and sequestration involving an octogenarian in the French Alps in 2012 who had agreed to let her live with him in exchange for sexual relations. One of the men she poisoned, 91-year-old widower Robert Vaux, told reporters at the courthouse on Monday that Dagorn "was like a ray of sunshine in winter. When you are with a younger woman you know it won't last but you don't deny yourself the moment unless you're a masochist". One of the victims, Robert Vaux Credit: VALERY HACHE/AFP The prosecution team called her a "perverted narcissist" while the defence spoke of a "victim" of loneliness. Attorney General Annie Brunet-Fuster described Dagorn as "not psychotic but psychopathic". Police began suspecting Dagorn after the body of Michel Kneffel, a man in his 60s with whom she had been living at a residential hotel in Nice, was discovered in July 2011. No charges were filed at the time, but the investigation was reopened the following year after police found vials of Valium and personal documents belonging to about a dozen different men among her belongings. The documents included IDs, bank account details and health insurance cards. Investigators then followed the trail to another suspected murder case, that of Francesco Filippone, 85, whose body was found in his bathtub in an advanced state of decomposition in Mouans-Sartoux, outside Cannes, in February 2011. Dagorn had earlier cashed a cheque from Filippone for 21,000 euros ($25,600), money which she said was a gift to help her open a jewellery shop. A court sketch made on January 16, 2018 shows Patricia Dagorn in court earlier in the trial Credit: BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP 'Quick and easy money' Police now think Dagorn may have met at least 20 men, after arriving on the French Riviera in 2011, mainly via a matchmaking agency. Vaux, comfortably retired but lonely since the death of his wife, brought Dagorn to live with him in early 2012 in the coastal town of Frejus. When he was at his lowest ebb, Dagorn wrote to his solicitor, asking to be written into his will, according to Vaux. He and another man whom Dagorn is accused of trying to poison, Ange Pisciotta, 82, joined the case as civil plaintiffs. Dagorn, who has a law degree, had already been handed a one-year suspended prison term in a case involving her ex-husband who was found guilty of fraud. In 2013, her youngest son told a local newspaper that he was not surprised by the accusations against his mother. "She has always been obsessed with quick and easy money," the son, identified only as Guilhem, told Nice Matin daily.
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| Chris Christie Didn't Break a Leg While Governor of New Jersey. Here's Why That's a Big Deal Posted: 17 Jan 2018 12:01 PM PST  Republican Chris Christie left the New Jersey governor's office with his popularity in tatters, but at least he didn't break a leg
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| Mormons: What does the powerful religious group actually believe? Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:26 AM PST  On Sunday, in the Salt Lake Temple, Utah, "in a sweet, sacred experience in which the Lord's will was clearly manifested" – according to the later announcement – the "Quorum of the Twelve Apostles" laid hands on Russell M Nelson and ordained him the new leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (aka the Mormons). "A giant of a man, a prophet of God," Mr Nelson called him. To many of the unfaithful, though, the Mormons are not so much giants of men and prophets of God, as targets of ridicule.
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| Special Operations dogs get tactical gear upgrade Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:44 PM PST  Fox Firepower: Allison Barrie with a look at how U.S. Army SOCOM is looking to equip the 75th Ranger Regiment's dogs with advanced vest protection, wearable sensors and video cameras.
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| Taiwan blocks China flights after route row Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:34 PM PST  Taiwan has blocked nearly 200 flights by Chinese airlines over the strait that separates the two rivals due to the carriers' use of controversial new travel routes introduced by China. Taipei has repeatedly called for four new flight paths to be cancelled since China launched them earlier in January, but their complaints have fallen on deaf ears on the mainland. China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Air have since requested to operate 176 additional flights between Taiwan and China during the Lunar New Year period in mid-February.
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| Trump ex-aide Bannon agrees to Mueller probe interview, avoiding grand jury Posted: 17 Jan 2018 03:32 PM PST  By Karen Freifeld and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has reached agreement with U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators rather than appearing before a grand jury, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Bannon, who was a close adviser during President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign and in his first months in office, had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Mueller's probe of links between Russia and Trump's campaign.
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| Navy Will Start Construction in May on High-Tech Flight III DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Posted: 18 Jan 2018 04:47 AM PST  The Navy will start construction of its first next-generation, high-tech Flight III DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer in May of this year - as part of its broad service plan to deploy a new fleet of technically advanced warships able to fire new weapons, better detect enemy attacks and prepare for a highly contested future maritime threat environment. Speaking at the Surface Naval Association symposium recently, Capt. Casey Moton, Major Program Manager, DDG 51 Program Office, PEO Ships, said fabrication of the first Flight III Destroyer will begin at Huntington Ingalls in May of this year. Moton emphasized the new, super-sensitive AN/SPY-6 radar as a distinguishing characteristic of Flight III destroyers, as it is expected to vastly expand the protective envelope for ship-integrated defenses.
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| Colorado man's body found encased in concrete in crawl space Posted: 17 Jan 2018 03:46 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Colorado woman with her father's murder this week after police investigating his disappearance found the 69-year-old's body encased in concrete in the crawl space under his home.
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| UK and French leaders reach border deal, disagree on Brexit Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:23 PM PST  CAMBERLEY, England (AP) — The leaders of Britain and France met Thursday against a military backdrop to pledge closer cooperation on defense, security and borders after Britain leaves the European Union.
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