| Trump won’t seek new authority for wider Syria mission after hammering ISIS Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:11 PM PST  The U.S. mission in Syria is shifting away from defeating the ISIS on the battlefield, but the president does not plan to ask Congress for new war powers there.
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| Larry Nassar Sentenced To 40 To 175 Years In Prison For Child Sexual Abuse Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST  Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor who treated some of America's best athletes, was sentenced to 175 years in prison Wednesday for sex crimes that have shaken the sport's governing body.
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| Text message refers to 'secret society' Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:51 AM PST  An FBI lawyer's cryptic reference to a "secret society" during a text exchange with a colleague has given Republicans fresh ammunition in their apparent effort to cast doubt on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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| 2 teenagers gunned down in Kentucky school shooting identified as high school sweethearts Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST  Bailey Holt, 15, was killed when an unnamed 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun just before classes started at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, a small rural town of about 4,500 people. Holt's boyfriend was also shot in the face during the deadly rampage and remains in the hospital in critical condition along with three of his fellow classmates, the Mirror reported. A second student, 15-year-old Preston Cope, was also identified as a victim of Tuesday's shooting.
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| Authorities look for motive in fatal Kentucky high school shooting Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:44 AM PST  Authorities say they plan to try the 15-year-old suspected shooter as an adult, charging him with murder and assault.
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| American Islamophobia Is Helping Trump Kill The Iran Deal Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:48 AM PST  In 1985, musician Sting released a song called "Russians."
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| Report: Conflicting California mudslide warnings issued Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:31 PM PST  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — In the days before mudslides devastated California neighborhoods, officials released conflicting evacuation orders that left some hard-hit neighborhoods out of the warning zone, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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| CIA: North Korea Only Months Away from Ability to Hit America with Nuclear Weapon Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:42 PM PST  The Central Intelligence Agency assesses that North Korea will have a reliable capability to strike at the continental United States in only a few months. "The way we ought to think about it is reliability," CIA Director Mike Pompeo told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute on Jan. 23. Pompeo notes that there is a world of difference between being able to build a rudimentary capability to build an intercontinental ballistic missile armed with a nuclear warhead that can possibly hit the United States if everything goes right versus a reliable weapon that will hit the target every time.
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| Traffic Stop Chase Ends in Head-On Collision Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Arizona police said the suspect has "an extensive criminal history."
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| Deadly car bombings in Benghazi Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST ![Deadly car bombings in Benghazi]( "Deadly car bombings in Benghazi") The death toll from a nighttime twin car bombing near a mosque in a residential area of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi rose to 33 on Wednesday, authorities said. The Tuesday night attack, which struck the city's Salmani neighborhood, also left 47 people wounded, local health official Hani Belras Ali said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, but many assumed it was the work of remnants of an Islamic State group faction largely driven out of Libya.
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| Michigan State University President Resigns In Wake Of Sexual Assault Scandal Posted: 24 Jan 2018 05:58 PM PST  Lou Anna Simon resigned on Wednesday after 13 years as president of Michigan State University in the wake of a massive sexual assault scandal involving the disgraced sports team doctor Larry Nassar.
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| Mysterious letter sent to police station was allegedly written by 1962 Alcatraz escapee Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST  A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX.
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| Congressman saw aide as 'soul mate,' but denies misconduct Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:46 PM PST  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who settled a former aide's sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money said Tuesday that he developed a deep affection for her and reacted badly when she began dating another man, but never harassed her or pursued a romantic relationship.
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| Thousands more flee erupting Philippine volcano Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:48 AM PST  Tens of thousands more people have fled an erupting volcano in the Philippines, relief workers said Wednesday, as foreign tourists arrived to watch the flaming lava and giant clouds spurting from its crater. More than 70,000 residents are now crammed in schools and other buildings, a figure that has nearly doubled over the past three days, officials said, two weeks after Mayon volcano began showing signs of activity. Volcanologists on Monday warned of a hazardous eruption within days and a no-go zone was extended from six kilometres (3.7 miles) of the crater to nine kilometres, forcing even those beyond it to flee homes being pounded by a rain of ash.
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| Smart Contact Lenses Are Now Ready to Bring the Future Direct to Your Eyes Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST  Smart glasses? So passé.
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| U.S.-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:42 AM PST ![U.S.-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey]( "U.S.-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey") By Ece Toksabay, Ellen Francis and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rejected a Turkish army statement that Islamic State was present in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria, where Ankara launched an offensive four days ago which has raised international concern. The Turkish military said late on Tuesday it had killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria.
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| Las Vegas Massacre Victim Jovanna Calzadillas Finally Goes Home After She Was Shot in the Head Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:07 PM PST  Jovanna Calzadillas was on life support with a bullet lodged in her brain after the Las Vegas shooting massacre.
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| Read The Judge's Powerful Remarks In Larry Nassar's Sentencing Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:52 AM PST  A Michigan judge on Wednesday excoriated former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar as a dangerous sexual predator and said it was her "honor and privilege" to sentence him to 40 to 175 years in prison for decades of crimes involving young girls.
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| James Mattis watches Indonesian troops bite heads off snakes and drink their blood Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:00 AM PST  James Mattis, the US defence secretary, praised Indonesian troops' "perfect training" as he watched them bite the heads of snakes and drink their blood. In a military demonstration the troops also rolled in glass, broke bricks with their heads, and walked on fire. The ceremony at Indonesia's armed forces headquarters also featured a blindfolded soldier shooting a balloon held between the legs of one of his colleagues. At least one shot missed, although no one appeared injured. To the sounds of beating drums, the Indonesian soldiers performed a series of gripping martial arts techniques, breaking what appeared to be concrete bricks with their heads. They also smashed stacks of burning blocks with their hands. Wearing a hood to blind him, one knife-wielding Indonesian soldier slashed away at a cucumber sticking out of his colleague's mouth, coming just inches from striking his nose with the long blade. A soldier bites the head off a snake Credit: AFP Perhaps the highlight was a demonstration involving live snakes, which Indonesian forces brought out in bags and scattered on the ground, just feet from where Mr Mattis was standing. That included a King Cobra, which widened its neck as it if were going to attack. The soldiers then cut off the snake heads and fed the snake blood to each other, as the crowd looked on. At least one Indonesian soldier bit a snake in half. Mr Mattis appeared to enjoy the demonstration, which came at the end of a three-day visit to Indonesia Credit: AFP Indonesian forces are active in jungle conditions and have to deal with snakes at times. Mr Mattis appeared to enjoy the demonstration, which came at the end of a three-day visit to Indonesia. He said: "The snakes! Did you see them throw them out and then grab them? The way they were whipping them around, a snake gets tired very quickly. "You could imagine how much training went into each individual there, that they were able to do that. When you watch a force do that, many small things, perfectly, you can imagine that they can also put the bigger things together."
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| Dashcam Video Shows ‘Senseless’ Killing Of Iranian-American By Federal Cops, Lawyers Say Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― U.S Park Police shot and killed an unarmed Iranian-American man in Fairfax County, Virginia, last November.
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| The 2018 Democratic Wave Is About More Than Congress Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  As the 2018 midterms come into focus on the political terrain, it's safe to expect that media coverage will focus overwhelmingly on the possibility of Democrats gaining majorities in the House and Senate.
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| 12 skiers injured by flying rocks as Japanese volcano erupts Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:41 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — Twelve people, including eight soldiers, skiing on the slopes of a volcano near a famous hot spring resort in central Japan were injured Tuesday by flying rocks during a sudden eruption, officials said. One soldier later died.
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| Qatar economy weathers Saudi-led blockade: report Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:52 AM PST  Qatar's economy has weathered the impact of a months-long blockade by neighbouring countries, although its tourism and real estate sectors have taken a hit, an economic report said on Wednesday. The tiny Gulf state's economy has maintained positive growth in the seven months since Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an air and land siege, said the report by Capital Economics. "Recently-released national accounts data confirmed that Qatar avoided the worst fears that the diplomatic crisis would plunge its economy into recession," the independent London-based research firm said.
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| 'Grandma the Clown' Quits Big Apple Circus After Admitting He Pressured Teen to Pose for Explicit Photos Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:21 PM PST  "Grandma," real name Barry Lubin, age 65, resigned Wednesday
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| Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Posted: 24 Jan 2018 05:58 AM PST ![Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan]( "Save the Children headquarters attacked in Jalalabad, Afghanistan") Militants stormed the provincial offices of Save the Children in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two security guards and a civilian, and triggering hours-long clashes with the police, provincial officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Effort to recall judge in Stanford sexual assault case heads to ballot Posted: 23 Jan 2018 11:23 PM PST  Voters will determine the fate of Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky after enough signatures were collected for a petition demanding his removal.
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| What You Should Really Be Asking At Parent-Teacher Conferences Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:01 AM PST  Parent-teacher conferences are a place to share concerns and suggest solutions when it comes to children's lives in the classroom, but what questions should parents be asking to make these meetings as efficient as possible?
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| Japan tells U.N. of North Korean tanker suspected of sanctions busting Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:47 AM PST ![Japan tells U.N. of North Korean tanker suspected of sanctions busting]( "Japan tells U.N. of North Korean tanker suspected of sanctions busting") Japan has told the United Nations about a North Korean tanker spotted in the East China Sea that it suspects was engaged in a transfer of goods with another tanker in defiance of U.N. sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and missiles capable of hitting the United States has spurred deepening U.N. Security Council sanctions and stoked fears of a military conflict.
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| I haz wins: Grumpy Cat in $710,000 court payout Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:28 PM PST  It won't put a smile on her notoriously pouty face but Grumpy Cat, the feline who became an internet meme and a hugely lucrative brand, has just won $710,000 in court. The famously moody-looking moggy was at the centre of a copyright infringement case in a California federal court which culminated with the jury ruling in favour of her human pet Tabatha Bundse. The dispute was sparked by a deal signed between Granade Beverage and Bundsen over the use of Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) in a line of iced coffee drinks.
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| Sheriff: Remains of 5 missing gas rig workers recovered Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:18 PM PST  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials on Tuesday recovered the remains of five gas rig workers who had been missing since a fiery explosion in eastern Oklahoma a day earlier.
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| Shipwreck discovered in Alabama may be remains of last boat to bring slaves to US Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:56 PM PST  The wreckage of a boat discovered on a riverbank in Alabama is thought to be that of the Clotilda, the last vessel to bring African slaves into the US. The ship wreck, which has not been formally identified, was found when unusually low tides revealed charred wood and rusted metal in a river delta and were spotted by a reporter for Alabama website AL.com. The 86-foot schooner was burned and scuttled after delivering its illegal human cargo at Mobile Bay in Autumn 1859.
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| Alaska quake shows complexity of tsunami warnings Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:49 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The powerful earthquake that struck beneath the Gulf of Alaska early Tuesday generated a tsunami, but before gauges could show that it was very small, warnings went out to a vast swath of the state and British Columbia, while a lower-level alert targeted the rest of the West Coast.
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| Why 2018 Could Be the Year China and America Clash in the South China Sea Posted: 25 Jan 2018 04:31 AM PST  The US military may again conduct Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea this year as part of an ongoing strategic effort to challenge what it describes as China's "excessive maritime claims" in the region, Pentagon officials said. While Pentagon officials naturally did not offer any specifics regarding operations or current considerations about whether US Navy ships will again sail within the 12-mile territorial boundaries of islands claimed by China, they were clear say it is indeed a realistic possibility.
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| Joel Taylor, Star Of Discovery Channel's 'Storm Chasers,' Dead At 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:54 AM PST  Joel Taylor, the star of Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers," has died at age 38, according to friends and associates.
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| Police: Man armed with hatchet orders dog to attack officers in Newark Posted: 25 Jan 2018 03:13 AM PST  A New Jersey man is accused of arming himself with a hatchet and ordering his pit bull to attack police officers.
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| Trump Indicates Possible Citizenship Pathway For Dreamers Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:49 PM PST  President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated his willingness to create a path to citizenship for the 700,000 young people he put at risk of deportation after ending Obama-era deportation protections.
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| Wisconsin Republicans Abruptly Decide To Oust Top State Elections And Ethics Officials Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:31 PM PST  Wisconsin Republicans voted Tuesday to remove the state's top election election and ethics officials, despite looming state and federal elections.
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| Facebook wins EU court fight against class action lawsuit Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:59 AM PST  The EU's top court on Thursday dismissed a bid by an Austrian activist to bring a class action against Facebook for privacy breaches, although he can sue the US social media giant on a personal basis. Max Schrems said he would now push ahead in an Austrian court with the individual case against Facebook's Irish division for alleged rights violations including personal data. Facebook welcomed the judgment and said it looked forward to "resolving" the case brought by Schrems, a campaigner who has previously brought down a landmark EU-US data sharing pact.
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| Louise Turpin Had Tryst With Man She Met Online - and Husband David Drove Her, Sister Says Posted: 23 Jan 2018 11:51 AM PST  He was apparently OK with waiting in the parking lot for his wife, her sister told Inside Edition.
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| Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST ![Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses]( "Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses") By Josiane Kouagheu DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a border crossing in Cameroon's southwest on Thursday, launching their assault from Nigeria, according to security officials who witnessed the incident. A Nigerian military spokesman denied the assailants had crossed over from Nigeria, and the incident is likely to further damage relations between the neighbours, strained over the rise of an Anglophone Cameroonian separatist movement.
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| Watch SpaceX Test-Fire its Massive Falcon Heavy Rocket for the First Time Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:44 AM PST  The successful test paves the way for Falcon Heavy's first flight
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| Kentucky school shooting: 15-year-old gunman kills two classmates and injures 17 others Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:41 PM PST  A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school on Tuesday morning, killing two of his classmates, injuring 19 and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. The shooter, who has not been identified, entered a common area at Marshall County High School in Benton shortly before 8 a.m. local time, pulled out a pistol and began firing at students, witnesses told local media. "I see this guy draw from his side and he pulls out a pistol. I didn't even know what was going on. And then it registered. About the time it registered, this guy was sitting here pulling the trigger into all of us," student Bryson Conkwright told TV station WKRN. "I can hear the gunshots. He was shooting in our group," said Conkwright, showing where a bullet grazed his hand. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs and said the suspect will be charged with murder. It was the nation's first fatal school shooting of 2018. Family members escort their children out of Marshal North Middle School near Palma Credit: AP Students ran for their lives out of Marshall County High School, jumping into cars and running down a highway. "They was running and crying and screaming," said Mitchell Garland, who provided shelter to between 50 and 100 students inside his nearby business. "They was just kids running down the highway. They were trying to get out of there." A half-dozen ambulances and numerous police cars converged on the school, along with officers in black fatigues carrying assault rifles. Senator Mitch McConnell sent staffers and the state's governor, Matt Bevin, rushed to the scene. Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS...Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded...Much yet unknown...Please do not speculate or spread hearsay...Let's let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us...— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) January 23, 2018 Parents left their cars on both sides of an adjacent road, desperately trying to find their teenagers. At Marshall County High, 14 students were hit by gunfire, two of them fatally, officials said. A 15-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 15-year-old boy died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's trauma unit in Nashville, Bevin and hospital officials said. Four of the other gunshot patients brought to Vanderbilt were expected to survive, doctors said. Less severely wounded students were taken to other hospitals. Another five students suffered non-gunshot injuries, Bevin said, bringing the total number of injured to 17. Police escort a person, second from right, out of the Marshall County High School after shooting Credit: Dominico Caporali The shooter will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Mr Bevin said. Police did not release his identity, nor did they describe a motive. "This is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal. For some in this community will never fully heal," Mr Bevin said. After the shooting, signs of chaos in the school were abundant, Marshall County Attorney Jeff Edwards told the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper. "To walk in, the backpacks laying around, the phones laying around, going off … it's indescribable," he was quoted as saying. Five of the wounded were flown about 120 miles (193 kilometers) to Nashville, Tennessee's Vanderbilt University Medical Center, spokeswoman Tavia Smith said. Kentucky State Police are not looking for any other suspects in connection with the shooting. A suspect was taken into custody after one person was killed and others wounded Tuesday morning at a rural Kentucky high school Credit: BBC News The attack marked the year's first fatal school shooting, 23 days into 2018, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. Mr Bevin expressed his shock that a high school shooting could "happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County." Marshall County High School is about 30 minutes from Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, where a 1997 mass shooting killed three and injured five. Parents leave the school with their daughter Credit: AP Michael Carneal, then 14, opened fire there about two years before the fatal attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, ushering in an era when mass school shootings have become much more common. Meanwhile, in the small North Texas town of Italy, a 15-year-old girl was recovering Tuesday after police said she was shot by a 16-year-old classmate in her high school cafeteria on Monday, sending dozens of students scrambling for safety.
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