| Trump ICE Chief Wants To Prosecute Politicians Who Won't Lock Up More Immigrants Posted: 03 Jan 2018 06:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration is considering prosecuting state and local officials for not fully cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency's acting director said Tuesday in an escalation of his threats against so-called "sanctuary cities" and the undocumented immigrants who live in them.
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| Cory Booker says Jeff Sessions's 'obsession with marijuana' puts him 'on the wrong side of history' Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:43 AM PST  The New Jersey senator says the AG's decision to end the government's hands-off policy on marijuana could lead to increased support for legalization in Congress.
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| ‘Bomb cyclone’ paralyzes Massachusetts Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:10 AM PST  NBC News' Blake McCoy reports from Scituate, Massachusetts, where high winds and waves battered homes along the shore. Weather experts say the storm surge is nearing record highs in Boston, where rescues happened on the historic streets.
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| Illinois man told to stop having ‘slumber parties’ in his house for homeless people Posted: 04 Jan 2018 11:31 AM PST  A Chicago man is being warned by city officials to stop offering "slumber parties" at his home to homeless people or else his house will be condemned. Greg Schiller told NBC 5 he began opening his basement up to the homeless last month during brutally cold weather. "While we appreciate those who volunteer to provide additional resources in the community, Mr. Schiller's house does not comply with codes and regulations that guard against potential dangers such as carbon monoxide poisoning, inadequate light and ventilation, and insufficient exits in the event of a fire," Molly Center, a city spokesperson, said.
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| Dogs Left Outside In The Cold Have Died And Been Found ‘Frozen Solid’ Posted: 04 Jan 2018 12:42 PM PST  The brutal cold that's believed to be responsible for at least 11 human deaths this week is also taking a toll on animals — particularly pets left outside in the frigid weather.
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| Book Suggests New Aspects of Obstruction Case Posted: 03 Jan 2018 12:41 PM PST  Rachel Maddow highlights excerpts in the new Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury, that add details and possible new avenues of inquiry for potential obstruction of justice cases against the Trump team.
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| Earthquake hits San Francisco, shaking Berkeley awake Posted: 04 Jan 2018 07:34 AM PST  San Francisco Bay area residents have been shaken awake by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake, which hit the region in the early hours of Thursday. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was two miles from Berkeley, California. The earthquake had a preliminary depth of eight miles. No damage or injuries was immediately recorded, but supermarket produce was shaken from its shelves and ceiling panels knocked loose. The quake hit at 2:39am local time, and the USGS website said that people reported feeling the quake 40 miles south, in San Jose. The Did You Feel It? survey form for the Berkeley, CA M4.4 EQ is back up and running: https://t.co/jY2poBayEX Please tell us what you felt. pic.twitter.com/OVb8r4p22q— USGS (@USGS) January 4, 2018 "Felt like a big truck drove into the building or something blew up downstairs. It just rocked the room and bed like two or three times quickly with a decently loud rumble in North Berkeley," Dale Fest wrote on the San Francisco Chronicle's Facebook page . Jack Boatwright, a geophysicist with the USGS Earthquake Science Center in Menlo Park, said the shaking from the quake "seemed a little weak, about half as strong as what you would expect." He told the Chronicle that by 4:15 a.m., there had been no aftershocks, which he called "a good sign. It may mean less likelihood of a larger earthquake to follow." San Francisco sits on the San Andreas Fault, a continental transform fault that extends roughly 750 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The quake was on the Hayward Fault, part of the San Andreas Fault. The Hayward Fault is capable of producing a 7-magnitude fault, which would have caused significantly more damage. Its last major earthquake was a 6.8-magnitude quake, which occurred on October 21st, 1868, destroying downtown Hayward and killing five people, injuring 30. It was considered the "Great Earthquake" until 1906, when San Francisco was hit by its last major quake, which killed 700 people. The region is considered overdue for another quake, given they usually occur every 140 years.
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| Boats Rescue Stranded Office Workers and Residents as 'Bomb Cyclone' Slams Boston with Record Flooding Posted: 04 Jan 2018 02:11 PM PST  The snow was bad enough, but record-setting tides plunged Massachusetts coast with record flooding.
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| Pro-government rallies in Iran as U.S. imposes fresh sanctions Posted: 05 Jan 2018 07:28 AM PST ![Pro-government rallies in Iran as U.S. imposes fresh sanctions]( "Pro-government rallies in Iran as U.S. imposes fresh sanctions") Pro-regime rallies were held around Tehran Friday with authorities seeking to put the recent violent unrest to bed, as Washington slapped fresh sanctions on Iran.
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| Missing Colo. Teen Who Posted on Facebook About Alleged Stalker Is Found Dead Posted: 03 Jan 2018 02:00 PM PST  A Colorado woman reported missing days after receiving a protection order against a man she alleged was harassing her was found dead Saturday in a wooded area north of Denver, PEOPLE confirms
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| 10 things from the explosive new book drawing fire and fury from Trump Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:07 AM PST  Michael Wolff's upcoming book about President Trump's first year in office, "Fire and Fury," has sent shockwaves through the White House. Here are 10 notable revelations gleaned from the excerpts published so far.
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| What you need to know before buying your jackpot lottery tickets Posted: 03 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are nearly $1 billion combined.
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| Stay away from romaine lettuce, Consumer Reports advises Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:15 AM PST People should stay away from romaine lettuce until U.S. and Canadian health officials get to the bottom of an outbreak of E. coli infections, Consumer Reports says.
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| Philip Morris Says It's 'Trying To Give Up Cigarettes' In 2018 Posted: 04 Jan 2018 04:18 AM PST  Tobacco giant Philip Morris International took out full-page ads in several British newspapers this week proclaiming the company's 2018 New Year's resolution as "trying to give up cigarettes."
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| In-N-Out Burger Now Serves Hot Cocoa And It's Causing Quite A Stir Posted: 04 Jan 2018 04:32 AM PST  Burger chain In-N-Out wants its customers' buns to be warm, apparently.
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| Sessions crackdown on pot could make life harder for Republicans in November Posted: 04 Jan 2018 09:35 AM PST  A crackdown is unlikely to be popular with the solid majority — 64 percent — of Americans who support pot legalization.
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| Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens Posted: 03 Jan 2018 02:30 PM PST ![Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens]( "Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens") SEATTLE (AP) — A series of small earthquakes around Mount St. Helens in Washington state startled residents as far away as Portland, Oregon, and Seattle early Wednesday.
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| In photos: The top trending destinations of 2018 for Canadian travelers Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:24 AM PST |
| Freed Canadian hostage appears in court on criminal charges Posted: 03 Jan 2018 02:09 PM PST ![Freed Canadian hostage appears in court on criminal charges]( "Freed Canadian hostage appears in court on criminal charges") By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court on Wednesday postponed a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who was arrested on Saturday and faces criminal charges including assault, sexual assault and forcible confinement. The charges, filed on Monday, are for crimes prosecutors said occurred in Canada after Boyle and his family returned to the country last October. Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped in October 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan.
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| Yara Shahidi Compares Iran Protests With Black Lives Matter: We're All Interconnected Posted: 04 Jan 2018 05:07 AM PST  Comparing the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran to demonstrations in the U.S. like Black Lives Matter, actress and activist Yara Shahidi is urging Americans to consider just how interconnected the situation in Iran is to the U.S. experience.
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| 5 Ways To Stop Blowing So Much Of Your Budget On Food Posted: 04 Jan 2018 02:45 AM PST  So, how did that "50/30/20 rule of budgeting" work out for you in 2017?
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| Ancient Infant's DNA Reveals New Clues to How the Americas Were Peopled Posted: 03 Jan 2018 10:00 AM PST ![Ancient Infant's DNA Reveals New Clues to How the Americas Were Peopled]( "Ancient Infant's DNA Reveals New Clues to How the Americas Were Peopled") Around 11,500 years ago, at a place that is now called the Upward Sun River, in the region that has since been named Alaska, two girls died. One was a late-term fetus; the other, probably her cousin, was six weeks old. They were both covered in red ochre and buried in a circular pit, along with hunting weapons made from bones and antlers. "There was intentionality in the burial ceremony," says Ben Potter from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, who uncovered their skeletons in 2013. "These were certainly children who were well-loved."
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| Mississippi flag with rebel symbol flies at police building Posted: 04 Jan 2018 03:37 PM PST ![Mississippi flag with rebel symbol flies at police building]( "Mississippi flag with rebel symbol flies at police building") TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi state flag with the Confederate battle emblem began flying this week outside a police building in a predominantly black neighborhood.
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| Neo-Nazi behind Daily Stormer website Andrew ‘Weev’ Auernheimer 'is of Jewish descent, his mother says' Posted: 04 Jan 2018 01:12 AM PST  The mother of a neo-Nazi who co-runs the white supremacist website Daily Stormer has said he has Jewish relatives on "both sides of his family". Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, who has previously said Jewish children "deserve to die", comes from a "large, mixed race family" and is of Jewish descent and Native American heritage, his mother Alyse told Newsweek. Auernheimer, 32, from Arkansas, who runs the technical side of the website alongside editor Andrew Anglin, has been estranged from his mother for more than ten years, she told the magazine.
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| Republican Sen. Gardner torches Sessions over pot reversal Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:29 AM PST  The Colorado senator says Attorney General Jeff Sessions had personally promised him prior to his confirmation that he wouldn't take steps to tighten enforcement of federal pot laws.
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| Trump’s New Plan To Uncover Voter Fraud Is Just As Alarming As His Old Plan Posted: 04 Jan 2018 05:12 PM PST  Even as Democrats and voting rights groups praised the sudden demise of President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission on Wednesday, voting rights experts were raising alarms about the news that the Department of Homeland Security would step into the breach.
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| American charged with subversion in Zimbabwe freed 'for now' Posted: 04 Jan 2018 05:16 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court on Thursday freed "for now" an American woman charged with subversion for allegedly describing the former president on Twitter as a "sick man."
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| Pakistan shrugs off impending U.S. aid cuts, wary of harsher measures Posted: 04 Jan 2018 05:21 AM PST ![Pakistan shrugs off impending U.S. aid cuts, wary of harsher measures]( "Pakistan shrugs off impending U.S. aid cuts, wary of harsher measures") By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is shrugging off proposed U.S. aid cuts but frets that Washington could take more drastic measures to deter what it sees as the South Asian nation's support for Taliban militants causing chaos in neighboring Afghanistan. Washington plans to imminently slash "security assistance" to Pakistan, U.S. congressional aides told Reuters on Wednesday, although the type, scale and length of the cuts was unclear. A day earlier, the White House said it would suspend about $255 million in already delayed military assistance.
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| How To Beat The '7-Year Itch' In Your Relationship Posted: 04 Jan 2018 07:56 PM PST  Ups and downs are par for the course in any long-term relationship.
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| How to Avoid Serious Injury When Slipping on Ice Posted: 04 Jan 2018 11:16 AM PST  Falling on a slippery surface can cause serious injury. Here's how to fall the right way.
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| Very relatable Corgi couldn't contain her happiness while shopping at Target Posted: 04 Jan 2018 06:58 AM PST  One dog just gave the exact expression we all have when shopping at Target. Zira the Corgi didn't hold back her excitement when strolling down the aisles. Her owner Jesse (@virgoprincxss) captured the moment in two candid photos. You simply can't go wrong with posting an image of a dog and one of the happiest place on earth. SEE ALSO: This video of a corgi doing a 'trust fall' may be the key to happiness It looks like a furry mirror. MY DOG WENT TO TARGET AND LOOK HOW HAPPY SHE IS pic.twitter.com/Cdt2s2aI3p — jesse (@virgoprincxss) January 3, 2018 The Corgi/Aussie mix also shows a small resemblance to Target's mascot Bullseyes, because Zira is an overachiever. The uncanny similarities didn't go unnoticed by the Internet. Watch out Bullseye, you may have some competition on your paws (sorry). That ain't your dog that's Bullseye pic.twitter.com/OSarpFnpLC — Dylan McLaughlin (@dylmclaughlin) January 4, 2018 The viral tweet inspired others to post their own pets' experiences at Target. Despite the happy images, people in the comments had mixed feelings on it. Some kept asking if Zira was a service animal, while others believed it was unsanitary for her to be in the cart. But, negative comments aside, can we all agree and appreciate how happy some of these animals are? We have a local Target that allows dogs and Meyer lives for it!! Cute pup �� pic.twitter.com/93zMpdcQFb — Nina Slaney (@ninamarie_4) January 4, 2018 She likes @Target as well. Ps. She's a working animal and extremely well behaved. pic.twitter.com/U2BowzLIIY — Grace (@grazkatz) January 4, 2018 This was a few years ago before Target sold groceries so forgive me.This is Jake, his Mohawk is natural.It is a cute picture, don't you think? pic.twitter.com/nljKtAwVr8 — BabsSCL (@BabsSCL) January 4, 2018 Despite the mix reactions, the tweet still has over 57,000 retweets and 217,000 likes. We're sure Target is very grateful for the free advertisement. WATCH: This colorblind man is in tears after being gifted corrective glasses
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| The tax bill that makes Trump POSTUS (president of some of the United States) Posted: 04 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST  The tax bill's message from Republican lawmakers to Democratic-voting states seems to be: "You're not our people, so go get bent."
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| Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Is Recovering From Surgery to Remove Blood Clots on His Brain Posted: 04 Jan 2018 07:22 PM PST  Alex Trebek has provided fans with an update on his health, and though he didn't answer in the form of a question, he says his "prognosis is excellent."
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| S. Korea's Park 'took money from spy agency': reports Posted: 04 Jan 2018 02:32 AM PST  Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye was charged Thursday with accepting millions of dollars worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said. Park allegedly received between 50 and 200 million won (now $47,000 to $188,000) from the National Intelligence Service (NIS) every month from early 2013 -- soon after her swearing-in -- until mid-2016, prosecutors told South Korean media. The cash -- said to total 3.65 billion won ($3.4 million) -- was reportedly delivered by NIS agents to Park's aides in uncrowded parking lots or in back alleys near the presidential Blue House.
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| Firefighters called to Bill and Hillary Clinton's house in New York state Posted: 03 Jan 2018 12:52 PM PST  Firefighters were called to Bill and Hillary Clinton's house in Chappaqua, New York, on Wednesday afternoon. Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Mrs Clinton, said that the fire was in a facility used by the Secret Service on their property, in a building not connected to their home. He said the Clintons were not home at the time Police vehicles are seen outside the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton after firefighters were called to put out a fire at the property in Chappaqua, New York Credit: Reuters New Castle police confirmed that the authorities had responded to a fire at the Clintons' home, at around 2:50pm. It was believed to be a bedroom fire, which has been extinguished. No one is believed injured. Emergency vehicles on Old House Lane responding to fire at Bill and Hillary Clinton's Home in Chappaqua. pic.twitter.com/IGYiOtY3LN— Marcus Solis (@MarcusSolis7) January 3, 2018 Details of any damage are not yet known, but at least three fire engines were visible at the property. The Clintons bought an 11-bedroom house on the estate for $1.7 million on leaving the White House in 1999, and it has been their main residence for 20 years. Photos from @lohud's @frankbecerrajr at the fire at the Clintons' house in #Chappaqua. https://t.co/25mMX3tjPf#BillClinton#HillaryClintonpic.twitter.com/xq45HJ0Htg— lohud.com (@lohud) January 3, 2018 Built in 1889, it features five bedrooms over 5,232 square feet and has a swimming pool on its 1.1 acres. Mr and Mrs Clinton bought the neighbouring house on Old House Lane in autumn 2016 for $1.16 million.
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| 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-class Posted: 03 Jan 2018 03:01 PM PST  We barrel down a mountain in Benz's all-new Geländewagen.
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| Suspect in deadly 911 hoax has history of making phony calls Posted: 03 Jan 2018 05:27 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man suspected of making a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Kansas man told a judge Wednesday he would not fight efforts to send him to Wichita to face charges.
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| This week in odd news: Chickens saved and falling iguanas Posted: 05 Jan 2018 06:57 AM PST  SNATCHED BY HUNGRY EAGLE, LITTLE DOG LIVES TO BARK THE TALE
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| Logan Paul announces he's (thankfully) taking a break from YouTube Posted: 04 Jan 2018 09:46 AM PST  Logan Paul, the YouTuber who posted a video earlier this week showing an apparent victim of suicide, is taking a break from YouTube. Good. SEE ALSO: Here's why Logan Paul's video showing suicide is so dangerous The 22-year-old Vine star-turned-YouTube celebrity announced Thursday that he is taking a break from vlogging to reflect on his actions after receiving criticism for his Tuesday video titled "We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest." Paul has uploaded vlogs to YouTube on a near-daily basis for over a year, garnering over 15 million subscribers. taking time to reflectno vlog for nowsee you soon — Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) January 4, 2018 Since Paul's videos started making headlines, he removed the video and issued two apologies. In the second apology, Paul told his fans not to stand up for him. Despite that and despite the overwhelmingly negative reactions to Paul's disturbing and tasteless video, some fans continue to support him on YouTube and Twitter, stand up for his actions, and even liken him to Jesus. Others, understandably, are not so forgiving. Instead not vlogging for now, how about just quitting all together �� — Rahab_xx (@xx_Rahab) January 4, 2018 honestly. just delete your channel. everyone will be ok. — MarcusB123�� (@BallingerCyrus) January 4, 2018 I did a search for tweets sent to @LoganPaul near me (near me being Tokyo) and this was the result. pic.twitter.com/Iztoc4T1qi — Best Mom Eva (@mombot) January 4, 2018 YouTube has also come under fire for allowing the video to be published and then stay up on the site for hours after it was posted. The platform, which allows people like Paul to upload video content for free, is not exactly swift when it comes to recognizing harmful content and taking it down. Paul did not mention when he would be making another video. If you want to talk to someone or are experiencing suicidal thoughts, text the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Here is a list of international resources. WATCH: Someone used Amazon's Same-Day delivery service to help the homeless
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| Four Days Into 2018 And The Resistance Is Surging Posted: 04 Jan 2018 08:34 AM PST  Sure, Trump's tweet in which he taunted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to use his "Nuclear Button" wasn't exactly a great start to 2018.
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| Ripple Hits $3 as Surging Cryptocurrency Reaches New All-Time High Posted: 03 Jan 2018 03:41 PM PST  But is it the next bitcoin?
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