| 2 Koreas Make History Marching Under Unified Flag In Olympics Opener Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:58 AM PST  North Korean and South Korean athletes participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics marched as one during Friday's opening ceremony, gleefully entering the ring as a unified team sharing a flag.
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| Leadership urges House Democrats to vote against budget deal as shutdown looms Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:38 AM PST  Will there be a government shutdown? House Speaker Paul Ryan looks like he'll need Democratic votes on the Senate budget deal — and it's not clear where Democrats stand.
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| U.S. dismisses fears of wider war after deadly Syria clashes Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:17 PM PST ![U.S. dismisses fears of wider war after deadly Syria clashes]( "U.S. dismisses fears of wider war after deadly Syria clashes") By Phil Stewart and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces overnight that may have left 100 or more of them dead. The U.S.-led coalition said it repelled an unprovoked attack near the Euphrates River by hundreds of troops aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who were backed by artillery, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars. The incident underscored the potential for further conflict in Syria's oil-rich east, where the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias holds swathes of land after its offensive against Islamic State.
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| South Korea's Olympic Stadium Will Host Just 4 Events Before It's Torn Down Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:47 AM PST  Pyeongchang, South Korea, built itself a brand-new $109 million stadium to host the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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| German student admits to killing girlfriend's parents: Part 4 Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:36 PM PST  Elizabeth Haysom pleaded guilty to being an accessory-before-the-fact, and Jens Soering, who later took back his confession, was found guilty.
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| Russians held for 'mining bitcoin' at top nuclear lab Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:19 AM PST  Engineers at Russia's top nuclear research facility have been detained after they attempted to mine bitcoin on its computers, Russian news agencies reported Friday. Several employees at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in the city of Sarov have been detained after making "an attempt to use the work computing facilities for personal ends, including for so-called mining," a spokeswoman for the centre, Tatiana Zalesskaya told Interfax news agency. The centre is overseen by Rosatom, the Russian nuclear agency, and works on developing nuclear weapons.
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| Woman Left Baby in Airport Bathroom With Heartbreaking Note: 'I Just Want What Is Best for Him' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST  "I just want what is best for him and it is not me. Please. I'm sorry," the note found with the newborn read.
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| Comedian Rob Delaney Announces Death Of Two-Year-Old Son Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:54 PM PST  Comedian Rob Delaney announced on Friday the heartbreaking death of his 2-year-old son, Henry.
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| The man who hid in a church, and the church that hid him: An immigrant story with an uncertain ending Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:58 PM PST  He's 47 and has lived in America since 1993, holding a job and raising two children. Harry Pangemanan is also a Christian, who fears deportation to Indonesia, where Christians have been persecuted and even killed by Muslim extremists. He took sanctuary in a church for months, but now his fate is in the hands of a federal judge.
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| The Latest: White House chief of staff getting criticism Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter (all times local):
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| Islamic State fighters move to Syria's Idlib, clash with factions, sources say Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:07 AM PST  Islamic State fighters battled Syrian insurgents in the northwestern province of Idlib on Friday, a monitoring group and a rebel commander said, accusing pro-government forces of opening a corridor for the jihadists to reach the region. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces had allowed Islamic State fighters to leave a besieged pocket of territory at the intersection of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama provinces, and then go to southern Idlib. A military news outlet run by Lebanon's Hezbollah, which is fighting on the side of the Syrian government, reported gains by the army and its allies against Islamic State in that pocket, but made no mention of the jihadists being allowed to leave.
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| LA Family's Lawsuit Says Starbucks Served Blood-Stained Frappuccino Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST  A legal battle is brewing between Starbucks and a California family claiming they were served bloody cups of Frappuccino. Amanda Vice says in a lawsuit against the coffee chain that Frappuccinos she ordered for herself and her toddler daughter from a San Bernardino Starbucks in February 2016 came with a ghastly ingredient not typically found on the menu. "She was licking the whipped cream where it had been sitting on top," Vice told CBS Los Angeles, describing the moment she noticed the drink was corpuscle-enhanced.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:23 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| Two Philadelphia Eagles Fans Pulled Off the Ultimate Recreation of That Iconic WWII Kiss Photo Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:42 AM PST  The pair met on Twitter following the Super Bowl
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| Mexico arrests Zetas drug cartel boss wanted in US Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:10 PM PST  Mexican marines have captured a kingpin in the violent Zetas drug cartel who had a $5-million reward on his head in the United States, authorities said Friday. Jose Maria Guizar Valencia, alias "Z43," was arrested Thursday in the upscale Mexico City neighborhood of La Roma "without the use of force," the head of the National Security Commission, Renato Sales, announced in a press conference. "He is believed to be responsible for trafficking drugs from South America to the United States, and was one of the main drivers of violence in the states of southeastern Mexico," said Sales.
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| China Has Big Plans to Win the Next War It Fights Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:46 PM PST  The People's Liberation Army is actively thinking about the weak points of potential adversary's operational systems. Indeed, the ability of Iraqi and Yugoslav forces to function on the battlefield, had become according to one PLA source, "limited, deprived, and rendered useless," and their annihilation was not necessary to achieve operational success. As a result of extensive examination of these conflicts and others, the PLA now views modern conflict as a confrontation between opposing systems, or what are specifically referred to as opposing operational systems.
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| Leading #MeToo sexual harassment campaigner accused of groping man Posted: 09 Feb 2018 08:22 AM PST  A leading figure in California's #MeToo sexual harassment movement has been accused of groping a male member of staff from another politician's office. Cristina Garcia, a Democratic Assemblywoman and head of the Legislative Women's Caucus, allegedly stroked Daniel Fierro's back, squeezed his buttocks and attempted to touch his crotch in the dugout of an amateur softball game in 2014. Daniel Fierro said he failed to report it at the time, but in January told his former boss, Democratic Assemblyman Ian Calderon, who in turn reported it to Assembly leaders.
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| China says new stealth fighter put into combat service Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:25 AM PST  China has put into combat service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, the Chinese air force said on Friday, making it operationally ready.
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| The Latest: UN official calls for 30-day Syria cease-fire Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:28 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local):
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| As Trump attacks U.S. law enforcement, another top official quits Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:08 PM PST  By John Walcott and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's third-ranking official, Rachel Brand, plans to step down and take a senior job at Walmart Inc , sources familiar with her decision said on Friday, at a time when President Donald Trump has taken aim at senior law enforcement officials. Brand was next in line of succession to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for oversight of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential collusion between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia and whether the Republican president has unlawfully sought to obstruct the ongoing probe.
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| Barb From 'Stranger Things' Received The Best Coffee Cup Message From A Barista Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:32 AM PST  Barb's tragic disappearance from the "Stranger Things" universe is still a sore point for Canadian barista Abigail Bahnman.
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| The EPA Head Has a New Argument: Maybe Climate Change Will Be Good Posted: 09 Feb 2018 08:12 AM PST  Scott Pruitt still acknowledges that climate change is happening, but he now argues that it could actually be good for the planet
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| Catt Sadler Says She Left E! To Avoid 'Collaborating With An Evil System' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:47 AM PST  Catt Sadler says she left E! in December for bigger reasons than getting only half the salary of her male co-star.
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| Broadcom offers $8 bn to Qualcomm if deal is blocked Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:33 AM PST  Singapore-based Broadcom said Friday it would pay rival Qualcomm $8 billion if regulators fail to approve a proposed merger between the two computer chip giants. The "termination fee" offer came a day after California-based Qualcomm rejected a record $121 billion hostile bid as too low, while citing a risk that the proposed tie-up could be blocked by regulatory authorities. Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan said he welcomed Qualcomm's offer of talks on the takeover bid and suggested a meeting in the coming days.
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| Saudi cleric says abayas 'not necessary' for women in ultra-conservative kingdom Posted: 10 Feb 2018 06:56 AM PST  Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom's efforts towards modernisation. On his radio programme, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, said Muslim women should dress modestly, but this did not necessitate wearing the abaya. "More than 90 percent of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas," Sheikh Mutlaq said on Friday. "So we should not force people to wear abayas." While not necessarily signalling a change in the law, the statement is the first of its kind from a senior religious figure. It follows the recent pattern of freedoms the Kingdom has been witnessing with the ascent of young Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to power. Women in face-covering niqabs Credit: David Rose for the Telegraph Only the government-appointed clerics associated with the Council of Senior Scholars are allowed to issue fatwas, or Islamic legal opinions. Their interpretations of Islamic law form the basis of Saudi Arabia's legal system. Saudi women have started wearing more colorful abayas in recent years, the light blues and pinks in stark contrast with the traditional black. Open abayas over long skirts or jeans are also becoming more common in some parts of the country. The trend marks a major change in the last couple of years. In 2016, a Saudi woman was detained for removing her abaya on a main street in the capital of Riyadh. Local media reported that she was detained after a complaint was filed with the religious police. The Kingdom has seen an expansion in women's rights recently, such as the decision passed to allow women to attend mixed public sporting events and the announcement that Saudi Arabia would grant them the right to drive. These are some of the many changes the country has undergone in recent months, hailed as proof of a new progressive trend in the deeply conservative Muslim Kingdom. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and his British counterpart Boris Johnson (L) pose for a picture during a tour of the historic quarter of Jeddah Credit: AFP But despite these changes, the gender-segregated nation is criticized for its continued constraints on women. Activists have blasted the country's guardianship system which requires a male family member to grant permission for a woman to study abroad, travel and other activities. On Thursday, a London-based Saudi rights group, ALQST, reported the detention last month of activist Noha al-Balawi, saying she was questioned by Saudi authorities on her involvement with women's rights and human rights movements. The government's Center for International Communications did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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| Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:18 AM PST ![Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized]( "Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized") OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge.
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| Activist Ravi Ragbir Thwarts ICE's Attempt To Deport Him, For Now Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST  A well-known immigrant rights activist who was on the cusp of being deported this week has filed a lawsuit that allows him to stay in the U.S., for now. Ravi Ragbir, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group New Sanctuary Coalition, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in January during a routine check-in with the agency. Despite his release, Ragbir was still scheduled for deportation for Saturday, Feb. 10.
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| Tillerson sees tough talks with Turkey, others on Mideast trip Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:12 PM PST  By Arshad Mohammed and Yara Bayoumy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expects to have tough talks during a five-nation trip of the Middle East next week, including in Turkey, where he will urge leaders to rein in an offensive in northern Syria, U.S. officials said on Friday. Briefing reporters on Tillerson's Feb. 11-16 trip to Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Kuwait, U.S. officials acknowledged there would be difficult conversations at each stop. Jordanian leaders were upset when the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and suspended some aid for the Palestinians.
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| Trump tells Israel it needs to make 'significant compromises' for peace with Palestinians Posted: 09 Feb 2018 07:05 AM PST  Two months after he angered Palestinians and their supporters by unilaterally declaring the US was recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the US President said both sides would need to work hard to create a deal that might stick. In an interview with the conservative Hebrew-language newspaper Hayom, which is due to be published in full over the weekend, Mr Trump said: "I wanted to make clear that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Mr Trump delighted many Israelis and Christian conservatives in the US, when he broke with more than 50 years of international diplomatic consensus to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and say he would be relocating the US Embassy from Tel Aviv.
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| U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:49 AM PST ![U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation]( "U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation") The United Nations on Friday described the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as "alarming" and said it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country's Rakhine state. This once more attests to the need for a full and thorough investigation by the authorities of all violence in Rakhine State and attacks on the various communities there," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
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| Fans Are Freaking Out About All The K-Pop At The Olympic Opening Ceremony Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:04 AM PST  The 2018 Winter Olympics has kicked off with a (Big) Bang!
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| Pebbles, the 'emotional support' hamster flushed down the toilet Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:44 AM PST  Washington (AFP) - First it was Dexter the Peacock. Now it's Pebbles the Hamster.
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| Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:57 AM PST ![Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number]( "Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number") Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) investors are hoping to get some love from Cisco this Valentine's Day if the company can repeat last quarter's impressive earnings beat on Feb. 14. Wall Street analysts are expecting Cisco to get a huge boost from tax reform and demonstrate that its transition to a more software-centric business model is starting to make a meaningful impact on its growth numbers. Analysts are projecting Cisco will report earnings per share of 59 cents on revenue of $11.8 billion.
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| Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads no contest in girl's killing Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:12 PM PST  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — After listening to days of damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses, a former Virginia Tech student pleaded no contest Friday to killing a 13-year-old girl he met through social media.
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| 27 Realistic Marriage Vows You Didn't Think To Make At Your Wedding Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:16 AM PST  Newlyweds are often idealistic on their wedding day, blissfully unaware of all the annoyances, frustrations and less romantic moments of married life that lie ahead.
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| How the Air Force Would Destroy North Korea Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:47 AM PST  The RQ-4 Global Hawk is ideally suited to the role. Capable of flying for more than thirty-four hours, Global Hawk could fly from airfields as far away as Guam, spend half a day over North Korea, and go home again—freeing up tarmac space in closer air facilities. Global Hawk's ability to conduct surveillance day or night is a major plus and its unblinking gaze will be invaluable in tracking enemy movements.
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| Attorney calls for sanctions in Dakota Access pipeline suit Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:50 AM PST ![Attorney calls for sanctions in Dakota Access pipeline suit]( "Attorney calls for sanctions in Dakota Access pipeline suit") BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys for a Florida-based environmental publication want a federal judge in North Dakota to sanction the Texas-based developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in a dispute over whether the publication can be sued.
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| Afghanistan: In midwinter attacks, a brutal Pakistani reply to Trump Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:02 PM PST ![Afghanistan: In midwinter attacks, a brutal Pakistani reply to Trump]( "Afghanistan: In midwinter attacks, a brutal Pakistani reply to Trump") Why, in the dead of winter, two months before the traditional start of Afghanistan's fighting season, has the country been rocked by four attacks that killed more than 150 people? The trigger was not a change in the Taliban's fighting calendar, analysts say, nor was it necessarily evidence of intensified competition between Taliban and the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) to lead the insurgency against the Western-backed government. Rather, they say, it was a violent Pakistani response – using its Islamist insurgent clients – to President Trump's recent pressure on Pakistan to rein in militant sanctuaries, or else.
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| Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin: Erdogan Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:28 AM PST  A Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. "One of our helicopters was downed just recently," Erdogan said speaking to members of his AK Party (AKP) in Istanbul. "These things will happen, we are in a war... We might lose a helicopter, but they'll pay the price for this." He did not mention any casualties.
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| Richard Pryor’s Widow Says He Did Sleep With Marlon Brando Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:13 AM PST  Quincy Jones dropped a lot of bombshells in an extremely candid interview with Vulture on Wednesday ― including saying that comedy legend Richard Pryor had had sex with Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando.
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| Google fined in India for abusing dominant position Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:05 PM PST  Google has been fined more than $21 million in India for "search bias" and abuse of its dominant position, competition regulators said Thursday. The US internet giant was deemed to have favoured its own services when customers ran searches according to a report from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) six years after it began investigations into the company. "Google was found to be indulging in practices of search bias and by doing so, it causes harm to its competitors as well as users," an order from the CCI said.
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| Man accused in priest attack believed girlfriend was raped Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:51 PM PST ![Man accused in priest attack believed girlfriend was raped]( "Man accused in priest attack believed girlfriend was raped") BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Court documents unsealed Friday show a Minnesota man charged with attacking and trying to kill a priest in North Dakota believed the priest had sexually assaulted the man's girlfriend.
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| Reports Claim China Has Sent Su-35s and J-20s to the South China Sea Posted: 09 Feb 2018 05:00 PM PST  The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has flown its new top-the-line Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E air superiority fighters over the South China Sea to cement Beijing's claim over the region. The PLAAF is also rumored to have deployed its newly operational Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighters to the region. "The Chinese air force recently sent its Su-35 fighter jets to take part in a joint combat patrol over the South China Sea," according to a release from the Chinese Ministry of Defense.
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| Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.
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