| Florida Shooter's Former Friend Says She Reported Him To School 'Multiple' Times Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:15 AM PST  A former friend of Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who confessed to opening fire on a Florida high school last week, says she told school officials that she was concerned about his behavior "multiple" times over the last several years.
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| Parkland students call out Trump, Rubio and the NRA Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:03 AM PST  Students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., are demanding action on gun control — and they continue to call out President Trump's response to last week's massacre.
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| Home surveillance shows a cougar walking up to a couple's window in Wisconsin Posted: 18 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  Researchers say that in its very early stages, a blood test has diagnosed autism with 92 percent accuracy, and home surveillance shows a cougar walking up to a couple's window in Wisconsin.
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| Congressional Candidate Defends AR-15 Giveaway After School Shooting Posted: 19 Feb 2018 05:32 PM PST  Gun rights advocates often say it's not the appropriate time to debate gun control in the days after a mass shooting.
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| Slain Teacher Told His Fiancee What To Say If He Died In A School Shooting Posted: 19 Feb 2018 10:58 AM PST  A high school teacher shot to death while protecting students in last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, once considered that he could die in such violence, and gave his fiancee instructions on what to say if it happened.
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| Russia probes church killing for 'extremist' links: Kremlin Posted: 18 Feb 2018 04:21 PM PST  Russia is investigating whether the gunman behind a deadly attack on an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus had extremist ties, the Kremlin said Monday after Islamic State claimed the shooting. "There is an investigation into whether the attacker was linked to extremist organisations," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists a day after five women were shot dead near an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, a town in the Dagestan region.
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| The Latest: Erdogan: Pro-Syrian forces pushed back in Afrin Posted: 20 Feb 2018 09:16 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
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| 'Black Panther' breaking records Posted: 18 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  The latest Marvel movie has a black director, mostly black cast and multimillion-dollar budget.
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| Richard Branson Wants To Build A High-Speed Hyperloop In India Posted: 19 Feb 2018 04:35 PM PST  British billionaire Richard Branson has announced plans to build a high-speed shuttle in India that could potentially revolutionize travel in the country.
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| Ohio school on lockdown after student shoots self: police Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:34 AM PST  A school in Massillon, Ohio, was on lockdown on Tuesday morning after a student suffered an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," the school district said. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Iranian Rescue Teams Reach the Site of the Plane Crash That Likely Killed All 65 People on Board Posted: 18 Feb 2018 10:56 PM PST  Aseman Airlines said all on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including six crew members
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| School shooting suspect 'threatened' girl he'd briefly dated Posted: 18 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  Ariana Lopez said she and friends made multiple reports to school officials about Nikolas Cruz.
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| Aurora borealis turns the sky greener than the ground Posted: 20 Feb 2018 08:56 AM PST ![Aurora borealis turns the sky greener than the ground]( "Aurora borealis turns the sky greener than the ground") These Northern Lights "rainbows" have turned the sky greener than the Earth below. Vitaly Istomin, 26, spent several nights in freezing conditions under the stars in northern Russia's Khibiny Mountains to capture the aurora's "rainbows." (Caters News)
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| Chelsea Clinton Throws Subtle Shade At Donald Trump Jr. Over India Foreign Policy Speech Posted: 20 Feb 2018 12:34 AM PST  Chelsea Clinton joined in the criticism of Donald Trump Jr.'s trip to India, with the throwing of some wonderfully subtle shade.
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| NYC rape case prompts calls to close police sex loophole Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:30 AM PST ![NYC rape case prompts calls to close police sex loophole]( "NYC rape case prompts calls to close police sex loophole") ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The 18-year-old woman was driving with two friends near Coney Island in September when the two plainclothes detectives pulled her over and found marijuana. The officers released the two male passengers, handcuffed the woman and told her she was under arrest, prosecutors say.
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| Bernie Sanders On AR-15s: They’re 'Not For Hunting. They’re For Killing Human Beings’ Posted: 18 Feb 2018 10:09 AM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has once again called for a ban on the sale of assault weapons in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that left 17 dead last Wednesday.
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| Several dozen Russian, ex-Soviet fighters wounded in Syria clash: Russia Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:37 AM PST ![Several dozen Russian, ex-Soviet fighters wounded in Syria clash: Russia]( "Several dozen Russian, ex-Soviet fighters wounded in Syria clash: Russia") The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that several dozen Russian citizens and citizens of other countries in the former Soviet space had been wounded in recent clashes in Syria and were being treated in Russian hospitals. Sources told Reuters last week that as many as 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked private military contractor had been either killed or injured fighting in Syria earlier in February in a clash with the U.S.-led coalition. The incident showed Moscow was more deeply involved in Syria militarily than it has said, and risked being drawn into direct confrontation with the United States there.
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| Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes For Everyone Who Hates Doing Cleanup Posted: 20 Feb 2018 02:45 AM PST  Some people are just not emotionally equipped to handle kitchen cleanup with any level of chill.
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| 6-Year-Old Boy Among Four People Shot Outside a Steakhouse in Texas Posted: 19 Feb 2018 01:25 AM PST  The shooter is still at large
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| I Lost My Little Brother At Sandy Hook. Here's What's Different About The Florida Shooting. Posted: 19 Feb 2018 09:11 AM PST  Last week on Valentine's Day, a 19-year-old gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where he had been expelled.
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| France to let wolf packs grow despite angry farmers Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:59 AM PST  The French government announced Monday it will allow the wolf population to grow 40 percent despite pressure from farmers in mountain regions who are worried about their sheep flocks. A new strategy unveiled by the centrist government of President Emmanuel Macron will enable the number of wolves to increase from an estimated 360 now to 500 by 2023. Hunting wiped out the grey wolf in France during the 1930s and they only returned in 1992 via Italy -- currently home to around 2,000 wolves -- before spreading into Switzerland and Germany.
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| Mike Pence won’t commit to wall spanning entire US-Mexico border Posted: 19 Feb 2018 11:03 AM PST  Mike Pence has sidestepped questions about the ideal shape of Donald Trump's proposed border wall. During an interview that took place near America's border with Mexico, the Vice President was repeatedly asked about what type of barrier should be constructed. "President Trump will make the final decision about the structure of the wall, but the first step is that Congress has to fund it," Mr Pence told interviewer Ainsley Earhardt.
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| Idaho senator shouts at students lobbying for birth control Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:50 PM PST  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Republican state senator who shouted at University of Idaho students in the Capitol to lobby for a birth control bill on Monday now faces an ethics complaint after a tweet from an account presenting as the lawmaker's directed students to discuss "killing babies" with a Democratic colleague.
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| Iranian official threatens to flatten Tel Aviv if Israel attacks Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:21 PM PST  Iran issued a fiery warning to Israel on Monday threatening to raze Tel Aviv if Benjamin Netanyahu followed through on his recent threat to act against it. "About Netanyahu's unwise words, I should say that if they carry out the slightest unwise move against Iran, we will level Tel Aviv to the ground and will not give any opportunity to Netanyahu to flee," said Mohsen Rezaie, Iran's expediency council secretary, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency. With tensions increasing in the Middle East over Iran's role in Syria and Yemen and as US President Donald Trump presses for a tougher approach on Tehran, Israel is seeking wider support to contain its regional nemesis. The two countries traded harsh words during the Munich Security Conference at the weekend. Mr Netanyahu brandished a piece of what he said was an Iranian drone after its incursion into Israeli airspace earlier this month and said: "Israel will not allow the regime to put a noose of terror around our neck. "We will act if necessary not just against Iran's proxies but against Iran itself." He also urged his audience to help contain Iran and made his point with a map which he said illustrated Iran's growing influence across the Middle East. But Mr Rezaie played down the remarks as a theatrical move and a childish game, according to Fars, and added: "The US and Israeli leaders don't know Iran and don't understand the power of resistance and therefore, they continuously face defeat." At a glance | Islamic Republic of Iran The tough words on both sides at the international event come as Israel is increasingly seeking to cooperate with Sunni Arab states that share its worries about Shia Iran. For months, Mr Netanyahu has touted what he describes as unprecedented levels of behind-the-scenes cooperation. Among Israel's main concerns is Lebanon, where the heavily armed Iran-backed Shi'ite militia Hezbollah is part of a coalition government. Telegraph view: The theatre of war Israel last fought a war against Hezbollah in 2006. Tension between Israel and Lebanon has increased as Hezbollah has gained strength fighting in Syria, and the two countries also have a maritime border dispute. Israel has carried out air strikes in Syria against suspected Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah and has accused Tehran of planning to build missile factories in Lebanon.
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| Depraved UK academic who blackmailed victims into sending abuse photos jailed for 32 years Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:10 PM PST  A British academic who blackmailed victims into sending him increasingly depraved images which he shared on dark web forums was jailed for 32 years on Monday after admitting 137 offences which included encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy. Dr Matthew Falder, 29, a geophysicist employed as a researcher at Birmingham University in central England, duped victims by masquerading as a depressed female artist on forums and mainstream online advertising websites. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA), said he approached more than 300 people worldwide, with 45 victims represented in the charges against him.
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| VIDEO: 3 gray whales splash around in Los Angeles Harbor shallows Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:03 PM PST  Three large gray whales were spotted in the Los Angeles Harbor putting on a show in the shallow waters.
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| U.S. Ice Dancing Team Breaks Down After 'Heartbreaking' Mistake Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:41 PM PST  The dream of an Olympic medal came to a crashing end Tuesday for U.S. ice dancing team Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
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| The Duchess Of Cambridge Faces Criticism For Not Wearing Black To The BAFTAs Posted: 19 Feb 2018 09:35 AM PST  Stars at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night wore all-black in support of the Time's Up initiative, much like they did at January's Golden Globe awards.
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| Relief turns to horror in Mexico helicopter crash Posted: 18 Feb 2018 10:42 PM PST  Santiago Jamiltepec (México) (AFP) - They thought the worst was over. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Mexico on Friday evening hit right near their hometown, the southern city of Santiago Jamiltepec, but the damage was minor. Unlike previous earthquakes that killed hundreds or thousands of people in Mexico, this one claimed no lives and left minimal destruction.
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| Trump Spent His Sunday Night Watching ‘60 Minutes’ And Hate-Tweeting About Oprah Posted: 18 Feb 2018 11:24 PM PST  President Donald Trump capped a long weekend of hate-tweeting by taunting an "insecure" Oprah Winfrey over her latest appearance on "60 Minutes."
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| The Latest: Most evacuations over California wildfire end Posted: 19 Feb 2018 03:34 PM PST  BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire burning in central California (all times local):
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| Woman who pleaded guilty over fiance's kayaking death now argues she was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’ Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:53 AM PST  A woman who pleaded guilty over her fiance's kayaking death has argued that she was in "the wrong place at the wrong time" when he drowned in rough waters after plunging overboard. "I was in danger, too, just as much as he was.
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| Iran's Zarif says Israel's "myth of invincibility" has crumbled Posted: 18 Feb 2018 12:32 PM PST ![Iran's Zarif says Israel's "myth of invincibility" has crumbled]( "Iran's Zarif says Israel's \"myth of invincibility\" has crumbled") Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday the shooting down of an Israeli jet after it bombed an Iranian site in Syria had shattered Israel's "so-called invincibility", reacting to a critical speech delivered earlier by Israel's premier. "Israel uses aggression as a policy against its neighbors," Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Munich Security Conference, accusing Israel of "mass reprisals against its neighbors and daily incursions into Syria, Lebanon." "Once the Syrians have the guts to down one of its planes it's as if a disaster has happened," Zarif said.
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| Harley-Davidson to Close Down Kansas Plant Despite Pleas from Congress Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:33 AM PST  Harley-Davidson to Close Down Kansas Plant Despite Pleas from Missouri Congressional Leaders US Senators and Congressman's last-ditch-effort to keep H-D's Kansas plant open, to no avail Over the last year or so we've reported on Harley-Davidson's
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| US manufacturer recalls dog food after execution drug found in tins Posted: 19 Feb 2018 04:22 PM PST  A drug used to execute American prisoners and to put animals to sleep has been discovered in canned dog food in the US, triggering an emergency recall. The Food and Drug Administration said it found low levels of pentobarbital in tins of Gravy Train dog food produced by JM Smucker. The drug is most commonly used by vets as a sedative or anaesthetic and to euthanise pets. At high doses in humans it cause respiratory arrest and has been used to carry out executions often as the first step – inducing unconsciousness - in a three-drug protocol. It was one of the drugs used by Marilyn Monroe when she took her own life. The brand affected Credit: JM Smucker The recall followed an investigation by WJLA, a TV station in Washington, which found pentobarbital in almost two thirds of cans it tested. The FDA said: "Pets that eat pet food containing pentobarbital can experience drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, nausea, nystagmus (eyes moving back and forth in a jerky manner) and inability to stand. Consuming high levels of pentobarbital can cause coma and death." It concluded that the small amounts detected posed little risk to dogs. "However, any detection of pentobarbital in pet food is a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act—simply put, pentobarbital should not be in pet food," it said. The FDA said the low levels presented little risk Smucker said it had identified the problem at a single supplier, from a single, minor ingredient, used at one manufacturing facility. "We take this very seriously and are extremely disappointed that pentobarbital was introduced to our supply chain. We will continue to work closely with our suppliers and veterinarians to ensure the ingredients used in our products meet or exceed regulatory safety standards and our high-quality standards," said Barry Dunaway, president of the companies pet foods division. "Above all, we are a company that loves pets and understand the responsibility we have in providing high quality food for the pets our consumers love."
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| Gus Kenworthy Shuts Down Homophobic Twitter Troll In Olympic Medal-Worthy Style Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:12 AM PST  U.S. skier Gus Kenworthy is taking no garbage from homophobic internet trolls.
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| Funerals: Grieving teens, raw emotions after school shooting Posted: 19 Feb 2018 10:08 PM PST  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Each funeral for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre is different, yet the same: the mourning relatives, teens walking in clutches wearing black, politicians paying their respects, media cameras pointing at the entrance from across the parking lot.
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| Fergie Apologizes For National Anthem, Saying She 'Tried Her Best' Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:36 AM PST  Fergie says she tried her best in her ill-received performance of the national anthem before the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night.
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| Robert Mueller Has Trump Cornered Posted: 19 Feb 2018 05:09 AM PST  Special counsel Robert Mueller is methodically, brilliantly filling in pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
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| Warren Jeffs: Child bride reveals horrors of life under fundamentalist Mormon sect leader Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST  A former child bride who fled a fundamentalist Mormon cult has told how the sect's leader reminded her she was "the property" of her husband after she begged him to free her from the forced marriage. Elissa Wall suffered multiple miscarriages after being made to marry her cousin at the age of 14 under the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jeffs, said to have had 78 wives and more than 50 children in the Utah church, was jailed for life in 2011 after being convicted of sexually assaulting two girls aged 12 and 15.
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| Islamic State kills 27 Iraqi militiamen near Kirkuk Posted: 19 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST  By Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy of pro-government militia fighters near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk late on Sunday, killing at least 27 of them, the government-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces said on Monday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. A security official said Iraqi forces were pursuing the militants, who had disguised themselves in police uniforms to carry out the ambush.
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| How Israel and Pakistan Can Avoid a Nuclear Showdown Posted: 19 Feb 2018 04:37 PM PST  A back channel of communication between Israel and Pakistan could temper miscalculations or malicious attempts to artificially increase tensions between the two countries. The advancement of Pakistan's nuclear-missile capabilities and Israel's growing military ties with India are increasing their respective military relevance for each other. A high degree of suspicion and mistrust exist between Israel and Pakistan.
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| Carnival investigates "cruise from hell" Posted: 19 Feb 2018 05:30 AM PST  Carnival has launched an investigation into a wild brawl off the Australian coast, that saw 23 passengers kicked off a cruise. Some on board accuse security of being heavy handed. Joel Labi reports.
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| Feathers fly as chicken shortage shuts KFCs across Britain Posted: 19 Feb 2018 09:51 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Fast-food fans were in a flutter Monday after most of the 900 KFC outlets in the U.K. and Ireland were forced to close because of a shortage of chicken.
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