| Interior Department Denies Ryan Zinke Told Staff 'Diversity Isn't Important' Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:56 PM PDT  The Interior Department is denying a CNN report published Monday that alleged
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| Iowa family’s death caused by faulty water heater, investigators say Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:56 AM PDT  Kevin and Amy Sharp, along with their two children, were found dead in a rented condominium during a family vacation to Mexico. Investigators say a gas leak from a faulty water heater is to blame.
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| Lawyers Explain Why It Might Be Smart Not To Have Donald Trump As A Client Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:27 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump seems to be having difficulty finding
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| All abroad: Kim dynasty's travels on armour-plated trains Posted: 27 Mar 2018 03:07 AM PDT  The North Korean train that arrived in Beijing this week looked remarkably similar to one used by the North's late leader Kim Jong Il, its olive-green exterior and yellow stripe prompting intense speculation his son and successor Kim Jong Un was on board. According to the official North Korean account, he was on a train for a "field guidance" visit in 2011 when he died of a heart attack. For security reasons, three identical trains were deployed for every overseas trip by Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, the current leader's grandfather, news reports in Seoul said.
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| Vladimir Putin faces rare public protests as he blames 'criminal negligence' for deadly mall fire Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:05 AM PDT  Vladimir Putin has blamed "criminal negligence" for the high death toll in a fire that killed at least 64 people - including 41 children - as angry relatives of the dead held a protest outside the charred remains of a mall in Siberia. The Russian President on Tuesday visited the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo on Tuesday, two days after one of the most deadly blazes in Russia over the past century. In a meeting with ministers, Mr Putin hit out at "slovenliness" after investigators said fire exits had been illegally blocked and the fire alarm system had not functioned properly. Forty-one children were among a total of 64 people killed in the fire, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, according to a list of victims made available to relatives. There has been rising anger among many Russians in the wake of the fire. In Kemerovo, thousands of people gathered in the centre of the city at an impromptu rally on Tuesday that began in the morning but swelled through the day as more and more people turned up. Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to locals and relatives of the victims Credit: Alexei Druzhinin The anger has been fuelled by revelations about widespread breaches of safety regulations, including locked fire exits and a faulty fire alarm system, and there have been calls for officials, who many deem responsible for allowing the tragedy, to step down. Those at the rally on Tuesday carried photographs, in black frames, of some of the children who died in the blaze. Others carried placards reading "How many really died?", "Who's really guilty" and "How much do your closed eyes cost?". Many of those present said that they believed the number of true victims was much higher than the official figure given, although no evidence has yet emerged to support this theory. "How many victims were there really?" read one sign. Relatives held up pictures of children who had perished in the fire Credit: TASS/Barcroft Images Some local officials, including Ilya Serdyuk, the mayor of Kemerovo, and Sergei Tsiviliev, the deputy governor of the region, appeared in front of the crowd, but faced angry questioning by those present, including relatives of the victims. Shouts of "Resign," "The truth!" and "Shame!" were chanted by the crowd as the words of the officials were largely drowned out in the noise. There was even extremely rare public criticism of Putin, who arrived in Kemerovo in the morning. At one moment, the crowd began chanting for Putin's resignation and a placard on display called for him to step down. Later in the afternoon, six busloads of riot police arrived on the square in a bid to contain the growing crowd and police officers in balaclavas blocked the entrance to the local administration, apparently fearing the crowd could storm the building. An aerial view shows the roof of the shopping centre had collpased Credit: Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations/AP Mr Putin, re-elected last weekend as he denied Russia was behind the Salisbury spy poisoning, arrived at the blaze scene on Tuesday and laid flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of the fire. "What's happening here? This isn't war, it's not a spontaneous methane outburst," Mr Putin said in a meeting with ministers in Kemerovo. "People came to relax, children. We're talking about demography and losing so many people. "Why? Because of some criminal negligence, because of slovenliness. How could this ever happen?" The fire swept through the upper floors of the shopping centre, where a cinema complex and children's play area were located, on Sunday afternoon. As well as grief, the fire has stirred public anger about apparent failures in fire safety standards at the complex in Kemerovo, a coal-producing region. The head of Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said the shopping centre's fire alarm system had been out of order since March 19 and the public address system to warn people to evacuate the building had not been turned on. Thousands turned out for the impromptu protests Credit: Sergei Gavrilenko/ AP The committee said earlier it was trying to bring in the shopping centre's owner for questioning. "Serious violations (of the law) took place when the mall was being built and when it was functioning. The fire exits were blocked," Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for the committee, said in a statement on Monday. Four people have already been detained, including two employees of the firm that services the fire alarm system. Emergency services said they had extinguished the fire, but later said it had re-ignited in places and that rescuers were struggling to recover bodies because the building's top floor had collapsed. Vladimir Putin visits victims of the shopping centre blaze at a hospital in Kemerovo Credit: Alexei Druzhinin /TASS/Getty It was unclear if any people were still unaccounted for. Health minister Veronika Skvortsova said from the scene that 13 people were in hospital, including an 11-year-old boy in a serious condition. Russian media said the boy had leapt from a window and that both his parents had been killed. Many of the victims will only be identifiable by DNA testing, officials said. Mobile phone messages sent from one of those on the list of victims, 13-year-old Maria Moroz, and published by Russian media, said: "We are burning. I love you all. This is perhaps farewell."
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| Can John Bolton get a security clearance? Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:51 AM PDT  Former staff member of George W. Bush's National Security Council Elise Jordan and former nine-term member of Congress Jane Harman weigh in on John Bolton replacing H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser.
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| The Latest: Belgium to expel Russian diplomat in spy dispute Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:16 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the dispute over the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. (all times local):
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| Lockheed Martin unveils MQ-25 ‘Stingray’ concept Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, better known as Skunk Works, has released concept images of its MQ-25 "Stingray" design, an unmanned carrier-launched tanker plane. The refueling drone will compete against designs from Boeing and General Atomics for a Navy contract to build a fleet of the aircraft.
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| Parent Close To Austin Bomber's Family Lashes Out At Portrayal Of Killer's Bible Study Group Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:39 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas ― In the hours after Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up,
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| Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Calls For Second Amendment Repeal Posted: 27 Mar 2018 07:27 AM PDT  Calling it "a relic of the 18th century," retired Supreme Court Justice John
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| Four things that make Symphony of the Seas a truly unique cruise ship Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:14 AM PDT  Royal Caribbean's latest Oasis-class cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, left France's Saint-Nazaire shipyard Saturday, March 24, for Spain, where it will homeport for sailing the Mediterranean this summer before heading to the Caribbean. Although the ship is yet to enter service, it already holds the title of world's largest cruise ship ... until another supersized vessel comes along, of course. As the world's largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas is obviously unique in size.
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| Eagles Of Death Metal Singer Jesse Hughes Slams ‘Pathetic’ Teen Shooting Survivors Posted: 26 Mar 2018 11:45 PM PDT  The frontman of Eagles of Death Metal, the U.S. rock band that was performing
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| Stormy Daniels accuses Trump’s lawyer of defamation, violating campaign finance laws Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:50 AM PDT  The White House pushed back against Daniels' allegations of a 2006 affair with Trump and refuted a claim made during an interview with 60 Minutes that she had been physically threatened to keep quiet about it.
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| Russian shopping mall fire Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:14 AM PDT ![Russian shopping mall fire]( "Russian shopping mall fire") A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams Monday struggled through piles of charred rubble to recover bodies.
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| 'Mad Mike Hughes' Injured in Crash of Homemade Rocket During Mission to Prove Earth Is Flat Posted: 26 Mar 2018 11:20 AM PDT  He has reportedly spent 10 years building the rocket to prove his longstanding belief that the earth is not round.
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| Report: Bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen show Iranian aid Posted: 25 Mar 2018 10:43 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Roadside bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen bear similarities to others used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and by insurgents in Iraq and Bahrain, suggesting at the least an Iranian influence in their manufacture, a watchdog group said on Monday.
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| Emma Gonzalez: Picture of shooting survivor doctored to give her broader nose and show her ripping up US Constitution Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:59 AM PDT  Doctored images showing Florida school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez ripping up the US constitution are being shared on social media. The original image featured the teenager tearing up a poster of a gun target, like those used at a firing range. Taken for Teen Vogue and turned into a GIF, it showed Ms Gonzalez standing alongside three of her classmates.
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| Stephon Clark's Grandmother Speaks Out About His Death In Tearful Address Posted: 27 Mar 2018 01:27 AM PDT  As national attention around the death of Stephon Clark grows, his family is
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| Nigerian girls reunited with families after Boko Haram kidnapping Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:33 PM PDT  The schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram jihadist group in Dapchi, northeastern Nigeria, were reunited with their families on Sunday after spending nearly five weeks in captivity. The 105 girls, covered head to toe in burkas, arrived aboard five buses in the town of Dapchi, in Yobe state, where they were greeted by their parents at the boarding school from where they were snatched on February 19. After their release on Wednesday they had spent three days in the national capital Abuja and were greeted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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| Tom Cruise Jumps Out Of A Plane At 25,000 Feet For Next 'Mission: Impossible' Posted: 26 Mar 2018 09:58 AM PDT  "Mission: Impossible ― Fallout" is due out this summer, but there's at least
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| Woman injured after former boyfriend kills new boyfriend before killing himself Posted: 26 Mar 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Investigators say a woman's old boyfriend killed her new boyfriend before taking his own life inside a home in northwest Harris County.
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| Former Cheerleader Sues New Orleans Saints Alleging Discrimination Posted: 26 Mar 2018 09:07 AM PDT  Bailey Davis, who was fired from her job as a cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints in January, argues in a civil rights complaint that the team has two sets of rules—one for its female cheerleading team and one for its male players.
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| There Are Rumors That Kim Jong Un May Be In China Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:36 PM PDT  Unconfirmed reports circulated on Monday that the travel-averse North Korean
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| In photos: Dishes from the top 10 restaurants in Asia 2018 Posted: 27 Mar 2018 07:37 AM PDT |
| Judge rules against Pulse nightclub shooter's widow Posted: 26 Mar 2018 02:42 PM PDT  The revelation that the Pulse nightclub shooter's father was an FBI informant for 11 years before the attack has little bearing on the trial of the gunman's widow, a judge ruled Monday.
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| Congress Sours on Saudi Arabia Over Yemen Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:51 PM PDT  While the White House fetes the kingdom's crown prince, lawmakers are running out of patience with Riyadh's catastrophic war in Yemen.
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| Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:42 PM PDT ![Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot]( "Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot") An emergency fuel shut-off switch had been accidentally tripped moments before a fatal crash of a helicopter in New York's East River on March 11, a pilot told the National Transportation Safety Board in a preliminary report released Monday. The Eurocopter AS350 chartered by Liberty Helicopters of New Jersey crashed, killing all five passengers after a private photo shoot trip over New York City. The pilot, who escaped, also told the NTSB that the engine trouble started shortly after a passenger slid across the seat and leaned back to take a picture.
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| He Begged ICE To Let Him See His Daughter Graduate. But He's An Easy Target For Removal. Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:19 PM PDT  Felix Garcia pleaded with the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer to
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| Kremlin warns Boris Johnson it has a 'surprise' for those who compare Russia to Nazi Germany Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:30 AM PDT  The Kremlin has warned Boris Johnson that it has a "surprise" in store for those who have the "impudence" to compare Russia with Nazi Germany. In a veiled warning to the Foreign Secretary, Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry, claimed that the UK is using the Salisbury attack as part of a "black PR" campaign to turn the West against Russia. Describing Mr Johnson's comparisons between Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin as a "colossal provocation," Ms Zakharova told Russian reporters that there would be repercussions for Britain. "We have a surprise for all who have the impudence to compare, to draw parallels between Russia and the Third Reich," she added. " Let's wait until Thursday, I promise to unveil a historic gift at a press conference. The gift is for Boris Johnson and everyone. " Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova attacked the Foreign Secretary over his comments It comes after Mr Johnson compared Russia's actions to those of Nazi Germany, telling MPs last week that it was "certainly right" to compare this summer's Fifa World Cup with the Berlin Games of 1936. The Foreign Secretary went further two days later, telling reporters during a trip to Lincoln that Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 shared similarities with the invasion of the Sudetenland prior to Second World War. Mr Johnson's comments were met with a withering response from the Kremlin, which accused him of being "poisoned with venom of hate, boorishness and unprofessionalism". Meanwhile, Theresa May's decision to blame Russia for ordering the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has seen Western leaders rally behind Britain. Following a meeting of the European Council in Brussels last week, as many as 10 European leaders are preparing to expel Russian diplomats, including France, Ireland, Holland, Denmark. Russian spy poisoning | Read more The Prime Minister is expected to announce the reciprocal measures in an update to MPs on Monday afternoon. In the wake of growing condemnation, the Kremlin has moved from denying its involvement in the attack to suggesting that Mr Skripal's poisoning was conducted by the British intelligence services. Today, Ms Zakharova claimed that Britain could "not defend their thesis", adding that EU leaders came to their conclusions without a "single fact" or "argument" that proved Russian involvement. "[It] does not even remotely resemble a trial." Front Bench promotion - end of article
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| Lawmaker Says Rumor Swirling That Ryan Will Resign; Speaker's Aide Says Otherwise Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:25 PM PDT  A Nevada lawmaker says Capitol Hill is buzzing with a rumor that House Speaker
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| Events surrounding pardoned ex-prisoner facing deportation Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:09 PM PDT ![Events surrounding pardoned ex-prisoner facing deportation]( "Events surrounding pardoned ex-prisoner facing deportation") A Cuban immigrant who was pardoned by Colorado's governor after he was ordered released from prison only to be arrested by immigration authorities is free again. This is a timeline of Rene-Lima Marin's case:
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| Anti-Semitic slaying of 85-year-old prompts outcry in France Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:02 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — French leaders and activists called for people to take to the streets to protest after prosecutors filed preliminary charges of murder with anti-Semitic motives Tuesday in the death of an elderly Jewish woman.
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| Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalation Posted: 25 Mar 2018 05:50 PM PDT  Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were wounded by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight. The Iran-aligned Huthi rebels fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran, with the coalition saying they all targeted populated areas.
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| 16 Totally New Ways To Make Egg Salad Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:44 PM PDT |
| Utah Just Passed America’s First ‘Free-Range Parenting’ Law Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:33 AM PDT  Utah has legalized a controversial child-rearing method known as "free-range
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| Once overlooked, 2,500-year old coffin may offer clues into ancient Egypt Posted: 26 Mar 2018 11:58 PM PDT  By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian academics could help unlock mysteries around ancient Egypt after discovering that a 2,500-year old coffin might contain the remains of a prestigious mummy. The University of Sydney acquired the coffin 150 years ago and a series of academics incorrectly classified it as empty. "We can start asking some intimate questions that those bones will hold around pathology, about diet, about diseases, about the lifestyle of that person - how they lived and died," said Jamie Fraser, senior curator at the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney.
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| Sen. Claire McCaskill Chastises Hillary Clinton: Be 'More Careful' When Talking About Trump Voters Posted: 26 Mar 2018 02:37 AM PDT  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has doubled down on her criticism of Hillary
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| Trump Ally Sues Qatar For Hacking His Email Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON -- A top GOP fundraiser and his wife sued the government of Qatar,
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| Wrongfully Convicted Man Is Rehired By The White Sox After 23 Years In Prison Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:06 PM PDT  A Chicago man who was convicted of a crime he didn't commit resumed his former
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| Fresh rebel withdrawals from Syria's shrinking Ghouta Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:19 PM PDT  More than 3,500 Syrian rebels and civilians prepared to leave Eastern Ghouta on Monday after the largest exodus yet from the opposition enclave, as talks stalled over the final pocket of resistance. Five weeks since government troops launched a ferocious offensive on Ghouta, they hold more than 90 percent of the long-besieged opposition stronghold on the doorstep of Damascus. A convoy of more than 5,400 fighters and civilians left a pocket of territory held by Islamist rebel group Faylaq al-Rahman late Sunday and reached northwest Syria the following day.
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| Tiffany Haddish Extols Virtues Of Drinking Poisonous Turpentine Posted: 26 Mar 2018 10:25 AM PDT  Tiffany Haddish may be hilarious, but she's apparently not joking about a
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| Jaguar Land Rover to unveil three new models in New York Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:09 AM PDT  Jaguar Land Rover has a lot of new product coming through at the moment, and three new models from the luxury British manufacturer are set to share the spotlight at the upcoming New York International Auto Show. The Range Rover SV Coupe, the world's first full-size luxury SUV coupe, made its global debut in Geneva recently, so New York will be the first time this very limited edition flagship model will be seen on American soil. While those two have already been unveiled recently in Geneva, the company will giving a global reveal in New York to the new Jaguar F-Pace SVR, which will be the quickest version yet of the award-winning SUV.
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| Monday's Morning Email: Stormy Daniels opens up about Trump Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:38 AM PDT  ## TOP STORIES
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