| Parkland student protesters become right-wing targets Posted: 27 Mar 2018 01:38 PM PDT  From inflammatory Photoshopped images to insults from legislators to far-right conspiracy theories, the teens are being smeared for their gun-control activism.
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| White House Probes Kushner Business Loans After Ethics Questions Posted: 27 Mar 2018 06:20 AM PDT  The White House is investigating whether loans made to the Kushner family real
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| Mother arrested after baby and toddler found dead in their car seats Posted: 28 Mar 2018 07:09 AM PDT  An Arizona mother is facing possible murder charges after her two young
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| Why The Census Asking About Citizenship Is Such A Problem Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:50 AM PDT  On Monday night, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced that he is directing
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| Exclusive: Satellite images reveal show of force by Chinese navy in South China Sea Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:11 AM PDT  Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off Hainan island in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters show.
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| Woman wins lottery after buying first ever ticket to mark 18th birthday Posted: 28 Mar 2018 04:08 AM PDT  A Canadian teenager has hit the jackpot after buying her first ever lottery ticket to celebrate her 18th birthday. Charlie Lagarde, who is from Quebec, purchased the scratch ticket alongside a bottle of champagne to celebrate turning 18 on 14 March. Ms Lagarde has said she is keen to use the money to travel and to invest in her education.
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| Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark Posted: 28 Mar 2018 08:36 AM PDT ![Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark]( "Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark") Hundreds packed a special city council at Sacramento City Hall to address concerns over the shooting death of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police on Tuesday. Clark's wake is on Wednesday and on Thursday, the Rev. Al Sharpton plans to give the eulogy at Clark's funeral.
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| Macron hails French resistance spirit of heroic gendarme who swapped himself for hostage Posted: 28 Mar 2018 04:16 AM PDT  President Emmanuel Macron led a national ceremony on Wednesday morning paying tribute to a heroic policeman who died after swapping with a female hostage during a jihadist attack. Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was was killed along with three others in the shooting spree last Friday in the southwestern towns of Carcassonne and nearby Trebes. "His greatness has stunned France," Mr Macron told family members, hundreds of dignitaries and "brothers in arms" at a solemn ceremony at Paris' Invalides near Napoleon's tomb. "The intolerable can never win the day," said the president. His act was the epitome of France's "spirit of resistance" against Islamist barbarity, he added. Mr Beltrame who had been part of an elite unit, had taken the place of a female employee held as a final hostage in a supermarket by 25-year-old gunman Radouane Lakdim, who pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Emmanuel Macron places his hands on the flag-draped coffin of Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame Credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images Mr Macron posthumously made the slain gendarme the commander of the Legion of Honour. The president placed France's highest award on Lt Col Beltrame's coffin draped in the French flag with his military cap laid upon it. France has lost more than 240 lives to jihadists over the past three years, but this attack was the country's worst since Mr Macron became president last May. Earlier, police stations paused for a minute's silence. Soldiers carry the coffin of Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame Credit: AP Photo/Christophe Ena The Islamist assailant had also shot dead the passenger of a car he hijacked in Carcassonne and two people in the supermarket he had besieged in Trebes. Mr Beltrame took the place of the woman Lakdim was using as a human shield, but the Islamist shot the gendarme and slit his throat, leading police to intervene and shoot the attacker dead. Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame offered himself as a hostage in the jihadist attack Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images According to Le Parisien, it appears Mr Beltrame may have died after trying to disarm the assailant, who may have used his own weapon against him. Mr Macron said the gunman's disregard for human life mirrored that of the murderer of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year old Holocaust survivor found dead in her Paris flat last Friday. Republican Guards and cadets from the joint-army military school carried the coffin Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP Two men have been charged with her killing, which investigators are treating as anti-Semitic. The pair attacked "an innocent and vulnerable woman because she was Jewish and who thus profaned our sacred values and our memory," said Mr Macron. Police in Rotterdam observe a minute of silence in memory of Lt Col Beltrame Credit: ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images A solemn march will be held this evening in memory, but the event was hit with controversy after France's main Jewish umbrella group, Crif, said far-Left and Right leaders were not welcome. Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon say they will attend regardless, while the victim's son said it was wrong to ban people. Mr Macron's government has meanwhile come under fire from Right-wing opponents who claim that the attack could have been prevented. Lakdim had been on a list of suspected extremists since 2014 and was being monitored. Gendarmes escorted the coffin Credit: LAURENTETIENNE LAURENT/AFP/Getty Images He had been summoned by anti-terror police for questioning earlier this month, but Gérard Collomb, the interior minister confirmed on Wednesday that agents had decided to lower surveillance a notch before the attack. He said "ultimately no one thought that there would be a hasty attack" by Lakdim, a Moroccan-born French resident with dual nationality. How could they know he would act hours after taking a child to school, he asked. The solemn funeral ceremony took in the courtyard of Les Invalides Credit: Chesnot/Getty Images Far-Right leader Marine Le Pen accused the government of exploiting the grief over Beltrame to "escape from its own incompetence and cowardice" in failing to tackle Islamic extremism. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe hit back at the criticism on Tuesday, telling parliament: "Those who say ignorantly that this attack could have been avoided, those who promise people zero risk - I say to them, these people bear a heavy responsibility in speaking so casually."
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| U.S. Military Admits Its "Helpless" Against a Hypersonic Missile Strike by China or Russia Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:46 AM PDT  The United States defense establishment has not stopped ringing alarm bells on what they say are rising threats posed by Russia and China, and their warnings are prompting fear among members of Congress. Last week, US military officials and lawmakers highlighted hypersonic missiles as a particular area of concern. "Right now, we're helpless," Republican Senator James Inhofe, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was quoted by The Hill as saying in advocating for more funding for hypersonic missiles.
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| Death penalty recommended for man who killed deputies Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:47 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jurors recommend the death penalty Tuesday for a man who repeatedly entered the United States illegally before killing two Northern California deputies in a case that fueled the national immigration debate.
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| Jimmy Carter Calls Trump's Hiring Of John Bolton His 'Worst Mistake' Yet Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:46 PM PDT  In a CBS interview scheduled to air Tuesday, Jimmy Carter did not mince words
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| Alabama settles with inmate after botched execution attempt Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:09 PM PDT  The agreement was reached in a civil lawsuit brought by convicted murderer Doyle Hamm against the state, court papers filed on Monday showed. Officials from the Alabama Department of Corrections and the attorney general's office have not responded to numerous requests to discuss the case. The botched execution prompted a federal court review of Alabama's death chamber protocols.
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| Watch The New Subaru Forester Debut Live From New York Here Posted: 28 Mar 2018 05:46 AM PDT  Livestream starts at 1:45 PM EST / 5:45 PM GMT.
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| Transport hub UAE says Qatar fighter jets harassing civil aviation Posted: 27 Mar 2018 08:56 AM PDT  The United Arab Emirates said two Qatari fighter jets "dangerously approached" an Emirati passenger flight and a civilian helicopter on Monday, sparking a swift denial by Doha in the latest such incident between the Gulf rivals. The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority condemned the "reckless manner" in which the Qatari fighter jets purportedly harassed its planes. "The distance was so close that the traffic collision avoidance system was triggered," said Ismail al-Blooshi, assistant director of the aviation authority's safety affairs division.
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| New Zealand says it can't find Russian spies to expel Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:44 AM PDT  New Zealand said on Tuesday it would like to expel Russian spies in retaliation for allegedly poisoning an ex-agent in Britain - only it can't find any Moscow operatives in the country. Scores of Russian diplomats have been ordered from the United States, Canada, Australia and various European countries in the wake of the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. New Zealand, a former British colony and staunch London ally, offered in-principle support but admitted a lack of Russian spy activity meant there was little action it could take. "We have done a check in New Zealand. We don't have Russian undeclared intelligence officers here. If we did, we would expel them," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told state radio. "When there's a range of international interests ... does it surprise me New Zealand is not top of their list? No, actually." Ardern said New Zealand "will keep under review what further actions it can take to support the international community over the Salisbury attack". Russia has denied it was behind the attempted assassination, which left Skripal and his daughter gravely ill in perhaps the first nerve agent attack in Europe since World War II. Mapped: Russian diplomats expelled from West New Zealand is a member of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network, which also includes the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia. Ms Ardern's comments came as Australia moved to expel two Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning. The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin. In total, 100 Russian diplomats were being removed, the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats since the height of the Cold War. Australia followed suit on Tuesday. Julie Bishop, the foreign minister, said further measures, such as Australia boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia, could also be taken over the poisoning incident - but later rowed back on the threat. Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister, said: "Together with the United Kingdom and other allies and partners, Australia is taking action in response to the recent nerve agent attack in Salisbury, UK. "Two Russian diplomats identified as undeclared intelligence officers will be expelled by the Australian government for actions inconsistent with their status, pursuant to the Vienna Conventions." Australia has already imposed a series of sanctions against Russia following the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 and the Russian annexing of parts of Ukraine in 2014. Traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, MH17 which was shot down in 2014 killing all 298 passengers and crew. Most of the victims were Dutch and 28 were Australians. International prosecutors concluded the airliner was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian rebels, contradicting Moscow's suggestion that Ukraine's military brought down the plane.
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| Linda Brown, Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies At 76 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 02:55 PM PDT  Linda Brown, the young girl at the center of the 1954 Brown v. Board of
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| Russian shopping mall fire kills 64; no alarms reported Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:46 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Witnesses say fire alarms were silent and many doors were locked when a blaze at a Russian shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in Siberia.
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| Designer of Verruckt Waterslide That Decapitated 10-Year-Old Boy Is Charged With Murder Posted: 27 Mar 2018 07:32 AM PDT  Jail records show the Schlitterbahn co-owner where a 10-year-old boy died on a giant water slide is being held on suspicion of murder
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| Trump Administration Decides To Add A Question About Citizenship To 2020 Census Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:40 PM PDT  The Commerce Department announced late Monday that the 2020 census would ask
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| Holy Week around the world Posted: 27 Mar 2018 11:03 AM PDT ![Holy Week around the world]( "Holy Week around the world") As Christian around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders. Here are some of the images from Holy Week.
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| Stock markets under pressure as trade fears fester Posted: 28 Mar 2018 06:52 AM PDT  Stock markets in Europe and Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday as trade war fears continued to niggle at investor confidence, but Wall Street managed modest rebound in early business, traders said.
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| Ex-Supreme Court justice urges Second Amendment repeal in U.S. gun rights debate Posted: 27 Mar 2018 01:09 PM PDT  A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday called for the repeal of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms, and the White House responded by reaffirming its support for the provision. Former Justice John Paul Stevens, who sat on the country's highest court for 35 years before retiring in 2010, is one of the highest-profile legal figures to join the national debate on school shootings, gun violence and firearms ownership. The long-running debate flared anew after a gunman killed 17 students and faculty at a Florida high school in February, prompting an upsurge of gun control activism by teenage students, including mass protests nationwide last weekend.
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| Possible grave site discovered in Northern California amid search for missing Hollywood actress Posted: 27 Mar 2018 11:13 AM PDT  LAPD detectives investigating the disappearance of Adea Shabani have responded to a location northeast of Sacramento, ABC7 has learned.
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| Wednesday's Morning Email: Kim Jong Un Visits China Posted: 28 Mar 2018 04:25 AM PDT  ## TOP STORIES
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| Mexico official: Iowa family died from water heater gas leak Posted: 26 Mar 2018 10:41 AM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prosecutor in Mexico said Monday that a gas leak in a water heater is suspected in the death of an Iowa couple and their two children last week.
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| Family of Man Killed in Fall From Top of Girlfriend's SUV Donates His Kidney to Friend in Need Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Police say Ryan Minett, 27, sustained fatal injuries on Friday after falling off the top of an SUV.
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| Democratic Senators Urge Justice Department Leadership To Protect Robert Mueller Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:33 PM PDT  Several Democratic senators sent a letter to senior officials at the Justice
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| Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Tells U.K. Lawmakers His Predecessor Was Poisoned Posted: 27 Mar 2018 05:31 AM PDT  Christopher Wylie said Dan Muresan was poisoned in Africa
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| Helen Hunt Gives Promising Update On ‘Mad About You’ Reboot Posted: 28 Mar 2018 06:50 AM PDT  Mad about sitcom revivals? Well, Helen Hunt has some promising news for you.
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| Syria, Russia threaten new assault on holdout Ghouta town: sources Posted: 27 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PDT  Syria and its ally Russia have threatened to resume bombing the final opposition holdout of Douma in Eastern Ghouta unless rebels there agree to evacuate, sources told AFP on Tuesday. Jaish al-Islam, the powerful Islamist faction that holds Douma, had hoped that talks with Moscow would result in their staying in the town, instead of being bused out like other rebels. "At the end of their meeting Monday, the Russians gave Jaish al-Islam two choices: surrender or face an attack," one of them told AFP.
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| Supreme Court To Take Hard Look At Partisan Gerrymander, This Time By Democrats Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:46 AM PDT  When it came time for Maryland lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional
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| Cuban immigrant who was focus of deportation fight is free Posted: 26 Mar 2018 06:36 PM PDT  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Cuban immigrant's long quest for freedom appears over.
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| Two charged with anti-Semitic murder of elderly French Jewish woman Posted: 27 Mar 2018 09:41 AM PDT  French prosecutors have charged two people, one of them a neighbour, with the murder of an 85-year-old Jewish woman who was stabbed and whose body was then set alight in a crime being treated as anti-Semitic. Mireille Knoll, who escaped the mass roundup and deportation of Jews from Paris during World War II, was found dead in her bed in her small apartment in eastern Paris on Friday by firefighters called to extinguish a blaze. Two men are in custody on charges of murder as well as aggravated robbery and damaging property in a case investigators are treating as anti-Semitic.
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| The Latest: Stormy Daniels now suing Trump's attorney Posted: 26 Mar 2018 02:36 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on adult film star Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump (all times local):
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| California Sues Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question Posted: 27 Mar 2018 07:47 AM PDT  California quickly filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the
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| Mama Chihuahua Breaks World Record After Giving Birth to 11 Puppies Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:28 PM PDT  Guinness World Records has not yet confirmed whether Laugh Out Loud is the new record holder.
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| Satellite Images Aided the Discovery of an Ancient Civilization Buried in the Amazon Posted: 27 Mar 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Satellite images revealed pre-Colombian settlements dating to 1250?1500 A.D.
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| ACLU Enlists Celebrities To Help Teach Immigrants Their Rights If ICE Comes Knocking Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT  A new series of animated films from the American Civil Liberties Union seeks
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| Thousands more leave Syria's Ghouta, rebels await Russian decision Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:31 AM PDT  By Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of people left eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday, the third large group to leave under a deal brokered by Russia to surrender the enclave near Damascus to the Syrian government. Government forces were also mobilizing around Douma, the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta, a war monitor reported, piling pressure on the insurgents holed up inside to cut a similar deal. The Jaish al-Islam group, which has so far refused to leave Ghouta, said Russia had yet to give an answer to proposals that involve its fighters and civilians staying in Douma, adding that a meeting was expected on Wednesday.
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| Prince Died Of An ‘Exceedingly High’ Amount Of Fentanyl, Report Says Posted: 27 Mar 2018 09:25 AM PDT  New details about Prince's death have been revealed -- and they'll raise a
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| Taiwan activist's wife vows to keep fighting for his release Posted: 28 Mar 2018 04:35 AM PDT  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The wife of a Taiwanese human rights activist jailed in China vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for his release after Beijing allowed her to visit him in prison.
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| Lincoln Aviator Concept Posted: 26 Mar 2018 09:01 PM PDT  Just as it was: a junior Navigator, rear-drive and all.
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