| NRA's Top Lobbyist Implies Trump Is Back On Its Side Posted: 01 Mar 2018 08:47 PM PST  The top lobbyist for the National Rifle Association hinted late Thursday that President Donald Trump had cooled on his own plans to support gun control measures. "We all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people," Cox said after the meeting.
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| Powerful nor’easter slams East Coast with high winds, flooding Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:40 AM PST  Power is out, planes are grounded and flood waters are rising in many sections of the Northeast tonight, as rain, heavy snow and vicious winds pummel the region.
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| 19-Year-Old Arrested After Parents Found Shot Dead At Central Michigan University Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:38 AM PST  Police arrested a 19-year-old man just after midnight Saturday, hours after his parents were found fatally shot in a Central Michigan University dorm building Friday morning. The shooting occurred at 8:30 a.m. Friday at Campbell Hall dorm on the Mount Pleasant, Michigan, campus. James Eric Davis Jr. was taken into custody after "well over 100 police officers" from multiple agencies were a part of a search for the suspect, who had been considered armed and dangerous, the Mount Pleasant Police Department said in a statement.
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| Russia may be helping North Korea skirt sanctions through smuggling Posted: 02 Mar 2018 08:20 AM PST  North Korea made $200 million over nine months through illicit trade—with the country's coal being shipped through Russia in several instances—according to a UN report obtained by NBC News.
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| John Kelly Jokes 'God Punished Me' By Making Him Trump's Chief Of Staff Posted: 01 Mar 2018 10:43 AM PST  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly may be having second thoughts about his decision to work in the Trump administration, based on comments he made on Thursday. Kelly was speaking at an event marking the 15th anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security, which he led for six months before replacing former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. Kelly seemed to miss the days when he was merely protecting the United States and not dealing with the repercussions of every Trump tweet.
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| U.S. issues alert after tourist ferry explosion in Mexico Posted: 01 Mar 2018 07:02 PM PST ![U.S. issues alert after tourist ferry explosion in Mexico]( "U.S. issues alert after tourist ferry explosion in Mexico") A blast last month on a tourist ferry in the Mexican beach resort of Playa del Carmen was caused by "an explosive device" that injured passengers, including U.S. tourists, the U.S. embassy in Mexico said on Thursday. A security alert posted on the embassy's website warned American citizens to exercise caution and said Mexican authorities continued to investigate the blast. Two more explosive devices were found attached to another ferry on the island of Cozumel on Thursday, local media reported, saying marine troops had secured the scene.
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| Mueller appears to be working on Trump Russia collusion question Posted: 01 Mar 2018 12:48 PM PST  Rep. Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about indications that special counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to engage the matter of the Russian hacking of Democratic e-mails and the central question of Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
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| Trump trades Twitter jabs with 'Alex' Baldwin Posted: 02 Mar 2018 06:01 AM PST  President Trump lashed out at Alec Baldwin in a typo-ridden tweet early Friday morning about the actor's recent assertion that he is tired of playing Trump on NBC's "Saturday Night Live.."
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| 'Pretty Much Everyone On The Plane Threw Up' On Gut-Wrenching Landing Posted: 02 Mar 2018 11:30 AM PST  The tweet sent out by the National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center suggests the experience for the passengers and crew of United Flight 3833 from Charlottesville, Virginia, was miserable. More than 4,500 U.S. flights had been canceled as of Friday mid-afternoon, according to FlightAware.com. Most of those cancellations were along the East Coast from Maine to Virginia, the area currently being affected by a nor'easter, according to The Washington Post.
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| Mennonite investigator remains jailed after court ruling Posted: 02 Mar 2018 06:44 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado criminal defense investigator who refused to testify for the prosecution in a death penalty case because she says it's against her Mennonite faith will remain jailed after an appeals court on Friday ruled against her request to testify under alternative conditions.
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| New Tax Law Benefiting Shareholders More Than Workers So Far Posted: 02 Mar 2018 10:22 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Since President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax bill in December, hundreds of retail companies have announced employee bonuses totaling more than $3 billion, which Republicans have said proves them right that the new law benefits regular Americans. According to several estimates, firms have announced roughly $200 billion worth of stock buybacks this year, inflating the value of company shares by reducing their supply. "Stock buybacks are windfalls that drive up the value of investment portfolios for CEOs and high-flyers," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said in a Senate floor speech this week.
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| Mueller asking if Kushner's business interests influenced Trump foreign policy Posted: 02 Mar 2018 03:22 AM PST  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked witnesses about Kushner's efforts to secure financing for his family's real estate properties in an effort to determine if they later influenced Trump's foreign policy.
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| Avalanche kills four skiers in French Alps as police question guide over risk taken Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:06 PM PST  Four skiers were killed and another injured in an avalanche in the French Alps on Friday and their guide was held for questioning, authorities said. The group of six people was on a ski touring expedition in an off-trail area near Entraunes, close to the Italian border in the southern Alps. The identities of the skiers were not immediately released. Prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre of Nice said in remarks shown on French television that they were "seniors," all with experience in backcountry skiing. He said the guide knew the area well. A judicial inquiry was opened into manslaughter and involuntary injury, and the guide was taken in for questioning, the prosecutor said. The cause of the avalanche was unknown. French authorities had warned against a high risk of avalanches in the Alps following heavy snowfall in recent days, and the prosecutor called that "a decisive element." "A risk was taken. Was it acceptable, reasonable, or not?" said Pretre. "This is the subject of the investigation." The Mountain Guides Union said the group was in a non-steep area of the Mercantour national park. In a statement, the union said the guide was also buried by the avalanche but managed to get out. An avalanche farther north in the French Alps on Friday killed a 25-year-old woman at La Grave, according to local media reports. More than a dozen people have died in avalanches in the French Alps this ski season, in addition to those killed in other parts of the mountain range.
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| Massive Anti-Gun Rally Bumped From National Mall For Talent Show Posted: 02 Mar 2018 03:24 AM PST  The National Park Service has refused a permit for the March for Our Lives anti-gun rally at the National Mall in Washington so that part of the space can be used instead for a student talent show. Organizers of the March 24 protest are now seeking a permit to use Pennsylvania Avenue on a route that would take them from the Capitol to Trump International Hotel, NBC-4 reported. The massive anti-gun rally, spearheaded by survivors of the Feb. 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, is expected to draw 500,000 marchers.
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| Pennsylvania Redistricting Leads To Bad Blood Among Some Democrats Forced To Shuffle Electoral Plans Posted: 02 Mar 2018 12:10 PM PST  Democrats rejoiced last month when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court redrew the state's congressional districts, ruling that the GOP had gerrymandered the map unconstitutionally. The court's move made Democrats competitive in several more districts than they would have been under the Republican plan. Democrat Christina Hartman, an establishment favorite running there, announced Wednesday that she would be withdrawing from that race and running in the adjacent 10th District instead.
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| Paul Teutel Sr. Slapped with Fraud Lawsuit Posted: 02 Mar 2018 11:15 AM PST  Paul Teutel Sr. Slapped with Fraud Lawsuit Paul Sr.'s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade continues With reality TV star Paul Teutul already scheduled to appear in court later this month due to the foreclosure of his multi-million dollar New York
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| Turkish airstrike kills pro-government gunmen in north Syria Posted: 02 Mar 2018 03:10 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's air force hit two positions of pro-government Syrian fighters deployed last week in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, killing and wounding a number of fighters in an escalation of violence in a region where Turkey has been on the offensive for more than a month, Syrian activists said Friday.
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| Massachusetts can sue federal student loan servicer, judge rules Posted: 01 Mar 2018 01:04 PM PST  Massachusetts' attorney general can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that one of the largest student loan servicers in the United States has engaged in practices that have undermined a federal debt forgiveness program, a state court judge has ruled. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger in a decision released on Thursday denied Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistant Agency's motion to dismiss Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's lawsuit.
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| Mom still searching for answers after young son's deadly fall Posted: 02 Mar 2018 12:09 PM PST  Dina Shacknai's 6-year-old son Max Shacknai died in 2011, after falling from a second-story landing at his father Jonah Shacknai's mansion. Police later determined Max's death was an accident.
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| 'We’re Gonna Do What International Law Says We Can Do.' Aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea Posted: 02 Mar 2018 01:11 AM PST  TIME tours one of America's biggest warships as it prepares for a historic Vietnam port call
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| Scott Pruitt Just Gutted Rules To Fight The Nation’s ‘Second Biggest Toxic Pollution Threat’ Posted: 02 Mar 2018 10:58 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities. The EPA's announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment.
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| US sees hope for negotiated end to Afghan war Posted: 01 Mar 2018 10:45 PM PST  Ghani played his role to a tee, holding out his hand to the Taliban and suggesting that if they join talks they could be recognized as a political party with a legitimate role in Afghanistan's future. Washington, even under war-skeptic President Donald Trump, will not seek a unilateral deal with the Taliban to extricate itself from a long, inconclusive conflict, but will instead encourage an Afghan dialogue.
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| Chipotle shutters Tasty Made burger restaurant Posted: 01 Mar 2018 01:12 PM PST ![Chipotle shutters Tasty Made burger restaurant]( "Chipotle shutters Tasty Made burger restaurant") LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has closed its Tasty Made hamburger restaurant after it underperformed expectations, the burrito chain said on Thursday, less than two years after its launch.
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| Virginia police fatally shoot man after vehicle chase Posted: 01 Mar 2018 12:21 PM PST  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An armed man was fatally shot by police after he crashed his car during a chase on Interstate 64, state police said Thursday.
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| Jimmy Kimmel's Wife Says His Pancake Art Is 'Making My Life Hell' Posted: 02 Mar 2018 04:30 AM PST  Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars for the second straight year on Sunday, but he's already earning bad reviews from his wife for his performances at breakfast. Kimmel began making "normal" pancakes about a year ago, and graduated to "realistic, totally edible portrayals" of beloved children's characters and other fun shapes, she wrote. "The adorable pancakes my husband, Jimmy Kimmel, cooks for our kids are making my life hell," the headline reads.
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| Gun control hopes dashed as lawmakers signal shift to banking reform Posted: 01 Mar 2018 02:42 PM PST  In just three weeks, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to march on Washington to demand Congress act to prevent gun violence, in the aftermath of the Parkland massacre last month. There was a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill and a sense of urgency in both parties that inaction was no longer an option in the face of public outrage, led by the Florida students who survived the attack.
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| Robert Buchel, Star of ‘My 600-Lb. Life,' Dies While Filming TLC Show Posted: 02 Mar 2018 10:07 AM PST  The 41-year-old man suffered a fatal heart attack.
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| Investigators probe deadly twin attacks in Ouagadougou Posted: 03 Mar 2018 07:28 AM PST  Authorities in Burkina Faso were on Saturday hunting for clues about the masterminds behind Friday's deadly twin attacks on the French embassy and the country's military HQ. The coordinated attacks in Ouagadougou, which coincided with a meeting of regional anti-jihadist forces, underlined the struggle the fragile West African nation faces in containing a bloody and growing jihadist insurgency. Eight armed forces personnel were killed, the government said, while a French security source said 12 more were seriously injured.
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| Ukraine says weapons decision heralds new era of cooperation with U.S. Posted: 02 Mar 2018 08:21 AM PST  By Alessandra Prentice and Sergiy Karazy KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak on Friday said the decision by the United States to approve the supply of anti-tank missiles opened the door for closer military cooperation in the face of Russian aggression. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that the sale of Javelin missiles and launch units to Ukraine had been approved - a move the United States has been mulling since early 2015 to help Ukraine in its standoff with Russia-backed separatists. "Unfortunately the issue of giving lethal weapons was under consideration for a long time," Poltorak said in an interview with Reuters.
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| Correction: Wisconsin Infant Deaths story Posted: 01 Mar 2018 10:45 AM PST  MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a story Feb. 27 about a woman accused of killing three infants, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office performed all three autopsies and attributed the deaths to sudden infant death syndrome. It only performed the second and third autopsies. The Milwaukee Children's Hospital, now known as Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, performed the first autopsy and attributed the death to SIDS.
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| Tucker Carlson Turns On Trump: 'Imagine If Barack Obama Had Said That' Posted: 02 Mar 2018 01:50 AM PST  "Imagine if Barack Obama had said that," Carlson said. Carlson said Obama would've been "denounced as a dictator" for making such a comment. "We would have denounced him first, trust me," Carlson said. "Congress would be talking impeachment right now.
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| Ducati Begins Riding Demos for 2018 Lineup Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:39 AM PST  Ducati Begins Riding Demos for 2018 Lineup With Spring just weeks away, Ducati rolls out its dealership season opener demo ride event. After a successful 2017, Ducati hits the ground running in 2018 with its Season Opener Event at (participating) North
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| World War II Ended in 1945. One Japanese Solider Kept Fighting Until 1974. Posted: 01 Mar 2018 11:34 AM PST  A remarkable Second World War story. World War II Ended in 1945. Remarkably, Onoda was not the last Japanese soldier to come in from World War II. In December 1974, a holdout named Nakamura Teruo was captured on the Indonesian island of Morotai. Consequently, he did not receive a hero's welcome in Japan, but returned quietly to Taiwan where his arrival highlighted the wartime activities of the so-called Takasago Volunteers.
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| Police seek Michigan college student suspected of killing parents Posted: 02 Mar 2018 06:01 PM PST ![Police seek Michigan college student suspected of killing parents]( "Police seek Michigan college student suspected of killing parents") A student at Central Michigan University suspected of shooting to death his parents inside a campus dormitory during a domestic dispute on Friday was still at large, authorities said, and the campus remained largely shut down. The two victims were found inside a residence hall at the university in Mount Pleasant, about 125 miles (200 km) northwest of Detroit, said Lieutenant Larry Klaus of the university's police force. The two victims were James Davis Sr. and Diva Davis, both 47, university officials said on Twitter.
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| Kylie Jenner Shares First Photo Of Herself Holding 'Angel Baby' Stormi Webster Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:22 AM PST  The pictures show Jenner wearing a black patterned sweatsuit with what looks a pair of Yeezy Mud Rat 500s, which are part of Kanye West's Spring 2018 collection. Of course, new dad Travis Scott made sure to mark Stormi's one-month milestone as well.
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| Abortion to be illegal? Mike Pence’s prediction enrages Newsroom readers Posted: 01 Mar 2018 12:21 PM PST  "It looks like they only care about people before they are born." "This is the zealot we have to look forward to if Mueller does actually bring down Trump." "Abortions have always occurred and always will." Vice President Mike Pence made a startling prediction about legal abortion, saying it would end in "our time." His remark has fired up thousands of Newsroom commenters. Pence made the statement while at a luncheon hosted by the anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony List & Life Issues Institute. In his speech he said, "If all of us do all we can, we can once again, in our time, restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law." The majority of the more than 15,000 comments on HuffPost's article express outrage: "His personal beliefs are his personal beliefs not a basis for policy," one reader declared. Many that don't agree with abortion said they still "think that they should be available and safe." The vice president, known for his anti-choice stance, described President Trump as the "most pro-life president in American history" and said the administration would continue to push measures to restrict abortion. What do you think of the future that Pence envisions? Join the conversation in Newsroom.
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| Canada urged to walk away from NAFTA talks over US steel tariffs Posted: 03 Mar 2018 12:05 AM PST  The largest private sector union in Canada on Friday called on this country to walk away from continental trade talks in protest if Washington slaps tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. At the same time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that the proposed US levies would cause significant pain on both sides of the border. "If Canada fails to obtain an exemption from unjust and punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum exports to the US, then the Canadian government has no choice but to withdraw from NAFTA renegotiations," Unifor said in a statement.
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