| Republicans Crying To #ReleaseTheMemo Hope You Don't Understand FISA Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:41 PM PST  This week, the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to release a controversial Republican memo alleging improper political surveillance of President Donald Trump's campaign.
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| Second Person Of Interest Related To Las Vegas Massacre Admits Selling Gunman Ammo Posted: 31 Jan 2018 11:15 AM PST  A second person of interest related to last year's mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival was identified as an ammunition dealer who sold to gunman Stephen Paddock, according to newly unsealed court documents.
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| Himes: Memo is transparent political hit job Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:19 PM PST  Rep. Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump and Republican political strategy around the Devin Nunes memo.
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| Nashville Mayor Megan Barry admits affair with head of her security detail Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:41 AM PST  Nashville Mayor Megan Barry apologized on Wednesday for engaging in an affair with the head of her own police detail.
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| Truck Driver Blamed For Damaging Ancient Nazca Lines Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:30 PM PST  A truck driver is accused of ignoring warning signs and carelessly plowing across Peru's famous Nazca Lines on Saturday, causing significant damage to the estimated 2,000-year-old archeological wonder, authorities said.
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| Flu Vaccine About 30% Effective Against Predominate Strain: CDC Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Canadian health officials said its effectiveness could be 10 percent to 20 percent there.
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| Manson corpse case on ice for another month in heirs dispute Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:33 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The corpse of Charles Manson will remain in a morgue for at least another month while would-be heirs and a friend wait for a court hearing to fight over his remains.
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| Texas to execute man who murdered his two daughters Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:02 AM PST ![Texas to execute man who murdered his two daughters]( "Texas to execute man who murdered his two daughters") A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the gunshots and her children's screams, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Thursday. John Battaglia, 62, a former accountant, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. (0000 GMT). It would be the third execution this year in the United States, all in Texas.
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| White Supremacists Are Targeting College Students 'Like Never Before' Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST  The amount of white supremacist propaganda on college campuses in the U.S. increased 258 percent between fall 2016 and fall 2017, according to a report the Anti-Defamation League released Thursday.
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| The U.N. Human Rights Office Has Identified 206 Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:14 PM PST  The settlements are considered illegal under international law
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| Trump tells GOP retreat he's ready for Mount Rushmore Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:29 PM PST  "We've fulfilled far more promises than we've promised," the president said to an annual gathering of Republican members of Congress. "I call it promises plus."
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| White House role in Nunes memo scrutinized Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:51 PM PST  Betsy Woodruff, politics reporter for The Daily Beast, talks with Rachel Maddow about questions about whether the staff of Devin Nunes worked with the White House on the anti-FBI memo, and how the memo has turned the Trump DoJ against Trump Republicans.
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| Congressman Rushes to Help Victims of Train Crash Involving Dozens of GOP Lawmakers Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:24 AM PST  "[I] jumped over there, no pulse, no breathing, a bad situation so we started CPR at that time," Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas recalled.
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| Olympic Committee was told in 2015 of suspected abuse by Larry Nassar Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:53 AM PST  The head of USA Gymnastics told the U.S. Olympic Committee's chief security officer of accusations against former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar nearly a year before the public found out.
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| Kate Middleton's Hair Stylist Just Revealed The Surprisingly Affordable Products She Uses Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:37 AM PST  Though the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are themselves relatively tight-lipped about their personal lives, the secret to getting Kate Middleton's gorgeous, lustrous locks isn't anymore.
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| Check out the new images from 'Red Dead Redemption 2' Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:07 AM PST |
| Four migrants in critical condition after Calais shooting Posted: 02 Feb 2018 04:20 AM PST  A brawl between Eritrean and Afghan migrants in the French port city of Calais has resulted in four critical injuries from gunshot wounds. The port has born the brunt of France's migrant crisis. Matthew Larotonda reports.
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| California Middle School Shooting Injures 2 Students, 1 Critically Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:37 AM PST  A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition and a 15-year-old girl is in fair condition after being shot inside a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to authorities.
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| Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world Posted: 02 Feb 2018 04:06 AM PST ![Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world]( "Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world") Russia has issued a travel warning recommending its citizens think twice before traveling abroad, saying the United States was hunting for Russians to arrest around the world. The Foreign Ministry statement warns Russian citizens that when abroad they face a serious threat of arrest by other countries at Washington's request, after which they could be extradited to the United States. "Despite our calls to improve cooperation between the relevant U.S. and Russian authorities ... U.S. special services have effectively continued "hunting" for Russians around the world," the travel warning said.
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| FBI Agent Trump Accused Of 'Treason' Wrote Letter That Helped Get Trump Elected Posted: 31 Jan 2018 02:03 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― FBI agent Peter Strzok helped draft a letter that, in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, signaled the re-opening of a probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's emails, CNN reported Wednesday.
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| US urges Poland to drop Holocaust bill angering Israel Posted: 31 Jan 2018 03:05 PM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States asked Poland to rethink plans to enact proposed legislation regulating Holocaust speech that has sparked a diplomatic dispute with Israel, arguing Wednesday that if it passes it could hurt freedom of speech as well as strategic relationships.
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| Vatican's delicate China mission runs into trouble Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:51 PM PST  Pope Francis is facing a complex row over the Vatican's warming ties with Communist China, which have sparked a new war of words with a Hong Kong cardinal and growing bitterness among some Chinese faithful. Beijing and the Vatican severed diplomatic relations in 1951, and although ties have improved in recent years as China's Catholic population has grown, they remain at odds over which side has the authority to ordain bishops. The Vatican relaunched long-stalled negotiations three years ago and now seems to be nearing concrete steps towards solving the major stumbling bloc of how to designate bishops.
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| These Kids Are Catching the Attention of Football Recruiters Even Before High School Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  College football programs are already meeting with young football players, like 11-year-old Bunchie Young.
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| Liberals celebrate deadly GOP train crash on Twitter Posted: 01 Feb 2018 05:30 AM PST  Dana Loesch sounds off on 'Fox & Friends' and reacts to Democrats' criticism of Trump's State of the Union.
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| US car sales mixed in January; trucks stay strong Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST  US car sales fell last year for the first time since the financial crisis and are projected to decline again in 2018. Ford's January sales dropped 6.6 percent from the same month of 2017 to 161,143. Fiat Chrysler (FCA) saw sales fall 13 percent to 132,803, with gains for the Jeep brand offset by hefty declines in other models.
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| 'They Couldn't Hide all the Death.' 5 More Rohingya Mass Graves Found in Myanmar Posted: 31 Jan 2018 08:45 PM PST  The graves are the newest piece of evidence in Myanmar's military campaign against the Rohingya
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| Devin Nunes Made 'Material Changes' To Secret Memo Before It Went To Trump, Democrat Says Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:50 PM PST  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee made "material changes" to a secret memo he shared with lawmakers before sending it to the president to approve for final release, the top Democrat on the committee said Wednesday night.
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| The Latest: 7 killed in shelling of Syrian government areas Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:30 AM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| Taiwan says China air route dispute will determine future ties Posted: 31 Jan 2018 08:04 PM PST ![Taiwan says China air route dispute will determine future ties]( "Taiwan says China air route dispute will determine future ties") A dispute with China over its opening of new air routes near Taiwan will determine future relations between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan's government said amid a deepening disagreement that could strand thousands over an important holiday. The spat has become increasingly bitter, with both sides trading accusations after two Chinese airlines canceled extra flights to Taiwan over the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, potentially leaving thousands of Taiwanese without tickets to go home. Whether this disputed issue can be resolved is an important indicator of how Taiwan people will view the future direction of relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait," Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement late Wednesday.
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| Man charged with marrying 6 women to evade immigration laws Posted: 31 Jan 2018 02:37 PM PST ![Man charged with marrying 6 women to evade immigration laws]( "Man charged with marrying 6 women to evade immigration laws") WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man was charged with accepting money to marry six women to help them evade immigration laws.
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| Parents Shared The Creepiest Things Their Kids Have Ever Said Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:47 PM PST  Children regularly say adorable, hilarious things.
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| We saw this deadly 'Hong Kong' flu coming, but no one could prevent its spread Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:04 PM PST  In 1968, scientists discovered a new strain of flu circulating around Hong Kong. The virus, though, didn't stay put. It soon left Asia and turned into a proper pandemic, traveling around the globe and killing one million people worldwide, including 100,000 in the United States that season. The deadly virus struck in the U.S. when it usually does, during winter. That year, "kids didn't care about when Santa came," remembers Susan Donelan, who is now a medical director and assistant professor of infectious disease at Stony Brook University's School of Medicine. SEE ALSO: This year's flu shot might not stop the virus, but it can fend off the worst symptoms Fifty years later, the Hong Kong flu, known more formally as H3N2, still exists, periodically popping up from year to year. "Now it's considered one of our seasonal viruses," said Donelan, in an interview. The Hong Kong flu influenza viruses, magnified 100,000 times.Image: wikimedia imagesBut the Hong Kong flu is an especially infectious strain of the virus. It has the ability to mutate both during and between flu seasons (more so than other strains), rendering our preventative vaccines less effective. "By the time we're ready for the flu season, the strain has kind of changed itself," Neha Nanda, a hospital epidemiologist and medical director of infection prevention at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, said in an interview. "That's why it's a nasty strain." And like most years, scientists knew the Hong Kong flu would make an unwelcome appearance during the 2017-2018 flu season. Doctors predict what flu will hit the U.S., and accordingly, what vaccines to produce, based upon what influenza has been dominant in the Southern Hemisphere — places like Australia. "Every year we look at the Southern Hemisphere," Shane Speights, dean and associate professor of Medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, said in an interview. "The Southern Hemisphere dictates what goes into our vaccine." So, by watching events unfold in Australia in 2017, where the Hong Kong flu was dominant, doctors knew what to expect and prepared as best as they could. But in this strain's typical fashion, it has likely mutated, rendering our vaccines less effective and resulting in the Hong Kong flu's remarkable 2018 spread. #Flu activity continues to increase nationally in the United States. CDC recommends flu vaccination, even if you've already been sick, and early antiviral treatment for people who are very ill OR those who have flu and are at high risk of complications. https://t.co/KHXucF48vi pic.twitter.com/7oJK4qbUp8 — CDC (@CDCgov) January 26, 2018 "The number of people impacted by it [the flu] has been huge," said Nanda. The CDC, as of January 20, reports "widespread" flu activity around the country, including the deaths of 37 children. Even though some of us may have been exposed to H3N2 in previous seasons (for example, the CDC identified six variants of H3N2 during the 2015-2016 season), the exterior of the virus — home to a variety of specific proteins — may have mutated too dramatically for us to have any substantive immunity from this earlier exposure. "The surface proteins change," said Nanda. "Our body may not remember what we experienced two seasons back." While scientists seasonally do a pretty good job of predicting what will hit the U.S., much less is understood about why strains like the Hong Kong flu wreak havoc for a season or two and then become less dominant or disappear, only to return once again. "We need a crystal ball," mused Nanda. WATCH: Paris is flooding and rats are taking cover
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| Experts discover hidden ancient Maya structures in Guatemala Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:45 PM PST  Experts using an aerial high-tech laser scanner have discovered thousands of ancient Maya structures hidden under the thick jungle of northern Guatemala, officials said Thursday. Some 60,000 structures were found over the past two years in a scan of a region in the northern department of El Peten, which borders Mexico and Belize, said Marcello Canuto, one of the project's top investigators.
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| Democratic Party Think Tank Quietly Fighting Push To Restore Net Neutrality Rules Posted: 31 Jan 2018 11:40 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― A Democratic Party think tank is behind a shadowy social media campaign pressuring Democratic lawmakers to oppose congressional resolutions to bring back net neutrality rules.
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| Taboo North Korean flag raised in South for Olympics Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:52 PM PST  North Korea's national flag was raised in the South Thursday for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, organisers said, after an exemption came into force to avoid breaching Seoul's tough national security law. The two Koreas are still technically at war as the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. Under the security legislation, praise for the North is illegal, punishable by up to seven years in prison, and displaying the country's red, white and blue flag is considered a violation.
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| Trump Implores Senate To Vote On Hardline Immigration Bill Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:46 AM PST  Sulphur Springs, W.Va. ― Fresh off a State of the Union that much of the media lauded as a call for bipartisanship, President Donald Trump addressed lawmakers here at a GOP retreat and implored them to pass a hardline immigration proposal that Democrats say is already dead on arrival.
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| Michelle Obama sends message to fearful Americans: 'All we have is hope' Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:56 AM PST  Michelle Obama addressed Americans feeling fearful in the current political climate on Thursday, telling them to "show empathy" toward each other.
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| 'Cocaine cowboy' who hid for 26 years pleads guilty Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:17 AM PST  MIAMI (AP) — After 26 years as a fugitive, a man investigators called the last of the "Miami Vice" era's "cocaine cowboys" pleaded guilty Thursday to a drug charge, closing a notorious chapter in the city's colorful criminal history.
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| Shopping for a Super Bowl Party? Here's Where to Find the Best Grocery Store Prices Posted: 31 Jan 2018 02:10 PM PST  If you're planning on hosting a Super Bowl party this weekend, you probably have more on your mind than whether the New England Patriots or the Philadelphia Eagles win. Besides deciding what food...
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| 4-Year-Old's Flu Death Confirmed as New Jersey's First Influenza Fatality Posted: 31 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST  She had not been vaccinated, according to officials
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| Nokia CEO sees networks recovery as patents boost results Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:39 AM PST ![Nokia CEO sees networks recovery as patents boost results]( "Nokia CEO sees networks recovery as patents boost results") HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - Telecom network gear maker Nokia posted better-than-expected 2017 profits on Thursday and said it rebounded from costly prior sales hiccups, encouraging investors spooked by a weakening equipment market and acquisition integration missteps. Nokia shares bounded 15 percent higher on results which showed fourth-quarter group operating profit rising 7 percent to 1.0 billion euros ($1.2 billion), well ahead of a Reuters poll forecast of 888 million euros. The network industry, dominated by Huawei, Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson, is weathering the toughest part of a decade-long cycle as demand for 4G gear falls, while spending on new, mass-market 5G networks is unlikely before 2019 or 2020.
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| Polish Holocaust law sparks Israeli and U.S. ire Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:09 AM PST  Any suggestion Poland was complicit in the Holocaust could now land offenders in jail. The new law has sparked anger from Israel and the United States for stifling debate about the death camps the Nazis built on Polish soil. Lucy Fielder reports.
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| WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:40 AM PST  A wartime bomb was defused in Hong Kong on Thursday after forcing a busy commercial district into lockdown, with roads closed and thousands evacuated from surrounding shops, hotels and offices. Police sealed off parts of the district after a worker found the device on Wednesday morning, with 4,000 people evacuated and ferry services across Victoria Harbour suspended as bomb disposal experts worked through the night. "Bomb disposal operations are dirty, difficult and dangerous.
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| People Went To A State Of The Union Viewing Party To Throw Flip-Flops At Trump's Face Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:41 PM PST  Attendees of a State of the Union viewing party in San Diego, California spent the entirety of President Donald Trump's address hurling flip-flops, or chanclas, at his face, KNSD-TV reported.
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