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• Trump won this Kansas House district by 27 points. A Republican just won it by single digits.
• Calif. School Shooting: Gunman’s Violent Past
• Asian passenger being forcibly removed from United flight in U.S. causes outrage in China
• 'Worst nightmare': Parents wait in agony after shooting
• Did Bill O'Reilly Just Speak His Last Words On Fox News?
• Nine dead as militants attack Philippine tourist island
• Boy, 8, Drives His 4-Year-Old Sister to McDonald's After Watching YouTube Instructional Videos
• Migrants traded in "slave markets" in Libya, U.N. agency says
• The Air Force Turned an F-16 Fighter Into a Drone
• Henri Cartier-Bresson’s India: Father of modern photojournalism’s rarely seen photos
• Gabby Giffords on San Bernardino school shooting: Events like this are no longer ‘unimaginable’
• Defendant in triple slaying dies in jump from court balcony
• Kansas Special Election Could Spell Bad News For GOP
• Kabul suicide bombing kills five
• Samsung's Bixby assistant delayed until spring
• 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon: An 840-HP Monster!
• VA unveils website on quality of care, touts accountability
• NASA to announce exciting news about ocean planets this week
• Protester in viral photo embraces woman she defended from Islamophobic abuse
• Japanese Official Says US Strike Against North Korea Is Increasingly Realistic
• The Latest: Mattis says Islamic State still focus in Syria
• Florida cop charged after shooting unarmed black therapist
• Toyota FT-4X Concept: Ruggedly Charming
• India warns Pakistan against executing retired naval officer
• 7 Easy Ways to Save on Spring Cleaning
• 'Game of Thrones' creator George R.R. Martin is 'seeing red' over United
• Montgomery County father accused of beating kids, using shock collar on them
• Groups Sue DHS For Not Releasing White House Visitor Logs
• 20 of the world's most stunning theaters
• New Jersey gang-related murder adds to FBI's 'Most Wanted' list
• Plane makes emergency landing on highway, ends up nose-down
• Hero Doctor Shares How He Risked His Life to Save Woman Attacked in New Orleans
• Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming
• U.S.-backed forces push back Islamic State in Raqqa campaign - officials
• Here Are Tesla's Sleek New Solar Panels
• What Getting a Divorce Was Like Every Decade Since the 1900s
• Michelle Obama Joins Husband Barack In French Polynesia Vacation
• Walmart has a new program that’s the opposite of Amazon Prime
• Three dead in murder-suicide at US school
• 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Family Charges Ahead
• Republican Ron Estes wins Kansas special election
• El Faro's tragic ending 'burned' in investigator's mind
• US strike wiped out fifth of Assad air force, Mattis says
• Risk factors for heart disease and stroke also tied to Alzheimer’s
• Is April The Giraffe In Labor?

Trump won this Kansas House district by 27 points. A Republican just won it by single digits. Posted: 11 Apr 2017 08:52 PM PDT A ruby-red Republican district in Kansas where Donald Trump trounced Hillary Clinton just five months ago stayed in GOP hands Tuesday night.

Calif. School Shooting: Gunman’s Violent Past Posted: 11 Apr 2017 08:39 AM PDT Although the gunman's Facebook page was filled with loving posts about Karen Smith, his estranged wife who he killed Monday, her family said she had gone into hiding because she was terrified of him.

Asian passenger being forcibly removed from United flight in U.S. causes outrage in China Posted: 11 Apr 2017 09:58 AM PDT The video of an Asian man being dragged off a United Airlines flight became the top trending story in China over accusations of racism.

'Worst nightmare': Parents wait in agony after shooting Posted: 10 Apr 2017 08:34 PM PDT SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — For Elizabeth Barajas it had been an hours-long nightmare waiting to learn the fate of the daughter she had dropped off at school a couple of hours before police reported that gunfire in a classroom had killed two adults and wounded two children.

Did Bill O'Reilly Just Speak His Last Words On Fox News? Posted: 11 Apr 2017 12:52 PM PDT Bill O'Reilly is off the air for Easter "vacation," but Gabe Sherman reports the Murdochs are fighting over O'Reilly's future. Attorney Lisa Bloom, who is calling on New York state to investigate sexual harassment claims at Fox News.

Nine dead as militants attack Philippine tourist island Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:04 AM PDT Nine people including four Philippine security officials were killed Tuesday during clashes with suspected Islamic militants on a popular resort island as millions prepare to travel for the Easter holiday. The incursion allegedly by the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on Bohol island would be the first on a key Philippine tourist destination in recent years by militants who pledged allegiance to Islamic State fighters and often targets foreigners in the lawless south. Just days earlier the US and Australia warned their citizens about possible "terrorist" kidnappings in Bohol or nearby Cebu island.

Boy, 8, Drives His 4-Year-Old Sister to McDonald's After Watching YouTube Instructional Videos Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:24 PM PDT An 8-year-old boy managed to drive himself and his 4-year-old sister to McDonald's without hitting anything, police said.

Migrants traded in "slave markets" in Libya, U.N. agency says Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:02 AM PDT Growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are traded in what they call slave markets before being held for ransom, forced labour or sexual exploitation, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday. West African migrants interviewed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have recounted being bought and sold in garages and car parks in the southern city of Sabha, one of Libya's main migrant smuggling hubs. Migrants are traded for between $200 and $500 and are held on average for two or three months, Othman Belbeisi, head of the IOM's Libya mission, told journalists in Geneva.

The Air Force Turned an F-16 Fighter Into a Drone Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:53 AM PDT "Have Raider II" provides manned aircraft with autonomous wingmen.

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s India: Father of modern photojournalism’s rarely seen photos Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:07 AM PDT A pioneering photographer caught India at midcentury, during a time of major transition. Some of his work will soon be seen in a New York exhibition.

Gabby Giffords on San Bernardino school shooting: Events like this are no longer ‘unimaginable’ Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:14 AM PDT The ex-congresswoman, who founded the gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions after surviving a 2011 shooting, spoke after Monday's school shooting.

Defendant in triple slaying dies in jump from court balcony Posted: 10 Apr 2017 06:55 PM PDT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A man charged with setting a fire that killed a girl he was accused of raping and her grandparents jumped to his death from a fourth-floor courthouse balcony on Monday, the day before jury selection in his death penalty trial.

Kansas Special Election Could Spell Bad News For GOP Posted: 11 Apr 2017 10:21 AM PDT The race to replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo's seat in Congress is much closer than it was just a few weeks ago.

Kabul suicide bombing kills five Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:09 AM PDT At least five people were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot struck near the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul, officials said, in an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. "Most of the people killed and wounded were civilians, but we don't know the exact target," interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP. Islamic State group claimed the attack through its propaganda agency Amaq.

Samsung's Bixby assistant delayed until spring Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:15 AM PDT Samsung's voice assistant will not be ready in time for Galaxy S8 launch.

2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon: An 840-HP Monster! Posted: 11 Apr 2017 05:30 PM PDT Eight. Hundred. Forty. Horsepower.

VA unveils website on quality of care, touts accountability Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a new website Wednesday aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system.

NASA to announce exciting news about ocean planets this week Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:01 PM PDT NASA makes exciting discoveries about the universe and nearby planets on a regular basis, but the past few months have produced a particularly steady stream of really awesome news about exoplanets, the history of Mars, and the possibility of life outside of Earth. Now, NASA wants to talk about water. More specifically, the agency is planning a news conference for Thursday, April 13th, to reveal "new results about ocean worlds," and if you're one of the many who is waiting for the day where humanity discovers evidence of living creatures not from our planet, you should be paying attention. NASA will be using the event to talk about new discoveries made by the Cassini spacecraft as well as the always reliable Hubble Space Telescope. "These new discoveries will help inform future ocean world exploration," NASA says in its press release announcing the upcoming event, adding that the scientist panel will also talk more about the anticipated Europa Clipper mission which will send hardware to Jupiter's frozen moon. Ocean worlds are particularly interesting to astronomers searching for life outside of Earth because the presence of ice and water is a great indicator that a planet can support, or perhaps once supported, some form of life. That makes lots of sense, since life on Earth is thought to have originated in the ocean before evolution pushed it onto land and eventually into the skies. The conference is set to take place on Thursday, April 13th, at 2 pm EDT, and will be streamed live on both the NASA TV website and its YouTube channel.

Protester in viral photo embraces woman she defended from Islamophobic abuse Posted: 11 Apr 2017 02:50 AM PDT A viral photograph of a young woman smiling as she confronted the leader of the English Defence League (EDL) has become a symbol of resistance against the far-right. In the photo, Saffiyah Khan is seen standing up to EDL leader Ian Crossland during the far-right group's demo in Birmingham on Saturday. Moments before the photo was taken — by Press Association photographer Joe Giddens — Khan had stepped in when members of the EDL surrounded a young Muslim woman. SEE ALSO: British protesters think they've kept Trump out for a few more months Days after the photo was taken, Khan has met woman she defended, Saira Zafar, for the first time, and the two shared an embrace in a video by the Guardian. Zafar explains that she had planned to stand towards the back carrying a placard stating "no to Islamophobia, no to war." But, EDL members at the rally began shouting racist abuse at her, like "you don't belong in this country" and "go back to where you came from." People also placed Islamophobic banners and EDL flags over her face and head. In the video, she thanked Khan for stepping in. "It's very important to have solidarity and to show that if something happens to this person, they're not on their own," says Zafar.

Japanese Official Says US Strike Against North Korea Is Increasingly Realistic Posted: 11 Apr 2017 01:11 PM PDT In the wake of Donald Trump's relatively undiplomatic comments, Japanese officials suggested the U.S. and North Korea may be approaching a direct confrontation.

The Latest: Mattis says Islamic State still focus in Syria Posted: 11 Apr 2017 03:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. response to recent chemical weapons attack in Syria (all times local):

Florida cop charged after shooting unarmed black therapist Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:04 PM PDT A US policeman who shot and wounded an unarmed black therapist who was trying to help an autism patient has been arrested and charged with attempted manslaughter, officials said Wednesday. The shooting happened last July in Miami outside a group home where the man with autism lived and behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey worked. It triggered protests in Miami among the Black Lives Matter movement.

Toyota FT-4X Concept: Ruggedly Charming Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:30 AM PDT Is Toyota returning to its element?

India warns Pakistan against executing retired naval officer Posted: 11 Apr 2017 12:54 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Tuesday warned Pakistan of serious consequences for their bilateral relationship if it executes a retired Indian naval officer convicted of espionage and sabotage.

7 Easy Ways to Save on Spring Cleaning Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:51 AM PDT Whether you're only clearing out your closets or taking on a big project, like renovating a room, make sure you're not paying too much money on your spring cleaning efforts. The cost of cleaning supplies, room updates and other expenses can put a dent in your savings account -- and derail your savings goals for summer travel and beyond. Fortunately, there are several ways to save money on your spring cleaning this year -- and maybe even make some in the process.

'Game of Thrones' creator George R.R. Martin is 'seeing red' over United Posted: 11 Apr 2017 02:41 PM PDT Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin gave us the Red Wedding, beheadings, and hordes of killer ice zombies. But even he can't stomach United Airlines. SEE ALSO: People are trolling United Airlines with these brutal new slogans "I don't often comment on current events, but the story about the passenger that United Airlines beat bloody and dragged off a flight — for no reason but to accomodate some of their own deadheading employees, and despite the fact that he had a ticket that he'd bought and paid for and was doing nothing but sitting peacefully in his assigned seat — has me seeing red," the author wrote Tuesday on his LiveJournal blog. Usually, Martin sticks to dragons, comic books, and the New York Jets on his blog, but this time he went after United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz, calling for his resignation.  "He's a disgrace," Martin said. Munoz finally actually apologized Tuesday for the incident that was caught on video and triggered outrage (and financial losses) at the airline.  George R. R. Martin is pissed at United.Image: Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesMartin included a fake ad Jimmy Kimmel aired on his late-night show Monday that dragged United hard.  After re-sharing the video, Martin said he was "outraged" by the footage and even more upset by the "mealy-mouthed corporate bullshit" the company and CEO put out. The fantasy author harkened back to days when passengers were treated as paying customers instead of cattle.  Luckily, United doesn't exist in Westeros, or it might have to defend itself in trial by combat.  WATCH: Here's United Airlines' adjusted 2017 pre-flight safety speech

Montgomery County father accused of beating kids, using shock collar on them Posted: 11 Apr 2017 05:43 AM PDT A married man beat and abused his two children for years, even shocking them with an electric dog collar and jamming small blades under their nails, prosecutors said.

Groups Sue DHS For Not Releasing White House Visitor Logs Posted: 11 Apr 2017 03:15 AM PDT Three watchdog groups sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday for not releasing the White House visitor logs.

20 of the world's most stunning theaters Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:43 AM PDT From time immemorial, people have gathered around campfires to regale one another with songs and stories. The human yearning for poetry and community has not subsided throughout the ages, but the location certainly has. Shakespeare's Globe in London, England, and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy, are not merely places to see a show — they are gateways to another world that are works of art unto themselves. (Michael Walsh/Yahoo News)

New Jersey gang-related murder adds to FBI's 'Most Wanted' list Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:06 PM PDT Walter Yovany Gomez, who appears to be in his 20s, is wanted on a federal arrest warrant for violent crime in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering for the May 8, 2011 killing, the FBI said. Gomez, who is from Honduras and is in the U.S. illegally, is a member of the Plainfield Locos Salvatrucha (PLS) gang, a New Jersey branch of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) transnational gang, the FBI said.

Plane makes emergency landing on highway, ends up nose-down Posted: 11 Apr 2017 02:05 PM PDT BOWDOINHAM, Maine (AP) — A small plane made an emergency landing against traffic on an interstate Tuesday, struck a guardrail and came to rest nose-down, police said. One vehicle had to serve to avoid the plane, but no motorists were injured, and the two people aboard the plane suffered only minor injuries.

Hero Doctor Shares How He Risked His Life to Save Woman Attacked in New Orleans Posted: 11 Apr 2017 12:06 PM PDT Peter Gold, then a medical student, was on the phone with his mother at the time.

Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming Posted: 10 Apr 2017 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has made a preliminary conclusion that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week, but has no proof of Moscow's involvement, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

U.S.-backed forces push back Islamic State in Raqqa campaign - officials Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:04 AM PDT By John Davison BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria advanced to within 2 km (1 mile) of a key stronghold near the jihadist group's de facto capital of Raqqa on Tuesday, and a counter-attack by the militants was repulsed, officials said. The multi-phased campaign by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by air strikes and military advisers from a U.S.-led coalition, ultimately aims to oust Islamic State from Raqqa. Officials have given different estimates for how long the campaign will take, and the assault on Raqqa itself appears to have been delayed, after one high-ranking military official said it would begin at the start of April.

Here Are Tesla's Sleek New Solar Panels Posted: 11 Apr 2017 11:03 AM PDT The solar roof could be coming to a neighborhood near you.

What Getting a Divorce Was Like Every Decade Since the 1900s Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:19 AM PDT

Michelle Obama Joins Husband Barack In French Polynesia Vacation Posted: 11 Apr 2017 03:46 AM PDT According to Tahiti television station TNTV, Michelle and Barack Obama took a boat to Mo'orea island for swimming and other water activities.

Walmart has a new program that’s the opposite of Amazon Prime Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:35 PM PDT Amazon's yearly Prime subscription is supposed to be the ultimate in lazy shopping: pay an annual fee, and in return order as much stuff as you want for home delivery, thanks to the free two-day shipping. In Amazon's model, you trade a modest fixed fee for ultimate convenience and the wonders of never having to put on clothes and leave your home. But Walmart is trying something different. Pickup Discount is a new Walmart program that offers customers a discount on items bought online, but only if they pick them up at a store. The discounts vary, but it seems like some items that would be expensive for Walmart to ship (a TV, for example) get discounted by up to $50. That's a good discount, which Walmart can fund as it's saving big-time on the cost of shipping. It also gets you into Walmart, which means there's also a chance you'll impulse-buy a $3 pair of sunglasses, bumping up the margins even more. Not everything gets a Pickup Discount. Initially, Walmart is planning on rolling the program out to 10,000 products across 4,000 stores. However, the ambitions go up from there, as Walmart wants to offer a discount on a million items by June. Walmart is also taking this as a chance to make its in-store pickup system slicker and faster for customers to use. Expect to see curbside pickup and automated collection machines roll out, so that even if you have to go to a store to get your packages, you still won't actually have to talk to anyone while doing it.

Three dead in murder-suicide at US school Posted: 10 Apr 2017 06:54 PM PDT A man walked into a school in southern California Monday and shot dead his estranged wife in front of her students, killing an eight-year-old boy in the crossfire before turning his gun on himself. Police said local resident Cedric Anderson had checked into the office as a visitor after entering the campus in the city of San Bernardino and going to the special needs classroom, where he opened fire on Karen Elaine Smith, 53, as she was teaching. Officers said Anderson, also 53, had only targeted Smith but two students were caught in the crossfire and one of them, Jonathan Martinez, died later in hospital.

2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Family Charges Ahead Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:55 AM PDT Honda reaffirmed its commitment to hydrogen-powered vehicles a few years back with the redesigned Clarity fuel-cell car. Now it's turning that car into an environment-friendly mini-brand with a p...

Republican Ron Estes wins Kansas special election Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:51 PM PDT ABC News' Amna Nawaz and MaryAlice Parks break down the results of the tight special election in Kansas for House seat.

El Faro's tragic ending 'burned' in investigator's mind Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:41 AM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It was just a fleeting moment, hardly noticeable amid the tumult: As the crew of the freighter El Faro fought their futile battle with a hurricane , the second mate asked the captain if she could leave the bridge to retrieve her life jacket.

US strike wiped out fifth of Assad air force, Mattis says Posted: 10 Apr 2017 07:11 PM PDT The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday as Washington fired a fresh salvo of warnings at President Bashar al-Assad. The public assessment of Friday's missile strike and the forceful rhetoric came as G7 ministers met in Italy to send a "clear and coordinated" message to Russia over its support for Damascus. The United States on Friday blasted 59 Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat air base near Homs, which the Pentagon said Assad's jets had used to launch a deadly chemical attack on rebel-held Idlib province.

Risk factors for heart disease and stroke also tied to Alzheimer’s Posted: 11 Apr 2017 08:23 AM PDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged people with risk factors for heart attacks and stroke are also more likely to develop changes in the brain that can lead to Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Previous research has linked so-called vascular risk factors, including obesity, diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol and elevated blood pressure, to higher odds of dementia, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. "Each alone may not be enough to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but having a number of these risk factors appears to be associated with an even higher risk," Gottesman said by email.

Is April The Giraffe In Labor? Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:39 AM PDT If April is outside during her active labor, viewers might not be able to see her give birth.

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