| 'Neo-Nazi' Teen Charged With Killing Girlfriend's Parents After They Reported Him Posted: 24 Dec 2017 03:46 PM PST  A 17-year-old Virginia teen was charged with two counts of murder Saturday after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend's parents.
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| Six-year-old boy shot dead by mistake as police officers open fire on suspected car thief Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:02 AM PST  A six-year-old boy was mistakenly shot dead in Texas when police officers opened fire on a suspected car thief, US media reports. As four officers targeted Amanda Lene Jones, 30, who they believed was armed, a stray bullet pierced the wall of the mobile home where the youngster, Kameron Prescott, lived. Maria Morales, who works at Wiederstein Elementary School in Texas, paid tribute to the young victim.
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| The Stranger Who Sent Steve Mnuchin A Box Of Horse Poo Has Come Forward Posted: 25 Dec 2017 02:08 PM PST  On Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department and U.S. Secret Service investigated a mysterious package left outside the Bel Air home of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
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| Liberal or Conservative? Where you shop reveals how you vote Posted: 23 Dec 2017 09:40 PM PST  Crate & Barrell, L.L.Bean and Sephia: Where you shop during the Christmas holiday season reveals a lot about how you vote.
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| 1 body recovered, 36 feared dead in Philippine mall fire Posted: 23 Dec 2017 09:45 PM PST  DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall Sunday and there was "zero" chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao city, an official said.
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| Artist 'released' in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute Posted: 24 Dec 2017 09:34 PM PST  An artist that could not be reached for more than a week after he painted a politically charged mural in southern China wrote on Twitter Monday that he has been "released". "I was released a few days ago and we are in my hometown now," the Twitter account of painter Hu Jiamin read days after Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao reported that the couple had been taken away by plainclothes men. Hu noted in another post that he will return to France on December 30.
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| Spain's King Calls on Catalonia to Step Back from Secession in His Annual Christmas Eve Address Posted: 24 Dec 2017 08:55 PM PST  King Felipe VI used his traditional Christmas Eve address Sunday night to call on Catalonia's newly elected parliament to renounce further moves toward secession from Spain.
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| Year in review: The 10 news stories that defined 2017 Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:02 PM PST  From presidential investigations to natural disasters, here are the top ten national events from 2017.
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| Saudi Arabia Pressured Lebanese Prime Minister To Resign: Report Posted: 25 Dec 2017 08:31 AM PST  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his short-lived resignation in early November under heavy duress from the Saudi Arabian government, according to a New York Times report based on the accounts of Lebanese, Western and regional officials, as well as other figures close to Hariri.
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| Baby Elephants Fend Off Myanmar Cold Spell With Homemade Blankets Posted: 24 Dec 2017 06:42 PM PST  When a group of baby elephants needed warmth during a cold front in Southeast Asia last week, they bundled up in donated crochet and knitted blankets.
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| 5 People, Including 4 Members Of Same Family, Killed In Christmas Eve Plane Crash In Florida Posted: 25 Dec 2017 02:09 AM PST  Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed on Christmas Eve morning when their twin-engine plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at Bartow Municipal Airport in Polk County, Florida.
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| Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel Posted: 25 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST ![Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel]( "Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran's influence in the war-torn country. The army and the Shi'ite forces helped by Druze militias in the area advanced east and south of the Sunni-rebel held bastion of Beit Jin backed by some of the heaviest aerial bombing and artillery shelling since a major assault began more than two months ago to seize the area, rebels said. The Syrian army said it had encircled the village of Mughr al Meer at the foothills of Mount Hermon as troops moved toward Beit Jin amid fierce clashes.
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| Fact checking Trump's biggest falsehoods and lies of 2017 Posted: 23 Dec 2017 08:37 PM PST From inauguration crowd size to the mischaracterization of the Russia investigation, take a look back on some of Donald Trump's biggest falsehoods to the American people.
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| Christmas help from volunteers as UK homelessness becomes 'national crisis' Posted: 24 Dec 2017 07:37 AM PST  Volunteers at a drop-in centre in north London hand out food, healthcare and advice to homeless people as they do every Christmas -- except that this year, the numbers needing help have reached crisis point. The pop-up centre is among 13 set up across Britain by homelessness charity Crisis to provide some festive cheer to an estimated 4,500 people who might otherwise be on the streets. Among those stopping by for a cup of tea before Christmas was Paula, a 48-year-old former care worker who spent three months living in her car after being evicted following problems with her landlord.
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| Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:08 AM PST  MOROVIS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbors in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living without electricity in the mountains of central Puerto Rico more than three months after Hurricane Maria battered the U.S. island.
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| People Across the Country Are Celebrating a White Christmas Today Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:21 AM PST  Check out the festive photos
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| Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails Posted: 23 Dec 2017 05:40 PM PST ![Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails]( "Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails") The head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned on Saturday after a report this week alleging that emails he had sent were derogatory toward past winners. Sam Haskell's resignation as executive chairman and chief executive of the Miss America Organization was accompanied by the departure of the organization's president, the chairman of the board and a board member. Haskell had been suspended on Friday, one day after a Huffington Post report about the internal emails.
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| Every Toyota to Get Electrified Option By 2025 Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:44 AM PST  Plus, the Japanese giant plans on having 10 all-electric models in the early 2020s.
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| Javelin: The Tank-Killer Missile Russia Hates Most Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:52 AM PST  The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the premier portable anti-tank missile systems in the world. When Russia provided military support to separatists in Ukraine, columns of Russian tanks were instrumental in turning back Ukrainian Army offensives and seizing government strongpoints, notably the Donetsk International Airport in January 2015. For hawks like Senator John McCain pushing for the United States to provide direct military aid to Ukraine, Javelin missiles were cited as a key weapon system that might have reversed the Ukrainian Army's fortunes on the battlefield—and one far more practical to put into action than a main battle tank or jet fighter.
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| Flight attendant sings 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:00 AM PST  Southwest employee Charise Miles sang to passengers flying out of Houston, Texas.
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| Trump Celebrates Bringing 'Merry Christmas' Back. Twitter Reacts Accordingly. Posted: 24 Dec 2017 08:41 PM PST  President Donald Trump sent out Christmas Eve wishes by praising himself for "leading the charge against the assault" on the phrase "Merry Christmas," in yet another example of the president claiming to have won a dispute that never really existed.
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| NYFD employee held on $1M bail in minor crash turned deadly Posted: 24 Dec 2017 01:59 PM PST ![NYFD employee held on $1M bail in minor crash turned deadly]( "NYFD employee held on $1M bail in minor crash turned deadly") MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Fire Department employee was held on $1 million bail Sunday after authorities said he ran over a college honors student on Long Island after a minor accident.
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| London Zoo reopens after fire that killed aardvark, meerkats Posted: 24 Dec 2017 04:06 AM PST ![London Zoo reopens after fire that killed aardvark, meerkats]( "London Zoo reopens after fire that killed aardvark, meerkats") London Zoo reopened on Sunday, a day after a fire that killed an aardvark and likely four meerkats and which left staff suffering from smoke inhalation and shock. The Zoo said an initial post mortem showed the aardvark named Misha most likely died from smoke inhalation whilst sleeping, while the four meerkats unaccounted for were presumed to have died. "We are all naturally devastated by this but are immensely grateful to the fire brigade, who reacted quickly to the situation to bring the fire under control," ZSL London Zoo said in a statement on Sunday.
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| Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul Posted: 25 Dec 2017 07:17 AM PST ![Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul]( "Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul") By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Monday on a compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, which killed at least five people and wounded two. The blast comes a week after the group claimed responsibility for an attack on a training facility of the same agency, the National Directorate for Security, in Kabul that ended when the attackers were killed before causing significant casualties. In a statement issued through the group's Amaq news agency, Islamic State said it was also behind Monday's attack.
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| Erdogan signs accords on first visit to Sudan Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:24 AM PST  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Khartoum on Sunday and met his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir at the start of a three-country African tour. Twelve accords were signed at the outset of his two-day visit to Khartoum, including economic and military deals as well as on the creation of a strategic cooperation council, Erdogan told a news conference. Bashir hailed the trip by Erdogan, who is to travel on to Chad and Tunisia, as an "historic" first visit to Sudan by a Turkish president.
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| Should White Supremacists Be Allowed To Practice Law? Posted: 24 Dec 2017 04:01 AM PST  A few years ago, before he helped organize the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Augustus Sol Invictus sent a mass email to his friends, colleagues and acquaintances to announce that he was embarking on a spiritual journey to launch "the Second American Civil War." Invictus — who legally changed his name from "Austin Gillespie" to the Latin for "majestic unconquered sun" — hitchhiked out West, where he fasted and prayed in the desert.
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| 50 Years Ago This Week: 1967 in Review Posted: 25 Dec 2017 06:00 AM PST  Also in this issue: alcohol consumption and the end of an era
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| China, Russia oppose UN criticism of Myanmar over Rohingya Posted: 24 Dec 2017 11:14 AM PST  The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Rohingya and called for the appointment of a UN special envoy, despite opposition from China, Russia and some regional countries. A resolution put forward by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 with 24 abstentions.
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| The biggest sports upsets of 2017 Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:37 AM PST  It didn't take long for it to become clear that 2017 would give sports fans plenty of memorable matchups.
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| Julian Assange's Twitter account is back, but the mystery remains Posted: 25 Dec 2017 03:50 AM PST  UPDATED Dec. 25, 2017, 11:04 a.m. ET It's back now. With little fanfare and zero explanation, Julian Assange's Twitter account reappeared on Monday morning. It's a Christmas something-or-other. The WikiLeaks founder has tweeted two times since his account came back online, though neither one addresses the reason for the disappearance. One tweet features a cartoon of Santa Claus adding WikiLeaks to his "Nice" list as he stares at the organization's Wikipedia entry. The other is a request for donations. It's still not clear why Assange's account went away to begin with, though — as noted below — the nature of its non-appearance suggested at the time that it was a manual deletion rather than an account suspension. Twitter had no comment on the matter, save for directing us to check out the company's instructions for users that want to deactivate and reactivate their accounts, which notes that "account data (such as Tweets, followers, favorites, etc.) may take a few minutes to fully restore." The big mystery may be that Assange (or whomever else has the keys to his account) accidentally clicked something and didn't realize it until later. Without a whistleblower, we may never know. Original post follows: WikiLeaks founder and notorious Ecuadorian embassy resident Julian Assange has seemingly deleted his Twitter account, throwing his supporters into a frenzy of speculation on Christmas Day. A search on desktop for his account, @JulianAssange, turned this up on Christmas morning: Image: screenshot/twitterThis would suggest that it was deleted on his end, rather than suspended by Twitter. When you search for a suspended Twitter account, it redirects you to a different message. We got this one by searching for twitter.com/JaydaBF, the far-right Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen who President Donald Trump retweeted. Image: screenshot/twitter Mashable has reached out to Twitter for comment. In the meantime, speculation and conspiracy theories were trending in the UK on Christmas morning. CENSORSHIP? Julian Assange Vanishes Off Twitter A source who works closely with WikiLeaks told the Gateway Pundit that they were not aware of any plans for Assange to deactivate his account on his own.https://t.co/U5fhIWRBYL — Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) December 25, 2017 Now why would @Twitter ban Julian Assange when he was prepping to drop something big? Who is @Twitter trying to protect by this drop of information? — James Brower ���� (@jbro_1776) December 25, 2017 Julian Assange was kicked of twitter today cuz he dared to expose the Dem party and the Clinton crime family. Let's make this very clear. I have never tweeted about Seth Rich. But I believe we can now say, without a shadow of a doubt, the DNC/Clinton's had him murdered. — Lawrence Polyakov (@Larrypolya22) December 25, 2017 According to the Wayback Machine internet archive, Assange's most recent tweet is from Friday. Image: screenshot/wayback machineWe will update this story as soon as we get more information. Assange can almost certainly avail himself of several other social media accounts: @WikiLeaks, and those of the cat who keeps him company in his embassy exile, @EmbassyCat and on Instagram. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. He faces rape allegations in Sweden, which he denies, and is seeking asylum as he believes that if he leaves the embassy he will be extradited to the U.S. over WikiLeaks' publications. UPDATED Dec. 25, 2017, 4:11 p.m. ET with Twitter's response to our comment request. WATCH: You can now control your Christmas tree lights with your phone
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| Steve Bannon Blasts 'Javanka' As Everything Wrong With The White House Posted: 23 Dec 2017 06:29 PM PST  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has attacked President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner as the "railhead of all bad decisions" in the White House.
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| Human right group says Venezuela releases 36 prisoners Posted: 24 Dec 2017 11:46 AM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan officials released dozens of prisoners accused of inciting violence against the government during street protests, a human rights organization said Sunday.
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| Supporters Cast Ballots to Nominate Alexei Navalny In Russia's 2018 Elections Posted: 24 Dec 2017 11:04 AM PST  Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president Sunday, allowing Navalny to ready the endorsement papers required for candidacy and putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run.
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| Iran confirms upholding death sentence for academic over spying Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:22 AM PST ![Iran confirms upholding death sentence for academic over spying]( "Iran confirms upholding death sentence for academic over spying") Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Sweden-based Iranian academic convicted of spying for Israel, the Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday, confirming reports by Amnesty International and his family. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute, a Stockholm medical university, was accused of providing information to Israel to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists. Djalali was arrested in Iran in April 2016 and later convicted of espionage.
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| Modern-day amber 'Klondikes' thrive in troubled Ukraine Posted: 23 Dec 2017 07:54 PM PST  Once a scenic forest area, the site has been turned into a moonscape with wet marshy sand on the surface and man-made, funnel-like pits scattered for hundreds of metres around, evidence of work by hundreds of illicit prospectors. This site, which locals call a "Klondike" in reference to a 19th-century gold rush in Canada, is one of a number of amber fields in Ukraine, which has the world's second-largest reserves of amber -- some 15,000 tonnes -- after Russia, according to the country's state geology committee. Legal mining in Ukraine produced just four tonnes of the mineral in 2015, according to the most recent available figures, while unlawful methods of amber extraction have reaped 120 to 300 tonnes annually in recent years, said the geology committee.
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| The True Story of the Kidnapping Behind All the Money in the World Posted: 25 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST  How the real story of John Paul Getty III's kidnapping—the subject of 'All the Money in the World'—was reported as it was happening in 1973
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| AP PHOTOS: Lingering drought threatens Holy Land's waters Posted: 25 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel heads into its fifth consecutive year of drought, the Sea of Galilee stands at a century low, much of the Jordan River is a fetid trickle and the Dead Sea is rapidly shrinking.
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| China calls for constructive efforts to ease Korean tensions Posted: 25 Dec 2017 04:52 AM PST ![China calls for constructive efforts to ease Korean tensions]( "China calls for constructive efforts to ease Korean tensions") China called on Monday for all countries to make constructive efforts to ease tension after North Korea said the latest U.N. sanctions against it are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade. The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad. The U.S.-drafted resolution also caps crude oil supplies to North Korea at 4 million barrels a year and commits the Council to further reductions if it were to conduct another nuclear test or launch another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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| Medieval manuscripts and Xmas recipes, abbey library a trove Posted: 24 Dec 2017 05:32 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — Take 20 liters of honey and boil it together with 2 liters of water. Add in cinnamon and nutmeg, a healthy amount of ginger and pepper, plus some aniseed and coriander. Mix it all together with rye flour and water.
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