| Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults dead Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST  Investigators in Troy, New York are on the hunt for the people responsible for murdering two children, their mother and her girlfriend. The bodies were found a day after Christmas.
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| Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Offshore Safety Rules Prompted By 2010 Spill Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:21 PM PST  The Trump administration moved on Thursday to eliminate key offshore safety regulations adopted in the wake of the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest in the nation's history.
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| Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winner Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:47 AM PST  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill laughed off the assertion by Roy Moore campaign spokeswoman Janet Porter that there is a "one in 15 billion" chance voter fraud did not occur in the state's special U.S. Senate election.
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| Female Comedian From 'Last Comic Standing' Sued For Banning Men From Show Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:04 PM PST  A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a "War On Men" after he was denied entry to her November show, "Girls Night In With Iliza — No Boys Allowed."
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| Shy 10-year-old Oklahoma boy looking for a permanent home Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  A shy fourth grader from Oklahoma is turning to the public in hopes that someone will read his story and make him a part of their family.
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| Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing in New York City and the Las Vegas hotel shooting, the New York Police Department announced new steps to protect people in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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| Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdown Posted: 29 Dec 2017 04:50 AM PST  The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we'll be counting down the top 10 until New Year's Eve.
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| Solange Opens Up About Autonomic Disorder She's Been Battling For Months Posted: 28 Dec 2017 07:35 AM PST  Solange just revealed she won't be performing in South Africa at Afropunk's upcoming New Year's Eve show due to medical issues.
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| An Australian Grandmother Was Charged With Drug Trafficking in Malaysia. She Just Escaped a Death Sentence Posted: 27 Dec 2017 07:10 PM PST  An Australian grandmother who was detained with more than a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in Kuala Lumpur has been cleared of drug trafficking, a charge that in Malaysia carries a mandatory death penalty if convicted.
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| Trump lawyers to attack Flynn credibility: Wash Post Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:44 AM PST  Washington Post reporter Carol Leonning joins MSNBC to discuss her new report that President Trump's legal team is preparing to attack Michael Flynn's credibility, should he accuse the president or his aides of wrongdoing.
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| 6 Ways to Lose That Water Weight Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:32 AM PST |
| Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:26 AM PST  Police in Iran's capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.
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| Tuscon Police Release Footage of Man Impersonating a Police Officer Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  The suspect allegedly made fake traffic stops in Arizona and handcuffed one of his victims.
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| AP PHOTOS: Jerusalem walls offer glimpse of city's richness Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:28 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — What would Jerusalem be without its walls? Poets have sung of them since ancient times, they are mentioned in the Book of Psalms, and they have shadowed conflicts past and present.
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| Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66: monitor Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:34 AM PST  Clashes pitting mainly jihadist and rebel fighters against regime forces backed by Russian warplanes killed at 66 people on the edge of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said Friday. Among the victims were at least 19 civilians killed by air strikes, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the casualties were over 24 hours of fighting in an area straddling Idlib and Hama provinces. The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said seven children were among the civilian victims.
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| South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:59 PM PST ![South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation]( "South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation") South Korea has finalised a power supply plan that aims to make renewables the country's fuel of choice for power generation for the next 15 years, its energy ministry said on Friday. The plan is largely unchanged from a draft released earlier this month that outlined the gradual reduction in use of coal and nuclear fuel as the usage of gas and renewables for power generation increased over 2017-2031. South Korea plans to meet 20 percent of its total electricity consumption with renewables by 2030.
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| Trump opens up about Mueller, Russia probe Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:01 PM PST  Michael Schmidt, national security reporter for the New York Times, talks with Reid about his impromptu interview with Donald Trump in which Trump discussed the Robert Mueller investigation, the Department of Justice, and his value to news media ratings
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| 'I’m Not Giving up My Voice.' Sen. Al Franken Makes First Public Statement Since Resigning Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  Sen. Al Franken spoke to his supporters in Minneapolis Thursday evening after resigning due to sexual harassment allegations made against him.
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| 10 Winter Hats For Natural Hair That'll Protect Your Beautiful Curls Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  I know the struggle that is trying to find a winter hat or beanie that will stylishly fit over my massive head of hair ― which I recently transitioned back to its naturally curly state.
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| Worst New York City Fire In 25 Years Kills At Least 12 Including 1-Year-Old Baby Posted: 29 Dec 2017 05:20 AM PST  The fast-moving fire unfolded overnight near the Bronx Zoo.
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| Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:18 AM PST  More than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.
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| Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code Posted: 28 Dec 2017 09:12 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran's capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.
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| Alabama certifies Jones as Senate winner over Moore’s objections Posted: 28 Dec 2017 03:25 AM PST  The Alabama Secretary of State's office certified the Senate election results, just after a judge rejected Roy Moore's attempt to block his defeat. NBC's Vaughn Hillyard reports.
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| Blue Apron Is Launching A Whole30 Meal Plan Just In Time For The New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:54 AM PST  If your New Year's resolution is to eat cleaner and healthier, the challenge just got a little bit easier.
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| Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:12 AM PST ![Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing]( "Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing") (Reuters) - Brazil's defense minister voiced opposition on Thursday to selling control in Embraer SA to Boeing Co , saying the defense operations of the Brazilian planemaker cannot be separated from the commercial business. Boeing and Embraer said last week they were discussing a "potential combination", in a move that would consolidate a global passenger jet duopoly provided Brazil's government gives its blessing. Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Thursday the ministry was concerned that the negotiations between the aerospace companies had advanced without its knowledge.
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| Remembering Those Lost in 2017 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  "World News Tonight" remembers some of the people who helped shape history.
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| Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST  "Flavortown" fans, put on your best flame shirt and prepare to bury your feelings in a whole lot of donkey sauce.
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| Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:26 AM PST ![Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades]( "Apartment building fire in Bronx, N.Y., is deadliest in decades") New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says investigators believe a Bronx fire that killed 12 was caused by a child playing with a stove.
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| NYPD Officers Suspended After Witnesses Say They Didn't Check On Woman Later Found Dead Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST  Two New York City police officers were suspended after witnesses said they failed to leave their car to check on a young woman who was later found dead at the bottom of a stairwell.
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| AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the past week in Asia Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:42 PM PST  A bride is helped before a mass wedding of over 250 couples in Surat, India. The wedding was hosted by an Indian businessman who has funded nuptials of fatherless brides in the city of Surat for several years. Weddings in India are expensive affairs with the bride's family traditionally expected to pay the groom a large dowry of cash and gifts.
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| Venezuela blames Portugal for sabotaging Christmas with ham delays as protesters urge 'pork revolution' Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused Portugal of sabotaging Christmas as a shorage of pork led to anti-government protests spilling onto the streets. According to Mr Maduro and his socialist government, the Portuguese authorities were pressured into preventing the delivery of two "giant boats" laden with government-subsidized ham, a favoured seasonal meat, due to an international conspiracy led by the United States. "So, what happened to the ham?" Mr Maduro asked in a televised Christmas address on Wednesday after hundreds of people took to the streets in poor parts of Caracas on Wednesday night in protest at the shortage. "We were sabotaged. I can name one country: Portugal. Everything was ready because we bought up all the ham there was in Venezuela, but we had to import [more] so I gave the order and signed off on the payments." Some pockets of protests continued on Thursday morning, in what some social media users dubbed the "pork revolution". Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro took to state television to denounce a US-led conspiracy Credit: REUTERS Diosdado Cabello, the former speaker of parliament and a key figure in Venezuela's ruling party, placed ultimate blame for the ham shortage at the feet of the "gringo" US government. "And why didn't the ham arrive? Because of the blockage against us. The Portuguese made an agreement, then they were frightened by the gringos and they didn't send the hams." But the Portuguese government has denied any involvement in the alleged Christmas sabotage. "I know that ham to Venezuelans is as important as cod is to us at Christmas, but the fact that distribution has been delayed has nothing to do with the Portuguese government", said Portugal's foreign minister, Augusto Santos Silva. A bemused Mr Santos Silva explained that the only restrictions on trade with Venezuela are "sanctions against that country approved in the framework of the European Union", naming the freezing of certain assets if found in Europe and the sale of some military material. As Venezuelans protest in Caracas demanding the government's prommised pork -the main dish of the Christmas and New Year's dinner-, President Nicolas Maduro attributes the shortage to international sabotage Credit: FEDERICO PARRA/ AFP But on Thursday a statement by food company Raporal appeared to clarify the crux of the dispute, explaining that it and other Portuguese exporters had yet to be paid in full for last year's consignment of meat products shipped to Venezuela. According to Raporal, a contract of €63.5 million was signed in 2016 for the supply of 14,000 tons of meat, but "€40 million remains unpaid". Venezuela's acute economic crisis has led to shortages of many consumer products in recent months, including petrol, despite the country being a major oil producer. Street protests turned violent earlier this year after President Maduro stripped the powers of the opposition-controlled legislative, replacing it with a puppet assembly.
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| India's 'moonwalking' traffic cop turns heads Posted: 29 Dec 2017 01:17 AM PST  "I have been a Michael Jackson fan for years and copied his moonwalk step to halt traffic 12 years ago," Singh told AFP. "It's a tiring task maintaining traffic amid noise pollution and reckless motorists but moonwalking amuses commuters and drivers," Singh added, after another tiring day seemingly gliding backwards across the street. Singh claims the number of traffic violations at the high court intersection where he spends most days has fallen over the years.
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| At least 109 civilians killed by Saudi coalition's raids, U.N. says Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:16 PM PST ![At least 109 civilians killed by Saudi coalition's raids, U.N. says]( "At least 109 civilians killed by Saudi coalition's raids, U.N. says") A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has killed 109 civilians in air strikes in the past 10 days, including 54 people at a crowded market and 14 members of one family on a farm, the top U.N. official in the country said on Thursday. The fighting is futile and absurd, U.N. resident coordinator Jamie McGoldrick said, in unusually direct criticism of the campaign being waged by the coalition against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. McGoldrick appeared to be taking the Houthi side in the conflict, the Saudis said.
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| Mother Says Alabama Police Beat Black 17-Year-Old Son Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:17 AM PST  Angela Williams shared a photo of her son's bloodied face on Facebook
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| Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New Year Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST  White House officials, led by chief of staff John Kelly, are reportedly plotting a staff shakeup in the new year, as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to weather scandals and defeats, and prepare for what could be tumultuous midterm elections in 2018.
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| Goldman Sachs says US tax reform to cut earnings by $5 bn Posted: 29 Dec 2017 08:21 AM PST  US banking giant Goldman Sachs said Friday the recently-enacted US tax reform will cut its earnings this year by about $5 billion, mainly because of a tax targeting earnings held abroad. The tax reform package is expected to "result in a reduction of approximately $5 billion in earnings for the fourth quarter," the company said in a statement. The one-time hit means a likely loss for the fourth quarter for the banking group when it reports quarterly and annual earnings January 17.
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| As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious Posted: 28 Dec 2017 03:15 PM PST  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mohammed Aly does not see why he shouldn't try to ease the lives of Orange County's homeless. But the authorities — and many of his neighbors — disagree.
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| 12 Style And Fashion Trends On Our Radar In 2018 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:15 PM PST  Because we're always looking to stay on top of the newest, coolest, weirdest and most interesting trends, we've already got our eyes on the style trends that'll dominate fashion headlines in 2018.
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| Recy Taylor, who fought for justice after 1944 rape, dies Posted: 28 Dec 2017 08:14 PM PST  ABBEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention, died Thursday. She was 97.
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| Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:55 PM PST ![Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years]( "Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years") Congo Republic on Friday released Marcel Pika, a naturalized U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years, according to the U.S. embassy in the capital, Brazzaville. "We are happy about the liberation of Mr. Pika. Pika, a retired colonel in Congo's armed forces, immigrated to the United States in 1999 and became a citizen in 2005.
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| Deadly Police Shooting May Have Been Result of Online Gaming Prank Posted: 29 Dec 2017 11:27 AM PST  The practice is known as "swatting"
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| At Least 15 People Have Been Killed in Mumbai After a Fire Engulfs a Building Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:21 PM PST  A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
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| Box Truck Blocks Media's View Of Trump Getting 'Back To Work' (a.k.a. Playing Golf) Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:57 PM PST  Day after day, CNN's team of political journalists have set up cameras on the same public road to catch glimpses of President Donald Trump hitting the links at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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