| Trump's Biggest Con May Be The One He Has Played On American Workers Posted: 20 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST  The Donald Trump presidency is now one year old and in many respects ― the unhinged tweeting, the contempt for democratic norms, the potential collusion with a hostile foreign power ― it has been unlike any presidency in history.
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| Clergy Abuse Advocates Fear Pope Francis Is Making It Harder For Victims To Speak Up Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:42 PM PST  When Joelle Casteix heard Pope Francis accuse sex abuse victims in Chile of slander, the pontiff's words hit close to home.
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| Canadian billionaire and his wife were murdered, private investigators say Posted: 21 Jan 2018 08:34 AM PST  A billionaire and his wife found dead side-by-side were both murdered, a report by private investigators has said.
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| House Ethics Committee Drops Republican Over Taxpayer-Funded Harassment Settlement Posted: 20 Jan 2018 05:14 PM PST  A Republican tasked with fighting against sexual harassment in Congress secretly settled a misconduct complaint filed against him by a former aide, The New York Times first reported Saturday.
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| China says US warship violated sovereignty near Scarborough Posted: 20 Jan 2018 03:26 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government on Saturday accused the U.S. of trespassing in its territorial waters when a U.S. guided missile destroyer sailed near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
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| Rev. Franklin Graham: If Trump succeeds, we all succeed Posted: 21 Jan 2018 06:51 AM PST  Samaritan's Purse president discusses the president's first year in office.
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| Two Americans, two Canadians freed after kidnapping in Nigeria: police Posted: 20 Jan 2018 06:25 AM PST ![Two Americans, two Canadians freed after kidnapping in Nigeria: police]( "Two Americans, two Canadians freed after kidnapping in Nigeria: police") By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two Americans and two Canadians have been freed after being kidnapped in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, a police spokesman said on Saturday, as it emerged that five oil workers had been abducted in the southern Niger Delta region. The Americans and Canadians were ambushed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday while traveling from the town of Kafanchan in Kaduna state to the capital, Abuja.
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| Manifestaciones masivas en la segunda Marcha de las Mujeres Posted: 21 Jan 2018 09:29 AM PST ![Manifestaciones masivas en la segunda Marcha de las Mujeres]( "Manifestaciones masivas en la segunda Marcha de las Mujeres") Miles de personas participan en la "Marcha de las mujeres, en Washington, EEUU. EFE
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| N. Korean arts delegation to visit South on Sunday: Seoul Posted: 20 Jan 2018 03:32 AM PST  North Korea has informed Seoul it will send a delegation on Sunday to prepare cultural performances during the Winter Olympics, the South's unification minister said, a day after Pyongyang abruptly cancelled the visit. The North had initially planned to send a seven-member advance team headed by the leader of a popular all-female Western-style band for a two-day visit from Saturday to inspect venues for proposed performances in Seoul and the eastern city of Gangneung. Hyon Song-Wol, reportedly an ex-girlfriend of leader Kim Jong-Un, would be the first North Korean official to visit the South in four years.
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| Cable News Chyrons Tell The Bizarre Story Of Trump's First Year In Office Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:18 PM PST  Donald Trump has officially completed one full year as president, and holy moly what a year it's been.
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| Turpin family home was 'littered with faeces and dead cats and dogs' Posted: 21 Jan 2018 10:31 AM PST  Former Texan neighbours of David and Louise Turpin, the American couple whose 13 children were discovered chained and malnourished last week, have described a previous home littered with faeces, dead animals and a makeshift classroom. Ricky Vinyard, a tree feller from Rio Vista also told how one Christmas eight bikes arrived but remained untouched outside until they bleached in the sun. And that one of the daughters once ran away from home, only to be returned to her parents by another local resident. "It was waist-deep in filth. There were dead dogs and cats in there," he told the Los Angeles Times. He described how he found two Chihuahuas that had survived by eating waste from a mound of soiled nappies in a trailer behind the property where the children slept. "There were no beds, just mattresses." Inside the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home he said that: "There wasn't a place that wasn't filthy. "Everything had locks on it: the closet had locks, the toy chest, the refrigerator." The Turpin parents have pleaded not guilty to charges of turture Credit: Damian Dovarganes/ Damian Dovarganes Source: AP The couple, David 56 and Louise, 49, claimed to home-school their children, and the faeces-littered living room included eight small desks, a chalkboard, alphabet and number signs stapled to the wall. The family lived in the rural neighbourhood, south of Dallas with eight children from approximately 2000 to 2004 before they abandoned the property and moved to Perris in California. There, last week, both were each charged with multiple counts of torture, child abuse, the abuse of dependent adults and false imprisonment relating to the children aged from two to 29. They pleaded not guilty to all counts and are being held in custody on $9 million bail each. (£6.5m) David Turpin was also charged with one count of a lewd act on a child by force. If convicted, they face up to 94 years to life in prison. Facebook photos showed the family visited Las Vegas and Disneyland The new revelations came as a California politician began drafting legislation to give greater oversight of home-schooled children, in a bid to prevent a repeat of the horrors. Jose Medina told The Telegraph: "What happened in the city of Perris was tragic, and it was horrific. And I would like to try to do everything I can to ensure that it doesn't happen again." The Turpins' 13 children, aged between two and 29, had all, except the eldest, been exclusively home-schooled - meaning that, under California law, there was no outside contact. "One of the reasons this went undetected was because the parents could keep the children hidden from the public," said Mr Medina. "So I'm looking at what the state can do, so that kids can no longer be kept in captivity."Two million children in the US are home-schooled, representing three per cent of all American youngsters, according to the Mike Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). The trend began in the 1970s, he told The Telegraph, but has increased in recent years. By contrast, in the UK only 30,000 children were educated at home in the 2016/17 academic year, out of over eight million.
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| This Flu Season Is The Worst Possible Time For A Government Shutdown Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:52 PM PST  Flu cases are continuing to rise in the U.S., with some states, such as California, seeing record numbers of patients seeking medical attention.
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| Paul Ryan Declines To Say If He'll Run For Another Term In Congress Posted: 21 Jan 2018 09:02 AM PST  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Sunday he wasn't planning on leaving Congress any time soon, but he also didn't disclose whether he will serve another term in the House of Representatives.
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| California community makes recovery strides after mudslide Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:17 PM PST  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The key highway along the California coast has been cleared of debris and is a few days from reopening while the search is widening from three people still missing after a massive mudslide, authorities said Friday.
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| Turkish Jets Bomb Kurdish-Controlled Syrian City of Afrin Posted: 20 Jan 2018 09:22 AM PST  Erdogan promised to expand operations against a group allied with the U.S.
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| With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally Posted: 21 Jan 2018 12:20 PM PST ![With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally]( "With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally") There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed. Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. Mexico has struggled with years of violence as the government has battled vicious drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty, gangs.
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| Saudi Arabia calls for extending non-OPEC cooperation Posted: 21 Jan 2018 12:20 AM PST  Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh on Sunday called for extending cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers beyond 2018 after a deal to shore up crude prices. This is the first time OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia explicitly calls for extending a 2016 deal between oil producers to cut back production to combat a global oil glut.
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| The women who marched in 2018 Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:37 PM PST  One year into President Trump's administration, another Women's March. Here are scenes from the New York City event.
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| Anti-Abortion Harassment Goes Way Beyond Picketing Clinics Posted: 21 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  "Can I pray for you?" a woman asked after I shared my abortion story at the Women's March Convention in Detroit last year.
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| This Is What The Future Of Legal Weed Looks Like Posted: 21 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  The green revolution is here ― and it's mostly black, brown and female.
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| Ex-Clinton aide on the government shutdown Posted: 20 Jan 2018 05:34 PM PST  Philippe Reines, a former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton, shares his thoughts on 'Watters World.'
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| Brash ex-Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke faces civil trial Posted: 21 Jan 2018 08:19 AM PST  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke's run-in with a 25-year-old man who shook his head at him while boarding a flight last year is headed to trial.
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| 2nd annual Women's March: A multi-city mass rally Posted: 20 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST ![2nd annual Women's March: A multi-city mass rally]( "2nd annual Women's March: A multi-city mass rally") Protesters rally across the United States and overseas for the second annual Women's March, on the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration.
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| Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches 'Operation Olive Branch' Posted: 20 Jan 2018 01:25 PM PST ![Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches 'Operation Olive Branch']( "Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches 'Operation Olive Branch'") By Mert Ozkan and Ellen Francis HASSA, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey opened a new front in Syria's nearly seven-year-old war on Saturday, launching airstrikes against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in Afrin province that raise the prospect of a further strain on relations between Ankara and Washington. The operation, dubbed "Operation Olive Branch" by Ankara, pits Turkey against Kurdish fighters allied to the United States at a time when ties between Turkey and Washington - NATO allies and members of the coalition against Islamic State - appear dangerously close to a breaking point.
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| New Zealand Just Became The 11th Country To Send A Rocket Into Orbit Posted: 21 Jan 2018 06:41 AM PST  New Zealand successfully launched a rocket into orbit on Sunday, becoming the 11th country to achieve the feat.
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| Alison Brie Talks Allegations Against Brother-In-Law James Franco At SAG Awards Posted: 21 Jan 2018 04:44 PM PST  Alison Brie addressed the sexual misconduct allegations waged against her brother-in-law James Franco during a red carpet interview at the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards, saying that anyone who "feels victimized should and does have the right to speak out and come forward."
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| Mick Mulvaney finds himself in middle of another shutdown Posted: 21 Jan 2018 06:37 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of Budget at the White House.
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| With just 3 students, small-town high school closing down Posted: 21 Jan 2018 06:17 AM PST  ROCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — With just three students left attending high school here, junior Kimberly Taylor moves from one empty classroom to the next, taking mostly online classes or studying alone.
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| How Donald Trump will Reverse Obama's Failed Foreign Policy Strategy Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:20 PM PST  There are some hopeful signs that the Trump administration will pursue more traditional national-security goals and stop hammering conservative allies. President Obama's foreign policy was notable for headline-grabbing deals with enemies such as Iran and Cuba, and the abandonment of dissidents there and elsewhere.
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| Sen. Warren: America Can Never Go Back to the Era of Back-Alley Abortions Posted: 21 Jan 2018 12:00 PM PST  Find out why Senator Elizabeth Warren believes 'Roe v. Wade,' which legalized abortion, is important to women's health and economic security.
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| Iraqi parliament postpones vote on election date Posted: 20 Jan 2018 04:45 AM PST ![Iraqi parliament postpones vote on election date]( "Iraqi parliament postpones vote on election date") Iraq's parliament failed on Saturday to approve May 12 as the election date, as suggested by the government, as Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers demanded a delay to allow hundreds of thousands of war-displaced people to return home. Shi'ite politicians, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, insist on holding the election as planned on May 12, saying a delay would be against the constitution. Speaking after Saturday's session in Baghdad, Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri, a Sunni, expressed hope that parliament would be able to vote on an election date by Monday, state TV reported.
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| Ed Sheeran Is Engaged To Childhood Friend Cherry Seaborn Posted: 20 Jan 2018 01:23 PM PST  Ed Sheeran announced his engagement to girlfriend Cherry Seaborn on Saturday in an Instagram post that was pretty darn adorable.
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| Texas judge pushes jury for acquittal in child trafficking case, saying God told him to do it Posted: 20 Jan 2018 08:26 AM PST  District judge Jack Robison interrupted jurors' deliberations to say they should not convict 32-year-old Gloria Elizabeth Romero Perez. Judge Robison then reportedly recused himself for the remainder of proceedings. Perez, of Buda, Texas, was convicted anyway on one count of continuous traffic of a person and jailed for 25 years, the site said.
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| Germany's centre-left backs formal coalition talks with Merkel Posted: 21 Jan 2018 10:32 AM PST  Germany's centre-left Social Democrats voted Sunday to begin formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, bringing Europe's top economy a step closer to a new government after months of deadlock. At a special party congress in the western city of Bonn, 372 out of 642 delegates (56 percent) backed SPD chief Martin Schulz's appeal to approve a preliminary coalition deal painstakingly hammered out with Merkel's CDU/CSU bloc. The veteran chancellor, in power for more than 12 years, said she welcomed the SPD's green light but warned that there were "many issues left to work out".
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| See Photos From 2018 Women's Marches Around the World Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:06 PM PST  It's the demonstration's second anniversary
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| Bentley Bentayga plug-in hybrid SUV to debut in March at Geneva auto show Posted: 21 Jan 2018 06:30 AM PST  Unlike rival Rolls-Royce, which may go directly to an all-electric model in future, Bentley has set its sights on plug-in hybrids first—and the Bentayga luxury SUV will be the first one from the brand. The plug-in versions of the Bentley Bentayga is expected to debut in March at the Geneva Motor Show, and will be capable of running solely on battery power and producing zero emissions for short periods of time. A dedicated electric mode will keep the internal combustion engine at bay, though the big, heavy luxury SUV is likely to cover only a mile or so at lower speeds on electric power alone.
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| Trustee: MSU president should quit over sex assault scandal Posted: 20 Jan 2018 09:08 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan State University trustee on Saturday called for the university president to quit over the school's handling of the sexual assault scandal involving former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
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| 12-Year-Old Boy With Flu-Like Symptoms Dies After Virus Test Comes Back Negative Posted: 20 Jan 2018 10:33 AM PST  His family is waiting for the autopsy results.
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| Twitter to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during U.S. elections Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:18 PM PST ![Twitter to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during U.S. elections]( "Twitter to notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during U.S. elections") The company said it would email 677,775 people in the United States who followed, retweeted or liked content from accounts associated with the Internet Research Agency (IRA) during the election. The IRA is a Russian organization that according to lawmakers and researchers, employs hundreds of people to push pro-Kremlin content under phony social media accounts. Twitter added that because it has already suspended these accounts, the relevant content is no longer publicly available on its platform.
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| Football Fans Lose Faith In Humanity As Patriots Head To Another Super Bowl Posted: 21 Jan 2018 04:27 PM PST  Football fans were utterly distressed Sunday night as the New England Patriots secured a spot in yet another Super Bowl.
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| Pakistan suspends police officer over extrajudicial killing Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:26 AM PST  Pakistani authorities Saturday suspended a senior police officer over the killing of a man in an alleged staged shootout that sparked anger and protests nationwide. Senior superintendent Rao Anwar and other officers last week killed at least four men during what they claimed was a raid on a suspected Taliban hideout in the port city of Karachi. Relatives of one of the dead men, who was identified as Naqeebullah Mehsud, 27, from South Waziristan tribal district, rejected the claims of militant links and said he was an aspiring model who arrived in Karachi in 2008 in search of job and had been running a shop in the city.
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| Mexico Is Buying Some of America's Most Powerful Weapons (But Why?) Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:33 PM PST  Mexico is on the verge of being a failed state, swept by violence from powerful drug cartels who have turned the nation's cities and villages into bloody battlegrounds. Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department approved a $98.4 million weapons sale to Mexico, including RGM-84L Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles, Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) systems designed to shoot down antiship missiles and Mark 54 antisubmarine torpedoes. The high-tech weaponry is intended for the Mexican Navy's new Sigma 10514–class long-range patrol ships.
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| Blaze at firecracker factory outside Indian capital kills 17 Posted: 20 Jan 2018 04:24 PM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — A massive fire broke out at a firecracker factory on the northern outskirts of the Indian capital on Saturday, killing at least 17 workers, a fire official said.
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| Lawyers: Firing squad must be option for condemned killer Posted: 21 Jan 2018 10:16 AM PST  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned killer whose execution was stopped last year after 25 minutes of unsuccessful needle sticks are once again recommending the firing squad as an alternative.
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