| Trump won’t seek new authority for wider Syria mission after hammering ISIS Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:11 PM PST  The U.S. mission in Syria is shifting away from defeating the ISIS on the battlefield, but the president does not plan to ask Congress for new war powers there.
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| Suspect Arrested In Killing Of 7-Year-Old Zainab Ansari Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:19 PM PST  Police in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested a man for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari, officials said on Tuesday.
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| North Korean ex-spy Kim Hyon-hui speaks out Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:50 AM PST  Kim Hyon-hui is a mass murderer, a former spy for North Korea who blew up a passenger jet in 1987 on orders she says were from Kim Jong Un's father. Now she's speaking out against the regime.
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| 2 teenagers gunned down in Kentucky school shooting identified as high school sweethearts Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST  Bailey Holt, 15, was killed when an unnamed 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun just before classes started at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, a small rural town of about 4,500 people. Holt's boyfriend was also shot in the face during the deadly rampage and remains in the hospital in critical condition along with three of his fellow classmates, the Mirror reported. A second student, 15-year-old Preston Cope, was also identified as a victim of Tuesday's shooting.
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| American Islamophobia Is Helping Trump Kill The Iran Deal Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:48 AM PST  In 1985, musician Sting released a song called "Russians."
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| Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:27 AM PST ![Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics]( "Alienation drives young Palestinians beyond politics") While Hamas, Fatah and other groups call for a weekly show of strength on Fridays, dozens of stone-throwers turn out along the border between Gaza and Israel every day, even when, as last Friday, a protest is called off due to bad weather. Some wear the colors of the various factions vying to lead the drive for a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, but others have no affiliation, a sign of alienation that makes the political situation more volatile. "I am not against any of the factions, but we are grown-ups and are intelligent and we see that the ongoing division is weakening us all," said a 28-year-old protester, referring to a renewed standoff between the Islamist Hamas and secular Fatah.
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| Report: Trump asked Acting FBI Director who he voted for in 2016 Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  The Washington Post reports President Trump asked acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for after firing FBI director James Comey. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Betsy Woodruff and Matt Miller about the Trump administration's pressure on the FBI.
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| One dead and several injured after volcano erupts at Japanese resort Posted: 22 Jan 2018 09:29 PM PST  A volcanic eruption near a ski resort in Japan has triggered an avalanche, killing one and injuring more than a dozen skiers. A torrent of rocks reportedly hit the ski slopes following the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, a 7,090ft volcano, in Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo. Six members of Japan's Ground Self-Defence Forces who were conducting a winter training exercise in the area were among those rescued, with one of the group later dying from his injuries. At least 12 skiers on the mountainside were also reportedly injured by the avalanche or falling volcanic rocks, including five seriously, according to local media. Among those injured were four people hurt by glass shattering as rocks hit the gondola in which they were travelling, with around 100 reportedly evacuated from the area. A ski slope damaged by the eruption Credit: Kyodo via Reuters Japan's disaster agency warned that rocks could be thrown as far as one mile from the peak of the mountain, while CCTV footage from the ski resort showed rocks flying through the sky amid plumes of black smoke. Confirming the eruption, an official for the Japanese Metereological Agency told Reuters: "Based on various measurements, we can say that the mountain appears to have erupted, but we are still trying to confirm facts on the ground." Japan has 110 active volcanoes and monitors 47 of them around the clock. In September 2014, 63 people were killed on Mount Ontake, the worst volcanic disaster in Japan for nearly 90 years. Volcanic eruption at Japanese ski resort Four years ago, 63 people were killed when Mount Ontake erupted, the country's worst volcanic disaster in nearly 90 years. The latest incident took place as Tokyo briefly ground to a halt after it was shrouded in the heaviest snowfall to hit the capital in four years. The city woke up on Tuesday to around nine inches of snowfall, causing widespread traffic chaos and public transport delays as well as trapping cars on bridges and in tunnels. At a glance | Deadliest volcanic eruptions More than 740 traffic accidents due to snow were reported, while an estimated 6,000 people were also stuck overnight at Tokyo's Narita airport due to cancelled flights and a lack of transport. There is normally light winter snowfall around once a year in Tokyo, although it rarely settles.
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| Friends mourn young sports fans slain in Kentucky school shooting Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:16 PM PST ![Friends mourn young sports fans slain in Kentucky school shooting]( "Friends mourn young sports fans slain in Kentucky school shooting") Police have not yet identified the 15-year-old gunman in the Tuesday morning attack at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Nashville, Tennessee. Fourteen other students suffered were wounded, and another four high schoolers suffered non-gunshot wounds in the panic. It was the latest outbreak of gun violence in a nation where school shootings have become frequent.
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| Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Online Town Hall Draws Over 1 Million Live Viewers Posted: 23 Jan 2018 10:14 PM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders' televised town hall on Tuesday night to promote single-payer health care, or "Medicare for all," drew a live audience of about 1.1 million people ― all but a few hundred of whom viewed the event exclusively online.
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| Puerto Rico Neighborhood Erupts in Cheers as Power Finally Comes On, Months After Hurricane Maria Posted: 23 Jan 2018 05:41 AM PST  The devastating storm left most of the island in the dark.
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| US: Russia ultimately to blame for Syrian chemical attacks Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:24 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Russia is ultimately to blame for any use of chemical weapons in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday amid reports of a suspected chemical attack this week near the capital, Damascus.
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| Melania Trump's Davos Cancellation A 'Subliminal Message' To Donald: Historian Posted: 23 Jan 2018 05:07 PM PST  Melania Trump won't be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and some are speculating that her cancellation is a "subliminal message" to her husband, Donald Trump.
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| Thousands more flee erupting Philippine volcano Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:48 AM PST  Tens of thousands more people have fled an erupting volcano in the Philippines, relief workers said Wednesday, as foreign tourists arrived to watch the flaming lava and giant clouds spurting from its crater. More than 70,000 residents are now crammed in schools and other buildings, a figure that has nearly doubled over the past three days, officials said, two weeks after Mayon volcano began showing signs of activity. Volcanologists on Monday warned of a hazardous eruption within days and a no-go zone was extended from six kilometres (3.7 miles) of the crater to nine kilometres, forcing even those beyond it to flee homes being pounded by a rain of ash.
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| Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST ![Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement]( "Burger King tweaks U.S. regulator in new 'net neutrality' advertisement") Fast food company Burger King is taking on the Trump administration's decision to reverse the landmark 2015 net neutrality rules and making fun of the top U.S. telecommunications regulator in doing so. The Republican-majority Federal Communications Commission voted in December along party lines to reverse the 2015 net neutrality rules that bar internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes, also known as paid prioritization.
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| Germany’s Left Is Committing Suicide by Identity Politics Posted: 23 Jan 2018 10:41 AM PST  Social democrats have committed to a partnership with Angela Merkel that exposes their greatest vulnerability.
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| Sheriff: Remains of 5 missing gas rig workers recovered Posted: 23 Jan 2018 03:18 PM PST  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials on Tuesday recovered the remains of five gas rig workers who had been missing since a fiery explosion in eastern Oklahoma a day earlier.
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| David Harbour Asked Twitter For A Huge 'Happy Feet'-Style Favor, And It Delivered Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:10 AM PST  The "Stranger Things" star asked fans to help in his quest to dance with penguins, and they totally came through.
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| Rising exports, Turkish tanks fuel German arms sales debate Posted: 24 Jan 2018 05:38 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — The German government fired back Wednesday at critics of its arms export policies, insisting that it takes great care not to approve the sale of weapons to countries that abuse human rights.
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| Now Chris Cuomo And Kellyanne Conway Are Fighting Over Grammar Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST  Chris Cuomo and Kellyanne Conway have taken their act to the next level.
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| Alaskans on Alert for Tsunami After Powerful Earthquake Off Shore Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:23 AM PST  An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 has hit Kodiak, Alaska
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| Zoe Hastings Case: Man Gets Life for 2015 Rape and Murder of Teen Who Vanished on Way to Church Posted: 23 Jan 2018 08:22 AM PST  It took jurors in Dallas County less than seven minutes to sentence Antonio Cochran for the vicious killing of Zoe Hastings.
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| Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:15 AM PST ![Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms]( "Afghan hotel attack stirs fresh debate on private security firms") By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A bloody Taliban raid on a high-end hotel guarded by a private company in the Afghan capital has stirred fresh debate about the role of security firms in the violence-plagued county. Five gunmen dressed in army uniforms made their way through two checkpoints before getting in to the hilltop Hotel Intercontinental on the weekend, killing at least 20 people, including 13 foreigners. On Tuesday, security officials were meeting in the hotel, as guards of the Kabul Balkh Safety and Security Organisation (KBSS) stood outside, with rifles slung across their chests.
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| Complete list of every full moon in 2018, including January's rare 'super blue blood moon' Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:03 AM PST  Keep your eyes on the skies for the next full moon as it will be a spectacular sight, dubbed the 'super blue blood moon'. Falling on January 31, it will be the product of three different phenomena, each of which would be exciting enough on their own. Not only will it be a blue moon - the name given to the second full moon in one calendar month - it will also be a supermoon; this occurs when a full moon is at the point in its orbit closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter. However that's not all: it will also be a blood moon in some areas of the world. A blood moon happens when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon. Stargazers in Australia, New Zealand, central and eastern Asia, Indonesia, Alaska, Hawaii and parts of North America will be able to see the super blue blood moon, if the skies are clear - although we won't be able to see the red hue in the UK. It will be the first time a 'super blue blood moon' has graced the skies in 152 years, with the last one falling on March 31, 1866. Also known as the Wolf Moon because it falls in January, it comes four weeks after the month's first full moon lit up the skies, on January 2. Stargazers will also be treated to two full moons in March, although there won't be one during the year's shortest month, February. The moon is the largest and brightest object in our night sky and has enchanted and inspired mankind for centuries, taking centre stage earlier this year year as it eclipsed the sun on August 21. Total solar eclipses are a rare breed, but full moons can be admired every month. Here is everything you need to know about Earth's only natural satellite, from all its different names to how it was formed. How often does a full moon occur? Afull moon occurs every 29.5 days and is when the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun's rays. It occurs when Earth is directly aligned between the Sun and the Moon. Why do full moons have names? The early Native Americans didn't record time using months of the Julian or Gregorian calendar. Instead tribes gave each full moon a nickname to keep track of the seasons and lunar months. Most of the names relate to an activity or an event that took place at the time in each location. However, it wasn't a uniform system and tribes tended to name and count moons differently. Some, for example, counted four seasons a year while others counted five. Others defined a year as 12 moons, while others said there were 13. Colonial Americans adopted some of the moon names and applied them to their own calendar system which is why they're still in existence today, according to the Farmer's Almanac. January: Wolf Moon This moon was named because villagers used to hear packs of wolves howling in hunger around this time of the year. Its other name is the Old Moon. This January there are two Wolf Moons - and stargazers will be in for a treat as both will be supermoons. When two moons occur in one month, the second is called a blue moon. While blue moons typically occur only once every two to three years, this year we will be treated to two moons - the second appearing at the end of March. The night following the first full moon of the month saw the Quadrantid meteor shower light up the skies. When? January 2 and January 31 February: Snow Moon Snow moon is named after the white stuff because historically it's always been the snowiest month in America. It's also traditionally referred to as the Hunger Moon, because hunting was very difficult in snowy conditions. However this year there won't be a Snow Moon - with a full moon occurring at the end of January and another at the beginning of March, we won't see one light up the skies during the year's shortest month. When? There will be no full moon this month The full Snow Moon appears red above London's Albert bridge and Battersea Bridge in 2012 Credit: Anthony Devlin March: Worm Moon As temperatures warm, earthworm casts begin to appear and birds begin finding food. It's also known as Sap Moon, Crow Moon and Lenten Moon. There will be two moons this March, one at the start of the month and one at the end. As in January, the second moon of the month is called a blue moon. The second moon of the month is important because it is used to fix the date of Easter, which is always the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. This year, that moon appears on Saturday March 31, which means Easter Sunday falls the day after, on April 1. When? March 2 and 31 April: Pink Moon April's full moon is known as the Pink Moon, but don't be fooled into thinking it will turn pink. It's actually named after pink wildflowers, which appear in the US and Canada in early spring. This moon is also known as Egg Moon, due to spring egg-laying season. Some coastal tribes referred to it as Fish Moon because it appeared at the same time as the shad swimming upstream. When? April 30 May: Flower Moon Spring has officially sprung by the time May arrives, and flowers and colourful blooms dot the landscape. This moon is also known as Corn Planting Moon, as crops are sown in time for harvest, or Bright Moon because this full moon is known to be one of the brightest. Some people refer to it as Milk Moon. When? May 29 June: Strawberry Moon This moon is named after the beginning of the strawberry picking season. It's other names are Rose Moon, Hot Moon, or Hay Moon as hay is typically harvested around now. This moon appears in the same month as the summer solstice, the longest day of the year (June 21) in which we can enjoy approximately 17 hours of daylight. When? June 28 The so-called 'Strawberry Moon' rises behind Glastonbury Tor on in June 2016. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images July: Thunder Moon Named due to the prevalence of summer thunder storms. It's sometimes referred to as the Full Buck Moon because at this time of the year a buck's antlers are fully grown. When? July 27 August: Sturgeon Moon Tribes in North America typically caught Sturgeon during this month, but also it is when grain and corn were gathered so is also referred to as Grain Moon. This moon appears in the same month as the Perseid meteor shower. When? August 26 September: Harvest Moon The Harvest Moon is the name given to the first full moon that takes place closest to the Autumn equinox, which this year will come on September 23. The Harvest Moon arrived late last year, on October 5 - it normally rises in September. It was during September that most of the crops were harvested ahead of the autumn and this moon would give light to farmers so they could carry on working longer in the evening. Some tribes also called it the Barley Moon, the Full Corn Moon or Fruit Moon. When?September 25 October: Hunter's Moon As people planned ahead for the cold months ahead, the October moon came to signify the ideal time for hunting game, which were becoming fatter from eating falling grains. This moon is also known as the travel moon and the dying grass moon. When? October 24 November: Frost Moon The first of the winter frosts historically begin to take their toll around now and winter begins to bite, leading to this month's moon moniker. It is also known as the Beaver Moon. When? November 23 December: Cold Moon Nights are long and dark and winter's grip tightens, hence this Moon's name. With Christmas just a few weeks away, it's also referred to as Moon before Yule and Long Nights Moon. When? December 22 Clouds clear to allow a view of the final full moon of the year, a so-called 'Cold Moon' on December 13 2016 in Cornwall. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Once in a blue moon Does this well-known phrase have anything to do with the moon? Well, yes it does. We use it to refer to something happening very rarely and a blue moon is a rare occurrence. It's the name given to a second full moon that occurs in a single calendar month and this typically occurs only once every two to three years. There's lots of other moons, too: Full moon: We all know what these are. They come around every month and light up the night at night. Harvest moon: The full moon closest to the autumn equinox. Black moon: Most experts agree that this refers to the second new moon in a calendar month. The last black moon was at the start of October 2016 and the next one is expected in 2019. Blue moon: A phenomenon that occurs when there is a second full moon in one calendar month. Joe Rao from space.com explains: "A second full moon in a single calendar month is sometimes called a blue moon. A black moon is supposedly the flip side of a blue moon; the second new moon in a single calendar month." Supermoon is seen behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, in May 2012. Credit: AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano The infrequent nature of this lunar event led to the phrase "once in a blue moon" to signify a rare occurrence. It does not actually mean the moon will be blue. Blood moon: Also known as a supermoon lunar eclipse. It's when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result of a rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year. There was one in the UK in September 2015, and before that in 1982 but the next one won't be until 2033. Strawberry moon: A rare event when there's a full moon on the same day as the summer solstice. It happened in June 2016 for the first time since 1967 when 17 hours of sunlight gave way to a bright moonlit sky. Despite the name, the moon does appear pink or red. The romantic label was coined by the Algonquin tribes of North America who believed June's full moon signalled the beginning of the strawberry picking season. What is a supermoon? Ever looked up at the night sky to see a full moon so close you could almost touch it? Well you've probably spotted a supermoon. The impressive sight happens when a full moon is at the point in its orbit that brings it closest to Earth. To us Earth-lings, it appears 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent bigger to the naked eye. Supermoon is not an astrological term though. It's scientific name is actually Perigee Full Moon, but supermoon is more catchy and is used by the media to describe our celestial neighbour when it gets up close. Astrologer Richard Nolle first came up with the term supermoon and he defined it as "… a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90 per cent of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit", according to earthsky.org. How many supermoons are there in 2018? There are two full moon supermoons this year, both taking place in the first month of the year. The first appeared on January 2 and the second will appear on January 31. As it will be the second moon of the month, the latter moon is also known as a blue moon. There will also be two new moon supermoons in 2018: one on July 13 and another on August 11. Unfortunately, stargazers were unable to see these moons as new moons are generally obscured by the light of the sun. Last year we were lucky enough to have four supermoons. The first three - April 26, May 25, June 24 - were new moons. The fourth supermoon of 2017 appeared on December 3 and was a full moon supermoon. This will be a full moon supermoon. In fact, it's the first of three full moon supermoons in a row. Supermoon rises over Auckland, New Zealand in August 2014. Credit: Simon Runting/REX What do I look for? Head outside at sunset when the moon is closest to the horizon and marvel at its size. As well as being closer and brighter, the moon (clouds permitting) should also look orange and red in colour. Why? Well, as moonlight passes through the thicker section of the atmosphere, light particles at the red end of the spectrum don't scatter as easily as light at the blue end of the spectrum. So when the moon looks red, you're just looking at red light that wasn't scattered. As the moon gets higher in the sky, it returns to its normal white/yellow colour. Will the tides be larger? Yes. When full or new moons are especially close to Earth, it leads to higher tides. Tides are governed by the gravitational pull of the moon and, to a lesser extent, the sun. Because the sun and moon go through different alignments, this affects the size of the tides. Tell me more about the moon The moon is 4.6 billion years old and was formed between 30-50 million years after the solar system. It is smaller than Earth - about the same size as Pluto in fact. Its surface area is less than the surface area of Asia - about 14.6 million square miles according to space.com Gravity on the moon is only 1/6 of that found on Earth. The moon is not round, but is egg-shaped with the large end pointed towards Earth. It would take 135 days to drive by car to the moon at 70 mph (or nine years to walk). The moon has "moonquakes" caused by the gravitational pull of Earth. Experts believe the moon has a molten core, just like Earth. How was the Moon formed? How the Moon was formed Man on the Moon Only 12 people have ever walked on the moon and they were all American men, including (most famously) Neil Armstrong who was the first in 1969 on the Apollo II mission. The last time mankind sent someone to the moon was in 1972 when Gene Cernan visited on the Apollo 17 mission. Although Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate there. While millions watched the moon landing on live television, Aldrin was forced to go in a tube fitted inside his space suit. Buzz Aldrin Jr. beside the U.S. flag after man reaches the Moon for the first time during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Credit: AP When the astronauts took off their helmets after their moonwalk, they noticed a strong smell, which Armstrong described as "wet ashes in a fireplace" and Aldrin as "spent gunpowder". It was the smell of moon-dust brought in on their boots. The mineral, armalcolite, discovered during the first moon landing and later found at various locations on Earth, was named after the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil ARMstrong, Buzz ALdrin and Michael COLlins. An estimated 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 landing live on television, a world record until 750 million people watched the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. One of President Nixon's speechwriters had prepared an address entitled: "In Event of Moon Disaster". It began: "Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay to rest in peace." If the launch from the Moon had failed, Houston was to close down communications and leave Armstrong and Aldrin to their death. How the Daily Telegraph reported Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon in 1969
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| Joel Taylor, Star Of Discovery Channel's 'Storm Chasers,' Dead At 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:54 AM PST  Joel Taylor, the star of Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers," has died at age 38, according to friends and associates.
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| Deadly car bombings in Benghazi Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST ![Deadly car bombings in Benghazi]( "Deadly car bombings in Benghazi") The death toll from a nighttime twin car bombing near a mosque in a residential area of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi rose to 33 on Wednesday, authorities said. The Tuesday night attack, which struck the city's Salmani neighborhood, also left 47 people wounded, local health official Hani Belras Ali said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, but many assumed it was the work of remnants of an Islamic State group faction largely driven out of Libya.
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| Gun industry converges near Las Vegas mass shooting site Posted: 23 Jan 2018 01:00 PM PST  The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from the site where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire.
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| P&G profits drop as it fights teen abuse of laundry pods Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:29 AM PST  Procter & Gamble reported lower quarterly earnings Tuesday due in part to costs from US tax reform, and said it was amplifying efforts to counter teen abuse of its Tide detergent. P&G suffered another weak quarter in grooming, due to continued weakness in shaving products after the Gillette brand cut prices to compete with other companies. There was broad-based strength in P&G's beauty category, with Pantene and Head & Shoulders among the brands that sold well, along with premium skin-care offerings under Ski-II.
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| The World's Ugliest American Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:47 AM PST  One year into the Trump administration, as our president prepares for his trip to address the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, here is the dynamic abroad: no foreign enemy could have degraded America's global standing so completely in so short a time.
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| My Parents Held Me Captive for 18 Years. This Is How We Can Save Other Kids Posted: 23 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  Lessons we should all take from my experience and the tragic case in California
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| Turpin family: CCTV reveals moment imprisoned children escape from 'house of horrors' Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:19 AM PST  Footage has emerged of the moment the imprisoned Turpin family children escaped from their parents' "house of horrors". Moments before police descended on the suburban home in Perris, California, the children, some of whom were allegedly tortured and shackled, the children can be seen filing out onto the drive. David Turpin, 56, and his wife Louise Turpin, 49, have been charged with torture, abuse and false imprisonment.
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| Report: Conflicting California mudslide warnings issued Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:31 PM PST  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — In the days before mudslides devastated California neighborhoods, officials released conflicting evacuation orders that left some hard-hit neighborhoods out of the warning zone, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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| White House pounces on missing Strzok-Page texts Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:28 AM PST  Catherine Herridge reports from Washington on the reaction to the missing 5 months of correspondence.
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| Egypt's military arrests ex-general running for president Posted: 23 Jan 2018 11:18 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to force out the last potentially serious challenger to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
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| Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan after IS attack Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST  Save the Children suspended operations across Afghanistan on Wednesday as Islamic State militants terrorised staff trapped inside one of its offices in a deadly hours-long attack, the latest assault on a foreign charity. Gunmen blasted their way into the British aid group's compound in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing three employees and wounding four others, Save the Children said in a statement. "It is with profound sadness that we can confirm three Save the Children staff members were killed earlier today in an attack on our office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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| Tuesday's Morning Email: The Case For Why The End Of The Shutdown Isn't A 'Democratic Cave' Posted: 23 Jan 2018 04:02 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Suspected Serial Killer Arrested in Rape and Murder of 7-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:13 PM PST  The 7-year-old's rape and murder led to protests and worldwide attention
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| Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Arrested Again After Sneaking Onto London-Bound Flight Posted: 23 Jan 2018 10:29 AM PST  The 66-year-old woman managed to sneak onto a flight to London without a passport or a ticket.
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| Tennis pro Tennys Sandgren's sudden rise prompts questions over alt-right links Posted: 22 Jan 2018 10:08 PM PST  This year has been rather fruitful for the underdog at the Australian Open tennis tournament. One of the unexpected successes is a Tennessean with a funny name, Tennys Sandgren, whose giant-killing efforts have earned him a place at the tournament's quarterfinal and plenty of admiration. SEE ALSO: You'll never have to pick up a tennis ball ever again But as people began to jump on the Sandgren bandwagon, questions have been raised about the player's alleged support of the so-called alt-right, a white nationalist movement, and the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Tweets from the player have been circulated which indicate his support for Mike Cernovich on "fake news," a denial that America has a problem with systemic racism because it elected a black president twice, and his belief that the "collective evidence is too much to ignore" in regard to the Pizzagate emails. Was starting to think Tennys Sandgren reaching Australian Open quarter-finals was rather a lovely story. Then I saw that this was how he marked Trump's election victory pic.twitter.com/sr9aL4WhaY — Oliver Brown (@oliverbrown_tel) January 22, 2018 Dude is running Kyrgios off the court. He also tweets a lot pic.twitter.com/ObCR8BbQOE — Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) August 3, 2017 Now, if only that humility, perspective and humanity carried over... pic.twitter.com/DLsplrIhBM — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) January 18, 2018 In the wake of his win against world no. 5 Dominic Thiem, Sandgren was asked by a reporter if he was concerned about his "social media output ... which includes some political figures who might be considered outside the mainstream." Sandgren said he wasn't concerned about the tweets, and that engaging with these alt-right personalities doesn't necessarily mean he believes in what they say. "I think it's crazy to assume that, to say, 'Well he's following X person so he believes all the things that this person believes.' I think that's ridiculous. I think that's ridiculous. That's not how information works," he said. "If you watch a news channel you wouldn't then say that that person who's watching a news channel thinks everything that that news channel puts out. You wouldn't think that." Tennys Sandgren was asked about following on social media 'some political figures who can be considered outside the mainstream'.''As a firm Christian I don't support things like that' pic.twitter.com/pzKGoTyMLn — José Morgado (@josemorgado) January 22, 2018 Sandgen denied supporting the alt-right, instead reasserting his faith. "I find some of the content interesting, but no I don't ... as a firm Christian I don't support things like that. I support Christ and follow him and that's what I support," he said. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that all of his tweets from June 2016 appear to have been deleted. Sandgren's last viewable tweet was about Brexit. Freedom wins #brexit — Tennys Sandgren (@TennysSandgren) June 24, 2016 Sandgren faces another underdog in South Korean Hyeon Chung on Wednesday, and we're sure there will be plenty more questions to come. WATCH: Scientists have found a potentially super cool replacement to electrical lighting
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