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• Wisconsin Republicans Abruptly Decide To Oust Top State Elections And Ethics Officials
• California house of horrors: parents could face life in prison
• Mysterious letter sent to police station was allegedly written by 1962 Alcatraz escapee
• U.S. Schools Have Already Faced 11 Shooting Incidents This Year
• Kidnapping victim killed when FBI agent opens fire during raid in northeast Houston
• Trump: ‘I’m looking forward’ to speaking with Mueller
• Twitter ignites over photo of Mike Pence posing with White House interns
• US warns Hong Kong on illicit North Korea trade
• Trump Reportedly Asked Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Who He Voted For
• Authorities look for motive in fatal Kentucky high school shooting
• 'He Kissed My Forehead and Slit My Throat.' Ex-Teacher Attacked Wife Who Discovered His Affair With 14-Year-Old Student, Police Say
• GOP Lawmaker Gets Sunday-Schooled Over Botched Religious Reference
• Oregon boy, 8, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after falling off bike
• Traffic Stop Chase Ends in Head-On Collision
• Smart Contact Lenses Are Now Ready to Bring the Future Direct to Your Eyes
• 1 Word Convinced Tweeters That Donald Trump Is A 'Power Rangers' Fan
• Inside a Flat Earth Convention, Where Nearly Everyone Believes Earth Isn't Round
• Three dead as packed Italy commuter train derails
• Dashcam Video Shows ‘Senseless’ Killing Of Iranian-American By Federal Cops, Lawyers Say
• North Koreans Can't Escape Human Rights Abuses, Even When They Flee
• Correction: Burned Bears story
• Activists Film ‘Extreme Market’ In Indonesia To Denounce Dog Meat Trade
• Why the Blockchain Is So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
• Robert Mueller Might Question Donald Trump. Here's What Could Go Wrong
• Video released of bar fight allegedly involving off-duty CPD officer
• 13 Sweet Easter Pies To Celebrate Spring
• Anger swells in Pakistan as suspect in child killer case remanded
• Simone Biles, Aly Raisman And Jordyn Wieber React To Larry Nassar Sentencing
• Twin car bombs kill more than 20 in Libya's Benghazi -officials
• Mattis thanks Vietnam for supporting sanctions on N. Korea
• What You Should Really Be Asking At Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Garrison Keillor's Former Station Reports He Was Fired For More Than Touching A Woman's Back
• Trump HUD Official Lynne Patton Under Fire After Calling Journalist 'Miss Piggy'
• Las Vegas Massacre Victim Jovanna Calzadillas Finally Goes Home After She Was Shot in the Head
• Ivanka Trump Changed Her Twitter Bio. The Internet Was Not Happy About It
• NATO chief says Turkey has right to defend itself amid Syria campaign
• Fresh tremors halt search ops after Japan volcano eruption
• Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses
• American, Delta revive deal to handle stranded passengers
• Why 2018 Could Be the Year China and America Clash in the South China Sea
• Couple Charged With Child Abuse, 10-Month-Old Weighed Just 9 Pounds
• The 2018 Democratic Wave Is About More Than Congress
• Man Surprises Stepdad With Adoption Papers and Plans to Take His Name
• The Most Beautiful Coffee Shop in Every State in America
• Philippines plans forced evacuations from erupting volcano

Wisconsin Republicans Abruptly Decide To Oust Top State Elections And Ethics Officials Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:31 PM PST Wisconsin Republicans voted Tuesday to remove the state's top election election and ethics officials, despite looming state and federal elections.

California house of horrors: parents could face life in prison Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST David and Louise Turpin are headed to trial, and prosecutors say their 13 children have survived a nightmare.

Mysterious letter sent to police station was allegedly written by 1962 Alcatraz escapee Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX.

U.S. Schools Have Already Faced 11 Shooting Incidents This Year Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST The two students killed by a fellow high schooler Tuesday in Benton, Kentucky, weren't the first victims of such violence this month.

Kidnapping victim killed when FBI agent opens fire during raid in northeast Houston Posted: 25 Jan 2018 03:50 PM PST A man who police say was kidnapped during a home invasion was fatally shot hours later, as FBI agents moved in on the home where he was held.

Trump: ‘I’m looking forward’ to speaking with Mueller Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:43 AM PST After publicly expressing reservations about meeting with Special Counsel Mueller, the President said he's willing to testify under oath and that the interview will likely happen in a few weeks.

Twitter ignites over photo of Mike Pence posing with White House interns Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:15 PM PST White House intern photos have been known to stir up conversation on social media — and this recent one seems to be no different than the ones before it.

US warns Hong Kong on illicit North Korea trade Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:48 AM PST A senior United States official warned Hong Kong authorities Wednesday they must stop the city being used as a "safe harbour" for illicit trade with North Korea, in violation of United Nations sanctions. The warning came weeks after a Hong Kong-flagged ship was seized in South Korea for transferring oil products to another vessel. The UN -- at the urging of the US -- has imposed a series of sanctions against North Korea aimed at tightening the economic screws on Pyongyang over its missile and nuclear programme.

Trump Reportedly Asked Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Who He Voted For Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:12 PM PST President Donald Trump reportedly called acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe into the Oval Office last year and asked him who he voted for in the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported.

Authorities look for motive in fatal Kentucky high school shooting Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:44 AM PST Authorities say they plan to try the 15-year-old suspected shooter as an adult, charging him with murder and assault.

'He Kissed My Forehead and Slit My Throat.' Ex-Teacher Attacked Wife Who Discovered His Affair With 14-Year-Old Student, Police Say Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:36 AM PST James Chelekis slashed his wife's throat after she discovered his affair

GOP Lawmaker Gets Sunday-Schooled Over Botched Religious Reference Posted: 24 Jan 2018 10:53 PM PST #FactsFirst #LetsGetAfterIt #CuomoPrimeTime https://t.co/5Z0ylovxO7—

Oregon boy, 8, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after falling off bike Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:00 AM PST And 8-year-old boy from Oregon has just died days after contracting rare, flesh-eating bacteria.

Traffic Stop Chase Ends in Head-On Collision Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST Arizona police said the suspect has "an extensive criminal history."

Smart Contact Lenses Are Now Ready to Bring the Future Direct to Your Eyes Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST Smart glasses? So passé.

1 Word Convinced Tweeters That Donald Trump Is A 'Power Rangers' Fan Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:38 AM PST Go, go Donald Trump! Tweeters gleefully mocked the president on Wednesday over his choice of words while discussing an immigration plan to deal with young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

Inside a Flat Earth Convention, Where Nearly Everyone Believes Earth Isn't Round Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST Many believers at the Flat Earth International Conference, an educational seminar about our planet, support a theory that Earth is flat.

Three dead as packed Italy commuter train derails Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:52 AM PST Three women were killed and a dozen people seriously injured after a packed Italian commuter train derailed on Thursday near the northern city of Milan. Witnesses told the media the regional train began to shake heavily as if it were running over rocks, before braking suddenly and derailing. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni promised that full light would be shed on the circumstances of the crash, whose cause was not immediately clear.

Dashcam Video Shows ‘Senseless’ Killing Of Iranian-American By Federal Cops, Lawyers Say Posted: 24 Jan 2018 11:43 AM PST WASHINGTON ― U.S Park Police shot and killed an unarmed Iranian-American man in Fairfax County, Virginia, last November.

North Koreans Can't Escape Human Rights Abuses, Even When They Flee Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST As tensions with North Korea reached new heights in late 2017, an alarming new YouTube genre swept the internet like wildfire: the Korean DMZ escape video.

Correction: Burned Bears story Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:04 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Jan. 24 about medical care for three wild animals burned in fires in Southern California, The Associated Press, relying on information from the animal's caregivers, reported erroneously that a 5-month-old mountain lion being treated for burns would be released back into the wild this week.

Activists Film ‘Extreme Market’ In Indonesia To Denounce Dog Meat Trade Posted: 23 Jan 2018 08:34 PM PST A coalition of animal welfare groups has released horrific footage of dogs being bashed to death and blowtorched in so-called "extreme markets" in Indonesia.

Why the Blockchain Is So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:04 PM PST Looking for Blockchain 101? Look no further.

Robert Mueller Might Question Donald Trump. Here's What Could Go Wrong Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:45 PM PST Special counsel Robert Mueller may soon interview President Donald Trump under oath, setting up a risky situation for the White House.

Video released of bar fight allegedly involving off-duty CPD officer Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:16 PM PST Surveillance video was released Wednesday showing a bar fight allegedly involving a Chicago police officer, who could be fired for the shooting deaths of two people 2015.

13 Sweet Easter Pies To Celebrate Spring Posted: 25 Jan 2018 09:40 AM PST

Anger swells in Pakistan as suspect in child killer case remanded Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:40 AM PST Angry Pakistanis called Wednesday for the public execution of a suspect accused of raping and murdering a girl in a case that enraged the country and stoked fears a serial killer was preying on children. The suspect, Imran Ali, was remanded in custody for 14 days by an anti-terrorism court in Lahore one day after his arrest over the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Fatima Ameen in the Punjab city of Kasur. Zainab's murder weeks earlier sparked outrage across the country with riots erupting in Kasur as thousands swarmed police stations and set fire to politicians' homes, while Pakistanis took to social media demanding action.

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman And Jordyn Wieber React To Larry Nassar Sentencing Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:18 AM PST Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber are happy with the sentence of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who will spend the rest of his life behind bars for molesting children.

Twin car bombs kill more than 20 in Libya's Benghazi -officials Posted: 23 Jan 2018 11:37 PM PST By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A double car bombing in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday left at least 22 people dead and 30 wounded, including senior security figures, according to officials and a Reuters witness. The first explosion struck outside a mosque in Benghazi's central Al Salmani district as worshippers were leaving evening prayers. Some 10 to 15 minutes later, after security and health officials had arrived on the scene, a second, more powerful blast was detonated from a Mercedes parked on the opposite side of the street, hitting an ambulance and causing a higher number of casualties.

Mattis thanks Vietnam for supporting sanctions on N. Korea Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:17 AM PST HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised Vietnam on Wednesday for supporting U.N. sanctions against North Korea and expressed hope that Washington and Hanoi can build closer defense ties despite being former enemies.

What You Should Really Be Asking At Parent-Teacher Conferences Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:01 AM PST Parent-teacher conferences are a place to share concerns and suggest solutions when it comes to children's lives in the classroom, but what questions should parents be asking to make these meetings as efficient as possible?

Garrison Keillor's Former Station Reports He Was Fired For More Than Touching A Woman's Back Posted: 23 Jan 2018 06:54 PM PST Garrison Keillor, the former Minnesota Public Radio host who was fired for harassment, may have done far more than "accidentally" place his hand on a female colleague's bare back, as he claimed in November.

Trump HUD Official Lynne Patton Under Fire After Calling Journalist 'Miss Piggy' Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:09 PM PST An event planner appointed by President Donald Trump to a key position at the Department of Housing and Urban Development has apologized after insulting a journalist on Wednesday.

Las Vegas Massacre Victim Jovanna Calzadillas Finally Goes Home After She Was Shot in the Head Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:07 PM PST Jovanna Calzadillas was on life support with a bullet lodged in her brain after the Las Vegas shooting massacre.

Ivanka Trump Changed Her Twitter Bio. The Internet Was Not Happy About It Posted: 24 Jan 2018 07:36 AM PST Ivanka Trump took women's empowerment out of her social media bio and the internet has strong reactions.

NATO chief says Turkey has right to defend itself amid Syria campaign Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:03 AM PST NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that member state Turkey had a right to act in self-defence as Ankara presses a military operation against Kurdish-held positions in northern Syria. "All nations have the right to defend themselves, but this has to be done in a proportionate and measured way," Stoltenberg said in a statement issued by his office. Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia on Saturday in their enclave of Afrin, supporting Syrian rebels with air strikes and ground troops.

Fresh tremors halt search ops after Japan volcano eruption Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:10 PM PST New volcanic activity Wednesday forced Japanese police to suspend search operations a day after an eruption near a popular ski resort that killed a soldier and injured several other people. A group of 50 police officers and rescue workers had been combing the area beneath Mt. Kusatsu Shirane on Wednesday morning, a day after the surprise eruption. "But we stopped it as volcanic tremors were detected," a Japanese police official told AFP.

Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post: witnesses Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:52 AM PST By Josiane Kouagheu DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a border crossing in Cameroon's southwest on Thursday, launching their assault from Nigeria, according to security officials who witnessed the incident. A Nigerian military spokesman denied the assailants had crossed over from Nigeria, and the incident is likely to further damage relations between the neighbours, strained over the rise of an Anglophone Cameroonian separatist movement.

American, Delta revive deal to handle stranded passengers Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:56 PM PST DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and Delta are reviving a deal that lets them put passengers on each other's planes when travelers are stranded by disruptions such as winter storms and computer outages.

Why 2018 Could Be the Year China and America Clash in the South China Sea Posted: 25 Jan 2018 04:31 AM PST The US military may again conduct Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea this year as part of an ongoing strategic effort to challenge what it describes as China's "excessive maritime claims" in the region, Pentagon officials said. While Pentagon officials naturally did not offer any specifics regarding operations or current considerations about whether US Navy ships will again sail within the 12-mile territorial boundaries of islands claimed by China, they were clear say it is indeed a realistic possibility.

Couple Charged With Child Abuse, 10-Month-Old Weighed Just 9 Pounds Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:50 AM PST A Utah couple was charged with felony child abuse after their baby was found to be severely malnourished, weighing only 9 pounds at the age of 10 months.

The 2018 Democratic Wave Is About More Than Congress Posted: 24 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST As the 2018 midterms come into focus on the political terrain, it's safe to expect that media coverage will focus overwhelmingly on the possibility of Democrats gaining majorities in the House and Senate.

Man Surprises Stepdad With Adoption Papers and Plans to Take His Name Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:01 PM PST "I wish I had done it years and years ago," Logan Borden told InsideEdition.com.

The Most Beautiful Coffee Shop in Every State in America Posted: 24 Jan 2018 06:00 AM PST

Philippines plans forced evacuations from erupting volcano Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:33 AM PST Philippine authorities said Thursday they will remove by force people who have refused to leave a no-go zone around an erupting volcano, as they seek to avoid casualties after tens of thousands of others fled to safety. There have been no deaths in the 10 days since Mount Mayon began belching flaming lava, superheated rocks and ash, causing 75,450 residents to flee surrounding farms and communities, civil defence officials said. Maria Evelyn Grollo, who runs a school-turned shelter for more than 4,000 people on the outskirts of Legazpi, said these people were defying the city mayor's order to stay away from farms on Mayon's lower slopes.

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