| Police Move In As Clashes Erupt At Right-Wing Rally At University Of Washington Posted: 10 Feb 2018 10:22 PM PST  Five people were arrested Saturday when counter-protesters clashed with members and supporters of a controversial right-wing "Patriot Prayer" group at the University of Washington campus in Seattle.
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| Suspected poacher mauled to death by pack of lions in South Africa Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  Authorities in Limpopo, which is the northernmost province of South Africa, discovered the unidentified man's remains alongside a rifle and ammunition at a private nature park outside of the famous Kruger National Park. Police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP that he believes the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by the pack of lions.
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| Explosion At Power Station Plunges Northern Part Of Puerto Rico Into Darkness Posted: 11 Feb 2018 10:56 PM PST  A power station caught fire and exploded in Puerto Rico on Sunday, causing blackouts in the city of San Juan and the northern part of the island, authorities said.
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| Plane crash outside Moscow leaves 71 dead amid snowy conditions Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:01 AM PST  An airplane carrying 65 passengers and six crew members crashed outside Moscow amid snowy conditions on Sunday.
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| Trump Says Israeli Settlements Complicate Peace Process Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:33 AM PST  Right now is the "only opportunity" for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a peace agreement, according to President Donald Trump ― but he expressed doubt over whether Israel is up to the task.
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| Five people killed in 'horrific' Kentucky shooting spree Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:22 AM PST  Five people have been killed, including a gunman thought to have taken his own life, during a "horrific" shooting spree in Kentucky. Police received an emergency call on Saturday afternoon reporting a shooting at a rural home near the small city of Paintsville, in the northeast of the state. Officers found two people dead and began to search the area for the shooter, Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price said in the statement.
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| Monday's Morning Email: The Next Recession Will Be Brutal. Here's Why. Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:22 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Israeli PM: Airstrikes dealt 'severe blows' to Iran, Syria Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:30 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister said Sunday his country delivered "severe blows" to Iranian and Syrian forces and vowed to take further action against its adversaries following the most serious Israeli engagement in Syria since the war there erupted almost seven years ago.
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| The Christian Who Cried Abortion Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:44 AM PST  The fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf chronicles the story of a young boy who, in his boredom, deceives his village into believing that the sheep have all been scattered by a wolf.
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| A Disney Vacation Just Got Way More Expensive Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:02 AM PST  Disney raised entry prices for most tickets at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida over the weekend.
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| Liberia's Johnson Sirleaf wins $5 mln African leadership prize Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:05 AM PST  Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa's first elected female head of state, has won a $5 million Mo Ibrahim award, designed to improve the quality of African political leadership. Johnson Sirleaf, who handed over leadership of the war-scarred West African state last month to ex-international soccer star George Weah, is only the fifth person to win the 10-year-old award. Since its inception, the prize founded by Sudanese telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim has not been awarded on several occasions because there was not deemed to be a suitable candidate.
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| Democrats Will 'Clean Up' Their Blocked Memo Into the Russia Investigation Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:57 PM PST  The document tries to counter Republican allegations of surveillance excesses
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| Sea level rise is accelerating: study Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:03 PM PST  Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study said Monday. The past annual rate of sea level rise -- about three millimeters (0.1 inches) per year -- may more than triple to 10 millimeters per year by 2100, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal. The findings are "roughly in agreement with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) model projections," said the report, based on 25 years of satellite data.
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| Jeff Sessions accused of fueling racism after speech mentioning 'Anglo-American heritage' of US policing Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:30 PM PST  Attorney General Jeff Sessions veered from his prepared remarks to hail the "Anglo-American heritage" of law enforcement. "Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process," Mr Sessions told a National Sheriffs Association meeting, adding "the office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement". The invocation of Anglo-American roots appears to have been an impromptu decision, with a copy of Mr Sessions' prepared remarks reading: "The Sheriff is a critical part of our legal heritage".
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| Gigi Hadid Shuts Down Body Shamers, Speaks Out On Hashimoto's Disease Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:51 AM PST  Gigi Hadid slammed critics of her weight on social media on Sunday night, explaining her journey with Hashimoto's disease and imploring others to have more empathy.
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| Server Fired After Complaining About Getting Stiffed on Tip by Church Group Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:17 PM PST  Tamlynn Yoder, 25, said she prepared 75 orders for a church group that called Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens for a massive takeout meal.
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| Dutch foreign minister admits lying about meeting with Putin Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:36 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a potentially damaging admission on the eve of his first visit to Russia as a member of the Dutch government, Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra on Monday acknowledged lying about attending a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in 2006.
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| OFF THE AIR: NBC Pulls Commentator Whose Insensitive Japan Comments Sparked Furor Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:59 AM PST  The NBC commentator who was skewered by viewers for insensitive remarks he made during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has been relieved of his duties, the broadcaster announced on Monday.
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| GOP Lawmaker Devin Nunes Reportedly Made His Own Fake News Website Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:30 PM PST  A Republican lawmaker from California has been reportedly operating his own news website.
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| Grand Canyon copter crashed on tribal land with fewer rules Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:14 PM PST  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A helicopter crash that killed three British tourists and left four others critically injured happened on tribal land in the Grand Canyon where air tours are not as highly regulated as those inside the national park.
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| White House Aides Rally Around John Kelly and Defend Trump's Comments on Women Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:14 AM PST  White House staffers took to Sunday morning shows
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| US ballplayer's kidnapped mother is released Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:49 PM PST  The mother of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Elias Diaz was released Sunday, three days after being kidnapped in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, authorities said. "Thank God, our security forces were able to rescue Mrs Ana Soto," Zulia's state governor Omar Prieto said on Twitter. Ana Soto, 72, was abducted Thursday as she chatted with neighbors outside her home in a working-class area of the northwestern city.
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| US immigration authorities to deport Arizona father whose five-year-old son has cancer Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:19 PM PST  An undocumented father from Mexico who has a five-year-old son with cancer and a pregnant wife is due to be deported. Jesus Berrones, who lives in Arizona with his wife and five children, was denied an extension to stay in America by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday and is scheduled to be deported on Monday. The 30-year-old took refuge at the Shadow Rock United Church - a sanctuary church that provides a safe place for undocumented migrants - in Phoenix on Friday.
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| New York Times Writer's Tweet About Mirai Nagasu Sparks Controversy Posted: 12 Feb 2018 05:16 PM PST  Bari Weiss, an op-ed writer for The New York Times, triggered an intense online debate on Monday when she tweeted about Mirai Nagasu's historic Olympic performance.
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| Boeing Is Working on a Mach-5 Spy Plane Posted: 12 Feb 2018 07:35 AM PST  The Valkyerie II could compete with Lockheed's SR-72. In early January 2018, Boeing announced it's developing a concept for a hypersonic reconnaissance and strike drone that could compete with Lockheed's own SR-72. Both Boeing's "Valkyrie II"concept and Lockheed's "Son of Blackbird" could be capable of cruising at speeds exceeding Mach 5, potentially allowing them to evade all but the most sophisticated enemy defenses.
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| Syrian frontline town divides NATO allies Turkey and U.S. Posted: 12 Feb 2018 05:14 AM PST  By Dominic Evans ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A dispute between Turkey and the United States over control of a north Syrian town has put the NATO allies on opposing sides of the conflict's front line, deepening a diplomatic rift ahead of a visit to Turkey by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. This week's talks, already challenging given disagreements over President Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown after a failed 2016 coup, the detention of U.S. consulate staff and citizens, and the trial of a Turkish bank executive for evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, have been given added edge by the dispute over Syria.
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| The Best Comeback Story At Westminster Dog Show Sadly Ends On Day One Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST  A German shepherd who recovered from a shattered leg to become one of the favorites at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show had his comeback cut short on the first day of competition Monday.
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| The Education Department Officially Won't Deal With Transgender Students Experiencing Bathroom Discrimination Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:45 AM PST  The Trump administration's Education Department will no longer investigate complaints filed by transgender students who are kept from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, a department official told BuzzFeed News.
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| The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:31 AM PST ![The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction]( "The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction") JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Donald Smith, a man accused in the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in 2013 (all times local):
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| 'Yay': Man in US illegally says after being found guilty of killing 2 California deputies Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:34 PM PST  A man in the United States illegally was convicted of killing two deputies in a case that helped fuel the national immigration debate.
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| Russians dead in 'battle' in Syria's east Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST  Russian citizens died last week in eastern Syria, where a US-led coalition bombed pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its local allies, groups representing them said Monday. Vladimir Loginov, a 52-year-old from Russia's western Kaliningrad region "died in an unequal battle in the area of Syria's Deir Ezzor," according to a statement by the Baltic Cossack Union in Kaliningrad. The statement said Loginov was "heroically defending our Motherland in its far reaches from crazy savages" when he was killed on February 7.
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| The Latest: Man accused of killing 2 Ohio officers charged Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:59 PM PST  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on two Ohio officers fatally shot while responding to 911 hang-up call (all times local):
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| Twitter Bans GOP Candidate For Racist Meghan Markle Tweet Posted: 12 Feb 2018 11:53 AM PST  Twitter has permanently banned the account of a GOP congressional candidate after he posted a racist picture targeting soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle.
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| Couple who quit jobs and sold belongings to sail round the world lose everything as boat capsizes two days into journey Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:23 AM PST  Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh began their adventure on a 28-foot sailboat last week, setting off from the marina in Tarpon Springs. Two days later, the emergency services were called to reports of a capsized boat in the Gulf of Mexico near Madeira Beach – about 25 miles down the coast. "I sold everything I had to do this," Mr Broadwell told the Tampa Bay Times.
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| Russia hunts for body fragments, clues after fatal plane crash Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:30 AM PST  By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hundreds of emergency workers in Russia scoured snow-covered fields outside Moscow on Monday, collecting body fragments and clues after a plane crash a day earlier that killed all 71 people on board. President Vladimir Putin has ordered a special commission to investigate what caused the AN-148 plane operated by Saratov Airlines to crash outside Moscow shortly after taking off for the city of Orsk about 900 miles (1,500 km) southeast of the capital. Experts on Monday started studying the plane's two flight recorders, as well as some of the around 500 plane fragments recovered so far.
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| EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's First Class Habit Costing Taxpayers Thousands Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:47 PM PST  Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, regularly flies first or business class, often costing American taxpayers thousands of dollars more than equivalent seats in coach, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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| Surging US output 'a concern' for oil market: OPEC Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:35 AM PST  Oil prices, long battered by a global glut in supply, have been rising recently as the market returns to balance on the back of a landmark deal between producers to throttle output, but surging shale production in the United States could throw a spanner in the works, OPEC said on Monday. Crude prices fell as low as $35 per barrel at the start of 2016, but they have been rising since, reaching a three-year high of more than $70 per barrel last month, "on signs that production adjustments by OPEC and non-OPEC participating countries are balancing the market," the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries wrote in its latest monthly market report. OPEC countries and other oil-producing countries, such as Russia, agreed at the end of 2016 to cut back production to combat the global glut in oil.
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| Range Rover Sport PHEV conquers Heaven's Gate Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  With Land Rover now producing some two-wheel drive models that are more road-focused than its traditional off-road fare, and even a convertible, it's probably a good time for the company to reaffirm the imperious off-road capability its vehicles have long been renowned for. The petrol-electric performance SUV has now become the first vehicle in history to climb the stairs to the natural rock arch of Heaven's Gate. The Range Rover Sport P400e used for the challenge was a showroom standard model, so there were no enhancements made to help it overcome the awaiting obstacles to reaching the summit and negotiating the demanding course.
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| 3 Reasons Trump's Plan to Privatize the International Space Station Won't (and Shouldn't) Happen Posted: 11 Feb 2018 02:53 PM PST  Talk about bad real estate deals
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| The Latest: Police identify suspect in 2 officers' shootings Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:59 PM PST  WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on two police officers fatally shot in Ohio (all times local):
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| Katie Couric Is Skating On Thin Ice With Dutch Olympics Fans Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:07 AM PST  NBC Olympics commentator Katie Couric managed to tick off plenty of people in the Netherlands when she attempted to explain the country's dominance in speed skating.
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| Trump's Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Facing a trillion-dollar deficit because of his just-passed tax cuts, President Donald Trump has an idea for how to get some of that money back: making poor people eat beans and rice.
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| Hundreds evacuated after explosion on semi-truck carrying hydrogen tanks in SoCal Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:40 PM PST  An explosion on a semi-truck hauling hydrogen tanks prompted authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from businesses in Diamond Bar.
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| John McCain 'doing really good' in cancer fight, daughter says Posted: 11 Feb 2018 03:33 AM PST  Republican senator John McCain is making an "incredible comeback" following a bout of pneumonia related to his treatment for brain cancer. The Arizona Senator's daughter, Meghan McCain, told CNN her father "doing really well" and working on his physical therapy after chemotherapy treatment led to his infection. Mr McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour, last July, after having routine surgery to remove a blood clot behind his eye.
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| Honda to recall roughly 350,000 cars in China over engine issue Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  Honda Motor Co Ltd will recall roughly 350,000 vehicles in China to resolve a cold-climate engine issue and quell a barrage of customer complaints that has hit the Japanese automaker over the past month. The recall involves the CR-V sport utility vehicle and the Civic car, Honda's joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd said in a statement on Monday. The company is calling back those cars to resolve a problem caused by an unusual amount of un-combusted petrol collecting in the engine's lubricant oil pan.
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| South Africa's Ramaphosa says power transfer to be finalized Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:07 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's deputy president consolidated his control of the government on Sunday, promising to conclude a power transition in which he would succeed President Jacob Zuma, who faces widespread calls to resign because of corruption allegations.
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