| 'The United States is under attack': Intel chiefs say Russia targets midterm election Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:01 AM PST  The heads of six top U.S. intelligence agencies said on Tuesday that Russian interference in American democracy has not diminished since the 2016 presidential race and is continuing heading into this year's midterms.
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| Passengers Terrified When Engine Cover Rips Off Plane Bound For Hawaii Posted: 13 Feb 2018 06:22 PM PST  Passengers on a flight from California to Hawaii faced a terrifying sight on Tuesday when the engine's covering ripped off the aircraft.
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| Undocumented Father of Cancer-Stricken 5-Year-Old Allowed To Stay In U.S. Posted: 13 Feb 2018 04:49 AM PST  Jesus Berrones, 30, had taken refuge inside a Phoenix church.
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| Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's Cover Model Cried When She Found Out She Was Chosen Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  Danielle Herrington, 24, is the third African-American model in the magazine's decades-long history to grace the cover of the annual swimsuit issue.
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| New fronts emerge in Syria as Assad, allies push for victory Posted: 14 Feb 2018 02:06 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — As Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies push toward final victory and the fight against the Islamic State group draws to an end, new fronts have opened up, threatening an even broader confrontation among regional and world powers.
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| Kuwait condemns Philippine president's call to evacuate workers Posted: 13 Feb 2018 06:52 AM PST  A top Kuwaiti official condemned on Tuesday a call by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to evacuate his country's workers from Kuwait, suggesting Duterte could damage ties between the two countries. Duterte said last week that his government would ask private airlines to evacuate Filipino nationals from Kuwait within 72 hours, after the discovery of the dead body of a Filipino migrant worker in a freezer. "We are surprised and we condemn statements from the Philippine president, especially as we are in contact with the Philippines on a high level to explain the workers' conditions in Kuwait," said Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah.
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| Stormy Daniels Says Trump Lawyer Breached Agreement, So She's Free To Talk Posted: 14 Feb 2018 01:25 PM PST  Former adult film actress Stephanie Clifford says she is ready to tell her story after the president's lawyer reportedly breached a nondisclosure agreement preventing her from speaking publicly about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump.
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| Omarosa Dishes On Mike Pence: 'He Thinks Jesus Tells Him To Say Things' Posted: 13 Feb 2018 01:39 AM PST  Omarosa Manigault-Newman issued a dire warning about Vice President Mike Pence.
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| Paul Bauer killed: Off duty Chicago Police Commander gunned down helping colleagues to make arrest Posted: 13 Feb 2018 05:37 PM PST  Commander Paul Bauer was killed while trying to help other members of a tactical team in "apprehending a suspicious person", The Chicago Police Department confirmed said. A spokesman called a it a "senseless murder", adding that person of interest was in custody. "It's a difficult day for us", Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters.
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| 5 Pointz Developer Who Whitewashed Artists' Murals Forced to Pay Them $6.7 Million Posted: 13 Feb 2018 02:53 PM PST  "This is a win for artists' rights all across the country. This is a win for the visual artists and their protection."
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| Tom Daley announces he and his partner are having a baby Posted: 14 Feb 2018 06:15 AM PST  Tom Daley has announced that he is going to have a child with husband Dustin Lance Black. It appears they are to use a surrogate, as the pair posted a photograph of a sonogram on Instagram. The two made a Valentine's announcement, posting on their social media feeds: "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!" with an accompanying image of the baby scan. The Olympic diver, 23, and the director, 43, became engaged in October 2015 and were married last May. They met at an industry event, when Tom made the first move by typing his mobile phone number into the Oscar-winning director's phone, with an invitation to call him. A very happy #ValentinesDay from ours to yours. ������❤️ pic.twitter.com/6ugN3Ho6y3— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) February 14, 2018 The pair have wanted a family since they met; Mr Black told OUT Magazine in 2016: "We were so busy making all these plans - we both wanted to have children; we both wanted to build a home of our own someday. I draw, so I was sketching little plans for houses on cliffs overlooking oceans, while Tom watched over my shoulder - it was a very grown-up version of playing house. "Marriage is the foundation to all of these other big plans we have. So we knew we were going to get engaged—it was just a matter of when, and who does it." HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! ❤️������❤️ A post shared by Tom Daley (@tomdaley) on Feb 14, 2018 at 5:44am PST Last year, they tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at a lavish golf resort in Dartmoor national park. Mr Daley wrote: "05.06.17 the day I married the love of my life shared with 120 of our closest family and friends from Texarkana to Plymouth". Mr Daley, 22, was said to have re-enacted the balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, calling Black, who is 20 years his senior, his Romeo. A spokesperson said: "Tom and Dustin are thrilled to share that they are expecting their first child in 2018."
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| The Only Way to Solve the North Korea Crisis: Kill Kim Jong Un? Posted: 13 Feb 2018 11:26 AM PST  It is possible that the costs of reunifying Korea would not be as burdensome as some people fear. To begin with, Korea doesn't offer its citizens the same extensive safety nets that Germany does, which should lower the costs. Furthermore, South Korea could finance the costs of reunifying through foreign direct investment, especially given North Korea's rumored vast mineral wealth.
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| U.S. Luger Emily Sweeney Wipes Out In Dramatic Olympics Crash Posted: 13 Feb 2018 05:39 AM PST  American luger Emily Sweeney crashed during the women's singles competition at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday, and was reportedly taken to a hospital for evaluation.
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| FBI Chief, Asked About Trump Tweets, Said He Tells Bureau To Ignore 'The Noise' Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Asked about President Donald Trump's assertion that the FBI's reputation is "in tatters," the man Trump picked to head the bureau said Tuesday that he encourages FBI employees to ignore "the noise" on social media and on television.
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| Six-Year-Old Found Dead After Older Brother, His Girlfriend Allegedly Abused Him Posted: 13 Feb 2018 07:38 PM PST  Police have arrested a 22-year-old man and his 26-year-old girlfriend in connection to his little brother`s death.
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| South Africa's ruling party finally turns against Zuma Posted: 13 Feb 2018 08:25 PM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's ruling party on Tuesday disowned President Jacob Zuma after sticking with him through years of scandals, ordering him to resign in an attempt to resolve a leadership crisis that has disrupted government business in one of Africa's biggest economies.
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| Florida shooting live updates: 17 dead in attack police believe involved AR-15 rifle - suspect named as Nikolas Cruz Posted: 14 Feb 2018 01:12 PM PST  Seventeen people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire at a Florida high school. Aerial footage showed students streaming out of the school with their hands in the air before dropping their backpacks into a large pile next to police and sitting on nearby grass. Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County said the 19-year-old suspect - identified in media reports as Nikolaus Cruz - is in custody and that investigators are beginning to "dissect" what happened in the attack.
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| Prince Henrik, husband of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, dies Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  Prince Henrik, the French-born husband of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, has died, the palace announced Wednesday. "His Royal Highness Prince Henrik died Tuesday, February 13 at 23:18 at Fredensborg Castle", a royal residence about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Copenhagen, surrounded by his wife and their two sons, the palace statement said. Born Henri Marie Jean Andre de Laborde de Monpezat on June 11, 1934 in Talence, near Bordeaux, the count married Margrethe, heir to the Danish throne, in June 1967.
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| The AP Asks: What would South Koreans ask a North Korean? Posted: 13 Feb 2018 04:39 PM PST  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Koreas share a border, a culture and a language. But 70 years after they were separated, North and South are about as divided as divided gets.
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| Passengers Recall 'Flight From Hell' After 3-Year-Old Screamed for 8 Hours Straight Posted: 14 Feb 2018 02:12 PM PST  The incident happened in August but has recently come to light.
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| Tara Lipinski And Johnny Weir Have The Cutest Olympics Pre-Show Ritual Posted: 14 Feb 2018 04:36 AM PST  Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir deserve top marks for their pre-show ritual at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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| Elizabeth Warren Gives Speech On 'Pocahontas' As Slur, Addresses Claims Of Native Ancestry Posted: 14 Feb 2018 10:32 AM PST  surprised guests at the National Congress of American Indians on Wednesday with an impassioned speech calling out President Donald Trump's habit of calling her "Pocahontas."
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| Turkey Is Trying to Turn Russia and Iran Against America in Syria Posted: 13 Feb 2018 05:05 PM PST  By galvanizing a common front of anti-U.S. sentiment in all three countries, Erdogan seeks to downplay Ankara's escalating tension with Russia and Iran and repair ties. In a recent statement, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United States is working against the interests of Turkey, Iran and maybe Russia in northern Syria, where it is sending military aid to the Syrian Kurdish militia.
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| Police investigate complaint after father accused of chopping off daughter's hair for getting highlights Posted: 13 Feb 2018 01:21 PM PST  Ohio authorities are investigating after a mother's Facebook complaint that her ex-husband cut their daughter's hair as punishment for getting highlights went viral. Tens of thousands of people have seen and shared Christin Johnson's Facebook post, which features three photos: one of a smiling young woman with long hair, and then two of a short-haired person hiding her face. The Haskins Police Department has confirmed it investigated Ms Johnson's complaint alleging that the daughter's father and stepmother forcibly cut her hair.
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| Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks Posted: 13 Feb 2018 11:52 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison by a judge who repeatedly called it a miracle nobody was killed.
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| Microsoft Just Hinted at Support for Bitcoin Over Crypto-Forks Posted: 13 Feb 2018 06:54 AM PST  Internal experiments have yielded good results.
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| Ban The United States From The Olympics Posted: 13 Feb 2018 07:51 AM PST  At a press briefing last week with International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams, there was stern talk about a country of cheaters so shot through with a gold-at-all-costs mentality that they countenanced the systematic exploitation of Olympic athletes.
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| US Senate stumbles in seeking elusive immigration fix Posted: 13 Feb 2018 02:50 PM PST  The US Senate's much-touted freewheeling immigration debate failed to materialize Tuesday, raising prospects of Congress and President Donald Trump falling short in striking a deal on border security and the legalization of young immigrants. Lawmakers have spoken for months about the need to craft a bipartisan compromise after Trump scrapped a program that allowed so-called Dreamers brought to the United States illegally as children to stay, and gave Congress until March 5 to find a solution. Some 690,000 Dreamers registered under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and 1.1 million others were eligible but did not sign up.
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| People Are Going Hog Wild Over A Monstrous Wild Boar Dubbed 'Pigzilla' Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:13 PM PST  A massive wild boar dubbed "Pigzilla" was caught on video in Hong Kong going through some trash near a school, according to CBS News.
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| School bus driver crashes into tree, reverses into another tree then drives away with children on board Posted: 13 Feb 2018 08:56 AM PST  Francelle Fleurine, 34, finished her route despite the vehicle's rear window being shattered by the collision. Massachusetts police have cited the bus driver over the crash in Raynham, a town about 30 miles south of Boston. Police said Fleurine, from Attleboro, was transporting at leat 10 Raynham Middle School students when she struck the first tree Monday afternoon.
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| Is the Israeli Air Force Losing Its Edge? Posted: 14 Feb 2018 08:20 AM PST  The shootdown in Syria may be a sign of things to come. Israel has been bombing targets within Syria with impunity since the country descended into a hellish civil war in 2011. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has executed bombing runs throughout the region, even as far away as Sudan without suffering consequences for decades.
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| South Korea union says GM plant closure is 'death sentence', threatens strike Posted: 14 Feb 2018 03:29 AM PST  By Heekyong Yang and Ju-min Park GUNSAN/SEOUL (Reuters) - General Motors' workers at a South Korean plant staged a protest on Wednesday against its planned closure, calling the move by the U.S. automaker a "death sentence", and threatening a strike. In the city of Gunsan, where the factory with 2,000 workers is, shuttered store fronts and empty streets near the plant are a stark reminder of the depressing impact on the rural town. "Gunsan city worked really hard to rescue GM, buying GM cars produced from the factory.
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| Immigrant cleared in killing pleads not guilty to gun counts Posted: 13 Feb 2018 01:27 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican man acquitted of murder in a San Francisco shooting that ignited a national immigration debate pleaded not guilty Tuesday to U.S. gun charges.
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| All-New 2018 Jeep Wrangler Improves Upon a Classic Posted: 14 Feb 2018 11:08 AM PST  Redesigning the Jeep Wrangler is a delicate job. Designers have to honor its history and respect its loyal owner base, while addressing significant shortcomings in a marketplace that has seen dr...
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| Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait by Amy Sherald Apparently Features a Secret Political Message Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:13 AM PST  It's hidden in the dress.
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| Chloe Kim’s Dad Celebrates The ‘American Dream’ After 17-Year-Old’s Gold Medal Win Posted: 13 Feb 2018 12:58 AM PST  The father of U.S. snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim had a message for reporters after her spectacular Olympic gold medal win on Tuesday.
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| Trump refuses to yield on immigration, causing more division on Capitol Hill Posted: 14 Feb 2018 11:23 AM PST  Donald Trump reaffirmed a hardline position on a prospective immigration deal on Wednesday, throwing a wrench into fraught negotiations over how to protect hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. As the US Senate scrambles to broker an agreement by the end of the week, Trump made clear in a statement that any immigration bill must include drastic changes to legal immigration in order to earn his signature.
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| Prince Harry Narrowly Avoids A Bite From An Unruly Scottish Pony Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:04 AM PST  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle headed to Scotland on Tuesday for their first official joint visit to the country.
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| China charges former Politburo member with bribery Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:46 PM PST  A former Politburo member who was once seen as a contender for China's top leadership has been charged with bribery, the country's top prosecutor said Tuesday. Sun Zhengcai, former party chief of the southwestern mega-city Chongqing, "should be held criminally responsible" for "seeking benefits for others" and "illegally accepting huge sums of money," according to a statement on the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. The agency has transferred Sun's case to the first branch of the Tianjin People's Procuratorate to complete proceedings, it said.
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| 3-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Treated for the Flu Posted: 13 Feb 2018 11:55 AM PST  A 3-year-old Indiana girl died just three days after being released from a hospital where she tested positive for the flu, her family says.
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