| David Shulkin Disputes White House Resignation Claim: 'I Had No Intention Of Giving Up' Posted: 01 Apr 2018 08:57 AM PDT  Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says he was fired from his
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| Legal Experts Debate Presidential Powers, Russia Probe Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:44 PM PDT  Bob Bauer, former Obama White House counsel and Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor, join Meet the Press to debate presidential pardon powers in the scope of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
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| Killing Him While He's Dead, A Eulogy For Stephon Clark Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Adapted from remarks delivered at Stephon Clark's funeral, March 29, in
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| Meet the Parkland educator who taught many student activists Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:02 AM PDT  Jeff Foster teaches AP Government at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, influencing the voices of the students now leading the conversation on gun control.
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| Nobel winner Malala visits hometown in Pakistan for first time since shooting Posted: 31 Mar 2018 03:11 PM PDT  By Asif Shahzad and Jibran Ahmad MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited her birthplace in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Saturday, bursting into tears as she entered her childhood home for the first time since a Taliban gunman shot her in 2012. The 20-year-old told a family friend she planned to return home after completing her education at Oxford, where she is reading for a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. Roads were blocked off in the town of Mingora as Yousafzai, known universally by her first name, flew in by military helicopter with her parents and brother.
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| Tesla says autopilot was engaged during fatal crash Posted: 31 Mar 2018 04:55 AM PDT  Electric car maker Tesla has confirmed the autopilot was engaged during a fatal crash last week, a development set to exacerbate concerns over the safety of autonomous vehicles. A Tesla Model X collided with a highway barrier near the town of Mountain View in California on March 23, catching fire before it was struck by two other cars. The driver, who was identified by The Mercury News as a 38-year-old man, Wei Huang, later died in hospital.
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| Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on Posted: 31 Mar 2018 12:50 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will target militant groups inside Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned on Saturday, a day after 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the area's deadliest violence in four years.
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| Hundreds protest in Sacramento after Stephon Clark autopsy shows police shot unarmed black man shot six times in back Posted: 31 Mar 2018 01:46 PM PDT  A former professional basketball player has led hundreds of protesters who gathered in the centre of Sacramento to demonstrate over the police killing of an unarmed black man, the day after an autopsy showed he had been shot six times in the back. Matt Barnes, a former player with the Sacramento Kings, spoke to protesters as they marched through California's state capital, for the fifth successive day of demonstrations. It's about wrong and right," Barnes told the crowd taking part in an event that had been titled Rally for Unity and Action.
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| SUV in Crash that Killed Family of 8 Was 'Pinned' at 90 MPH: Report Posted: 01 Apr 2018 07:42 AM PDT  Three children, who are believed to have been in the vehicle, are still missing.
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| Gov. 'Moonbeam' Brown's Office Uses Trump's Own Words To Defend Pardons Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:09 PM PDT  Turns out President Donald Trump's timing was off for his vicious dig at
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| Former prosecutor: ‘Gutless’ not to charge officers in shooting Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:37 AM PDT  The two officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling in Louisiana will not face criminal charges. And, the Sacramento community continues to protest the death of Stephon Clark after an independent autopsy found officers shot Clark eight times.
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| Funeral of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:01 AM PDT ![Funeral of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking]( "Funeral of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking") The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in English city of Cambridge, with hundreds of well-wishers lining the streets for a glimpse of the hearse carrying his remains to a private funeral.
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| Sen. Dem: For legislation to end gun violence, put 'far right, far left rhetoric aside' Posted: 01 Apr 2018 04:20 AM PDT  ABC News' George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., to discuss the state of the Democratic Party.
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| U.S. ready for North Korean response as joint exercises set to begin Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:45 AM PDT  The USS Dewey, sailing in the Philippine Sea, has a radar system that links it with a dozen counterparts in the western Pacific, creating a digital net able to track and shoot down an inbound missile.
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| Ten dead as building struck by car collapses in India Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:24 PM PDT  Ten people have died after a car crashed into a dilapidated building in central India and brought down the near century-old structure, burying them beneath rubble, police said Sunday. The freak accident in Indore on Saturday evening is the latest building disaster in a country infamous for poor construction and safety standards. The driver lost control of his vehicle and struck a pillar holding up the near 100-year-old structure, said police deputy inspector general Harinarayanchari Mishra.
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| You Might Be Shocked By What Two Principals Said About My Transgender Daughter Posted: 31 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Since my daughter began living as her authentic self as a transgender girl
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| Syrian army declares victory as rebels vacate most of Ghouta Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army declared victory in eastern Ghouta Saturday after opposition fighters evacuated from most of the area near the capital except for the town of Douma where negotiations are still underway for rebels there to leave or face an all-out government offensive.
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| Autopsy prompts more protests over killing of black man in California Posted: 01 Apr 2018 03:26 AM PDT ![Autopsy prompts more protests over killing of black man in California]( "Autopsy prompts more protests over killing of black man in California") By Bob Strong SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - About 200 people demonstrated in Sacramento on Saturday to protest the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies since the unarmed black man was gunned down in his grandmother's yard. Another vigil with about 150 people was held on Saturday night, and a protester was hit by a Sacramento sheriff's vehicle, according to a video posted on the internet and the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The sheriff's office said in a statement early on Sunday that protesters were yelling and kicking the patrol car.
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| South Korea Is Deploying Hyper-Precise Missiles to Protect Seoul from North Korea Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:08 AM PDT  South Korea's government would like nothing better than a peaceful, no-drama relationship with North Korea, and the administration of President Moon Jae-in clearly hopes that new talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un may de-escalate tensions. North Korea maintain hundreds of long-range Koksan 170-millimeter self-propelled guns, and 240- and 300-millimeter multiple rocket launchers capable of striking Seoul.
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| Winning Mega Millions ticket for $521M jackpot purchased in New Jersey Posted: 31 Mar 2018 05:38 AM PDT  The winning ticket for Friday's $521 million Mega Millions jackpot was purchased in New Jersey.
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| Court: government can't block immigrant teens from abortion Posted: 30 Mar 2018 08:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in Washington told the Trump administration Friday that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.
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| Boat carrying Rohingya stops on Thai island: official Posted: 01 Apr 2018 08:10 AM PDT  A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees trying to reach Malaysia briefly stopped on a Thai island, an official said Sunday, as fears grow about overcrowded camps for the stateless minority fleeing violence in Myanmar. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have sought shelter in southern Bangladesh since Myanmar launched a brutal crackdown on insurgents in August that the US and UN have called ethnic cleansing. An agreement to repatriate Rohingya from Bangladesh to Myanmar's Rakhine state has yet to see a single refugee returned.
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| Fox Host Laura Ingraham to Take a Vacation Amidst David Hogg Scandal Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:12 AM PDT  She mocked the Parkland shooting survivor on Twitter
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| Trump's border wall: US military is as unlikely to pay for it as Mexico Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT  A section of the US-Mexico border fence is pictured on 27 March 2018 in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas. With his original plan for Mexico to pay for a border wall yet to bear fruit, Donald Trump last week reportedly floated a plan B: the US defense department could foot the bill. While Trump is known for spitballing ideas – on trade policy, or healthcare, or a joint Russia-US "cybersecurity unit" – he is not known for a mastery of details.
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| White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man Posted: 30 Mar 2018 05:51 PM PDT ![White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man]( "White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man") Baton Rouge officer Blane Salamoni, who shot Sterling in a confrontation outside a convenience store, was dismissed for violating department standards on use of force and for losing his temper, Police Chief Murphy Paul told a news conference. Sterling was among black men slain by police whose deaths sparked U.S. protests and helped fuel the Black Lives Matter movement. Police released four videos of the confrontation with Sterling outside a convenience store, where he was selling CDs.
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| US, S. Korea begin low-key army drills amid diplomatic thaw Posted: 31 Mar 2018 07:19 PM PDT  The United States and South Korea kicked off a low-key joint military drill Sunday as a diplomatic thaw over North Korea gathered pace. The annual Foal Eagle drill -- a series of field training exercises involving some 11,500 American and 290,000 South Korean troops -- began early Sunday, Seoul's defense ministry spokesman said. The deployment of such powerful weapons at past drills has frequently drawn an angry response from the North.
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| Pippa Middleton's Father-In-Law Investigated For Alleged Child Rape Posted: 30 Mar 2018 09:54 PM PDT  French police launched an investigation into allegations of the rape of a
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| Get Ready, Russia: The Navy Wants to Build 3 Nuclear Attack Submarines Per Year Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:24 AM PDT  The Navy hopes to increase its current submarine construction op-tempo and build as many as three Virginia-class submarines per year to more rapidly address the services' attack submarine deficit. The previous status quo had been for the Navy to drop from building two Virginia-Class boats per year to one in the early 2020s when construction of the new Columbia-Class nuclear armed submarines begins. The service then moved to a plan to build two Virginia-class submarines and one Columbia-class submarine concurrently, according to findings from a Navy assessment.
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| Soldier killed in Syria identified as 36-year-old from Texas Posted: 31 Mar 2018 04:54 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The American service member killed this week by a roadside bomb in northern Syria was a 36-year-old Army soldier from Texas, the Defense Department said Saturday.
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| Even The Pagani Huayra BC Is Being Recalled Posted: 31 Mar 2018 04:13 PM PDT  The Italian automaker can't escape the regulatory clutches of the NHTSA.
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| Las Vegas Golden Knights Retire Jersey No. 58 To Honor Victims Of Last Year's Mass Shooting Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:14 AM PDT  The Las Vegas Golden Knights, the city's National Hockey League team, honored
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| A Toddler Died In a 'Senseless' Shooting in Miami, Police Say Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:48 AM PDT  The suspect is in custody
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| New York moves to offset federal tax changes in $168 billion budget deal Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:03 AM PDT  By James Odato ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature agreed late on Friday on a $168 billion budget for fiscal 2019, including measures aimed at offsetting damage to taxpayers from new federal tax changes. Cuomo outlined details of the agreement a few hours before the Senate and Assembly voted to pass the legislation needed to adopt the budget. The governor likened the federal tax changes enacted early this year to a missile launched at New York.
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| New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history Posted: 31 Mar 2018 02:33 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church made history and injected a bit of diversity into a previously all-white top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry.
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| Duchess Of Cambridge Steps Out For Easter Service In Surprise Appearance Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:57 PM PDT  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday for
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| UN chief calls for independent investigation into Gaza deaths Posted: 31 Mar 2018 12:39 AM PDT  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "independent and transparent investigation" after 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded during clashes with the Israeli military, a spokesman said. "The Secretary-General calls for an independent and transparent investigation into these incidents," said a statement by Guterres' deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, which also reaffirmed "the readiness" of the world body to revitalize peace efforts.
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| GOP retirements could lead to openings for House Democrats Posted: 01 Apr 2018 08:40 AM PDT  With 23 Republican members of Congress retiring, ABC News' Tom Llamas breaks down how it could help Democrats turn the House blue in 2018.
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 31 Mar 2018 07:00 AM PDT  From a wild concept car to a roomy crossover, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| Why Is Easter Always Changing? It Has to Do With the Moon Posted: 01 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT  It's still a direct astronomical observation.
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| I’ve Supported the Second Amendment My Whole Life. It’s Time for Reasonable Gun Control Posted: 31 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Congress and the gun lobby will lose support from if they don't act
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| 73 Years Ago Today the Battle for Okinawa Began. It Was Hell on Earth. Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:17 AM PDT  Military planners considered the capture of Okinawa and its airfields to be a crucial and necessary precondition for the invasion of the Japanese mainland. 73 Years Ago Today the Battle for Okinawa Began. As we celebrate Easter Sunday and the Jewish Passover, we should keep in our prayers and remembrances the many Americans who fought and sacrificed during that same time 73 years ago in the Battle of Okinawa.
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| The Latest: More protesters rally after killing by police Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:44 AM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man in Sacramento (all times local):
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| Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist' as insults fly after Gaza deaths Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:13 AM PDT ![Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist' as insults fly after Gaza deaths]( "Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist' as insults fly after Gaza deaths") Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu a "terrorist" on Sunday, escalating an exchange of insults that started after he criticized Israel's lethal military response to a demonstration on the Gazan border. Israel has defended the killing of 15 Palestinians during Friday's demonstration and Netanyahu tweeted that the Israeli army "will not be lectured by those who have indiscriminately bombed civilian populations for years", referring to Turkey. Erdogan told supporters on Sunday: "We don't have the shame of invading on us, Netanyahu.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. – A look back at the life of an American icon Posted: 01 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT ![Martin Luther King Jr. – A look back at the life of an American icon]( "Martin Luther King Jr. – A look back at the life of an American icon") Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 15, 1929. King was a Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and civil rights leader who practiced peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience to protest racial inequality. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance.
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| Isil 'Beatles' say fair trial is impossible in Britain in first interview since capture Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:40 PM PDT  Smiling and sipping drinks on a brown leather sofa, El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Amon Kotey display few signs of their sinister past. One dressed in a tracksuit top, the other in a blue pullover, the men are seen engaging in conversation and chuckling in newly released photographs and video. It is only in pictures of them handcuffed and with faces covered by rudimentary masks while being transported that there is a hint of the pair's threat. In fact these young Britons are two of the country's most notorious suspected killers, accused of overseeing a brutal regime of executions and torture in the name of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). They are accused of forming half of the infamous 'Beatles' jihadist group of UK citizens who fled to the Middle East, taking up arms in the hope of forming a new caliphate. The beheadings of British aid worker David Haines and US journalist James Foley are among the crimes the group is said to have committed. Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh Credit: AP Photo/Hussein Malla Yet speaking from a compound in northern Syria in their first interview since capture, the two men issued a string of rebuttals. They denied any involvement in the group's kidnapping or killings, with one going as far as saying Mr Foley's death was "regrettable". They hit out at their 'Beatles' media portrayal, claiming the nickname would undermine the chance of a fair trial. A Kurdish security officer, background, escorts Alexanda Amon Kotey, right, and El Shafee Elsheikh Credit: AP And the jihadists even denounced as "illegal" reported attempts by the British government to strip them of their UK citizenship. The interview, conducted by the Associated Press, provides a telling insight into the minds of two men allegedly at the heart of the Beatles jihadist cell. Mohammed Emwazi, the group's leader dubbed 'Jihadi John' who often brandished a knife in gruesome beheading videos, was killed in a drone strike in 2015. Aine Lesley Davis, another member of the cell, is serving seven years in prison after being arrested and convicted in Turkey. But the fate of Elsheikh and Kotey is up in the air as Britain and America debate where the jihadists should be sent to stand trial. Both men denied they were part of the group in the interview - though admitted their allegiance to Isil - and distanced themselves from the killing of Mr Foley and other victims. Kotey said many in Isil "would have disagreed" with the murders "on the grounds that there is probably more benefit in them being political prisoners". He added: "As for my position, I didn't see any benefit. It was something that was regrettable." Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh Credit: AP Photo/Hussein Malla Kotey also blamed Western governments for failing to negotiate, noting that some hostages were released for ransoms. Elsheikh denounced the chances of justice being served given the media's portrayal of the group. "No fair trial, when I am 'the Beatle' in the media. No fair trial," he said. He also commented on the stripping of the pair's British citizenship - something widely reported but not officially confirmed by the British authorities because of privacy rules. Elsheikh said the move exposed them to "rendition and torture" by "being taken to any foreign land and treated in anyway and having nobody to vouch for you". He added: "When you have these two guys who don't even have any citizenship... if we just disappear one day, where is my mom going to go and say: 'Where is my son?'" The pair dubbed the allegations against them "propaganda" and said being stripped of their citizenship was "illegal". Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, right, being escorted Credit: AP Yet the denials clash with claims from the US authorities who detailed their alleged crimes when announcing terrorism sanctions in the past. Elsheikh had "earned a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions and crucifixions while serving as an (Isil) jailer" since fleeing Britain, according to the US state department. It was a radical contrast to his early life as the son of a Sudanese family who earned a living as a mechanic in White City, east London. He moved to Syria in 2012. Kotey was a guard for the execution cell and "likely engaged in the group's executions and exceptionally cruel torture methods, including electronic shock and waterboarding," according to the state department. Part Ghanaian and Greek-Cypriot, he had been living in Paddington, London, before converting to Islam in his 20s and joining Isil. The future for both men now looks uncertain. America wants home countries to take back their jihadists so they can be prosecuted in their own courts. Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary, does not want the men back in the UK - yet British officials also oppose them facing the death penalty in the US. The likelihood of the pair leaving their capture in northern Syria any time soon - despite their vehement denials and engagement with the media - looks pretty slim.
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