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• Volunteer Rescue Effort In Houston Turns Tragic As Men Are Electrocuted
• Adoption through foster care on the rise: 'Every child deserves a childhood'
• Joel Osteen is being ripped to shreds over his response to Hurricane Harvey
• Black smoke, flames shoot up from Texas chemical plant
• WHOOPS! Tomi Lahren Accidentally Reveals The Truth About Fox News
• Shock as Kenya court cancels vote result, demands re-run
• Armed suspects rob pub full of police officers attending party
• A Look At Mecca, Islam's Holiest Site, At The Height Of The Hajj Pilgrimage
• China makes disrespect of national anthem a crime
• One Of The Last Clinics To Offer Late Abortions Just Quietly Shut Down
• Georgia Police Officer Fired for Saying 'We Only Shoot Black People'
• Lobsterman stunned to find incredibly rare 'iridescent' creature
• The Latest: US may resume some visa work at Russia outposts
• Georgia Police Officer Fired for Saying 'We Only Shoot Black People'
• Nearly 800,000 Dreamers Wait For Trump To Decide Whether To Change Their Lives
• Charlie Hebdo's Harvey Cover Praises Drowning Of 'Neo-Nazis Of Texas'
• Stranded Houston Father Crashes Daughter's Grad School Class, Takes The Most Dad Selfie
• Some Texans head home, others still in peril
• Mother Heartbroken After Son is Electrocuted While Trying to Save Sister's Cat During Harvey
• Three-Mile Asteroid Is About to Buzz the Earth
• Trump's expected repeal of Dreamer program draws fire from business
• Why Flooded-Out Cars Are Likely Total Losses
• The Latest: Judge to rule later on lawsuit over Rebel statue
• Bernie Sanders Has No Time For Chris Cuomo Asking About The 2020 Election
• Here's What Will Happen When Your House Floods
• The Pentagon Admits There Are a Lot More U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Than We Thought
• Trapped Mexican Bakery Staff Bake Hundreds Of Loaves For Harvey Flood Victims
• Screaming Hairy Armadillo Pups Born At National Zoo For First Time
• The Boldest Brutalist Homes for Sale in the World
• U.S. fuel shortages from Harvey to hamper Labor Day travel
• The Latest: DA to refile more serious charges in frat death
• Trump Won't Stop Tweeting About Hillary Clinton
• The World's Driest Desert Blooms With Hundreds Of Flowers After Rare Rain
• Hezbollah chief, who lives in hiding, says met Assad in Damascus
• Firefighter at site of Princess Diana's fatal car crash reveals harrowing details: 'There was no blood on her at all'
• White Paint Room Ideas and Inspiration
• Texas Policeman Receives Touching Note From Daughter Before Helping Hurricane Victims
• New Jersey Senator Menendez fails to win breaks in corruption trial
• Pot growers accused of offering California sheriff $1M bribe
• Ted Cruz Calls Chris Christie 'Desperate' As He Doubles Down On Sandy Hypocrisy
• Antidepressants Found In Brains Of 10 Fish Species
• Trump Treasury Secretary investigated by watchdog over claims he used taxpayer money to fund eclipse trip
• Kenya's Supreme Court Overturns Last Month's Presidential Election Results

Volunteer Rescue Effort In Houston Turns Tragic As Men Are Electrocuted Posted: 31 Aug 2017 03:18 PM PDT A selfless rescue effort by a group of men in Houston ― including three brothers ― turned tragic after their boat drifted into live power lines, killing two and sending five others vanishing downstream.

Adoption through foster care on the rise: 'Every child deserves a childhood' Posted: 01 Sep 2017 05:41 AM PDT A new national survey is offering hope for American kids waiting to be adopted: More people than ever are becoming parents in nonbiological ways, according to a new report.

Joel Osteen is being ripped to shreds over his response to Hurricane Harvey Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:16 AM PDT Houston's famous megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has dealt with controversy before, but the backlash over his response to Hurricane Harvey has been brutal.

Black smoke, flames shoot up from Texas chemical plant Posted: 01 Sep 2017 05:20 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday from a flooded Houston-area chemical plant after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up a day earlier after losing refrigeration.

WHOOPS! Tomi Lahren Accidentally Reveals The Truth About Fox News Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:39 PM PDT .@TomiLahren: "How about when the mainstream media stops covering Russia day in and day out, maybe we can drop the Hillary email scandal." pic.twitter.com/OwfYWfuhDD— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 31, 2017

Shock as Kenya court cancels vote result, demands re-run Posted: 01 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT Kenya's Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new presidential election within 60 days, in a shock ruling cancelling the results of last month's poll over widespread irregularities. Chief Justice David Maraga said a majority decision by the panel of six judges, with two dissenting, found that President Uhuru Kenyatta "was not validly elected", rendering the result "invalid, null and void". Supporters of veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga's wept and cheered, utterly stunned at what they saw as a historic ruling, after losses in successive polls they believe were rigged, from a judiciary long seen as compromised in favour of the ruling elite.

Armed suspects rob pub full of police officers attending party Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:23 AM PDT Police arrested two men quicker than ever on Tuesday evening after they attempted to rob a bar at gunpoint, where a group of off-duty cops were also having a retirement party.

A Look At Mecca, Islam's Holiest Site, At The Height Of The Hajj Pilgrimage Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:44 PM PDT The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world's largest religious gatherings, as some 2 million people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam's five pillars of faith.

China makes disrespect of national anthem a crime Posted: 01 Sep 2017 03:23 AM PDT By Christian Shepherd and Venus Wu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Anyone who mocks China's national anthem faces up to 15 days in police detention after parliament criminalized such acts in a new law on Friday that covers Hong Kong and Macau.     Since taking over as president, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ushered in new legislation aimed at securing the country from threats both within and outside its borders, besides presiding over a sweeping crackdown on dissent and free speech. Protecting "the dignity of the national anthem" will help "promote patriotism and nurture socialist core values", says the new law passed by the National People's Congress (NPC). The new law brings treatment of the anthem into line with desecration of China's national flag, or its emblem, which has been a criminal offense punishable by up to 15 days' detention since the 1990s.

One Of The Last Clinics To Offer Late Abortions Just Quietly Shut Down Posted: 01 Sep 2017 12:33 PM PDT When Sue*, 41, made the decision to get an abortion 28 weeks into a pregnancy that had been very much wanted and planned, her options were scarce.

Georgia Police Officer Fired for Saying 'We Only Shoot Black People' Posted: 31 Aug 2017 04:37 PM PDT The police chief said the officer's comments were "inappropriate"

Lobsterman stunned to find incredibly rare 'iridescent' creature Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT A rare 'iridescent,' almost white lobster, caught off the Maine coast last week is attracting a lot of attention on social media. Lobsterman Alex Todd, 48, of Chebeague Island, nabbed the strange find, according to the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association. The non-profit association posted a photograph of the lobster on its Facebook page, along with a short story about Todd's catch.

The Latest: US may resume some visa work at Russia outposts Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:03 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on a diplomatic spat between the United States and Russia (all times local):

Georgia Police Officer Fired for Saying 'We Only Shoot Black People' Posted: 31 Aug 2017 07:10 PM PDT A police officer in Georgia will be fired after he was recorded on video telling a woman during a traffic stop, "We only shoot black people."

Nearly 800,000 Dreamers Wait For Trump To Decide Whether To Change Their Lives Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON ― A week after the first reports that President Donald Trump was set to end protections for young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the nearly 800,000 so-called Dreamers still don't know where they stand.

Charlie Hebdo's Harvey Cover Praises Drowning Of 'Neo-Nazis Of Texas' Posted: 31 Aug 2017 05:44 AM PDT Charlie Hebdo isn't shrinking from its controversial reputation.

Stranded Houston Father Crashes Daughter's Grad School Class, Takes The Most Dad Selfie Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:28 PM PDT One Houston dad who was helping his daughter move to college is making the best out of not being able to return to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Some Texans head home, others still in peril Posted: 01 Sep 2017 04:21 PM PDT Storm-weary residents of Houston and other Texas cities began returning home Friday to assess flood damage from Hurricane Harvey but officials warned the danger was far from over in parts of the battered state. One week after the Category Four storm lashed southeast Texas, rescuers were still searching by air and by boat for people trapped in their flooded homes. Tobias James found a mess -- including two ruined cars in his flooded garage -- as he returned to his home in Port Arthur, a city of more than 55,000 people some 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Houston.

Mother Heartbroken After Son is Electrocuted While Trying to Save Sister's Cat During Harvey Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:04 PM PDT He reportedly ordered his friend not to touch him in one final selfless act.

Three-Mile Asteroid Is About to Buzz the Earth Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:05 PM PDT Asteroid Florence is one of the biggest ones to come close to our planet since we started keeping records.

Trump's expected repeal of Dreamer program draws fire from business Posted: 31 Aug 2017 04:27 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected to rescind an Obama administration policy that protects from deportation nearly 800,000 immigrants who as children entered the country illegally, setting the stage for a fight with U.S. business leaders and lawmakers over tough immigration policy. A senior administration official told Reuters on Thursday that the plan could be announced as early as Friday and that Trump would let the so-called Dreamers stay until their work permits expire. Trump has promised to crack down on illegal immigration to give more jobs to Americans.

Why Flooded-Out Cars Are Likely Total Losses Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:52 PM PDT Auto owners whose vehicles were swept up by Hurricane Harvey are facing two hard facts right now: Their car is almost certainly totaled, if it was swamped, and they'll get no money back if they d...

The Latest: Judge to rule later on lawsuit over Rebel statue Posted: 01 Sep 2017 03:13 PM PDT CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):

Bernie Sanders Has No Time For Chris Cuomo Asking About The 2020 Election Posted: 01 Sep 2017 01:55 AM PDT railed against Chris Cuomo on CNN Thursday night, telling the CNN journalist he was wrong to ask about the 2020 election.

Here's What Will Happen When Your House Floods Posted: 31 Aug 2017 06:47 AM PDT Maybe you're sitting in your living room looking out your window when it starts.

The Pentagon Admits There Are a Lot More U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Than We Thought Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:18 PM PDT The Pentagon is poised to have roughly 15,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the coming months, as defense officials on Wednesday finally acknowledged the actual number of American forces in the country.

Trapped Mexican Bakery Staff Bake Hundreds Of Loaves For Harvey Flood Victims Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:35 AM PDT Staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston, Texas, used their time wisely after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey trapped them inside the business for two days. While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came Monday morning, four workers at El Bolillo Bakery's South Wayside Drive branch decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their community. HuffPost has reached out for more information on precisely how many loaves the staff created, but it's clear from images the bakery shared on Facebook and Instagram that it was quite the haul.

Screaming Hairy Armadillo Pups Born At National Zoo For First Time Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:18 AM PDT The two pups weighed only about 150 grams each.

The Boldest Brutalist Homes for Sale in the World Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:11 AM PDT

U.S. fuel shortages from Harvey to hamper Labor Day travel Posted: 31 Aug 2017 05:00 PM PDT By Devika Krishna Kumar and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - Travelers and fuel suppliers across the United States braced for higher prices and shortages ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend as the country's biggest fuel pipelines and refineries curb operations after Hurricane Harvey. Just six days after Harvey slammed into the heart of the U.S. energy industry in Texas, the effects are being felt not just in Houston, but also in Chicago and New York, and prices at the pump nationwide have hit a high for the year.

The Latest: DA to refile more serious charges in frat death Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:30 AM PDT BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a preliminary hearing for Penn State fraternity members charged after a pledge died (all times local):

Trump Won't Stop Tweeting About Hillary Clinton Posted: 01 Sep 2017 06:36 AM PDT Trump's use of Twitter has been a consistent point of controversy.

The World's Driest Desert Blooms With Hundreds Of Flowers After Rare Rain Posted: 31 Aug 2017 09:49 AM PDT The Atacama desert in Chile, widely referred to as the world's driest desert, is currently experiencing a truly breathtaking phenomenon.

Hezbollah chief, who lives in hiding, says met Assad in Damascus Posted: 31 Aug 2017 11:15 AM PDT The head of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, who has lived in hiding for the past decade, said Thursday he travelled to Damascus to seek the Syrian president's approval of a jihadist evacuation deal. "I personally went to Damascus" to see President Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Nasrallah told thousands of his supporters in a televised speech. Nasrallah, 57, has only made rare public appearances since the 2006 war against his arch-foe Israel.

Firefighter at site of Princess Diana's fatal car crash reveals harrowing details: 'There was no blood on her at all' Posted: 31 Aug 2017 09:09 AM PDT It's been 20 years since Princess Diana tragically died in a fatal car crash in Paris and, in his first-ever interview since that moment on Aug. 30, 1997, the firefighter who tried to save Diana is revealing details of that heartbreaking night.

White Paint Room Ideas and Inspiration Posted: 31 Aug 2017 03:00 PM PDT

Texas Policeman Receives Touching Note From Daughter Before Helping Hurricane Victims Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:36 PM PDT As Hurricane Harvey ravages parts of Texas and Louisiana, volunteers have traveled from near and far to conduct rescues and offer aid to victims.

New Jersey Senator Menendez fails to win breaks in corruption trial Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:09 AM PDT A federal judge has rejected Senator Robert Menendez's request to allow breaks in his corruption trial beginning next Wednesday so the New Jersey Democrat could travel to Washington to cast critical Senate votes. In a decision made public on Friday, U.S. District Judge William Walls in Newark, New Jersey, rejected Menendez's claim that he deserved special treatment because he had a "constitutional duty" to be in Washington for his constituents. Walls said he suspected the request was part of a strategy to "impress the jurors" with Menendez's importance, but that it was speculative to suggest the senator would miss key votes.

Pot growers accused of offering California sheriff $1M bribe Posted: 01 Sep 2017 03:43 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two Northern California marijuana farmers have been charged with offering a sheriff $1 million to turn a blind eye to their pot growing operations.

Ted Cruz Calls Chris Christie 'Desperate' As He Doubles Down On Sandy Hypocrisy Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hit back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Wednesday, as he doubled down on his defense for opposing a 2013 relief package to aid victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Antidepressants Found In Brains Of 10 Fish Species Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:17 PM PDT High concentrations of antidepressants were found in the brains of 10 fish species.

Trump Treasury Secretary investigated by watchdog over claims he used taxpayer money to fund eclipse trip Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT The Treasury Department has confirmed they are investigating if its chief used taxpayer money for a personal trip to view the solar eclipse. A watchdog group believed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton took a government plane to view the 21 August solar eclipse in Tennessee. The pair joined Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his home state to view the event atop Fort Knox, an Army base and home of $200 billion US gold bullion depository.

Kenya's Supreme Court Overturns Last Month's Presidential Election Results Posted: 01 Sep 2017 03:30 AM PDT Kenya's Supreme Court has nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win last month and called for new elections within 60 days, shocking a country that had been braced for further protests by opposition supporters.

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