| Melania Trump tweets footage from Marine One of devastating Florida flooding caused by Hurricane Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:04 AM PDT  First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump headed to Florida on Thursday to assess the damage done by Hurricane Irma.
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| Newark Customs Officers Arrested For Alleged 'Rape Table' Assault Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  Three Customs and Border Protection officers working at Newark Liberty International Airport were arrested on Wednesday over a disturbing ritual dubbed a "rape table."
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| Trump Voter Fraud Commissioner Was Alarmed Democrats Would Have A Say On Panel Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  A member of President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission expressed outrage that Democrats would be appointed to sit on the panel, saying they would only obstruct its work.
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| Laci Peterson's mother recalls last time she spoke to her Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Sharon Rocha told "20/20" that the last time she saw Laci, she let her feel the baby kick and said, "Scott doesn't like to do this."
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| No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  By Julie Astrid Thomsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Twelve migrants, apparently from North Africa, have been sailing to and fro on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them. According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide. "There has been a tendency to violence and aggressions and they have threatened to jump overboard... so there is no alternative to locking them inside the cabins," a DFDS spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
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| Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
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| The 73 Most Delish Spaghettis Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT |
| China mourns death of oldest panda Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China is mourning the death of the world's oldest panda, Basi, who attracted millions of visitors during a visit to the United States 30 years ago.
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| 'We’re Having Gang Wars All Over Again' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock's roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well.
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| New Yorker Releases Cover It Would Have Run If Hillary Clinton Had Won Posted: 13 Sep 2017 06:50 PM PDT  Ten months after Donald Trump won the presidency, The New Yorker has released its cover for a postelection issue that would have run if Hillary Clinton had claimed the White House. Titled "The First," the cover from artist Malika Favre was published by the site on Wednesday following the release of Clinton's new memoir and New Yorker editor David Remnick's interview with the former secretary of state. Instead, the magazine ran an image by artist Bob Staake called "The Wall," alluding to Trump's campaign promises to dramatically curb immigration and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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| Russia launches massive war games on NATO's eastern flank Posted: 14 Sep 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Russia on Thursday began huge joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank in a show of strength that has rattled nervous NATO members. Moscow says the drills involve 12,700 troops, 70 aircraft, 250 tanks and 10 battleships testing their firepower against an imaginary foe close to borders with Poland and the Baltic States.
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| U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State surrenders in Syria: Pentagon Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:37 PM PDT ![U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State surrenders in Syria: Pentagon]( "U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State surrenders in Syria: Pentagon") An American citizen fighting for Islamic State in Syria surrendered to U.S-backed fighters earlier this week and has been handed over to U.S. forces, the Pentagon said on Thursday. "The US citizen is being legally detained by Department of Defense personnel as a known enemy combatant," Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement.
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| Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain's Approval Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.
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| Man Posts 'Slaves 4 Sale' Sign Next To Confederate Flag To Prove He's No Racist Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  A Missouri man angered his neighbors by posting a "Slaves 4 Sale" sign right above his Confederate flag.
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| Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 69-year-old mother Maye dazzles at New York Fashion Week Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:05 AM PDT  Maye Musk went out with a bang at New York Fashion Week! The 69-year-old mother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit her last Spring 2018 runway at the Zero + Maria Cornejo show on Tuesday looking absolutely flawless in a striped satin top tucked into matching pants and some leather slides. A great way to end #nyfw #model#justgettingstarted," Maye captioned the snap.
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| APNewsBreak: Walruses in Alaska may have died in stampede Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:12 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming to Alaska's northwest shore again in the absence of summer sea ice and not all are surviving.
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| New Pictures Emerge Out Of Florida Keys In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Initial assessments said 90 percent of homes on the island chain were damaged.
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| Couple Sentenced to 5 Years Probation Over YouTube Pranks They Pulled on Kids Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Michael and Heather Martin entered Alford pleas to two counts of child neglect.
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| Democrats Flip State House Seats In 2 Districts That Trump Won By Double Digits Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Democrats won two GOP-held legislative seats in Oklahoma and New Hampshire on Tuesday, bringing the total number of state legislature seats the party has flipped since the November election to six.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Hits Democrats Over Mayor Resignation Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:20 AM PDT  Ed Murray stepped down after a fifth claim of child sexual assault became public on Tuesday.
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| Shkreli ordered jailed for online bounty on Hillary Clinton's hair Posted: 13 Sep 2017 04:00 PM PDT  Shkreli, who had been free on $5 million bail since his December 2015 arrest, was silent and stony-faced as U.S. marshals led out of U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto's Brooklyn courtroom. Matsumoto ruled that Shkreli's Sept. 4 post, made shortly before Clinton embarked on a book tour, showed he posed a danger to the public.
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| FEMA’s Hurricane Response Is Making Trump Look Good. Thanks, Obama. Posted: 13 Sep 2017 04:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― As President Donald Trump basks in positive assessments of his handling of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, he might consider two words to help explain things: "Thanks, Obama."
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| 8 Foods That Contain Probiotics (And They Aren't Yogurt) Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  Everybody knows that yogurt is a good source of probiotics ― even people who don't really know what probiotics are.
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| These Florida cops are going viral for a fairly obvious reason Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:28 AM PDT  It's not often the internet finds something it can wholeheartedly agree on. SEE ALSO: The internet descends upon this super hot selfie of the Queen's former page boy This Facebook photo of three members of Florida's Gainesville Police Department really seems to have brought people together, though: That picture was originally posted on Sunday. At the time of writing it's been shared almost 200,000 times, and received over 334,000 reactions. If you can't guess why, a quick glance over the comments section should clear things up: Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police department Image: facebook/gainesville police departmentThe image went so impressively viral that Gainesville Police Department shared the following update: Image: facebook/gainesville police departmentIn the days since, they've been sharing more photos of their officers. Image: facebook/gainseville police department Image: facebookThat calendar is going to sell well. WATCH: How to respond when your coworker asks you, "How was your weekend?"
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| Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more. Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday. During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
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| Wednesday's Morning Email: What You Need To Know About Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:53 AM PDT  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Ruling may be imminent in St. Louis police shooting case Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:26 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge may be close to a ruling in the case of a white former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of a black man who was a drug suspect, and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Thursday that he has put the National Guard on standby in case unrest breaks out.
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| The Definitive List of Epic Drives Around the World Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:59 AM PDT |
| U.S. will not issue some visas in four nations in deportation crackdown Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:51 PM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to deport. The new policies, laid out in State Department cables reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday and described in a department news briefing, are the latest example of U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to crack down on immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
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| Where The Trump/Russia Investigations Stand Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― It can be difficult to follow the labyrinthine, constantly changing developments in the question of whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in last year's election.
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| Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief
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| Lifehacker Writer Whitesplains Chopsticks; Asian People Reject It Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  A writer for Lifehacker, a popular tech and lifestyle blog, has issued an apology after running a short article about chopsticks that stirred up some feelings within the Asian community.
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| Seat Deal! Mom Negotiates $4G From Airline After Giving Up Spot on Overbooked Flight Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT  She plans on going to Hawaii with the money.
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| 2 Florida Men Accused Of Stealing Enormous Power Pole After Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Police in Jacksonville, Florida have arrested two men for allegedly trying to steal a gigantic power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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| 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines announce new Target line Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:38 AM PDT  You can now decorate your home like Chip and Joanna Gaines!
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| Trump blocks Chinese acquisition of US semiconductor firm Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:07 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked attempts by a Chinese state-owned firm to acquire an American semiconductor manufacturer on national security concerns, drawing a rebuke from Beijing. The acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a publicly-traded Oregon company, by Chinese-owned Canyon Bridge Fund could endanger the US government's use of sensitive products the company produces, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive stance towards China on trade and national security matters, launching wide-ranging investigations into the national security ramifications of Beijing's trade in aluminum and steel.
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| WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:57 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.
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| U.S. top court hands win to Republicans over Texas voting maps Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:01 PM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ideologically divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a win to Republicans in Texas by putting on hold rulings that said electoral districts drawn by state lawmakers discriminated against minority voters. On a 5-4 vote, with the court's conservatives in the majority and the liberal justices dissenting, the court in a brief order blocked two different lower court decisions that found fault with both congressional districts and state legislative districts drawn by the Republican-controlled state legislature. In August, a federal court in Texas struck down two Republican-drawn congressional districts saying they were discriminatory and ordering new maps to be drawn ahead of elections in 2018.
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| House Rejects Sessions Order Giving Cops More Power To Take Innocent People's Stuff Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:36 AM PDT  U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a trio of bipartisan measures meant to rein in civil asset forfeiture, a controversial law enforcement practice that allows police to confiscate property from individuals without ever convicting them of a crime, and often without even charging them.
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| Jimmy Kimmel Nails Sean Spicer On What A Fact Actually Is Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:52 AM PDT  Sean Spicer got a lesson on what a fact is during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night.
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| Mother of 3 Injured by Falling Tree in Central Park to Sue for $200 Million Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Anne Monoky was walking with her three sons when a 75-foot-tall tree suddenly fell and landed on top of the family on Aug. 15.
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| Flooded streets and shredded trees: Hurricane Irma's wrath in Florida Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT ![Flooded streets and shredded trees: Hurricane Irma's wrath in Florida]( "Flooded streets and shredded trees: Hurricane Irma's wrath in Florida")
Two days after Hurricane Irma engulfed the entire state of Florida with deadly winds and rains, residents are only beginning to assess the damage in the storm's wake. Though many agreed Irma could have been far worse, a wide swath of the state remained without power on Tuesday. And some communities near Naples and Fort Myers, Fla., remained underwater as local rivers and waterways were swelled to capacity from rain. At the same time, area residents continued to face a major fuel shortage, as gas stations slowly reopened. Photography by Holly Bailey See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr.
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| 7 Facts Surrounding The Death Of Kenneka Jenkins Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Here's what we know so far about the developing "death investigation" of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins.
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| Two Muslim Teens On Navigating Girlhood And Islamophobia In Their America Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:54 AM PDT  Welcome to "The Story We Share," a series of Q&As that profile two people with similar identities ― but who live in very different places.
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| Jitters in Europe as Russia-Belarus war games get underway Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:12 AM PDT  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's eastern edge practicing how to hunt down and destroy armed spies, among other maneuvers.
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| Indian bullet train met with criticism as Modi celebrates with Japanese PM Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of a £14.4bn high-speed train project in his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's western home state of Gujarat on Thursday. Funded largely by a loan from Japan, the bullet train is expected to reduce the time of the 310-mile long journey between Gujarat's largest town of Ahmedabad and the port city of Mumbai to less than three hours, which currently takes eight. The 750-seat train travels at a speed of 217mph, more than twice the maximum speed of any Indian Rail locomotive, is scheduled to run from mid-August 2022 to mark the country's 75th Independence Day anniversary. Indian Rail officials said the major portion of the train's route would be elevated, except for a 4.3 mile stretch under the sea. Mr Abe and Mr Modi visit Ahmedabad Credit: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images "This enterprise will launch a revolution in Indian railways and speed up India's journey into the future" Mr Modi said, adding that it will be an engine of economic transformation for the country. But political allies of Mr Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition leaders, analysts and economists strongly disagree. They question the necessity of the bullet train project at a time when money is desperately needed for other projects that have been starved of resources. "We are getting a bullet train without asking for it and do not know exactly what problems this will solve," said the Shiv Sena, the BJP's ultra Right-Wing ally in the federal government, that politically controls Mumbai. "Modi's dream is not of the common man, but of the rich" the party declared, adding the bullet train is being introduced at the cost of the cash-strapped and broken down local rail network. Founded by the Colonial administration in 1853, Indian Railway is the world's third largest network and transports 23 million people every day. Indian commuters at a railway station in New Delhi Credit: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images Currently, however, it is broke due to decades-long recurring losses spawned by inefficiency and corruption. Senior officials admit Indian Railway barely has enough money to pay for itself, let alone invest in modernisation and safety measures, resulting in frequent accidents. The federal Railway Ministry recently told parliament that over 800 people had died in around 450 accidents between 2013 and 2017 due to poor maintenance, outdated rolling stock, corroded rail lines and bridges dating back to colonial times. Roughly 15,000 people a year were run over by speeding trains while crossing rail tracks, and around 3,000 of them were hit on Mumbai's busy suburban network, which transports over seven million commuters. "The big question that will not go away, is whether the same investment on upgrading the entire Indian Railway network would be more economically beneficial, than a single, high cost bullet train project," said economic and political analyst Mohan Guruswamy.
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