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• Rep. Keith Ellison Has A Lesson On The Constitution For Roy Moore
• Indiana teen allegedly tried to kill infant niece by lacing breast milk with pills
• Parents of Toddler Killed in Disney Resort Alligator Attack Launch Foundation
• Coroner's Report Finds No Clear Evidence Of Torture On Otto Warmbier's Body
• Seth Meyers Calls Out 'Sh** Landlord' Trump Over Puerto Rico Response
• Melania Trump means business in stylish look for session on opioid crisis
• Susan Smith, Who Drowned Her 2 Young Sons in 1994, Appears in New Mugshot
• Couple's delay in fleeing Myanmar left them open to attack
• Relatives of Former Cheer Coach Accused of Killing Newborn Say Baby Was Stillborn
• Millionaire Trump Adviser Says Americans Can 'Buy A New Car' With $1,000 Tax Cut
• Police Release 15 Dash and Body Camera Angles of Sept. 7 Shooting in Sacramento
• Christian to head Syria parliament for first time in decades
• Trump Caps Refugee Resettlement At 45,000, Marking All-Time Low
• How To Turn Soba Noodles Into Your Dream Dinner
• Yom Kippur eve
• Body language experts decode Prince Harry's cryptic hand gesture with Melania Trump
• Iran may drop nuclear deal if U.S. withdraws, foreign minister tells al Jazeera
• Remains Found in Septic Tank Belong to Woman, 21, Missing for More Than 10 Years
• Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution in Georgia
• The last thing comet probe Rosetta saw
• Trump Promises A Tax Cut For The Middle Class, Guarantees One For The Rich
• Michelle Obama Has Some Words For Women Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton
• Megyn Kelly's cameraman accidentally stepped on screen and yelled a curse word
• Almost 17,000 people prevented from voting in key swing state won by Trump, study finds
• Police Officer Shot in the Face During Gunfight Leaves Hospital: 'She Knows How to Handle Herself'
• By The Time You Finish Reading This Story, Someone Will Have Been Arrested For Weed
• Four People Charged In Relation To Death And Mutilation Of Transgender Teen
• Russia Just Pulled Off a Massive Nuclear Weapons Drill (That America Can't Match)
• One Dead After Rockfall On Yosemite's Famed El Capitan
• N.Y. Woman Allegedly Stabbed Pregnant Friend on Her Wedding Day And Stole Baby From Her Womb
• Japan opposition unites in election bid to topple Abe
• Ravens' national anthem singer resigns after fans 'attack' player protesters
• Scientists Say They've Found 'Oldest Evidence' Of Life On Earth
• America denies Puerto Rico request for waiver to bring vital fuel and supplies to island
• China says will protect sovereignty from any conflict on Korean peninsula
• Student Says She Doesn't Regret Running Off With Her Teacher
• Preaching security after deadly Tennessee church shooting
• Erdogan, Putin agree joint push to end Syria war
• A toddler was sneakily stealing popcorn from Prince Harry -- and the photos of him realizing it are priceless
• Man Who Put KKK Behind Bars Will Now Try To Stop Roy Moore From Reaching Senate
• Video Shows Homicide Suspect Being Shot By Police On California Freeway
• World's first self-flying drone taxi takes off in Dubai

Rep. Keith Ellison Has A Lesson On The Constitution For Roy Moore Posted: 27 Sep 2017 01:10 PM PDT If Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, were to run into U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Capitol Hill, Ellison "would be happy to tell him why he's wrong" about Islam and how his Islamophobic views conflict with the Constitution, Ellison told HuffPost on Wednesday.

Indiana teen allegedly tried to kill infant niece by lacing breast milk with pills Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:40 AM PDT Police say a 19-year-old from Indiana has been wanted on an arrest warrant for months after allegedly trying to kill her 11-week-old niece old using poisonous breast milk.

Parents of Toddler Killed in Disney Resort Alligator Attack Launch Foundation Posted: 27 Sep 2017 08:57 AM PDT The parents of Lane Graves announced that the foundation, named in honor of their son, would help other parents pay expenses like electrical bills or the mortgage, while their children endure organ transplants.

Coroner's Report Finds No Clear Evidence Of Torture On Otto Warmbier's Body Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:21 PM PDT New details have emerged surrounding the mysterious death of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old college student from Ohio who was imprisoned and reportedly abused in North Korea.

Seth Meyers Calls Out 'Sh** Landlord' Trump Over Puerto Rico Response Posted: 26 Sep 2017 11:26 PM PDT Seth Meyers trashed President Donald Trump Tuesday night for his response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

Melania Trump means business in stylish look for session on opioid crisis Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:11 AM PDT Melania Trump has dazzled us in recent weeks with her casual ensembles -- like the $650 Calvin Klein shirt she wore after a weekend at Camp David or the $1,380 Balmain flannel she wore while gardening -- but it seems she has also mastered the art of business attire as well.

Susan Smith, Who Drowned Her 2 Young Sons in 1994, Appears in New Mugshot Posted: 27 Sep 2017 03:17 PM PDT Smith was disciplined in the past for having sex with two different prison guards.

Couple's delay in fleeing Myanmar left them open to attack Posted: 27 Sep 2017 08:20 PM PDT BALUKHALI, Bangladesh (AP) — When their nine children fled to Bangladesh to escape recent violence and persecution in Myanmar, a Rohingya Muslim couple made the tough decision to stay behind. They did not want to leave their land or the grocery store they ran in their village.

Relatives of Former Cheer Coach Accused of Killing Newborn Say Baby Was Stillborn Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:24 PM PDT Relatives and friends of the 18-year-old Ohio woman accused of killing her newborn baby before burying it in a shallow grave behind her parent's home have opened up about the allegations — and they insist the child was stillborn

Millionaire Trump Adviser Says Americans Can 'Buy A New Car' With $1,000 Tax Cut Posted: 28 Sep 2017 02:25 PM PDT President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser — Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president worth an estimated $266 million — appears to be completely clueless about what the average American family spends on a car, vacation or home improvement project.

Police Release 15 Dash and Body Camera Angles of Sept. 7 Shooting in Sacramento Posted: 26 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT Police were following Eric Arnold, a man wanted in connection with a double murder.

Christian to head Syria parliament for first time in decades Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:17 AM PDT A Christian legislator was Thursday elected speaker of parliament in predominantly Muslim Syria for the first time in decades. Hammudeh Sabbagh, a 58-year-old Syriac Orthodox Christian graduate in law and member of President Bashar al-Assad's Baath party from Hasakeh province in northeast Syria, won 193 votes out of 252 cast, state media reported. Before the 2011 outbreak of war in Syria, Christians of 11 different denominations made up about five percent of the population.

Trump Caps Refugee Resettlement At 45,000, Marking All-Time Low Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:01 PM PDT President Donald Trump is slashing the refugee admissions quota to 45,000 for the 2018 fiscal year, the latest in a series of moves reducing the number of refugees who can seek safety in the United States.

How To Turn Soba Noodles Into Your Dream Dinner Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:16 AM PDT When it comes to comforting noodle dishes, many people turn to pasta for baked ziti and lasagna.

Yom Kippur eve Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:01 PM PDT Jewish worshipers in Israel performed the Tashlich ritual and Kaparot ritual on Yom Kippur eve, the Day of Atonement, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which will start at sunset on Sept. 29.

Body language experts decode Prince Harry's cryptic hand gesture with Melania Trump Posted: 27 Sep 2017 07:34 AM PDT Prince Harry's meeting with Melania Trump went viral over the weekend after people noticed his bizarre hand gesture in nearly all the photographs he took with the first lady.

Iran may drop nuclear deal if U.S. withdraws, foreign minister tells al Jazeera Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:25 AM PDT Iran may abandon the nuclear deal it reached with six major powers if the United States decides to withdraw from it, Iranian foreign minister told Qatar's al Jazeera TV in New York. U.S. President Donald Trump has called the 2015 deal an "embarrassment". The deal is supported by the other major powers that negotiated it with Iran and its collapse could trigger a regional arms race and worsen tensions in the Middle East.

Remains Found in Septic Tank Belong to Woman, 21, Missing for More Than 10 Years Posted: 28 Sep 2017 08:04 AM PDT The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office in Texas identified the victim as Leona Johnson, who vanished in 2004.

Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution in Georgia Posted: 26 Sep 2017 08:46 PM PDT JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution Tuesday night for a Georgia inmate whose attorneys argue that the 59-year-old black man's death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias.

The last thing comet probe Rosetta saw Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:34 AM PDT Robotic comet explorer Rosetta sent home a last-gasp photo of her target's rocky facade before crashing into its surface to end a 12-year deep-space odyssey, ground controllers said Thursday. Almost a year to the day since Rosetta's demise on September 30 last year, the European Space Agency (ESA) issued the fuzzy image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, pieced together from the final bursts of data relayed by the orbiter. The image of a one-square-metre (3.3 foot by 3.3 foot) section of comet presumed to be Rosetta's boulder-strewn, dusty resting place, was taken from a distance of about 20 metres.

Trump Promises A Tax Cut For The Middle Class, Guarantees One For The Rich Posted: 27 Sep 2017 08:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump plans to unveil Wednesday what the White House is calling a "middle-class" tax cut but which at this point cuts taxes only for business owners and the wealthy.

Michelle Obama Has Some Words For Women Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:45 PM PDT Fifty-three percent of white women and 42 percent of women overall voted for President Donald Trump rather than Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Megyn Kelly's cameraman accidentally stepped on screen and yelled a curse word Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:32 PM PDT Another day, another controversy on "Megyn Kelly Today."

Almost 17,000 people prevented from voting in key swing state won by Trump, study finds Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:54 AM PDT Nearly 17,000 registered Wisconsin voters — potentially more — were kept from the polls in November by the state's strict voter ID law, according to a new survey of nonvoters by two University of Wisconsin political scientists. The survey, summarized Monday on the university's website, is certain to further roil an ongoing debate over whether President Donald Trump's narrow victory in Wisconsin over Hillary Clinton was a result of efforts to depress Democratic turnout. Trump defeated Clinton by 22,748 votes out of more than 2.9 million ballots cast.

Police Officer Shot in the Face During Gunfight Leaves Hospital: 'She Knows How to Handle Herself' Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:09 PM PDT Officer Kayla Maher was shot in the face during a shootout with two suspects, police said.

By The Time You Finish Reading This Story, Someone Will Have Been Arrested For Weed Posted: 27 Sep 2017 01:05 PM PDT Even as states continue to push for recreational marijuana reform, 2016 saw a shocking increase in drug arrests, with marijuana arrests at the forefront.

Four People Charged In Relation To Death And Mutilation Of Transgender Teen Posted: 27 Sep 2017 10:45 AM PDT Three people were charged with first-degree murder and a fourth is facing other charges after authorities discovered the burned body of a transgender teen in southern Missouri.

Russia Just Pulled Off a Massive Nuclear Weapons Drill (That America Can't Match) Posted: 28 Sep 2017 04:15 AM PDT While all eyes are focused on North Korea, Russia recently conducted a massive drill of its road mobile intercontinental ballistic missile force. The drills involved all of the major Russian mobile ICBMs including the Topol, Topol-M and the Yars.

One Dead After Rockfall On Yosemite's Famed El Capitan Posted: 27 Sep 2017 05:48 PM PDT One person died and another was injured Wednesday after a rockfall on a popular climbing route in Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service said.

N.Y. Woman Allegedly Stabbed Pregnant Friend on Her Wedding Day And Stole Baby From Her Womb Posted: 27 Sep 2017 05:48 PM PDT A Bronx woman is on trial for allegedly stabbing a pregnant woman to death on her wedding day and cutting the unborn child out of her abdomen.

Japan opposition unites in election bid to topple Abe Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:02 AM PDT Japan's main opposition Thursday decided not to run candidates in the upcoming election, effectively joining forces with a new party formed by popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike in a bid to topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The move capped a stunning few days on Japan's sleepy political scene that has seen the calling of a snap election, the creation of Koike's dynamic new "Party of Hope" and the effective unification of opposition to Abe's conservative government. The centre-left Democratic Party (DP) approved its leader Seiji Maehara's proposal not to field candidates in the October 22 poll.

Ravens' national anthem singer resigns after fans 'attack' player protesters Posted: 27 Sep 2017 11:43 AM PDT Joey Odoms, the national anthem singer for the Ravens, announced on Facebook Wednesday that he is resigning as the NFL team's official singer after protests erupted leaguewide following President Trump's remarks over the weekend.

Scientists Say They've Found 'Oldest Evidence' Of Life On Earth Posted: 28 Sep 2017 04:01 AM PDT In a remote corner of eastern Canada — polar bear country, miles from the nearest village — researchers say they may have found the "oldest evidence" of life on Earth embedded in rocks dating back billions of years.

America denies Puerto Rico request for waiver to bring vital fuel and supplies to island Posted: 26 Sep 2017 10:50 PM PDT The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping, damaged ports. The Jones Act limits shipping between coasts to U.S. flagged vessels. The Department of Homeland Security, which waived the act after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, did not agree an exemption would help this time.

China says will protect sovereignty from any conflict on Korean peninsula Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:30 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the Chinese military will make all necessary preparations to protect national sovereignty and regional peace and stability, when asked about the risk of conflict on the Korean peninsula. Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian made the comments at a monthly briefing in Beijing when asked what preparations China was making in case a war breaks out. Wu also reiterated China's view that the issue should be resolved via talks, not military means, which he said were not an option to resolve tensions. ...

Student Says She Doesn't Regret Running Off With Her Teacher Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:18 PM PDT Elizabeth Thomas's disappearance sparked a nationwide manhunt for teacher Tad Cummins earlier this year.

Preaching security after deadly Tennessee church shooting Posted: 27 Sep 2017 09:33 AM PDT When a masked gunman killed a woman and wounded six people at a Tennessee church last weekend, it drew national attention — as did the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina, the 2014 slayings of three people at a Kansas Jewish center and retirement home and the 2012 killings of six at a Wisconsin Sikh temple.

Erdogan, Putin agree joint push to end Syria war Posted: 28 Sep 2017 02:53 PM PDT President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday agreed to step efforts to bring peace to Syria, with the Russian leader declaring the right conditions now existed to end the over six-year civil war. After late night talks at Erdogan's presidential palace in Ankara, Putin and Erdogan agreed to push for the creation of a "de-escalation" zone in Syria's key northern province of Idlib, currently controlled by jihadists.

A toddler was sneakily stealing popcorn from Prince Harry -- and the photos of him realizing it are priceless Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:47 AM PDT While we're thrilled that Prince William and Duchess Kate are expecting their third child, a new crop of photos has us clamoring for Prince Harry to jump on the fatherhood wagon.

Man Who Put KKK Behind Bars Will Now Try To Stop Roy Moore From Reaching Senate Posted: 27 Sep 2017 01:52 PM PDT Roy Moore is about as odious a candidate as Democrats can imagine.

Video Shows Homicide Suspect Being Shot By Police On California Freeway Posted: 28 Sep 2017 03:48 AM PDT A homicide suspect died during a standoff with police in the middle of a San Francisco Bay Area freeway leading to the closure of westbound traffic on Interstate 80 for almost eight hours.

World's first self-flying drone taxi takes off in Dubai Posted: 27 Sep 2017 09:06 AM PDT The world's first self-flying taxi has lifted off in Dubai. The Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT) made its maiden flight over the city, taking to the air close to the Jumeirah Beach Park.

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