| The Donald Trump Show Wraps Up First Season Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON – At least from a ratings standpoint, America's 45th presidency without a doubt has had a successful first season, tremendous even.
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| The Story of the Turpin Family at Center of Abuse Allegations Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  David and Louise Turpin pleaded not guilty to a combined 75 counts that included charges of torture, child abuse and false imprisonment.
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| 2 Boys Arrested After Vandalism That Killed 500,000 Bees On Iowa Honey Farm Posted: 18 Jan 2018 09:54 PM PST  Two boys are facing felony charges after vandalism at an Iowa honey farm killed 500,000 bees, according to police.
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| Delta issues new rules on emotional support animals Posted: 19 Jan 2018 08:05 AM PST  After the airline said it saw a spike in animal incidents, passengers must now provide documentation for their pet to the airline within 48 hours of their flight.
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| Turkish jets bombard Kurdish-run city of Afrin in Syria Posted: 20 Jan 2018 01:06 PM PST  KOCABEYLI, Turkey (AP) — Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to expand Turkey's military border operations against a Kurdish group that has been the U.S.'s key Syria ally in the war on the Islamic State group.
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| 'We want to fix it': Google, YouTube CEOs on Election Meddling Posted: 19 Jan 2018 10:27 AM PST  Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki discuss what changes technology companies are making in the wake of foreign meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election via digital information platforms.
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| Apostrophes trip up Kazakhstan's move away from Russian alphabet Posted: 20 Jan 2018 06:35 AM PST  Kazakhstan's quarter-century struggle to assert its autonomy from former overlord Russia has hit an unlikely snag: the lowly apostrophe. A vast but sparsely populated country wedged between Russia and China, Kazakhstan came under the rule of its northern neighbour as Russia and Britain jostled for control of Central Asia in the Great Game. It also came under its linguistic influence, and to this day, many Kazakhs speak more Russian than their Turkic native tongue. This became especially concerning after Russian state media, which remain popular in Kazakhstan, helped whip up Russian-speaking separatists to fight government forces in Ukraine in 2014. In April, Kazakhstan's president of 27 years, Nursultan Nazarbayev, ordered the government to prepare a new Kazakh alphabet based on Latin characters and ditch the one based on Russia's Cyrillic script, which the Soviets implemented in 1940. He has said this will give Kazakhstan "real independence" and help it join the "information world". But a cumbersome version of the new alphabet chosen by Mr Nazarbayev last autumn has sparked rare dissent in this authoritarian country due to its ample apostrophes. Of 32 letters in the alphabet, nine are written with an apostrophe. Mr Nazarbayev meets with Vladimir Putin in December. He has tried to gently assert Kazakhstan's independence from its former overlord Credit: Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP An "against apostrophes" hashtag soon appeared on social media. So did a "No to Kazakh Latinisation with apostrophes!" Change.org petition in October, which was briefly blocked. Film director Saken Zholdas made a video explaining how inconvenient the apostrophes were. "With this decision, we are unintentionally, or maybe intentionally, killing the brand of Kazakh language once and for all," he said. The problem lies in the need to differentiate related but distinct Kazakh sounds, such as a long and short "a," or consonants similar to "s" and "sh". Setting them apart with an apostrophe allows the alphabet to be typed on a standard Latin keyboard, but also produces odd flurries of punctuation and many eyesore words. For instance, the word for "bottle," pronounced "shisha," is written "s'i's'a", while "east," pronounced "shyghys," becomes "s'yg'ys". Those are hardly the worst: The word for "skier" will be "s'an'g'ys'y" and that for "crucial" will be "s'es'u's'i". The Republic of Kazakhstan will be written "Qazaqstan Respy'bli'kasy". The palace of peace and reconciliation designed by Norman Foster in Astana, Kazakhstan Credit: Sergei Bobylev/\TASS via Getty Images Some have speculated that Mr Nazarbayev picked the apostrophes to keep Kazakh distinct from the Latinised alphabets of other Turkic languages and placate Russia, which since Soviet times has feared pan-Turkic movements along its southern border. "The guy just liked it, and since our country is this way, no one in government can tell the president no," Aidos Sarym, a political analyst who previously served on a state working group on Latinisation, told The Telegraph. Last month, Mr Nazarbayev said while the new apostrophes had caused "much discussion," this version was the right one because it suited computer keyboards. But at the same time it complicates web searches and social media hashtags, where an apostrophe between letters splits them into separate words. "From a technical point of view, apostrophes create more problems than they solve," said political analyst Dosym Satpayev. Mr Nazarbayev appears with Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday. He has tried to balance relations with the United States, Russia and China Credit: Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg In his video, Mr Zholdas suggested replacing the apostrophes with accent marks over the nine letters in question, a move he said could be supported by 70 per cent of computer fonts. Despite the defence of his version in December, Mr Nazarbayev also said there was still time to "work with the new alphabet" before the country switches over fully in 2025, giving hope that he could eventually relax his stance. "He wants to go into history … as the father of the new Latin Kazakh alphabet," Mr Sarym said. "You can choose any version and let it be called the Nazarbayev version, but do it right so there aren't problems now, and so that tomorrow we won't have to do an upgrade."
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| The Electrification Era Moves Closer for Cars Posted: 19 Jan 2018 11:42 AM PST  Automakers are seeing the future, and increasingly it's more high voltage than high octane. At this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, just under the sheet metal and hoods ...
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| Don't Let Dishonest Don Erase Honest Abe Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:45 AM PST  Michael Wolff's blistering account of the Trump administration's first year, Fire and Fury, prompted what has now become the president's routine response to anyone who criticizes him.
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| Prosecutors Lay Out Horrifying Details in 'Severe, Pervasive, Prolonged' Torture of 12 Siblings Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:27 AM PST  An act of courage and desperation freed 12 siblings from a house of horrors that shocked police
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| Mattis unveils new National Defense strategy Posted: 19 Jan 2018 08:43 AM PST  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis released the National Defense Strategy today that focuses on China and Russia as the biggest challenges to the U.S.
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| Classmate speaks out about California ‘House of Horrors’ victim Posted: 19 Jan 2018 08:03 AM PST  A classmate of one of the victims who attended community college says the Turpin son was very thin and always in the same clothing.
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| Meteorite hunters find first fragments of Michigan meteor Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:33 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Meteorite hunters who flocked to Detroit from across the U.S. after a meteor exploded are finding the fragments.
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| Thousands march on Washington in Donald Trump-supported anti abortion rally Posted: 20 Jan 2018 02:36 AM PST  Thousands of anti-abortion activists and protesters carried posters and shouted slogans in support for the unborn on Friday, as they descended on Washington from various parts of the country for the annual March for Life rally. President Trump addressed the crowds via video from the Rose Garden, saying he is committed to building a "society that is celebrated, protected and cherished," and reaffirming his support for the movement. He said he's the first president to address the gathering in its 45-year history. For anti-abortion activists like Karen Herzog from San Antonio, Texas, who has been attending the yearly rally since 2008, Mr Trump's words are encouraging. She represents an organisation that helps abortion clinic workers draw up an exit strategy when they are ready to leave the industry called 'An Then There Were None.' "I believe that this is a first for a president to show any kind of acknowledgment of the march. I'm very well pleased with that and I'm grateful for his support," she said. For protesters like Caroline from Virginia, the rally was an opportunity to share her experience of adoption with others. She says the choice of giving her daughter up for abortion empowered her, while helping a couple "complete a family" that is now a part of her own. US abortion clinics A year into his presidency, Mr Trump has sought to curtail abortion rights by making rules and policy changes across agencies. He also preserved the Supreme Court's conservative majority by getting Justice Neil Gorsuch confirmed. Abortion-rights groups say Mr Trump's actions amount to a sweeping rollback of reproductive rights.
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| Thai police arrest 'kingpin' in Asian wildlife trafficking Posted: 20 Jan 2018 01:18 AM PST  Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in Asia's illegal trade in endangered species, dealing a blow to a family-run syndicate that smuggles elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts to Chinese and Vietnamese dealers. Boonchai Bach, 40, a Vietnamese national with Thai citizenship, was arrested on Friday evening over the smuggling of 14 rhino horns worth around $1 million from Africa to Thailand.
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| A Norwegian Airline Claims to Have Set a New Record for New York to London Flights Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:59 AM PST  Norwegian Airlines flight DY7014 beat the previous subsonic record by three minutes
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| Why This Black Girl Will Not Be Returning To The Women’s March Posted: 19 Jan 2018 02:45 AM PST  Recently, I came across the Facebook event page for the 2018 Los Angeles Women's March.
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| Paramedics called to treat Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:47 PM PST ![Paramedics called to treat Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor]( "Paramedics called to treat Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor") U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a life-long diabetic, was treated by paramedics for low blood sugar at her home in Washington on Friday morning but was able to go to work afterward, a court spokeswoman said. The 63-year-old Sotomayor, one of the nine-member court's four liberal justices, was diagnosed as a child with type 1 diabetes and has openly discussed her experience with the chronic illness in the past. "Justice Sotomayor experienced symptoms of low blood sugar at her home this morning.
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| NASA bumps astronaut off space station flight in rare move Posted: 19 Jan 2018 08:32 PM PST  Jeanette Epps was set to become the first African-American to liveon the International Space Station.
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| Donald Trump's 'Screaming' Face On A Newspaper Stack Gets The Funniest Reworking Posted: 20 Jan 2018 01:06 AM PST  A photo-editing battle has erupted over this somewhat unsettling snap of President Donald Trump's face on a stack of German newspapers: PsBattle: Trump screaming in a stack of newspapers from photoshopbattles The viral image was actually part of an advertising campaign for the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper back in 2016, reports AdWeek.
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| Confronting China and Russia, not tackling terrorism, is now America's top security priority Posted: 19 Jan 2018 01:11 PM PST  Countering China and Russia is a bigger focus for US national security than defeating terrorism, the American administration announced yesterday. Donald Trump's new national defence strategy named "inter-state strategic competition" as its primary concern rather than jihadist attacks. It marks a tipping point after almost two decades when the US has focussed on countering terrorism following the September 11 attacks. China, Russia, North Korea and Iran were all mentioned as powers that were threatening the international order. The strategy signals a return of a Cold War-style mentality in American foreign policy that will focus on countering rival great powers. James Mattis, US Secretary of Defense Credit: EPA/WALLACE WOON James Mattis, the US defence secretary, explained the rationale behind the 11-page national defence strategy in a speech on Friday. "We will to continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, but great-power competition - not terrorism - is now the primary focus of US national security," he said. Mr Mattis added: "To those who would threaten America's experiment in democracy: they must know if you challenge us, it will be your longest and worst day." The document itself included a similar message: "Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security." It called out threats posed by rival nations. "China is a strategic competitor using predatory economics to intimidate its neighbours while militarising features in the South China Sea," it read. US President Donald Trump, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Credit: APEC-SUMMIT "Russia has violated the borders of nearby nations and pursues veto power over the economic, diplomatic, and security decisions of its neighbours. "As well, North Korea's outlaw actions and reckless rhetoric continue despite United Nation's censure and sanctions. "Iran continues to sow violence and remains the most significant challenge to Middle East stability." John McCain, the Republican senator of Arizona, welcomed the strategy, saying: "It gets the big decisions right, prioritises the threats we face, and offers clear guidance for making tough choices." Mr Mattis also called on Democrats to agree new funding ahead of a midnight Friday deadline, warning that the military would suffer if they blocked budget proposals. Appealing to Congress, he said: "No strategy can survive without predictable funding. As hard as the last 16 years have been, no enemy has harmed the US military more than defence spending caps and sequestration." Mr Trump cancelled his trip to Florida on Friday in an attempt to help avoid a government shutdown as Republicans piled pressure on their political opponents. The US president was due to fly to his Mar-a-Lago resort but stayed in Washington as scrambled negotiations played out behind the scenes. A fierce blame game erupted in the American capital as political rivals pointed the finger at each other over who was at fault. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, accused Democrats of being unpatriotic by threatening to block a funding extension. "The American people, the citizens who actually elected us, will be watching," he said. "They will see which senators make the patriotic decision, stand up for the American people and vote to continue government funding." Chuck Schumer, the most senior Democrat in the Senate, noted that Mr Trump once said that America could use "a good shutdown".
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| Phoenix police: Serial killing suspect tied to 9 attacks Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:34 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — The nine shooting deaths around metropolitan Phoenix that occurred in just a three-week span seemed unconnected at first glance. The victims differ in age, gender and geographical location. But the more law enforcement investigated, the more correlations came to light.
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| Kremlin 'regrets' Ukrainian law recognising Russian occupation Posted: 19 Jan 2018 09:35 AM PST  Of course, Russia will remain committed to the word and spirit of the Minsk accords with other guarantor countries France and Germany, but we regret that such steps only distract us from the desired goal," the Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. The EU-brokered Minsk peace agreement, backed by Moscow and Kiev, was first reached in late 2014 and then re-worked in early 2015 with the help of Germany and France, but is violated almost daily.
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| Tourists in Jamaica Warned Not to Leave Resorts Due to Violent Crime Posted: 20 Jan 2018 11:01 AM PST  There's been a string of violent crimes in Montego Bay
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 19 Jan 2018 06:00 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:28 PM PST ![Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash]( "Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett killed in U.S. helicopter crash") (Reuters) - Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday. The crash of a private Huey helicopter in rugged terrain near Raton, New Mexico, on Wednesday evening killed Bennett, 60, along with his wife, Heather Bennett, 55, James Coleman Dodd, 57, of Colorado, Charles Ryland Burnett, 61, of Texas and Paul Cobb, 67, of Texas, New Mexico State Police said.
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| Twitter Concedes Russian Influence Before U.S. Election Was Greater Than Initially Thought Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:21 PM PST  At least 677,774 people in the United States followed, retweeted or liked content distributed by Russian government-linked Twitter accounts in a 10-week span prior to the 2016 U.S. election, Twitter announced Friday.
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| Takata Recalls 3.3 Million More Airbags Posted: 19 Jan 2018 10:47 AM PST  Takata has expanded its already massive recall by an additional 3.3 million airbag inflators over the same concerns that they might explode and spray dangerous metal fragments into the vehicle's ...
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| What has happened to each of Donald Trump's campaign pledges? Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:37 AM PST  Donald Trump was elected on a pledge to "make America great again" - a feat, he said, he would achieve by boosting the economy; taking a tough stance against foreign allies and cutting immigration. On his first anniversary of entering into office, what has happened to each of President Trump's campaign promises? Build a border wall Mr Trump insists his border wall with Mexico is still happening, but has accepted it will not all be made up of a physical barrier. While illegal border crossing arrests are at a 47-year low, Mr Trump has yet to get any money for the wall's construction signed off from Congress. We must have Security at our VERY DANGEROUS SOUTHERN BORDER, and we must have a great WALL to help protect us, and to help stop the massive inflow of drugs pouring into our country!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2018 Earlier this month it was reported that the administration had asked Congress for nearly $18 billion to fund the project. 'Massive' tax cuts Mr Trump has delivered America's biggest tax cut in 30 years, his most significant legislative win during his time in office so far. I promised that my policies would allow companies like Apple to bring massive amounts of money back to the United States. Great to see Apple follow through as a result of TAX CUTS. Huge win for American workers and the USA! https://t.co/OwXVUyLOb1— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2018 However, claims it is the "biggest ever" have been proved wrong, according to analysis. Despite being sold as a boon for the average American, it is estimated that big corporations (whose tax rate has dropped from 35 to 21 per cent) and high earners will see the most benefit. Muslim ban Mr Trump's promise to stop all Muslim immigration into the US was watered down even before the election. During the campaign Mr Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States", but conceded the next day that the policy would not apply to all Muslims. Within their first week in office, the Trump administration suspended immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. After repeated legal challenges and three re-writings of the directive, a version of the ban is in place - for now. Paris climate agreement The US president kept his vow to pull out of the Paris accord, which aims to prevent global temperatures from rising by 2C above pre-industrial levels, but has hinted he may return. France's president Emmanuel Macron (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting Credit: AFP During the election campaign, Mr Trump said he would "cancel" the agreement and "stop all payments of US tax dollars to UN global warming programs". Instead, he promised to boost America's coal, oil and shale industries by lifting restrictions on drilling. But in a news conference with French president Emmanuel Macron last week, he said: "Frankly, it's an agreement that I have no problem with, but I had a problem with the agreement that they signed, because, as usual, they made a bad deal." Repeal Obamacare In 2016, Mr Trump said: "My first day in office, I'm going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law... You're going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. It's going to be so easy." He failed spectacularly to live up to the pledge in his first six months after Republican senators voted down the repeal bill. However, at the end of last year Mr Trump succeeded in recalling a key part of it - individual mandate, which effectively forces people to get health insurance - and has set in place a series of measures to undermine Obamacare. $1 trillion in infrastructure The Trump campaign's $1 trillion infrastructure plan fell by the wayside in 2017 but is thought to be next on the legislative agenda for 2018. A train derailment in Washington state which killed 3 and injured 62 last month shone a light on the issue, something Mr Trump recognised, tweeting that it showed the need for his "soon to be submitted infrastructure plan". The train accident that just occurred in DuPont, WA shows more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly. Seven trillion dollars spent in the Middle East while our roads, bridges, tunnels, railways (and more) crumble! Not for long!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2017 The president has indicated he wants bipartisan support for any measures, which could prove successful given that Democrats tend to be in favour of more funding, but it is unlikely to happen before the midterm elections. Bring back waterboarding Mr Trump campaigned on a promise to bring back the banned intelligence service practice of waterboarding on suspects, saying "I would bring back waterboarding, and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding". He appears to have abandoned the idea, and has since commented that he had heard arguments that torture was not effective. Moving US embassy to Jerusalem Last year Mr Trump followed through on his campaign promise to to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli-capital, upending 70 years of US policy and triggering international outrage. However the move, which outraged Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries, means his ambition to bring peace to the region seem as far away as it ever was. Tear up 'bad' trade deals Mr Trump pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement within days of taking office. He has yet to formally pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but is aggressively renegotiating its terms, prompting others to predict the US will withdraw soon. However, despite his oft-repeated campaign threat to brand China a currency manipulator, he has yet to impose penalties on Chinese imports or take steps towards realigning their trade relationship. Instead Mr Trump has used the threat of punishing trade relationships as leverage to get Beijing to put political pressure on North Korea. Mr Trump also promised to impose a 35 percent tariff on goods from US companies that ship production abroad - which he has not followed through with. Destroying Isil The American-led coalition has had a string of victories against the Islamic State (Isil) including retaking vast swathes of territory. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria Credit: AP Mr Trump has lauded the victories although critics say Barack Obama's administration laid the groundwork for the success with its strategy of working with local forces. However the terrorist group still remains a potent force, successfully recruiting jihadists abroad, and Mr Trump has pledged to keep US troops in the region until Syria's civil war reaches a political settlement. Leave Afghanistan During the campaign Mr Trump made a play of attacking former president George Bush's foreign wars and questioning why US troops were in the country. However, he appeared to cave to establishment pressure in August and agreed to send around 3,500 more troops to the country. "My original instinct was to pull out, and historically I like to follow my instincts," Mr Trump said of his policy U-turn. "I heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk of the Oval Office." Iran nuclear deal Mr Trump has failed to scrap the Iran nuclear deal despite calling it the "worst deal ever". However he has started a collision course which could still bring it down. Better relations with Russia During the campaign Mr Trump praised Vladimir Putin's leadership, suggested they could work together to end the Syrian civil war and urged warmer relations between their two nations. Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin Credit: AP But the cloud of the investigation into Russian meddling in the US election and the influence of senior generals has led to a more traditional stance on Russia. Moreover, Russia still remains at logger heads with the US-led allied coalition over Syria. Mr Trump has also hardened his stance on Nato, putting pressure on allies to increase their military spending. Slap tariffs on China and Mexico Mexico was a focal point of Mr Trump's campaign and he threatened to put a 35 per cent tariff on goods made in Mexico but sold in the US. Mr Trump made similar trade threats to China but has held off a trade war with the nation in the hope that they can work on North Korea together. Stop North Korea's nuclear programme Kim Jong-Un has engaged in a war of words with Donald Trump Mr Trump has dramatically increased pressure on the regime in Pyongyang, forcing through tighter economic sanctions, particularly through the UN, and engaging in a heated war of words with its leader. However, North Korea insists it will continue to test nuclear weapons and recently claimed it will soon have missiles capable of reaching the US mainland. It is unclear where the talks between Mr Trump and Kim Jong-Un will lead, but global watchers fear a nuclear war cannot be definitively ruled out. Cut red tape Mr Trump followed through with his promise to cut red tape, making one of his first executive orders a requirement for agencies to scrap two regulations for every new one they put in place. In December Mr Trump renewed his pledge to cut regulation, saying: "In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. Today, there are over 185,000 page". To date, however, the administration says it has only cancelled or delayed 1,500 rules. Bring back jobs and boost the economy Mr Trump centered his presidential campaign on how his business credentials would help him boost the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by more than 28 per cent since Mr Trump's election, the highest since 1945 and unemployment is at its lowest level since 1973. But critics claim the economic recovery is simply following a trend that began under the last months of the Obama administration for which Mr Trump is simply reaping the reward.
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| 13 siblings allegedly held captive at home by parents: Part 1 Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:45 PM PST  David and Louise Turpin pleaded not guilty to a combined 75 total counts, including charges of torture, child abuse and false imprisonment.
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| Turkey faces balancing act amid border offensive in Syria Posted: 19 Jan 2018 01:12 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — As Turkey threatens a bloody confrontation with a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in the main Syrian Kurdish enclave in northwestern Syria, it faces the challenge of maintaining its old alliance with Washington and reinforcing a new rapprochement with Moscow.
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| Why It's So Hard For Victims Of Extreme Abuse To Leave Posted: 18 Jan 2018 06:52 PM PST  When police entered the home of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California, they encountered 12 siblings who were being held in filthy, dark conditions ― some chained to furniture.
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| Watch the World's First Ever Drone Surf Rescue Posted: 18 Jan 2018 10:33 PM PST  A drone deployed an emergency flotation device to save two struggling swimmers in Australia
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| China Wants Missile Defenses To Stop India (And Kill Satellites) Posted: 19 Jan 2018 04:28 AM PST  India conducted a successful test of its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a nuclear-capable Agni-5, on Thursday, underscoring a potential threat to China as well as Pakistan. China is also within range of nuclear-armed North Korean missiles and Japan is mulling whether it should develop similar capabilities.
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| This Flu Season Is The Worst Possible Time For A Government Shutdown Posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:52 PM PST  Flu cases are continuing to rise in the U.S., with some states, such as California, seeing record numbers of patients seeking medical attention.
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| How to Solidify Your Retirement Fund Posted: 19 Jan 2018 07:27 AM PST ![How to Solidify Your Retirement Fund]( "How to Solidify Your Retirement Fund") The traditional three-legged retirement stool -- consisting of pensions, personal savings and Social Security benefits -- is looking wobblier than ever. Defined benefit pension plans, which have been disappearing for some time, are now on the verge of extinction. Just 8 percent of private employers offered pension plans in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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| 'Jersey Shore' Star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Posted: 19 Jan 2018 02:24 PM PST  On Friday, "Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino pleaded guilty to tax fraud in federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
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| After a year of Trump's immigration crackdown, migrants living in fear are using WhatsApp to avoid deportation Posted: 20 Jan 2018 06:39 AM PST  While President Donald Trump was preparing to take the oath of office last January, immigrants were thinking ahead to what was to come: raids, deportations, roadside checkpoints, stakeouts, and — for a now-burgeoning group of people — constant uncertainty. One year out, immigrants say that those preparations are a final line of defence as the Trump administration ramps up its anti-immigrant policies.
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| Anti-abortion activists rally in annual 'March for Life' in Washington Posted: 19 Jan 2018 12:51 PM PST ![Anti-abortion activists rally in annual 'March for Life' in Washington]( "Anti-abortion activists rally in annual 'March for Life' in Washington") Thousands of anti-abortion activists from around the U.S. gathered in the capital Washington Friday for the annual "March for Life" -- fired up by the support of Donald Trump, who addressed the crowds via video link.
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| North Korea offers to resume pre-Olympic visit to South Posted: 20 Jan 2018 03:34 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday proposed sending a delegation led by the leader of a hugely popular girl band to South Korea to check preparations for a trip by a North Korean art troupe during next month's Winter Olympics.
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| The Latest: Man accused in 9 killings had bleak upbringing Posted: 19 Jan 2018 03:21 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on nine killings in the Phoenix area that have been linked to the same convicted felon (all times local):
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| Aly Raisman Tells Nassar 'You Are Pathetic' After He Complains About Sentencing Hearing Posted: 19 Jan 2018 10:37 AM PST  Olympian Aly Raisman addressed serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar in court Friday with a powerful statement, calling the former USA Gymnastics team doctor "pathetic" for complaining about the length of his sentencing hearing and "a monster" for abusing the trust of his young patients.
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