| Only One President Had The Guts To Say The State Of The Union Is 'Not Good' Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:39 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The State of the Union is one of the most predictable set pieces of political theater in the United States.
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| Spelling error on State of the Union tickets may force them to be recalled Posted: 29 Jan 2018 12:22 PM PST ![Spelling error on State of the Union tickets may force them to be recalled]( "Spelling error on State of the Union tickets may force them to be recalled") President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but the historic speech has already hit at least one small snare.
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| India's 'Unwanted' Girls Number In The Millions, New Report Finds Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:17 PM PST  Indian families' traditional preference for sons over daughters has led to the existence of millions of "unwanted" girls in the country, a new government report estimates.
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| Aly Raisman Thinks 175 Years For Larry Nassar Is ‘Not Enough’ Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:29 AM PST  Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman said she's not satisfied with the 40- to 175-year prison sentence for former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor Larry Nassar, who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 150 girls.
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| Correction: Syria story Posted: 29 Jan 2018 03:51 AM PST  KILIS, Turkey (AP) — In a story Jan. 28 about the Turkish offensive in Syria, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 51 civilians were killed on Sunday. The 51 were reported killed since the offensive started on Jan. 20, not on Sunday.
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| A Plane Had to Make an Emergency Landing on a California Freeway Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:49 PM PST  There were no injuries reported
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| Taiwan holds live-fire drills as tensions with China mount Posted: 29 Jan 2018 11:35 PM PST  Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China steppeds up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated. The ministry did not specify that the annual drill simulated an invasion by China but said it was intended to "show determination to safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait and national security". Tsai last month warned against what she called Beijing's "military expansion" -- the increase in Chinese air and naval drills around the island since she came to power in May 2016.
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| North Korea has stepped up executions, says top US commander Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:31 AM PST  North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. "We're seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption," General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions "are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly." In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang's nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. "We're seeing defections happening in areas where we don't generally see them, for example crossing the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone on the border)," he said. Meanwhile, North Korea has been cutting back on its winter military drills as harsh sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programme begin to bite, say analysts. The military exercises, which usually run from December to March, got started late and aren't as extensive as before, the Journal reported. The United Nations has placed major restrictions on imports of oil and refined petroleum products to North Korea, which may have led to a reduction in military activities to save fuel. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting the State Academy of Sciences at an undisclosed location Credit: AFP "Where this will have an effect in on ground-force readiness," Joseph Bermudez, a military analyst for 38 North, a website run by Johns Hopkins University's US-Korea Institute, told the paper. "Military units have to train to maintain their proficiency." North Korean workers overseas, previously a big source of foreign currency for the regime, are also now being sent home from their host countries after strict new sanctions imposed by the UN in August, following Pyongyang's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. On Tuesday it emerged that Angola was the latest country to terminate all of its contracts with North Korean construction company, Mansudae, and had asked its employees to leave.
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| Republicans Beg Supreme Court To Let Them Keep Using An Unconstitutional Map Posted: 29 Jan 2018 04:44 PM PST  Republicans from Pennsylvania and six other states on Monday offered a slew of reasons why the U.S. Supreme Court should give the Keystone State permission not to comply with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's order to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2018 election.
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| Schiff: House Intel GOP disgraced for Trump Posted: 29 Jan 2018 11:55 AM PST  Rep. Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented lengths to which House Intelligence Committee Republicans are going to undermine Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump.
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| 7 Glass Mosaics Around the World That Take Design to New Heights (Literally) Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:35 PM PST |
| Gold! Treasure lost at sea in 1857 shipwreck goes on display Posted: 29 Jan 2018 08:36 AM PST  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in U.S. history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years.
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| Toronto landscaper killed five people and buried them on clients' land – police Posted: 29 Jan 2018 05:58 PM PST  'The city of Toronto has never seen anything like this,' a police spokesman said. Police in Canada have accused a Toronto landscaper of murdering at least five people and burying their remains in large flower planters on his clients' properties, in a case that has sparked an "unprecedented" investigation. "The city of Toronto has never seen anything like this," Hank Idsinga of the Toronto police told reporters on Monday.
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| Tom Brady Has This Wish For Radio Host Who Insulted His 5-Year-Old Daughter Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:27 AM PST  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Monday night that he doesn't want radio station WEEI to sack the host who called his 5-year-old daughter Vivian "an annoying little pissant."
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| China denies report it hacked African Union headquarters Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:56 AM PST ![China denies report it hacked African Union headquarters]( "China denies report it hacked African Union headquarters") By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - China and the African Union dismissed on Monday a report in French newspaper Le Monde that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital. An article published Friday in Le Monde, quoting anonymous AU sources, reported that data from computers in the Chinese-built building had been transferred nightly to Chinese servers for five years. After the massive hack was discovered a year ago, the building's IT system including servers was changed, according to Le Monde.
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| Russian fighter jet flies within 5ft of US Navy surveillance aircraft Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:58 AM PST  A Russian fighter jet came within 5ft of a US surveillance plane as it flew over the Black Sea, in what the US called an "unsafe interaction". The flight path of the Russian jet forced the US Navy aircraft, which was flying in international airspace, to end its mission prematurely, a US official said. "This is but the latest example of Russian military activities disregarding international norms and agreements," the US State Department said in a separate statement.
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| FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe steps down after clashes with Donald Trump Posted: 29 Jan 2018 09:52 AM PST  Andrew McCabe, the FBI deputy director who Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised in public, has stepped down from the role. Mr McCabe, who held the post since early 2016, will formally leave the FBI in mid-March when he becomes eligible for full retirement benefits. The US president has effectively accused him of political bias in the past because Mr McCabe's wife ran for a Virginia state senate seat as a Democrat. The news comes a week after reports Mr Trump was urging his departure behind the scenes and once asked him how he voted. Mr McCabe, the second most senior person in the FBI, was expected to leave the agency in March but the announcement he was leaving his post now came as a surprise. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is, and has been, a dedicated public servant who has served this country well. Bogus attacks on the FBI and DOJ to distract attention from a legitimate criminal inquiry does long term, unnecessary damage to these foundations of our government.— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) January 29, 2018 It marks another twist in the fractured relationship between Mr Trump and the intelligence agencies, with the president sacking James Comey, the FBI director, shortly after taking office. Mr McCabe, briefly acting director after Mr Comey's departure, has become the target for Mr Trump's ire over the last year. His wife received several hundred thousand dollars from a political fund linked to Hillary Clinton in her unsuccessful bid for a state senate seat in 2015. Mr McCabe reportedly stepped back from any involvement in investigations into Virginian political figures or Ms Clinton. Nonetheless Mr Trump has repeatedly voiced criticism over the link. In December he tweeted: How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 After reports Mr McCabe was waiting to become eligible for his full pension before retiring, Mr Trump tweeted: FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 It is unclear why his departure from the role came on Monday, given he was already expected to retire in March. It came a week after reports that Mr Trump asked Mr McCabe how he voted in 2015 – he said he did not vote – and that the FBI was coming under pressure to remove him. Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, denied the White House was involved in the removal, saying: "The president wasn't part of this decision-making process." So they will keep him on till then despite all this to make sure the American tax payer is stuck paying him for the rest of his life? https://t.co/5MVh9xAUxR— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 29, 2018
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| Police look at phone records for clues in jealousy shooting Posted: 29 Jan 2018 04:17 PM PST  Police on Monday were focusing on phone records to try to piece together how a group of friends wound up at a Pennsylvania self-serve car wash, where a gunman lying in wait in the early morning hours killed four of them and injured one who managed to hide.
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| Trial starts for woman charged with killing her twin Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:01 PM PST  WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister.
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| Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Investigation Into Karolyi Ranch Allegations Posted: 30 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered additional law enforcement to investigate allegations of sexual assault at Walker County's Karolyi Ranch, the former training facility for USA Gymnastics athletes.
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| U.N. employees in Gaza demonstrate against U.S. aid cut Posted: 29 Jan 2018 12:51 PM PST ![U.N. employees in Gaza demonstrate against U.S. aid cut]( "U.N. employees in Gaza demonstrate against U.S. aid cut") By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by thousands of employees of the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. Palestinians have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA), saying it will cause worse hardship in Gaza. More than half the enclave's two million residents depend on support from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies.
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| ICE Deports Palestinian Man Living In The U.S. For Almost 40 Years Despite Outcry Posted: 30 Jan 2018 02:05 AM PST  Weeks of confusion and inconsistencies from immigration officials ended on Monday after authorities deported a Palestinian man who had been living in the U.S. for nearly 40 years.
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| US Senate defeats bill banning late-term abortion Posted: 29 Jan 2018 04:39 PM PST  US Senate Democrats blocked a controversial measure Monday that would ban and criminalize abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, scuttling a longtime priority of conservatives in Congress. President Donald Trump described the failure of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act as "disappointing," and urged senators to reconsider. The measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill in the 100-member Senate, although it earned a narrow majority in the chamber, 51 to 46.
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| US Air Force sergeant removed from post after expletive-filled Facebook rant about ‘black females’ Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:09 AM PST  An Air Force sergeant is under investigation after a profanity-laced Facebook tirade in which she denigrated "black females" who are of lower rank than her. Tech Sgt Geraldine Lovely has been "removed from her supervisory role" after the Facebook post went viral over the weekend, officials at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas have said. "It pisses me the f*** off that they have no respect and constantly have attitude," Ms Lovely says in the video.
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| Victims' families: Jealousy drove car wash shooting suspect Posted: 29 Jan 2018 01:14 AM PST  A man suspected of gunning down four people at a Pennsylvania car wash was driven by jealousy, according to family members of the shooting victims.
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| Elon Musk Says He's Sold 10,000 Flamethrowers Through His Boring Co. Website Posted: 29 Jan 2018 09:47 PM PST  Entrepreneur Elon Musk has captured the world's imagination with his electric cars, space rockets and renewable energy systems, and now the billionaire is looking to corner the market in a slightly less benevolent area: flamethrowers.
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| Prosecutors: Reputed mob boss orchestrated insurance fraud Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:36 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Philadelphia mob boss who reinvented himself as a restaurateur relapsed into a life of crime by orchestrating a health care fraud that made a fortune for an East Coast crime syndicate, a prosecutor said Tuesday in opening arguments at his federal trial.
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| Wife of Taiwan activist jailed in China barred from visiting Posted: 30 Jan 2018 01:48 AM PST  The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison. Human rights and democracy activists have been targeted in Chinese President Xi Jinping's crackdown on dissent since he took power in 2012. Taipei had called Lee's jailing "unacceptable" and a serious blow to cross-strait relations, while his wife Lee Ching-yu called his trial a "political show".
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| Iran's Relationship With Qatar Could Be Crumbling Posted: 29 Jan 2018 04:29 PM PST  Qatar has sought to enjoy the benefits of maintaining a membership in the GCC and close relations with Iran. Tensions between the Gulf states and Qatar developed into an outright feud last June as a result of Qatar's drift toward Iran, which led the Saudis and their partners to impose a boycott and cut off air, sea, and land routes to Qatar. Instead of responding positively to a demand that it cut ties with Tehran, Qatar defiantly restored full diplomatic relations with Iran.
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| Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office Posted: 30 Jan 2018 04:07 AM PST ![Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office]( "Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office") By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities shut down television and radio stations on Tuesday as supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga watched him take a symbolic presidential oath on the Bible in a Nairobi park in a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Odinga's supporters insist that he, not Kenyatta, is Kenya's legitimate leader, and that Kenyatta's election was neither free nor fair. Kenyatta's election victory in August was annulled by the Supreme Court over irregularities, but he then won a re-run, which Odinga boycotted over a failure to revamp the electoral commission, and was sworn in for a second term in November.
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| Amazon, eBay Remove 'Chinese Boy' Costumes Featuring Racist 'Slant-Eye' Images Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:31 PM PST  Amazon UK and eBay UK have received immense backlash after social media users recently noticed "Chinese Boy Fancy Dress Costumes" for sale through the e-commerce sites.
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| Correction: Ex-Stanford Swimmer Rape story Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:55 AM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Jan. 29 about a sexual assault victim deciding not to participate in the creation of a plaque marking where she was attacked on the Stanford University campus, The Associated Press reported erroneously when her assaulter was sentenced. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Brock Turner in June 2016, not in January 2016.
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| Kentucky Mother Dragged Out of Court After Lunging at Man Accused of Killing Her Sons Posted: 30 Jan 2018 03:12 PM PST  The mother said she "just flipped out" at seeing the man charged with killing her sons.
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| Iran eases restrictions on reformist Mousavi Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:36 AM PST  Iranian authorities have granted limited visiting rights to reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, under house arrest following protests sparked by a contested 2009 election, two media outlets reported Monday. Mousavi, 75, his wife Zahra Rahnavard and fellow reformist Mehdi Karroubi were placed under house arrest in 2011 over their role in the millions-strong Green Movement protests.
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| Rosenstein approved surveillance extension of former Trump adviser: NYT Posted: 28 Jan 2018 09:38 PM PST ![Rosenstein approved surveillance extension of former Trump adviser: NYT]( "Rosenstein approved surveillance extension of former Trump adviser: NYT") The extension shows the Department of Justice, under President Donald Trump, saw reason to believe that Page was acting as a Russian agent, the paper reported on Sunday. The Times report did not reveal the evidence Rosenstein relied on to authorize extension of the surveillance. Rosenstein, also a Republican, took office in April after being nominated by Trump.
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| Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Are Creating a Health Care Company That's 'Free From Profit-Making Incentives' Posted: 30 Jan 2018 05:34 AM PST  Healthcare shares plunged on the news
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| Instagram fitness model removed from American Airlines flight after 'humiliating' row Posted: 29 Jan 2018 06:37 AM PST  An Instagram fitness model was "humiliated" after being removed from an American Airlines flight following a row with staff. Jen Selter, who has 11 million followers on Instagram, posted footage of her arguing with a pilot and a flight attendant on the delayed flight from Miami to New York on 27 January. "I did nothing wrong but got kicked off the plane," she wrote, adding she had the "worst experience" following a delay which left the aircraft stuck on the runway for two hours. The 24-year-old claims she and her sister were told to leave the aircraft following a disagreement with a male attendant when she got up to put her coat away and stretch her legs. She argues that two other passengers had been allowed to go to the bathroom when she stood up, adding she was being sarcastic after responding "yeah" when asked by the attendant, "Do you want to get kicked off the plane?" Current situation @AmericanAir .. insane. pic.twitter.com/kIOh3VysnU— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 Ms Selter says the attendant told her to sit down and they began arguing resulting in the pilot calling the police who then arrived on board. "The crew is asking for you guys to be removed off the plane," the pilot tells them in one clip. Just like that, 5 cops coming at me. Worst experience American Air ✌�� pic.twitter.com/1LY1NrAQ3k— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 In another video, a police officer tells the sisters: "American Airlines calls the shots. They don't want you to fly on their plane today." Ms Selter told the New York Post: "It was humiliating. They made me feel like a terrible person, and I did nothing wrong." A spokesperson for American Airlines said in a statement: "Ms. Selter was asked to leave the aircraft after a disagreement occurred Saturday night at Miami International Airport (MIA). "American offered her hotel accommodations and transportation, which she declined. She flew on American Sunday morning back to New York (LGA) – arriving around 8:30 a.m. ET yesterday morning." Ms Selter has vowed "to never fly American Airlines again".
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| Cleveland Indians to Remove Chief Wahoo Logo Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:57 AM PST  The team will no longer wear the logo or display signs or banners with the image beginning in 2019.
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