| Syrian Regime's Airstrikes Kill Scores Of Besieged Civilians In Eastern Ghouta Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:37 PM PST  A renewed onslaught of bombing in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta enclave has wreaked havoc in the region, killing nearly 200 people in a matter of days and shattering cease-fire negotiations.
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| Leadership urges House Democrats to vote against budget deal as shutdown looms Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:38 AM PST  Will there be a government shutdown? House Speaker Paul Ryan looks like he'll need Democratic votes on the Senate budget deal — and it's not clear where Democrats stand.
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| Married figure skating couple ready to take the ice in PyeongChang Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:09 AM PST  Chris Knierim and Alexa Scimeca Knierim were married one year after winning their first U.S. pairs title in 2015. Now, the couple has achieved their dream of competing in the Olympics together.
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| China says new stealth fighter put into combat service Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:25 AM PST  China has put into combat service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, the Chinese air force said on Friday, making it operationally ready.
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| 2 Koreas Make History Marching Under Unified Flag In Olympics Opener Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:58 AM PST  North Korean and South Korean athletes participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics marched as one during Friday's opening ceremony, gleefully entering the ring as a unified team sharing a flag.
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| Iconic Tongan Olympic flag bearer goes shirtless amid frigid temperatures in Pyeongchang Posted: 09 Feb 2018 07:04 AM PST  Temperatures in Pyeongchang are so frigid right now that Olympians are being forced to throw away their expensive skis after mere practice runs — but that sure as hell didn't stop Tonga's viral flag bearer from going shirtless (again.)
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| U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:49 AM PST ![U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation]( "U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre 'alarming,' need for investigation") The United Nations on Friday described the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as "alarming" and said it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country's Rakhine state. This once more attests to the need for a full and thorough investigation by the authorities of all violence in Rakhine State and attacks on the various communities there," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
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| Markets Right Now: China share benchmark falls 5.5 percent Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:05 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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| LA Family's Lawsuit Says Starbucks Served Blood-Stained Frappuccino Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST  A legal battle is brewing between Starbucks and a California family claiming they were served bloody cups of Frappuccino. Amanda Vice says in a lawsuit against the coffee chain that Frappuccinos she ordered for herself and her toddler daughter from a San Bernardino Starbucks in February 2016 came with a ghastly ingredient not typically found on the menu. "She was licking the whipped cream where it had been sitting on top," Vice told CBS Los Angeles, describing the moment she noticed the drink was corpuscle-enhanced.
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| The man who hid in a church, and the church that hid him: An immigrant story with an uncertain ending Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:58 PM PST  He's 47 and has lived in America since 1993, holding a job and raising two children. Harry Pangemanan is also a Christian, who fears deportation to Indonesia, where Christians have been persecuted and even killed by Muslim extremists. He took sanctuary in a church for months, but now his fate is in the hands of a federal judge.
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| The FBI Says There Is No Evidence of an Attack in a Border Patrol Agent's Death Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:55 PM PST  President Donald Trump has been using the suggestion of an attack to promote the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border
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| House Democrat Urges 'Credible Oversight' Of White House Security Clearance Process Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:37 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration's decision to allow accused domestic abuser Rob Porter to stay on as a top White House aide for more than a year without a permanent security clearance is yet another reason the security clearance process at the White House needs "credible oversight," a top House Democrat said Thursday.
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| Kremlin critic says top Russian official vacationed with tycoon Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:02 PM PST  A video published online by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny alleging that an influential Russian deputy prime minister enjoyed lavish hospitality from a billionaire tycoon went viral on Friday, receiving more than 2 million views. The video includes footage that Navalny said was shot by a woman who has written a book about seducing oligarchs. Navalny, who has been barred from running against President Vladimir Putin in next month's election, said the video appears to show Putin's former top foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko vacationing on the yacht of 50-year-old Oleg Deripaska, an aluminium magnate.
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| Hungry Dog Snatches Pancakes From Stove, Accidentally Setting Fire in Home Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:35 AM PST  Canines causing fires inside a home is more common than you might think.
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| CNN Host Tells Holocaust-Denying Congress Candidate: 'You'll Go Down In Flames' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:10 AM PST  A Republican candidate for an Illinois seat in Congress on Thursday openly denied the Holocaust and said, "You jews media, you've gone absolutely nuts," during an appearance on CNN's "New Day." Arthur Jones, the self-described former leader of the American Nazi Party, called the Holocaust a "scam" and an "extortion racket" as "New Day" host Alisyn Camerota challenged him.
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| Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads no contest in girl's killing Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:12 PM PST  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — After listening to days of damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses, a former Virginia Tech student pleaded no contest Friday to killing a 13-year-old girl he met through social media.
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| Trump Points To Rob Porter's Denials In First Remarks On Abuse Allegations Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:12 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Friday spoke for the first time about the resignation of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who stepped down this week after allegations of abuse from both of his ex-wives became publicly known.
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| Jill Messick, Producer and Former Manager of Rose McGowan, Dies by Suicide Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:31 PM PST  The veteran film producer and studio executive was 50 years old
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| Russians held for 'mining bitcoin' at top nuclear lab Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:19 AM PST  Engineers at Russia's top nuclear research facility have been detained after they attempted to mine bitcoin on its computers, Russian news agencies reported Friday. Several employees at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in the city of Sarov have been detained after making "an attempt to use the work computing facilities for personal ends, including for so-called mining," a spokeswoman for the centre, Tatiana Zalesskaya told Interfax news agency. The centre is overseen by Rosatom, the Russian nuclear agency, and works on developing nuclear weapons.
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| Congress to vote on long-term budget deal, averting shutdown Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:48 PM PST  By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers were expected to vote on Thursday on a two-year budget deal that would avert another government shutdown but add $300 billion to the federal deficit and leave the thorny issue of immigration unresolved. The plan faced resistance from conservatives in the Republican Party, who favor less spending on domestic government programs. At the same time, many Democrats, including House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, plan to oppose the bill because of frustration that Republican House leaders have refused to guarantee debate on a bipartisan immigration bill.
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| Mike Pence denies claims gay Olympian Adam Rippon refused to meet him Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:04 AM PST  Mike Pence has dismissed reports the first openly gay US Olympian rejected an invitation to meet him in protest against his position on homosexuality. The Vice President claimed he had never extended an invitation to Adam Rippon, the 2016 US men's figure skating champion, and labelled reports "fake news". According to USA Today, a member of Mr Pence's staff contacted the US Olympic Committee to arrange a meeting between the 58-year-old politician and 28-year-old athlete back in January.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:23 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| Police say Texas officer's killer likely gunned down 2nd man Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:02 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — A gunman who mortally wounded a suburban Dallas police officer likely killed a second man before barricading himself in an apartment and randomly firing his weapon during the standoff, authorities said Thursday.
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| Why you should stop laughing at Trump over a stock market correction Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:29 AM PST  Repeat after me: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is not the stock market. The stock market is not the economy. And nobody should be treating short-term shifts in any of the above as fodder for their political fights on Twitter. It was probably inevitable that Donald Trump would be ignorant of all this. After a month of tweeting (25 times) about a rising stock market that he falsely claimed the "fake news media" was ignoring, the president was silent during a multi-day sell-off that saw the Dow plummet from just over 26,000 on Thursday, Feb. 1, to just over 24,000 on Tuesday, Feb. 6 — the fastest drop, by percentage, in the index's history. This Wednesday featured a brief rebound into 25,000 territory, but the market's increasing volatility was a sign of what was to come. Things got worse on Thursday, which saw another thousand-point drop. Wednesday, of course, also saw what has to stand as one of Trump's most nonsensical and monomaniacal tweets: In the "old days," when good news was reported, the Stock Market would go up. Today, when good news is reported, the Stock Market goes down. Big mistake, and we have so much good (great) news about the economy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2018 The president has apparently taken to threatening global markets over a sell-off because he doesn't think it tracks to his interpretation of the news. It's hard not to see this the greatest example of the hubris of power since King Canute sat on a beach and told the tide it was making a big mistake. And yet Trump's legion of supporters on Twitter and on Fox News joined in. This was good sport. They cheered the stock market rebound on Wednesday as they might cheer the Patriots roaring back into the lead in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. The Trump effect is real, they cried. It is fascinating to listen to the financial prognosticators on Fox News Two weeks ago, trump was a genius for revving up the stock market. Last week, it was Obama's fault that the bottom fell out. Yesterday, trump got it back on track today, it is the Democrats. Fake News. — American Veteran (@amvetsupport) February 8, 2018 There's not much point in educating Trumpists on this score, but let's give it a shot anyway. The stock market, in as much as it can be said to have a single mind, is not acting for or against the president. It doesn't care about the health of the economy as a whole. If there is any one cause of the precipitous drop, it is largely in reaction to the threat of inflation, which may happen as a result of rising wages and low unemployment. SEE ALSO: Say hello to Buttcoin and the community celebrating Bitcoin's fall This is an ongoing global problem affecting global markets, it may well continue over the next couple of weeks, and it has nothing to do with Trump's take on good (great) news. So far so Trumpian. But there's an equally disturbing development among many people who ought to know better. On the resistance side of Twitter, some users have taken the approach that if Trump is hurt politically by a stock market sell-off, a stock market sell-off must be a good thing. Can we schedule the stock market collapse for the same day as Trump's parade? I think that would be tight as hell. — ��Chilly Wonka�� (@RlyFunAtParties) February 8, 2018 It should go without saying that this isn't a joke, and that making it one won't endear the resistance to independents and others occupying the middle ground. A stock market correction doesn't just stick it to the president, Republicans and Wall Street fat cats. It affects your retirement, wiping millions off the value of 401ks. It affects pension funds — the world's largest traders — most of all. The fat cats have plenty of cushion; unless they've over-leveraged themselves, they'll be fine. Your neighbor heading into retirement, not so much. Donald Trump on a daily basis said the record stock market rally was due to him & his policies.Will he own the stock market collapse a well? I can hardly wait to see how this unfolds in the coming months as the Dow backtracks to 24k, 22k, 20k and worse.#news @realDonaldTrump — An_Anonymous_Source (@Logic_Triumphs) February 2, 2018 No president, no political party, owns the markets. Not even if they're annoying you by taking credit for a rally. Not even if it would help your side in mid-term elections. As we know too well, Trump has decided to define himself and his political legacy by opposing everything President Obama was for, whether he considers it good for the country or not. It would be a terrible mistake for his opposition to fall into the same trap. In short, let's be sanguine about the markets. They rise and fall in the short term, and steadily rise in the long term (just like temperatures in our current climate-changed world, in fact.) Stock market indices know no political party. They affect everyone in myriad unseen ways. And they will continue to do so long after the current King Canute has left office.
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| 10 More Kids Have Died This Flu Season — And We May Not Have Reached the Peak, CDC Says Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:46 AM PST  'Almost everything we're looking at is bad news'
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| California teen who livestreamed crash that killed sister gets 6 years Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:35 PM PST  Obdulia Sanchez, 19, was sentenced Thursday after being convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child endangerment stemming from the July crash.
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| Philippines says Canada helicopters 'not for attack' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:10 PM PST  The Philippine military on Thursday denied it planned to use 16 Bell helicopters bought from Canada as attack aircraft against local insurgents, following reports Ottawa was reviewing the deal. Canadian media had reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was reconsidering the sale over fears the aircraft would be used in internal security operations, just hours after both governments had announced the deal. President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman warned Manila may walk away from the deal in light of the controversy.
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| Activist Ravi Ragbir Thwarts ICE's Attempt To Deport Him, For Now Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST  A well-known immigrant rights activist who was on the cusp of being deported this week has filed a lawsuit that allows him to stay in the U.S., for now. Ravi Ragbir, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group New Sanctuary Coalition, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in January during a routine check-in with the agency. Despite his release, Ragbir was still scheduled for deportation for Saturday, Feb. 10.
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| Olympic Swimmer Says Former USA Swimming Coach Sexually Abused Her For Years Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST  Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors says former U.S. Olympic swimming coach Sean Hutchison began sexually abusing her when she was 16.
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| Comedian Rob Delaney Announces Death Of Two-Year-Old Son Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:54 PM PST  Comedian Rob Delaney announced on Friday the heartbreaking death of his 2-year-old son, Henry.
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| Trump administration reportedly drafting rules to target immigrants who use food stamps Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:53 PM PST  A new proposal being drafted by the Trump administration would reportedly allow immigration officials to consider an immigrants' use of government programmes when deciding whether or not to grant them permanent status. The draft rule, seen by Reuters, is a sharp departure from current US law, which prevents immigration officials from taking immigrants' use of public benefits like food assistance and health insurance subsidies into account when reviewing their application. The rule would not apply to permanent residents seeking citizenship, but would affect the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who apply for permanent status in the US each year.
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| Cops Identify Hung Phuoc Nguyen as Theft Suspect, Despite Widely Mocked Sketch Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:39 AM PST  Police shared the drawing on its crime watch page, and while it was initially mocked by some for its simplicity, officials said it did the job.
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| The Latest: UN official calls for 30-day Syria cease-fire Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:28 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local):
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| $2K goes missing from couple's bank account, but it wasn't a thief Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:29 PM PST  When the couple found almost $2,000 missing from their checking account, they thought they were bank fraud victims. The real shock was who really took their money.
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| The Stock Market Plunged Again Just Days After a Massive Drop Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:46 AM PST  Extending the market's losses
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| Duterte spokesman reveals, rejects ICC probe linked to drug war Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:23 AM PST  The International Criminal Court is opening an initial probe into allegations of crimes against humanity by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said Thursday, insisting the Philippine leader rejected any accusations of mass murder arising out of his war on drugs. A Philippine lawyer filed the complaint against Duterte at the world's only permanent war crimes court nearly 10 months ago, alleging his anti-crime crackdown has caused some 8,000 deaths. The Hague-based tribunal's prosecutor has recently notified the Philippine embassy there it is opening a "preliminary examination" on the case, Duterte spokesman Harry Roque told reporters Thursday.
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| Barb From 'Stranger Things' Received The Best Coffee Cup Message From A Barista Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:32 AM PST  Barb's tragic disappearance from the "Stranger Things" universe is still a sore point for Canadian barista Abigail Bahnman.
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| Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Calls Trump's Parade Plan 'Third World Bulls**t' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:07 PM PST  The former Navy SEAL who killed terrorist Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid blasted President Donald Trump's plans to hold a military parade.
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| Catt Sadler Says She Left E! To Avoid 'Collaborating With An Evil System' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:47 AM PST  Catt Sadler says she left E! in December for bigger reasons than getting only half the salary of her male co-star.
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| Canada orders review of deal to sell helicopters to Philippines Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:15 AM PST ![Canada orders review of deal to sell helicopters to Philippines]( "Canada orders review of deal to sell helicopters to Philippines") By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Just one day after signing a $233 million agreement to sell 16 helicopters to the Philippines, the Canadian government on Wednesday ordered a review of the deal amid concerns the aircraft could be used to fight rebels. Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said that the deal - formally signed on Tuesday - had been struck in 2012 on the understanding the helicopters would be used for search-and-rescue missions. Philippine Major-General Restituto Padilla, military chief of plans, told Reuters on Tuesday the helicopters would be used for the military's internal security operations, adding they could also be deployed in search-and-rescue and disaster relief operations.
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| This is what happens when women ask their crushes out for Valentine's Day Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:58 AM PST  The very idea of asking your crush out on a date for Valentine's Day is enough to make some people run for the hills. But, one dating blogger encouraged women to bite the bullet and ask out the person they've had their eye on lately. And, the responses were encouraging. Well, mostly. SEE ALSO: This bot can tell if your Twitter crush likes you back Oloni, a UK dating blogger, tweeted a request out to her female followers, instructing them to ask out their crush and send her screenshots of the results. Ladies, ask the guy you have a crush on to be your Valentine this year & tell him you'd like to go on a date with him. Tweet me a screenshot of his response �� — HERGASM OUT NOW! (@Oloni) February 5, 2018 One individual used the simple-yet-effective line: "Be my valentine this year, let's go on a date." Her crush responded saying: "I'm so glad you asked!!" Aww. Ooo �� #ValentinesDayChallenge pic.twitter.com/ta8RWMzgCq — Marry or am die (@JeffChangx) February 5, 2018 Another woman got straight to the point with: "Hey, okay I have a crush on you," she wrote. "Would you like to go on a date with me." Her crush could scarcely hide their excitement and enthusiasm. ������ pic.twitter.com/nhPuhAXsqv — Oga Madam �� (@Sisi_Tomi) February 5, 2018 Another woman got more than she bargained for when she sent a casual "do you ming spending the whole of Valentine's dat with me?" text. "I dnt mind spending d rest of my life with u sweets," replied her crush. thanks very much .....It so worked������������#superexicited pic.twitter.com/qPrH66aFVv — Idrees Maryam (@meemarhdelz) February 8, 2018 Another crush replied saying he'd been thinking "of many ways to ask" her out. "Since you did the asking, I'll orchestrate the date," he said. I've never been so anxious in my life, was melting with sweat!! pic.twitter.com/81NdBF4Ikg — Fiona (@FonJovi) February 5, 2018 Not all the responses were encouraging, alas. One crush replied asking if the date would be "as friends." Uuum, rude. the FBI agent on my phone is laughing at me pic.twitter.com/IZcVTPNICI — Ola (@CrackHeadOla) February 6, 2018 Another replied saying they "don't do valentines." This isn't going well ���� pic.twitter.com/evu4RefiE2 — king pimp (@Rosmiester) February 6, 2018 Awks. Aw, well. You win some and lose some. WATCH: These are some of the weirdest dating apps of 2017
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| Syrian forces capture 2 members of Islamic State 'Beatles' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:53 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured two notorious British members of an Islamic State insurgent cell commonly dubbed "The Beatles" and known for beheading hostages, U.S. military officials said Thursday.
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