| Trump declines to shake Merkel’s hand during awkward White House interaction Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:06 AM PDT  When it was announced that President Trump would receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, there was immediate speculation that the meeting could be tense, to say the least. After the world leaders met privately in the Oval Office, press photographers and videographers were allowed to enter and captured an awkward exchange. In one clip, photographers can be heard asking for the two to shake hands.
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| Trump knocks China as Tillerson heads to Beijing Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:34 AM PDT  President Trump on Friday knocked China for not doing enough to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile programs — even as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed to Beijing as part of a high-stakes diplomatic swing through Asia. "North Korea is behaving very badly," Trump said on Twitter. "They have been 'playing' the United States for years.
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| Man charged as run-over medic is mourned as job's matriarch Posted: 17 Mar 2017 04:54 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of crushing a fire department medic to death under the wheels of a stolen ambulance told reporters Friday he'd done nothing wrong, while his lawyer said he was mentally ill and didn't act intentionally.
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| Paris airport attacker said he was 'ready to die for Allah' Posted: 18 Mar 2017 03:09 PM PDT  A man who said he was ready to die for Allah was shot dead on Saturday after attacking a soldier at Paris's Orly airport, triggering a major security alert that caused travel chaos. Ziyed Ben Belgacem, a 39-year-old French national, grabbed a female soldier and put a gun to her head, seizing her assault rifle, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told a press conference. In any case people are going to die," the attacker told the troops in Molins's account of the attack.
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| Study Says Drug Cuts Cholesterol and Reduces Heart Attacks, But It’s Not Cheap Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:47 PM PDT  A study paid for by the drug maker of Repatha found that it can have huge benefits on patients, but the price tag is steep: $14,000 per year.
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| 5 Surprising Ways Being a Redhead Affects Your Health Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Your hair isn't the only thing that makes you unique. Here's how your DNA may influence your pain sensitivity, how fast you age, and more.
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| Abandoned funeral home dies of decay Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT ![Abandoned funeral home dies of decay]( "Abandoned funeral home dies of decay") This is a real house of the dead, as forgotten artifacts lie strewn across a 150-year-old abandoned funeral home. The building in Jacksonville, Fla., was once the site of the city's oldest continuously operating funeral parlor. The parlor itself was established by successful businessman Calvin Oak in 1856, and it changed hands several times before moving to another location in 2013. The building was left to rot. (Caters News)
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| Trump to Merkel: ‘Perhaps’ Obama wiretapped us both Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:11 PM PDT  Recycling an incendiary and unsubstantiated charge, President Trump on Friday joked that he and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have one thing in common: being spied on by Barack Obama's administration. "As far as wiretapping, I guess, by, you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps," Trump said at a joint press conference with the German leader. Trump had been asked by a German reporter about his March 4 claim that Obama personally ordered spying on him and Trump Tower.
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| Trump’s budget rattles Meals on Wheels in Kansas, where the group vows to fight on Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:04 PM PDT  President Trump's recent budget proposal, which yanks federal funding for Meals on Wheels, may feel like abstract accounting to some, but for senior citizens in Saline County, Kan., it could affect what's for dinner — and what's not. The Saline County Commission on Aging (COA) was founded in 1974 to look after the needs of the senior community. It runs the Salina Senior Center and Salina Meals on Wheels, which delivers food to senior citizens and people with disabilities.
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| Latest: Attorney says man not involved in deaths of 2 girls Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:24 PM PDT ![Latest: Attorney says man not involved in deaths of 2 girls]( "Latest: Attorney says man not involved in deaths of 2 girls") DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the killings of two northern Indiana teenage girls (all times local):
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| Aspiring Teenage Model Dies During Texas Railway Photo Shoot Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:58 AM PDT  Fredzania "Zanie" Thompson died last week.
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| Tillerson seeks new North Korea plan on Seoul visit Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:33 PM PDT  Washington's top diplomat visited the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas to gaze on the North for himself Friday, a day after he declared 20 years of efforts to denuclearise it had failed. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Asia for his first foray into crisis management, and was to hold talks with South Korea's Acting President Hwang Kyo-Ahn later, after China challenged him to come up with a new way to confront the North Korean nuclear stand-off. Under the glaring eyes of alert North Korean soldiers, Tillerson toured the Panmunjom joint security area, guarded by both North Korea and the US-led United Nations Command since the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953.
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| Texas House ethics chair probes anti-abortion group contract Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:41 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas House ethics committee says she wants answers about an anti-abortion group that received $1.6 million to bolster women's health clinics after The Associated Press found that promises have come up short.
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| Higher heart risk seen with Abbott dissolving stent after two years: study Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:26 AM PDT ![Higher heart risk seen with Abbott dissolving stent after two years: study]( "Higher heart risk seen with Abbott dissolving stent after two years: study") By Bill Berkrot WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients who received Abbott Laboratories' novel dissolving vascular stent had a significantly higher rate of serious adverse heart events than those treated with the company's widely used Xience drug-coated metal stent two years after implantation, according to data presented on Saturday. New guidelines for blood vessel size and proper implantation techniques put in place for the new Absorb stent since the study began, however, should lead to better results, researchers said. "The difference between Absorb and Xience when they're both implanted in properly-sized vessels with good procedural technique is likely to be quite modest and possibly not clinically important," said Dr. Stephen Ellis, director of interventional cardiology at Cleveland Clinic, who presented the data at the American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in Washington.
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| Gaming Stocks Are Worth a Gamble in the Time of Trump Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:28 AM PDT ![Gaming Stocks Are Worth a Gamble in the Time of Trump]( "Gaming Stocks Are Worth a Gamble in the Time of Trump") The run-up in the U.S. stock market since Donald Trump shocked the world and won the U.S. presidency is one for the history books. "Locally here in Las Vegas, the largest strip players remain MGM ( MGM) and Caesars ( CZR).
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| Sean Spicer spars with White House press corps over alleged wiretapping Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:07 PM PDT  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had a heated exchange with a pair of reporters at his daily briefing on Thursday. The tense back-and-forth began with questions about President Trump's allegation that he was wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama. It devolved into shouting, repeated interruptions and an accusation from Spicer that the media is attempting to "perpetuate a false narrative" about Trump's relationship with Russia.
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| Childhood TV Series Actor Faces Six-Year Sentence Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:40 AM PDT  TV actor Ricardo Medina actor was most notably known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger, killed his roommate with a sword in 2015.
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| Philippines rejects European Parliament's call on senator Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:20 AM PDT ![Philippines rejects European Parliament's call on senator]( "Philippines rejects European Parliament's call on senator") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government on Friday rejected a call by the European Parliament for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima, a leading critic of the president who has been detained on drug charges, and told the international community to refrain from influencing her case.
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| 20,000 leagues beneath the ice Posted: 18 Mar 2017 07:30 AM PDT ![20,000 leagues beneath the ice]( "20,000 leagues beneath the ice") The harmonic sounds of Weddell seals penetrate the thick ice. In fact, a significant part of what we know about underwater life in Antarctica comes from within a two-hour driving radius of the McMurdo Station research base.
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| Suicide attacker targets Bangladesh army camp Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:19 AM PDT  A man blew himself up on Friday at a camp for Bangladesh's elite security forces, wounding two others, in an apparent botched suicide attack. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said a man carrying explosives entered the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) camp near the Dhaka international airport on Friday morning. The explosives went off after he was challenged by two RAB men, wounding them both but causing no other casualties.
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| Chief: Apartment building inspected 50 times before blaze Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:12 AM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An apartment building under construction in North Carolina's capital city had been inspected 50 times, most recently on Monday, before it went up in flames near an entertainment district, the fire chief said Friday.
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| Map Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Health Across US Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:40 AM PDT  "Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making Americans sicker," Dr. Mona Sarfaty, the director of the new group, called the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, said in a statement. But few Americans are aware of the impact climate change has on health, according to the report. Only about a third of Americans can name a specific way climate change affects people's health, according to the report.
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| Trump: Merkel and I 'Have Something in Common' for Being Wiretapped Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:33 AM PDT  President Donald Trump references when former President Obama wiretapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone.
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| China to build on disputed shoal in South China Sea Posted: 17 Mar 2017 04:59 PM PDT ![China to build on disputed shoal in South China Sea]( "China to build on disputed shoal in South China Sea") China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, an official said, as two U.S. senators introduced a bill to impose sanctions on its activities in the disputed waterway. China seized the strategic shoal, which is also claimed by the Philippines, in 2012 and the United States has warned Beijing against carrying out the same land reclamation work there that it has done in other parts of the South China Sea. This week, Xiao Jie, the mayor of what Beijing calls Sansha City, an administrative base for disputed South China Sea islands and reefs it controls, said China planned preparatory work this year to build environmental monitoring stations on a number of islands, including Scarborough Shoal.
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| Man killed after trying to grab soldier’s gun at Paris airport Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:31 AM PDT ![Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport]( "Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport") Soldiers at Paris' busy Orly Airport shot and killed a man who wrestled one of their colleagues to the ground and tried to steal her rifle Saturday, officials said. Police did not immediately provide a motive or identify the attacker, though the Paris prosecutor's office said he was 39 and had a record of robbery and drug offenses. Earlier Saturday, he fired birdshot at officers during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb, wounding one in the face.
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| Hanging with the stars Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:52 AM PDT  ABC News' Frank Elaridi gets to know Erika Jayne and Charo before they make their "Dancing With the Stars" debut.
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| Family Says Woman Charged With Leaving Daughter in Grocery Store Didn't Do It Intentionally Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:46 PM PDT  Chiengkham Vilaysane allegedly left her daughter alone in a California store Sunday.
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| Wilders remains force to be reckoned with: analysts Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:52 AM PDT  Geert Wilders may have been beaten into second place in the Dutch elections but the far-right MP will enjoy a magnified role in parliament and remain a force to be reckoned with, analysts said. While he failed in his aim of starting a "patriotic revolution," Wilders has already succeeded in shifting the debate and the tone in Dutch politics on immigration and integration, observers said. Campaigning on an anti-Islam ticket, the peroxide-haired politician saw his hopes wilt from an all-time high in January when opinion polls had said he could win as many as 37 seats in the 150-seat Dutch lower chamber.
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| Civil rights trial over Oklahoma inmate death nears end Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:45 AM PDT ![Civil rights trial over Oklahoma inmate death nears end]( "Civil rights trial over Oklahoma inmate death nears end") TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury soon will decide whether a man's civil rights were violated when his last hours alive were spent lying on the floor of an Oklahoma jail with a broken neck.
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| Israeli Fighter Jet Shoots Down Anti-Aircraft Missile In Syria Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:18 AM PDT  This is believed to be the most serious incident between Israel and pro-Assad forces since the beginning of the civil war in Syria.
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| Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress Posted: 17 Mar 2017 05:59 PM PDT ![Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress]( "Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress") The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their request for information that could shed light on President Donald Trump's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered U.S. agencies to spy on him. The information was sent to the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, said Sarah Isgur Flores, a Justice Department spokeswoman. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Republican Devin Nunes, said in a statement late on Friday that the Justice Department had "fully complied" with the panel's request.
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| Chelsea Clinton joins expanded Expedia board Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:03 PM PDT  Travel service Expedia added to its board the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a public filing posted Friday. Expedia expanded its board from 13 to 14 members and elected Chelsea Clinton to fill the new position, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Expedia is based in the northwestern US state of Washington and is one of the largest online services in the world for booking flights, hotels and car rentals.
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| Pope Francis to visit Egypt in April as dialogue improves Posted: 18 Mar 2017 06:48 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Egypt in late April, reflecting improved Vatican-Muslim dialogue after years of tension that developed during the previous papacy of Benedict XVI.
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| Nigeria's Buhari marks return by attending council meeting Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:08 PM PDT ![Nigeria's Buhari marks return by attending council meeting]( "Nigeria's Buhari marks return by attending council meeting") Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari marked his return from medical leave in London with a rare appearance at a meeting on Thursday of the government's top advisory body. Buhari attended a session of the National Economic Council, which is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and whose members include state governors, the central bank governor and the finance minister. Buhari returned on Friday from London, where he had been receiving medical treatment for seven weeks.
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| Where Charles Manson and his followers are today: Part 11 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 05:50 PM PDT  Manson and some of his followers continue to serve life sentences in prison.
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| Everything You Didn't Know About How George and Amal Clooney Fell In Love Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:45 AM PDT  These two prove that love is worth the wait.
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| A Little-Discussed Part of Aging: Becoming Our Parents Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:42 AM PDT ![A Little-Discussed Part of Aging: Becoming Our Parents]( "A Little-Discussed Part of Aging: Becoming Our Parents") You know how you go through that phase of life when you look in the mirror and think, I'll never be like my parents? But then, you grow older, and one day, you're shocked to see your mom or dad looking back at you?
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| Have 5 kids not 3, Erdogan tells Turks in Europe Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged Turks resident in Europe to have five children, telling the millions-strong diaspora they were the continent's "future" as a bitter dispute festered between Ankara and Brussels. Turkey and Europe are locked in diplomatic crisis after Germany and the Netherlands blocked Turkish ministers from campaigning for a 'yes' vote in next month's referendum on expanding Erdogan's powers. Erdogan has repeatedly accused EU states of behaving like Nazi Germany over what he sees as discrimination against Turks, in comments that have caused outrage across the continent.
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| Documents detail Flynn payments from Russian interests Posted: 17 Mar 2017 05:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was paid more than $67,000 by Russian companies before the presidential election, according to documents released by a Democratic congressman.
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| Cutest nosy neighbor ever is one pouncing pooch Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:44 AM PDT  Where is this dog located and is science advanced enough to clone it and distribute it worldwide? This planet needs more pups this jumpy. One very nosy pooch just had to know what was going on over its fence. And so it made that happen. While at first it looks like this bouncy dog is on a trampoline, upon closer investigation it becomes apparent that he's probably just jumping. Like, on his own. A good six feet in the air. SEE ALSO: Extremely excited dog adorably fails his Crufts agility competition The video, posted on UK-based dog day care Safe Paws's Facebook page, is worthy of a lot of hard looks: A local woman was walking her dog when she spotted this pup having a rendezvous of his own. The dog in question mostly looks like it's wondering why anyone is paying attention to it. "What, is this unusual? Do dogs not do this? Why are you filming me?" It can be assumed that a small crowd soon gathered, the dog signed to an agent, and it will be appearing on Britain's Got Talent in the upcoming season, possibly as the new host. WATCH: This smart collar will make pet care a walk in the park
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| At sentencing, woman says kidnap once called hoax was 'hell' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:33 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony Thursday before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and bizarre that police initially dismissed it as a hoax.
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| Ireland commemorates its national saint in a St. Patrick's Day parade Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:31 AM PDT ![Ireland commemorates its national saint in a St. Patrick's Day parade]( "Ireland commemorates its national saint in a St. Patrick's Day parade") Performers dressed as colorful creatures from Irish myth and legend have danced down the chilly streets of Dublin as Ireland commemorates its national saint in a St. Patrick's Day parade witnessed by hundreds of thousands.
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| Need to avoid civilian deaths weighs on minds of U.S. forces in Mosul battle Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:14 AM PDT ![Need to avoid civilian deaths weighs on minds of U.S. forces in Mosul battle]( "Need to avoid civilian deaths weighs on minds of U.S. forces in Mosul battle") By Angus MacSwan QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq (Reuters) - As the battle for Mosul moves to the narrow streets and densely packed houses of the Old City, U.S. artillery gunners and helicopter pilots supporting Iraqi forces face an age-old problem – how to avoid killing civilians. The troop is based at this airfield about 60 kms south of Mosul, as is a rocket battery which fires into west Mosul.
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