| Trump latest tweetstorm targets FBI, Russia dossier Posted: 25 Dec 2017 10:51 PM PST  In a series of tweets over the weekend, President Trump targeted the FBI, calling it 'tainted.' The tweets come amid rumors that FBI director Andrew McCabe is considering retiring.
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| 2017's Rohingya Crisis In Photos Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:01 AM PST  A violent, ongoing campaign of state-sanctioned persecution has driven more than 655,000 Rohingya Muslims out of Myanmar's Rakhine State in the last four months of 2017.
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| Vietnam braces for typhoon as Philippine toll rises to 230 dead Posted: 25 Dec 2017 01:40 AM PST ![Vietnam braces for typhoon as Philippine toll rises to 230 dead]( "Vietnam braces for typhoon as Philippine toll rises to 230 dead") By Mi Nguyen and Manuel Mogato HANOI/MANILA (Reuters) - Authorities in Vietnam prepared to move a million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday as a typhoon approached after it battered the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 230 people. Typhoon Tembin is expected to slam into Vietnam late on Monday after bringing misery to the predominantly Christian Philippines just before Christmas. Vietnam's disaster prevention committee said 74,000 people had been moved to safety from vulnerable areas, while authorities in 15 provinces and cities were prepared to move more than 1 million.
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| The ultimate post-Christmas sale roundup Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  We all know the holiday season always means epic sales and just because Christmas may have to come to an end, doesn't mean the sales have too!
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| GOP Congressman calls for 'purge' of FBI Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:57 PM PST  GOP Rep. Francis Rooney calls for a 'purge' in the FBI and accuses some in the agency of being a part of the 'deep state.'
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| Most popular Yahoo News photo galleries of 2017 – The countdown Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we'll be counting down the top 10 until New Year's Eve.
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| Lots of People Already Crashed Their Brand New Drones This Christmas Posted: 25 Dec 2017 01:12 PM PST  "I owned a drone for bout 5 min before it flew in the lake"
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| Winds scuttle Washington's crossing despite kids' efforts Posted: 25 Dec 2017 01:23 PM PST  WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Despite the best efforts of some Philadelphia schoolchildren, Mother Nature blew in and scuttled the annual re-enactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War.
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| A U.K. Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 Years Posted: 26 Dec 2017 01:43 PM PST  A woman from the United Kingdom was sentenced to three years in jail for bringing potent painkillers into Egypt.
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| Orrin Hatch Trolls Utah Newspaper That Wants Him To Retire Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:19 AM PST  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Monday tweeted out an editorial in The Salt Lake Tribune naming him "Utahn of the Year," declaring that he was "grateful for this Christmas honor."
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| US ambassador hails $285m cut in funding for UN as 'big step in the right direction' Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:24 PM PST  The US Mission to the UN said the 2018/19 budget would be slashed by over $285m (£213m) and reductions would also be made to the UN's management and support functions. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said the "inefficiency and overspending" of the organisation is well-known.
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| UAE has information Tunisian women may commit 'terrorist acts', Tunisia says Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:49 AM PST ![UAE has information Tunisian women may commit 'terrorist acts', Tunisia says]( "UAE has information Tunisian women may commit 'terrorist acts', Tunisia says") The United Arab Emirates has information that Tunisian women or women traveling on Tunisian passports might commit "terrorist acts" in the Gulf country, Tunisia's state news agency TAP said. Tunisia late on Sunday suspended flights from Dubai carrier Emirates to Tunis, with officials saying the airline was refusing to carry female Tunisian travelers. A spokesman for Tunisia's presidency did not elaborate on the security threat in a brief TAP article.
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| Colombia records lowest murder rate in four decades Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:51 AM PST  Colombia recorded its lowest murder rate in four decades this year in the wake of a peace deal with the leftwing FARC rebel group, the government said Tuesday. There were "a little over 11,000 homicides" in 2017, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said, equating to a rate of 23 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. The government's Forensic Medicine Institute has not yet released its data on recorded deaths for 2017.
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| Democrats hope to use tax overhaul as a club against GOP Posted: 25 Dec 2017 12:29 AM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — A Democratic congressional candidate outside Philadelphia calls the Republican tax overhaul a "cynical bill" that will redistribute wealth upward.
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| NBC issues hugging guidelines to staff in wake of Matt Lauer sexual assault scandal Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:31 AM PST  NBC News has issued new guidelines to staff in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal surrounding Matt Lauer, America's highest-paid television news host. Lauer was fired on November 28 after The New York Times reported allegations from multiple women about sexual harassment. He was the network's highest-paid star, earning $25 million a year. The broadcaster has now reportedly issued new behavioural guidelines, obtained by The New York Post. Employees have been ordered to report any inappropriate relationships in the workplace, according to the paper, and if they fail to do so, they could be fired for covering up for colleagues. Detailed rules also have been issued about conduct in the office, including how to socialise and even how to hug colleagues. "Romantic relationships at work are not exactly unusual, but now NBC says it is taking a zero-tolerance approach," a source told the paper. "Staffers have been told that if they find out about any affairs, romances, inappropriate relationships or behaviour in the office, they have to report it to human resources, their superior or the company anti-harassment phone line. "Staffers are shocked that they are now expected to snitch on their friends." The source added that there are also "a series of ridiculous rules" issued to guide office conduct. "One rule relates to hugging. If you wish to hug a colleague, you have to do a quick hug, then an immediate release, and step away to avoid body contact," the source said. "Also there's strict rules about socialising, including [not] sharing taxis home and [not] taking vegans to steakhouses." NBC News representatives have not commented. Matt Lauer with his co-host, Savannah Guthrie Earlier this month, NBC News said it would require employees to take anti-harassment training and conduct a "culture assessment" of the news division following Lauer's firing. Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News, said in a staff memo that a review of the "inappropriate sexual conduct" charges that led to Lauer's firing resulted in interviews with at least 40 other employees. Lauer, a married father of three, has apologised for his actions in a statement read on his former show, Today, saying he was "truly sorry". He said that not all of the allegations that have followed are correct, but he admitted that "there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed." He said: "There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. "As I am writing this I realize the depth of the damage and disappointment I have left behind at home and at NBC." His Dutch model wife, Annette Roque, is reportedly consulting divorce lawyers. The pair met in 1997 and married in 1998. Their first child, Jack, was born in 2001, followed by Romy in 2004 and Thijs in 2006. Ms Roque previously filed for divorce while pregnant with Thijs, but the couple later reconciled. On Saturday they were seen together at their horse farm in Sag Harbour, in The Hamptons, but with Ms Roque not wearing her wedding ring. Lauer was fired in the aftermath of the October 5 report into the behaviour of Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood film producer. He was accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment, assault and rape, which he denied, and his downfall triggered a flood of similar accusations against politicians, media moguls and business titans, with a slew of resignations. Weinstein is currently in rehab in Arizona, and with his estranged wife demanding he pay their child support in advance for fear of him being bankrupted by law suits. Yet he is now a Hollywood pariah: on Christmas Day the rock band TENLo released a dark music video in which a Weinstein lookalike, played by former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond, is stabbed to death.
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| Pennsylvania Woman Shocked By $284 Billion Electric Bill Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:49 AM PST  You can't blame Mary Horomanski for getting a little charged up when she saw her electric bill earlier this month.
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| China Would "Pay a Very High Price" If It Invades, Taiwan Warns Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:32 AM PST  Taiwan's mainland affairs minister, also called on the United States not to use the self-governed island as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China. A senior Taiwanese minister has declared that China would "pay a very very high price" if it invaded Taiwan. Chang Hsiao-Yueh, Taiwan's mainland affairs minister, also called on the United States not to use the self-governed island as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
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| U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel Posted: 26 Dec 2017 12:36 PM PST ![U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel]( "U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel") A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to allow President Donald Trump's commission investigating voter fraud to request data on voter rolls from U.S. states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) watchdog group, which filed the lawsuit, did not have legal standing to seek to force the presidential commission to review privacy concerns before collecting individuals' voter data.
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| A 76-Year-Old Man Has Died in a New York High-Rise Apartment Building Fire Posted: 25 Dec 2017 06:57 PM PST  Two firefighters also were injured in the fire
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| Watch These Flight Attendants Stun Travelers With Beautiful Christmas Tunes Posted: 25 Dec 2017 08:32 PM PST  From America to Australia, flight attendants around the world helped holiday travelers reach their destinations.
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| An order from the Chinese emperor: find immortality Posted: 25 Dec 2017 03:57 AM PST  New archeological research has shed fresh light on China's first emperor -- creator of the world-famous terracotta army -- and his quest for eternal life, state media reported. A set of wooden slips found in the central province of Hunan contain an executive order from emperor Qin Shihuang for a nationwide search for the elixir of life, along with replies from local governments, according to Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
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| Kanye West Gifts Kim Kardashian More Than $200,000 Worth of Stocks for Christmas Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:27 PM PST  The media mogul was surprised by her husband, Kanye West, with several lucrative investments to some of today's wealthiest companies — including The Walt Disney Company, Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Adidas
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| Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group Posted: 25 Dec 2017 10:42 AM PST ![Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group]( "Minneapolis police remove memorial left by hate group") MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police have removed a memorial that a white nationalist group created to honor an Australian woman killed by a Somali officer last summer.
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| Russia Demands To Know Why Chechen Leader's Instagram Account Was Blocked Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:13 AM PST  Russia's internet watchdog agency is demanding to know why Instagram and Facebook have blocked the social media accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's Kremlin-backed dictator.
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| Oman opens sprawling oryx reserve to ecotourists Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:05 AM PST  The Gulf sultanate of Oman is looking to carve itself a new niche in ecotourism by opening up a sanctuary for one of the desert's most fabled creatures -- the Arabian oryx. Once extinct in the wild, the rare member of the antelope family famed for its elegant horns has been dragged back from the precipice in a sprawling reserve fenced off for decades from the public. On a recent outing, wildlife rangers in SUVs patrolled the sandy plains of the reserve in central Oman's Haima province, spotting groups of grazing oryx and other indigenous species.
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| China Just Added An "Enormous Dragon" to Its Military Arsenal Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:38 AM PST  Known as "enormous dragon", the AG600 is the world's largest amphibious aircraft in production after finally taking off on its maiden flight during the Christmas holidays. "Its successful maiden flight makes China among the world's few countries capable of developing a large amphibious aircraft," Huang Lingcai, the chief designer at Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC), told the government-controled Xinhua news agency.
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| 'Dotard’ vs. 'Rocketman': The Nuclear Standoff That Rattled 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:18 AM PST  Days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, he received a stark warning from America's outgoing leader.
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| Attack on Libyan crude pipeline cuts output by up to 100,000 bpd Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:01 AM PST ![Attack on Libyan crude pipeline cuts output by up to 100,000 bpd]( "Attack on Libyan crude pipeline cuts output by up to 100,000 bpd") Armed men blew up a pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port on Tuesday, cutting Libya's output by up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), military and oil sources said. The state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) said in statement output had been reduced by 70,000-100,000 bpd. The attackers arrived at the site near Marada in two cars and planted explosives on the pipeline, a military source said.
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| Five dead after bus ploughs into Moscow underpass Posted: 25 Dec 2017 06:35 AM PST  Five people were killed when a city bus ploughed into a pedestrian underpass in western Moscow on Monday, traffic police said. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident as authorities said they were looking into several possibilities, including a technical malfunction. "A bus drove into a pedestrian underpass," a traffic police spokesman, Artyom Kolesnikov, told AFP. "According to preliminary information, five people died." Footage broadcast on national television showed a bus driving onto the pavement and then down the stairs of the underpass, running over several pedestrians before coming to a stop. Rescuers worked to pull the bus out Credit: AFP Moscow police said in a statement they were looking into two possible causes of the accident - the driver losing control of the vehicle and a technical problem with the bus. "The driver of the bus began movement and then changed his trajectory, which resulted in the bus going down into the pedestrian underpass," the statement said. "The driver has been detained. Police employees are working with him," the statement said. Three people have been hospitalised, the statement added. The accident happened around 3 pm (1200 GMT) near Moscow's Slavyansky Boulevard metro station, a prestigious residential area near one of the capital's main avenues. The accident occurred in a busy residential area Credit: Reuters Sirens were blaring around the metro station, with authorities preparing to pull the bus out of the underpass with a cable, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. The underpass and surrounding area were cordoned off by police, and several black body bags could be seen on the pavement, partially covered with falling snow. The emergencies ministry said two helicopters had been dispatched to the scene to help evacuate the victims. "There are dead and wounded," tweeted Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin. "We are providing emergency aid," he said, offering condolences to families of the victims. Sobyanin himself arrived at the scene, telling journalists he had ordered a full inspection of the entire Moscow bus fleet.
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| 'Forgive me' ex-Peru leader Fujimori says after pardon protests Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:14 AM PST  Peru's ailing former leader Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday asked the public for forgiveness, two days after receiving a presidential pardon that sparked street protests. "I am aware that the results of my government were well received on one side, but I admit that I have let down other compatriots, and I ask them to forgive me with all my heart," Fujimori said in a Facebook video filmed from his hospital bed. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ordered the pardon of Fujimori and seven other prisoners Sunday on humanitarian grounds, placing himself in the middle of a political crisis just days after he avoided impeachment.
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| Netflix Will Once Again Help Parents Get Kids To Bed On New Year’s Eve Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:01 AM PST  For the fourth year in a row, Netflix will have parents' backs on New Year's Eve.
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| Got tips? Hurry! They're still worth $10M to robbed museum Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:15 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you'd better hurry.
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| 'RHONY' Star Luann de Lesseps Apologizes After Battery Arrest Posted: 25 Dec 2017 10:30 PM PST  "Real Housewives of New York City" star Luann de Lesseps has apologized after she was arrested in Florida and charged with multiple offenses, including disorderly intoxication and felony battery of a police officer, according to arrest records.
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| NY Atty. General steps up lawsuits against Trump admin. Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:43 PM PST NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed his 100th lawsuit against Donald Trump and the administration, according to the New York Times. Nick Akerman explains Schneiderman's history with Trump and why his legal challenges are significant.
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| Russia's New Husky-Class Submarine: Everything We Know (And Want to Know) Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:44 AM PST  If the Russians realize their vision for the Husky, the new boat should provide Moscow with a design the Kremlin can build in large quantities and replace the Soviet-era vessels that still comprise the bulk of their fleet. The Russian Navy is taking a page out of the United States Navy's playbook as it develops its family of next generation nuclear submarines. Tentatively called Project Husky, the new submarines will be built in three variants—a basic attack submarine model, an expanded guided-missile submarine (SSGN) version and an enlarged ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) variant writes Ilya Kramnik, a defense reporter with Lenta.ru.
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| 20 dead in Philippines bus crash on way to Christmas mass Posted: 24 Dec 2017 09:09 PM PST  Twenty pilgrims from the same extended family were killed Monday in a head-on bus collision while travelling to Christmas Day mass in the northern Philippines, police said. A small bus taking the group to a dawn church service crashed into a larger bus in the town of Agoo killing 20 on board, including six children, police said. The nine other occupants of the small bus were injured, as were 17 travelling on the bigger bus, according to an updated tally released by regional police.
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| Environment and labor: The top stories this year from the Center for Public Integrity Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:00 AM PST  The top stories on environment and labor from the Center for Public Integrity in 2017.
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| Court tosses appeal that cited witness's help from God Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:57 AM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a murder convict who argued the jury in his case was tainted by testimony from a witness who said God helped identify him in a photo array.
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| NORAD Takes Calls From Kids Around the World Awaiting Santa Posted: 24 Dec 2017 05:32 PM PST  It is the 62nd year for the wildly popular program run by the U.S. and Canadian militaries
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| Anderson Cooper And Andy Cohen Met On A Set-Up Gone Wrong Posted: 25 Dec 2017 07:55 PM PST  Famous friends Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen met when they were set-up on a blind date, the duo revealed on "The Tonight Show" late last week.
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| CHP officer killed in crash on southbound I-880 lanes in Hayward Posted: 25 Dec 2017 08:21 AM PST  Officials say all southbound I-880 lanes in Hayward are closed following a crash that left one CHP officer dead and another injured early this morning.
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| More Americans want to see Donald Trump impeached than would vote for him in 2020, poll finds Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:10 AM PST  Donald Trump has once again shattered records with his historically low approval rating. More voters would like to watch impeachment hearings for Mr Trump than would vote for him in the next presidential election, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey found. The December 2017 poll surveyed public opinion of Mr Trump, his policies, and his party as he moved towards the end of his last year in office.
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