| 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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| Toronto Police Find Remains Of At Least 6 People Linked To Suspected Gay Village Killer Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:24 PM PST  After days of excavation, Toronto police on Thursday said they have recovered the remains of at least six different people on property that was landscaped by suspected serial killer Bruce McArthur, who has been charged with the murder of five men connected to the city's gay village.
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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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| Mike Pence Left Out In Cold At Winter Olympics VIP Reception Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:21 AM PST  Vice President Mike Pence didn't get the VIP treatment at a VIP reception before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Shoot me, don't jail me, Philippines' Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor Posted: 09 Feb 2018 05:26 AM PST ![Shoot me, don't jail me, Philippines' Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor]( "Shoot me, don't jail me, Philippines' Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor") Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday told the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go ahead and investigate him for crimes against humanity, and said he would prefer to face a firing squad than be jailed. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said on Thursday the preliminary examination into Duterte's campaign sought to establish whether it had the jurisdiction, and if crimes against humanity had been committed.
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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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| British Isis fighters known as 'the Beatles' captured in Syria Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:58 PM PST  The pair were captured by the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, reports said. Two British Isis militants implicated in brutal acts of torture and execution, have been captured by US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria. The two men, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, formed part of a group of four fighters nicknamed "the Beatles" due to their British accents and are allegedly responsible for murdering approximately two dozen hostages in Syria.
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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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| 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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| Police find remains of at least six people in plant plots connected to Canadian 'serial killer' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:50 AM PST  The remains of at least six people have been recovered from plant pots in the grounds of a property connected to a suspected Canadian serial killer. Police in Toronto made the grisly discovery at the home of Bruce McArthur, who was charged in January with the murder of five men near Toronto's Gay Village. Investigators had previously uncovered the remains of three people in flowers pots on a property where the 66-year-old stored his tools.
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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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| 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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| Amazon tests delivery in Los Angeles, shipping shares sink Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:47 PM PST  Amazon is running "Shipping with Amazon" in Los Angeles and possibly other locations, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on condition of anonymity. FedEx Corp and United Parcel Service Inc shares were down more than 4 percent in afternoon trading. FedEx, UPS and analysts played down the idea that a trial poses a near-term threat to the couriers' businesses.
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| Syria says rare US strike an effort 'to support terrorism' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:26 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state-run media said Thursday a rare U.S. strike on government-backed troops in eastern Syria killed and wounded dozens of tribal fighters, calling it a new effort "to support terrorism."
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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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| Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:57 AM PST ![Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number]( "Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expects a Big Earnings Number") Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) investors are hoping to get some love from Cisco this Valentine's Day if the company can repeat last quarter's impressive earnings beat on Feb. 14. Wall Street analysts are expecting Cisco to get a huge boost from tax reform and demonstrate that its transition to a more software-centric business model is starting to make a meaningful impact on its growth numbers. Analysts are projecting Cisco will report earnings per share of 59 cents on revenue of $11.8 billion.
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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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| 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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| Logan Paul: YouTube stops giving vlogger ad revenue after 'recent pattern of behaviour' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:20 AM PST  Logan Paul – the YouTube user who posted videos of himself laughing next to dead bodies and tasering dead animals – has finally been cut off by YouTube. The company said that it had acted after yet more controversial posts, in which he was seeing tasering dead rats and removing a life fish from water before "performing CPR" on it. YouTube said the decision had been made to suspend ads on all of his channels after "careful consideration".
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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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| 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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| 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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| The Most Dazzling Moments From The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Posted: 09 Feb 2018 05:27 AM PST  The 2018 Winter Games kicked off Friday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with an opening spectacle for the ages, complete with dancing, drones, fireworks and even a little diplomacy.
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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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| How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village Posted: 09 Feb 2018 07:25 AM PST  On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police. Simon Lewis and Matthew Larotonda have more.
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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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| Mexico arrests Zetas drug cartel boss wanted in US Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:10 PM PST  Mexican marines have captured a kingpin in the violent Zetas drug cartel who had a $5-million reward on his head in the United States, authorities said Friday. Jose Maria Guizar Valencia, alias "Z43," was arrested Thursday in the upscale Mexico City neighborhood of La Roma "without the use of force," the head of the National Security Commission, Renato Sales, announced in a press conference. "He is believed to be responsible for trafficking drugs from South America to the United States, and was one of the main drivers of violence in the states of southeastern Mexico," said Sales.
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| Spirit Airlines Slams Student Who Claims She Was Forced to Flush Emotional Support Hamster Down Toilet Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:29 PM PST  "It is incredibly disheartening to hear this Guest reportedly decided to end her own pet's life"
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| Omarosa Says She Was 'Haunted By Tweets' In Trump's White House Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:52 AM PST  Reality TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman, who made a fiery exit from her job as President Donald Trump's White House aide in December, is spilling some political tea on CBS' "Celebrity Big Brother," telling a fellow cast member that she "was haunted by tweets every single day" and that the administration is "bad."
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| Captured jihadi 'Beatles' should suffer 'long, painful death', says victim's daughter Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:00 PM PST  The two captured members of the jihadist execution squad dubbed the Beatles should be subjected to "a long, slow, painful death", according to the grieving daughter of one of their victims. But Bethany Haines, who was just 17 when her father David was murdered in September 2014, accepted it was unlikely the two men would be sentenced to death. Instead she pleaded for them never be freed from jail. The capture of Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh was welcomed by the families of their victims. The men were part of the so-called Beatles, who brutalised hostages and who were executed by Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed 'Jihadi John'. Emwazi was killed in a drone strike while the fourth member Aine Davis is languishing in a Turkish jail. It is reckoned the gang executed about 25 people, including Mr Haines and Alan Henning, a Manchester taxi driver kidnapped on an aid convoy to Syria. Alexanda Kotey Three Americans were also murdered - journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid worker Peter Kassig - and two Japanese citizens Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto. Members of the Syrian armed forces were also executed. The beheadings of Western hostages shocked the world, the gruesome killings filmed and then broadcast online as propaganda for the so-called Islamic State. Miss Haines, from Scotland, said: "My personal opinion is that they die a long, slow, painful death and a lot of people will understand that they should not be allowed to live. "Realistically that is not going to happen and the best thing that could happen is they are locked up and they throw away the key." El Shafee Elsheikh Nicolas Henin, a French journalist who was held hostage by Islamic State for 10 months, called for the men to be tried in Britain. Mr Henin told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I would like to see them brought back to Britain, just like I would like to see all other European jihadis brought back to their home countries, to be judged fairly in their home country. "Because the worst thing we can do with a terrorist is to deprive him from his right because then you make the terrorist a victim." Mohammed Emwazi Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, said the men's detention would "hopefully protect others from this kind of crime". She added: "Their crimes are beyond imagination. They really have not done anything good in the world, so I think they need to spend the rest of their life being held."
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| Child dies, others hurt after Georgia school bus crash Posted: 30 Jan 2018 08:16 AM PST ![Child dies, others hurt after Georgia school bus crash]( "Child dies, others hurt after Georgia school bus crash") WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old girl has died after a school bus she was riding in overturned in Georgia.
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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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| 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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| Regeneron CEO says fears over Eylea 'greatly exaggerated' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:20 AM PST ![Regeneron CEO says fears over Eylea 'greatly exaggerated']( "Regeneron CEO says fears over Eylea 'greatly exaggerated'") Fears of the demise of blockbuster eye drug Eylea were "greatly exaggerated," Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's chief executive said on Thursday, after the treatment and new eczema drug Dupixent powered the company's fourth-quarter results. Investors have long fretted over Eylea's grip on the market, as the drug that has driven Regeneron's growth since 2011 faces a potential threat of rival treatments from Novartis AG and Roche Holding AG .
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| These Veterans Say Trump's Military Parade Would Be A Big Waste Of Time Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:02 PM PST  WASHINGTON — For the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who would be tasked with making it happen, a military parade like the one President Donald Trump envisions would be a colossal pain in the rear guard.
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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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| Pebbles, the 'emotional support' hamster flushed down the toilet Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:44 AM PST  Washington (AFP) - First it was Dexter the Peacock. Now it's Pebbles the Hamster.
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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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