| Police Move In As Clashes Erupt At Right-Wing Rally At University Of Washington Posted: 10 Feb 2018 10:22 PM PST  Five people were arrested Saturday when counter-protesters clashed with members and supporters of a controversial right-wing "Patriot Prayer" group at the University of Washington campus in Seattle.
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| Suspected poacher mauled to death by pack of lions in South Africa Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  Authorities in Limpopo, which is the northernmost province of South Africa, discovered the unidentified man's remains alongside a rifle and ammunition at a private nature park outside of the famous Kruger National Park. Police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP that he believes the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by the pack of lions.
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| Trump Says Israeli Settlements Complicate Peace Process Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:33 AM PST  Right now is the "only opportunity" for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a peace agreement, according to President Donald Trump ― but he expressed doubt over whether Israel is up to the task.
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| Explosion At Power Station Plunges Northern Part Of Puerto Rico Into Darkness Posted: 11 Feb 2018 10:56 PM PST  A power station caught fire and exploded in Puerto Rico on Sunday, causing blackouts in the city of San Juan and the northern part of the island, authorities said.
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| Five people killed in 'horrific' Kentucky shooting spree Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:22 AM PST  Five people have been killed, including a gunman thought to have taken his own life, during a "horrific" shooting spree in Kentucky. Police received an emergency call on Saturday afternoon reporting a shooting at a rural home near the small city of Paintsville, in the northeast of the state. Officers found two people dead and began to search the area for the shooter, Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price said in the statement.
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| Monday's Morning Email: The Next Recession Will Be Brutal. Here's Why. Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:22 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Dutch foreign minister admits lying about meeting with Putin Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:36 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a potentially damaging admission on the eve of his first visit to Russia as a member of the Dutch government, Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra on Monday acknowledged lying about attending a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in 2006.
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| Liberia's Johnson Sirleaf wins $5 mln African leadership prize Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:05 AM PST  Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa's first elected female head of state, has won a $5 million Mo Ibrahim award, designed to improve the quality of African political leadership. Johnson Sirleaf, who handed over leadership of the war-scarred West African state last month to ex-international soccer star George Weah, is only the fifth person to win the 10-year-old award. Since its inception, the prize founded by Sudanese telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim has not been awarded on several occasions because there was not deemed to be a suitable candidate.
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| A Disney Vacation Just Got Way More Expensive Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:02 AM PST  Disney raised entry prices for most tickets at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida over the weekend.
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| Grand Canyon copter crashed on tribal land with fewer rules Posted: 12 Feb 2018 04:14 PM PST  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A helicopter crash that killed three British tourists and left four others critically injured happened on tribal land in the Grand Canyon where air tours are not as highly regulated as those inside the national park.
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| Democrats Will 'Clean Up' Their Blocked Memo Into the Russia Investigation Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:57 PM PST  The document tries to counter Republican allegations of surveillance excesses
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| Sea level rise is accelerating: study Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:03 PM PST  Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study said Monday. The past annual rate of sea level rise -- about three millimeters (0.1 inches) per year -- may more than triple to 10 millimeters per year by 2100, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal. The findings are "roughly in agreement with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) model projections," said the report, based on 25 years of satellite data.
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| Gigi Hadid Shuts Down Body Shamers, Speaks Out On Hashimoto's Disease Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:51 AM PST  Gigi Hadid slammed critics of her weight on social media on Sunday night, explaining her journey with Hashimoto's disease and imploring others to have more empathy.
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| The Christian Who Cried Abortion Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:44 AM PST  The fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf chronicles the story of a young boy who, in his boredom, deceives his village into believing that the sheep have all been scattered by a wolf.
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| Mike Pence says US is willing to talk to North Korea as Japan warns against 'smile diplomacy' Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:12 AM PST  United States vice president Mike Pence has raised the prospect of direct talks without preconditions between Washington and North Korea, while continuing to impose tough sanctions on the regime. His remarks follow widespread criticism of his failure to engage with a high level North Korean delegation at the opening of South Korea's Winter Olympics at the weekend, which analysts described as a squandered opportunity. As he flew out of Seoul on Air Force Two, Mr Pence walked back from Washington's previous hard-line stance that there would be no negotiations before Pyongyang made real concessions, telling the Washington Post that talks could start while the pressure campaign is ongoing. "The point is, no pressure comes off until they are actually doing something that the alliance believes represents a meaningful step toward denuclearisation," he said. "So the maximum pressure is going to continue and intensify. But if you want to talk, we'll talk," he said. The change in policy suggests real progress was made on the sidelines of the Olympic Games, despite the overt chilliness between Mr Pence and the North's delegation, which included Kim Jong-un's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong. The new strategy was conceived while watching Olympic speedskating heats on Saturday evening with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whose government is considering an invitation from Kim Jong-un to attend a rare summit in Pyongyang. The invite, which was hand-delivered by Kim Yo-jong during a lunch at the presidential palace, has revived hopes of an end to a tense international stand-off with North Korea over its nuclear and weapons programme. Ms Kim appeared to charm South Korea's media with her near-permanent smile as she conducted a whirlwind round of diplomacy as the first member of the Kim dynasty to visit the South since the Korean War of 1950-1953. However, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stressed on Monday that it was still too early to judge whether the latest developments represented the start of a diplomatic process "We've said for some time it's really up to the North Koreans to decide when they're ready to engage with us in a sincere way, a meaningful way," Mr Tillerson told reporters during a trip to Egypt. "They know what has to be on the table for conversations." Dr Tony Michell, a North Korea expert and managing director of the Euro-Asian business consultancy, said President Moon would likely wait until after the mid-June local elections if he decided to go to Pyongyang. "He has some time and the real question is how far can he modify the American line to allow meaningful talks to take place?" he said. One negotiating option could be a "freeze for a freeze", where North Korea would put its nuclear and missile tests on hold in exchange for the scaling down of joint US and South Korean military drills, suggested Dr Michell. However, Seoul's regional ally Japan has urged caution. On a trip to Brunei, Taro Kono, Japan's foreign minister, warned the world to remember that North Korea remained committed to its internationally-opposed nuclear and missile development programme. "Without being swayed by [North Korea's] smile diplomacy, Japan will firmly coordinate with [the US and South Korea] towards the ultimate goal of denuclearising the Korean Peninsula," he said.
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| Fate of South Africa's Zuma should be decided on Monday Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:50 AM PST  By Alexander Winning and James Macharia PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leadership of South Africa's ruling party went into a special meeting on Monday on President Jacob Zuma, who is mired in corruption allegations, with expectations high that a decision on his fate would be reached by the end of the day. As the executive of the African National Congress (ANC) met in a hotel outside Pretoria, the stage seemed set for a decisive showdown between the 75-year-old leader's allies and those members backing a swift transfer of power to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Zuma's position has weakened since he was replaced as leader of the ANC by Ramaphosa in December though he still holds the state presidency.
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| US immigration authorities to deport Arizona father whose five-year-old son has cancer Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:19 PM PST  An undocumented father from Mexico who has a five-year-old son with cancer and a pregnant wife is due to be deported. Jesus Berrones, who lives in Arizona with his wife and five children, was denied an extension to stay in America by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday and is scheduled to be deported on Monday. The 30-year-old took refuge at the Shadow Rock United Church - a sanctuary church that provides a safe place for undocumented migrants - in Phoenix on Friday.
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| Fired officer who refused to shoot suspect settles lawsuit Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:49 AM PST ![Fired officer who refused to shoot suspect settles lawsuit]( "Fired officer who refused to shoot suspect settles lawsuit") CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia police officer who was fired after he refused to shoot a man who had a gun has settled a lawsuit for $175,000.
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| Conway Defends Trump Response To Abuse Allegations Against Ex-Aide Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:28 AM PST  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said she has "no reason not to believe the women" who accused staff secretary Rob Porter of domestic violence ― but then defended President Donald Trump, who has suggested that the allegations might not be true.
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| Russians dead in 'battle' in Syria's east Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST  Russian citizens died last week in eastern Syria, where a US-led coalition bombed pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its local allies, groups representing them said Monday. Vladimir Loginov, a 52-year-old from Russia's western Kaliningrad region "died in an unequal battle in the area of Syria's Deir Ezzor," according to a statement by the Baltic Cossack Union in Kaliningrad. The statement said Loginov was "heroically defending our Motherland in its far reaches from crazy savages" when he was killed on February 7.
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| Russia hunts for body fragments, clues after fatal plane crash Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:30 AM PST  By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hundreds of emergency workers in Russia scoured snow-covered fields outside Moscow on Monday, collecting body fragments and clues after a plane crash a day earlier that killed all 71 people on board. President Vladimir Putin has ordered a special commission to investigate what caused the AN-148 plane operated by Saratov Airlines to crash outside Moscow shortly after taking off for the city of Orsk about 900 miles (1,500 km) southeast of the capital. Experts on Monday started studying the plane's two flight recorders, as well as some of the around 500 plane fragments recovered so far.
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| 'Yay': Man in US illegally says after being found guilty of killing 2 California deputies Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:34 PM PST  A man in the United States illegally was convicted of killing two deputies in a case that helped fuel the national immigration debate.
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| The Best Comeback Story At Westminster Dog Show Sadly Ends On Day One Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:15 AM PST  A German shepherd who recovered from a shattered leg to become one of the favorites at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show had his comeback cut short on the first day of competition Monday.
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| OFF THE AIR: NBC Pulls Commentator Whose Insensitive Japan Comments Sparked Furor Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:59 AM PST  The NBC commentator who was skewered by viewers for insensitive remarks he made during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has been relieved of his duties, the broadcaster announced on Monday.
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| Jeff Sessions accused of fueling racism after speech mentioning 'Anglo-American heritage' of US policing Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:30 PM PST  Attorney General Jeff Sessions veered from his prepared remarks to hail the "Anglo-American heritage" of law enforcement. "Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process," Mr Sessions told a National Sheriffs Association meeting, adding "the office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement". The invocation of Anglo-American roots appears to have been an impromptu decision, with a copy of Mr Sessions' prepared remarks reading: "The Sheriff is a critical part of our legal heritage".
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| Server Fired After Complaining About Getting Stiffed on Tip by Church Group Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:17 PM PST  Tamlynn Yoder, 25, said she prepared 75 orders for a church group that called Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens for a massive takeout meal.
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| South Africa's Ramaphosa says power transfer to be finalized Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:07 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's deputy president consolidated his control of the government on Sunday, promising to conclude a power transition in which he would succeed President Jacob Zuma, who faces widespread calls to resign because of corruption allegations.
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| Trump's Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods Posted: 12 Feb 2018 12:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Facing a trillion-dollar deficit because of his just-passed tax cuts, President Donald Trump has an idea for how to get some of that money back: making poor people eat beans and rice.
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| Pakistan Taliban says deputy chief killed in US drone strike Posted: 12 Feb 2018 06:10 AM PST  The deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a US drone strike, the militant group said in a statement Monday, as Washington continues to intensify attacks along the Afghan border region. Khalid Mehsood, deputy leader of the umbrella Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), died after the pre-dawn strike in North Waziristan tribal agency on February 8, the militants said in the emailed statement. The group's leaders have nominated Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud to take his place, the statement said, adding Mehsud has "undeterring trust" in Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah.
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| The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:31 AM PST ![The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction]( "The Latest: Mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction") JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Donald Smith, a man accused in the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in 2013 (all times local):
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| Boeing Is Working on a Mach-5 Spy Plane Posted: 12 Feb 2018 07:35 AM PST  The Valkyerie II could compete with Lockheed's SR-72. In early January 2018, Boeing announced it's developing a concept for a hypersonic reconnaissance and strike drone that could compete with Lockheed's own SR-72. Both Boeing's "Valkyrie II"concept and Lockheed's "Son of Blackbird" could be capable of cruising at speeds exceeding Mach 5, potentially allowing them to evade all but the most sophisticated enemy defenses.
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| Katie Couric Is Skating On Thin Ice With Dutch Olympics Fans Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:07 AM PST  NBC Olympics commentator Katie Couric managed to tick off plenty of people in the Netherlands when she attempted to explain the country's dominance in speed skating.
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| Twitter Bans GOP Candidate For Racist Meghan Markle Tweet Posted: 12 Feb 2018 11:53 AM PST  Twitter has permanently banned the account of a GOP congressional candidate after he posted a racist picture targeting soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle.
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| Couple who quit jobs and sold belongings to sail round the world lose everything as boat capsizes two days into journey Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:23 AM PST  Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh began their adventure on a 28-foot sailboat last week, setting off from the marina in Tarpon Springs. Two days later, the emergency services were called to reports of a capsized boat in the Gulf of Mexico near Madeira Beach – about 25 miles down the coast. "I sold everything I had to do this," Mr Broadwell told the Tampa Bay Times.
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| US ballplayer's kidnapped mother is released Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:49 PM PST  The mother of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Elias Diaz was released Sunday, three days after being kidnapped in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, authorities said. "Thank God, our security forces were able to rescue Mrs Ana Soto," Zulia's state governor Omar Prieto said on Twitter. Ana Soto, 72, was abducted Thursday as she chatted with neighbors outside her home in a working-class area of the northwestern city.
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| Syrian frontline town divides NATO allies Turkey and U.S. Posted: 12 Feb 2018 05:14 AM PST  By Dominic Evans ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A dispute between Turkey and the United States over control of a north Syrian town has put the NATO allies on opposing sides of the conflict's front line, deepening a diplomatic rift ahead of a visit to Turkey by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. This week's talks, already challenging given disagreements over President Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown after a failed 2016 coup, the detention of U.S. consulate staff and citizens, and the trial of a Turkish bank executive for evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, have been given added edge by the dispute over Syria.
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| Attack On Pennsylvania Supreme Court Is An Attack On The Rule Of Law Itself Posted: 12 Feb 2018 08:58 AM PST  Congratulations of a cynical sort are in order for Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. Cris Dush, who has accomplished something notable.
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| 3 Reasons Trump's Plan to Privatize the International Space Station Won't (and Shouldn't) Happen Posted: 11 Feb 2018 02:53 PM PST  Talk about bad real estate deals
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| The Latest: Police identify suspect in 2 officers' shootings Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:59 PM PST  WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on two police officers fatally shot in Ohio (all times local):
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| Surging US output 'a concern' for oil market: OPEC Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:35 AM PST  Oil prices, long battered by a global glut in supply, have been rising recently as the market returns to balance on the back of a landmark deal between producers to throttle output, but surging shale production in the United States could throw a spanner in the works, OPEC said on Monday. Crude prices fell as low as $35 per barrel at the start of 2016, but they have been rising since, reaching a three-year high of more than $70 per barrel last month, "on signs that production adjustments by OPEC and non-OPEC participating countries are balancing the market," the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries wrote in its latest monthly market report. OPEC countries and other oil-producing countries, such as Russia, agreed at the end of 2016 to cut back production to combat the global glut in oil.
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| The Education Department Officially Won't Deal With Transgender Students Experiencing Bathroom Discrimination Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:45 AM PST  The Trump administration's Education Department will no longer investigate complaints filed by transgender students who are kept from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, a department official told BuzzFeed News.
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| Range Rover Sport PHEV conquers Heaven's Gate Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  With Land Rover now producing some two-wheel drive models that are more road-focused than its traditional off-road fare, and even a convertible, it's probably a good time for the company to reaffirm the imperious off-road capability its vehicles have long been renowned for. The petrol-electric performance SUV has now become the first vehicle in history to climb the stairs to the natural rock arch of Heaven's Gate. The Range Rover Sport P400e used for the challenge was a showroom standard model, so there were no enhancements made to help it overcome the awaiting obstacles to reaching the summit and negotiating the demanding course.
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| APNewsBreak: Long-stalled Vegas casino-resort gets new life Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:52 AM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Fontainebleau is no more. Call it The Drew Las Vegas.
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| Honda to recall roughly 350,000 cars in China over engine issue Posted: 12 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  Honda Motor Co Ltd will recall roughly 350,000 vehicles in China to resolve a cold-climate engine issue and quell a barrage of customer complaints that has hit the Japanese automaker over the past month. The recall involves the CR-V sport utility vehicle and the Civic car, Honda's joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd said in a statement on Monday. The company is calling back those cars to resolve a problem caused by an unusual amount of un-combusted petrol collecting in the engine's lubricant oil pan.
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| EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's First Class Habit Costing Taxpayers Thousands Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:47 PM PST  Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, regularly flies first or business class, often costing American taxpayers thousands of dollars more than equivalent seats in coach, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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| John McCain 'doing really good' in cancer fight, daughter says Posted: 11 Feb 2018 03:33 AM PST  Republican senator John McCain is making an "incredible comeback" following a bout of pneumonia related to his treatment for brain cancer. The Arizona Senator's daughter, Meghan McCain, told CNN her father "doing really well" and working on his physical therapy after chemotherapy treatment led to his infection. Mr McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour, last July, after having routine surgery to remove a blood clot behind his eye.
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| Houston man allegedly claims he 'snapped' in killing of his wife in Houston Posted: 11 Feb 2018 03:59 PM PST  Gruesome new details were revealed in court this afternoon in the case of a man accused of killing his wife in front of their children.
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