| Don Lemon Fact-Checks Donald Trump's 'Flat-Out Lie' About Barack Obama's Campaign Posted: 11 Dec 2018 01:51 AM PST  Don Lemon is done with President Donald Trump's claims that campaign finance
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| James Alex Fields Jr. Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder Of Heather Heyer Posted: 11 Dec 2018 09:40 AM PST  Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for
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| The Latest: Flynn requests probation, community service Posted: 11 Dec 2018 09:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election (all times local):
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| U.S. military ends search for five Marines missing off Japan Posted: 10 Dec 2018 10:02 PM PST  The U.S. military ended a search on Tuesday for five Marines missing in the sea off Japan since two Marine Corps aircraft were involved in an accident during an air-to-air refueling exercise on Dec. 6. The five missing crew of a KC-130 Hercules refueling plane were officially declared deceased. "We know this difficult decision was made after all resources were exhausted in the vigorous search for our Marines," Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell Maury, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron, said in a statement.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Paul Ryan Called 'Genius' While I'm 'Fraud' Posted: 11 Dec 2018 07:38 AM PST  Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday attacked what she
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| French police hunt gunman after Christmas market attack Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:01 AM PST  Hundreds of French anti-terror police are hunting for a fugitive gunman who attacked Christmas shoppers at a market in the eastern city of Strasbourg while shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest), officials said Wednesday. The attack in the heart of the medieval city as the annual Christmas market was closing on Tuesday night left two dead, 13 injured and crowds of traumatised witnesses. The suspect, a 29-year-old Strasbourg native identified as Cherif Chekatt, opened fire with a handgun and stabbed passers-by during his rampage, France's anti-terror prosecutor Remy Heitz said Wednesday.
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| 'I took action': High school football player kills student over her pregnancy, court documents say Posted: 10 Dec 2018 07:14 PM PST !['I took action': High school football player kills student over her pregnancy, court documents say]( "'I took action': High school football player kills student over her pregnancy, court documents say") Aaron Trejo, 16, was charged Monday in adult court with murder and feticide in connection with Breana Rouhselang's death, prosecutors said.
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| BJP set for defeat in two key state elections, in blow to Modi ahead of national vote Posted: 11 Dec 2018 05:45 AM PST  India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lost three key state elections to the opposition Congress party, in a blow to the momentum of prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of a national poll in the spring. The opposition Congress Party is now set to succeed BJP governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and the crucial state of Madhya Pradesh, in the biggest defeat for Mr Modi since taking office in 2014. The three rural heartland states powered Mr Modi to a landslide victory in that years general election, in which the BJP singlehandedly secured a parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years, bringing an era of coalition governments to a close. "We accept the people's mandate with humility," Mr Modi wrote on Twitter. "Victory and defeat are an integral part of life. Today's results will further our resolve to serve people and work even harder for the development of India." Analysts said the BJP's dissatisfying performance would galvanise the secularist Congress and other regional parties in the run-up to general elections that must be held by next May. "The electoral outcome in these three states could seriously dent the BJP's political fortunes in the upcoming general elections," said political analyst Seema Mustafa of the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. Profile | Narendra Modi The results indicate that voters have not been wholly convinced that Mr Modi has fulfilled ambitious promises on taking office of economic security, employment and improved social services. Millions of farmers were the worst hit section of voters in all states where polling took place for several weeks till 7 December. "Agrarian distress was the BJP's bane in these polls," said Milind Dero of the Congress Party. Around 12,000 farmers have committed suicide each year since 2013 - or around 33 per day- because of debt, declining crop procurement prices, rising fertiliser and fuel costs and corruption. Farmers in all three states that went to the polls were also adversely affected by the demonetisation of high value currency notes that Modi abruptly imposed in November 2016, leading to widespread hardship. It forced farmers, almost entirely dependent on a cash-based rural system to take on further debt, which in turn, prompted scores to take their lives largely by consuming pesticide. The Congress Party wins were also a major boost for the political credibility and standing of Rahul Gandhi, the fourth generation 48-year old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who took charge of his party from mother Sonia exactly a year ago. Many analysts and Congress Party insiders had previously dismissed Mr Gandhi as a "light weight" politician, mocking his many public gaffes, but today's state election outcome is leading to a reassessment. "Rahul Gandhi should get full credit," said Congress Party leader Shashi Tharoor, who campaigned against the party's leader, adding that Mr Gandhi's hard-fought campaigning had won him over. State-level elections are not perfect indicators of the national mood, analysts noted, but the BJP setbacks are a reversal of the trend that has seen it increase the number of states it controls since 2014. In Rajasthan, initial results showed the Congress Party with 99 seats to the BJP's 73 - 89 fewer than in the last election. And in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, politically the most vital of all states that went to the polls, Congress had taken 113 seats to the BJP's 111, out of 230. In Chhattisgarh the Congress Party was ahead in 68 constituencies in a 90-member assembly with the BJP on just 16. Responding to the tallies, a BJP member of India's upper house, Sanjay Kakade, said: "I am of the opinion the BJP should stick to the development agenda and not to caste, changing names of cities, or temples. We need to revert to the track of development." The Election Commission will formally declare the final results today (Weds).
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| Mika Brzezinski Apologizes For Asking If Mike Pompeo Is 'A Wannabe Dictator's Butt Boy' Posted: 12 Dec 2018 09:12 AM PST  MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski has apologized for uttering a homophobic remark on
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| GOP chairman: Vote tally sharing would warrant new election Posted: 11 Dec 2018 06:48 PM PST  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican Party chairman said Tuesday that the state should order a new election in an unresolved congressional race if an affidavit alleging some early voting totals were improperly shared before Election Day is accurate.
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| Trade Bear David Woo Hasn't Been This Nervous Since 2008 Posted: 10 Dec 2018 10:21 PM PST  The Bank of America strategist is the most worried about volatility in global markets -- particularly in the developing world -- since the 2008 financial crisis. "We'll have a $1 trillion budget deficit, a big fight over the debt ceiling, gridlock and the U.S. economy will be slowing at the same time," Woo said from New York.
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| Texas to execute killer over 1993 attack on newlyweds Posted: 11 Dec 2018 10:17 AM PST  The southern US state of Texas was on Tuesday scheduled to execute a convicted killer and rapist over a 1993 attack on a newlywed couple. Alvin Braziel, 43, was set to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the Texas state prison in Huntsville. The couple were walking on a trail in the Dallas suburbs when Braziel, aged 18 at the time, attempted to rob them at gunpoint.
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| Ex-Trump aide Flynn does not deserve jail, lawyers say Posted: 11 Dec 2018 08:54 PM PST  US President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn does not deserve jail for lying about his contacts with Russians after Trump's 2016 election win, his lawyers argued in a memorandum on Tuesday. In a court filing before his December 18 sentencing in Washington, the lawyers asked that he be sentenced to a maximum of one year on probation, with minimal supervision conditions along with 200 hours of community service. The request is in line with a recommendation last week from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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| Opposition UK lawmakers call for second Brexit referendum preparations Posted: 11 Dec 2018 07:16 AM PST  Less than four months until the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29, Brexit was plunged into chaos on Monday when May accepted that British lawmakers would not accept her deal and withdrew a key vote on it. The ultimate outcome of Brexit is now uncertain. "The UK is in the middle of a constitutional crisis, which is unparalleled in modern history," said Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster.
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| Detailed Photos of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 6.2L Posted: 11 Dec 2018 08:34 AM PST |
| Palestinians offer new details of Israel's botched Gaza raid Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:38 AM PST  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The small town of Abassan in the Gaza Strip is a tough place to infiltrate — everyone knows everyone else and outsiders passing through quickly attract attention. So when strangers drove through town, suspicious Hamas security men stopped the van and questioned those inside.
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| Kremlin calls U.S. criticism of Russian military flights to Venezuela wrong Posted: 11 Dec 2018 12:58 AM PST  The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected U.S. criticism of Russian military flights to Venezuela, saying it had been inappropriate and wrong for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to condemn the flight of two nuclear-capable strategic bombers to Caracas. Pompeo condemned the deployment on Twitter. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call that Pompeo's comments were undiplomatic and wrong.
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| Stacey Abrams Says She’ll Run Again After Losing Fierce Battle For Georgia Governor Posted: 11 Dec 2018 09:53 PM PST  Stacey Abrams is not done yet.
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| Holiday tipping: Here's who you should include and how much you should give them Posted: 12 Dec 2018 03:01 AM PST  How much should you tip your doorman, hairstylist and babysitter this holiday season? Here's a tipping guide.
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| Fiance Of Missing Colorado Mom Is Cooperating With Police, Lawyer Says Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:41 AM PST  The fiance of a Colorado mother missing since Thanksgiving is praying for her
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| 'The Guardians' For Truth Named Time Magazine's 2018 Person Of The Year Posted: 11 Dec 2018 04:51 AM PST  Time magazine on Tuesday announced a group of journalists it called "The
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| US nuns who stole money to gamble in Vegas facing criminal charges Posted: 11 Dec 2018 10:59 AM PST  Two California nuns who stole around $500,000 dollars from the school where they worked and splashed out on travel and gambling in Las Vegas are facing criminal charges, their order confirmed Tuesday. Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who are said to be best friends, reportedly embezzled the huge sum over the course of a decade from St James Catholic School in Torrance, south of Los Angeles. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said the money was discovered missing during a routine audit after Kreuper, who was principal at the school for 29 years, retired earlier this year.
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| Detained Canadian in China being probed for harming state security Posted: 12 Dec 2018 08:39 AM PST  The state-run Beijing News said on Wednesday that Kovrig, who works for the International Crisis Group (ICG), had become the subject of an investigation by the Beijing State Security Bureau. "Canadian citizen Michael John Kovrig was on Dec. 10 investigated in accordance with the law by the Beijing State Security Bureau on suspicion of engaging in activities that harm China's state security," the newspaper said in a brief report.
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| US military identifies 5 dead in warplanes crash off Japan Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:59 AM PST  TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. military has identified five Marines who were declared dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan's southern coast.
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| President Trump meets with Pelosi, Schumer Posted: 11 Dec 2018 08:38 AM PST  Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer meet with the president before a crucial government funding deadline.
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| Gilets Jaunes Come to Brexit Britain’s Rescue Posted: 11 Dec 2018 03:40 AM PST  The gilets jaunes' protests in France have caused a pretty stunning volte face from President Emmanuel Macron, with more than 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) of minimum wage and pension tax changes proposed this week. Alongside France's already-announced reversal of a fuel tax rise, this could increase France's deficit by as much as 0.6 percentage points to about 3.4 percent of gross domestic product. "Le spread" of 10-year French government bonds to German bunds has widened by 10 basis points in December, creating the biggest gap since Macron was elected in May 2017.
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| 10 Great Books for Car- and Travel-Obsessed Readers Posted: 11 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST |
| U.N. seeks withdrawal of warring parties from Yemen's Hodeidah: sources Posted: 11 Dec 2018 06:25 AM PST ![U.N. seeks withdrawal of warring parties from Yemen's Hodeidah: sources]( "U.N. seeks withdrawal of warring parties from Yemen's Hodeidah: sources") The United Nations is proposing that all armed forces from Yemen's warring parties withdraw from the port city of Hodeidah and that an interim entity be set up to run the city, a lifeline for millions of people in the country's war, sources said. The proposal is still being discussed at U.N.-sponsored peace talks between the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in Sweden. The sources familiar with the talks said the U.N. proposal envisions a "joint committee or independent entity" to manage the city and port after both sides withdraw and the possibility of deploying U.N. monitors.
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| Pope removes two cardinals linked to sex abuse allegations from his inner circle Posted: 12 Dec 2018 08:15 AM PST  Two leading cardinals allegedly linked to sexual abuse have been dismissed from Pope Francis' inner circle. Australian Cardinal George Pell and Chilean Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz have been removed from the so-called C9 Council of Cardinals, an advisory body set up by Francis, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Cardinal Pell, appointed head of the Vatican's economic secretariat by the pope in 2014, has taken a leave of absence to fight allegations of historic sexual misconduct in Australia. He is still officially in charge of Vatican finances, a position considered one of the most powerful in the Catholic hierarchy. Francisco Errazuriz Ossa has been accused of covering up allegations against abusive priests in Chile. Congolese Laurent Monsengwo, 79, who retired as archbishop of Kinshasa in November, is also leaving the advisory council. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke announced the changes on Wednesday, saying Francis had written to the three prelates individually in October, "thanking them for the work they have done for the past five years." In a statement Mr Burke said the Pope had reflected on "the work, structure and composition" of the council after meeting council members in September. Chile's Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa has also been removed Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File At its latest meeting this week the advisory body discussed a variety of issues from Vatican spending constraints to the special conference on the protection of minors to be held at the Vatican at the end of February next year. The Catholic Church has been hit by a series of child abuse scandals in recent years in countries including the US, Ireland, Chile and Ireland, with widespread allegations of cover-ups against clergy, including the pope himself. Mr Errazuriz, long considered a close papal ally, was archbishop of Santiago from 1998-2010. He has come under fire in recent months amid claims that he hid the crimes of Chile's allegedly abusive priests including Fernando Karadima, who has been accused of a string of child sex offenses going back to 1984. Profile | Pope Francis Mr Pell, former archbishop of Sydney, has consistently denied allegations of sexual abuse made against him. Specific details of the accusations have been suppressed by a court order and Australian law strictly limits reporting on proceedings. Mr Burke declined to comment on court proceedings against 77-year-old Mr Pell saying: "The Holy See has the utmost respect for Australian judicial authorities. We are aware that there is a suppression order in place by the court and we respect that order." The Pope created the council of cardinals after his election in 2013, tasking the group with helping him reform the Vatican bureaucracy known as the Roman Curia. Mr Burke said the three cardinals would not be replaced immediately, leaving the council temporarily with six members.
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| Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Crimes Committed As Trump’s Lawyer Posted: 12 Dec 2018 09:05 AM PST  A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced President Donald Trump's former
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| Introducing the 2019 AD100 Posted: 12 Dec 2018 03:30 AM PST |
| Markets Right Now: Stock market ends mixed after a bumpy day Posted: 11 Dec 2018 01:15 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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| China warns against 'bullying' of its citizens Posted: 11 Dec 2018 01:13 AM PST  China's foreign minister warned Tuesday against the "bullying" of any Chinese citizen, amid a diplomatic fracas over the arrest of a Huawei executive on a US warrant in Canada. Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications behemoth Huawei, was on December 1 arrested in Vancouver on US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, infuriating China. "The safety and security of Chinese compatriots are our priority, China will never sit idly by and ignore any bullying that violates the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a speech in Beijing, without directly referring to the Huawei case.
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| Feds Flip Russian Spy! Posted: 11 Dec 2018 06:32 AM PST  Maria Butina will admit to being a Russian spy in exchange for leniency. Prosecutors say she infiltrated prominent conservative groups, including the National Rifle Association.
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| Gunman kills three people in French Christmas market, flees Posted: 11 Dec 2018 06:20 PM PST ![Gunman kills three people in French Christmas market, flees]( "Gunman kills three people in French Christmas market, flees") Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the shooter had evaded a police dragnet and was on the run, raising concerns of a follow-up attack. "The government has raised its security threat to the highest level and is bolstering border controls," Castaner told a late-night news conference. "We will also reinforce security at all Christmas markets to prevent copycat attacks." With France still on high alert after a wave of attacks commissioned or inspired by Islamic State militants since early 2015, the counter-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.
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| Huawei Arrest Sparks Chinese Backlash That Could Hurt U.S. Talks Posted: 11 Dec 2018 03:51 PM PST  A number of Chinese companies have posted notices to their social media accounts proclaiming support for Huawei, while offering employees subsidies and other incentives to purchase the firm's products. Shenzhen-based Menpad also threatened to fine employees if they bought Apple Inc.'s phones, according to its website, while some social media users offered ideas on how to get rid of iPhones. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou has grabbed global attention amid concerns her detention could derail talks between the U.S. and China to hammer out a trade deal.
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| Charges dropped against mother after police rip 1-year-old son from her arms in video Posted: 11 Dec 2018 12:03 PM PST  Jazmine Headley remained incarcerated as of Tuesday morning, four days after New York City police yanked her infant son from her arms in Brooklyn.
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| Trump claims he’s ‘not concerned’ about impeachment because there would be a ‘revolt’ Posted: 12 Dec 2018 02:01 AM PST  Donald Trump has insisted he is "not concerned" about the threat of impeachment because "the people would revolt if that happened". The president, who has been implicated in campaign finance violations admitted by his former personal lawyer, claimed it would be "hard to impeach somebody who hasn't done anything wrong". Federal prosecutors said last week that Mr Trump had directed Michael Cohen to make six-figure payments to two women to stop them speaking about alleged affairs with the Republican candidate ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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| 10 interesting facts about Christmas trees Posted: 11 Dec 2018 05:40 AM PST  With the Christmas tree's lengthy history comes a number of fascinating facts about this popular holiday staple.
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| Indian girl seeks father's arrest over broken promise to build lavatory Posted: 12 Dec 2018 04:15 AM PST  Millions of Indians do not have access to sanitation and open defecation is a problem, even in developed, industrial states. The girl, E. Hanifa Zaara, didn't want to go out in the open and won a promise from her father to build a lavatory indoors, said police officer A. Valarmathi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been pushing a campaign to build 100 million toilets over five years but the drive has not covered large parts of the country.
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| Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail Posted: 11 Dec 2018 03:18 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man who poached three moose and left most of the meat to rot has been sentenced to nine months in jail and fined more than $100,000.
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| Macron unveils new measures in bid to end 'yellow vest' revolt Posted: 10 Dec 2018 06:07 PM PST  Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced a series of financial measures seeking to defuse the "yellow vest" revolt that has triggered violent protests in cities across the country. Macron stressed, however, that the protests by mostly low-income people in small town or rural France were the result of long-term problems. Among the measures Macron announced was a 100 euro ($113) monthly increase in the minimum wage as of next year, for which businesses would not have to foot the bill.
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| 5 Democrats Bail Out Paul Ryan And Protect Saudi Arabia Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Five Democrats saved House Republicans from an embarrassing floor
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| Russia fines Google for not complying with search results law - TASS Posted: 11 Dec 2018 02:56 AM PST  Russia fined Google 500,000 roubles ($7,530) on Tuesday for failing to comply with a legal requirement to remove certain entries from its search results, Russia's communications watchdog was quoted as saying by TASS news agency. Russia said last month that it had opened a civil case against Google as it had not joined a state registry that lists banned websites that Moscow believes contain illegal information and was therefore not compliant with the law. Alexander Zharov, head of watchdog Roscomnadzor, said Russia could open a new case against Google if it did not fall in line with the law, TASS reported.
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| Patel's Exit Roils Indian Markets Already Jittery From Vote Posted: 11 Dec 2018 01:57 AM PST  The rupee was down 0.7 percent as of 2.30 p.m. in Mumbai, while yields on 10-year sovereign bonds fell 8 basis points. Patel's RBI had been at loggerheads with the government for weeks, fending off pressure to ease lending restrictions and transfer more of its excess capital to the state.
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