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• Syria's Child Death Toll Prompts Scathing 1-Sentence Statement From UN Agency
• Trump, inexplicably, says he has 'been much tougher on Russia than Obama'
• Kushner Doesn't Want To Give Up His Security Clearance As John Kelly Cracks Down: Report
• Christians Wrestle With Billy Graham's Legacy
• Police officer shot dead by murder suspect during standoff
• Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report
• The Latest: Wife loses bid to replace lawmaker who shot self
• Crisis actors, deep state, false flag: the rise of conspiracy theory code words
• The Real Face of North Korea Is a Prison State
• Even Pat Robertson Is Calling For Stricter Gun Control Laws
• Profiles in expediency: 'Dumb' Romney welcomes endorsement of 'con man' Trump
• Netanyahu says Israel intel foiled IS Australia plane plot
• Trump (Keeps) Struggling With This Russia Thing
• Florida shooting survivors are fighting back. Here's what they need to know about gun control
• Hero Teacher Killed in Florida Gave Fiancée Funeral Instructions in Case He Died in School Shooting
• The 10 Best Beaches In The World In 2018, Revealed
• Democrats Flip Kentucky State House Seat Where Trump Won Overwhelmingly
• Volcanic blast reshaped summit of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung
• US-Russia ties will be hard to repair: Moscow
• In photos: Sweden's first three Michelin-starred restaurant Frantzen
• A U.S. Postal Worker Has Been Found Fatally Shot Inside a Mail Truck in Texas
• Mississippi Town Rejects 'Historic' LGBTQ Pride Parade Despite Local Support
• James and Kimberly Snead Say Nikolas Cruz Had a 'Right to Own' AR-15
• Tom Fitton and Sebastian Gorka on the real Russian collusion
• New York Daily News Rips Donald Trump For Visiting Golf Course During Florida Funerals
• School Shooting's Survivors Cry As Florida House Rejects Talks On Assault Weapon Ban
• Hazardous effort to recover bodies from plane crash in Iran mountains
• The Latest: Group says Syria death toll tops 100 for the day
• Seas to rise about a meter even if climate goals are met - study
• Some Conservatives Are Trying To Discredit Outspoken Florida Shooting Survivors
• The world's best beaches in the world revealed: TripAdvisor
• 15-year-old shot 5 times protecting classmates from gunfire
• Trump Administration Takes Another Step To Roll Back Obamacare
• Duterte slammed for barring Philippine news site from his events
• What Does the Second Amendment Say? A History of the Oft-Debated Constitutional Article
• Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates
• Democrats want $300 million to fight possible Russia election tampering
• Stephen Colbert Gets Serious: Time To Tell Do-Nothing Pols That Their Time Is Up
• 14 Mulled Wine Recipes That'll Warm You Up
• Man who died in Yellowstone was looking for hidden treasure
• Dallas Politician Tells NRA To Get Lost Unless It's Ready To Talk Reform
• Chelsea Clinton Throws Subtle Shade At Donald Trump Jr. Over India Foreign Policy Speech

Syria's Child Death Toll Prompts Scathing 1-Sentence Statement From UN Agency Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:12 PM PST The United Nations agency that helps the world's needy children issued a terse statement on Tuesday about the escalating death toll in Syria as pro-government forces hammer rebel-held areas.

Trump, inexplicably, says he has 'been much tougher on Russia than Obama' Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:39 AM PST President Trump declared on Tuesday that he has been "much tougher on Russia" than President Barack Obama, despite evidence that the opposite is true.

Kushner Doesn't Want To Give Up His Security Clearance As John Kelly Cracks Down: Report Posted: 20 Feb 2018 09:44 PM PST White House senior adviser Jared Kushner doesn't want to give up the interim security clearance that gives him access to highly classified information, even though his current duties likely don't require him to view top-secret material, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Christians Wrestle With Billy Graham's Legacy Posted: 21 Feb 2018 02:52 PM PST Rev. Billy Graham, the famous evangelist who died on Wednesday, was a charismatic preacher, a counselor to presidents, and a leading figure in American evangelicalism.

Police officer shot dead by murder suspect during standoff Posted: 21 Feb 2018 07:44 AM PST Officer Justin Billa, a former officer of the month, was fatally injured in the city of Mobile, after trying to detain a man wanted in connection with a murder. The dead officer joined the force in January 2016 and won the Mobile Police Department's Officer of the Month award in June 2016, Mobile Police Department Chief Lawrence Battiste told reporters, according to the Associated Press. The suspect was identified as Robert Hollie.

Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report Posted: 21 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST A garbage truck was on the tracks despite lowered safety gates when it was struck by a train carrying Republican lawmakers in a fatal crash last month in rural Virginia, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday. Data from a camera mounted on the front of the chartered Amtrak train showed the gates were down at the crossing at the time of the crash, according to a preliminary NTSB report on the Jan. 31 accident. A passenger on the garbage truck was killed and two others on the truck were injured.

The Latest: Wife loses bid to replace lawmaker who shot self Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:00 PM PST SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a special election to complete the remaining term of a Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself last year (all times local):

Crisis actors, deep state, false flag: the rise of conspiracy theory code words Posted: 21 Feb 2018 12:02 PM PST David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, speaks at a rally calling for more gun control three days after the shooting at his school. On Tuesday on CNN, Parkland survivor David Hogg was asked by Anderson Cooper about the plethora of right wing websites and social media accounts spreading conspiracy theories about him. In response, Hogg said: "I'm not a crisis actor.

The Real Face of North Korea Is a Prison State Posted: 21 Feb 2018 07:37 AM PST Millions around the globe gathered around their TVs beginning Feb. 8 to watch the 2018 Winter Olympics, which are taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a mountainous rural village, 110 miles east of Seoul. As the world turned its gaze to the Korean Peninsula, it witnessed North Korea and South Korea unified, together under one flag, during the opening ceremony. In 2017, the crisis in North Korea was the most underreported humanitarian issue globally.

Even Pat Robertson Is Calling For Stricter Gun Control Laws Posted: 21 Feb 2018 01:23 AM PST Arch-conservative televangelist Pat Robertson appears to have had a change of heart about gun control after last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead.

Profiles in expediency: 'Dumb' Romney welcomes endorsement of 'con man' Trump Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:28 AM PST The relationship between Donald Trump and Mitt Romney — who has been criticized for having particularly malleable positions — has followed a long and tortuous path, and more twists and turns likely lie ahead. Here is a timeline of the more head-snapping reversals in recent years.

Netanyahu says Israel intel foiled IS Australia plane plot Posted: 21 Feb 2018 12:30 PM PST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that intelligence provided by his country foiled a plot by the Islamic State group to bring down a plane from Australia. "The Israeli intelligence services thwarted the downing of an Australian plane, an unimaginable slaughter," the Israeli leader told an American Jewish conference in Jerusalem. "This would have caused a major disruption in global air transport and this is only one of dozens of terrorist attacks we have foiled around the world," Netanyahu said, later referring to the failed plot as an IS attempt.

Trump (Keeps) Struggling With This Russia Thing Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:08 PM PST President Trump says he never doubted that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, despite repeatedly casting doubt on allegations of Russian meddling.

Florida shooting survivors are fighting back. Here's what they need to know about gun control Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:05 AM PST The current battle to reshape gun laws can feel like a stalemate, but there have been victories too. The students who survived a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school are aiming to reshape America's gun control debate. Many people see the American gun control debate as a helpless stalemate dominated by the intransigence of the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Hero Teacher Killed in Florida Gave Fiancée Funeral Instructions in Case He Died in School Shooting Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:13 AM PST Scott Biegel's partner, Gwen Gossler, followed his wishes.

The 10 Best Beaches In The World In 2018, Revealed Posted: 21 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST Need some travel inspo for your upcoming beach vacation?

Democrats Flip Kentucky State House Seat Where Trump Won Overwhelmingly Posted: 20 Feb 2018 05:30 PM PST Democrats flipped a GOP-held Kentucky state House seat on Tuesday, handing the party its 37th state legislative pickup nationwide since Donald Trump won the presidency.

Volcanic blast reshaped summit of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Posted: 20 Feb 2018 12:50 AM PST JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The eruption of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung that shot ash 5 kilometers (3 miles) high also blew away much of the mountain's summit.

US-Russia ties will be hard to repair: Moscow Posted: 21 Feb 2018 12:39 AM PST Moscow on Wednesday said it would be "very difficult" to improve US-Russia relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows on accusations of election meddling and crises in Syria and Ukraine. Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the US of trying to meddle in Russia's internal affairs ahead of a presidential election next month, after Washington indicted 13 Russians for an alleged covert effort to interfere in 2016 US polls. "Paradoxically, the Americans are taking steps towards meddling in our internal affairs and exacerbating tensions in bilateral relations ahead of the presidential election" in Russia on March 18, Ryabkov told the news agency Interfax.

In photos: Sweden's first three Michelin-starred restaurant Frantzen Posted: 20 Feb 2018 01:55 AM PST

A U.S. Postal Worker Has Been Found Fatally Shot Inside a Mail Truck in Texas Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:08 PM PST Investigators are treating the case as a homicide

Mississippi Town Rejects 'Historic' LGBTQ Pride Parade Despite Local Support Posted: 21 Feb 2018 01:37 PM PST Local leaders in Starkville, Mississippi, denied a request to host what would have been the town's first gay pride parade.

James and Kimberly Snead Say Nikolas Cruz Had a 'Right to Own' AR-15 Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:58 AM PST Cruz is accused of using an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the deadliest school shooting in Florida's history.

Tom Fitton and Sebastian Gorka on the real Russian collusion Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:17 PM PST On 'Hannity,' Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, and Fox News national security strategist Sebastian Gorka discuss the Mueller indictments and the potential legal ramifications for Hillary Clinton.

New York Daily News Rips Donald Trump For Visiting Golf Course During Florida Funerals Posted: 20 Feb 2018 01:23 AM PST The New York Daily News tore into President Donald Trump for visiting his Florida golf course while funerals for the Parkland school massacre victims were taking place "just miles away."

School Shooting's Survivors Cry As Florida House Rejects Talks On Assault Weapon Ban Posted: 20 Feb 2018 04:21 PM PST Survivors of last week's school shooting in Florida were brought to tears as state lawmakers refused to debate a gun control measure in Tallahassee on Tuesday.

Hazardous effort to recover bodies from plane crash in Iran mountains Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:13 AM PST "Deep and dangerous crevices in the area of the crash have made it impossible for helicopters to land," Ghafoor Rastinrooz, director of the regional medical centre, told official news agency IRNA. Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared from radar as it flew over the Zagros mountain range on Sunday morning, around 45 minutes after taking off from Tehran on a domestic flight.

The Latest: Group says Syria death toll tops 100 for the day Posted: 20 Feb 2018 01:36 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

Seas to rise about a meter even if climate goals are met - study Posted: 20 Feb 2018 08:07 AM PST By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 meters (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Tuesday. Early action to cut greenhouse gas emissions would limit the long-term rise, driven by a thaw of ice from Greenland to Antarctica that will re-draw global coastlines, a German-led team wrote in the journal Nature Communications. Sea level rise is a threat to cities from Shanghai to London, to low-lying swathes of Florida or Bangladesh, and to entire nations such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean or Kiribati in the Pacific.

Some Conservatives Are Trying To Discredit Outspoken Florida Shooting Survivors Posted: 20 Feb 2018 11:30 AM PST WASHINGTON ― After what seems like a never-ending stream of deadly mass shootings, many gun reform proponents fear that Americans have become too desensitized to bloodshed to demand action to end gun violence.

The world's best beaches in the world revealed: TripAdvisor Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:53 AM PST The pristine white sand beaches of Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos top this year's list of TripAdvisor's World's Best Beaches Awards.

15-year-old shot 5 times protecting classmates from gunfire Posted: 20 Feb 2018 07:33 PM PST PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old student who was shot five times during last week's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students.

Trump Administration Takes Another Step To Roll Back Obamacare Posted: 20 Feb 2018 06:52 AM PST Republican efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act's insurance reforms continued Tuesday, when the Trump administration proposed regulations that would make it easier for health insurers to sell cheap, short-term policies that leave out key benefits and are available only to people in good health.

Duterte slammed for barring Philippine news site from his events Posted: 20 Feb 2018 09:01 PM PST Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's move to ban a critical news website from covering the presidential palace is a threat to press freedom, rights and media groups said on Wednesday. Rappler, set up in 2012, is among a clutch of Philippine news organisations that have sparred with Duterte over their critical coverage of his drug war which the government says has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 suspects. Human rights groups charge that thousands more have been killed by shadowy vigilantes.

What Does the Second Amendment Say? A History of the Oft-Debated Constitutional Article Posted: 20 Feb 2018 10:26 AM PST Those against gun control argue that regulating firearms infringes on an individual's "right to bear arms."

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates Posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:19 PM PST A Bangkok court on Tuesday granted a Japanese man "sole parent" rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, a ruling that paves the way for him to take custody of the group. Mitsutoki Shigeta caused a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to nine infants found in a Bangkok apartment, plus at least four other babies born by surrogates. The murky case threw the spotlight on Thailand's then unregulated rent-a-womb industry, and helped push authorities to bar foreigners from paying for Thai surrogates in 2015.

Democrats want $300 million to fight possible Russia election tampering Posted: 21 Feb 2018 11:45 AM PST By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation $300 million to fight foreign efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November, amid growing concerns about potential Russian influence on the polls. Citing warnings from intelligence agencies that Russia is trying to influence the upcoming vote, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked that the additional funds be included in a bill to fund the government which Congress aims to pass by March 23.

Stephen Colbert Gets Serious: Time To Tell Do-Nothing Pols That Their Time Is Up Posted: 20 Feb 2018 08:41 PM PST There's only one group Stephen thinks can actually defend the kids.

14 Mulled Wine Recipes That'll Warm You Up Posted: 20 Feb 2018 12:40 PM PST

Man who died in Yellowstone was looking for hidden treasure Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:31 PM PST BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 53-year-old Illinois man who fell to his death in Yellowstone National Park last year was looking for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels that has inspired thousands to hunt in vain across remote corners of the Western U.S., according to a report by park authorities.

Dallas Politician Tells NRA To Get Lost Unless It's Ready To Talk Reform Posted: 20 Feb 2018 03:58 AM PST A gun-owning Dallas politician said he won't support the National Rifle Association holding its annual convention in his city this year after last week's Florida school shooting unless the group will discuss gun law reform.

Chelsea Clinton Throws Subtle Shade At Donald Trump Jr. Over India Foreign Policy Speech Posted: 20 Feb 2018 12:34 AM PST Chelsea Clinton joined in the criticism of Donald Trump Jr.'s trip to India, with the throwing of some wonderfully subtle shade.

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