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    Lydia O'Connor

    Lydia O'Connor

    Reporter, HuffPost

  • White House Orders Official Not To Comply With House Security Clearance Probe

    Carl Kline, the man at the center of the security clearance scandal, may now be held in contempt of Congress.

  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar Set To Appear On A Fox News Town Hall

    The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate is following in the footsteps of rival Sen. Bernie Sanders.

  • White House Sought To Drop Off Detained Immigrants In Sanctuary Cities: Report

    Trump administration officials reportedly suggested releasing detainees in a way that would retaliate against San Francisco and other immigrant-friendly cities.

  • Planned Parenthood And ACLU Sue Over Utah's 18-Week Abortion Ban

    “This unconstitutional ban is clearly part of a broader agenda to ban all abortion one law at a time,” Utah’s Planned Parenthood CEO said.

  • More California Counties Wiping Out Old Marijuana Convictions

    Around 54,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles and San Joaquin counties are eligible to be expunged.

  • San Francisco Wiping Out More Than 9,000 Old Marijuana Convictions

    The unprecedented move was made possible by a special computer algorithm.

  • Galapagos' Highest Volcano Erupts For First Time In More Than 30 Years

    The highest volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupted early Monday for the first time in nearly 33 years, the archipelago's national park service reported. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. The 5,800-foot volcano poses no threat to people, as it is 70 miles from the nearest human population in Puerto Villamil, the Galapagos National Park Service said in a press release translated by the Galapagos Conservancy.

  • Paris Rooftop Scalers Defy Death In Jaw-Dropping Video

    In a video posted to YouTube earlier this month, some hardcore parkour buffs take their bold sport to the rooftops of Paris. Just watching them leap across the city's narrow passageways, rooftop to rooftop, is enough to make your stomach drop. The real action, City Lab points out, begins at the two-minute mark.

  • People Are Taking Selfies At One Of Nepal's Destroyed Landmarks

    A famous Nepal tourist spot, where at least 180 bodies have been recovered following Saturday's devastating earthquake, appears to have become a popular site for snapping selfies. The Associated Press photographed a number of visitors to Dharahara Tower, an historic tower near Kathmandu that stood nine stories tall until Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake reduced it to rubble, posing for the camera amongst the wreckage. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Kim Jong Un 'Climbs' North Korea's Highest Mountain

    North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un "climbed the top" of the nation's highest mountain on Saturday, state news agency KCNA reported. Based on photographs showing him attired in a long topcoat and shiny shoes, and recent health problems, it's unlikely Kim hiked up the nearly 9,000-foot Mount Paektu, both The Guardian and the Telegraph noted. Kim reportedly made the trip to the "sacred mountain of revolution associated with the soul of the Korean nation" to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of his late father Kim Jong-il being named marshal.