- NewsYahoo NewsThe Last 100 Days: Theologian-in-Chief Edition
President Obama leads mourners in singing “Amazing Grace” as he delivers a eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney during funeral services in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015. Pinckney was one of nine victims of a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Ever since the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents have been judged on the successes they notch during their first 100 days.
- PoliticsYahoo News‘I’m more hopeful than I’ve been for awhile’
In the weeks leading up to the inauguration, Yahoo News visited towns and cities across the country, speaking to voters who had supported Donald Trump in the election. MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio — When Donald Trump talked about running to represent the “forgotten men and women” that the American dream had left behind, he could very well have been talking about the residents of this tiny village at the foothills of the Appalachians, in the heart of the Ohio River Valley.
NewsAFPBack in the delta, US envoy Kerry meets Viet Cong foeViet Cong veteran Vo Ban Tam remembers the first time he crossed paths with John Kerry on the banks on the Bay Hap river, a day that ended in bloodshed. Almost a half-century later, the now 70-year-old Mekong Delta shrimp farmer locked eyes with the US Secretary of State on Saturday and they warmly grasped hands in mutual respect. Kerry returned to the Vietnam waterway at the end of a visit to the Communist nation, less than a week before he was to leave office, searching for the spot where he won a Silver Star for bravery as a young US Navy lieutenant.
- WorldInternational Business TimesDuterte Tells Forces To Bomb Kidnappers And Their Captives
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has advised possible victims of kidnappings at sea to avoid getting abducted. Duterte’s comments were in response to series of kidnappings at sea — mostly by the local militant group Abu Sayyaf that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Duterte’s statement comes at a time when Abu Sayyaf threat in southwestern Philippines is increasing.
- ScienceChristian Science MonitorWas D.B. Cooper a Boeing worker?
Leave it to a group that calls itself the Citizen Sleuths to uncover a new lead in the 45-year hunt for D.B. Cooper. The three amateur scientists have found rare-Earth elements on the JCPenney tie the infamous skyjacker left behind when he jumped out of a commercial airplane on a blistering night in 1971, with $200,000 in unmarked bills, a parachute, and a raincoat. The sleuths say the elements could indicate Cooper was an engineer or manager in the aerospace industry.
WorldReutersCafe attack suspect arrested in BangladeshBangladesh police said on Saturday they had arrested one of the men behind a militant attack on a Dhaka cafe last year that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners. Jahangir Alam was detained late on Friday during a raid in Tangail, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital, the head of the counter-terrorism police, Monirul Islam, told reporters. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the July 1 assault, when gunmen charged into the cafe in the diplomatic quarter.
ScienceAssociated PressSpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in FloridaA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company's first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites. The satellites were deployed about an hour after launch.
- HealthLiveScience.comHow the Stress in Your Head Affects the Health of Your Heart
The mind-body connection is more than just a catchphrase: A new study finds that increased levels of stress are indeed linked to greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. Researchers found that the people in the study who had more activity in an area of the brain that regulates the body's response to stress and fear, called the amygdala, were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those with less activity in the amygdala, according to the study. "This study identifies, for the first time in animal models or humans, the region of the brain that links stress to the risk of heart attack or stroke," lead study author Dr. Ahmed Tawakol, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a statement.
WorldAFPSouth Korea prosecutors to decide Monday on Samsung heir arrestSouth Korean prosecutors investigating a major influence-peddling scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-Hye said they would decide on Monday whether to arrest the heir to the giant Samsung group over alleged bribery. Lee Jae-Yong, Samsung Electronics vice chairman and the son of the group's current chairman Lee Kun-Hee, is accused of approving a decision to pay Park's secret confidante Choi Soon-Sil large sums of money to secure favourable decisions. "We will reach a decision on Monday... on whether or not to arrest Lee by taking into account the complexity and the significance of the issue," Lee Kyu-Chul, spokesman for a special team of prosecutors probing the scandal, said Sunday.
WorldAssociated PressBahrain executes 3 over police bombing, triggering protestsBahrain on Sunday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on police. The executions of the Shiite men drew swift condemnation from human rights groups and sparked intense protests by opponents of the Sunni-ruled government, who see the charges as politically motivated. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in several predominantly Shiite communities to protest the executions.
WorldReutersAt Paris meeting, major powers to warn Trump over Middle East peaceBy John Irish and Lesley Wroughton PARIS (Reuters) - Major powers will signal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is the only solution, with France warning him that plans to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are in Paris for a meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected as "futile". Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians will be represented.
- NewsInternational Business TimesUC Davis Cancels Milo Yiannopoulos, Martin Shkreli Event
An event featuring conservative blogger and far-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos and former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was canceled Friday night by the University of California, Davis, after protesters blocked access to the venue. Campus police barricaded the doors to the event in a bid to control protesters, who demanded that the program be shut down. “I am deeply disappointed with the events of this evening,” UC Davis Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter, said in a statement.
- WorldInternational Business TimesSlaughtered Whale Found On Japanese Ship In Antarctic
A slaughtered minke whale was found on a Japanese ship in the Antarctic in an act being perceived as a defiance of an international court ruling against the country's whaling activities, activist group Sea Shepherd said Sunday. The group found the dead whale on the Nisshin Maru vessel in the Australian whale sanctuary around the country’s Antarctic region. “The whale killers from the Nisshin Maru were caught red-handed slaughtering whales in the Australian Whale sanctuary,” Captain Adam Meyerson of the Ocean Warrior, Sea Shepherd’s Southern Ocean patrol ship, said in a statement.
WorldAFPChina's Zhou Youguang, linguist turned dissident, dies at 111Linguist Zhou Youguang, the man who helped invent the Pinyin system used for writing Chinese worldwide before becoming an outspoken critic of the communist government died on Saturday in Beijing. Zhou, who was probably China's oldest dissenter, died Saturday at his house in the country's capital, a day after having celebrated his 111th birthday, state media said. Zhou is commonly known as the "father of Pinyin", a system for transliterating Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet introduced in the 1950s and now used by hundreds of millions of language learners in China, as well as abroad.
- NewsReutersMan arrested after Washington state Islamic Center fire
Isaac Wayne Wilson, 37, was arrested after he was discovered in a parking lot near the Islamic Center of Eastside, where a fire broke out in the middle of the night. Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett said Wilson was arrested on suspicion of second degree arson, and on an outstanding warrant for felony first degree malicious mischief in Seattle. Police and fire agencies received several calls alerting them to a fire at the center around 2:45 a.m. Firefighters found heavy fire on the first and second floors, Fire Chief Mark Risen said, adding that firefighters quickly prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the building.
- TechnologyTech Media Network (Tom's Guide)How to Make Your Own Two-Factor Authentication Key
WASHINGTON — You don't need to spend $40 or $50 to get a two-factor authentication (2FA) USB key to help you log into web accounts. Instead, you can build one yourself, or, failing that, buy one for $8 on Amazon. The U2F Zero key. Credit: Conor Patrick
BusinessBGR NewsYou will totally never guess the most hated company in AmericaEvery year, survey companies take ghoulish delight in quantifying the most-hated company in America. Every year, without fail, Time Warner breathes a sigh of relief as Comcast pips it to first place. Sears is on the list, as is Facebook.
WorldAFP26 killed in latest Brazil jail bloodbathThe latest in a string of brutal prison massacres involving suspected gang members in Brazil has killed 26 inmates, most of whom were beheaded, officials said Sunday. The bloodbath erupted Saturday night in the overcrowded Alcacuz prison in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte. Similar violence at other jails in Brazil left around 100 inmates dead in early January.
- WorldAssociated PressVenezuela slams Obama declaration of 'national emergency'
Venezuela's government slammed the Obama administration's decision to extend for a second year an executive order declaring a national emergency in the crisis-wracked South American nation. "This only makes sense considering the arrogance and imperial irrationality that has characterized" Obama, Rodriguez said in a message on Twitter.
WorldReutersGambia's President-elect arrives in Senegal after talks failBy Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has left the country for neighboring Senegal, a coalition member and local media said on Sunday, a day after West African leaders failed to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step aside. Barrow, a former real estate agent, won a Dec. 1 election in the former British colony by a slim margin. Long-ruling Jammeh conceded defeat but then changed his mind, plunging one of West Africa's tourist hot spots into crisis and dimming hopes for democracy in a region accustomed to coups and autocratic rule.
- NewsUPROXXFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Offers A Striking Defense Of Net Neutrality In Light Of Its Uncertain Future
The election of Donald Trump may have signaled the end for net neutrality, but one person who thinks it could be saved is outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler. The FCC chairman says there is still a chance to save net neutrality (which bars internet service providers from giving providing preferable treatment to some forms online services or content) despite an incoming Republican-led administration. Net neutrality has been an ongoing issue for lawmakers who are starting to see pushback from service providers.
- BusinessInternational Business TimesMoody’s To Pay $864 Million For Role In 2008 Financial Crisis
Moody’s Corporation has agreed to pay nearly $864 million to settle federal and state claims over its role in the 2008 financial crisis. The credit ratings agency, along with its peers Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, was widely criticized for giving inflated ratings to risky mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) in the years leading up to the crisis. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday, resolves pending lawsuits in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
NewsAssociated PressThe bald and the bold: Eagles' resurgence comes at a priceThe eagle has landed — on chickens and rare birds, with talons at the ready. The resurgence of the bald eagle is one of America's greatest conservation success stories. Federal protections mean farmers can do little to keep them away, said Ken Klippen, a poultry scientist and former farmer who heads the National Association of Egg Farmers.
ScienceAFPJapan aborts mini-rocket mission shortly after liftoffJapan's space agency Sunday aborted a mission to use a mini-rocket to send a satellite into orbit after the spacecraft stopped sending data to ground control shortly after liftoff. The SS-520 rocket, which stands around the size of a power pole, lifted off at 8:33 am (2333 GMT) into a clear sky at the Uchinoura Space Centre in southern Kagoshima Prefecture. The rocket, regarded as one of the smallest units in the world capable of sending satellites into the space, was carrying the three-kilogramme (6.6 pound) "TRICOM-1" observation satellite.
- SportsInside EditionWoman Rescues Four Kittens Left In Cardboard Box During Snowstorm
Four kittens were rescued just in the nick after being abandoned in a cardboard during a snowstorm in Ohio. Thankfully a Good Samaritan spotted the box outside and called Cleveland police who took the animals to the Cleveland Animal Protective League,
