- PoliticsYahoo NewsSteve Bannon: News media should ‘keep its mouth shut and just listen’
Bannon, who used to edit the far-right website Breitbart before heading Trump’s presidential campaign, delivered the contemptuous indictment of the news media during a phone interview with the New York Times on Wednesday. “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Bannon said. Trump generated controversy by bringing Bannon — who is associated with the so-called alt-right movement — into his inner circle.
- NewsYahoo NewsTrump executive order leaves Malala ‘heartbroken’
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Friday condemned President Trump’s executive order establishing new vetting measures for immigrants. “I am heartbroken that today President Trump is closing the door on children, mothers and fathers fleeing violence and war,” Yousafzai said. Yousafzai, 19, issued the statement at about the same time that Trump announced his latest executive orders, including one that reportedly will suspend the U.S. refugee program for 120 days.
- BusinessThe DriveFord Mustang Scores Blundering 2 Stars in NCAP Crash Tests
The current Ford Mustang has been a sales hit on shores abroad. The NCAP conducted crash testings on the sixth generation 'Stang, resulting in a dismal two star rating. How can a car earn five stars from the NHTSA but see such a different outcome when tested by the NCAP?
WorldAFPBrazil magnate sought in fraud probe: prosecutorsBrazilian authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country's former richest man Eike Batista on Thursday for alleged money-laundering, prosecutors said. The former oil and mining magnate, 60, is the latest high-profile suspect in investigations linked to a vast bribery scandal at state oil firm Petrobras. The affair has netted numerous politicians and executives and put pressure on President Michel Temer as he tries to drag Latin America's biggest economy out of recession.
- NewsReutersRemains of missing Fort Campbell soldier identified
Skeletal remains discovered in Tennessee this week have been identified as those of a Fort Campbell soldier missing since September, officials said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on Wednesday confirmed the remains were those of Private First Class Shadow McClaine, who was last seen on Sept. 2. Sergeant Jamal Williams-McCray, McClaine's ex-husband, and Specialist Charles Robinson, who served in the 101st Airborne Division with McClaine, remain in pre-trial confinement pending court-martial on charges of kidnapping, conspiracy and premeditated murder, the fort's public affairs office said in a statement.
WorldAssociated PressMore than 100 fast-spreading wildfires rage in ChileFlames from more than 100 raging wildfires in Chile continued spreading from the mountains to the Pacific coast, destroying forests, livestock and entire towns in a destructive path that is now dangerously close to the city of Concepcion. President Michelle Bachelet has called the wildfires the worst forest disaster in Chile's history.
- TechnologyForeign Policy MagazineDenmark Creates the World’s First Ever Digital Ambassador
On Friday, Denmark unveiled plans to put in place a digital ambassador to liaise with some of the world’s top tech companies, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Big companies “affect Denmark just as much as entire countries,” Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said in an interview with Danish newspaper Politiken.
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- PoliticsYahoo NewsCory Booker calls Donald Trump a ‘liar’ who uses ‘propaganda’
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., accused President Trump of repeatedly lying to the American people and using propaganda to stir confusion and mislead the public. In a Thursday night interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Booker said the media coverage of Trump should resemble reporting on any other politician. “I don’t understand why the media is treating Donald Trump with such kid gloves.
- NewsMashableHow 21 kids could keep climate websites from going completely dark
On Wednesday, lawyers for the young plaintiffs hit the government and fossil fuel industry with a letter that could make it much harder for the Trump administration to take websites offline without archiving them.
NewsAFPUS judge blocks lethal injection drug combo as unlawfulCiting mounting evidence from recent US executions, a federal judge blocked Thursday the use of lethal injections to put to death three Ohio inmates, saying a proposed drug cocktail was unconstitutional. Federal Magistrate Judge Michael Merz of Ohio focused heavily on the use of one of the drugs, midazolam, citing evidence from multiple other state executions that the drug insufficiently sedated inmates, likely leading to suffering during their executions. Lawyers for the three Ohio inmates claimed such suffering violated the US Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
- NewsInside EditionBodycam Footage Released of Controversial Arrest of Mom, Teen Daughters
Disturbing bodycam footage has been released of the arrest of a Texas mother and her teen daughters by a cop who was later disciplined for using unnecessary force. In the video taken last month, Fort Worth Officer William Martin responds to a call made
NewsReutersChicago police chief recovering after appearing to nearly faintChicago's chief of police, Eddie Johnson, was recovering on Friday afternoon after he appeared nearly to faint at a news conference, according to a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter that Johnson, 56, has "a longstanding kidney issue" but said Friday's incident was unrelated to that. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that Johnson needs a kidney transplant.
NewsAssociated PressCalifornia clears hurdle for cancer warning label on RoundupCalifornia can require Monsanto to label its popular weed-killer Roundup as a possible cancer threat despite an insistence from the chemical giant that it poses no risk to people, a judge tentatively ruled Friday. California would be the first state to order such labeling if it carries out the proposal. Monsanto had sued the nation's leading agricultural state, saying California officials illegally based their decision for carrying the warnings on an international health organization based in France.
- LifestyleYahoo News Photo StaffCelebrating the Chinese New Year
Around the world people are celebrating the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year – based on the ancient lunar calendar – will this weekend see millions of people join the celebrations with fireworks, gifts and colorful decorations. The international celebration will be celebrated in countries across the globe including Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Spain, Vietnam, Australia and London.
- NewsInternational Business TimesWhite Woman Admits to Lying About Emmett Till Flirting With Her
Most people know Emmett Till as the 14-year-old black boy who was murdered in Aug. 1955 by two white men, J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant, because Bryant’s then-wife said the boy apparently flirted and made sexual advances toward her. Now, Carolyn Bryant Donham (who has since been divorced and remarried twice more) has come clean and said she was lying, Vanity Fair reported Friday. In a new book, “The Blood of Emmett Till,” author Timothy Tyson, a Duke University senior research scholar, revealed that in 2007, Donham, who was 72 at the time, told him that although she didn't recall all of the details that transpired the day Till came into Bryant’s store in Money Rd, Mississippi, some of the testimony she gave during the trial was fabricated.
- LifestyleMashable'5 Calls' site makes calling representatives easy for people who hate talking on the phone
If you're a blue state voter who's spent any time on Facebook in the past few months, you've probably been overwhelmed by caps lock Facebook posts begging you to call your representatives. The posts can feel simultaneously redundant and contradictory — call your senator to oppose Betsy Devos..no wait, send Paul Ryan a postcard first! — and render some of us completely impassive. A new site, "5 Calls," aims to make calling that much easier, giving users easy one-minute scripts they can read to their representative each week.
NewsYahoo NewsStories to watch: What happens to the ‘DREAMers’?Donald Trump is in the White House, and Yahoo News is taking a look at the top stories to watch in his first 100 days. From the unusual role family members will play as White House advisors to his promises to aggressively transform U.S. trade policy, and from investigations into Russian election interference to his relationship with Paul Ryan, we’ll be rolling out 15 stories over five days — signposts for the road ahead. The stakes: On the campaign trail throughout 2016, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to revoke Barack Obama’s executive action protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
PoliticsYahoo News VideoPresident Trump on torture: Sec. of Defense James Mattis will ‘override’ meOn Jan. 27, at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, President Trump responded to a question from British reporters about some of his controversial viewpoints, specifically his support of torture. He was also asked about being the leader of the free world.
ScienceAFPScientists create first human-pig embryosScientists have for the first time grown embryos that contain a combination of pig and human stem cells, in a step toward one day growing transplantable organs, a study said Thursday. "This is an important first step," said lead investigator Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a professor in the Salk Institute of Biological Studies' Gene Expression Laboratory. Scientists implanted adult human stem cells -- known as intermediate induced pluripotent stem cells -- into pig embryos and allowed them to grow for four weeks.
- WorldYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day - January 26, 2017
A Palestinian uses a sling shot against Israeli troops during clashes following a protest at checkpoint 300 in the West Bank city of Bethlehem; People walk on a street decorated with Chinese lamps to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand;
NewsReutersProsecutors will not pursue Bridgegate charges against New Jersey governorThe Office of the Bergen County Prosecutor said in a letter to a local judge it did not have sufficient evidence to prove allegations that Christie knew about a plot to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 in order to punish a local mayor for failing to endorse Christie's re-election bid. Bill Brennan, a retired firefighter and activist who announced he would run for governor this year, filed the citizen complaint against Christie last September. Two former Christie allies were convicted last year of orchestrating the lane closure plot, and U.S. prosecutors introduced evidence at trial suggesting the governor was at least aware of the scheme.
ScienceAssociated PressNASA opens exhibit on 50th anniversary of Apollo 1 fireNASA is opening an exhibit honoring the astronauts in the Apollo 1 fire — 50 years to the day they died. The hatch from the burning spacecraft is the main draw. On Friday's anniversary, the hatch that trapped Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee inside their capsule at the launch pad is finally going on display.
LifestyleAssociated PressIsraelis seek to comfort Holocaust's loneliest survivorsSurrounded by more than 100 fellow Holocaust survivors and young volunteers, a blind Ernest Weiner sat in his wheelchair with a puffy crown on his head as the crowd sang happy birthday and showered him with hugs and greetings. The widowed and childless 92-year-old Weiner lives on his own and the cheerful gathering offered him one of life's most valuable commodities — company. As home to the world's largest survivor community, Israel is grappling to serve the needs of thousands of people like Weiner who are living out their final days alone.
BusinessBGR NewsTesla sues former Autopilot director for stealing ‘hundreds of gigabytes’ of top-secret informationTesla earlier today filed a lawsuit against Sterling Anderson, the former head of the company’s Autopilot program. Anderson left Tesla a while back in order to form a new self-driving car start-up called Aurora with Chris Urmson, the former CTO of Google’s self-driving program. The suit alleges that Anderson, before leaving the company, absconded with hundreds of gigabytes of proprietary and technical information.
