PoliticsYahoo NewsDemocratic lawmakers are boycotting Trump’s inaugurationMore than two dozen Democratic lawmakers have announced they intend to skip Donald Trump’s inauguration this week to protest the president-elect’s plans for the country. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., told Yahoo News she decided she couldn’t celebrate Trump’s inauguration because of his comments during the campaign about temporarily barring Muslims from entering the country and his vow to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Lee was among a growing handful of Democratic lawmakers who objected last week to the certification of the Electoral College results on the House floor.
NewsAssociated PressAuthorities: Trooper was shot by driver he sought to helpThe man who shot and severely beat an Arizona state trooper last week was a former member of the Mexican federal police who was in the country illegally, authorities said. Leonard Pennelas-Escobar opened fire on Trooper Edward Andersson early Thursday after the officer had stopped on the interstate and set up flares in a bid to get motorists to slow down. Pennelas-Escobar said something unrecognizable in Spanish before shooting the trooper, and then he started landing blows with his fists and beating the trooper's head on the ground, Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead said Monday.
- NewsInside EditionBoy, 6, Killed and Girl, 5, Critically Injured in Dog Attack While on Their Way to School Bus
Logan Braatz, 6, was killed in the attack by what appeared to be pit bulls while 5-year-old Syari Sanders was taken to a hospital, according to CBS46. The attack reportedly occurred when the kids were walking to their school bus stop. Shamonta Clayton, who lives in the neighborhood, told 11Alive he was awoken by the sound of screams.
WorldAFPEthics watchdog probes Canadian PM's lavish vacationCanada's ethics commissioner has opened a probe of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over his lavish post-Christmas vacation at the private island of billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader the Aga Khan. In a letter to an opposition Conservative member of Parliament shown to AFP on Monday, Commissioner Mary Dawson said she was investigating whether Trudeau breached ethics laws in receiving a free Bahamas vacation and in using the Aga Khan's helicopter to fly to his private island. The Aga Khan's foundation has received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Canadian government to promote development and other projects in several countries.
WorldReutersPoroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU pathUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine's pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the European Union. The European Union reached an agreement on visa waivers for Ukraine in December, after weeks of stalling, but the decision has yet to come into effect. "To delay further would be flagrantly unfair as Ukraine has paid a high price," Poroshenko told foreign ambassadors to Ukraine.
- WorldInternational Business TimesNorth Korea’s Political Defections On The Rise
A senior North Korean diplomat in London who defected to South Korea last year said Tuesday that a much larger number of Pyongyang’s civil servant defections have taken place recently than have been made public, South Korean media reported. “A significant number of diplomats came to South Korea,” Thae Yong-ho said at a conference hosted by the conservative Bareun Party, Yonhap News Agency reported.
- NewsInside EditionMassive Alligator Strolls Casually Past Florida Tourists
Video has emerged of a massive alligator strolling past an awed group of Florida tourists, as if it had not a care in the world. The gator, spotted at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, appeared to be about 12 feet long. Watch: After Toddler Dies, Disney
- NewsAssociated PressAir Force: PTSD, other factors led airman to kill commander
U.S. Air Force investigators have determined that post-traumatic stress disorder and the unraveling of a distinguished military career led an airman to fatally shoot his commander last year at a San Antonio base before killing himself, according to Air Force documents. Sgt. Steven Bellino confronted Lt. Col. William Schroeder before the two struggled and Schroeder was shot multiple times. Air Force documents given to the San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/2jC5obt ) by Bellino's family show he participated in an elite pararescue program with Schroeder but did not complete it.
- SciencePopular MechanicsSpaceX Launches Its First Rocket Since Their Florida Explosion
A 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.
PoliticsReutersHead of Austrian far right to visit Washington at time of Trump inaugurationThe head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, has said he will travel to Washington for meetings "on the sidelines of" the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, though he did not specify who. In a statement on his Facebook page, the head of the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) did not say whether he would attend the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, but did state he would not be meeting Trump himself. Strache's visit is likely to raise fresh questions about ties between European far-right parties and people close to Trump.
- PoliticsAssociated Press VideosObama Honors WH Press Secretary Josh Earnest
President Obama made a surprise visit to the the daily press briefing to praise outgoing White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. (Jan. 17)
WorldAFPPakistani mother sentenced to death for daughter's 'honour killing'A mother who murdered her own daughter and set her alight for marrying the man of her choice has been sentenced to death, officials said Tuesday, in a case that had revolted many in Pakistan. Zeenat Bibi, aged 16, was doused with kerosene and set alight in June last year in Pakistan's teeming cultural capital Lahore, a little over a week after she wed 20-year-old motorcycle mechanic Hasan Khan against her family's wishes. A judge in an anti-terror court in Lahore sentenced her mother Perveen Bibi to death on murder and terrorism charges, prosecutor Mian Mohammad Tufail told AFP.
NewsAFPMore than 80 dolphins die off Florida coastMore than 80 dolphins known as false killer whales have died off the southwest coast of Florida after getting stranded in shallow waters, US officials said. A pod of 95 of the dolphins, which are black in color and look like killer whales without white markings, became stranded in the Gulf Coast off Everglades National Park, the park said on Twitter. "Sadly, 81 have already been confirmed dead," Everglades National Park said Monday, adding that marine mammal rescue operations were being carried out.
- WorldYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day — January 17, 2017
Impoverished Indian children watch a performance as part of advocacy against child labor in Allahabad, India; women loyal to the Houthi movement parade to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen; and dogs are blessed by a priest outside San Anton
WorldAssociated PressSyria rebel factions to attend Russia, Turkey-backed talksRepresentatives of some Syrian rebel groups said Monday they will attend talks sponsored by Russia and Turkey scheduled later this month, despite mounting violations of a cease-fire across the war-ravaged country. A rebel adviser said the talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition, to be held in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana, will initially focus on ways to strengthen and monitor the cease-fire that went into effect Dec. 30. Opposition activists have reported widespread violence around Syria.
- NewsInside EditionGrieving Husband Demands Harsher Sentence for 'Melrose' Star Who Killed His Wife: 'Justice Has Not Been Done'
A judge announced that a former Melrose Place actress won’t serve more jail time for a fatal 2010 DWI and triggered outrage from the widower of woman she killed. Read: Grandfather Stops Kidnapping In 'Tug of War' With Woman in Park Over 3-Year-Old: Cops
BusinessBGR NewsAT&T is not giving refunds for buggy DirecTV Now serviceDespite angry customers taking to forums and Twitter, the company is sticking to its guns and not offering refunds for the prepaid service. TechCrunch first noticed the wave of angry customers on Twitter and AT&T’s own user forums.
- BusinessU.S.News & World ReportWorkers Who Are Excluded From 401(k) Plans
At each new job there might be a waiting period to join the 401(k) plan or to qualify for a 401(k) match. A recent Government Accountability Office survey of 80 401(k) plans found that some groups of employees, including short-term, part-time and young workers, are often excluded from the company 401(k) plan or denied company contributions. Here's who might not be eligible to save in a 401(k) plan or keep an employer match and how much it's costing them in lost retirement savings.
PoliticsReutersTrump accuses civil rights leader Lewis of lying about inaugurationBy Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extended his war of words with African-American civil rights leader John Lewis on Tuesday, accusing the Democratic congressman of lying when he said Trump's inauguration would be the first that he would miss. "John Lewis said about my inauguration, 'It will be the first one that I've missed.' WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he 'thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush's swearing-in....he doesn't believe Bush is the true elected president.' Sound familiar!" Trump said in a pair of posts on Twitter.
PoliticsAssociated PressThousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal driveThousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition. Lisa Bible, 55, of Bancroft, Michigan, said she has an autoimmune disease and high cholesterol. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act, and majority Republicans in Congress this week began the process of repealing it using a budget maneuver that requires a bare majority in the Senate.
WorldAFPNorway says Breivik treated 'humanely and respectfully'Norway told judges Tuesday it was treating mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik in prison "humanely and respectfully" in its appeals case against having violated his human rights. "Even a person like Breivik who has been convicted of such horrible crimes must be treated humanely and respectfully," a lawyer representing the Norwegian state, Marius Emberland, told the court. The state wants the appeals court to overturn the lower court's ruling in April, which stunned observers and upset the survivors and families of the victims of Breivik's July 2011 twin attacks that left 77 people dead.
EntertainmentTribuneScientists Say They Have Discovered New Clues in D.B. Cooper CaseThe FBI closed the case last year, but that hasn`t stopped amateur investigators from finding new clues in the infamous D.B. Cooper case.
- ScienceYahoo News Photo StaffRemembering Eugene Cernan
Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last man to walk on the moon, died Jan. 16, 2017. Cernan was one of 14 astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. In May 1969, he was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 10, the first comprehensive lunar-orbital qualification and verification test of the lunar lander.
WorldAssociated PressEgypt court strikes down islands deal in blow to presidentAn Egyptian court on Monday ruled against the government's attempt to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, an embarrassment for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that could deepen tensions with his onetime Gulf patron. The decision to transfer the uninhabited islands of Tiran and Sanafir, announced alongside a Saudi aid package last year, fueled accusations of a sell-off and sparked the largest protests of el-Sissi's two-and-a-half-year rule. The government insists the islands always belonged to Saudi Arabia and were merely placed under Egypt's protection in the 1950s.
- NewsInside EditionDeer Gets Stuck Trying to Hop Cemetery Fence, Rescued By Police
A deer got some help from local police when it tried to hop a fence near a cemetery, and got stuck. Read: Cow Stuck on Frozen Lake Lassoed and Pulled Across Ice to Safety Local law enforcement in Boscobel, Wyoming, responded to the scene when a deer
