- WorldYahoo NewsTrump won’t say if he’ll ease sanctions on Russia, but wants a ‘great relationship’
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he wants a “great relationship” with Russia, but declined to say whether he has decided to ease U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia to punish Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine. Trump spoke at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, who made clear that her country opposes loosening the economic vise on Vladimir Putin’s government.
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 advisers, to his promises to aggressively transform U.S. trade policy, and from investigations into Russian interference in the election to his relationship with Paul Ryan, we’ll be rolling out 15 stories over five days — signposts for the road ahead. On the campaign trail throughout 2016, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to revoke Barack Obama’s executive action protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
- NewsAssociated PressGeorgia city police chief, mayor apologize for 1940 lynching
In an emotional ceremony, the mayor and the police chief of a west Georgia city have apologized for the lynching of a black man more than 75 years ago. LaGrange Police Chief Lou Dekmar said the killing of Austin Callaway, who was taken from the city jail by a band of armed white men in 1940, should never have happened. Callaway was 18 when he was led from his basement cell in the LaGrange City Hall, then shot and left to die along a road on Sept. 7, 1940.
WorldReutersHolocaust Memorial selfie-takers apologize to Israeli shamerGerman-Israeli satirist Shahak Shapira, who set up a website shaming selfie-takers at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, says he has halted the project for now after a dozen people apologized for their disrespect. Stop doing it," Shapira told Reuters Television. It is often used by visitors for picnics, yoga and other activities that Shapira said he found troubling.
- 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.
WorldAssociated PressIndian soldiers rescued hours after snow cave-in in KashmirFive Indian soldiers were rescued several hours after being trapped in snow that caved in on them as they patrolled Saturday along the highly militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Rescuers dug for the soldiers despite continuous snowfall and rescued all of them, Indian army spokesman Col. Rajesh Kalia said. The soldiers were on a routine patrol when the track they were on caved in around them in the Machil sector of the Himalayan region under India's control.
- NewsYahoo NewsMike Pence becomes first VP to speak at March for Life rally: ‘Life is winning’
Vice President Mike Pence declared the Trump administration’s commitment to the antiabortion movement at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. On Friday, Pence became the first vice president to address the annual abortion protest since its inception in 1974. It is held every year on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision to legalize abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade.
WorldAFPNumber of suspects in Petrobras scandal to double: BrazilThe number of suspects in the Petrobras corruption scandal will likely double following confessions of former executives at Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, the lead prosecutor in the case told AFP. "We expect the case load to double in volume, and the collaboration of Odebrecht and many of its executives will provide evidence that will lead to new investigations throughout Brazil," federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said Thursday. The probe that Dallagnol is leading, dubbed Operation Carwash, has netted scores of politicians and executives and put pressure on President Michel Temer as he tries to drag Latin America's biggest economy out of recession.
- WorldReutersFactbox: Who are the Knights of Malta?
The Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic order which operates as global charity, has its headquarters on one of Rome's most exclusive streets, the cobble-stoned Via Condotti where red-and-white flags bearing the Maltese Cross fly above the entrance. The leadership of the order -- formally, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta -- has been locked in a battle with the Vatican for the past two months.
BusinessBGR NewsApple just patented a vapeThe application, which was discovered by Digital Trends, is titled simply “Sublimator/Vaporizer” and describes a device that allows for the vaporization of an unidentified substance via a dual-chamber system. The device described in the patent is cylindrical in shape, including a thermal jacket and a body unit as well as a lid. At first glance it might sound like a component of a modern day recreational vaporizer, either for nicotine or another substance such as marijuana, but the patent’s description of the heating element actually compressing onto the substance being vaporized is quite a bit different than anything on the market.
- 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.
- NewsAssociated PressStudents: Chancellor failed minorities on pro-white agitator
The University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor's response to a student trying to set up a pro-white group on campus further alienates minorities as they struggle for a better campus experience, student leaders said Friday. The student's effort to set up a campus chapter of the American Freedom Party — whose platform includes "prioritizing white supremacy values," according to its Facebook page — has raised questions about how the university should respond and comes as the white nationalist movement as a whole has been emboldened by Donald Trump's presidency. Student government representatives urged Chancellor Rebecca Blank in a letter to denounce the AFP as racist.
- WorldInternational Business TimesPresident Trump Doesn't Mention Jewish People In Holocaust Day Statement
The White House issued a statement Friday commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to observe Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2016, President Barack Obama's statement mentioned "the six million Jews and million of others murdered by the Nazi regime" in the first sentence of his statement.
- BusinessRideApartEBR Goes Under. Again
American sportbike manufacturer EBR (Erik Buell Racing) Motorcycles will be once again be closing its doors, marking another bitter defeat for Buell. "The team at EBR has worked tirelessly making every effort to build the company. This difficult decision was based primarily on EBR facing significant headwinds with signing new dealers, which is key to sales and growth for a new company.
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.
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WorldAFPTop Islamist militant wounded in Philippines: ministerA top leader of an Islamic militant group who is on the United States' list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" has been wounded in military airstrikes, the Philippine defence minister said Saturday. Isnilon Hapilon was indicted in Washington for his involvement in the 2001 kidnapping of three Americans in the Philippines, and has a $5-million bounty on his head from the US government. The 50-year-old militant is a senior leader of the Abu Sayyaf, a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang based in the southern Philippines, and security analysts say the Islamic State (IS) group has recognised him as its leader in Southeast Asia.
- EntertainmentYahoo News Photo StaffDiscarded protest signs from the Women’s March in NYC
Following the march in New York City, protesters left behind thousands of signs around Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower. Many signs left near a construction site were taken home by admirers as souvenirs. One group of placards was made into an art installation
NewsReutersTexas executes man convicted of killing two in 2002 robberyBy Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas inmate was executed on Thursday for killing two sandwich shop employees during a robbery in 2002 after the Supreme Court denied appeals that argued he was not the trigger man and his case was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. Terry Edwards, 43, died of lethal injection at 10:17 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark in a statement. The execution was put on hold for about four hours as the Supreme Court considered several motions citing what lawyers for Edwards said were faults in previous legal proceedings.
- NewsChristian Science MonitorWhy California's governor may emerge as top defender of liberal values
As California gears up for four years under a Republican White House and Congress, Gov. Jerry Brown is emerging as uniquely suited to playing a key role for blue states inclined toward political rebellion. Since the tea party wave of 2010, the picture has been reversed: Red states barraging the Obama administration with lawsuit after lawsuit. The question now is whether blue states will respond in kind.
NewsAssociated PressStudents, bus driver escape serious injury in crashStudents and their driver escaped serious injury when their school bus and multiple other vehicles crashed in South Los Angeles early Friday, leaving the bus almost on top of a crushed car, authorities said. Seven students were aboard the bus. Four complained of pain but were not hospitalized, while the bus driver and the driver of a car had minor injuries and were treated at hospitals, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
- BusinessInternational Business TimesMade In America iPhones To Cost More
President Donald Trump is trying to get smartphone companies to manufacture in the U.S. and Apple seems to have his special attention in this regard. The company is a major global smartphone player and has a large share of the U.S. cell phone market. Trump says he spoke to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has his “eyes open” to manufacturing in the U.S. For its part, Apple has not issued any confirmation on plans to manufacture iPhones in the country, but if the company were to do so, what would be the cost of the "Made in America" label?
- BusinessRoad & TrackAston Martin's Final Vanquish Is This Impossibly Gorgeous 580-HP Drop Top
Aston Martin is in the midst of a revision to its entire lineup, spearheaded by the all-new DB11. Like its hardtop sibling, the Vanquish S Volante is powered by Aston's old 5.9-liter, naturally aspirated V12 making 580 horsepower, mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox sending power to the rear wheels. Aston hasn't announced performance specifications for the Vanquish S Volante yet, but it'll probably be nearly identical to the coupe's 3.5-second 0-60 sprint and 201-mph top speed.
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.
WorldAFPHaiti's electoral marathon finally to come to an endPort-au-Prince (AFP) - An agonizing electoral marathon that began in Haiti in 2015 with a presidential vote that was later annulled comes to a close with local elections on Sunday. This means that all of the elective offices in the notoriously unstable Caribbean country will finally be filled. There will be partial legislative elections -- one seat in the lower chamber of congress and eight senators -- and nationwide local elections.
