- WorldYahoo NewsTrump accuses McCain of emboldening al-Qaida amid dispute over Yemen raid
President Trump unleashed a furious tirade against Vietnam veteran Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday morning amid their ongoing dispute over the White House’s characterization of a recent military raid targeting al-Qaida terrorists as a success. According to McCain, the Jan. 28 intelligence-gathering raid in Yemen should not be considered successful because it resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL: Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens. The day before, White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested McCain should apologize, but McCain rebuffed the request.
- NewsReutersFour accused in Facebook Live beating plead not guilty in Chicago
Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old disabled man on Facebook Live while making anti-white racial taunts pleaded not guilty in a Chicago courthouse on Friday. The victim, who is white, was tied up for four or five hours, gagged and beaten, his scalp was cut and he was forced to drink toilet water, police said. The four defendants were each charged with a hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
- NewsInside EditionSome Law Enforcement Officers Are Using Plastic Covers to Obscure Their License Plates, Investigation Finds
While red lights and speeding cameras make our streets safer and tolls pay for bridges and roads, some law enforcement officers may have found a way to avoid them. An Inside Edition investigation, which will air in full Thursday, found that some officers in New York City are obscuring their license plates with plastic covers. The covers allow the license plates to be read clearly from straight on, but when viewed from an angle, the characters disappear so they cannot be read by traffic and toll cameras.
- NewsMashableTeen receives extremely blunt job rejection, fights back on Twitter
What's less useful, however, is a blunt text message containing an emoji. This is 18-year-old Megan Dixon from Leicester, UK. On Tuesday, Dixon went for a job interview at a restaurant called Miller and Carter.
WorldAFPBelgium releases 11 detained in anti-terror raidsThe Belgian authorities on Thursday released 11 people arrested in a series of anti-terror raids targeting jihadists who have returned from Syria, federal prosecutors said. The arrests took place overnight Tuesday when police searched nine houses in various areas of Brussels including Molenbeek, the district that was home to several of those involved in the Paris and Brussels attacks. "Everybody has been released after thorough questioning," the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement, giving no other details.
NewsNational Constitution CenterNinth Circuit rules on Trump executive orders caseA Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has upheld a temporary restraining order related to the Trump administration’s executive action on immigration from seven Mideast nations and the admission of refugees into the United States. In a unanimous, per curium opinion, Senior Judge William C. Canby Jr., Senior Judge Richard Clifton and Judge Michelle Taryn Friedland denied the Justice Department’s request for a stay of a temporary restraining order issued by Judge James Robart, based in Seattle.
NewsAssociated PressThe Latest: California empties hatchery as spillway crumblesCalifornia state workers are using tanker trucks to evacuate millions of baby native salmon from a fish hatchery threatened by the crumbling spillway of a major dam. California Department of Water Resources officials say the torrents of mud, concrete and other debris from the Oroville Dam spillway on Thursday is threatening survival of the young salmon at the Feather River hatchery. Hatchery managers plan to truck the hatchery's young salmon to another holding point farther away from the dam.
- NewsReutersImmigrant whose daughter pleaded to pope has first California hearing
A Mexican immigrant to the United States whose daughter asked Pope Francis for help in stopping her father's deportation attended his first hearing before an immigration judge in Los Angeles on Thursday. Judge Rose Peters made no rulings at the brief hearing and postponed the proceedings against Mario Vargas-Lopez, 45, until March 22. Vargas-Lopez's attorney, Alex Galvez, is seeking to have the case put on an indefinite hold citing his client's good conduct since his release from a Louisiana detention center in 2014.
HealthAFP Relax NewsTwo new studies uncover more health benefits of whole grainsNew research out this week from Tufts University in the US state of Massachusetts has highlighted more of the health benefits of whole grains. Eighty-one participants were recruited for the eight-week randomized, controlled trial, and for the first two weeks were asked to consume a Western-style diet rich in refined grains and designed to maintain weight.
- PoliticsYahoo NewsMisreading the Trump mandate
For those who thought Donald Trump would morph into a more conventional kind of president once the gravity of the job sank in, for those who kept telling themselves he would surround himself with old hands and tilt toward consensus, these can’t be reassuring days. Instead, Trump tweets about imagined voter fraud, berates federal judges and department stores, thunders at allies on the phone and entrusts national security to an alt-right provocateur. In one very important respect, Trump is behaving entirely like those who came before him.
- WorldYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day - February 10, 2017
Camel racing in Abu Dhabi; a Rohingya refugee child in Bangladesh; an Afghan migrant in Belgrade, Serbia; and, BAFTA table centerpieces in London.These are just a few of the photos of the day for February 10, 2017.See more news-related photo galleries
- NewsInside EditionWoman Accused of Stealing Baby in 1998 And Raising the Child Pleads Not Guilty
The South Carolina woman who allegedly stole a newborn baby nearly 20 years ago before raising it as her own has pleaded not guilty. Gloria Williams made national news last month following her arrest on allegations she took a child from her mother hours after she was born in Jacksonville in 1998. On Thursday, Williams reportedly faced a judge in Florida and proclaimed her innocence after she was formally charged with kidnapping.
- NewsReutersNephew of Philippine president's adviser nabbed for drugs
A nephew of one of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's inner circle was caught selling drugs in a sting operation in the president's home city, the anti-narcotics agency said on Friday. John Paul Dureza, the nephew of Duterte's political adviser and peace negotiator Jesus Dureza, was caught selling 15 grams of "shabu" methamphetamine to an undercover Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent in Davao City on Thursday.
ScienceAFPArchaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls caveArchaeologists have uncovered a new cave that once housed Dead Sea Scrolls, in a discovery described as one of the "most important" in 60 years. The Hebrew University in Jerusalem said the scrolls were missing from the cave, though, but hopes to find others. The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD.
NewsAssociated PressTop US commander says more troops needed in AfghanistanA few thousand more troops are needed to help end the stalemate in Afghanistan, according to a senior U.S. military commander who also told lawmakers Thursday that Russian meddling is complicating the counterterrorism fight. Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, didn't provide the Senate Armed Services Committee with an exact number of additional forces. Nicholson said he had discussed troop levels with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Afghanistan welcomes more US troops; Russia deepens role in Turkey-ISIS fight; Trump backs down on ‘One China’; US Army preps for cyber-infused war; and just a bit more...Defense One
- Trump vows US support to Afghanistan amid severe shortfall of Nato troops in counter-terrorism opsInternational Business Times
- WorldAssociated PressChina to start fingerprinting foreign visitors
Millions of foreigners visiting China annually will have their fingerprints collected starting this week, China's Ministry of Public Security announced Thursday. Foreigners holding a diplomatic passport or coming from countries that have reciprocal agreements with China will be exempted, the ministry said. Fingerprint logging will start Friday in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city bordering Hong Kong, before being gradually implemented elsewhere.
ScienceReutersU.S. forecaster says La Niña has faded, sees El Niño potentialA U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday said La Niña has faded and neutral conditions are likely to continue in the coming months, though it noted some chance that the El Niño phenomenon may reappear as early as the Northern Hemisphere spring. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a monthly forecast said that neutral conditions have returned and are favored to continue through at least the Northern Hemisphere spring. La Niña emerged last year for the first time since 2012.
- BusinessABC News VideosBank of America Tests Fully Automated Banks
The offices have ATMs and video conferencing equipment in case a customer wants to talk to a banker for now an employee is on hand to help customers use the equipment focus of the reports are accurate the next iPhone will have some.
- PoliticsInternational Business TimesMeghan McCain Rips President Trump For Lack Of Military Service
Meghan McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday for attacking her father’s remarks on a Yemen raid that left a Navy SEAL and several civilians dead, including an 8-year-old girl. "When you lose a $75 million airplane and, more importantly, an American life is lost … I don't believe you can call it a success," McCain, who heads the Senate Armed Service Committee, told NBC News Wednesday. Trump had declared the raid a success.
- LifestyleU.S.News & World Report9 Ways to Save Money on a Spring Break Trip
With spring break fast approaching -- a time when college students across the country swap textbooks and test-cramming for swimsuits and selfies -- chances are, you're longing for a relaxing escape from party-heavy locales. Read on to save more and spend less on your spring vacation. To score cheap plane tickets, consider booking connecting flights at off-peak times, advises Jeff Klee, CEO of CheapAir.com.
- NewsWPVI – PhiladelphiaMan arrested for Lumberton woman's strangling death
A man is now under arrest, accused of killing a Lumberton, New Jersey woman inside her own home last year.
BusinessReutersForced evictions fuel African land disputes, hit investments - activistsBy Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forced evictions of local communities from their lands by foreign companies fuel around two-thirds of land ownership disputes across Africa, often sparking strikes or violence which can prove costly to investors, activists said on Thursday. Pushing people off their land drives more conflict over land rights on the continent than any other factor - such as damage to the environment and a lack of compensation - said the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and consultancy TMP Systems. Around seven in 10 disputes over land deals in Africa lead to protests which hinder or delay operations, and hit companies' profits compared to a global average of 56 percent, according to a report published by RRI and TMP Systems.
WorldAFPFrench farmer given suspended fine for helping migrantsA French farmer who has become one of the symbols of Europe's migrant crisis after helping Africans to slip into the country was given a suspended fine of 3,000 euros ($3,200) on Friday. Cedric Herrou, 37, was tried for illegally helping migrants across the French-Italian border under the noses of the French police, and then giving them accommodation. Herrou was unrepentant before hearing the verdict, saying he would not stop helping people who had come to Europe.
NewsNational Constitution CenterRemembering William Henry Harrison: The most obscure President?On February 9, 1773, future U.S. president William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia. The enigmatic Harrison is best known for his premature death in office after 30 days. Harrison is one of the more interesting early Presidents because of his pre-White House career. Harrison was a legitimate military hero who had a popular 1840 campaign slogan: Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too.
NewsAssociated PressResidents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer casesResidents say the world's first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an advocacy group seeking compensation for descendants. The surveys released Friday detailed residents' stories from areas around the 1947 Trinity Test and argue that many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses. The health effects of the test have long been debated in New Mexico.
