- PoliticsYahoo NewsObama’s White House alumni fight Trump tweet for tweet — earlier and harder than ever before
President Obama waves as he leaves the Oval Office on Jan. 20, before the start of inaugural festivities for Donald Trump. Some Democrats may think former President Barack Obama has been too quiet since leaving office on Jan. 20 — particularly on the subject of his controversial successor, Donald Trump. In the days since Trump assumed the presidency, an increasingly ardent and even aggressive army of formerly buttoned-up Obama administration alumni — aides, advisers, speechwriters, spokespeople — have taken to their own social media platforms to rail, loudly and publicly, against pretty much every move Trump has made, undaunted by his 23.5 million followers and determined to tweet fire with fire.
- BusinessThe DriveAlfa Romeo to Debut Giulia Coupe at Geneva Motor Show, Report Claims
Alfa Romeo will debut a two-door coupe version of the Giulia next month at the Geneva Motor Show, according to reports Australia's Motoring has obtained. Reportedly called the Giulia Sprint, it will become the fourth model in Alfa Romeo's lineup, next to the 4C, Giulia, and Stelvio. To answer the obvious question, yes—there will reportedly be a Quadrifoglio variant, using the same twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter V-6 found in the Giulia Quadrifoglio and the Stelio Quadrifoglio (all of which are based the Giorgio platform).
- NewsYahoo NewsThe authors are real. The articles are fake. Who is behind the sinister ‘CGS’ website?
Bruce Riedel is a widely known expert on the Middle East who helped guide U.S. policy in the region as a member of President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council. Riedel wasn’t upset just because he hadn’t written the piece, which appeared under his name on the website of something called the “Center for Global Strategic Monitoring,” or CGS Monitor. “It was very disturbing,” said Riedel, now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a prominent Washington think tank.
NewsAssociated PressGuilty plea entered in Colorado pot-candy killing caseA Denver man who claimed that eating marijuana-infused candy led him to kill his wife pleaded guilty in her death on Friday. Richard Kirk, 50, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the April 2014 shooting death of Kristine Kirk under a plea deal with prosecutors, who dropped a first-degree murder charge against him. Kirk initially pleaded not guilty, but in 2015 he changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
WorldReutersTrump may look to strengthen, not shred, Iran nuclear dealBy Jonathan Landay, Matt Spetalnick and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) - Instead of tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, the Trump administration is exploring how to tighten its enforcement and renegotiate key terms, but it may prove impossible to get other major powers and Iran to consider revising the agreement. Under the 2015 accord between Tehran and six world powers, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for relief from some U.S., European and U.N. economic sanctions. The Trump administration this week signaled a harder but ambiguous line toward Iran by putting the Islamic Republic "on notice" after an Iranian ballistic missile test, and then by imposing economic sanctions on 13 individuals and 12 entities on Friday.. The options the administration is considering include insisting the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog, get tougher policing Iran's compliance, including demanding access to military sites, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
- NewsInternational Business TimesNYU Anti-Fascist Protest Causes Uproar
Protestors stormed the campus of New York University in opposition of a conservative guest speaker Thursday night. The speech by Gavin McInnes, which was recorded by a student with the NYU independent news source's Periscope account, NYU Local, showed the address to the NYU Republican student body at the Kimmel Center was interrupted by students' Anti-Fascist group about eight minutes into his appearance. The 22-minute Periscope broadcast showed the Anti-Fascist group screaming at the conservative event's attendees. The group organized the protest on Facebook after discovering the Republican group's event.
- NewsInside Edition80-Year-Old Grandmother of 15 Dies While Pushing Neighbor to Safety in Hit-And-Run
A Florida grandmother died Wednesday while saving one of her neighbors, according to witnesses. 80-year-old Emma Kelsoe was chatting with her neighbor in Davie Wednesday evening when cops say a driver sped toward them. Knowing her 61-year-old neighbor, Vickie McCall, was visually impaired, witnesses say Kelsoe yelled out "car!" before shoving McCall to safety.
WorldAFPIran extends oil tender deadline, urges BP to bidIran has extended a deadline for bids on oil and gas projects, urging Britain's BP to join major international companies that have already applied, local media reported Saturday. The bidding round for exploration and production licences comes as it seeks to revive the sector, hard-hit by international sanctions that were lifted last year. National Iranian Oil Company head Ali Kardor said the deadline for bids had been pushed back to February 15, ISNA news agency reported Saturday.
NewsAssociated PressProposed fine against Dakota Access company to get hearingThe developer of the Dakota Access pipeline will have to present evidence at a hearing to prove the company didn't willfully violate North Dakota rules when it failed to provide details of how it planned to avoid disturbing Native American artifacts during construction, state regulators said. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners last October diverted construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline around artifacts without running the plan by the Public Service Commission, which oversees pipelines. Commission staffers say that warrants a fine of at least $15,000, even though the artifacts weren't disturbed.
- PoliticsThe DriveElon Musk Justifies Presence in Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Board
Despite Uber CEO Travis Kalanick exiting Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, Elon Musk will stay the course and keep his position in the president's advisory board. Posting to Twitter just yesterday, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO defended his choice
- PoliticsChristian Science MonitorTrump's evangelical support is wide. But how deep?
When Chelsen Vicari attended the March for Life in Washington last week, there was a lot happening in her life to give her a newfound sense of joy. Twenty weeks into her first pregnancy, the young evangelical activist tweeted out a 3D sonogram of her unborn daughter: “The unseen image of God: an expectant mommy at the #MarchForLife.” At her sixth march, she wrote in an email, there were "more pro-lifers than I’ve ever seen," their enthusiasm at least in part due to the new administration’s swift, emphatic support for a number of issues many religious conservatives have long held dear. President Trump's evangelical support is not as solid as it might seem, some scholars say.
- BusinessReutersAltria investigating if recalled tobacco products were tampered with
The company said on Tuesday it recalled some smokeless tobacco products after eight consumers complained that they found some sharp metal objects in certain cans. The recall involved certain cans made in the company's Franklin Park, Illinois, facility. "We believe this was a deliberate, malicious act by an individual or individuals familiar with the quality and safety procedures at its Franklin Park, IL facility", Altria said in a e-mailed statement.
WorldAFPWife turns out to support 'El Chapo' in New York courtMexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, accused of running one of the world's biggest drug empires, glimpsed his glamorous young wife in court Friday despite being denied marital visits behind bars. The 59-year-old defendant, one of the world's most notorious criminals who escaped twice from prison in Mexico, has been held in solitary confinement in New York since being extradited to the United States on January 19. Emma Coronel, a 27-year-old former beauty queen and mother of Guzman's twins, attended his second court hearing in Brooklyn on Friday, dressed in a black coat with a yellow scarf knotted around her neck.
- WorldReutersTurkey says kills 51 Islamic State militants in northern Syria
Turkey hit 59 Islamic State targets and killed 51 militants in northern Syria as part of its ongoing incursion, the Turkish military said on Saturday. Turkish forces have surrounded the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab for weeks as part of an operation that has been going on for more than five months. Four of those killed were so-called emirs, or local commanders, the Turkish military said, adding that its jets destroyed 56 buildings and three command control centers in the al-Bab and Bzagah regions.
NewsAssociated PressColorado's pot lessons: Prepare for no help, a lot of smellDENVER (AP) — Don't delay. Don't expect help. And get used to the smell.Those are some marijuana lessons from the Colorado Department of Agriculture. The agency is starting to open up more about regulating cannabis, a plant the agency long ignored.Here
- BusinessABC News VideosAsperger's May Account For Nathan Carman's Behavior After Sea Rescue
According to Dr. Rebecca Sachs, Carman's behavior might be explained by his Asperger's. the ocean. Reporter: Two members of the Carman family went out to sea. Reporter: That suspicion deepens as we learn that the motherson relationship could be as choppy as the north atlantic.
- LifestyleInside EditionGirl, 15, Who Skipped School to Have Sex With Friend's Dad Says It Was a Mistake: 'It's Illegal for a Reason'
Calah Waskow, 15, was thought to have been kidnapped after she disappeared from her parents’ Evans home on December 4, authorities said. “I want people who are in or think they can be in an older relationship with somebody and get away with it.
ScienceBGR NewsFederal agents just discovered a major flaw in SpaceX’s rocketsWhen you become one of the leading private space flight companies on the planet you can bet that the government is going to have a whole lot of interest in what you’re up to. SpaceX is one of those companies, and after an investigation from the Government Accountability Office, it appears as though the firm’s pricey Falcon 9 rockets aren’t up to federal standards. As Wall Street Journal reports, the congressional investigators who dug into SpaceX’s hardware discovered that a crucial part of the rocket is prone to cracking, and they have deemed it too weak.
WorldAssociated PressPentagon chief: US has no plans to increase Mideast forcesU.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the U.S. cannot afford to ignore destabilizing moves by Iran, but has no plans to respond by increasing American military forces in the Middle East. Asked about U.S. concern about China's militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea, Mattis was critical of China's moves but said U.S. military action was not appropriate. In an opening statement at his news conference, Mattis also explicitly stated that the Trump administration will stick to the previous U.S. stance that the U.S.-Japan security treaty applies to defending Japan's continued administration of the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, which are contested by China.
- TechnologyCar and Driver2017 Subaru BRZ Performance Package
It’s easy to write off the 2017 Subaru BRZ, which was updated this year, as being only slightly improved. There also were some structural enhancements here and there that made the sort of difference that Subaru can’t be bothered to calculate in percentages of improved chassis stiffness. An $1195 option available only for the $28,465 Limited trim with the six-speed manual transmission, the Performance package effectively results in a car costing $3345 more than the base BRZ Premium.
WorldReutersEU founders speak of possible 'multispeed' future after BrexitGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of other founding states of the European Union spoke on Friday of some countries moving ahead faster than others with further integration. After a summit in Malta at which all national leaders discussed plans for a formal declaration in March on the future of the bloc following Britain's departure, Merkel and others offered endorsements of a so-called "multispeed Europe", which some governments fear could damage EU unity in the wake of Brexit. The last few years, Merkel told reporters, showed "that there will be an EU with different speeds, that not everyone will take part in the same levels of integration".
- U.S.ABC News VideosRescued Boater Nathan Carman on His Childhood, Running Away From Home: Part 3
Nathan Carman ran away from home shortly after his horse died and was found in rural Virginia. Reporter: Hurricane Matthew batters the southeast. Nathan invites us back to Vermont for a second interview.
WorldAFPExile, jail, abduction: the hazardous lives of China's richThe mysterious case of a billionaire who went missing from Hong Kong last week, reportedly abducted by mainland security agents, has underscored the precarious lives of China's ultra rich. Local media say financier Xiao Jianhua was last seen at his apartment in Hong Kong's Four Seasons hotel and is under investigation in connection with China's 2015 stocks crash. In China, company chiefs need the backing of the Communist Party to get rich, but they also need it to survive.
WorldAFPUS envoy eyes cuts to UN peacekeepingWashington's new UN envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of UN peacekeeping that is likely to lead to closures and downsizing of missions, according to diplomats. Haley took up her post with a vow to overhaul the United Nations and "do away" with what she termed as "obsolete" activities amid fresh clamor in Washington over US funding for the world body.
- NewsReutersOne hiker killed, four injured in fall down California 'ice chute'
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said on Twitter that one of the survivors had only minor injuries, and the other three were taken to a trauma center by helicopter. The five, who were not named in the initial law enforcement postings on Twitter, were hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles Saturday afternoon when they lost control and fell, the sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau said.
