- PoliticsYahoo NewsWhite House defends Trump’s debunked claim of massive voter fraud, ‘maybe’ will investigate
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday doubled down on President Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally in the recent presidential election, despite widespread evidence to the contrary. “The president does believe that,” Spicer told reporters during a media briefing. Trump, who had previously made the debunked claim, reportedly repeated it again Monday during a White House reception, where he said 3 to 5 million votes were cast by people who illegally immigrated to the U.S. Trump uses this assertion to argue that he won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton, who beat him by nearly 3 million votes overall.
SportsYahoo NewsTrump’s continuing crowd obsession demonstrates perils of Twitter presidencyIt was a castoff pro-football player who offered some wise advice to President Trump on Monday, after a first few days in office marred by squabbles over how many people attended his inauguration. “Yo @POTUS even I know to stay away from the notifications section on twitter,” wrote former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, who has struggled with fame and substance abuse. “S— will drive you crazy,” Manziel added.
- EntertainmentInside EditionAll Kell Breaks Loose: Kellyanne Conway Allegedly Punched Guest at Inaugural Ball
Donald Trump’s combative adviser Kellyanne Conway may have turned one of her boss' inaugural balls into Friday Night Fights when she allegedly punched a man. Read: Soldier Opens Up About Dance With Melania Trump: 'I Don't Think She Was Ready for All of
WorldAssociated PressRussia to decriminalize some forms of domestic violenceThe Russian parliament on Wednesday passed the second reading of a controversial bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence. The State Duma voted 385-2-1 to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn't cause bodily harm. The bill that makes battery on a family member punishable by a fine or a 15-day day arrest has yet to be approved in the third reading.
WorldAFPItaly avalanche toll hits 24 as search nears endThe number of bodies recovered from the ruins of an Italian hotel buried by an avalanche rose to 24 on Wednesday, local authorities said. The deadly avalanche followed the heaviest snowfall seen in the mountains of central Italy in decades and may have been triggered by a series of powerful earthquakes which rocked the region earlier the same day.
- NewsInternational Business Times2-Year-Old Still Missing After Being 'Swept Away' By Georgia Tornado
Police searched Monday for a 2-year-old child in Albany, Georgia, who was reported missing as a series of deadly tornadoes tore through the southeastern part of the United States during the weekend. Dougherty County Commission Chairman Christopher Cohilas, told local reporters the mother "reported her 2-year-old child had been swept away during the tornado. The tornadoes destroyed neighborhoods in Mississippi, the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and southern Georgia.
NewsReutersMichigan man whose sentence was commuted by Obama killed: mediaDemarlon Thomas, 31, was shot and killed on Monday night by a man with an assault-style rifle in Saginaw, Michigan, around 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Detroit, according to local CBS affiliate WNEM. A spokesman for the Michigan State Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. Two masked men with assault-style rifles entered the facility where around two dozen people were staying, Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser told local news website MLive.com.
- NewsAssociated PressGun rights activists sue over Massachusetts firearms laws
Gun rights activists aided by the National Rifle Association are suing Massachusetts over its firearms laws, saying the state's assault weapons ban is preventing law-abiding residents from buying and possessing some of the most popular rifles in the country, as well as most standard-capacity magazines. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court by the Gun Owners' Action League of Massachusetts and other groups, specifically targets the state's 1998 assault weapons ban, which mirrors a federal ban that expired in 2004. Massachusetts has some of the strictest guns laws in the country.
- NewsMashableScary helmet cam footage catches Smart car dodging around traffic
The clip shows a Smart car driver weaving in and out of cars — at one point nearly going up on the pavement — in an attempt to get ahead of a queue of traffic. Definitely not one we'd recommend trying at home.
- NewsYahoo NewsWhite House denies Trump filled front rows with supporters during CIA HQ visit
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday rejected reports that President Trump’s visit to CIA headquarters during the weekend hurt his already troubled relationship with the U.S. intelligence community. On Saturday, Trump gave a freewheeling speech at the CIA while standing before a wall memorializing fallen officers. Former CIA Director John Brennan called the appearance shameful, and CBS reported that the visit was “uncomfortable” and not welcomed enthusiastically by CIA officials there.
- WorldForeign Policy MagazineSitRep: New SecDef Reassures NATO; China Angered by WH Statement; Moscow’s Military Cashes in After Sanctions
New Defense Secretary James Mattis made his first calls as secretary on Monday — and notably, all three calls were to NATO allies. Mattis dialed his counterparts in Canada and the U.K. as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, where he talked Canada’s contribution to the anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq with Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan, followed by a call to British Defense Minister Michael Fallon, emphasizing the “key role NATO plays in transatlantic security,” the Pentagon’s official readout notes.
- PoliticsYahoo NewsTom Price pushed to reveal Trump’s Obamacare replacement in hearing
Rep. Tom Price of Georgia suggested in his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Obamacare replacement plan may not be as close to finished as the president has claimed. “President Trump said that he’s working with you on a replacement plan for the ACA, which is nearly finished and will be revealed after your confirmation. Is that true?” asked Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio.
- NewsInside EditionHave You Seen Her? Red Panda Goes Missing From Virginia Zoo Overnight
A search is underway for a red panda that vanished from the Virginia Zoo Monday, according to reports. “Red pandas are reddish-brown in color, with thick fur and a long tail, and similar in size to a raccoon. Sunny came to the Virginia Zoo in May 2016 from Front Royal, the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute.
WorldAFPIn Mozambique, Erdogan asks for action against GulenTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Mozambican leader Filipe Nyusi to take action against the exiled cleric he blames for last year's failed coup. Erdogan was echoing the call to arms that he made during a stop in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam on Monday as part of his tour of three African countries. "They have a vast sector of schools and associations all around the world, and they have a wide network here in Mozambique as well," Erdogan said.
NewsAFP Relax NewsDubai airport says still top for international trafficDubai International cemented its title as the world's busiest airport for international passengers in 2016, with a 7.2 percent increase in traveller numbers to 83.6 million, its operator said Tuesday. Dubai Airports said "near record numbers" in December had pushed annual traffic at the Gulf hub to 83,654,250 passengers, compared with 78,014,838 in 2015. The airport, which serves as the home of Emirates airline, became the world's busiest in terms of international passenger traffic in 2014.
- WorldYahoo News Photo StaffAl-Shabab claims responsibility for deadly hotel attack in Mogadishu, Somalia
At least eight people were dead and 14 injured Wednesday as Somali security forces ended a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital, police said. Four al-Shabab attackers were also killed in the attack on Dayah hotel, which is often frequented by government officials, said Col. Mohamoud Abdi, a senior police officer. Survivors described chaotic scenes in which hotel residents hid under beds and others jumped out of windows of the four-story building to escape the attackers.
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- NewsAssociated PressPolice: Man sought in city's 1st murder in almost 100 years
A man has been shot dead outside an apartment complex in what police say is the first murder in the nation's smallest capital city in almost a century. An arrest warrant was issued for Jayveon Caballero on a murder charge following the Sunday morning shooting in Montpelier, police said. Police were seeking Caballero in the killing of Markus Austin, whose body was found in the apartment complex's parking lot.
- PoliticsYahoo NewsWhite House suggests reporter apologize to Trump over MLK bust correction
At his first official press briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer criticized the apology of a reporter who had apparently made a mistake reporting that the bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office at the direction of President Trump. “We had a tweet go out about Martin Luther King,” Spicer said. On Friday, Time magazine’s Zeke Miller initially reported the bust of King was missing from the Oval Office on Twitter but sent out a correction minutes later, explaining the bust had apparently been obscured by a Secret Service agent.
- BusinessRoad & TrackHere's Why We Think the 2018 Mustang GT Could Make 455 Horsepower
When we first saw the 2018 Ford Mustang last week, Ford was being coy about exact specifications. Both the GT and the EcoBoost will get horsepower and torque increases Ford said, though the automaker didn't reveal big those increase will be. Autoguide first noticed a tweet from a Ford communications rep, pointing out easter eggs in an image of the 2018 Mustang's new digital gauge cluster.
PoliticsReutersDutch to set up global abortion support fund to counter Trump's cutsThe Netherlands is launching a global fund to help women access abortion services to compensate for U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on U.S. federal funding for foreign groups providing abortions or abortion support for family planning abroad. The Dutch government has held preliminary discussions on the initiative with other European Union members who have responded positively, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Trump on Monday reinstated a policy that requires foreign NGOs who receive U.S. global family planning funds to certify that they do not perform abortions or provide abortion advice as a method of family planning.
TechnologyBGR NewsGalaxy S8 announcement set for late MarchSamsung this week revealed what caused the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that eventually led to a global recall, saying that one of the immediate side effects of the battery disaster is the Galaxy S8’s launch delay. The phone was expected to arrive at MWC in Spain for a public debut, but Samsung may only show it behind closed doors to partners attending the show. According to Italian gadget leaker @Ricciolo1, Samsung is planning a multi-city Galaxy S8 event.
- WorldElle VideosCanadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, Showed Support for the Women’s March
Prime Minister and acclaimed feminist, Justin Trudeau, published a touching tweet for those who marched on Saturday. Meanwhile, President Trump published a tweet that could be interpreted as unsupportive. He later amended his stance.
WorldAFPIn-laws in Zimbabwe steal houses from grieving widowsAs Maliyaziwa Malunga mourns her dead husband, she also battles against his relatives who plot to seize her house in a custom that affects thousands of women in Zimbabwe each year. A Human Rights Watch report released on Tuesday details how in-laws in the country routinely expect to take property and money from bereaved widows soon after their husbands die. When Malunga's husband died in 2013, his relatives locked her in her home, forced her to open her cash box, and stole $4,000 and the title documents to her property.
- NewsInternational Business Times57 Pets Living In 'Inhumane Conditions' Die In Florida House Fire
A couple in central Florida was charged with four counts of animal cruelty Monday after a fire at their home killed 45 cats, five dogs, two raccoons and a macaw. Jacquelyn Traum, 67, and Daniel Brantley, 55, were accused of holding the animals in “inhumane and unsanitary living conditions.” Bond was set at $45,000. Law enforcement officers who responded to the fire at the couple’s Merritt Island, Florida, home on Jan. 11 were able to save the lives of one cat and 14 dogs.
