- PoliticsYahoo NewsTrump trashes Obamacare as Democrats plan its defense
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Mobile, Ala., last month. As Congressional Republicans prepare to repeal Obamacare, President-elect Donald Trump is reminding his Twitter followers that some Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, have criticized President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. “People must remember that ObamaCare just doesn’t work, and it is not affordable,” Trump tweeted early Tuesday.
- PoliticsYahoo NewsJulian Assange: ‘Who knows’ if WikiLeaks emails swayed U.S. election?
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed in a new interview that he is completely confident that the Russian government was not the source of the hacked emails that his organization released leading up to the U.S. presidential election. The publisher of classified and private information released embarrassing emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Fox News political pundit Sean Hannity asked Assange to address the allegation that WikiLeaks was a tool employed by Moscow to interfere with the U.S. election.
- BusinessThe Drive2017 Lincoln Continental: The Car We've Been Begging Lincoln to Build
The Continental began as a one-off prototype in 1938, personally designed for Edsel Ford, president of his namesake company. Lincoln’s on-again, off-again flagship has been “off” since 2002. For baby boomers, the Continental is probably best known as the suicide-door convertible in which President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
- PoliticsABC News VideosFord Cancels Plan for Mexican Plant
The Ford CEO denies claims that Trump is to thank for the change of plan. Cynthia all of Ford claims that their decision to cancel plans for factory in Mexico was not because of taunts presidency. A 41% share while the Mexican peso fell off so I think that trump should and in some sense get credit.
- U.S.Yahoo News Photo StaffLong Island Rail Road commuter train derails in Brooklyn
At least 37 people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a New York City commuter train derailment on Wednesday during peak morning commuting hours, city officials said. Dozens of emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal in the borough of Brooklyn after the Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks at about 8:30 a.m. local time inside the busy transportation hub, the New York City Fire Department said. The nature of the injuries was not immediately known, and the incident was under investigation, police Detective Ahmed Nasser said.
WorldAFPMore than 150 inmates escape in Philippine jail raidSuspected Muslim rebels staged the Philippines' biggest jailbreak Wednesday when they stormed a dilapidated jail in the violence-plagued south of the country, freeing 158 inmates and killing a guard, authorities said. The attack added to a long history of daring jailbreaks in the southern Philippines, home to a decades-old Muslim separatist insurgency as well as extremist gangs that have recently declared allegiance to the Islamic State group. More than 100 armed men believed to have been led by a local Muslim guerrilla commander attacked the jail in Kidapawan city about 1:00am in what appeared to be a well-planned raid to free fellow rebels, jail authorities said.
NewsYahoo NewsTexas lawmaker shot in head on New Year’s Eve plans bill to combat ‘celebratory gunfire’A Texas lawmaker who was struck in the head by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve plans to introduce a bill aimed at preventing celebratory gunfire. “If my legislation could help save a life, you know, then definitely that’s what we’re gonna be looking at doing,” Rep. Armando Martinez, a Democrat from Weslaco, Texas, told the Texas Tribune on Monday in a phone interview from the Valley Baptist Medical Center, where he was recovering. Martinez was watching New Year’s Eve fireworks with family and friends in a residential neighborhood when he was struck.
WorldReutersRe-print of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' takes Germany by stormSales of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have soared since a special edition of the Nazi leader's political treatise went on sale in Germany a year ago, the German publisher has said. The book outlines Hitler's ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust. Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf", which translates as "My Struggle" in English, between 1924 and 1926.
- NewsAssociated PressTwitter video shows North Carolina officer slamming student
North Carolina authorities are investigating after an eight-second video posted Tuesday on Twitter shows a male police officer slamming a female high school student to the floor before pulling her to her feet and leading her away. Wake County schools spokeswoman Lisa Luten said she's working with the Rolesville Police Department to get more details. The video shows an officer, surrounded by shouting students at Rolesville High School, lifting and then dropping the girl to the floor.
- LifestyleInside EditionMom of Boy Who Pushed Dresser Off Twin Reveals Moment She Saw Rescue: 'It Was Just Heart-Wrenching'
The mother of the two-year-old who saved his twin brother from being crushed by a dresser is opening up about the moment she saw the harrowing moment of her son's rescue on video. Bowdy Shoff is being hailed as "Superboy" for pushing the heavy dresser after it had fallen on his twin brother, Brock. In the surveillance video, the twins can be seen climbing on the Ikea dresser at their Utah home when it tipped over Sunday.
- PoliticsYahoo NewsPaul Ryan greets the new Congress: ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered an optimistic and enthusiastic speech Tuesday to representatives — suggesting that they are uniquely positioned to help the American people. With newly elected men and women in attendance, Ryan, 46, said it’s easy to question the durability of the republic when caught in tempestuous, hard-fought elections, like those the U.S. witnessed mere months ago. Well, it turns out it does,” Ryan said.
BusinessAFPMexican leader defends fuel price hikeMexican President Enrique Pena Nieto defended on Wednesday a steep increase in gasoline prices but said he understood people's "anger" against the measure, as protests entered a fourth day. Pena Nieto said the 20.1 percent increase in the cost of a liter of gasoline was necessary due to a rise in global oil prices. Mexicans have held protests and blocked highways every day since the measure was implemented on January 1.
- WorldPopular MechanicsIs North Korea Really Ready to Test an ICBM?
In his annual New Years speech to the North Korean people, Kim Jong-un announced that his military was in final preparations to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile is meant to reach the United States with a nuclear warhead, extending the North's deterrence strategy to directly threaten America. In response, President-Elect Donald Trump has vowed the test will not happen.
- BusinessRoad & TrackFord Will Build Hybrid Mustang and F150 by 2020
Hybrid performance cars aren't anything new, but the cheapest is the near-$150,000 BMW i8. The people's hybrid muscle car car is on its way, though-Ford just announced a hybrid Mustang will debut in 2020. Ford CEO Mark Fields made the announcement in a Tuesday press conference at the automaker's Flat Rock, Mich. assembly plant, where the Mustang is currently built.
LifestyleAFP Relax NewsCarnival turning cruise ships into 'smart cities' at seaLeisure travel colossus Carnival Corporation is putting a spin on technology used at Disney World to turn cruise ships into what it bills as smart cities at sea. Carnival on Tuesday introduced an "Ocean Medallion" designed to tailor trips to individual passengers by learning their tastes and on-board habits, and even keeping track of roaming children. Capable of whispering wirelessly to a web of on-board sensors, the medallions are designed to help cruise operators anticipate guests' needs, making note of a favorite wine, say, and prompting suggestions as the journey progresses, according to Nytec, the US company behind the technology.
- BusinessThe Car ConnectionTexas couple sues Apple because FaceTime is a distraction to drivers
This is how the story goes: on December 24, 2014, Bethany and James Modisette were driving near Dallas in their Toyota Camry with their two daughters, Moriah and Isabella, in the car's back seat. Behind the Modisettes, however, Garrett Wilhelm failed to notice that the cars around him had slowed. Wilhelm's Toyota 4Runner collided with the Modisette's Camry doing 65 miles per hour, causing the sedan to lurch forward and spin 180 degrees.
TechnologyReutersIsrael's "flying car" passenger drone moves closer to deliveryBy Elana Ringler YAVNE, Israel (Reuters) - After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will finally get its 1,500 kg (1.5 tonne) passenger carrying drone off the ground and into the market by 2020. The Cormorant, billed as a flying car, is capable of transporting 500kg (around half a tonne) of weight and travelling at 185 km (115 miles) per hour. "Just imagine a dirty bomb in a city and chemical substance of something else and this vehicle can come in robotically, remotely piloted, come into a street and decontaminate an area," Urban Aeronautics founder and CEO Rafi Yoeli told Reuters.
- NewsAssociated PressStudent: Girl slammed to ground was trying to break up fight
A student who was slammed to the ground by a police officer at a North Carolina high school was trying to break up a fight involving her sister, said the 15-year-old who posted video of the incident on social media. Ahunna Akpuda recorded a brief video of an officer surrounded by students at Rolesville High School.
ScienceAFPScientists disprove global warming took a breakA reported pause in global warming between 1998 and 2014 was false, according to US-British research published Wednesday that confirmed the findings of a controversial US study on ocean warming. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of York, England, corroborated the results of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) research paper in 2015. The NOAA paper had shown ocean buoys now used to measure water temperatures tend to report slightly cooler temperatures than older ship-based systems.
- WorldInternational Business TimesRussian Navy Vessels Arrive In Philippines For Maritime Drills
Russia sent its anti-submarine destroyer and a replenishment oiler to the Philippines in a bid to hold maritime exercises with the latter, according to reports Tuesday. The anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Tributs and the large sea tanker Boris Butoma docked in Manila late Monday. The crew of the ships is expected to show anti-terrorism capability and hold talks, according to Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov, head of the Flotilla of the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet.
- EntertainmentYahoo NewsMegyn Kelly to leave Fox News for new role at NBC
Fox News host Megyn Kelly is leaving the conservative cable news giant for a new position at NBC News. The news of Kelly’s leap to a new network after 12 years at Fox News was first reported by the New York Times and later confirmed in a statement by NBC. It had been rumored for months that Kelly was seeking a salary upwards of $20 million to make a move, but details of her deal with NBC were not immediately known.
PoliticsAFPObama moves to stop Trump gutting signature healthcare lawUS President Barack Obama will make a short but politically charged trip from the White House to Capitol Hill Wednesday, calling allied lawmakers to arms in defense of his signature healthcare reforms. Obama's eight-year drive to extend medical coverage to tens of millions of Americans will come under sustained assault when President-elect Donald Trump takes office January 20 with Republican majorities in both house of Congress. In a preemptive strike, the outgoing president will meet Senate and House Democrats, "principally (to) discuss how to counter the stated Republican objective of repealing the Affordable Care Act," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
- LifestyleYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day — January 3, 2017
A mountain of bottles awaits processing at a glass recycling plant in Gameren, Netherlands, after Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations; people wearing masks dance in a square amid heavy smog on a polluted day in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China; and
BusinessBGR NewsThe 7 most exciting innovations I saw on Faraday Future’s FF 91To say Faraday Future has gotten off to a rocky start over the past couple of years may be the understatement of the year, and it’s only January. The company debuted its FFZERO1 concept supercar amid a whirlwind of buzz at CES 2016, but the press quickly dismissed the car as vapor. A year full of turmoil with Faraday’s main financier, lawsuits filed by vendors alleging millions in unpaid bills, and numerous top-level executive departures cast further doubt on the company’s future.
- NewsInside Edition4 Children Killed After 'Restricted-Use' Pesticide Likely Formed Toxic Gas When Mixed With Water
Four children are dead and six people have been hospitalized in North Texas in what is believed to be a tragic case of accidental pesticide poisoning. Amarillo fire officials said Monday that a pest control chemical sprayed under a home likely formed deadly phosphine gas when someone attempted to wash it away with water. First responders initially believed it to be a case of carbon monoxide poisoning.
