PoliticsYahoo NewsLive updates: Tillerson, Sessions confirmation hearings and a long-awaited Trump press conferenceIt’s a busy day for President-elect Donald Trump and his roster of cabinet nominees. The day kicked off with Senate confirmation hearings for former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Trump’s proposed Secretary of State, and Sen. Jeff Sessions, his pick for
NewsAssociated PressRepo agent gets surprise prison term in chase, deadly crashA Utah repossession agent accused of chasing a woman whose car he was trying to take back and forcing her off the road, leading to a deadly crash, received a surprise sentence after a judge deviated from a plea deal that called for no prison time. Kenneth Drew, 50, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in an agreement with prosecutors, who recommended a year in jail and probation, The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo reported (http://bit.ly/2igbpfl ). Instead, Judge Robert Lunnen on Tuesday ordered Drew to serve one to 15 years in prison in the death last year of Ashleigh Best, 35.
- NewsInside EditionFormer New York Senator Al D'Amato Booted Off Flight After Ranting About Flight Delay
Former New York Senator Al D’Amato was kicked off a Monday night JetBlue flight after complaining about the pre-take off delay at Fort Lauderdale airport, according to witnesses. According to Layla Delarmelina, the captain asked 10 people from the first nine rows to move to the back due to weight constraints on the plane, but people became irritated when no one was moving, so the former senator spoke up.
WorldAFP'People's traitor' named Germany's worst word of 2016A panel of German language experts on Tuesday chose "Volksverraeter" (traitor to the people) as the worst word of 2016, saying the term often used by right-wing activists to insult mainstream politicians had Nazi connotations. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel have both been labelled "Volksverraeter" by far-right hecklers over the government's liberal refugee policy that has seen more than a million asylum seekers arrive since 2015. The term is heavily loaded in Germany, where it evokes memories of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen going after those they labelled enemies of the nation.
WorldReutersU.S. says might not shoot down North Korean ICBM, eying intelBy Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military might monitor a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test and gather intelligence rather than destroy it, as long as the launch did not pose a threat, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday. North Korea declared on Sunday it could test-launch an ICBM at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile U.S. policy was to blame for its arms development. If it's not threatening, we won't necessarily do so," Carter said in his final news briefing before President Barack Obama's administration leaves office on Jan. 20.
BusinessYahoo NewsFox News quietly settled with former host who accused Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassmentAround the time Fox News was settling an explosive lawsuit with former host Gretchen Carlson accusing ex-CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, the top-rated cable news network quietly settled with another former host who reportedly accused one of its biggest stars, Bill O’Reilly, of sexual harassment. According to the website, the letter alleges that O’Reilly propositioned Huddy on numerous occasions, frequently made sexually charged comments to her and once tried to kiss her when she visited his Long Island home.
BusinessInternational Business TimesAT&T Raises The Price Of Its Grandfathered Unlimited Data PlansAT&T will raise the prices of its grandfathered unlimited data plans, according to DSLReports. "Our Mobile Share Advantage plans and our AT&T Unlimited Plan provide several benefits that our legacy unlimited plan doesn’t," AT&T said in a statement to DSLReports.com confirming the move. AT&T has revealed that starting in March 2017, it will begin charging $5 more per month for its grandfathered unlimited data plans.
- U.S.Yahoo News Photo Staff‘No Safe Place’: Targeted by the Taliban, America’s Afghan allies struggle to make a new life in U.S.
Last month, President Obama signed his last federal defense budget for 2017, which included a provision to extend a program that provides Special Immigrant Visas to Afghan nationals who provided assistance to U.S. troops and now face retaliation from the Taliban. Last summer, spearheaded by photojournalist Renée C. Byer, the Sacramento Bee published a powerful series documenting the dismal living conditions of Afghan SIV holders in Sacramento, who've escaped the Taliban only to come face-to-face with a threadbare resettlement system that's left them desperate, disillusioned, and in some cases, suicidal in the States.
- CelebrityElle VideosKim Kardashian's Paris Robbery May Have Been an Inside Job
Earlier this week, 17 suspects were arrested in connection with the Paris robbery of Kim Kardashian West. It is now believed that Kim's chauffeur played a role in the robbery.
- PoliticsYahoo News‘Reject Rex’: Resistance to Trump’s secretary of state pick heats up at 11th hour
Environmentalists are mobilizing against President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for secretary of state, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, in the hours leading up to his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. A collection of green and liberal organizations — including Greenpeace USA and Oil Change International — projected “Reject Rex” and similar messages on the side of the Harry S. Truman Building, the headquarters of the State Department, in Washington, D.C., on Monday night. Naomi Ages, the climate liability campaigner for Greenpeace USA, said it’s ridiculous that the chief executive of an oil company would be selected to succeed John Kerry as secretary of state, the chief diplomat representing the interests of the American people around the world.
- NewsAssociated PressReward raised for capture of suspect in officer killing
Authorities raised to $100,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of an Orlando police sergeant on Tuesday as he eluded hundreds of officers on the second day of a massive manhunt. Authorities advised that arrest warrants were being prepared for people who may have helped 41-year-old Markeith Loyd evade deputies in the past month as they searched for him for questioning in the slaying of his pregnant ex-girlfriend in December. Master Sgt. Debra Clayton was fatally shot Monday morning after she approached Loyd in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in northwest Orlando.
- NewsInside Edition10-Year-Old Reunited With Teddy Bear Lost in the Aftermath of Ft. Lauderdale Shooting
A 10-year-old girl who lost her favorite stuffed animal in the chaos and evacuation that followed the Fort Lauderdale shooting that claimed five lives Friday has been reunited with her beloved teddy – Rufus. Kim Lariviere, took to Twitter for help finding the beloved bear, who was dressed in a cute red onesie, for her 10-year-old daughter, Courtney, who has had the bear all of her life, according to reports. Crying daughter cannot sleep. #FLLshooting help!' she wrote on Twitter.
TechnologyAFPPentagon successfully tests micro-drone swarmThe Pentagon may soon be unleashing a 21st-century version of locusts on its adversaries after officials on Monday said it had successfully tested a swarm of 103 micro-drones. The important step in the development of new autonomous weapon systems was made possible by improvements in artificial intelligence, holding open the possibility that groups of small robots could act together under human direction. The test of the world's largest micro-drone swarm in California in October included 103 Perdix micro-drones measuring around six inches (16 centimeters) launched from three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets, the Pentagon said in a statement.
- NewsMashable TechEdward Snowden issues heartfelt plea to Obama to pardon Chelsea Manning
Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning. "Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning.
WorldReutersThai floods cause 200-kilometer traffic tailback; death toll up to 25Flash floods in southern Thailand washed out a bridge on the country's main north-south highway on Tuesday, backing up traffic for 200 km (125 miles) as the death toll from days of unseasonable rain rose to 25, media reported. More than 360,000 households, or about a million people, have been affected by the floods that have damaged homes and schools and affected rubber and palm oil production, the Department of Disaster Prevention and industry officials said. Television pictures showed abandoned cars submerged in murky waters in Prachuap Khiri Khan province where a torrent washed out a bride on the main road linking Bangkok to the south, causing the 200 km tailback, media reported.
BusinessAFP Relax NewsLexus stretches the definition of luxury with the LSAfter much teasing and not a little hype, the 2017 Lexus LS has made its global debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Historically, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the benchmark against which all full-sized luxury production sedans are judged on all criteria from quality of leather trim to the suite of next generation technology on offer. In terms of the latter, Lexus is touting the new car as the first that's capable of detecting and steering around a pedestrian if a collision is imminent, rather than simply performing an emergency stop.
- BusinessRoad & TrackThe New Ford Bronco Will Be a Ranger-Based Four-Door
Yesterday's big news out of the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was all about Ford trucks. Namely, the automaker officially announced the return of the Ford Ranger pickup in 2019, followed by the Bronco in 2020.
NewsBGR NewsCop tickets Michigan man for warming up his car in the drivewayAs someone who lives in Wisconsin, I can tell you that in the winter just about everyone with any sense takes a moment to start their car and leave it running for five or ten minutes before they actually depart. The same is true in Michigan, which shares Wisconsin’s habit of frigid winter. Nick Taylor, a Roseville, Michigan, resident left his vehicle idling in the driveway of his girlfriend’s house during the state’s recent cold snap.
- PoliticsInternational Business TimesSanders To Discuss Plans To Oppose Trump
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to articulate his vision for responding to a Donald Trump presidency and a Republican-controlled House and Senate in a CNN town hall in the nation’s capital Monday night. Sanders, who vied for the Democratic nomination for president with Hillary Clinton, will sit down with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo at George Washington University, beginning at 9 p.m. EST. While he failed in his presidential bid, Sanders has been one of the most prominent voices on the left since Trump’s victory in November’s election.
WorldAssociated PressJournalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, diesAs German tanks encircled the Polish town of Katowice, rookie British newspaper reporter Clare Hollingworth picked up the phone and dialed the British Embassy. Hollingworth was 27, and just a week into her job with the Daily Telegraph of London. As the Nazis moved in, Hollingworth scrambled to get out of Poland, sometimes sleeping in cars, and eventually made her way to Romania.
- NewsInside EditionFormer New York Senator Speaks About Moment He Was Booted From JetBlue Flight: 'You're Out'
For the first time since he was kicked off a JetBlue flight held in Florida, former New York Senator Al D’Amato is speaking about the hours-long delay that led to his premature departure. "The decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly.
- U.S.ABC News VideosJedediah Bila Makes Plea to GOP: 'Oppose' Jeff Sessions
Like to make a plea actually because this this is going on right now with Jeff Sessions and I'd like to make a plea to Republicans. This is a man who has opposed criminal justice reform. This is a man who Rand Paul you are out there you know at any 100 Tina's listening you have fought for criminal justice of want what you have young African Americans.
WorldAFPSwiss Muslim girls must take swimming classes with boys: Europe courtMuslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to school-run swimming lessons with boys, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday, dismissing a challenge by a Turkish-Swiss couple claiming the rule violated their beliefs. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted that the refusal by Swiss authorities to exempt the couple's two daughters from the compulsory lessons interfered with their freedom of religion. School has become the focal point in several high-profile battles between Swiss authorities and Muslim families who say their religion prevents their children from participating in some mixed activities.
- NewsAssociated PressRemains found in search for missing plane confirmed as human
A seat pulled out of Lake Erie from a plane carrying six people when it vanished more than a week ago near Cleveland contained the remains of a male, officials said Tuesday. The plane piloted by a Columbus businessman traveling with his family and two neighbors disappeared shortly after taking off from Burke Lakefront Airport in downtown Cleveland on Dec. 29. Crews searching for the wreckage are concentrating on an area about the size of a football field, said Khalid Bahhur, commissioner of Burke Lakefront Airport.
NewsReutersOklahoma woman gets life in prison for killing four at paradeAdacia Chambers, 26, wiped away tears when she appeared in state district court in Stillwater. A judge told her that by pleading no contest she would waive her right to a trial and be convicted, Oklahoma TV station News 9 reported from the court room. Chambers had been charged with four counts of second-degree murder.
