Ever since the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents have been judged on the successes they notch during their first 100 days. Now, as Barack Obama prepares to end his star turn on the political stage, Yahoo News is launching The Last 100 Days, a look at what Obama achieved during his consequential presidency, how he navigates the struggles of his final months in office and what lies ahead for him after eight years filled with firsts. As Obama himself is fond of noting, he also spent his two terms as father to daughters Malia and Sasha and husband to first lady Michelle Obama.
Shooting stars are lighting up the night sky for the annual Perseid meteor shower when Earth passes through the debris left behind by an ancient comet. The Perseids, which appear every year in August, get their name from their point of origin within
A shocking road rageย incident in Gainesville, Florida was caught on camera, capturing the moment the altercation escalated and a woman involved appeared to pull out a gun. Surveillance footage shows a black pickup truck and a silver sedan pulling into a gas station beforeย the nasty confrontation earlier in the week. One of the two women who got out of the truck wielded a gun before the male driver of the pickup appeared from off cameraย andย wrestled the weapon out of her hand.
The attack took place in the Florida Everglades, where the 49-year-old woman (who has not been identified), reached into the water after dropping a can. โHer right hand was almost totally amputated,โ Mike Jachles, spokesman for the Broward Sheriffโs Fire Rescue said, CNN reports. Itโs recommended that people donโt feed alligators, which is illegal in the state of Florida.

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Sunoco Logistics expects no significant impact to operations at its giant crude oil terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast from a Friday night fire that injured seven workers, a company spokesman said on Saturday. "This hasn't significantly impacted our operations," said Sunoco Logistics spokesman Jeffrey Shields by telephone. The workers, all employees of L-Con Inc, which was hired by Sunoco Logistics to perform the construction work were welding when the fire broke out, the company said in a statement.
The Islamic State group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said Friday. Saeed was named head of IS's "Khorasan province," which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighboring countries, early last year when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the jihadist group.
A federal judge dismissed the civil-rights lawsuit filed by Ohio State University's fired marching band director Friday, putting an almost certain end to Jonathan Waters' two-year legal fight. Federal Judge James Graham rejected Waters' argument that he was treated differently than a similarly-situated Ohio State female employee who faced allegations about "sexualized behavior" on the cheerleading squad. The judge also rejected Waters' argument that he was scapegoated to help resolve an ongoing federal Title IX investigation at Ohio State, which was dropped shortly after his firing.

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For Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, a third time trying to enter the United States has proven not to be a charm. Khan, known as the โKing of Bollywoodโ and one of the most famous men in Asia and across the Indian diaspora, flew into Los Angeles on Thursday. In 2009, Khan was stopped by officials at the Newark airport en route to Chicago for a parade to mark Indiaโs independence day.
By Bryn Stole BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Torrential rainfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has caused "unprecedented" flooding in parts of Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards said on Saturday, while claiming at least two lives across the region. The National Weather Service issued flood watches for parts of eastern Texas early on Saturday and extended its flash flood warning further west in Louisiana, according to its website. It also maintained a flash flood watch and flood warnings for eastern regions of the state, including New Orleans, and southern Mississippi.
Donald Trump has refused to make his returns public, citing an IRS audit. Trump said on Twitter that his claim that President Obama founded ISIS was sarcasm. A federal judge blocked an Ohio law meant to defund Planned Parenthood, saying the group would suffer โirreparable injury.โ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the odds of Republicans keeping control of the Senate in November are โvery diceyโ in an address in Louisville, Kentucky.

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