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Apr 24, 2018
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be served Swiss rösti with a Korean twist at a summit on Friday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the South's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday. The fried potato dish was chosen as an homage to Kim's childhood spent in Switzerland, the Blue House said...
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Apr 24, 2018
A white police officer in Virginia shot an armed black man suspected of burglary as he ran away from the cop, newly released police body cam footage shows. The footage shows Jeremy Durocher, a rookie cop in Portsmouth, shooting and wounding 18-year-old Deontrace Ward after police responded to a robbery call on Oct. 29. "Hey,...
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Apr 24, 2018
The Toronto man accused of driving a rented van through a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 and injuring several others, has been charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, according to reports. Alek Minassian showed little emotion as he arrived in Toronto court wearing a white jumpsuit and with his hands cuffed behind his...
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Apr 24, 2018
Hosting his first state visit, President Trump on Tuesday morning welcomed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to the White House during a formal arrival ceremony on the South Lawn. The president and First Lady Melania Trump greeted Macron and his wife, Brigitte, amid heavy pomp as almost 500 service members from all five branches of...
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Apr 24, 2018
The van driver who allegedly mowed down 10 people in Toronto was a special needs high school student who would walk the hallways with his head down and hands tightly clasped — making meowing noises, a classmate recalled. Alek Minassian stood out for being unusual at Thornlea Secondary School in the northern suburbs of Canada's...
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Apr 24, 2018
The first of 10 people killed in the Toronto van attack has been identified as an employee of a US-based investment management firm, according to a report. Anne-Marie D'Amico worked at the Canadian headquarters of Invesco located near the mile-long stretch where Alek Minassian allegedly plowed a Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd, killing...
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Apr 24, 2018
In a rare display of sensitivity, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed his "bitter sorrow" over the deaths of dozens of Chinese tourists whose bus plunged off a bridge in his country. The despot was seen tenderly clasping the hand of a survivor of the disaster in the North Hwanghae province, where 32...
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Apr 24, 2018
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to 330 years in prison on child pornography charges after authorities say he took sex tourism trips to the Philippines and made and posted videos of sexual encounters he had with young children. Authorities say David Lynch's victims were as young as 6 years old...
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Apr 24, 2018
MEXICO CITY — Authorities in the western Mexico state of Jalisco say they believe three film students missing since last month were killed and dissolved in acid. The Jalisco Attorney General's Office says two men have been arrested and there are arrest orders for four others in the case. The students were abducted March 19...
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Apr 24, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — A new wave of Taliban attacks across Afghanistan killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a particularly deadly week of assaults by militants. At least five soldiers were killed when their checkpoint was attacked by the Taliban in western Farah province, according to Mohammad...
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Apr 24, 2018
JERUSALEM — A hard-line Israeli lawmaker is sarcastically thanking Twitter for briefly freezing his account following a post he wrote about wishing a teen Palestinian protester had been shot. Bezalel Smotrich of the Jewish Home party says Tuesday that Twitter had given greater prominence to his stance that the 17-year-old was a "terrorist." Smotrich says...
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Apr 24, 2018
LONDON - A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that Tehran might quit a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons if President Donald Trump scraps the nuclear accord Iran signed with world powers in 2015. Trump has said that unless European allies fix what he has called "terrible flaws" in the accord...
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Apr 24, 2018
JAKARTA/MANILA - Indonesia is investigating reports from Islamic State supporters that the most senior Southeast Asian commander of the militant group was killed by U.S. airstrikes in eastern Syria last week, counter-terrorism officials said. Online messages from Islamic State propagandists viewed by Reuters say Bahrumsyah, an Indonesian national, died after U.S. airstrikes hit Hajin, north...
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Apr 24, 2018
LAS VEGAS — A mother and stepfather accused of locking their 4-year-old autistic son in a homemade cage in Las Vegas have been indicted on felony child abuse charges. A preliminary hearing of evidence against Sheila Reyes and Juan Alberto Gonzalez-Orozco was canceled Tuesday after charges were filed against them last Wednesday in Clark County...
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Apr 24, 2018
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire are searching for a man who they say robbed a 7-Eleven with scissors over the weekend. WMUR-TV reports the robbery happened Saturday morning in Manchester. Police say the suspect was with another man and a young girl. The suspect jumped on the counter, threatened a clerk with a...
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Apr 24, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee authorities say a former probation officer has been charged with exchanging sex for leniency for people on probation. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday that 51-year-old Christian Tyrone has been charged with two counts of official misconduct in Dickson County. Investigators say he exchanged sexual favors for leniency in payments...
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Apr 24, 2018
The Senate will delay the confirmation hearing for secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Dr. Ronny Jackson amid reported allegations of misconduct. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, asked to have the hearing postponed due to multiple claims of a "hostile work environment," according to CBS News. The allegations...
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Apr 24, 2018
Police are investigating Facebook posts apparently made by the man who killed 10 people with a van in Toronto Monday, sources said. A Facebook post apparently made by Alek Minassian referred to him as an "incel," or an "involuntarily celibate" person who was seeking revenge on society, according the CBC. "The Incel Rebellion has already...
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Apr 24, 2018
BOSTON — Massachusetts' highest court will meet to consider the punishment for a judge who admitted to having a relationship with a courthouse employee that included sexual encounters in his chambers. The Supreme Judicial Court will hold a hearing Tuesday to explore sanctions for Judge Thomas Estes for his affair with social worker Tammy Cagle....
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Apr 24, 2018
LEBANON, Ohio — An Ohio judge has modified a house arrest order for a former high school cheerleader accused of killing and burying her newborn near her family's home. Attorneys for 19-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson previously filed a court motion in Warren County to lift the house arrest restriction. The judge ruled Monday that Richardson...
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Jan 31, 2018
Top Justice Department officials traveled to the White House on Monday in a last-ditch effort to warn Chief of Staff John Kelly about the dangers of releasing a Republican-written classified memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI, according to a report. The revelation in the Washington Post that FBI Director Christopher Wray and deputy Attorney...
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Jan 31, 2018
The Department of Justice turned over a trove of internal documents to special counsel Robert Mueller in the weeks before he questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions, including those related to his proposed resignation and emails about fired national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a report. The emails and documents pertaining to a period last...
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Jan 31, 2018
U.S. officials have announced that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned because of financial conflicts of interest. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald had been in the job since July. A statement Wednesday from the Department of Health and Human Services said Fitzgerald's complex financial interests had caused conflicts of interest that...
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Jan 31, 2018
A woman in Texas was kept as a "slave" chained to a bed and forced to clean a couple's home for nearly two weeks after an ongoing affair with one of her kidnappers, police said. Jean-Claude Demars, 51, and his wife, Charlotte Kelly Demars were arrested after police, acting on a tip, found the 51-year-old...
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Jan 31, 2018
HOUSTON — A kidnapping victim killed during a rescue attempt was shot after grabbing the rifle of an FBI agent when the agent tried to enter the home where the victim was being held, police said Tuesday, describing the incident as tragic. The FBI agent didn't know it was the victim who grabbed his rifle...
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Jan 31, 2018
North Korea plans to roll out hundreds of long-range missiles a day before the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea — to "scare the hell out of the Americans," according to a report. The saber-rattling parade on Feb. 8 is expected to include intercontinental Hwasong-15 missiles, which the hermit kingdom first test-fired in...
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Jan 31, 2018
Iran on Wednesday blasted President Trump for his comments about the Islamic Republic during his State of the Union address, saying they showed his "ignorance." "Trump again confirms his ignorance of Iran & region. Everyone knows where he stands; and it's certainly not with Iranians," the country's foreign minister Javad Zarif said in a tweet....
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Jan 31, 2018
HONG KONG — Hong Kong lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a government proposal banning local ivory trading in the Chinese territory by 2021. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the existing law to outlaw sales of ivory in Hong Kong, which researchers say is the world's biggest retail ivory market. The proposal...
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Jan 31, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump's fiery comments on North Korea reflected confidence that his campaign of pressure and sanctions on the country is working, South Korean analysts said Wednesday. The experts said it also means Washington will continue to deny Pyongyang meaningful dialogue unless it's willing to discuss serious changes to its nuclear weapons...
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Jan 31, 2018
ISTANBUL — Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has sentenced three people to life prison terms for their involvement in an Islamic State group suicide bombing in 2016 at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district that killed 12 German tourists. Anadolu Agency says the court in Istanbul delivered its verdict on Wednesday. Turkish authorities said the...
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Jan 31, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show Wednesday. It's the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. Hawaii and Alaska have the best seats, along with the Canadian Yukon, Australia and Asia. The western U.S. should have...
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Jan 31, 2018
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A southern New Mexico woman is facing charges after authorities say she gave her 13-year-old daughter marijuana candy. The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that Sylvia Rubio was arrested following an investigation that began in November. According to a criminal complaint, Rubio's daughter took chocolates containing marijuana to school...
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Jan 31, 2018
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A ferry that sank earlier this month while sailing between two islands in the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati had been ordered not to carry passengers because of earlier damage, the government said Wednesday. About 80 people are missing, although the government hasn't confirmed the exact number. A New Zealand military...
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Jan 31, 2018
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University is turning to a hard-nosed former governor and alumnus to right the ship following scathing criticism over former doctor Larry Nassar's ability to molest young female athletes for decades under the guise of medical treatment. John Engler, 69, led the state for a dozen years from 1991 through 2002....
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Jan 31, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia — A Sydney Harbor ferry christened Ferry McFerryface three months ago has been renamed after a political squabble. New South Wales Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance said in November that McFerryface came second place in a competition after the now famous choice, Boaty McBoatface. But Constance said Wednesday that McFerry was...
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Jan 31, 2018
HANOI, Vietnam — An American teacher in Vietnam is in trouble for making offensive comments about one of the country's most revered figures. Daniel Hauer, an English teacher in Hanoi, commented on Facebook that he was getting a genital piercing with a part in the shape of late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, a national hero...
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Jan 31, 2018
WASHINGTON — San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said after the State of the Union that the Trump administration is abandoning Puerto Rico and the president doesn't care that Puerto Ricans are still suffering. "When it comes to Puerto Rico, we're not even on his radar," Cruz told The Post. Cruz attended the State of Union...
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Jan 31, 2018
Congressman Joe Kennedy III gave the Democratic response to the State of the Union — and drew comments both about his policy ideas and for what was dripping off his lips. The 37-year-old Kennedy family scion — who is the grandson of RFK — appeared to have large, bizarre wet spots at the corners of...
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Jan 31, 2018
This bird wasn't allowed to fly. A traveler and peacock she claimed was an emotional support animal were denied entry aboard a Newark-to-Los Angeles United Airlines flight, according to reports. Travel blog Live and Let's Fly on Monday first reported the wild incident and published pictures of the colorful bird and woman, who had a...
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Jan 31, 2018
A pre-med student at Penn State claims the university has policies in place that discriminate against men on campus ? and promote false reports of sexual misconduct. The young man has slapped the school with a lawsuit, accusing it of "systematic gender bias and discrimination," according to PennLive.com. He filed an amended complaint in US...
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Jan 30, 2018
A right-wing Arizona congressman known for his hardline immigration stance and faith in conspiracy theories wants the feds to check IDs at the State of the Union and bust any undocumented immigrants who try to attend. "Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed...
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Jan 30, 2018
A pair of Georgia cops killed a family's dog and forced them to saw off the beloved pooch's head with a knife or face arrest, a bizarre new lawsuit claims. Joe Goodwin and wife Tosha Dacon say Crawford County sheriff's deputy James Hollis got an itchy trigger finger and blasted their 2-year-old pet Big Boy...
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Jan 30, 2018
A pair of brazen burglars swiped a 17th-century solid gold bar valued at $550,000 from a museum in Florida, authorities said. Richard Steven Johnson, 41, and Jarred Alexander, 32, were nabbed Monday for the 2010 theft of the artifact from the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum in Key West, authorities said. The gold bar was...
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Jan 30, 2018
The CEO of a popular surf brand is missing at sea — and his ship has washed up on France's Atlantic coast Tuesday. French coastguard searched the Bay of Biscay for Pierre Agnes, chief executive of Boardriders Inc. — formerly known as Quicksilver — who set sail from a nearby surf resort in the morning....
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Jan 30, 2018
The family of a New Hampshire mom who died from flu complications says she opted not to take medication over concerns about its possible side effects. Amanda Franks, 38, of New Ipswich, was offered a prescription for Tamiflu, an anti-viral drug, when she was diagnosed with the flu two weeks ago, news station WMUR reported....
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Jan 30, 2018
A high school teacher and councilman in a small California town was assailed after insulting US service members — calling them "the lowest of our low." In a profanity-laced video posted on social media Friday, Gregory Salcido appears to tell a group of students in his history class at El Rancho High School in Pico...
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Jan 30, 2018
MIAMI — School district officials in Florida said they followed standard protocol last week when a 7-year-old boy was placed in handcuffs and removed from his school — and they say it is the second time since the school year began that the first-grader had to be restrained after displaying aggressive behavior. The latest episode...
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Jan 30, 2018
It's the second biggest OJ car chase of all time. Police in Spain, pulled over a pair of suspicious vehicles, only to find they were stuffed with four tons of stolen oranges, according to new reports. And the juice was once again loose — the fruit wasn't in boxes or bags, so the pilfered produce...
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Jan 30, 2018
?T?he co-owner of the Chicago Cubs is expected to be named casino mogul Steve Wynn's replacement as finance chair of the Republican National Committee, reports said Tuesday.? T?odd Ricketts, a major GOP donor whose billionaire family owns the baseball team, will replace Wynn, who stepped aside after sexual harassment allegations surfaced last week, Politico reported.?...
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Jan 30, 2018
Super flu outbreaks are ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics — leaving North Korea scrambling to treat more than 81,000 people infected with swine flu as the South kills off nearly 1 million chickens to contain the bird flu on its side of the border. Nearly 127,000 North Koreans...
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Jan 30, 2018
HARTFORD, Conn. — A white former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her black roommate's belongings has asked for a probation program that could result in criminal charges being erased. Eighteen-year-old Brianna Brochu applied for accelerated rehabilitation Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court. A hearing on the application is set for March 12....
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Jan 30, 2018
The suspect in the murder of a young model whose dismembered body was found inside luggage packed in the trunk of a BMW in Oregon is an ex-con who was recently released from prison and moved back in with his mother, according to a report Tuesday. Jeremiah Johnston, 35, was taken into custody late Thursday, just...
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Jan 30, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man who said he buried his 90-year-old mother in a basement coal bin after promising to give her a natural burial has been sentenced to probation. Sixty-six-year-old Pete Marker pleaded guilty Thursday to felony desecration of a human body and was sentenced to two years' probation. Marker was arrested...
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Jan 30, 2018
A Norwegian airliner was forced to abort its flight to Germany because of broken toilets - despite having 85 plumbers aboard, according to reports. The Norwegian Airlines plane took off from Oslo on Saturday morning bound for Munich, but the flight went down the drain when the potty problems erupted after 20 minutes, the International...
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Jan 30, 2018
"Designated Survivor" isn't just a fantastical TV show for real-life standbys in chief. Ahead of President Trump's State of the Union speech Tuesday, former designated survivors have blown the lid off what it's like waiting in the wings to become the next president in case a disaster wipes out the real one and the rest...
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Jan 30, 2018
The family of the Cleveland grandfather whose slaying was recorded by his killer and posted to Facebook say the social media company could have helped prevent the shooting. In a lawsuit filed in Cuyahoga County Court on Jan. 19, Debbie Godwin, the daughter of 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr., accuses Facebook of negligence, failure to warn...
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Jan 30, 2018
SANTA FE, N.M. — Three people have been arrested in the death of a teenager in New Mexico including the boy's mother, authorities said. Santa Fe County Sheriff's officials said investigators received confidential information last Thursday regarding a possible homicide. They built a case over the weekend and announced on Monday the arrests of 42-year-old...
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Jan 30, 2018
A Houston woman is facing felony charges after she trolled her husband's girlfriend by posting an ad in her name on Craigslist seeking sex from married men. Tamantha Johnson, 48, allegedly posed as her divorce-attorney hubby's girlfriend Ryan Boudreaux and created the posting in July 2017 "requesting married men come over and service her on...
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Jan 30, 2018
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is facing some heat from his fans for planning to attend President Trump's State of the Union Address. Nye will attend as the guest of Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma, who has been embroiled in controversy since Trump nominated him to head up NASA. Bridenstine sided with many in...
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Jan 30, 2018
The White House said on Tuesday that it will carry out a legal and national security review of a controversial memo that ?claims the FBI and Department of Justice abused surveillance to spy on a former Trump campaign official. The GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday evening to release the classified four-page...
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