- PoliticsHuffPost
44 Former Senators Warn Current Lawmakers Not To Blow It On Trump
A bipartisan group of 44 former Senators released a forceful editorial on Monday urging current members of the chamber to protect the “rule of law” and “be steadfast guardians of our democracy” as special counsel Robert Mueller ramps up his investigation surrounding the 2016 presidential election. In a letter published by The Washington Post, the group, which includes several long-serving members from both sides of the aisle including Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Al D’Amato (R-NY) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), warned of an approaching “dangerous period” that compelled them to “speak up about serious challenges to the rule of law” and the Constitution. “We are on the eve of the conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation and the House’s commencement of investigations of the president and his administration,” the group wrote.
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Anti-Semitic Flyers Found In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Neighborhood: Police
Police are investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh, including the Squirrel Hill neighborhood where a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others at a synagogue in October. “Such hate-filled material will not be tolerated in Pittsburgh ― not by residents, City officials nor Law Enforcement,” the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police said in a statement Sunday. Photos circulated online Sunday, the eighth night of Hanukkah, purporting to show the pamphlets in question.
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Neon sea creatures light up ocean with vibrant colors
In what looked like a scene from Avatar.(Photo: Simon Pierce/Caters News) Incredible neon sea creatures have been captured lighting up the ocean with their vibrant colors – in what looked like a scene from Avatar. Photographer Simon Pierce, 39, took the
WorldAFPUN eyes 2019 Yemen peace talks
Another round of talks on the Yemen conflict will likely take place in the coming months, sources said Sunday, as warring parties met for UN-sponsored talks in Sweden. The Sweden initiative marks the first meeting between the two sides since the 2016 breakdown of talks to end the Yemen war, which has claimed more than 10,000 lives since 2015 when Saudi Arabia and its allies joined the government's fight against the Iran-backed rebels. The conflict has triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with nearly 14 million Yemenis at risk of mass starvation as violence, poverty, disease and blockades bring the impoverished country to its knees.
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The Best Green Monday 2018 Deals We've Seen So Far
Regret missing out on some of those Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals last month? Lucky for you, there’s still a way you can save — perhaps even more than on Cyber Weekend — when you shop today, on Green Monday.Green Monday is on the second Monday of
NewsAssociated PressTeachers union: Tentative deal to end charter schools strike
The nation's first teachers' strike against a charter school operator will end after their union and management struck a tentative deal Sunday that includes protections for students and immigrant families living in the country illegally. The Chicago Teachers Union said more than 500 teachers will return to classes Monday at Acero's 15 schools with 7,500 predominantly Latino students. Robert Bloch, general counsel for the union, said that since the schools' enrollment is "overwhelmingly low-income Latino," the union felt it was necessary to have provisions to protect students, their families and teachers who may be living in the country illegally.
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Photos from Our Prototype Drive of the 2020 Volkswagen Passat
A low-effort update fails to wake up the seven-year-old Passat.From Car and Driver
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Olympus unit pleads guilty to resolve U.S. duodenoscope probe
Olympus Medical Systems Corp and Hisao Yabe, a former senior executive at the company in Japan, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, to distributing misbranded medical devices, the U.S. Justice Department said. As part of a plea deal, U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler sentenced Olympus to pay an $80 million fine and forfeit $5 million, the department said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new warning https://bit.ly/2L9erPx on Monday about the persistent threat of contamination from reusable duodenoscopes.
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How the Supreme Court Handled Its First Test of Abortion Rights Since Kavanaugh Joined
The U.S. Supreme Court declined its first opportunity to rule on abortion since the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The news on Monday may come as some consolation to abortion rights advocates who opposed Kavanaugh, fearing that the judge — who was replacing moderate retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy — would immediately work to restrict access to abortions. The cases, Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast and Andersen v. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, both questioned whether Medicaid recipients have the right to challenge a state’s decision to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding.
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Trump on Comey's testimony to Congress: 'All lies!'
President Trump accused former FBI director James Comey on Sunday of lying during his closed-door testimony to Congress. Appearing under subpoena on Friday, Comey spoke to the House Judiciary and Oversight committees about the Justice Department’s handling of investigations into the 2016 presidential election. Released on Saturday, the transcripts show that Comey, who had told reporters the conversation “will bore you,” frequently said he could not remember certain facts or details.
- LifestyleHuffPost
I Drove Drunk And It Cost 6 People Their Lives. Here's How My Own Life Changed Forever.
On Nov. 1, 2003, I was involved in a drinking and driving accident. I cost six people their lives ― six good people. I seriously injured two others. I didn’t even think I was drunk, which I know sounds ridiculous, but I was drinking a lot in those days
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30 Tweets You'll Find Extra Funny If You're Married
Getting married is easy, but staying married can be hard work. If you and your partner are able to laugh things off, it’ll be easier to stay the course when the road gets bumpy. Whether it’s poking fun at your wife’s ice-cold feet or playfully ribbing
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Heavy snow batters North Carolina and Virginia, leaving thousands of drivers stranded
At least four deaths have been blamed on "mammoth" snowstorm in the Southeast, causing drivers to abandon their cars on the road due to dangerous conditions.
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2 Nuns Accused Of Embezzling $500,000 From Catholic School
Two Roman Catholic nuns have admitted to embezzling $500,000 from a parochial school in Torrance, California, according to news reports. “It is with much sadness that I am informing families of St. James School that an internal investigation has revealed that, over a period of years, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang have been involved in the personal use of a substantial amount of School funds,” Monsignor Michael Meyers wrote in a letter dated Nov. 28.
NewsAssociated PressAgency: Fear of returning home spikes at US-Mexico border
The number of people expressing fear of returning to their home countries when stopped at the U.S. border with Mexico has spiked, according to figures released Monday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. U.S. border authorities fielded 92,959 "credible fear" claims — the initial step toward asylum — in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up 67 percent from 55,584 the previous year. The "credible fear" claims accounted for 18 percent of all people arrested or stopped at the Mexican border in the latest period, up from 13 percent a year earlier.
WorldAFPIndian tycoon Mallya to find out extradition fate
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya will appear in a London court on Monday to find out whether he will be extradited to his homeland, where he is accused of fraud. Mallya, chairman of the UB Group drinks conglomerate and chief executive of the Force India Formula One team, will discover his fate at Westminster Magistrates' Court. The loans from the state-owned IDBI bank were intended to bail out his failed carrier Kingfisher Airlines.
NewsAssociated PressNewtown shooter described 'scorn for humanity'
Documents from the investigation into the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are shedding light on the gunman's anger, scorn for other people, and deep social isolation in the years leading up to the shooting. The documents that a court ordered Connecticut State Police to release include several writings by Adam Lanza, who gunned down 20 children and six educators on Dec. 14, 2012. Lanza wrote in what appears to be an online communication with a fellow gamer: "I incessantly have nothing other than scorn for humanity," the Hartford Courant reported .
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Would Taiwan Fight China Without U.S. Support?
Policymakers in the United States have long believed that U.S. assistance to Taiwan, such as arms sales and an implicit promise to militarily assisting Taipei if China invades Taiwan, is critical to maintaining the peace and security across the Taiwan Strait. Such belief, however, has recently been challenged.
PoliticsUSA TODAYBroken laws, Russia negotiations: Can Trump presidency survive latest court filings?
The court memos filed Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York cast a deep shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, and it is hard to see how Trump ever removes it, even assuming he survives to serve out his term. The prosecutors’ revelations, in cases involving former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, provide only a top-level, bland summary of the cases the prosecutors are assembling. The other was the pursuit during the campaign of Trump’s long-held dream of a Trump Tower in Moscow, and the connection of that goal to possible easing or removal of sanctions on Russia.
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Celebrating Hanukkah Across Generations
Hanukkah, one of the biggest Jewish holidays, is a time of year when families come together to celebrate the festival of lights and recount centuries of traditions and history. The Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia (JFCS) brings together all the generations, from Holocaust survivors to children, to strengthen lives and specifically, to provide help to the survivors with all their needs. Watch more on this episode of "Holiday Heroes."
- BusinessHuffPost
11 Useful Gifts For The Person Who Can't Cook To Save Their Life
Maybe they are a college student who’s never had to cook before, or maybe they’ve been trying to learn, but just can’t seem to get the hang of it. Get them an Instant Pot that can do most of the cooking for them, or signing them up for a meal kit subscription like Blue Apron that will send everything they need to cook a week’s worth of meals right to their door. 3 An instant pot that can do the cooking for them.
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Save on this ultra-sharp knife set and give a holiday gift that will actually get used
Searching for a great holiday gift that won't end up in next year's white elephant game? This knife set, available now for a hugely discounted price of $58, might just do the trick. These lightweight yet robust knives are made from super strong zirconium
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An '(Unintentional) Grinch' Tried To Ban Christmas From The Classroom
Speaking to a spokeswoman for the school district, CNN reports Sinclair had been placed on administrative leave as of last Thursday. “Principal Sinclair was in her first year as an employee at Elkhorn Public Schools,” she said.
WorldReutersSaudi foreign minister rules out extraditing suspects in Khashoggi case
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday ruled out the extradition of suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Istanbul's chief prosecutor filed warrants for the arrest of two former senior Saudi officials. Turkish officials said last week that the prosecutor's office had concluded there was "strong suspicion" that Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and General Ahmed al-Asiri, who served as deputy head of foreign intelligence, were among the planners of Khashoggi's Oct. 2 killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
WorldAFPTop Huawei executive cites health issues in Canada bail request
A top executive with Chinese telecom giant Huawei argued in court documents released Sunday that she should be released on bail from her Canadian jail while waiting possible extradition to the United States. In a sworn affidavit, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou said that she has been treated in a Canadian hospital for hypertension since she was arrested in Vancouver on December 1 for possible extradition.
