Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. WHAT FORMER AG SAYS SHE TOLD TRUMP ABOUT…
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. WHAT FORMER AG SAYS SHE TOLD TRUMP ABOUT FLYNN
Testifying before Congress, Sally Yates says she advised the incoming president that then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn “essentially could be blackmailed” by the Russians.
2. AFTER SCANDAL, SOUTH KOREANS VOTE FOR NEW PRESIDENT
Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in is widely predicted to win after President Park Geun-hye was driven from office and arrested on corruption charges.
3. NEW FRENCH LEADER FACES FIRST TEST: PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
Incoming President Emmanuel Macron must pick up a working majority in the National Assembly to make good on his campaign vows to lift France out of economic gloom.
4. ‘WE HAVE A FRIEND WHO’ S UNCONSCIOUS’
An investigation into the death of a Penn State fraternity pledge shows that a frat member made a 911 call 12 hours after Timothy Piazza fell face-first down a basement stairway after heavy drinking.
5. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT WEIGHS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN
The court considers whether to look at comments made by Trump and his aides in order to determine whether the policy illegally targets Muslims.
6. WHERE SINKHOLES RAISE MORE ALARMS
Crumbling water, drain and sewer pipes are creating more of the sudden washouts across the U. S. in unlikely places, such as Manhattan, Atlanta and San Francisco.
7. ARREST MADE IN PHOENIX SERIAL SHOOTINGS
Aaron Juan Saucedo, 23, is accused of killing 9 people and wounding two others from 2015-16 in attacks that terrorized a largely Latino neighborhood.
8. WHY CARTOONIST KILLS OFF PEPE THE FROG
Matt Furie lays the character to rest in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed the benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol.
9. DISNEY OPENS NEW PANDORA-WORLD OF AVATAR
The marquee attraction is Flight of Passage, where a 3-D simulator plunges riders into a cinematic world inspired by the “Avatar” movie.
10. PENGUIN PLAYER’S FLOP IS REMINDER OF NHL’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
Nick Bonino’s dive underscores that in pro hockey, exaggerating a potential penalty to get a call against the opponent has long been part of the game.
