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• Wisconsin father gets 6 months in jail after beating 2-month-old daughter, breaking bones
• Somali security forces arrest former minister in raid
• Diddy Wants To Buy The Panthers, Then Hire Colin Kaepernick As Quarterback
• Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan's Quetta before Christmas, killing nine
• Power outage at busiest airport sparks wave of cancellations
• Firefighters Take Advantage of Calmer Winds to Dig In and Contain Californian Wildfires
• President Trump Denies He's Considering Firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller
• How the GOP tax plan will impact the economy
• US Senator John McCain to miss key tax vote: reports
• Conservative ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile election

Wisconsin father gets 6 months in jail after beating 2-month-old daughter, breaking bones Posted: 18 Dec 2017 09:54 AM PST A Wisconsin father has been sentenced to six months in jail for beating his 2-month-old daughter, breaking her bones and causing bleeding in her brain. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Somali security forces arrest former minister in raid Posted: 18 Dec 2017 09:15 AM PST By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali security forces have arrested a former minister and outspoken government critic after clashing with his bodyguards during an overnight raid on his home, the security ministry said on Monday. Abdirahman Abdishakur was a candidate in a February election won by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed whose United Nations-backed government faces growing pressure over its failure to put an end to an Islamist militant insurgency. Abdishakur was arrested for treason, a spokesman for the Internal Security Ministry Abdiasis Ali told reporters at a news conference, without giving more details. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Diddy Wants To Buy The Panthers, Then Hire Colin Kaepernick As Quarterback Posted: 18 Dec 2017 06:47 AM PST Hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs says he's going to try to buy the Carolina Panthers and possibly hire Colin Kaepernick, the out-of-work quarterback who popularized the "take a knee" protests for racial justice. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan's Quetta before Christmas, killing nine Posted: 18 Dec 2017 05:10 AM PST By Gul Yousafzai and Asif Shahzad QUETTA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers stormed a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding up to 56, officials said, in the latest attack claimed by Islamic State in the country. Police guards stationed at the church entrance and on its roof killed one of the bombers but the second attacker detonated his explosives-filled vest outside its prayer hall just after Sunday services began in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, said Sarfraz Bugti, the provincial home minister. Baluchistan police chief Moazzam Jah said there were nearly 400 worshippers in the church for the pre-Christmas service. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Power outage at busiest airport sparks wave of cancellations Posted: 18 Dec 2017 03:36 AM PST Atlanta's airport, the busiest in the world, was hit by a power outage on Sunday that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled. "Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sustained a power outage shortly after 1:00 pm today," the airport said in a statement. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it had put a "ground stop" on flights inbound for Atlanta, meaning they are held at the airports from which they were to depart. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Firefighters Take Advantage of Calmer Winds to Dig In and Contain Californian Wildfires Posted: 18 Dec 2017 01:21 AM PST "Everything's holding really well," fire information officer Lisa Cox said This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

President Trump Denies He's Considering Firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller Posted: 17 Dec 2017 11:04 PM PST President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller even as his administration was again forced to grapple with the growing Russia probe that has shadowed the White House for much of his initial year in This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

How the GOP tax plan will impact the economy Posted: 17 Dec 2017 09:05 PM PST Former Bush Council of Economic Advisers chair Glenn Hubbard and New York Times columnist and ABC News contributor Paul Krugman debate how the sweeping GOP tax plan will impact the economy on "This Week." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

US Senator John McCain to miss key tax vote: reports Posted: 17 Dec 2017 07:47 PM PST US Senator John McCain will miss a key vote on the Republican tax bill, further narrowing the already-thin margin of support for the controversial measure, US media reported Sunday. The legislation, which will slash corporate taxes as well as cutting those for individuals, has been criticized as primarily benefiting the wealthy. The measure is President Donald Trump's last shot at a major legislative accomplishment in his first year in office. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Conservative ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile election Posted: 17 Dec 2017 07:09 PM PST SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile's presidential runoff election Sunday, moving the world's top-copper producing country back to the right in the footsteps of other Latin American nations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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