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U.S. seeks 'concrete actions' from North Korea before talks
Turkey's Erdogan says Syria's Afrin town under siege, entry imminent
Peace in Our Time on the Korean Peninsula?
Mexico travel warning linked to warring drug cartels
9 Incredible Bars and Restaurants That Used to Be Other Things
Witnesses tell Mueller details of Trump backer's secret meetings
Pennsylvania man signs 16-yr-old out of school, both missing
Kris Kobach Begins To Show Why He Thinks There's Widespread Voter Fraud In Kansas
Mystery Powerball winner to share winnings with charities
There Have Been 756 Copycat Threats Against Schools Since the Parkland Shooting, Group Says

U.S. seeks 'concrete actions' from North Korea before talks

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 01:16 PM PST

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes "concrete actions," the White House said on Friday as it faced criticism for agreeing to talks that would give North Korea international legitimacy. "The president will not have the meeting without seeing concrete steps and concrete actions take place by North Korea, so the president will actually be getting something," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a news briefing.

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Turkey's Erdogan says Syria's Afrin town under siege, entry imminent

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 11:02 AM PST

Turkey's military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town center, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, in what would mark a major advance in Turkey's military operation. Turkey launched its operation, dubbed "Olive Branch", in northern Syria nearly seven weeks ago to sweep the Syrian Kurdish YPG from the Turkish border. Turkey sees the YPG as a terrorist group and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

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Peace in Our Time on the Korean Peninsula?

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 08:49 AM PST

Using negotiations to divide Washington and Seoul and gain time to continue missile and nuclear development are time-honored DPRK strategies. South Korean officials declared that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is prepared to negotiate with the United States over denuclearizing the peninsula and normalizing relations. President Donald Trump declared his policy is working.

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Mexico travel warning linked to warring drug cartels

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 07:56 AM PST

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a new travel alert for Playa del Carmen after an explosion on a tourist ferry left several people hurt. Now, CBS News has learned the reason is a "real crime threat" connected to Mexico's drug cartels. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.

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9 Incredible Bars and Restaurants That Used to Be Other Things

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 07:04 AM PST

Witnesses tell Mueller details of Trump backer's secret meetings

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 03:13 AM PST

Rachel Maddow reports on what is publicly known about about a series of meetings at which Trump officials reportedly tried to set up a back channel of communication with Russia, and notes that a lot more facts are likely known by Robert Mueller...

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Pennsylvania man signs 16-yr-old out of school, both missing

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 12:30 AM PST

Allentown police issued a missing person alert on Wednesday for Kevin Esterly and Amy Yu. A warrant for Esterly's arrest for interference with the custody of children was issued on Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania court records. Investigators said Esterly and Yu had a "secretive relationship," according to court documents seen by the Allentown Morning Call newspaper.

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Kris Kobach Begins To Show Why He Thinks There's Widespread Voter Fraud In Kansas

Posted: 08 Mar 2018 10:46 PM PST

KANSAS CITY, Kan. ― Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) on Thursday offered his first evidence of noncitizens trying to register to vote in a trial challenging a Kansas requirement that people prove their U.S. citizenship to get on the voter rolls. The evidence was a spreadsheet of 38 instances of alleged illegal voter activity in Sedgwick County that Kobach's office had compiled over 18 years, from 1999 to 2017. As of 2016, there were more than 293,000 registered voters in Sedgwick County and over 1.8 million in Kansas.

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Mystery Powerball winner to share winnings with charities

Posted: 08 Mar 2018 04:03 PM PST

Lawyers for the New Hampshire woman who won $559.7 million Powerball jackpot announced her plans for major charitable donations, while fighting in court to keep her anonymous.