Donald Trump once said Seth Meyers ‘has no talent,’ but, boy, has Trump been good for the comedian; Harry Potter-loving scientists find spider that looks amazingly like the ‘Sorting Hat’, name it Eriovixia gryffindori.; ‘I cried all the way home': Terminally ill 5-year-old dies in Santa’s arms; A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have now arrested her.; Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access protests leaks 176,000 gallons of oil; Police fatally shoot unarmed 73-year-old Calif. man, who family said suffered from dementia; In ‘scorched-earth’ op-ed, a Teen Vogue writer says Trump is ‘gaslighting America’; After Pearl Harbor: How a government official’s baseless claim helped lead to the internment of Japanese Americans; VA facility left dead veteran’s body unattended in shower for 9 hours, report says; Bolton suggests Russian election hacks were ‘false flag’ by Obama administration; Man arrested, charged with hate crime in stabbing of worshiper near Calif. mosque; A Calif. man steals $5 million, spends $1 million on a cellphone game;
 
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‘Star Wars’ isn’t political, says Disney chief responding to boycott by Trump supporters. He’s wrong.
"It is not a film that is, in any way, a political film,” said Disney chief Bob Iger.
Donald Trump once said Seth Meyers ‘has no talent,’ but, boy, has Trump been good for the comedian
"Our take on fair is to say things that are true and that we can back up with facts," explained Meyers.
 
Harry Potter-loving scientists find spider that looks amazingly like the ‘Sorting Hat’, name it Eriovixia gryffindori.
Even J.K. Rowling approves.
 
‘I cried all the way home': Terminally ill 5-year-old dies in Santa’s arms
“He was more concerned with missing Christmas than he was of dying,” Santa Eric Schmitt-Matzen said of the boy.
 
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A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have now arrested her.
Some are now referring to her as the “Saudi Rosa Parks."
 
Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access protests leaks 176,000 gallons of oil
Native American tribes and environmental activists have warned that a similar spill from the Dakota Access pipeline could contaminate water supplies for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
 
Police fatally shoot unarmed 73-year-old Calif. man, who family said suffered from dementia
“My dad did not own a gun. He was a 73-year-old retired grandpa, just living life,” said the man's son.
 
In ‘scorched-earth’ op-ed, a Teen Vogue writer says Trump is ‘gaslighting America’
The magazine's tone shouldn't surprise anyone, say feminist writers.
 
After Pearl Harbor: How a government official’s baseless claim helped lead to the internment of Japanese Americans
The day, 75 years ago this week, the secretary of the Navy, with no evidence, accused Japanese Americans in Hawaii of collaborating in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 
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VA facility left dead veteran’s body unattended in shower for 9 hours, report says
A hospital investigation reported by the Tampa Bay Times finds yet another breakdown at a veterans hospital.
 
Bolton suggests Russian election hacks were ‘false flag’ by Obama administration
The former UN ambassador questioned the CIA's conclusion that Russians hacked Democratic organizations and individuals to boost Trump's chances, claiming the Obama administration had “politicized” intelligence.
 
Man arrested, charged with hate crime in stabbing of worshiper near Calif. mosque
John Matteson, 29, was booked into the Ventura County Jail on two felony counts — making criminal threats and violating the civil rights code — and one misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace by fighting. He is due in court Tuesday.
 
A Calif. man steals $5 million, spends $1 million on a cellphone game
In 2015, model Kate Upton was featured in ad for “Game of War” that aired during the Super Bowl.
 
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