Lawyer: ‘Appalled’ by FBI warrant that shook Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI warrant that shook Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in its final two weeks has been unsealed, and the lawyer who requested it says it offers “nothing at all” to merit the agency's actions leading up to the Nov. 8 election.

Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic  —  President Obama announced on Tuesday what he called a permanent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along wide areas of the Arctic and the Atlantic Seaboard as he tried to nail down an environmental legacy that cannot quickly be reversed by Donald J. Trump.

Access to Donald Trump, for $500,000: Pitfalls for Presidents' Families  —  The invitation made an extraordinary offer: Donors willing to write a check for $500,000 to $1 million would be granted access to Donald J. Trump the day after he is sworn in as president, along with the opportunity …

Bill O'Reilly: “Abolishing The Electoral College” Is “All About Race”  —  BILL O'REILLY: Abolishing the Electoral College, that is the subject of tonight's Talking Points Memo.  After Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, the left in America is demanding that the Electoral College system put into place in 1787 be scrapped.

Man accused of Ithaca homicide: ‘I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly’  —  ITHACA, N.Y. — An Ithaca man accused of killing a UPS driver from Candor said in court Monday afternoon that not only did he believe he shot and killed Donald Trump …

Metallica singer James Hetfield says he moved out of San Francisco because he was ‘sick of the elitist attitudes’ and 'showing up with a deer on the bumper doesn't fly in Marin County'  —  James Hetfield, the co-founder and lead singer for the successful heavy metal band Metallica …

Poll: Women Should Be Punished for Abortions, Say 39 Percent of Trump Voters  —  In an online survey, 39 percent of 2,000 self-identified Donald Trump voters reported that they thought women should be punished for seeking abortions if the procedure is ever banned in the U.S. A full 60 percent …

This Deep Sea Fisherman Posts His Discoveries on Twitter and OH MY GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE  —  Roman Fedortsov is a deep sea fisherman in Russia.  And he's been taking photos of OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?  —  Seriously, I just took a quick three-minute scroll through Fedortsov's Twitter page …

Luxury Travel Group Gives Trump's DC Hotel a Brutal Review  —  Before the Trump International Hotel opened, Donald Trump liked to brag that the business he and his family built inside the Old Post Office would be “one of the great hotels of the world.”  —  But according to a year-end list …

Texas officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid  —  Texas health officials on Tuesday delivered a final legal notice to nix the funding Planned Parenthood receives through the Medicaid program.  —  After more than a year of delays, Texas is officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state's Medicaid program.

The head of Trump's inauguration explains what's going on with Andrea Bocelli  —  Donald Trump did not ask his friend Andrea Bocelli to perform at his inauguration, the chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee said Tuesday in response to reports that the singer turned the president-elect down.

Sex will be just for special occasions in the future as robots will satisfy everyday needs  —  Sex between married couples will increasingly be saved for special occasions as robots step in to satisfy everyday needs, experts have predicted.  —  Use of artificial intelligence (AI) …

Trump's Sons Might Be the Ones to Sink Him  —  Plus, his national security advisor met with an Austrian far-right leader.  —  The Center For Public Integrity, which is probably hiring at a frenzied pace at the moment, would like you all to sing along.  —  Gimme the beat, boys …

The Scientific Basis of Guideline Recommendations on Sugar Intake: A Systematic Review FREE  —  Jennifer Erickson, RD (*); Behnam Sadeghirad, PharmD, MPH (*); Lyubov Lytvyn, MSc; Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD; Bradley C. Johnston, PhD … Abstract  —  Background:

Flight controller accidentally sends jet on course toward Mt. Wilson after LAX takeoff  —  In this Nov. 27 photo, a plane takes off at Los Angeles International Airport.  On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating another plane that flew north instead of south.

Twitter will hand over data on the user who sent a seizure-inducing tweet to a journalist  —  Four days ago, an unidentified Twitter user tweeted a seizure-inducing animation at Newsweek and Vanity Fair writer Kurt Eichenwald, who has epilepsy.  Now, Eichenwald has taken the first step toward identifying the user.

Manchin on WV opioid abuse: ‘We need to declare a war on drugs’  —  Manchin: opioid pills prescribed 'like M&M's'  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin called for a new “war on drugs” Tuesday to combat the opioid crisis striking his state of West Virginia, eagerly adopting …

Russia Missing from Trump's Top Defense Priorities, According to DoD Memo  —  Meanwhile, Pentagon brass say Moscow is the No. 1 threat to the United States.  —  A Pentagon memo outlining the incoming Trump administration's top “defense priorities” identifies defeating the Islamic State …

Tech companies ‘profit from ISIS,’ allege families of Orlando shooting victims in federal lawsuit  —  In June, a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a horrific spate of violence at a gay nightclub in Orlando.  Now, the families of some of the victims are suing Google …

Russian Cyberforgers Steal Millions a Day With Fake Sites  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a twist on the peddling of fake news to real people, researchers say a Russian cyberforgery ring has created more than half a million fake internet users and 250,000 fake websites to trick advertisers …