President-elect Donald Trump is again distancing himself from the alt-right movement as its white supremacist members claim his election as a boon for their agenda.

"I disavow and condemn them," Trump said Tuesday during a wide-ranging interview with staff members of The New York Times.

It's the latest attempt from Trump to separate himself from groups and individuals widely condemned for their advocacy of white supremacy in American culture.

The Republican president-elect added that he does not want to "energize" the groups, one of which garnered viral headlines this weekend with a gathering in Washington, where organizers and attendees evoked Adolf Hitler's Third Reich with cries of "Heil Trump!" and reprisals of the Nazi salute. The Times has not yet released a full transcript or video of the meeting, but participants used Twitter to share Trump's remarks throughout the exchange.

Richard Spencer, an alt-right leader who convened the weekend gathering sponsored by his National Policy Institute, told the Associated Press he was "disappointed" in Trump's comments. But Spencer said he understands "where he's coming from politically and practically," adding that he will "wait and see" how the real estate mogul's administration takes shape.

Still, Spencer argued Trump needs the alt-right movement and should be wary of shunning it because of a few news cycles of bad publicity "that do not define what we're doing." Spencer said Trump needs people like him "to actualize the populism that fueled his campaign."

Trump's denunciation also comes amid continued criticism over his naming of Steve Bannon, who managed the final months of the billionaire businessman's presidential campaign, as chief White House strategist. Bannon was previously the leader of Breitbart News, an unapologetically conservative outlet that Bannon has described as a "platform for the alt-right."

At the Times, Trump said Breitbart "is just a publication" that "covers subjects on the right" and is "certainly a much more conservative paper, to put it mildly, than The New York Times."

Before Trump's latest denunciations, Spencer told the AP earlier Tuesday that he doesn't see either Trump or Bannon as members of his movement, though "there is some common ground."

Spencer said he and like-minded "identitarians" — his preferred label for white identity politics — see Trump's election as validating their view that the U.S. is flailing because it has embraced multiculturalism and political correctness at the expense of its European heritage.

Spencer said "without an intellectual vanguard" that white nationalists can provide, Trump would have a "meaningless" tenure mired in the "mainstream conservative movement" that he's railed against. "The whole promise of his campaign was that he wouldn't do that," Spencer said.

Throughout his campaign, white nationalists have embraced Trump's hard-line approach on immigration and other issues. He sometimes used his Twitter account to distribute comments and links from white supremacist accounts, including a famous quotation from Benito Mussolini, the 20th century fascist leader of Italy.

The president-elect's son, Donald Trump Jr., also became a flashpoint by using social media to distribute imagery with xenophobic or racist connotations. In September, the younger Trump posted a doctored image of himself, his father and several other prominent Trump allies next to Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that Spencer chose as a mascot for his movement. Trump Jr. also retweeted an academic who argued that anti-Semitism is a "logical" response to a belief that Jews control the world's banks.

In February, the elder Trump refused during a CNN interview to denounce the Ku Klux Klan and one of its former leaders, David Duke, saying he "didn't know anything" about Duke. Initially, he said a faulty earpiece left him unable to hear the questions clearly, but days later he issued a clearer condemnation.

"David Duke is a bad person," Trump said in an MSNBC interview. "I disavowed the KKK," he added. "Do you want me to do it again for the 12th time?"

The husband of a police detective has been charged with her murder after the mother-of-three's body was discovered in a lake.

Leanne McKie, 39, a serving Greater Manchester Police officer, was found dead in Poynton Park, Cheshire on Friday.

Her husband, fellow officer Darren McKie, was arrested on suspicion of murder and has now been charged by detectives investigating the case.

The 43-year-old, from Wilmslow in Cheshire, is due before South and East Cheshire Magistrates' Court tomorrow. A spokeswoman for Cheshire Police said: 'Darren McKie was arrested in the early hours of Friday after the body of Leanne McKie was found in a lake at Poynton Park.

'He was subsequently charged with murder today and has been remanded in police custody to appear at South and East Cheshire Magistrates' Court tomorrow.'

Cheshire Police were called to Poynton Park at about 3.45am on Friday after reports of a body, which was soon identified as Mrs McKie.

The mother-of-three joined Greater Manchester Police in 2001 and worked in the force's serious sexual offences unit.

Neighbours said the couple had only moved into their Cheshire home a few weeks ago, after refurbishing the detached property. They had been renting a home nearby while the house was under renovation. One neighbour described Leanne as 'a lovely lady'. 

Earlier on Monday, police said they wanted to speak to a group of four people who walked past the lake off London Road Northat 12.15am on Friday.

Detectives said they were keen to hear from anyone who was in the area around Poynton Park between 11.30pm on September 28 and 3.30am the following day.

They also reiterated their appeal to anyone who believes they may have seen the mother-of-three's red Mini car.

The car's registration reads DA12 DFO, with detectives keen to speak to anyone who caught a glimpse of the vehicle on Thursday or Friday. 

A fitness fanatic who was about to propose to his girlfriend after secretly buying an engagement ring died from heart failure aged just 25.

Sam Standerwick was found dead in a hotel room by friends after a night out in Liverpool, with tests later revealing his arteries had blockages that resembled a patient with a major heart disease.

His heartbroken family revealed he had put off a trip to the doctor before the night out even though he had been recently complaining of heart palpitations.  

Before he left he told his parents he loved them and said he would see them the following day - but he went to sleep and never woke up.

After he died the engagement ring was found among his possessions at the Arthouse Hotel - revealing he had been planning to propose to his girlfriend Kim Fisher, 22. His devastated father Adrian said: 'His heart just didn't have enough power to keep going and just stopped beating in his sleep.

'We just couldn't believe it. We had nine weeks to wait for the inquest and it was driving us crazy thinking: "What is this? Did someone inject him with drugs? Was it a brain aneurysm?". He had gone to sleep and just never woken up.

'It's heartbreaking. If I knew then what I know now, Sam would still be here.'

Sam, from Conwy, North Wales, who worked at his father's CCTV business and was planning to set up his own firm, had been suffering from heart palpitations for months before he died on December 17 last year.

A coroner's report later revealed the seemingly healthy young man, who worked out most nights and was obsessive about his diet, had a 70 per cent blockage in his coronary artery - something commonly seen in people with major heart disease. Adrian said: 'The night before he was suffering from heart palpitations, something he had been saying about for a little while every now and again.

'My wife said to him: 'You need to get checked over. I will book you an appointment at the doctor's for tomorrow'.

'He said: "I'm out with the lads in Liverpool tomorrow, I will do it next week".

'He got ready to go out to Liverpool. He said: "Love you mum, love you dad, see you tomorrow" and went on his night out.

'At 25, you would never think that anything's seriously wrong. When Sam walked out of that door that night it was the furthest thing from our minds. We never dreamed something like that would happen.'

'The next day Kim, his girlfriend, phoned us asking if we had heard from him. 

The man suspected of opening fire at concertgoers attending a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night was a local resident with no prior criminal convictions in the state of Nevada.

Stephen Paddock, 64, lived just 90 minutes outside Las Vegas in the city of Mesquite, where he purchased a home in a retirement community for just over $369,000 in 2015 according to public records.

He lived there with his 62-year-old girlfriend Marilou Danley, the same woman police announced they were seeking to question on Sunday night as they began their investigation into the horrific terror attack.

Paddock had both hunting and fishing licenses according to public records, as well as his pilot's license, but no criminal record in the state of Nevada.

The retired accountant had worked as an internal auditor at Lockheed Martin for three years in the late 1980s, and previously managed apartment building complexes in Mesquite, Texas and California.

Paddock was also the son of Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, a serial bank robber who ended up on the FBI Most Wanted list back in 1969 when he escaped from federal prison in Texas while serving a 20 years sentence.

The FBI kept him on the list for the next eight years, and he was eventually found one year after he was removed from the list in 1978 while outside an Oregon Bingo hall.

The agency said that the fugitive had been 'diagnosed as psychopathic' and also had possible 'suicidal tendencies. Paddock had committed suicide by the time police breached the door to the room from which the gunman had opened fire at the Mandalay Bay Resort just after 10pm on Sunday night. 

It marked the end of what has now become the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, which left at least 58 dead and 515 injured.

The attack played out as Jason Aldean performed on stage to close out the third and final day of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, which was taking place across the street from the resort.

Over 22,000 people were in attendance at the event, and described the attack as 'nonstop gunfire,' which only stopped when the gunman went to reload his weapon. 

It is not yet known what weapon or weapons the gunman used in the attack.

Police said in a press conference early Monday that that they discovered in 'excess of 10 rifles' in the room, and that Paddock's death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

Former American football star, robber and double-murder suspect OJ Simpson is a free man - and he can't seem to believe it.

Simpson was spotted at a gas station in Nevada on Sunday after being driven from Lovelock Correctional Center, where he had spent eight-and-a-half-years after an armed confrontation in 2007 until his release just hours before.

Clad in a blue peaked cap, denim jacket, jeans and white sneakers, the disgraced star reacted in good humor when asked how it feels to be free.

'I been in a car for the last five hours, so how do I know how it feels to be out?' he asked, wryly. Simpson was spotted in the back seat of a white SUV, his driver having apparently stepped away from the car. He was unaware of the cameraman until he was asked how he was feeling.

'Man, how in the world-- have y'all been stalking me?' he asked with a chuckle.

Declining to say where he was headed, Simpson continued: 'I been in nowhere USA for the last nine years doing nothing. Nothing has changed in my life! What do you guys - I mean, what do you guys expect? There's nothing changed. 

'God bless, take care, you guys,' he concluded. 'Nothing's changed!'

Simpson, now 70, was sentenced to 33 years in prison in 2008 for robbing a pair of sports memorabilia traders in a Las Vegas hotel room, but won parole in July due to good behavior and other credits earned in custody. 

He was released from the prison, which is located around 90 miles east of Reno, Nevada, after midnight on Sunday morning to avoid media attention.

Nevada state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press that she didn't know who met Simpson upon his release and didn't know where he was immediately headed in his first hours of freedom. The Nevada Board of Parole's conditions for Simpson's parole say that he can't leave the state - to visit or settle - without getting permission first from the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation.

However, it is expected that he will be able to choose another state to live in - and that is likely to be Naples, Florida, as his friend, Thomas Scotto, told the Naples daily news on Sunday.

That not make Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi happy; she told fox and friends on Sunday that Simpson will not be welcome to settle in her state because she's 'never seen such lack of remorse in my entire career.'

Other details of Simpson's probation - which will end in exactly five years, but could be shorter if Simpson displays good behavior, pays his fees and fines on time and studies or works 'diligently' - have also emerged.

Every month he must write a report about his activities to officials, and he cannot associated with convicted felons or anyone engaged in criminal activity. His parole officer is also allowed to prohibit him from associating with anyone else.

The mind is a source of information that runs through the body from head to toe, the first thing your brain tells your body to do is move your toes first or your finger tips, the mind has different ways based around its internal source of data, we can be controlled like a computer that aims the structure that forms the neurological parts of the brain. This gives you more capabilities to intake and remember information on a whole. The mind plays tricks within its thinking ability, people can use your intelligence to make you think different by isolating you in your own surroundedings and this gives you the space to open your brain based around no destructions that would bring a different thinking element to your brain power. People that take drugs are different from people that don't take drugs and people who take drugs hold that belief to think they are stable within them self and hide the disfigured changed that has happened when there brain was normal, The intake of drugs gives you a change in your body chemical reaction that give you a change balance with your body. Why is this because every person has a chemical balance with there mind and body and once that changes you will never be the same again. As a human you would hold some sort of stress or need for that required chemical that gives you the ease of normal level balance within your body. This affects the brain in different ways that is hard to explain unless you Are a doctor that has study to the required level in relation to the human brain. Please views our video in relation to the human brain that would give you a insight in to how our brains work. Ps Cs

Anine-year-old South African child with HIV has surprised experts by showing no symptoms of the virus having had just one year of treatment followed by eight and a half years with no drugs.

This has given hope to the 37 million people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

However, the case is extremely rare and does not suggest a simple path to a cure, experts say.

HIV patients typically have to keep taking antiretroviral (ART) drugs permanently to stop the virus from developing into AIDS. However, this child has no signs of the disease. The child was part of a clinical trial in which researchers were investigating the effect of treating HIV-positive babies in the first few weeks of life, and then stopping and starting the ART medicines while checking whether their HIV was being controlled.

The case was revealed Monday at an AIDS conference in Paris.

"It's a case that raises more questions than it necessarily answers," said Linda-Gail Bekker, president of the International AIDS Society, which is holding the conference in Paris this week.

"It does raise the interesting notion that maybe treatment isn't for life," she said, adding that "it's clearly a rare phenomenon."

Researchers believe that intensive treatment soon after infection could enable long-term remission of the disease. 

Treatment with ART started when the child was almost nine weeks old but was interrupted at 40 weeks when the virus had been suppressed, and the child was monitored regularly for any signs of relapse.

Living with autism can court an endless stream of irksome comments and assumptions. Stuff like 'autistic people are geniuses' - load of old rubbish, for the record. In fact, some are even pants at maths. It's time for people in the know to explain some of the stupid things they'd rather not hear. Although autism awareness and acceptance has increased over the years, people on the spectrum still find themselves faced with questions and comments that make them confused or uncomfortable at best, offended at worst. Those who say them often don’t mean to come across as rude or disrespectful; they just don’t know better or understand what others find hurtful. That’s why people on the spectrum have spoken out on this subject on blogs, videos, and more. Here’s what some of them wish they would stop hearing—and why. Though it certainly comes with its unique challenges, many with autism do not view their disorder as a tragedy. In fact, many believe that’s part of what makes them who they are. Not to mention those on the spectrum often have wonderful strengths, or even advantages over neurotypicals, like attention to detail, genuineness, and fantastic memories. I think purpleaspie put it best; this is like saying “‘I know a neurotypical…person, and you don’t act like he or she does.'” Because autism is a spectrum disorder, everyone with it is different, from their expressions of symptoms to their personalities. Nobody likes stereotypes, not even when they’re more “positive” like this one. Why? Because it can make people who don’t fit this mold feel inadequate. Again, everyone with autism is different and has different skills, abilities, talents, and likes or dislikes. Aside from the fact that this statement is rude in and of itself (oh, the irony!), it’s also untrue for most people on the spectrum. Those with ASD struggle socially because they don’t pick up on the cues neurotypicals inherently get, and as a result, they may come across as rude. This is not the intent for many, however, and if/when they do realize they offended someone, they are often apologetic. Stimming is a common and harmless way for people with autism to deal with too much or too little sensory information. Much like the nervous habits of neurotypicals, it helps keep anxiety and emotions in check. That being said, many people on the spectrum want society to accept stimming in the same way it accepts habits like foot tapping. This one’s in the same vein as number 5.

“If you really want to annoy [people with autism], compare us to Rain Man,” Nicholas Fearn wrote in a Buzzfeed article. Savants are pretty rare, only making up about 10 percent of the autism community. And as Jeanette Purkis puts it, “Intellect is not much of a measure of someone’s value. Whoa, nelly! First of all, many differently-abled people would love to see the “r” word eliminated from the English language altogether. While once a legitimate medical term to describe those with intellectual disabilities, it’s now outdated and incredibly hurtful. Amythest Schaber, a YouTuber with autism, calls this word a slur, and the organization R-Word calls it hate speech.

Second of all, more than half of people with autism have an average or above average IQ. Of course, people with intellectual disabilities are just as valuable and worthy of love as everyone else, but it’s simply not true to say that autism equals intellectual disability. This one seems genuine and innocuous, but some on the spectrum don’t feel comfortable being asked this, and many don’t really understand the question or know how to reply. Kerry Magro, a speaker and author on the spectrum, says, “I’m just who I am. Autism is a part of who I am in many ways and my experience will vary completely to the next person you will meet on the spectrum.” Or put another way: how can you explain something if that’s all you know? 

A better question is one that’s more specific: for example, “What are the unique challenges you face as a person with autism?” Keep in mind, however, that such questions may be more appropriate for people you’ve known for a while. Being talked around is a universally hurtful experience, whether a person is neurotypical or has autism. It’s invalidating. Whether intentional or not, it nonverbally says “Your thoughts don’t matter to me” or “I can’t trust your input on this.” Yes, it is true that some on the spectrum are nonspeaking, but many of them can still communicate. It’s best to assume a person with autism can and will answer you before turning to someone else. And even if they can’t answer you, they can probably understand you, so watch your words around their caregiver, family, or friends!

The number of women killing themselves in the UK has hit its highest level in a decade, while the male suicide rate has fallen, according to new official statistics.

It is the second consecutive year that the rate of women killing themselves has reached a decade-long high, causing the head of Samartians to say it “could be an emerging trend”.

Yet despite the decline in male suicides from 16.8 per 100,000 people in 2014 to 16.6 in 2015, the rate of men killing themselves was three times that of women. According to data from the office of national statistics 1,566 women killed themselves in 2015 — a rate of 5.4 suicides per 100,000 people and an increase from 5.2 the year before and 4.8 in 2013.

The rise in female suicide drove the overall number of suicides to rise slightly from 6,122 in 2014 to 6,188 in 2015. Those women most at risk of killing themselves, as with men, were middle-aged. Women aged between 45 and 59 had the highest suicide rate for the 13th year running at 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2015, a level significantly higher than other age groups.

Samaritans CEO Ruth Sutherland told The Independent it appeared to be the beginning of an "emerging trend" that could be to do with an ever increasing "sandwich" of pressures on women. "The role of women in society is changing, particularly for middle aged women," she said

"Women [are now] caring for children, caring for elderly relatives, they have high pressure at work, relationship strain and money pressures."

She added in a statement: “Suicide is quite possibly the biggest public health issue of our time because of the impact it has on families, workplaces and entire communities.

“Every death is an absolute tragedy leaving devastation in its wake. These figures emphasise the urgency with which we as a society need to work together to prevent needless loss of life.

“We are alarmed by the increase in the number of women taking their own lives and will look carefully at why this might be.

“Suicide is not inevitable, it’s preventable and politicians, employers, health bodies and educators all have a role in identifying and supporting those most at risk. 

Hugh Hefner's body was driven away from his Playboy mansion early Thursday morning to begin the journey to his final resting place next to Marilyn Monroe.

The Playboy founder died of natural causes at the age of 91 on Wednesday night. Around 6.30am on Thursday, two hearses were seen leaving his Holmby Hills mansion. 

Police lined the side of his driveway as the hearses left the residence to take the icon's body to an unknown location. He will eventually be buried in a Los Angeles cemetery next to Monroe - Playboy's first-ever cover star - in a plot that Hefner bought in 1992 for $75,000.

Hefner's second wife, Kimberly Conrad, was also spotted leaving the mansion Thursday morning with their 27-year-old son, Marston. 

Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 ,in Chicago, Illinois, and went on to become a millionaire after founding the influential men's magazine in 1953.

On Wednesday night the official Playboy Twitter account announced: 'American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef.' 

Hefner's death was confirmed in a statement from Playboy Enterprises that said he 'passed away today [Wednesday] from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones'.

His son, Cooper Hefner, who is also the chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, said: 'My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom. 

'He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one of the most recognizable and enduring in history. 

'He will be greatly missed by many, including his wife Crystal, my sister Christie and my brothers David and Marston, and all of us at Playboy Enterprises.  It was also reported that Hefner's wife Crystal Harris will inherit nothing after signing an ironclad prenup before their wedding and was never added to his will. 

On Wednesday night, as news of Hefner's death began to circulate, mourners began to gather at the gates of his Playboy Mansion to pay their last respects. 

In the final years of his life, Hefner - who had begun to suffer back problems - began to fade from view, not wanting to be seen using a walker to move around, or be seen fiddling with his hearing aid.

'It's tough to watch him struggle, but I'm just happy it's physical and not mental,' Cooper told The hollywood reporter in August.

The only photos of Hefner known to have been taken anywhere in 2017 were three photos shared by him and his younger brother Marston on social media in July and August. They showed the family playing backgammon together, and dining out.