| Woman's Elaborate Scheme To Discredit Washington Post 'Dated Back Months': Report Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:48 AM PST  A woman whose effort to trick the Washington Post into believing she had been sexually abused by Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore schemed for months in an elaborate effort to discredit the newspaper and other mainstream media outlets, according to a Post report published Wednesday.
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| Yugoslav war criminal dies after drinking 'poison' to end UN court hearing Posted: 29 Nov 2017 07:56 AM PST  Yugoslav war criminal Slobodan Praljak reportedly died after his 20-year prison sentence was upheld by a UN war crimes tribunal and declaring he had drunk poison.
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| Suspected Tampa Serial Killer is Behind Bars Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:17 AM PST  Tampa police said Wednesday that they are confident a 24-year-old man taken into custody the night before is the man wanted in a string of shooting deaths.
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| Trump Keeps Denying His Sexual Misconduct, But Calls Out Other Alleged Predators Posted: 29 Nov 2017 07:23 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Wednesday quickly responded to the abrupt firing of longtime "Today" show host Matt Lauer after a sexual misconduct allegation, attacking NBC with his favorite anti-media smear.
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| Surveillance video captures missing teen with her soccer coach in gas station Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:48 AM PST  A 17-year-old girl who was last seen at her Florida home on Saturday night was recorded at a gas station in Georgia with her high school soccer coach on Sunday, according to police.
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| Earthquake hits near Dover, Delaware; Shaking felt in major cities along I-95 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:12 PM PST  An earthquake shook the mid-Atlantic late on Thursday afternoon with shaking felt from Washington, D.C. to New York City.
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| Correction: Congress-Sexual Misconduct-Conyers story Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:31 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — In a story Nov. 29 about sexual harassment claims against U.S. Rep. John Conyers, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a congressman who suggested Conyers should resign. He is U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, not Blumenhauer.
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| Randi Zuckerberg Says Alaska Air Staff Enabled Drunk Passenger To Harass Her Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:14 PM PST  Randi Zuckerberg, founder of Zuckerberg Media and sister to the founder of Facebook, is accusing Alaska Airlines staff of enabling a drunk first class passenger to continue harassing her during a three-hour flight, even after she asked for help.
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| Marcus by Goldman Sachs introduces game-changing new lending platform to consumers Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:52 PM PST  Whether you're eighteen or eighty-three, you've probably come to the realization that sometimes things in life just, well, happen.
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| Trump Completely Botches New York Times Attack Over Tax Bill Tweets Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:49 AM PST  President Donald Trump failed miserably Thursday in his attempt to call out the The New York Times for violating its own guidelines.
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| ‘Bully’ who sucker-punched man with cerebral palsy sentenced to prison Posted: 30 Nov 2017 08:24 AM PST  The tears Barry Robert Baker Jr shed in court as he begged for mercy on Wednesday did nothing to change what the judge thought of him. You are a predator," said Judge William P Mahon, of the Court of Common Pleas in Chester County, Pennsylvania, according to the Daily Local News. For his crimes - assault and fleeing authorities - the state generally recommends between three and 14 months in prison, with six months probation.
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| All the Women Who Have Accused Sen. Al Franken of Sexual Misconduct Posted: 30 Nov 2017 11:15 AM PST  Two more women accused Sen. Al Franken of sexual misconduct on Thursday
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| Jared Kushner Was Questioned by Robert Mueller's Team About Michael Flynn Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:43 PM PST  President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators about former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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| Same-sex parental rights case reaches top Mississippi court Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:10 PM PST  PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A lesbian couple who had a son through in-vitro fertilization and later divorced will argue over whether the woman who didn't give birth should have status as a legal parent.
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| 13 Insanely Flavorful Ways To Make Jambalaya Posted: 30 Nov 2017 11:05 AM PST |
| PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff, Who Accused Donald Trump Of Sexual Harassment, Opens Up On Matt Lauer Accusations Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:16 PM PST  Matt Lauer was terminated by NBC News on Wednesday following a complaint alleging 'inappropriate sexual behavior'
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| Foreign visitors to US fall sharply from 2016 Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:44 PM PST  The number of international visitors to the United States through June fell sharply from last year, according to government data released Wednesday. Total foreign visitors fell four percent compared to the first six months of last year, with travelers from Mexico down more than nine percent and from Britain down six percent, but visits from Canada up nearly five percent. Excluding Canada and Mexico, overseas visitors fell nearly six percent, but business travel dropped nearly nine percent compared to a 5.6 percent decline in tourists.
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| How did Joe Scarborough's intern Lori Klausutis die? Here's what the authorities say Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:01 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought a conspiracy theory surrounding one of his frequent critics and media rivals, former congressman and current TV host Joe Scarborough, back into the national spotlight on Wednedsay.
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| Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy declines release from jail during trial Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:11 AM PST  Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy won a court order releasing him from jail to home confinement for the duration of his federal conspiracy and assault trial in Las Vegas, but he has opted to remain locked up on principle, his attorney said on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro has ruled that the 71-year-old cattleman and three others on trial with him, including sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy, may remain essentially under house arrest, rather than behind bars, while the case proceeds in court. Ryan Bundy had already been released from jail to a halfway house earlier this month before he was permitted transfer to detention in the home of a court-approved host for the rest of the trial, which is expected to run through February.
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| Is China Helping North Korea Build Ballistic Missile Submarines? Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:09 AM PST  North Korea may be receiving technical assistance from outside powers to develop its submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) technology. Pyongyang currently has one experimental Sinpo-B diesel electric ballistic missile submarine (SSB) that it uses for testing while a more advanced Sinpo-C is currently thought to be under construction.
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| 'The Walking Dead' Characters Are Killing Zombies All Wrong Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:58 PM PST  In AMC's "The Walking Dead," stabbing a zombie in the head is an efficient and stealthy way to eliminate the undead.
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| The Latest: Keillor says his firing is 'bewildering' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:41 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the firing of Garrison Keillor over an allegation of inappropriate behavior (all times local):
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| Senior Saudi prince freed in $1 billion settlement agreement: official Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:57 AM PST  By Saeed Azhar RIYADH (Reuters) - Senior Saudi Arabian prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, has been freed after agreeing to pay over $1 billion to settle corruption allegations against him, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Miteb, 65, son of the late King Abdullah and former head of the elite National Guard, was among dozens of royal family members, high officials and senior businessmen rounded up this month in a crackdown on graft that has strengthened the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The official, who is involved in the crackdown and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching "an acceptable settlement agreement".
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| China's New J-16D Aircraft Might Have a Terrifying New Military Capability Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:20 AM PST  The United States Navy's EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters are one of a small number of military aircraft types dedicated to the task of jamming—and potentially destroying—hostile radars that could guide deadly surface-to-air missiles against friendly aircraft. This mission is known as Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). Basically, if a modern air force wants to attack an adversary with significant antiaircraft defenses, it needs an effective SEAD game to avoid insupportable losses.
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| MSNBC trolls Trump with clips of Obama saying 'Merry Christmas' after he claims he is 'bringing it back' Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:44 PM PST  President Donald Trump frequently takes credit for inventing a turn of phrase he didn't actually create, and promises to bring back the delights of the old days that may not have ever really left. Now, as the holiday season entering high gear, the President is returning to his promise to start saying "Merry Christmas" in America again. The only problem for Mr Trump is, well, America never really stopped saying Merry Christmas.
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| Louisiana Mother Allegedly Threw Newborn at Boyfriend During Argument, Breaking Infant's Skull Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:29 PM PST  Police have arrested a 24-year-old mother accused her of fracturing her three-week-old son's skull when she allegedly threw the baby during a heated argument with the child's father, PEOPLE confirms
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| Nevada high-rise suspected gunman dead, hostage safe Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:22 PM PST  RENO, Nevada (AP) — A gunman with a hostage opened fire from the eighth floor of a luxury high-rise condominium in Nevada onto the streets below, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
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| We Finally Know Why Adam Driver Hasn't Talked About Emo Kylo Ren Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:30 PM PST  Following the release of "Star Wars: Episode VII," there was a great disturbance in the Force.
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| Dying alone in the world's most populous city Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:05 PM PST  The stench of flesh rotting on a sultry day fills the air as cleaner Hidemitsu Ohshima steps into a tiny Tokyo apartment where a dead man lay decomposing for three weeks. The man, believed to be in his 50s, died alone in a city he shared with tens of millions of other people but no one noticed, making him the latest victim of "Kodokushi" or "dying alone" -- a growing trend in ageing Japan. Kodokushi is a growing problem in Japan, where 27.7 percent of the population is aged over 65 and many people are giving up trying to find partners in middle age, opting instead for a solitary existence.
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| 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS-class: Pretty Again, and Powered by an Inline-Six Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:00 AM PST  Underneath the shapely new skin, a pioneering powertrain.
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| 21 Creole Recipes For The Zestiest Mardi Gras Ever Posted: 30 Nov 2017 10:05 AM PST |
| Israeli, Palestinian killed in two violent incidents Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:26 PM PST  An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents in Israel and the occupied West Bank, officials said. An Israeli man was stabbed to death in the southern Israeli city of Arad in what police said was "most probably a terrorist attack". "The investigation is continuing and police units are searching for the suspect who fled the scene," said a police spokesman.
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| Evidence Mounts Against So-Called Climate Change Hiatus Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:20 AM PST  Evidence is mounting against the so-called climate change hiatus — a period lasting from 1998 to 2012 — when global temperatures allegedly stopped rising as sharply as they had before. This misconception can be explained, in part, by missing temperature data from the Arctic, a new study finds. That seeming pause in rising global temperatures had been used as evidence by climate skeptics to suggest that the Earth wasn't really warming at an unnatural pace.
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| Donald Trump's aides 'terrified' over President's mental health, says Art of the Deal co-author Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:14 AM PST  The co-author of Donald Trump's memoir The Art of the Deal has claimed White House aides are "terrified" over the President's mental health. Tony Schwartz, who shadowed and interviewed Mr Trump over an 18 month period in the 1980s, has been a fierce critic of the 71-year-old since he took office in January. Speaking to MSNBC, Mr Schwartz suggested Mr Trump was "deeply mentally ill" and "no longer connected to reality" following reports the billionaire has been peddling a series of conspiracy theories during private conversations.
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| 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, fit to serve jail term: German court Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:30 AM PST  A former Nazi SS guard known as the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz", now 96, is fit to serve his four-year prison sentence, a German court ruled Wednesday. Oskar Groening was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp. "Based on expert opinion, the superior regional court finds that the convicted individual is fit to serve out the term despite his advanced age", said the court in Celle in northern Germany.
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| Castile's girlfriend reaches settlement over police shooting Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:50 AM PST  ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota city that employed a police officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year has reached a settlement with Castile's girlfriend and her daughter, who were in the car with him when he was killed.
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| Prince William Is Thrilled About His Brother's Engagement, But Not For The Reason You Think Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:58 PM PST  Prince William couldn't be more excited about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement news.
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| AT&T CEO says blackout ban shows company willing to settle U.S. Department of Justice fight Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST  The U.S. Department of Justice last week sued AT&T to block its planned acquisition of Time Warner, saying the combination could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video. "We're prepared to make concessions," AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, said at an Economic Club of New York luncheon. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing hear the case filed by the Justice Department, on Wednesday set the first pre-trial hearing for Dec. 7.
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| SUVs are main attraction at L.A. Auto Show Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:11 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The floor at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show will look a lot like America's roads: full of SUVs.
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