| Health care fight raises concerns about Paul Ryan’s political skills Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:15 PM PDT  Paul Ryan's leadership has long been questioned by Republicans who think he's politically naïve, and the current health care fight is raising new concerns about Ryan's political savvy, as the Republican speaker of the House faces the toughest test of his career. The Wisconsin Republican has always prioritized ideas and policy details above political strategies, and that's often been part of his appeal. The latest example: As the GOP health care bill came under fire last week, Ryan held an on-camera briefing with reporters and conducted a half-hour seminar on the details of the legislation.
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| Explosive device discovered at Port Authority Bus Terminal, suspect arrested Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:34 PM PDT  A man with an extensive criminal record allegedly planted an explosive device at New York City's bustling Port Authority Bus Terminal during rush hour on Wednesday. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) said several officers responded to a report of a suspicious bag at Deli Plus, an eatery inside the bus station, at 5:18 p.m. The deli caters to commuters in the south wing of the terminal's main concourse, which is located one block from Times Square. Arsenio Mason, 39, a resident of Jersey City, N.J., was arrested at 8 p.m. — roughly three hours after the officers first responded.
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| Let them NOT eat cake: Venezuelan bakers face the president in ‘bread war’ Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:32 PM PDT  An organization that represents Venezuela's baking industry is pushing back against President Nicolas Maduro's crackdown on bakeries and bakers, whom he has blamed for the country's bread shortage. Earlier this week Maduro charged that bakers are waging a "bread war" by illegally using government-imported flour to make expensive sweet breads and croissants.
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| Cuts to poverty programs are 'as compassionate as you can get,' Trump budget chief says Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:22 PM PDT  When asked if the proposed budget President Trump rolled out was "hard-hearted," Office of Management and Budget Director Mark Mulvaney responded by saying it was "focusing on the recipients of the money and the folks who give us the money in the first place."
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| US demands 'immediate end' to Russian annexation of Crimea Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:00 PM PDT  The United States reiterated its condemnation of Russia's annexation of Crimea, vowing to maintain related sanctions until Moscow returns the strategic Black Sea peninsula to Ukraine. "Crimea is a part of Ukraine. The United States again condemns the Russian occupation of Crimea and calls for its immediate end," said acting US State Department spokesman Mark Toner in a statement marking the three-year anniversary of Moscow's takeover of Crimea.
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| What's Barack Obama Doing Now? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:07 AM PDT  On Tuesday night, Obama was at Noi Thai Cuisine at Honolulu's Royal Hawaiian Center having dinner with his friends and sister.
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| Philippine lawmaker seeks to impeach Duterte over drug fight Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:20 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine lawmaker filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday because of the thousands of deaths in his anti-drug crackdown and alleged corruption, although the bid faces an uphill battle with Duterte's allies holding an overwhelming majority in Congress.
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| McDonald's Twitter account goes rogue, blasts ‘disgusting’ Trump Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:07 AM PDT  A salty tweet, sent and quickly deleted Thursday, from one of McDonald's official Twitter accounts attacked President Trump and longed for the return of his predecessor. "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands," the tweet from the company's @McDonaldsCorp account declared. The sudden shift into political commentary was most likely the result of a hack or a rogue intern or staffer as evidenced by the tweet's swift removal.
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| 3 Takeaways from the Dutch Election Results Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Far-right populism doesn't win the day (yet), lefties make big gains, and now we look to France.
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| Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:30 AM PDT ![Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York]( "Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York") The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday a laptop was stolen from an agent's car in New York City but that such agency-issued computers contain multiple layers of security and are not permitted to contain classified information. ABC News, citing law enforcement sources, said the laptop contained floor plans for Trump Tower, details on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and other national security information. The New York Daily News, citing police sources, said authorities had been searching for the laptop since it was stolen on Thursday morning from the agent's vehicle in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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| Photos of the day - March 17, 2017 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 10:44 AM PDT ![Photos of the day - March 17, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 17, 2017") A woman and a child get rescued after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru; President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.; and a boy joins other participants in the St. Patrick's Day parade on the streets of Dublin, Ireland.
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| Cuts to poverty programs are ‘as compassionate as you can get,’ Trump budget chief says Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:16 PM PDT  Mulvaney took questions at the daily press briefing about the administration's budget proposals, which call for deep cuts to virtually all federal programs except the military, homeland security and the Veterans Administration. "It is difficult to imagine a scenario in which they will not be significantly and negatively impacted if the president's budget were enacted," Meals on Wheels spokeswoman Jenny Bertolette told CNN on Thursday.
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| French teen school shooter tackled by 'hero' teacher Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:53 PM PDT  A disturbed teenager with guns and grenades opened fire in a school in southern France on Thursday, slightly wounding four people, officials said, rattling nerves in a country scarred by jihadist attacks. Investigators said the boy, a student at the Alexis de Tocqueville high school in the hillside town of Grasse, was carrying a small arsenal of weapons as well as a homemade explosive device in a bag. Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said "heroic" actions by the school's head teacher appeared to have helped prevent greater bloodshed.
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| Wal-Mart Supplier Issues Massive Recall Posted: 17 Mar 2017 04:02 AM PDT  A Vernon, California, supplier to Walmart Stores issued a recall of frozen pizza over possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday.
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| Egyptian statue recently unearthed is not Ramses II Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:49 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said Thursday.
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| BBC team among injured in Etna volcano drama Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:49 AM PDT  Ten people were injured by flying rock and lava after Mount Etna, Europe's biggest active volcano, burst into life on Thursday, according to a BBC journalist and others caught up in a terrifying drama on the upper slopes. The 10 suffered minor burns, cuts and bruises and six were hospitalised. German volcanologist Boris Behncke described on his Facebook page how the explosion was triggered by a build-up of steam after molten lava overran a layer of snow.
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| The ‘Ides of Trump’ postcard campaign wants to pink-slip the president Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:27 AM PDT  For months a project called the Ides of Trump has been organizing people to meet in small groups to compose postcards to the president. The postcards probably won't arrive for a day or two, so we don't know yet how successful the campaign was, but as of Thursday, Donald Trump was still president.
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| Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:02 AM PDT ![Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict?]( "Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict?") Having successfully propped up the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against an array of armed rebel groups for more than six years, Iran appears to be preparing the ground for a long-term presence in the war-ravaged country, causing rising alarm in neighboring Israel, its bitter foe, and garnering the attention of Washington. Iran has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buttress Syria's economy, oversees a multi-national Shiite militia force to bolster Mr. Assad's flagging army, and trains Syrian militia networks based on Iran's Basij paramilitary volunteer force.
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| Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:49 PM PDT ![Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists]( "Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists") By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef will never recover from the impact of unseasonably warm waters, scientists said on Thursday, as more of the World Heritage Site comes under renewed threat from a recent spike in sea temperatures. Warm seas around the reef killed some two-thirds of a 700 kilometer (496.4 miles) stretch of coral last year after warm water caused the coral to expel living algae, triggering it to calcify and turn white, a process known as bleaching. "Given time, coral can recover from bleaching but the problem comes when you get repeated events.
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| Break in the Case? Cops Searching Property Where Bodies of Indiana Hikers Were Found Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:07 PM PDT  The property owner, Ron Logan, has been arrested on an unrelated probation violation.
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| 2017 Audi RS3 Sedan Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PDT  No ordinary small Audi.
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| Alexa Now Part Of Amazon iOS App Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:10 PM PDT  Amazon just updated its official app for iOS to include its smart voice assistant Alexa.
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| New York court to determine if chimp is legally a person Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights?
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| Queen authorises British PM to begin Brexit Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:34 AM PDT  Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent on Thursday to a bill empowering British Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty and begin the process of leaving the European Union. May has said she will send a letter to the European Council informing them of Britain's decision to leave the bloc by the end of March, following a majority vote for Brexit in last year's referendum. The House of Commons speaker John Bercow announced the final go-ahead in the parliamentary chamber, prompting cheers from ruling Conservative Party MPs.
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| Trump tried to share a proverb for St. Patrick's Day and it didn't go very well Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:26 PM PDT  After an Ireland-centric day including meetings with its prime minister, Enda Kenny, Donald Trump attempted to bestow some wisdom by sharing his favorite proverb of "many years." Only, as Twitter users quickly pointed out, it wasn't a proverb. And it wasn't Irish. SEE ALSO: The timeline of the Trump campaign's many statements on who wrote Melania's speech "As we stand together with our Irish friends, I'm reminded of that proverb—and this is a good one, this is one I like. I've heard it for many many years and I love it," Trump said at the Friends of Ireland luncheon in Washington, D.C. on the eve of St. Patrick's Day. "Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you," he said. "A lot of us know that, we know it well," he added. "It's a great phrase." Users on Twitter, including some who said they were from Ireland and had never heard the adage, were quick to search the quote online and found it attributed to a Nigerian man, Albashir Adam Alhassan. The poem "Remember to Forget" is posted under his name on poemhunter.com. It's also, however, listed as an "Old Irish Blessing" by user "GingerSnips" at scrapbook.com. Joanne Tuttle too has claimed it as part of her online book Crystal Inspirations. Roy B. Zuck added it to his 1977 book, The Speaker's Quote Book: Over 5,000 Illustrations and Quotations for All Occasions, also available online. Trump didn't explicitly say the words he was about to share with his "Irish friends" were Irish, to be fair, though it's pretty clear the rhyme is less of a proverb and more one of those unattributable quotes you find on a 1970s wall hanging in a thrift store in Omaha. The author of Trump's Irish proverb is possibly this business manager from Nigeria? https://t.co/bxSgs8yCj4 — Paul M❤️l❤️ney (@oceanclub) March 16, 2017 With all due respect to the president's reputation for scrupulously checking his sources, I don't think this is an Irish proverb. https://t.co/1EvGGMsE9r — The Irish For (@theirishfor) March 16, 2017 Have literally never heard this in my entire life. https://t.co/3gSBhbvdl2 — Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) March 16, 2017 As an Irish person I can safely say I have never, ever heard this proverb #trump #paddywhackery https://t.co/bvEzDjSNse — Andrew McDermott (@AndrewMcD999) March 16, 2017 OK I've found trump's 'irish' proverb. pic.twitter.com/ZsWPUvqDDL — cólz (@colz) March 16, 2017 Someone on Trump's team just Googled 'irish proverb' and hoped for the best. pic.twitter.com/xmNHFdq7ER — ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) March 16, 2017 This is utter bollocks Trump'Irish proverb' my arse https://t.co/kK4BEUbxHD — Planet Belfast (@Planet_Belfast) March 16, 2017 Trump's Irish Proverb may have been written by Albashir Adam Alhassan but to be fair it IS in the second Google hit for "Best Irish Proverb" pic.twitter.com/53sXOi1EHr — Cabel Sasser (@cabel) March 16, 2017 "Irish Proverb" me hole. https://t.co/dWLregquCs — mark little (@marklittlenews) March 16, 2017 Awkward. Rethinking those proposed budget cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts yet? WATCH: Ed Sheeran is set to make a tour stop in Westeros
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| US promises new North Korea plan after two decades of 'failure' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:18 AM PDT  The United States on Thursday vowed a fresh strategy to counter the North Korean nuclear threat, admitting that all previous efforts had failed. During a visit to Japan at the start of an Asian tour, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he would urge China to play its part in reining in its neighbour. In his first foray into crisis diplomacy, the new US envoy wants to reassure key Asian allies that Washington stands with them in the face of the accelerating nuclear and missile threats.
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| Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:02 PM PDT ![Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor]( "Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor") Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday replaced a local prosecutor who declared she would not seek the death penalty in a case against a man accused of killing an Orlando police officer and refused to recuse herself. In an executive order, Scott removed State Attorney Aramis Ayala, the elected prosecutor in central Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit, and reassigned the murder case to State Attorney Brad King of the nearby Fifth Judicial Circuit. Ayala, at a news conference earlier on Thursday, said Florida's death penalty system was the cause of "legal chaos" and said she would not seek the death penalty against Markeith Loyd, charged in the Jan. 9 shooting of the policewoman.
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| Americans take to the air against ISIS Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PDT ![Americans take to the air against ISIS]( "Americans take to the air against ISIS") U.S. forces engage in coalition operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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| Woman Celebrating 21st Birthday Killed After NYPD Traffic Agent Drunkenly Crashes Car: Cops Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Amanda Miner, who turned 21 Wednesday, was in the back seat of a grey 2013 Infiniti sedan when it slammed into the median of the Williamsburg Bridge.
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| 5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:10 AM PDT ![5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas]( "5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas") If you haven't locked in your spring break travel plans, there's still time to plan a cost-effective family getaway in a unique locale. From alluring beach getaways to spring skiing destinations, here are five kid-approved vacation ideas to jumpstart your search. Florida practically invented spring break in the 1930s, when it was promoted as an ideal training ground for college athletes.
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| Otters frolic in the snow at Chicago aquarium Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:18 AM PDT  Otters enjoy a snow day at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, having a ball jumping, sliding and rolling around in the snow.
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| Canine shelter takes on Tehran stray dog problem _ humanely Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:11 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On a cold winter morning in the Iranian capital recently, a homeless dog lay basking in the sun's rays for warmth. Suddenly, the canine moaned — it had been shot with an anesthetic dart from a blowpipe. It ran several steps, then fell immobilized.
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| Trump Budget To Hurt New York Counterterrorism Funding Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:31 PM PDT  Police Commissioner James O'Neill says virtually all federal funding for such things as bomb squad and active shooter training would disappear.
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| Greek anarchists 'likely' behind IMF Paris letter bomb Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:55 AM PDT  Investigators suspect a Greek anarchist group was behind a letter bomb that injured an IMF secretary in Paris on Thursday, the day after an explosive device was found in Berlin, sources close to the probe said. Fragments of Greek stamps were found at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where the letter bomb exploded, leaving the secretary with injuries to her face and hands. A far-left Greek group called Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is "likely behind" the Paris attack, a Greek police source told AFP in Athens.
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| At sentencing, woman says kidnap once called hoax was 'hell' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:33 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony Thursday before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and bizarre that police initially dismissed it as a hoax.
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| The iPhone 8 is causing problems months before it’s even announced Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:29 PM PDT 
For every year in recent memory, the iPhone has been the phone to beat. Some years Samsung pulls it off, other years their ambitions, uh, go up in flames. Things are looking even more critical than usual this year: the iPhone 8 is slated to be a bigger change and a bigger deal than usual for Apple, while Samsung is looking to rebound from a disastrous 2016.
One sign that Apple is taking the iPhone 8 seriously are the supply-chain rumors surrounding OLED displays. Organic light-emitting diode screens are known for having better contrast, deeper blacks and superior energy efficiency compared to traditional LCDs, which is why Samsung and other manufacturers have used them for years. Apple has not, preferring to stick with the tech it knows and loves. But for 2017, things are changing, and Apple is throwing a wrench in everyone else's works. There's a limited number of OLED displays produced by manufacturers every year, and a new report suggests Apple has captured 14% of the supply. That's enough to cause shortages for other manufacturers like Huawei, which is reportedly unable to secure a supply of OLED displays for its phones this year. Samsung is believed to be Apple's supplier. Samsung itself produces OLED panels in-house, so the supply of OLED for Samsung's devices is secure. According to Digitimes,"about 70% of global output of OLED panels in 2017-2018, mainly from Samsung Display, will be consumed by Samsung Electronics and Apple, therefore limiting the supply of OLED panels to other smartphone vendors, said the sources." That's a problem for every company not named Samsung or Apple. The report says that Oppo and Vivo have supply of OLED panels locked down already thanks to pre-existing orders, but other manufacturers are going to be out of luck. That's actually rather bad news for consumers, as a lack of OLED panels means competing phones will be worse. That means we're faced with another year of choosing between Samsung, Apple, and no one else. The screen is a particularly important component this year in particular, because smartphone design is moving to take away bezels and make devices entirely out of screen. We've already seen this no-bezel approach with the LG G6 this year, and the Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8 are both expected to have an edge-to-edge display with no bezel, and no home buttons either.
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| Trump budget would slash cleanup of hazardous waste sites by 30 percent Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:53 AM PDT ![Trump budget would slash cleanup of hazardous waste sites by 30 percent]( "Trump budget would slash cleanup of hazardous waste sites by 30 percent") The White House budget proposal submitted to Congress on Thursday includes a 31 percent cut in spending for the U.S. Environmental Protecting Agency, including a similar reduction of the agency's Hazardous Substance Superfund Account by $330 million to $762 million. The Superfund program, started in 1980, has been criticized over the years for its slow efforts to clean up hazardous waste sites, which now number more than 1,300 around the country. Proponents argue that the EPA fights with one arm tied behind its back because its budget has been halved from $2 billion in recent years, while critics say what they characterize as a bloated bureaucracy should step out of the way and allow the states and private sector do the job faster, cheaper and more effectively.
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| Mexico authorities complicit in mass grave: prosecutor Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:46 PM PDT  The top prosecutor for the blood-stained Mexican state of Veracruz accused authorities here Thursday of being complicit in recently discovered mass graves containing at least 242 bodies. The gruesome find in a remote field in the eastern state was made over a six-month period, starting in August when mothers searching for their missing children discovered the first of the clandestine graves. "It's impossible that nobody realized what was happening here, with vehicles coming and going," said the prosecutor, Jorge Winckler Ortiz.
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| The Polar Express: Amtrak Train Kicks Up Waves of Snow as It Pulls into Station Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:14 AM PDT  The video was posted Wednesday after the massive storm hit the Northeast.
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| Map Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Health Across US Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:40 AM PDT  "Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making Americans sicker," Dr. Mona Sarfaty, the director of the new group, called the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, said in a statement. But few Americans are aware of the impact climate change has on health, according to the report. Only about a third of Americans can name a specific way climate change affects people's health, according to the report.
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| 20 Best Trader Joe's Finds Under $5 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Pick up these Eat This, Not That!-approved foods next time you hit up this budget-friendly grocery store.
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| Teen Finds 7.44 Carat Diamond In Crater Of Diamonds, Arkansas Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:51 AM PDT  The officials also said that this was the seventh largest diamond to be discovered since the establishment of the park in 1972.
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| Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PDT ![Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec]( "Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec") Eerie photographs reveal a warship graveyard in Landévennec, France, the final home for Cold War boats before they are scrapped. Rusting replica missiles and dentist chairs still remain on the abandoned ships, formerly used during the war years.
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| HHS Secretary Tom Price is confronted about Planned Parenthood Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:18 AM PDT  At CNN's town hall Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discussed the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. He took questions from people worried about defunding Planned Parenthood.
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| White House resists GOP pressure, stands by wiretap claim Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday stood by President Donald Trump's unproven accusations that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper, despite growing bipartisan agreement that there's no evidence to back up the claim and mounting pressure to retract the statement.
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| Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:23 PM PDT ![Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials]( "Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials") Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank opened fire at Palestinian protesters throwing stones at them on Friday, killing a 16-year-old, the Palestinian health ministry said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said Palestinians had been throwing firebombs at vehicles traveling near the city of Hebron and that Israeli soldiers had been in immediate danger and fired at a suspect. At least 239 Palestinians have been killed in Israel and the Palestinian Territories in a period of sporadic violence that began in October 2015 but has tapered off in recent months.
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