| Trump tweets video of himself slamming and punching ‘CNN’ Posted: 02 Jul 2017 07:57 AM PDT  The footage shows Trump approaching WWE president Vince McMahon outside the ring, knocking him down and punching him in the head before turning to walk away.
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| Road Rage Suspect Who Killed Recent High School Graduate Turns Himself Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:34 AM PDT  David Desper, 28, faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder and reckless endangerment, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said.
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| Minimum Wage Increases Take Effect in Major Cities Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:38 AM PDT  In Washington, D.C., pay went up one dollar to $12.50 an hour. In Chicago, it went up to $11 an hour. And in San Francisco and Los Angeles, pay went up to $14 and $12 an hour, respectively.
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| U.S. lifts laptop restriction for flights from Abu Dhabi Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:54 AM PDT  WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States, saying Etihad Airways had put in place required tighter security measures. Etihad welcomed the decision on Sunday and credited a facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport where passengers clear U.S. immigration before they land in the United States for "superior security advantages" that had allowed it to satisfy U.S. requirements.
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| NBC News Investigation: Sexual Assault On Cruises Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:40 AM PDT  In one case, the alleged victim — who asked that NBC News not share her name — said she was raped by a bartender aboard the cruise.
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| Man Charged With Kidnapping Chinese Scholar Visited 'Abduction101' Website: Feds Posted: 03 Jul 2017 03:00 PM PDT  Yingying Zhang was the daughter of a working-class factory driver from China.
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| Philippines: Marawi hostages forced to loot cash, guns, gold Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:22 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military said Monday that militants aligned with the Islamic State group who seized parts of a southern city forced hostages to loot millions in cash, firearms, ammunition, gold and jewelry from houses and business establishments.
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| Nevada Became 5th State In US With Stores Selling Weed To Public Posted: 02 Jul 2017 04:57 AM PDT  Nevada became the 5th state in the United States to permit the sale of recreational sale of marijuana. Anyone above the age of 21 years and with a valid ID can buy up to an ounce of cannabis.
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| Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city' Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:10 AM PDT ![Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city']( "Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city'") Wing and Gabbie Wong had been thinking about moving abroad even before Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech here on Saturday. "We want to protect our way of life, but it's getting harder year by year," says Mr. Wong, a salesman for a fashion company. Recommended: How much do you know about China?
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| Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:50 AM PDT  Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs.
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| Wife of sick Nigeria's President Buhari to visit him in Britain Posted: 03 Jul 2017 02:51 AM PDT  The wife of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is set to visit him in Britain where he is receiving medical treatment, her spokesman said on Monday, weeks after she last visited him and said he was recovering quickly. The ailing president left Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on May 7 and handed over power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo. It is his second period of medical leave this year, following an absence from January which lasted nearly two months.
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| Stephen Hawking is wrong about runaway greenhouse on Earth and here's why Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:16 AM PDT  Stephen Hawking is a world-renowned theoretical physicist whose landmark contributions to cosmology, general relativity and quantum gravity changed the way we see the universe. SEE ALSO: Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end humankind However, when it comes to climate change, the brilliant physicist is veering on the edge of total inaccuracy. During his interview with the BBC for his 75th birthday celebrations, the Cambridge professor warned that U.S. president Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement may lead to runaway global warming, eventually turning Earth's atmosphere into something resembling Venus. "We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid," Hawking told BBC News. While the prospect of the Earth morphing into Venus makes for a visually striking image, some climate change experts questioned the accuracy of his statement. Among them, Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist and energy systems analyst at Berkeley Earth and Gareth Jones, climate scientist at the Met Office: A good example that even brilliant scientists sometimes say silly things when it's outside their field of expertise (see Nobel disease) https://t.co/QPsmB1bsv0 — Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) July 2, 2017 Unfortunately Stephen Hawking has said this before. Not aware of any evidence for runaway greenhouse on Earth https://t.co/Z0rK27rE7q pic.twitter.com/FHCAtKZVsW — Gareth S Jones (@GarethSJones1) July 2, 2017 The problem with Hawking's answer is that there's no possibility of Venus' runaway greenhouse conditions occurring on Earth as of now (the situation will be different in a billion years with sun becoming 10% brighter). Different story in billions of years time when Sun older and brighter. I suspect our politics will be quite different by then ;-) — Gareth S Jones (@GarethSJones1) July 2, 2017 Hansen's argument The physicist's response may be based on a controversial argument included in famed climate scientist James Hansen's book Storms of my Grandchildren, published in 2009 . In the book, Hansen argues that if we burn all reserves of oil, gas and coal "there is a substantial chance we will initiate the runaway greenhouse". "If we also burn the tar sands and tar shale, I believe the Venus syndrome is a dead certainty," he continues. Scientists think Venus experienced the runaway greenhouse early in its history. Just like the Earth, the planet once had an ocean but being closer to the sun, the atmosphere became so hot that hydrogen could escape from the upper atmosphere. Today, Venus has a think atmosphere that is 96.5% CO2, which keeps its surface at nearly 900°F (482°C), and a surface pressure of 90 bars — as opposed to 1 bar on Earth. Hansen's argument was that the same could happen on Earth based not on the proximity to a brightening sun but from fossil fuel-burning humans. This is because of a positive feedback loop happening now on Earth — carbon dioxide warms the planet through the by trapping more heat in the atmosphere and oceans, causing more water to evaporate into the air, which subsequently amplifies the warming, as water vapor is also a greenhouse gas. Not in a billion years Earlier studies dismissed the possibility of a runaway state as impossible, but a paper published in Nature Geoscience in 2013 argued that "the runaway greenhouse may be much easier to initiate than previously thought." Much easier and theoretically possible, however, doesn't mean it will happen anytime now or for the next billion years, even if we burn all the fossil fuel available. The paper's lead author, Colin Goldblatt of the University of Victoria in British Columbia, explained the conditions according to which the runaway greenhouse could actually happen on this planet: In short, to cause Venus' runaway greenhouse today you'll need ten times the amount of CO2 we could release from burning all the coal, oil, and gas. That will eventually happen as the sun becomes older and brighter, which is "in somewhere between half a billion and a billion years." Hansen himself corrected his theory later on, writing that Venus-like conditions in the sense of 90 bar surface pressure and surface temperature of several hundred degrees "are only plausible on billion-year time scales". It is also worth mentioning that other scientists, such as James Kasting, a geoscientist at The Pennsylvania State University, are still skeptical that an anthropogenic runaway could actually happen. WATCH: Emma Roberts draws Dave Franco in a dress and heels in this crayon masterpiece
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| Starbucks Worker Who Mysteriously Vanished During Break Found Alive Nearly a Week Later Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:13 PM PDT  Allison Cope, 24, a supervisor at Starbucks in Raleigh-Durham International Airport, was located in Virginia Beach, Va., more than 200 miles away.
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| The Latest: Official says staff risked lives during rampage Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:18 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at Bronx Lebanon Hospital (all times local):
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| DOJ's Corporate Crime Watchdog Resigns, Slamming Trump's Conduct Posted: 02 Jul 2017 03:01 PM PDT  Department's compliance counsel says Trump officials are engaging in "conducts I would not tolerate seeing in a company."
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| 8 wounded in France mosque shooting, not terrorism: prosecutor Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:04 PM PDT  Eight people including a girl were lightly wounded late Sunday in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon, the prosecutor's office said, ruling out terrorism. According to initial accounts taken on the spot, at least two men got out of a car around 10:30 pm near the mosque and opened fire, including with a shotgun, the prosecutor's office said. Witness accounts mentioned four men in the car, all hooded.
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| What to Buy on Amazon Prime Day 2017 Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![What to Buy on Amazon Prime Day 2017]( "What to Buy on Amazon Prime Day 2017") Mark your calendars, power up your electronic device of choice and dig out your wallet -- Amazon Prime Day is coming.
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| Doctor Killed in New York Hospital Wasn't Scheduled To Work Day of Shooting Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:50 AM PDT  Dr. Tracy Tam was covering another doctor's shift when she was gunned down by a former hospital employee identified as Dr. Henry Bello.
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| The Latest: Judge: Jail must release critically ill woman Posted: 03 Jul 2017 09:29 AM PDT ![The Latest: Judge: Jail must release critically ill woman]( "The Latest: Judge: Jail must release critically ill woman") FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a mother's effort to visit her critically ill daughter who has been in a Florida jail (all times local):
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| Details of first Putin-Trump meeting not yet settled: Kremlin Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:25 AM PDT  By Denis Dyomkin and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are still discussing the timing of the first face-to-face encounter between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, expected to take place at a G20 summit in Germany later this week, a Kremlin aide said on Monday. Since Trump was elected U.S. president, Russian has been keenly anticipating his first meeting with Putin, hoping it would trigger a reset in U.S.-Russia relations that plunged to post-Cold War lows under Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama.
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| 10 big iPhone 8 revelations from the world’s most trustworthy Apple insider Posted: 03 Jul 2017 07:04 AM PDT 
We can now say with near certainty that Apple will not release an iPhone 8, iPhone 7s, or iPhone 7s Plus this year, and we explained why in a recent post. Apple does have plans to release three new iPhones in 2017, however, and new rumors pop up each day that help paint an increasingly clear picture. We know that the phones we've been calling "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus" will be upgraded versions of last year's iPhone models, though they do reportedly include some big changes to Apple's hardware design. Then, the third new iPhone that people have been calling the "iPhone 8" will sport a bold top-to-bottom redesign and some fantastic new capabilities. What exactly does Apple have in store for its new iPhone lineup in September. A new note from the world's most reliable source of accurate Apple leaks shares 10 big revelations, and we'll cover them all right here. Ming-Chi Kuo is an analyst at KGI Securities in South Korea, and he's known far and wide for his solid track record when reporting on unreleased Apple devices. Kuo covers a lot of ground in his most recent note to clients, and some of the details he shared had already been rumors. A few things will comes as news to Apple fans though, so let's break it down. - Apple plans to release three new iPhone models this year. The first two will feature LCD displays that measure 4.7- and 5.5-inches, while the third will include a 5.8-inch OLED screen.
- The completely redesigned OLED iPhone, which we've all been calling the "iPhone 8," will feature the highest screen-to-body ratio in the world among widely-available smartphones.
- Apple's iPhone 8 will not have a physical home button, though Kuo says that there will not be an embedded fingerprint scanner integrated into the handset's display. Needless to say, this would be very bad news.
- The iPhone 8's front-facing camera setup will support 3D scanning and advanced facial recognition.
- The 4.7-inch "iPhone 7s" will feature a single-lens rear camera and 2GB of RAM.
- The 5.5-inch "iPhone 7s Plus" and the iPhone 8 will feature dual-lens rear cameras and 3GB of RAM.
- All three new iPhone models will reportedly come with either 64GB or 256GB of storage. No third option is mentioned by Kuo.
- Apple's new iPhones will obviously feature Lightning ports, but they'll have embedded USB-C power delivery circuits for faster charging.
- The iPhone 8 will feature upgraded speakers and enhanced stereo sound.
- Apple's iPhone 8 will not launch with as many color options as the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus (and we hope whatever color options are made available only have black front panels).
Kuo believes all three new iPhone models will be unveiled by Apple in September, though the iPhone 8 might not launch until sometime after the other two models. He also thinks 2017 sales will total between 80 million and 85 million units, about half of which will be iPhone 8 models.
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| China, Russia share opposition to U.S. THAAD in South Korea: Xi Posted: 03 Jul 2017 04:41 AM PDT  China has repeatedly stated its opposition to the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system and has called for its deployment to stopped, and the missiles already installed to be removed. China says the system's powerful radar can probe deep into its territory, undermining its security and a regional balance while doing nothing to stop North Korea in its relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them.
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| Total signs major Iran gas deal, defying US pressure Posted: 03 Jul 2017 07:28 AM PDT  French energy giant Total defied US pressure on Monday by signing a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the first by a European firm in more than a decade. Total will invest an initial $1 billion (880 million euros) in the South Pars offshore gas field as part of a consortium with Chinese and Iranian firms. The 20-year project, which will eventually see the firms inject $4.9 billion, is by far the biggest vote of confidence in the Islamic republic since sanctions were lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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| Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:05 AM PDT  The banner had a link to a white supremacist website
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| 'I Survived a Shark Attack' Posted: 03 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT !['I Survived a Shark Attack']( "'I Survived a Shark Attack'") Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn't hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn't disturb the fish she'd been admiring.
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| New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked Posted: 03 Jul 2017 12:43 PM PDT  A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonize the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world. As many as 10 types of frogs are believed to have survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Of these survivors, just three major kinds of frogs went on to diversify and populate the planet.
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| Vietnam buffalo fight suspended after animal kills owner Posted: 02 Jul 2017 09:31 PM PDT  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A traditional water buffalo fight in northern Vietnam was suspended after an animal attacked and killed its owner, in the first human fatality since the sport resumed after the Vietnam War.
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| Illinois Senate mulls fate of budget that would end stalemate Posted: 03 Jul 2017 03:02 PM PDT ![Illinois Senate mulls fate of budget that would end stalemate]( "Illinois Senate mulls fate of budget that would end stalemate") The fate of Illinois' first budget since 2015 moved to the Senate on Monday after the House of Representatives completed its work by approving legislation to implement a spending plan for fiscal 2018. The measure, which passed in a 72-36 vote and includes a way to pay down the state's $15 billion unpaid bill backlog, follows the House's approval on Sunday of a $36 billion spending bill and a revenue bill boosting taxes by $5 billion that Governor Bruce Rauner has vowed to veto. All three measures, which passed the Democratic-controlled chamber with the support of some Republicans, are destined for votes in the Senate.
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| Ancient Roman Skulls Reveal Local Groups' Distinctive Facial Features Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:24 AM PDT  Forensic techniques that are used to solve modern homicide cases helped American anthropologists reveal family resemblances in 2,000-year-old skulls from the Roman Empire. The study used a statistical technique known as geometric morphometrics to identify similarities in skulls from three Italian graveyards dating from between the first and third centuries A.D., when the Roman Empire was at its height. Precise three-dimensional measurements of dozens of skulls from two of the graveyards showed distinct regional differences, which the researchers interpreted as a sign of a common ancestry among many people in those regions.
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| Oh boy, Florida residents can now challenge the science taught in public schools Posted: 02 Jul 2017 01:35 PM PDT  Parents have fought successfully over the years to ban books like the Harry Potter series and Catcher and the Rye from public schools. Now in Florida, residents could possibly do the same with textbooks about the science behind climate change and evolution. Last week, Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation that makes it easier for any Florida resident to object to classroom materials they don't like. SEE ALSO: Climate researchers shot down Trump's EPA administrator in the nerdiest way imaginable The statute, which took effect on Saturday, requires district school boards to hire an "unbiased and qualified hearing officer" who could deem things like textbooks, movies, and novels as unsuitable and require they not be used. Before this legislation, residents could only take their complaints to local school boards. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, on June 28 signed legislation that requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials used in local schools.Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockProponents of Florida's measure have argued that state-approved textbooks are "too liberal," and that some books in school libraries are inappropriate. In a Feb. 1 affidavit to lawmakers, one supporter asked to remove books about Cuba from elementary school libraries, complaining that they "glorified" Fidel Castro's Communist ideals. As a certified teacher, she said she's witnessed "children being taught that Global Warming is a reality." Yet when "parents question these theories, they are ignored," she wrote. Another woman lamented in an affidavit that evolution is "presented as fact," when she believes it's fiction. Teachers, scientists, and free speech advocates who oppose the new statute have said they're worried the measure will allow school districts to shape curricula around people's beliefs — not the mainstream scientific consensus. "School boards will become inundated with demands that certain books be outright banned and that schools must discontinue using textbooks that don't mesh with a vocal minority's ideological views," said Brandon Haught, a high school science teacher and member of Florida Citizens for Science, the Orlando Sentinel reported in April. Protestors march around downtown Denver at the People's Climate March on April 29, 2017.Image: marc piscotty/Getty ImagesFlorida's statute is one of 13 measures proposed this year that the National Council for Science Education considers to be "anti-science," the Washington Post recently noted. Alabama and Indiana, for instance, both adopted non-binding resolutions to promote the "academic freedom" of science teachers in the state's public schools. Educators are encouraged to "teach the controversy" around "biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning." Legislators and parents aren't the only ones putting pressure on public school teachers. This spring, the Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank, mailed books and DVDs to 25,000 U.S. science teachers that speak falsely about a "disagreement" among scientists on global warming. The campaign ultimately aims to reach more than 200,000 K-12 science teachers, PBS's Frontline reported in March. Haught, from Florida Citizens for Science, urged residents to "stand up for sound science eduction." "The fight will now be won or lost where you live," he wrote in a June 26 blog post. WATCH: It's official, 2016 was Earth's warmest year on record
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| Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:27 PM PDT ![Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport]( "Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport") Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston's airport does not appear to be an intentional act.
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| Syria warns of allied response in case of US attack Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:15 AM PDT  The Syrian government on Monday warned that any new attack by Washington on the war-ravaged country would provoke an even stronger reaction by Damascus and its allies. "We would not be surprised if the United States carried out new attacks against Syria," deputy foreign minister Faisal al-Moqdad told reporters in Damascus. The United States carried out its first direct military action against Syria in April, firing 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Shayrat military airport.
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| 5 Challenges of Early Retirement Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:07 AM PDT ![5 Challenges of Early Retirement]( "5 Challenges of Early Retirement") Early retirement gives you an opportunity to get away from the corporate world and pursue your interests. An early retirement also makes it more difficult to make your savings last. Here are some common complications of early retirement.
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| Off-duty cop who killed daughter's boyfriend faces 3rd trial Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:31 AM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma police officer who said he was trying to protect his daughter when he fatally shot her black boyfriend in 2014 is on trial for the third time in seven months, after jurors in previous trials couldn't decide whether he was guilty of murder.
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| What Happened To Bill In ‘Doctor Who’ Finale? Posted: 02 Jul 2017 07:04 AM PDT  "Doctor Who" showrunner Steven Moffat thinks Bill ended Season 10 on a rather optimistic note.
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| Professional Stuntwoman Shows How You Can Survive After Getting Hit by a Car Posted: 03 Jul 2017 02:06 PM PDT  Tammie Bird explains that the reaction time must be a split-second.
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| People Are Going Crazy For The 'Lose Your Belly' Diet Posted: 03 Jul 2017 09:39 AM PDT  Here's everything you need to know about it.
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| Marchers Across the U.S. Call for President Trump's Impeachment Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:00 PM PDT  Organizers say they believe Trump has violated the U.S. Constitution and obstructed justice
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| Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:35 AM PDT  Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash.
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| Two suspected al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strike Posted: 02 Jul 2017 03:13 AM PDT ![Two suspected al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strike]( "Two suspected al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strike") Two suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike while traveling on a motorbike in southern Yemen late on Saturday, residents said. The men died on the outskirts of al-Wadei town in Abyan province, said residents who identified one of them as a local leader for the militant group called Ibrahim al-Adani. There was no immediate statement from the militants or from U.S. forces who have repeatedly launched drone and air strikes on Yemen's al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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