| Even on vacation, Trump sows confusion about his foreign policy Posted: 11 Aug 2017 03:27 PM PDT  It's been a week of walk backs from the White House after President Trump took questions from reporters at his golf club in New Jersey about sensitive foreign policy issues.
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| European Leaders: 'Laughing Stock' Trump 'Obsessed with Obama' Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:40 PM PDT  Buzzfeed's Alberto Nardelli reports European diplomats say Donald Trump's "only real position" is doing the opposite of Barack Obama and that he's a "laughing stock" who lacks historical perspective. Nardelli, Christina Greer and Jonathan Alter join Reid.
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| Captives escape Philippine militants after fake ransom Posted: 11 Aug 2017 10:52 PM PDT  Three men kidnapped by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines escaped while their captors prayed, dodging bullets as they ran, police said Saturday after a ruse using fake ransom money failed. The construction workers were taken to the police on Jolo island on Friday, four weeks after being abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group, which is holding more than a dozen other hostages including several foreigners in remote jungles. The gunmen had received an undetermined amount of cash for the hostages on Thursday, but refused to release them after realising the money was fake, regional police chief Reuben Sindac told AFP.
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| Father: Woman killed by officer was 'ripped from our arms' Posted: 11 Aug 2017 08:48 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The father and the fiance of an Australian woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call grieved at a public memorial service Friday night, the same time the family had planned to be on a plane to her wedding.
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| 15 New Ways To Make Jalapeño Poppers Posted: 11 Aug 2017 04:15 PM PDT |
| Militia force armed with assault rifles marches through US town ahead of white nationalist rally Posted: 12 Aug 2017 08:33 AM PDT  Heavily-armed men in camouflage clothing and tactical gear have been filmed marching through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, ahead of a planned white nationalist rally. The militia group was seen carrying military-style assault rifles with telescope sights and spare magazines, protective helmets, radios and knives. Terry McAuliffe, Virginia's Democratic governor, has placed the National Guard on standby for the "unite the right" rally on Saturday.
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| Lottery Jackpots Top $749 Million Posted: 11 Aug 2017 08:57 AM PDT  Tonight's Megamillions and tomorrow's Powerball have now topped $300 million each for a combined $749 million jackpot. The chances of winning both games is 1 in 75 quadrillion.
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| Danish sub inventor held over missing journalist Posted: 12 Aug 2017 12:44 PM PDT  A Danish judge remanded into temporary custody Saturday a Danish inventor accused of manslaughter over a missing Swedish journalist, who was on board a submarine he built which sank. "My client denies the allegations," Betina Engmark, lawyer for 46-year-old inventor Peter Madsen told AFP, adding that he was "hurt" to be suspected of involvement in her death. Press reports named the Swedish journalist as Kim Wall, 30, who was writing a feature story about the inventor.
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| Trump warns N. Korea it would 'regret' threatening U.S. Posted: 11 Aug 2017 01:38 PM PDT  President Trump on Friday warned that North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un would "regret it fast" if he made any threats against the United States.
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| Jogger Appears to Push Woman Into Road Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The woman narrowly avoided being hit by a bus.
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| Eleven dead as post-election unrest erupts in Kenya Posted: 12 Aug 2017 06:54 AM PDT  By Katharine Houreld and Maggie Fick NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums surrounding the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday. The bodies of nine young men shot dead overnight in Nairobi's Mathare slum were brought to the city morgue, a security official told Reuters, adding that the men had been killed during a police anti-looting operation. The run-down neighbourhood is loyal to 72-year-old opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose party rejected Tuesday's vote as a "charade".
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| What Does A Solar Eclipse Look Like? Posted: 12 Aug 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Here's what you can expect to see during the 2017 total solar eclipse.
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| Virginia white supremacist rally: Two die after police helicopter monitoring violence crashes Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT  Two people have been killed after a police helicopter monitoring violent clashes between white supremacists and anti-fascists in Charlottesville, Virginia, crashed. In a message on Twitter, Donald Trump said: "Deepest condolences to the families and fellow officers of the Virginia State Police who died today. Some were dressed in paramilitary uniforms and carried assault rifles, while others were had shields, helmets and gas masks.
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| Marijuana's Popularity Among US Adults Continues to Grow. Here's Why Posted: 12 Aug 2017 06:05 AM PDT  Marijuana's popularity among American adults is on the rise — and use of the recreational drug is expected to continue to increase, according to several surveys. Forty-five percent of adults in the U.S. have used marijuana at least once in their lives, according to a Gallup poll released in mid-July — the all-time highest percentage in the 48-year history of Gallup asking Americans this question. Meanwhile, data from two large national surveys done by the federal government also finds increasing rates of marijuana use among adults.
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| Venezuela state oil company PDVSA reports sharp drop in revenues Posted: 12 Aug 2017 12:03 PM PDT  Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA revealed on Saturday that its revenues have dropped sharply, spelling bad news for a crisis-torn country heavily reliant on its exports of crude oil. PDVSA registered $48 billion in income for last year, compared to $72 billion in 2015. The country's oil ministry has projected that Venezuelan crude would fetch $43.72 a barrel in 2017, but oil prices remain depressed globally.
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| Colorado man found dead in elevator called for help twice Posted: 12 Aug 2017 09:25 AM PDT  Colorado man found dead in elevator called for help twice.
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| Trump declares opioid epidemic a national emergency: What it means Posted: 11 Aug 2017 11:20 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has informally declared a national emergency for the opioid epidemic.
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| Nothing New on North Korea Except Trump Freak-Out Posted: 11 Aug 2017 11:35 AM PDT  Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, talks with Rachel Maddow about the pace of North Korea's nuclear development and the lack of anything especially new this week in that development to justify Donald Trump's burst of blustery brinkmans...
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| Judge sentences hit man for Chicago gang to life in prison Posted: 11 Aug 2017 05:22 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — A hit man for a Chicago street gang was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, with the judge saying witnesses who testified against the Hobos enforcer during one of the city's biggest gang cases in years no longer have to worry he might one day come after them.
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| Why Is Israel Spending $800 Million on a New Wall? Posted: 11 Aug 2017 08:23 AM PDT  The Israeli army has revealed details of a wall in the planning since 2014.
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| Fired Google Engineer James Damore Defends Anti-Diversity Memo Posted: 11 Aug 2017 02:19 PM PDT  The ex-Google employee was fired after writing a scathing internal memo
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| Boy , 4, Shot in Head During Road Rage Incident Making Miraculous Recovery, Suspects Arrested Posted: 12 Aug 2017 07:33 AM PDT  He was shot in the head.
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| Egypt punishes train disaster 'selfie medics' Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:47 PM PDT  Egypt's health ministry has punished six medics who took selfies in front of a deadly train wreck by transferring them to a remote part of the country, it said Saturday, following an online uproar. Two trains collided Friday near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing 41 people in one of the deadliest such accidents in the North African country. Dubbed the "Selfie Medics" by Twitter users, they faced calls for punishment on social media.
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| White supremacists carry torches and chant Nazi slogans at rally in Virginia Posted: 12 Aug 2017 03:56 AM PDT  Hundreds of white supremacists carrying burning torches and chanting Nazi-era slogans rallied in Virginia on Friday night before violently clashing with counter-protesters. The brawl at the University of Virginia came ahead of a much larger rally planned for Saturday, when thousands are expected for what monitors described as the "largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades in the US". The "alt-Right" demonstrators gathered late on Friday and chanted "blood and soil" and "one people, one nation, end immigration" as they carried burning torches through the university campus. #Charlottesville 9:56pm �� CHANTS: "One people, one nation, end immigration" & "blood and soil" pic.twitter.com/FbM1N8Ie1r— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 12, 2017 "Blood and soil" was a phrase commonly used by the Nazis to hail their ideas about racial superiority and traditional rural life. The mostly male crowd marched through the empty campus in Charlottesville and rallied around a statue of Thomas Jefferson, who designed the university's grounds. There they clashed with a small group of counter-protesters, who had linked arms around the statue. Several people were injured as punches were exchanged and pepper-spray was fired. Mike Signer, the mayor of Charlottesville, called the white nationalist march "a cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry, racism, and intolerance march down the lawns of the architect of our Bill of Rights". Larry Sabato, a professor at the university, said it was "the most nauseating thing I've ever seen" in his 47 years of being associated with the university. In my 47 years of association with @UVA, this was the most nauseating thing I've ever seen. We need an exorcism on the Lawn.— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 12, 2017 Richard Spencer, the provocateur credited with coining the term alt-Right, was also at the rally. The torch lit scenes on the university campus may be only a foreshadowing of the much larger demonstrations expected on Saturday at the Unite the Right rally - which is expected to bring together different factions of the alt-Right. Police expect that between 2,000 and 6,000 demonstrators will gather in Emancipation Park around a statue of Robert E Lee, a Confederate general during the American Civil War. White nationalist protesters have angrily opposed plans to take down statues of Lee and other Confederate figures who fought for the cause of slavery during the war. Don't make the white kids angry.#UniteTheRight#Charlottesvillepic.twitter.com/mBqUYAhVnK— Alt-Knight Right † (@populationwatch) August 12, 2017 The demonstrators accuse local governments of trying to erase history by removing the statues and often chant "you will not replace us" as they rally around the statues. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that tracks extremist organisations in the US, said that Saturday's rally may be the "largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades in the US". The city of Charlottesville had tried to get the protest moved to another park but the rally organisers sued and a judge ruled they must be allowed in Emancipation Park. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a civil liberties group, supported the nationalist demonstrators in their suit, saying that freedom of speech "applies equally to everyone regardless of their views". The ACLU has previously defended the right of the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups to hold rallies. The governor of Virginia has urged people to stay away from the rally and not to take part in counter-protests.
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| Trump Staff Shuffle Could Improve Senate Odds Posted: 11 Aug 2017 11:57 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow shares a new report that Donald Trump is considering offering Senator Joe Manchin the job of Secretary of Energy, which would allow the newly re-Republican governor of West Virginia to appoint his replacement, presumably a Republican who ...
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| ISIS Used eBay And PayPal To Send Funds To US Operative Posted: 11 Aug 2017 11:35 AM PDT  The FBI said in a recently revealed affidavit ISIS used eBay and PayPal to send money to a U.S. operative.
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| Police in Charlottesville, Virginia, tell protesters to disperse Posted: 12 Aug 2017 11:41 AM PDT  Authorities called an end to a white nationalist rally and counterprotest on Aug. 12 after violent clashes.
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| Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India, Pakistan split Posted: 11 Aug 2017 08:59 PM PDT  By Shahab Shahabuddin and Sunil Kataria KARACHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain next week, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbors remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, and relations remain tense, particularly when it comes to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both claim in full. "The people who have migrated are not able to come to India, nor can we go there freely," said Asif Fehmi, a resident of a New Delhi neighborhood where thousands of Muslim families divided by Partition have blood ties over the border.
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| We Need a Lot More Charging Stations Before the Electric Car Revolution Takes Off Posted: 12 Aug 2017 07:54 AM PDT  Those lofty ambitions face numerous challenges, including one practical consideration for consumers: If they buy electric cars, where will they charge them?
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| Kindhearted Firefighter Adopts Dog He Helped Save From Fire: 'It's Great For Titus' Posted: 12 Aug 2017 12:19 PM PDT  The puppy is recovering well.
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| 10 Sweet and Moist Cornbread Recipes You'll be Obsessed With Posted: 11 Aug 2017 03:43 PM PDT |
| 7 White Helmets members shot dead in northwestern Syria Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:21 AM PDT ![7 White Helmets members shot dead in northwestern Syria]( "7 White Helmets members shot dead in northwestern Syria") BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen early Saturday stormed an office of a Syrian paramedic group that is active in opposition-controlled areas, killing seven of its members and stealing two vehicles and other equipment in a northwestern region, the group and opposition activists said.
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| Britain's Boris Johnson says N. Korea must fix crisis it started Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:57 AM PDT  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Saturday blamed North Korea for the stand-off with the United States and said London wants a diplomatic end to the crisis. "The North Korean regime is the cause of this problem and they must fix it," Johnson wrote on Twitter. "The international community is shoulder to shoulder in ensuring North Korea stops its aggressive acts.
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| Drone enthusiast 'amazed' as he lands device on deck of £3bn HMS Queen Elizabeth without being detected Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:15 AM PDT  It is a £3bn state-of-the-art investment, commissioned to reassert Britain's supremacy on the high seas. But this week the Royal Navy was left blushing after it emerged that an amateur enthusiast managed to land a £300 drone on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth - without anyone raising the alarm. According to local media reports in Scotland, the drone user managed to fly the drone past armed patrol boats before landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier. The pilot, who is yet to be named, told reporters this week that he had been "amazed" how easy it had been to carry out the stunt. "I was amazed that I was able to land on the aircraft carrier for two reasons, the first being that there was no one about to prevent it from landing although were security police around in small boats who were waving at the drone," he said. "The second reason was more technical. I received a high wind warning as I was videoing up and down the flight deck and my control system advised me to land." The rules on | Operating a drone He added that when attempted to discuss his concerns about security with crew members, he returned to find a "ghost ship". "There was absolutely no-one around when I landed, it was like a ghost ship," he continued. "After I posted the picture taken from the flight deck I got some flak from other drone users who were saying 'You are going to make a lot of people unhappy'. I thought the only law I had broken was that I flew over a vessel I didn't have control over. "I was a bit concerned so I drove round to Invergordon and spoke to the port security and explained that I wanted to speak to someone from the ship such as the duty watch or the captain about what I had done. "I was only able to speak to some heavily armed police, I think from the MoD, and they said there was no-one available on the carrier as they were at dinner ashore." "No-one seemed too concerned, but the officer I spoke to said he would pass it up the chain of command. I was fascinated by the Queen Elizabeth and wanted to have a crack at filming her. I wasn't out to get anyone in trouble. What's done is done, and I can't undo the images I shot. "I think if the MoD were in any way bothered by this then these videos and stills would not have been allowed to see the light of day." Fallon: Russia will look at HMS Queen Elizabeth with envy 01:16 Whilst the anonymous drone pilot appeared relaxed about his exploits, the disclosure has prompted concern among military and security experts. Speaking to The Daily Mail, Lord West, a former First Sea Lord, said it was worrying because terrorist groups such as Islamic State had already used drones in the Middle East to launch bombs. He said: "Daesh [Islamic State] are already using drones to deliver bombs in Syria, so I think it is something we need to take very seriously. "The fact drones can reach it is a worry. The Queen Elizabeth is doing some work with helicopters and if a drone hits a helicopter that could be very dangerous. "We need to have harsher punishments if you fly a drone into a carrier's air space. There's a real risk from drones and [it's] something we need to take very seriously." Commenting, an MoD spokesperson said: "We take the security of HMS Queen Elizabeth very seriously. This incident has been reported to Police Scotland, an investigation is underway and we stepped up our security measures in light of it."
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| The Cheesecake Factory Is Being Sued for Allegedly Misleading Customers Into Giving Bigger Tips Posted: 11 Aug 2017 02:33 PM PDT  Marcel Goldman claimed the company's misleading receipts tricked her into paying more than her portion of the bill.
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| Dalai Lama cancels Botswana visit "due to exhaustion" Posted: 12 Aug 2017 06:26 AM PDT  Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has cancelled a planned visit to Botswana because of exhaustion, his office said, a move that is likely to be welcomed by China, a major investor in the African country. The Dalai Lama had been expected to address a human rights conference in the capital Gaborone on Aug. 17-19 and meet Botswana's president during the trip. Visits by the Dalai Lama to foreign countries infuriate China, and it stepped up warnings to Botswana last month, with its Foreign Ministry spokesman demanding "the relevant country earnestly respect China's core interests and make the correct political decision on this matter".
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| Trump team asks Justices to scuttle immigration cases Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:07 PM PDT  The Trump Administration, insisting that the presidential order limiting entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals from Mideast nations "is not a so-called 'Muslim ban,'" has urged the Supreme Court to throw out without a decision two major cases pursued by challengers to the restrictions.
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| When Is The Best Time To See The Perseid Meteor Shower? Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:00 PM PDT  The Perseid meteor shower won't break any records but it will still offer a great summer show.
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| 2018 Honda Fit Posted: 11 Aug 2017 03:30 PM PDT  Revival of the Fittest.
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| Rotting foot horrifies family at burial for family patriarch Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:57 AM PDT ![Rotting foot horrifies family at burial for family patriarch]( "Rotting foot horrifies family at burial for family patriarch") BUTLER, N.J. (AP) — Mourners at a New Jersey cemetery received a horrific shock when a corpse's rotting foot from an adjoining grave was uncovered during a New York City man's burial.
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| Anti-migrant ship ignores help from rescue activists Posted: 11 Aug 2017 02:08 PM PDT  Anti-immigration activists whose boat was reported in trouble said Friday they had got their engines going again, after a migrant rescue ship said it had been dispatched to help. The C-Star, which has vowed to expose what it describes as "collaboration" between privately-funded rescue ships and people traffickers, said earlier on Twitter it had "developed a minor technical problem during the night", leaving it adrift but not in distress. Germany's Sea-Eye, one of nine NGOs involved in migrant search and rescue (SAR) operations and a target of the C-Star's campaign, said it had been "asked by the MRCC (command centre in Rome) to assist the ship".
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| Man who killed girlfriend's daughter gets up to 40 years Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:20 PM PDT ![Man who killed girlfriend's daughter gets up to 40 years]( "Man who killed girlfriend's daughter gets up to 40 years") EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to up to 40 years in prison for his role in the death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter, and the judge told him he wished he could give more time in prison.
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| These Popular Restaurant Chains Are Closing 150 Locations Posted: 11 Aug 2017 10:02 AM PDT  If you're used to spotting multiple Applebee's restaurants all around town, you may be in for a surprise. After closing 46 restaurants in 2016, the popular casual dining chain recently announced that it's planning to shut down between 105 and 135 of its nearly 2,000 nationwide locations by the end of the year. While the company hasn't revealed exactly which stores would be shutting their doors, Applebee's president John Cywinski told investors in a sales call that they would be targeting locations that didn't hit sales targets as well as those in less-trafficked areas.
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