| Ahead of Trump's visit, Houston mayor says crisis is urgent: 'We need the resources yesterday' Posted: 01 Sep 2017 10:01 AM PDT  "What I would say to everyone is that this should be priority number one for our country," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. "And we have to provide -- and let's put the politics aside."
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| Officer Who Arrested Utah Nurse In Viral Video Is Now Under Criminal Investigation Posted: 01 Sep 2017 10:09 PM PDT  The police officer seen in a viral video arresting a nurse in Salt Lake City is now under criminal investigation, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
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| Draft of Comey Firing Letter Roils Trump Case Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a draft of Donald Trump's letter firing James Comey, which could have direct bearing on whether the firing was an act of obstruction of j...
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| WHOOPS! Tomi Lahren Accidentally Reveals The Truth About Fox News Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:39 PM PDT  .@TomiLahren: "How about when the mainstream media stops covering Russia day in and day out, maybe we can drop the Hillary email scandal." pic.twitter.com/OwfYWfuhDD— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 31, 2017
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| Kenya's Supreme Court Overturns Last Month's Presidential Election Results Posted: 01 Sep 2017 03:30 AM PDT  Kenya's Supreme Court has nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win last month and called for new elections within 60 days, shocking a country that had been braced for further protests by opposition supporters.
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| Houston refineries and plants leak thousands of tons of pollutants Posted: 02 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  Houston's petrochemical industry has leaked more than 2,700 tons of extra air pollution in connection with Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey has resulted in Houston's petrochemical industry leaking thousands of tons of pollutants, with communities living near plants damaged by the storm exposed to soaring levels of toxic fumes and potential water contamination.
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| Judge weighs fate of Charlottesville Confederate monument Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:47 PM PDT  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia heard arguments but didn't issue a final ruling Friday on whether a lawsuit over Charlottesville's decision to remove the Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white nationalist rally should proceed.
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| McCain knocks Trump for being 'often poorly informed' and 'impulsive' Posted: 01 Sep 2017 04:25 AM PDT  Sen. John McCain took a dig at President Trump in a Washington Post op-ed urging Congress to take respectful action when lawmakers reconvene from recess next week.
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| Gigi Hadid And Zayn Malik Adorably Spent Eid Al-Adha With Their Moms Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:53 PM PDT  Fashion model Gigi Hadid and pop star Zayn Malik didn't shy away from spending an important holiday with family.
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| L’Oréal Fires Its First Trans Model After She Called Out White America's Racism Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:59 AM PDT  L'Oréal Paris has fired its first transgender model to join the brand just days after announcing the partnership.
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| Police officer who dragged nurse screaming from hospital over blood sample could face criminal charges Posted: 02 Sep 2017 08:35 AM PDT  A detective may face criminal charges after he arrested a nurse who refused to take a blood sample from an unconscious patient during a stand-off that lasted several minutes, prosecutors say. Alex Wubbels told police officer Jeff Payne she could not comply with his order to take blood from the victim of a crash because he could not consent, and the officer failed to produce a warrant. Footage from Mr Payne's body camera shows him threaten Ms Wubbels with jail unless she gives into his demand, despite her bosses having confirmed the policy while he listened in.
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| Mysterious Object Makes Waves On Rhode Island Beach Posted: 01 Sep 2017 01:13 PM PDT  A bizarre object found off the shore of Westerly, Rhode Island, is making a big splash because of its murky origins.
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| Kenya's election court case: what you need to know Posted: 31 Aug 2017 07:10 PM PDT  Kenya's Supreme Court this week completed two days of hearings during which the opposition alleged fraud it claims handed victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 poll. On Friday the court's seven judges will rule on whether the election should be annulled and rerun, as the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) demanded, or the vote and result should stand, as the election commission and Kenyatta contended. The presidential election -- preceded by an acrimonious campaign and the murder of the IT manager at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) -- pitted incumbent President Kenyatta against Raila Odinga, who had run unsuccessfully three times in the past.
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| Bridesmaid Reunited With Dress She Left Behind During Hurricane Harvey Hours Before Wedding Posted: 01 Sep 2017 01:10 PM PDT  Travia Turner was hoping she could get the dress back in time for her friend's wedding in Alabama.
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| Olympian Gracie Gold to ‘Seek Some Professional Help’ Posted: 01 Sep 2017 08:51 AM PDT  One of ice skating's biggest names said in a statement that "after recent struggles on and off the ice, I realize I need to seek some professional help and will be taking some time off."
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| Historical estate goes on the market with castle ruins once the home of Richard III and Henry VIII Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:52 AM PDT ![Historical estate goes on the market with castle ruins once the home of Richard III and Henry VIII]( "Historical estate goes on the market with castle ruins once the home of Richard III and Henry VIII") Originally built in 1382, the castle was a favorite residence and seat of regional government for some of the most charismatic figures in English history. It has been in disuse for three and a half centuries, and the stone was plundered to build neighboring homes. Now just four corners remain.
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| Trump: Comey 'exonerated' Clinton before investigation was complete Posted: 01 Sep 2017 06:46 AM PDT  Trump's charge follows a statement by two Republican senators alleging Comey's exoneration was drafted before he'd interviewed key witnesses, including Hillary Clinton.
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| Twitter Users School Infowars Editor Over Claim That 'Orwell Rolls In His Grave' At Antifa Posted: 02 Sep 2017 02:07 AM PDT  Folks online have given a much-needed history lesson to Infowars editor-at-large Paul Joseph Watson.
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| 33 Dead, Dozens Feared Trapped After a Residential Building Collapsed in Mumbai Posted: 31 Aug 2017 07:47 PM PDT  15 injured survivors have been pulled from the debris so far
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| Iran Says West Won't Attack and Would Lose If It Tried Posted: 02 Sep 2017 10:14 AM PDT  Military leaders said they did not fear an invasion from the West, touting Tehran's growing military might at home and abroad.
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| 93-year-old American woman donates $22 mn to Cologne Zoo Posted: 01 Sep 2017 06:46 AM PDT  A 93-year-old widow from the United States has donated $22 million to the zoo in Cologne, Germany, saying she wanted to give back to the city where she and her husband met during World War II, German media reported Friday. "We never forgot Cologne," Elizabeth Reichert told the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper by phone from her home in Philadelphia. Reichert said she worked as a hairdresser, while her husband took a job for a wholesaler selling pets and pet supplies, before setting up his own business and making millions.
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| Trump says he's getting things done at a 'record' speed despite no major legislative victory Posted: 01 Sep 2017 01:24 PM PDT  When they return to Washington next week, legislators will have about 12 working days to raise the debt ceiling and approve a federal budget – two tasks that have been made difficult by the differing priorities of the administration and members of Congress. On top of that, if the Senate wants to pass a bill to overhaul Obamacare – otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act – with just 51 votes, it must do so by 30 September, according to the Senate parliamentarian. The Senate's Republican leaders suffered a colossal defeat in July when they failed to get enough members of their own party to vote for a bill that would have dismantled Barack Obama's healthcare law.
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| Starbucks Is Offering A Turmeric Latte. But What Exactly Is Turmeric? Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Though Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte makes its return on Sept. 1, the beloved drinks has some trendy competition behind the counter.
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| FCC’s Broken Comments System Could Help Doom Net Neutrality Posted: 02 Sep 2017 07:00 AM PDT  How spambots, fake names, and 2,000 "John Olivers" wreaked havoc on the net neutrality debate
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| 14 Crazy Good, Quick Dinners For Kids Posted: 01 Sep 2017 02:25 PM PDT |
| Energy Department Official Who Called Obama A 'Kenyan Creampuff' Resigns Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:48 AM PDT  William C. Bradford, who tweeted racist and anti-Semitic comments before being appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy, resigned from his position on Thursday.
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| Tight security for hajj stoning ritual two years after stampede Posted: 01 Sep 2017 01:37 AM PDT  Two million Muslims pilgrims from around the world took part Friday in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia, with tight security measures in place two years after a deadly stampede. The ritual at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina near Mecca marks the final major rite of the hajj, a five-day pilgrimage which all Muslims must perform at least once if physically and financially able. The stampede in Mina in 2015 claimed the lives of 2,300 people -- the worst disaster in the history of the hajj.
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| Air Transat Passengers Share Harrowing Experiences From July 31 Posted: 01 Sep 2017 06:23 AM PDT  The Canadian Transportation Agency held hearings Wednesday and Thursday into the July 31 incident of Air Transat planes where passengers said they were held up for five hours without being provided water and food.
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| Here Are the Very Best Labor Day Sales You Don't Want to Miss Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:22 AM PDT  Tell your wallet we said, "You're welcome."
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| Trump and first lady return to Texas after Hurricane Harvey Posted: 02 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  President Trump and first lady Melania Trump returned to Texas Saturday following the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey. They met with displaced survivors and handed out meals and supplies. Trump said he's "very happy" with the storm response.
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| Trump visits evacuees at shelter in storm-battered Houston Posted: 02 Sep 2017 02:54 PM PDT  President Donald Trump handed out box lunches and hugged children in a Houston emergency shelter on Saturday, as he witnessed the devastation wrought after Hurricane Harvey unleashed apocalyptic floods on America's fourth-largest city. The sprawling Texas city was taking tentative steps back to normalcy after a week of flooding that damaged 40,000 to 50,000 homes and sent tens of thousands fleeing to emergency shelters. Harvey has been blamed for at least 42 deaths.
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| Tech Billionaire Pledges $36 Million To Start Harvey Relief Charity Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:54 PM PDT  Michael Dell, founder and CEO of computer giant Dell Inc., said he and his wife Susan would donate $36 million from their foundation to help Texas recover from Harvey's catastrophic flooding.
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| With major roads swamped, photographer flies to Port Arthur Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:58 AM PDT  Port Arthur's major roads were swamped by rising waters brought by Harvey, and there were few images showing the devastation that virtually cut off the East Texas city.
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| Trump Treasury Secretary investigated by watchdog over claims he used taxpayer money to fund eclipse trip Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT  The Treasury Department has confirmed they are investigating if its chief used taxpayer money for a personal trip to view the solar eclipse. A watchdog group believed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton took a government plane to view the 21 August solar eclipse in Tennessee. The pair joined Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his home state to view the event atop Fort Knox, an Army base and home of $200 billion US gold bullion depository.
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| Peter Dunham's Wicker Nesting Tables and Other Things We're Coveting Now Posted: 01 Sep 2017 08:08 AM PDT |
| Charles Manson Follower: I Would Have Been Dragged to Death If I Left Posted: 01 Sep 2017 06:03 AM PDT  A male cult member vowed that if she ever fled, he would hunt her down
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| Kenyan court overturns presidential election after ruling it was marred by 'illegalities' Posted: 01 Sep 2017 09:21 AM PDT  Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, denounced the country's supreme court as "crooks" in the pay of whites on Friday after it struck a stunning blow for judicial independence in Africa by nullifying his recent re-election. Ruling that Mr Kenyatta's victory in the Aug 8 vote was marred by "irregularities and illegalities", the court ordered a fresh vote to be held within 60 days, the first time judges have ever overturned an incumbent president's victory in an African election. Robed in red and black, the six judges on the bench upheld a petition by Mr Kenyatta's challenger Raila Odinga, whose claim that systematic fraud had denied him victory was ridiculed by Western observers, who portrayed him as a sore loser. The loser of four elections, all of them tarnished by allegations of impropriety, Mr Odinga was in court to savour his moment of triumph, allowing himself a smile as the chief justice, David Maraga, delivered his momentous ruling. "The presidential election held on August 8 was not conducted in accordance with the constitution and applicable law, rendering the results invalid, null and void," Mr Maraga told the courtroom, as he read out the four-to-two majority ruling. Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected Kenyan President in August Credit: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Outside the building, as well as in slums across the capital Nairobi and in Mr Odinga's strongholds in western Kenya, the crowds erupted in disbelieving joy. Celebrations in downtown Nairobi after a re-election is called Credit: BAZ RATNER/Reuters Three weeks ago, many of the same people had been running for their lives as police used live fire to crush protests triggered by the electoral commission's official declaration of Mr Kenyatta's victory. At least 28 people were killed by the police, including a six-month old baby beaten into a coma from which she never recovered and a teenager hauled out from under his bed and bludgeoned to death in front of his parents. But on Friday, the police seemed bewildered and unsure of themselves, briefly advancing on jubilant opposition supporters, chanting and waving branches on the streets outside the court, before retreating again and eventually disappearing altogether. "We expected the worst and have been given the best," said Japheth Onyango, a mechanic, as he joined the celebrations. "We have been vindicated and justified. The oppression of Kenya's people has been ended by the stroke of a pen." Opposition leader Raila Odinga smiles and waves to a crowd of his supporters as he leaves the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi Credit: Ben Curtis/AP "People are just so, so happy," added Dorothy Mwangale, a cleaner, beaming uncontrollably, tears brimming in her eyes. The mood was in stark contrast to the sullen silence of the president's supporters, who had also gathered publicly to celebrate what they believed would be confirmation of his victory. Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga cheer outside court Credit: BAZ RATNER/Reuters The disbelief was also etched on the president's face itself. Although he agreed to respect the ruling, Mr Kenyatta also upbraided the court saying: "Six people decided to go against the will of the people". Later, addressing supporters in Nairobi's Burma Market, the president's bitterness became even starker as he claimed his victory had been taken away from him by the chief justice "and his crooks". "This story of theirs is being paid by whites and other trash," he said, before appearing to threaten the court. "First we say we agree and accept … but they know that we are also men. "Let them wait for us after the election." Police watch the cheering crowd outside the court in Nairobi Credit: BAZ RATNER/Reuters The court absolved the president of any involvement in any electoral fraud, laying the blame on the electoral commission for the opaque manner in which it conducted the count. Although a detailed ruling is yet to be released, it is likely that the deciding factor was the failure by a quarter of polling stations to submit adequate supporting documentation for the results they filed to the electoral commission. Mr Odinga welcomed the ruling as "precedent setting", but immediately plunged the new election into uncertainty by demanding the dissolution and replacement of the electoral commission. Police guard the Supreme Court building in Kenya amid the ruling Credit: Ben Curtis/AP "We have no faith at all in the electoral commission as currently constituted," he said outside the court. "They have committed criminal acts. Most of them belong in jail." Mr Odinga initially refused to mount a court challenge, arguing that the supreme court had proved itself a subservient tool of the executive after it rejected his petition five years ago to overturn Mr Kenyatta's first election victory. Deadly clashes sweep Kenya after election hacking claims 01:31 He capitulated only under international pressure after observers said they believed the election was credible. John Kerry, the former American secretary of state and leader of one observer mission, called on Mr Odinga to concede as graciously as he had done following his defeat to President George W Bush in 2004. Whatever the consequences of its decision, the supreme court has made legal and political history in Africa by making a ruling once believed unthinkable - one that could embolden other courts on the continent to follow suit. When Mr Maraga became chief justice last year, he was little known and some observers questioned whether he had the stature and independence to stand up to Kenya's ruling elite. While his ruling will be debated for many years, Mr Maraga will be seen to have banished the equivocal reputation that long surrounded Kenya's judiciary, establishing its authority as a genuinely independent and fearless arbiter over political disputes. Kenya's dollar bonds, shilling fall after court nullifies election #SupremeCourtDecides#shilling#forex#Kenyahttps://t.co/nUco0V1d3qpic.twitter.com/3vvFvJtQNr— John Ndiso (@johnalyst) September 1, 2017 Political unrest in Kenya as opposition challenges election result, in pictures
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| Headaches and raspy voices as wildfire smoke chokes US West Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:25 AM PDT  The smoke from massive wildfires hangs like fog over large parts of the U.S. West, an irritating haze causing health concerns, forcing sports teams to change schedules and disrupting life from Seattle to tiny Seeley Lake, Montana.
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| Eric Trump Fails Miserably Trying To Call Out CNN Posted: 31 Aug 2017 09:08 PM PDT  President Donald Trump said Thursday he would donate $1 million of his own money to the Hurricane Harvey relief effort, a gesture that his son Eric Trump used to attack CNN.
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| Harry Potter Fans: You Can Ride On The Hogwarts Express In Real Life Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:20 AM PDT  Hold on to your wands.
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| Man charged with slitting kangaroo's throat Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:07 PM PDT  A man who allegedly slit a kangaroo's throat and uploaded disturbing video of the killing to social media has been charged in Australia with destroying protected wildlife, officials said Friday. The video clip showed the man approaching an animal that appears to be wounded, talking to it in Mandarin then grabbing its tail and slashing its neck with a large knife. Victoria state's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning said a 43-year-old man was arrested in Melbourne on Wednesday evening and charged with one count of destroying protected wildlife.
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| Exclusive: Colombia's ELN says it killed Russian hostage; risks peace talks with government Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:35 PM PDT  By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta NORTHWESTERN JUNGLES, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia's ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks with the government into jeopardy. In a rare interview, a commander of the National Liberation Army, Colombia's last active guerrilla group, said that ransoms from kidnappings were necessary to keep its fighters in the field and that peace would be impossible without state funding to feed and clothe the rebels. The ELN seized Arsen Voskanyan in November. After his lengthy captivity, Voskanyan was shot when he grabbed a hand grenade in a bid to escape, according to the ELN commander, who would only give his nom-de-guerre Yerson.
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