| Steve Bannon Attacks Bush for Anti-Trump Speech Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Steve Bannon ripped into former President George W. Bush Friday night, calling Bush's presidency "destructive" and saying he had "embarrassed himself" with an anti-bigotry speech earlier this week.
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| Rachel Maddow Defends Niger Theory After Experts Call It 'Conspiracymongering' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:46 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow on Friday doubled down on her controversial reporting on the deadly Niger ambush on U.S. troops, in which she linked President Donald Trump's travel ban with the deaths of four soldiers.
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| Toddler Who Disappeared After Father Allegedly Put Her Out For Not Drinking Her Milk is Found Dead: Report Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:43 PM PDT  She was missing since Oct. 7.
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| Some Truly Excellent Costumes From NYC's Famous Halloween Dog Parade Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:43 AM PDT  Every year, New Yorkers and their beloved canine pals embark on a time-honored tradition: The Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade.
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| On the USS Reagan amid growing nuclear tensions Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:17 AM PDT  ABC News' Chief Global Correspondent Martha Raddatz travelled to the USS Reagan for an exclusive look at U.S. military preparations near North Korea.
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| The Latest: Russia accuses US of 'barbaric' bombing of Raqqa Posted: 22 Oct 2017 08:54 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local):
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| New Tax Proposal Could Affect 401K Plans for Millions of Americans Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:16 AM PDT  According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the proposal being considered would reduce the amount a worker could contribute tax-free to just $2,400 a year.
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| Women Say They Were Burned and Branded by Doctors During Initiations Into a Secret Sorority Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:00 PM PDT  State officials will examine whether the women's complaints warrant an investigation now
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| Oxford Students To Alumna Aung San Suu Kyi: Rohingya Inaction Is 'Inexcusable' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Students at St. Hugh's College in Oxford have joined an international chorus of critics in condemning their alumnus Aung San Suu Kyi, now the de facto leader of Myanmar, for her response to the crisis engulfing the Rohingya in the country's Rakhine State.
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| Tom Hanks Offers Suggestion To Those 'Frustrated' With Current Affairs: 'Read History' Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:05 AM PDT  Actor Tom Hanks recommends this: Brush up on your history.
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| Supporters of white supremacist Richard Spencer arrested for attempted murder hours after his speech Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:58 AM PDT  Supporters of white surpemacist Richard Spencer were arrested for attempted murder just hours after he made a controversial speech at the University of Florida. Shouting "hail hitler", the three men shot at anti-racist protesters in the city of Gainesville, northern Florida. Tyler Tenbrink, 30, William Fears, 28 and Colston Fears, 28, pulled up to a bus stop and began "offering Nazi salutes and shouting chants about Hitler to the group" police said in a statement.
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| Police Officer Killed in Las Vegas Mass Shooting Left Instructions For Funeral: 'Remember Me For Who I Was' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 11:08 AM PDT  He was killed trying to shield others during the hail of gunfire.
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| Donald Trump Says Public Spats With Lawmakers Can Help His Agenda Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:40 PM PDT  President Donald Trump may be using his public spats with Congress as a whip to get his agenda moving.
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| Three wounded in shooting near US mine in Papua Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:05 PM PDT  At least one gunman has wounded three people near a huge Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan, the company said Sunday. The attacks on Saturday injured two policemen and a security contractor, according to Freeport spokesman Riza Pratama.
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| Fox & Friends draws ire by dressing up black child as watermelon slice for Halloween Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:13 PM PDT  In what one would hope was just a terrible oversight, Fox & Friends this weekend aired a Halloween segment that featured children in various cute costumes -- including a black child dressed as a watermelon slice.
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| King's legacy still felt strongly as Thailand bids goodbye Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:59 PM PDT  HUAY HOM, Thailand (AP) — Half a century has passed and the king is dead, but the villagers of Huay Hom still haven't forgotten the day Bhumibol Adulyadej descended by helicopter into their remote, impoverished mountain valley in northern Thailand and changed their lives forever.
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| Strudel The Obese Dog's Fitness Journey Is Nothing Short Of Inspiring Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:55 AM PDT  The dramatic weight loss of a severely chunky golden retriever mix could be an inspiration to people caring for overweight pets.
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| Several Injured in Mass Knife Attack in Germany Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:31 AM PDT  Five people were wounded in the attack in the German city of Munich Saturday.
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| Senate's McConnell says tax bill should be revenue neutral Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:27 AM PDT  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he has not abandoned his longtime goal of making sure any tax cuts are revenue neutral, saying the growth estimates in the Republican tax reform plan will offset the cuts. The Trump administration's tax plan promises up to $6 trillion in tax cuts but will increase the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade.
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| Trump To Release Classified Files On JFK Assassination Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:31 AM PDT  President Donald Trump will allow the public release of thousands of previously classified documents on President John F. Kennedy's assassination, he announced on Twitter Saturday.
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| Missing California Hikers Found In Embrace After Apparent Killing-Suicide Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:12 PM PDT  A young California couple who vanished during a hiking trip in the desert almost three months ago died in a murder-suicide near a trail, investigators said Friday.
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| The U.S. Navy Had a Crazy Plan to Build 'Super' Battleships (But Super Obsolete) Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:02 AM PDT  Had the U.S. built the Montanas, they likely would have had similar post-war careers to those of the South Dakotas. Because of their speed, the Iowas were more useful at every job except fighting other battleships. Having built the ships in the late 1940s, the USN would have sold them for scrap in the early 1960s. In the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy still expected to need huge, first rate battleships to fight the best that Japan and Germany had to offer.
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| Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:32 AM PDT ![Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years]( "Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years") PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Regulators in Oregon have shuttered a day care after a second baby died there in as many years, an unprecedented number of deaths at a single day care center for the state.
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| ‘We Have Someone Terrorizing the Neighborhood.’ Autistic Man’s Death Could Be Linked to Other Killings Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:20 AM PDT  'We have someone terrorizing the neighborhood'
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| Police Close Case of Teen Who Died in Freezer, Release Timeline of Events Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:20 AM PDT  Police previously said the teen died of hypothermia.
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| Former CIA director Petraeus calls nuclear war with North Korea unlikely Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Former CIA Director David Petraeus discusses the North Korea threat and more on "This Week."
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| Billionaire Babis scores big Czech election win, seeks partners to rule Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:50 PM PDT  By Robert Muller and Petra Vodstrcilova PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech billionaire Andrej Babis won a thumping victory in Saturday's election as voters shunned traditional parties and gave a mandate to the anti-establishment businessman pledging to fight political corruption while facing fraud charges himself.(For a graphic of the Czech election click http://tmsnrt.rs/2vO4hPW) Babis's ANO movement got 29.6 percent of the vote, nearly three times as much as anyone else in an election that saw a record nine parties secure seats in parliament's lower house. Babis has promised to bring his business expertise to government. The dramatic power shift comes as the Czech Republic has enjoyed rapid economic growth, a balanced budget and the lowest unemployment in the EU.
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| Eric Holder: Harvey Weinstein Revelations Must Prompt Culture Shift On Sexual Harassment Posted: 21 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT  In the wake of the explosive revelations about alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men, former United States Attorney General Eric Holder called on men to take responsibility for creating a culture that allowed such abuse to occur ― and act to change.
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| Freed Russia opposition leader Navalny back on campaign trail Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:21 AM PDT  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walked free on Sunday after a 20-day jail term for organising protests against President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, who has declared his intention to stand for president in 2018, was released in a secret location in Moscow early Sunday to evade media attention. During Navalny's time behind bars, the Kremlin race he hopes to contest has heated up with television star Ksenia Sobchak throwing in her hat.
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| All Five Living Former U.S. Presidents Gathered In Texas To Raise Money For Hurricane Victims Posted: 22 Oct 2017 03:07 AM PDT  In a rare appearance together, all five living former U.S. presidents took to the stage in College Station, Texas on Saturday night for a benefit concert aimed at raising funds for hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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| Transcript errors and omissions prolong Jodi Arias appeal Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:35 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias' case remains a headache for Arizona's court system long after her murder trial had spectators lining up for seats, attorneys squabbling in court and two different juries deadlocking on whether she deserved the death penalty.
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| Father Dies After Being Hit With Rock Thrown Over an Overpass Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:27 AM PDT  A Michigan father has been killed after a rock allegedly thrown over an overpass by teenagers hit him on his way home from work
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| Trump Says Twitter Won Him the White House Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:55 AM PDT  "When somebody, says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it," Trump told Fox Business Network.
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| Indonesia demands answers after military chief denied U.S. entry Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:50 AM PDT  By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington's deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, Indonesian officials said on Sunday. Armed Forces Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo was about to board a flight on Saturday when the airline informed him that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had denied him entry, military spokesman Wuryanto told a news conference in Jakarta.
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| Ranking The Best Shows On Netflix You Can Watch Right Now Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:08 AM PDT  Netflix has become that friend who just won't stop proposing outlandish new ideas.
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| Travel plea for conjoined twins in blockaded Gaza Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Conjoined twins born in Gaza Sunday need to leave the blockaded Palestinian enclave for treatment crucial to their survival, their doctor and a family member said. "A woman gave birth this morning to Siamese twins joined at the stomach and pelvis," Allam Abu Hamda, head of the neonatal unit at Gaza's Shifa Hospital, told AFP. The twins, whose condition Abu Hamda said was stable, have one shared leg, but separate hearts and lungs.
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| Lord Balfour: I had to look up in an encyclopaedia how my forebear changed British history 100 years ago Posted: 21 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT  The 5th Earl of Balfour first realised the significance of the Balfour Declaration when he was a 14-year-old schoolboy at Eton, hailing a taxi while on holiday in London. A copy of the Declaration – made a century ago by Arthur Balfour, the former prime minister who later became foreign secretary, backing the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine – hung on the wall of his loo at home, where the young Balfour read it without really appreciating its importance. The iconic document was never discussed at home or school. So it was a crucial moment in Lord Balfour's life when a Jewish London cabbie spotted his school trunk with his surname painted on it. "Is this yours, mate? Are you anything to do with the prime minister?" (His ancestor, the 1st Earl of Balfour, served as Conservative Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905.) "Yes," he said, explaining he was his great-great nephew. "I don't believe this!" said the taxi driver. "Wait till I get home and tell my family. What he did for us! Tonight, it's Passover and you're my last fare before I knock off to go off to the East End for Passover dinner." The driver then pulled off the road and started singing Jewish songs to the teenage boy. Arthur James Balfour who served as Prime Minister of the Conservative government of 1902-1905 Credit: Print Collector/Hulton Archive "I was so bowled over by this that I was late, and I dashed out of the cab, leaving a family picture in the back of the cab," says Lord Balfour, 68, a banker. "I thought it was now in the East End. Instead, he went to the lost property office, all the way up in north London, deposited it, stuck a label saying Balfour on it. I was able to find it the next day. "That was my first time I realised the importance of the declaration to Jewish people." Today, a fine Philip de László portrait of Arthur Balfour presides over Lord Balfour's drawing room in his handsome Sussex house, where he lives with his wife, Lady Tessa, a daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. They have four daughters, all interested in their ancestor's 100-year-old Declaration. The Declaration was sent by Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, the de facto secular head of British Jewry, on November 2, 1917. It was then passed on to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The short, single-page document declared: "His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country." Lord Balfour standing beside a portrait of his ancestor Credit: Christopher Pledger for The Telegraph The Declaration was absolutely vital in the long build-up to the eventual creation of the state of Israel in 1948 – which also happens to be the year the current Lord Balfour was born. Despite that teenage meeting with the taxi driver, the Balfour Declaration played little part in young Roderick Balfour's life. "It was never mentioned by anybody at school, or very much as I grew up," he says. "At school, everyone said: 'Are you related to that loser Balfour?', because he lost the 1906 election. They didn't know about the Declaration. "But you go to Canada, Argentina, France or anywhere in the [Jewish] diaspora, and they all know about it. This country has less knowledge than anywhere else." Lord Balfour listens to an address during his 1925 visit to Palestine. Credit: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis Historical In fact, Lord and Lady Balfour have just returned from a seminar – "From Balfour to Brexit" – in Jerusalem. Whenever he goes to Israel, he is reminded of the affection in which his great-great uncle is held. "People come running up to you and just say: 'Thank you,'" he says. "I started going to Israel on bank business in the 90s and saw Balfour Streets in every town. The Prime Minister lives today on Balfour Street." However, Lord Balfour sees imperfections in the modern state of Israel. "I have major reservations," he says. "There is this sentence in the declaration, 'Nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.' That's pretty clear. Well, that's not being adhered to. That has somehow got to be rectified. Talking to the more liberal elements of Jewry, they would acknowledge there has to be a greater economic role for the Palestinians." It was only in the 1990s that Lord Balfour really began to appreciate the magnitude of his ancestor's Declaration. In 1990, he started working at NM Rothschild, the merchant bank run by Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, a cousin of the Lord Rothschild to whom Arthur Balfour addressed his Declaration. Lord Arthur Balfour points out a feature of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to Governor Sir Ronald Storrs during a visit to Jerusalem, 9th April 1925 Credit: Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive When Lord Balfour joined the bank, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild asked him: "What sort of a Balfour are you? Are you Balfour Beatty [the construction company]?" ("I said I'm one of the poor, government Balfours," Lord Balfour replied.) And then, in 1992, on the 75th anniversary of the Declaration, Lord Balfour saw in the papers the list of attendees at the anniversary dinner; there wasn't a Balfour among them. He got in touch with the Anglo-Israel Association and asked if he could get involved with future events. This year, he and Jacob Rothschild – the current Lord Rothschild, whose forebear Walter Rothschild received the Declaration – will host a dinner on the anniversary in a government venue in London. "There are a huge number of events going on on the same day," says Lord Balfour. "Jacob Rothschild is very kindly organising a dinner, which he and I are nominally joint hosts of, although it's very much his initiative." Royal Albert Hall where the celebrations will take place Credit: Mo Peerbacus / Alamy Stock Photo Lord Rothschild's team have located descendants of those involved in the Declaration from around the world. Among them will be a Lloyd George, in honour of David Lloyd George, prime minister at the time of the Declaration; and a member of the Sykes family: Sir Mark Sykes, Bt, devised the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, which laid out national boundaries in the Middle East. Next month, there will also be an event at the Royal Albert Hall to commemorate the Declaration, which Lord Balfour will attend with his family. The event will include a 500-voice massed Christian choir, a Klezmer band, the Israeli Dance Institute and the Israeli singer Tally Koren. Lord Balfour never met his famous ancestor – he died in 1930, aged 81. But he speaks of him with great affection. "We all knew about Arthur James because he had been prime minister, and the family were immensely proud of him," he said. "We all knew him as Nunkie, although I never met him. My father was nine when he died, so he knew him well. He was very much loved." "We all knew about Arthur James because he had been prime minister, and the family were immensely proud of him." Credit: Christopher Pledger for The Telegraph Arthur Balfour was an intellectual – "primarily a Bible-reading philosopher", says Lord Balfour – but a well-connected one, too. He was a leading member of the Souls, an elite salon of Victorian upper-class intellectuals. Balfour's uncle, the Marquess of Salisbury, who was known to the family as Bob, had been prime minister before him: "That's where the expression 'Bob's your uncle' comes from. In other words, it's quite easy to get on if 'Bob's your uncle'." But rather than a popular turn of phrase, it is for his Declaration that his family would like him to be remembered. "It was a great humanitarian gesture," says Lord Balfour. "Humanity should be extremely grateful." • Harry Mount is editor of The Oldie Magazine
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| National Anthem Singer Takes A Knee Before Brooklyn Nets Home Opener Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:40 AM PDT  Singer Justine Skye took a knee as she sang the national anthem before the Brooklyn Nets' home opener against the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
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| Police officer fatally shot at domestic dispute call Posted: 22 Oct 2017 02:20 PM PDT  GIRARD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been fatally shot while responding to a reported domestic disturbance in the northeastern part of the state.
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| Cop Rescues Piglet Running Around on Highway Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:17 PM PDT  The piglet was taken to safety and will be up for adoption soon.
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| In ravaged Raqa, clues to IS's bygone media empire Posted: 21 Oct 2017 07:55 PM PDT  Raqa (Syria) (AFP) - "Special operations by the Caliphate's soldiers!" boasts a torn, blood-stained pamphlet at a bombed-out media kiosk in Syria's Raqa, a symbol of the Islamic State group's once fearsome propaganda machine. As well as serving as the Syrian capital of IS's "caliphate," Raqa was the beating heart of much of its media output and was painstakingly portrayed as a jihadist paradise where Islamic law had finally been applied.
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