| What Is The Massive Document Leak Known As The Paradise Papers? Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:51 PM PST  The Paradise Papers closely resemble a document leak from last year known as the Panama Papers, which also detailed the offshore holdings and tax avoidance schemes of some of the world's most powerful people. The Panama Papers caused a significant international fallout when they were released in April 2016, even leading to the resignation of Iceland's prime minister amid protests and the surrounding controversy. The effects of this new Paradise Papers leak remain to be seen, but it has already put increased scrutiny on high-profile figures including U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Queen Elizabeth II.
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| Florida Woman Arrested For Allegedly Riding A Horse While Drunk Posted: 04 Nov 2017 07:39 AM PDT  Police in Florida arrested a 53-year-old woman on Thursday afternoon for allegedly riding a horse while drunk.
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| At least 26 Killed After Gunman Opens Fire At Texas Church: Report Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:05 PM PST  The pastor's daughter, a 14-year-old girl, was among the dead.
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| Man who believes current air quality is 'too clean' named to US Environmental Protection Agency advisory board Posted: 04 Nov 2017 02:46 PM PDT  A man who once claimed that the air in America was "a little too clean for optimum health", has been appointed to an advisory board of America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Robert Phalen once claimed that children's lungs need to breathe irritants so their bodies can learn to fight them. The former director of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory at the University of California Irvine was appointed to the agency's critical Scientific Advisory Board by EPA Director Scott Pruitt.
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| NYC attack took toll on Belgian family; mom lost both legs Posted: 04 Nov 2017 07:44 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Marion Van Reeth biked hundreds of miles through rugged parts of the world on charity excursions. It was a family vacation cycling outing in New York that left the Belgian airline executive with the most severe injuries of anyone who survived this week's terrorist truck attack — her legs so badly mangled they had to be amputated.
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| U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military Posted: 04 Nov 2017 12:25 PM PDT ![U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military]( "U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military") A U.S. service member was killed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the military said, without giving details of his identity or the circumstances of his death, which occurred as American forces have stepped up operations against the Taliban. A statement from U.S. Forces Afghanistan Command in Kabul said the service member had died of wounds sustained during operations in Logar, the eastern province where another service member was killed last week after a helicopter crash. "Despite this tragic event, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the Afghan people and to support them in our mutual fight against terrorism," Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said in the statement.
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| UK Queen's private estate invested in offshore funds: leaks Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:55 PM PST  Millions of pounds from the private estate of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II have been invested in offshore tax haven funds, a huge new leak of financial documents revealed on Sunday. Around £10 million ($13 million, ⠬11.3 million) of the Queen's private money was placed in funds held in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, according to the leaked papers, which were first reported in Britain by the BBC and the Guardian newspaper. The investments, which were entirely legal, were made through the Duchy of Lancaster, which provides the monarch with an income and handles investments of her vast estate and remain current, the media outlets said.
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| United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Passenger ‘Initiated an Altercation’ with Flight Crew Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:32 PM PST  A United Airlines flight heading to Washington, D.C. from Beijing was turned around during the flight after an altercation occurred between a passenger and a member of the flight crew, PEOPLE can confirm.
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| Poll: Americans oppose Republican tax plan by 17-point margin Posted: 04 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has been extolling the virtues of the Republican tax plan, but according to a new poll, the American public doesn't love the plan.
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| Netflix Takes No Action Against Danny Masterson Despite Multiple Rape Accusations Posted: 03 Nov 2017 05:30 PM PDT  One day after a HuffPost report revealed that actor Danny Masterson is the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations of rape by four women, Netflix, which produces and airs the program he co-stars on, "The Ranch," has told HuffPost it isn't taking any action against him. "We are aware of the allegations and the subsequent investigation, and will respond if developments occur," a Netflix spokesman said in a statement emailed to HuffPost. Four women have accused Masterson of violently raping them in the early 2000s.
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| DNC Chairman Promises To Reform Party's Presidential Nominating Process Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:04 AM PST  In a Saturday blogpost, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez vowed to enact reforms to the party's presidential nominating process aimed at ensuring that "the new DNC will work to rebuild trust with the people we represent."
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| Hurricane Maria death toll 'much higher than officially reported', mayor in Puerto Rico says Posted: 04 Nov 2017 06:55 AM PDT  The mayor of the Puerto Rican capital San Juan has warned the death toll from Hurricane Maria is far higher than the official figure. Carmen Yulín Cruz said the true number of deaths following the disaster could be as high as 500 rather than the official toll of just 54. Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island on the morning of 20 September and caused devastation to the country's already fragile infrastructure.
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| China to expand corruption supervision pilot scheme nationwide: Xinhua Posted: 04 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PDT  China will expand a pilot project for anti-graft supervision reforms nationwide next year that will consolidate existing corruption agencies, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, as President Xi Jinping expands his signature policy drive. Xinhua said in a report published late on Saturday China's top legislature adopted a decision calling for new supervisory commissions to be set up by the People's Congresses at provincial, city and county-levels to "supervise those exercising public power". Xi's signature anti-graft drive has jailed or otherwise punished nearly 1.4 million Communist Party members since 2012.
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| FSU Fraternity Suspended After Student Dies at Off-Campus Party Posted: 04 Nov 2017 06:43 AM PDT  He was found unresponsive after an off-campus party
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| The Russia that Russians see Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST ![The Russia that Russians see]( "The Russia that Russians see") Right at the top of The Christian Science Monitor's Daily Edition are two words: "Perspective matters." Those words come from the mission and lived experience of the Monitor. For this week's cover story, Sara Miller Llana visited Russia for the first time to write on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Arthur has worked extensively with cover story coauthor Fred Weir, who is one of the most contrarian Russia correspondents in the Western press – frequently looking at stories from a Russian perspective.
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| Lebanese premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:47 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that plunged the nation into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions.
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| Neighbor Arrested After Rand Paul Is Assaulted At His Kentucky Home Posted: 04 Nov 2017 06:48 PM PDT  A neighbor was arrested after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was attacked at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Friday afternoon, according to a police report.
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| The U.S. Army Wants to Put Big Guns on Small Tanks Posted: 04 Nov 2017 05:42 AM PDT  The Pentagon hopes to get a new lightweight armored combat vehicle. Recently, the U.S. Army has been putting forth a requirement for a new lightweight armored combat vehicle, under the project name of Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF).
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| American woman arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly calling Mugabe 'a sick man' on Twitter Posted: 04 Nov 2017 08:15 AM PDT  An American woman has been arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe on Twitter. Martha O'Donovan is charged with subversion and insulting the president for allegedly calling Mr Mugabe a "sick man" in a tweet, according to the Associated Press. Ms O'Donovan is accused of tweeting "We are being led by a selfish man and sick man," and posting a photo suggesting Mr Mugabe is surviving on a catheter.
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| George H.W. Bush Called Trump A 'Blowhard' And Said, 'I Don't Like Him' Posted: 04 Nov 2017 09:15 AM PDT  An upcoming book shows that former President George H.W. Bush did not mince words when asked about President Donald Trump, back before Trump had won the election.
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| Asia Argento Tells Uma Thurman ‘We Need’ Your Voice After Her Response to Weinstein Goes Viral Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:42 AM PST  She's shared credits with him in seven movies, but when it comes to the flood of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Uma Thurman is staying mum… for now.
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| Man Meets Biological Sister For First Time After She Was Switched At Birth 39 Years Ago Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:41 AM PST  The family could not believe the rumors they'd heard all these years had been true.
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| Netanyahu associates grilled in German submarine graft probe: report Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:36 AM PST  Two lawyers close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were questioned Sunday over their roles in suspected corruption around the purchase of German submarines, media reports and police said. Police said they had detained "two senior lawyers for questioning as part of the (submarine) affair," refusing however to confirm their identity at this stage. Israeli media identified both as being close to Netanyahu, naming one as David Shimron, a relative of Netanyahu and his family lawyer who also represented German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp in Israel.
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| Militants storm security compound in Yemen, kill at least 17 Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:18 AM PST ![Militants storm security compound in Yemen, kill at least 17]( "Militants storm security compound in Yemen, kill at least 17") SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Masked militants set off a large car bomb outside a security headquarters in Yemen's southern port city of Aden early Sunday killing at least 17 people before storming the compound, officials said, sparking combat that continued well into the night.
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| Off-Duty Police Officer Fatally Shot While Sitting in Parked Car Posted: 04 Nov 2017 05:23 PM PDT  A woman with him was injured
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| Report: 6 Florida Women Accuse State Senator Of Sexual Harassment Posted: 03 Nov 2017 06:55 PM PDT  Florida Sen. Jack Latvala (R-Clearwater) is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from six women, Politico reports.
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| US special forces 'fought Niger ambush alone after local troops fled' Posted: 04 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Johnson and three other US soldiers were killed in Niger on 4 October. The US special forces detachment ambushed in the Niger last month fought alone for hours after the local Nigerien forces they were accompanying fled in the first minutes of the engagement, retired and serving special forces officers with knowledge of events have said. Four US Green Berets and five Nigerien troops died in the incident, which has been the focus of an intense debate in Washington over the executive branch's extensive powers to use military force abroad without congressional approval and with little oversight.
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| Typhoon kills 27, leaves 22 missing along Vietnam coast Posted: 04 Nov 2017 09:59 PM PDT  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A powerful typhoon battering Vietnam has killed at least 27 people and left 22 others missing amid extensive damage along the south-central coast, officials said Sunday.
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| Trump's Mar-a-Lago Obtains Visas For 70 Foreign Workers Posted: 03 Nov 2017 05:53 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort has been granted 70 visas to bring in foreign workers for the winter season, The Palm Beach Post reports.
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| The Right Way to Use a Fire Extinguisher Posted: 04 Nov 2017 01:45 PM PDT  The recent recall of 40 million Kidde fire extinguishers affected households across the country. Though Kidde is replacing the faulty fire extinguishers, the recall serves as a reminder that you ...
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| Dozens of alligators captured prior to child's death at Disney Posted: 03 Nov 2017 06:04 PM PDT  Disney World knew it had an alligator problem long before one of the beasts killed a toddler at the famous resort last year, official data showed Friday. In the 15 months before an alligator dragged two-year-old Lane Graves underwater on June 14, 2016, 45 of the reptiles were captured on Disney property, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. From the day of the attack until September this year -- the latest data available -- trappers caught 95 alligators on Disney property.
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| Reshaping Iraq After the Defeat of the Islamic State Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:19 AM PST  A post–Islamic State Iraq may prove more dangerous than an Iraq with an Islamic State presence. Iraq's anti-ISIS war is quickly drawing to an end. ISIS fighters are routed and Iraqi sovereignty over territories, held by the Islamic State from June 2014, has been re-imposed.
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| Man Allegedly Used Ice Cream Truck To Lure And Sexually Assault Children: Police Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:18 AM PST  He is being held on $1 million bond.
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| Smog blankets Pakistan, India, causing accidents, illness Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:59 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Smog has enveloped much of Pakistan and neighboring India, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home, officials said Saturday.
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| Missile from Yemen intercepted over Saudi capital Posted: 04 Nov 2017 05:24 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile over Riyadh after it was launched from conflict-torn Yemen, with debris landing inside the capital's international airport, officials said. The missile attack claimed by Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels was the first aimed at the heart of the Saudi capital, underscoring the growing threat posed by the raging conflict in Yemen. Residents in Riyadh reported a loud explosion near the King Khalid International Airport just north of the city after the missile was shot down, but authorities reported no major damage or loss of life. "This evening a ballistic missile was fired from Yemeni territory towards the kingdom," the Saudi Press Agency quoted coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki as saying late Saturday. "The missile was launched indiscriminately to target the civilian and populated areas. Shattered fragments from the intercepted missile landed in an uninhabited area of the airport and there were no injuries," he added. Huthi rebels, who fired the missile from Yemeni territory more than 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) from Riyadh, said they were targeting the airport, according to the Huthis' Al-Masirah television channel. Civil aviation authorities said the airport was functioning normally and that flights were operating as scheduled, though residents said security vehicles had closed off some roads. Who rules Saudi Arabia? Saudi forces have shot down Huthi missiles before with Patriot surface-to-air missiles purchased from the United States, but few have come so close to a major population centre. In July, a ballistic missile fired from Yemen was shot down close to Mecca, a month before the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site. The attacks highlight how the war in Yemen is increasingly spilling across the border since a Saudi-led coalition began its military intervention in 2015. Saudi Arabia led the intervention to prop up the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after the Huthi rebels forced him into exile. But two years later, the kingdom appears to be in a quagmire. Hoping for a quick victory against what it saw as Iranian expansionism in its back yard, Riyadh has so far been unable to remove the Huthis from Yemeni capital Sanaa. At a glance | Yemen Aside from occasional missiles, Saudi territory has also been hit repeatedly by the rebels' cross-border incursions, raising fears the conflict could drag out yet further. In the frontier provinces of Jizan and Najran, thousands of mortar rounds and crude rockets have hit schools, mosques and homes. Thousands of residents have been evacuated from border towns across the southwest to create a buffer zone. Saudi Arabia does not officially disclose military fatalities, but state media has frequently featured funeral notices for "martyred" soldiers. United Nations-backed talks have failed to broker a political settlement to end the fighting in Yemen, which has left more than 8,600 people dead since the coalition intervened. A cholera outbreak has claimed more than 2,100 lives in Yemen since April as hospitals struggle to secure supplies amid a coalition air and sea blockade. The UN has warned that Yemen now stands on the brink of famine.
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| No joke: China's war on pollution roils world's top pig farming sector Posted: 04 Nov 2017 06:08 PM PDT ![No joke: China's war on pollution roils world's top pig farming sector]( "No joke: China's war on pollution roils world's top pig farming sector") By Hallie Gu and Josephine Mason ZHOUCUN, China (Reuters) - When Zhang Faqing received a letter from the government last December ordering him to close his pig farm on the outskirts of Beijing with just two weeks notice, he thought it was a joke. Almost one year later, he is still waiting for millions of yuan in compensation promised by the government, more than a dozen pig pens that used to house his 15,000 hogs stand empty and he is still at a loss about what to do. China's Ministry of Agriculture declined to comment for this article.
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| Donald Trump's press secretary promotes 'tremendously successful' Trump Hotel during official briefing Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:33 AM PST  Donald Trump's press secretary used an official briefing to promote the billionaire's "tremendously successful" Hawaii hotel in what experts have said is an "ethics violation". Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked why the President had stopped off at Trump International Hotel Waikiki before he left the state to continue his tour of the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Trump visited Hawaii for a briefing from US Pacific Command military leaders, and paid his respects to those killed in the 1941 Pearl Harbour attack during a stop at the USS Arizona memorial.
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| A Controversial Experiment Upends The Conventional Wisdom On Heart Stents Posted: 03 Nov 2017 05:45 PM PDT  A groundbreaking new experiment reveals that stents, which are mesh wire tubes inserted into narrow or weak arteries to widen them and increase blood flow, are no more effective than treating people with medicine when it comes to relieving stable angina, or chest pain, The New York Times first reported.
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| Larry David Goes To The Dark Side With Death Camp Pick-Up Lines On 'SNL' Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:28 AM PDT  "Saturday Night Live" host Larry David took a twisted turn to the shockingly macabre with a joke about picking up women at a concentration camp.
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| Turkey says Russia postpones Syria peace conference Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:53 AM PST  Turkey on Sunday said Russia had decided to postpone a planned Syria peace conference this month that had met with a cool reception from Ankara and its Western allies. There was no confirmation by Russia of the announcement by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, who added that Turkey was not planning to attend the event.
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| Man goes on mission to behead police officers for ISIS: Part 4 Posted: 03 Nov 2017 05:43 PM PDT  Usaamah Abdullah Rahim was killed by Boston police, and his nephew David Wright was found guilty of conspiring to provide support to ISIS and other charges.
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| The Latest: Ages of Texas victims ranged from 5 to 72 Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:09 PM PST  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a church in Texas (all times local):
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| The Latest: Saudi crown prince shocks kingdom with arrests Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:20 AM PST  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on Saudi Arabia, where dozens of princes and former ministers have been arrested as authorities announce an anti-corruption drive (all times local):
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