| Trump calls for 'Wall' and 'Ban' after Egypt attack Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:31 AM PST  President Trump reacted to the Sinai Peninsula mosque attack to push two of his domestic security proposals: a travel ban on certain Muslim-majority countries and a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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| Dem Lawmaker: Ethics Investigation Into John Conyers Allegations Is 'Not Accountability' Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:39 AM PST  Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) is standing by her call for Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, arguing that a congressional investigation into the matter is too little, too late.
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| New Signs Michael Flynn May Be Cutting Deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller Posted: 23 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  Flynn's lawyers have severed talks with President Trump's legal team over the Russia investigation.
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| Reeva Steenkamp Can ‘Rest In Peace' After Oscar Pistorius’ Sentence Doubled, Her Family Says Posted: 24 Nov 2017 07:07 AM PST  Reeva Steenkamp's family said she "can now rest in peace" after a South African court on Friday more than doubled Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' sentence for killing her.
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| President Mnangagwa pledges new era in Zimbabwe Posted: 25 Nov 2017 10:42 AM PST ![President Mnangagwa pledges new era in Zimbabwe]( "President Mnangagwa pledges new era in Zimbabwe") Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed sweeping change at his swearing in on Friday, pledging to fight poverty and corruption after Robert Mugabe's shock resignation.
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| Holder: Gerrymandering Threatens US Democracy Posted: 24 Nov 2017 01:56 PM PST  Former Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Rachel Maddow about the project he and former President Obama are working on to counter Republican gerrymandering and level the electoral playing field to make elections more about ideas.
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| An 'Explosion' Was Detected Near the Missing Argentine Sub's Last Known Location Posted: 23 Nov 2017 06:07 PM PST  More than a week has passed since the submarine disappeared
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| Al Franken Issues Another Apology: 'I Crossed A Line' Posted: 23 Nov 2017 07:03 PM PST  issued another apology Thursday after two more women came forward to accuse him of inappropriate touching.
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| Clashes as Pakistani police try to disperse Islamist sit-in Posted: 25 Nov 2017 12:01 AM PST  A policeman was killed and over 100 people wounded as Pakistani forces fired rubber bullets and lobbed tear gas in a bid to disperse an Islamist sit-in that has virtually paralysed the country's capital for weeks. Smoke and tear gas filled the air as the roughly 8,500 elite police and paramilitary troops in riot gear were also seen throwing rocks and using slingshots in the ongoing bid to clear 2,000 or so hardline demonstrators which began soon after dawn. AFP reporters at the site said more protesters were arriving, though it was difficult to tell how many.
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| North Korea replaces soldiers, South Korea awards medals after defector's border dash Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:36 AM PST  North Korea has reportedly replaced guards and fortified a section of its border with South Korea where a North Korean soldier defected last week, while South Korean and U.S. soldiers have been decorated for their role in the defector's rescue.
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| 'We must work together,' Zimbabwe's new leader declares Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:04 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed Friday he will work to reduce crushing unemployment and return the country to prosperity after years of decline, as the nation cheered a new beginning after the extraordinary exit of Robert Mugabe.
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| China says it will make efforts on Syria reconstruction Posted: 24 Nov 2017 06:54 AM PST  China hopes Syria can show "flexibility" in promoting peace talks, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday in a meeting with an adviser to Syria's president, adding that China would help with its reconstruction. Syria's six-year-old civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people, forced millions to flee in the worst refugee crisis since World War Two and embroiled regional and world powers. For years, Western and Arab countries backed an opposition demand that President Bashar al-Assad quit power, but since Russia's 2015 entry into the war, his government has won back major cities and now looks militarily unassailable.
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| This Was the Battle Ulysses S. Grant Hoped He 'Would Not Fight Again' Posted: 25 Nov 2017 04:48 AM PST  "Lee's army is really whipped," declared Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck on May 26, 1864. A battle with them outside of entrenchments cannot be had." Thwarted by the Army of Northern Virginia at the North Anna River, Grant was preparing to swing around Robert E. Lee's right flank again and push southeast. Lee then would have no choice but to leave his entrenchments at North Anna and attempt to stop the Federal forces from reaching Richmond, probably along the Chickahominy River.
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| Las Vegas Shooter Fired More Than 1,100 Rounds, Police Say Posted: 24 Nov 2017 04:29 AM PST  Gunman Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,100 rounds of ammunition during his attack on a Las Vegas country music festival last month, authorities said.
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| 'A Country Within a Country': Inside the Navajo Nation in 1948 Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:00 AM PST  "How can nations which differ from each other in appearance and language and culture live peaceably together?"
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| Lebanon arrests actor over 'collaboration' with Israel Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:24 AM PST  Lebanese authorities arrested prominent writer and actor Ziad Itani on Friday on charges of "collaborating" with Israel and gathering information on political figures, judicial sources said. Itani was detained "after several months of monitoring, follow-up and investigations within and outside" Lebanon, said the State Security Directorate General, in a statement carried by Lebanon's National News Agency. It said Itani, who is in his 40s, was being questioned "on charges of collaborating and communicating with the Israeli enemy".
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| Police Seek Answers On Central London's Black Friday Panic Posted: 25 Nov 2017 10:50 AM PST  Police are still investigating an incident that triggered panic near Oxford Circus, one of the London's busiest Tube stations, on Friday.
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| 235 Killed in Egypt Mosque Attack, State Media Says Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:20 AM PST  Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 235 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt.
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| President Emmerson Mnangagwa promises to pay compensation for land grabs and clean up Zimbabwe’s ‘poisoned politics’ as he is sworn in Posted: 24 Nov 2017 04:51 AM PST  Emmerson Mnangagwa appealed for national unity and promised compensation for dispossessed white farmers as he sought to draw a line under the Robert Mugabe era in his inaugural speech as president of Zimbabwe. Mr Mnangagwa was sworn in as the second president of Zimbabwe with a 21 gun salute, marching troops, and dancing children just ten days after the country's military launched a coup that led to the resignation of Mr Mugabe, who had ruled the country for 37 years, earlier this week. In an address to 60,000 people in Harare's national stadium, he praised Mr Mugabe as his mentor and a "founding father" of the nation, but in a tacit rebuke called on the international community to lift sanctions in recognition of the country's "new start." "For me personally he is a mentor, father, comrade in arms, and my leader," Mr Mnangagwa said of the outgoing president. Emmerson Mnangagwa, centre, takes his seat at his presidential inauguration ceremony in Harare, Zimbabwe Credit: AP "While we cannot change the past, there is a lot we can do in the present and the future to give our nation a different positive direction," he added. Mr Mugabe, 93 did not attend the lavish inauguration ceremony in Harare's National Stadium on Friday morning. His spokesman said that he needed to rest. Robert Mugabe kissing his wife and first lady Grace Mugabe during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations Credit: Jekesai Njikizana/AP Under overcast skies and watched by 60,000 spectators from the stands, Mr Mnangagwa swore to uphold the Zimbabwean constitution and defend the country's 16 million citizens. It was the first time since the independence ceremony of April 18 1980, that a crowd of all political parties, races, and creeds gathered to hear the speech of the leader of Zimbabwe. Service chiefs including Gen Constanino Chiwenga, the armed forces commander who orchestrated the coup that ousted Mr Mugabe, lined up to swear allegiance to Mr Mnangagwa after he had taken the oath. Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife Auxillia arrive at the presidential inauguration ceremony in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Credit: AP Edgar Lungu, the president of Zambia, and Botswana's Ian Khama, who regularly criticized Mr Mugabe over the torture and mistreatment of opposition leaders, flew in to attend the ceremony. Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, the most influential regional power, did not attend. Rory Stewart, the UK's Africa Minister, who is in Zimbabwe, was also absent. The ceremony was attended by Morgan Tsvangirai, the former prime minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, and Joice Mujuru, another opposition leader. Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as president in Harare Credit: AFP Mr Mnangagwa, who became leader of the ruling Zanu PF party over the weekend, made explicit promises to fix both Zimbabwe's "poisoned" political environment and its dysfunctional economy. "I am not oblivious to the many Zimbabweans across the political and racial divide who helped make this day happen, and thus have legitimate expectations of the office I now occupy," he said, in an apparent acknowledgement of the vast numbers of opposition supporters who marched against Mr Mugabe in Harare on Saturday. He said "free and fair" elections will go ahead as scheduled next year when the current five year presidential term, which Mr Mugabe began in 2013, ends. Timeline Robert Mugabe as leader of Zimbabwe Turning to the economy, he said he would invite foreign direct investment in an effort to stimulate "job job job creation" - a pledge that brought a loud cheer - and called for the EU and the United States to drop sanctions against top military and Zanu PF figures. "All foreign investment will be safe in Zimbabwe," said Mnangagwa, addressing fears following moves by Mr Mugabe to nationalize the country's lucrative resources such as diamonds, platinum, gold and chrome. He also said that the "redistribution" of white-owned farms would not be reversed but said his incoming government would be "committed to compensating farmers from whom land was taken." Gunners fire a 21 gun salute at the inauguration ceremony Credit: Anadolu/Wilfred Kajese Zimbabwe already runs a compensation scheme introduced last year that sees tenants on "redistributed" land pay rent to the state which is in theory used to compensate evicted farmers, but it has been criticised as effectively unaffordable for new tenants. The ceremony came as troubling details emerged about the arrest of ministers in the previous government. Ignatius Chombo, the finance minister in Mr Mugabe's government, was admitted to hospital with injuries sustained from beatings while in military custody, his lawyer said. New Zimbabwe President Emerson Mnangagwa is seen after he was sworn in Credit: Wilfred Kajese/ Anadolu Mr Chombo has not been seen since he was arrested in the military coup that unfolded in Zimbabwe on the night of November 14. Human rights groups have expressed concern about the treatment of a number of political allies of Grace Mugabe, the former first lady, who were arrested in the coup. The families of Saviour Kasukwere, the regional government minister, and Jonathan Moyo, the tertiary education minister, have reported military raids on the their homes and arbitrary arrests in the days since the coup. Mr Kasukwere and Mr Moyo themselves are believed to have left the country. The speech drew a mixed reaction on the streets of Harare. Zimbabwe's new first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa Credit: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Reuters "It was ok. It was nice to see and watch. But let's see what he does. We are very happy Mugabe has gone. But can he fix it? Today is a working day for us." said a vendor selling mobile phones at a traffic light in central Harare. "We have no jobs, we have nothing to show for our years as Zimbabwe. Don't believe our schools are ok - they are not. I have a child out of school because I cannot afford the fees," added the man, who declined to give his name. "We heard what he said. The hatred is not there any more. But where is the proof? Where is the money in the banks?" said Alice Mokwena, a part time job as a cleaner. The first sign of optimism after Mr Mnangagwa's speech was a drop in the black market rate for swipe cards and phone credit, a defacto-currency for many in the country, against US dollars. The Zimbabwe dollar disappeared in 2009 when it lost all value after years of hyperinflation. "The rate has been slipping the last few days and is now a further 10 percent down," said a small currency trader. "I am not sure how long this will last."
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| The Cute And Hilarious Ways People Are Dealing With Holiday Stress This Year Posted: 24 Nov 2017 01:23 AM PST  Stay stress free this holiday season by taking a leaf out of these tweeters' books.
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| EU blames Russia for death of 5 in eastern Ukraine Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:21 AM PST  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday blamed Russia for the deaths of at least five troops in eastern Ukraine in what appears to be the worst outburst of violence in months.
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| Two Journalism Schools Rescind Awards For Charlie Rose Amid Harassment Reports Posted: 25 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST  Charlie Rose just lost two honors for his work in journalism as the future of his career remains uncertain in the wake of sexual harassment reports against him.
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| U.S. Navy halts search for three sailors lost in Philippine Sea air crash Posted: 23 Nov 2017 07:10 PM PST  A U.S. Navy said it has called off a search for three sailors missing since a transport plane crashed in the Philippines Sea south of Japan on Wednesday enroute to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. "During the course of two days, eight U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Defence Force ships, three helicopter squadrons and maritime patrol aircraft covered nearly 1,000 square nautical miles," the U.S. Seventh Fleet said in a press release. The latest Navy accident in the Asia Pacific comes after two deadly incidents in the region involving U.S. warships that have raised questions about training and the pace of Navy operations in the region, prompting a Congressional hearing and the removal of a number of some senior officers.
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| China launches national kindergarten probe after 'needle marks' on toddlers Posted: 24 Nov 2017 06:17 AM PST  China launched a nationwide investigation into its kindergartens on Friday after parents at a Beijing preschool said toddlers had apparent needle marks and were given mysterious pills -- sparking outrage days after another daycare scandal. Security personnel installed a cordon at the gate of the RYB Education New World kindergarten on Friday after dozens of curious onlookers crowded outside the high-end, bilingual Chinese-English nursery, which was still operating. A day earlier, furious parents had gathered in front of the gate to demand answers from RYB, which is run by a company that started trading on the New York stock exchange in September.
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| Report: Tillerson Snubbing Ivanka Trump's India Trip Amid Tensions Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:21 PM PST  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson isn't sending a top delegation to accompany Ivanka Trump to a business summit in India because he doesn't want to promote her on the world stage, a State Department source has told CNN.
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| Malibu church 'pressured to end meals for the homeless' because it 'lures the needy' Posted: 25 Nov 2017 08:10 AM PST  A church in upmarket Malibu has decided to stop providing free meals for those in need after claiming they were told by officials they were attracting too many homeless people. The United Methodist Church, one of many churches that provides food and help, has been offering free meals twice a week. Dawn Randall, a member of the church, said it recently received an email from city officials.
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| The U.S. Marines Explained to Us When Fully Automatic Fire Is Needed in War Posted: 25 Nov 2017 04:41 AM PST  "America! Ahhhhh!" roars Chief Warrant Officer Christian Wade as he unloads with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle — and not with any of that wimpy "pew, pew, pew" slow and steady squeeze stuff. Gerald Trado, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, take turns sending rounds down range in semi-automatic and fully automatic.
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| Texas Abortion Restrictions Struck Down As Unconstitutional Posted: 23 Nov 2017 10:09 PM PST  A federal judge has struck down Texas restrictions on a common second-trimester abortion procedure, ruling that the law blocks a woman's constitutionally guaranteed right to an abortion.
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| Afghan air strike kills about 20 Taliban at religious school - officials Posted: 24 Nov 2017 02:15 AM PST ![Afghan air strike kills about 20 Taliban at religious school - officials]( "Afghan air strike kills about 20 Taliban at religious school - officials") A rocket attack on an Afghan religious school killed about 20 Taliban insurgents exchanging fire with security forces, officials said on Friday, adding that no children were among the victims. The insurgents had taken shelter at the school compound in the central eastern province of Wardak, 35 km (20 miles) southwest of the capital, Kabul, when the air strike hit late on Wednesday, the officials said.
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| 'She Was Just Ecstatic.' Paramedics Grant a Woman's Final Wish to See the Beach Posted: 23 Nov 2017 11:41 PM PST  The woman was en route to a Queensland hospital's palliative care unit when she expressed a desire to be at the sea again
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| Japanese politician barred from bringing baby to council session Posted: 23 Nov 2017 10:03 PM PST  A local Japanese politician has stirred debate after she was forbidden from bringing her baby into a council session. In a case that contrasts starkly with the Australian lawmaker who breastfed her baby in parliament, Yuka Ogata was told she could not take part in the assembly on Wednesday if she had her seven-month-old son with her. Officials of the Kumamoto municipal assembly said visitors and observers were forbidden from the floor, and that included the young children of politicians. The session eventually started 40 minutes late after Ms Ogata agreed to leave the infant with a friend. It was the first time Ms Ogata had attended a plenary session since she gave birth to her son, the BBC reported. She said she wanted to show how difficult it was for women to continue careers and bring up children. Ms. Yuka Ogata (Ogata is her family), one of a few female members of Kumamoto's City Council, has received... https://t.co/Q4KirSrif1— Kumamoto-i (@Kumamotoi) November 23, 2017 "I wanted the assembly to be a place where women who are raising children can also do a great job," she told the Mainichi newspaper. The council said it would discuss ways to support lawmakers who had young children. "We would like to work on a system where assembly members can participate in meetings with their children," Speaker Yoshitomo Sawada, according to the Mainichi. Her move has sparked debate online with supporters saying she was brave and opponents questioning if it was a good idea to bring a baby to a workplace. "I think her act was wonderful. People wouldn't take problems seriously" if she hadn't shown up with the child, one Twitter user said. "Balancing work and child rearing isn't about being with a child all the time at a workplace," said another user, who identified herself as a fellow working mother. "I really cannot understand her action," wrote this user. Japan has consistently fared poorly in gender equality rankings in the developed world. Women are still often expected to give up work after having children, face chronic shortages of public childcare spots and regularly describe the existence of a "concrete" rather than glass ceiling preventing female workers from advancing to senior positions. So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli #auspolpic.twitter.com/w34nxWxG0y— Larissa Waters (@larissawaters) May 9, 2017 In contrast, Senator Larissa Waters returned to parliament in Australia in May after giving birth to her second daughter and brought her baby Alia Joy with her while she voted. Furthermore, she made political history in the country by breastfeeding her daughter in the chamber. In Britain, an independent review in July last year concluded that allowing women to breastfeed would be "symbolic" and showcase the Commons as a "role-model parent friendly institution".
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| Transgender Lawmaker Danica Roem: Trump Shows There's 'No Barrier' To Getting Elected Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:09 AM PST  If Danica Roem was anxious about "barriers to entry" when running for office, the results of the 2016 presidential election threw any uncertainties out the door.
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| Buddhist nationalism burns as Pope visits Myanmar Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:24 AM PST  A fiery brand of Buddhist nationalism is burning brighter than ever as Myanmar braces for its first ever papal visit, posing a challenge to the message of religious tolerance Pope Francis is expected to preach next week. A wing of extremist monks have been stirring Islamaphobia in Myanmar for years, earning a reputation as incubators of "Buddhist terror". Global outrage over the violence -- which the UN and the US have called ethnic cleansing -- has triggered an ultra-nationalistic reflex inside Myanmar, pushing the public towards firebrand monks who have long cast the Rohingya as ill-intentioned outsiders.
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| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week Posted: 24 Nov 2017 10:12 AM PST  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ― but succinct ― wisdom.
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| Prince William and Pregnant Kate Middleton Arrive at London Theater After Scare One Block Away Posted: 24 Nov 2017 12:43 PM PST  According to the Metropolitan Police, officers responded to numerous emergency calls on Friday evening claiming that shots had been fired
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| Pentagon likely to acknowledge 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria: U.S. officials Posted: 24 Nov 2017 12:50 PM PST  The Pentagon is likely to announce in the coming days that there are about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, two U.S. officials said on Friday, as the military acknowledges that an accounting system for troops has under-reported the size of forces on the ground. The U.S. military had earlier publicly said it had around 500 troops in Syria, mostly supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces group of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting Islamic State in the north of the country. Two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Pentagon could, as early as Monday, publicly announce that there are slightly more than 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.
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| Boom! Luxury converted nuclear missile silo lists on Airbnb Posted: 24 Nov 2017 10:37 AM PST  ESKRIDGE, Kan. (AP) — A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is now finding a new lease on life as an Airbnb location.
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| Dwayne Johnson Remembers When His Family Couldn't Afford Thanksgiving Dinner Posted: 25 Nov 2017 10:12 AM PST  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be one of the biggest names in Hollywood, but he won't let us forget his humble beginnings.
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