| In White House, Flynn Pitched Nuclear Plan From Company He'd Advised: Reports Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:22 PM PST  Earlier this year, House Democrats accused retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn of secretly lobbying for a huge Middle East nuclear power deal while serving as President Donald Trump's national security adviser.
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| David Cassidy Dies at Age 67 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  Cassidy's family says the actor, musician and star of "The Partridge Family" passed away "with joy in his heart."
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| Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for 139 for mutiny Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:03 PM PST  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's High Court has upheld a verdict by a trial court sentencing 139 border guards to death for their actions in a 2009 mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were killed.
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| Roy Moore Criticizes Effort To Make Sure All Eligible Voters Can Vote In Alabama Posted: 29 Nov 2017 11:46 AM PST  Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, accused Democrats on Tuesday of attempting to register felons in order to sway the special election to his Democratic opponent.
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| Top Chinese General Commits Suicide Amid Corruption Probe Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:09 AM PST  It is the most senior suicide yet in President Xi Jinping's five-year crackdown on graft
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| 2018 Jeep Wrangler: An All-New Version of an Icon! Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:01 PM PST  Diesel power, hybridization, and full-time all-wheel drive join the party.
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| Sen. Paul says man who tackled him spoke to him after attack Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:47 PM PST  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says a man who tackled him in his yard spoke to him afterward about why he was unhappy, but Paul said no explanation would have justified what he called an unprovoked attack.
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| Monica Lewinsky 'Fixes' Title Of HLN Special To Focus On The Real Scandal Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:49 PM PST  This time around, Monica Lewinsky won't let the media lasciviously frame the story that turned her into a household name two decades ago.
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| These Weird Christmas Gifts Will Make The Holidays Hilarious Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:54 PM PST  These are weird times we live in, so the Christmas gifts you give should reflect that.
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| Turkish gold trader details money laundering scheme for Iran Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:45 PM PST  A Turkish-Iranian gold trader described in a U.S. court on Wednesday how he ran a sprawling international money laundering scheme aimed at helping Iran get around U.S. sanctions and spend its oil and gas revenues abroad. Reza Zarrab, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in the criminal trial of a Turkish bank executive, told jurors in federal court in Manhattan that he helped Iran use funds deposited in Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to buy gold, which was smuggled to Dubai and sold for cash. The testimony, given through Turkish interpreters, came on the second day of the trial of Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who has pleaded not guilty.
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| Venezuela's Maduro says he could stop oil sales to US Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:02 PM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro floated the idea Tuesday of cutting off oil sales to the United States, which buys almost half its output. Never one to shy away from provocative rhetoric, socialist Maduro said that US sanctions against Caracas were over the top, and maybe not worth the trouble. Venezuela produces 1.9 million barrels per day of which the United States buys 750,000.
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| Rich San Francisco Residents Got Their Street Back After a Tax Dispute Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:54 AM PST  Officials voted to rescind the sale of the tax-defaulted gated community
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| Sioux Leader To Trump: 'Leave The Office You Bought And Take Your Swamp Things With You' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:35 AM PST  A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump's "Pocahontas" slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers.
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| Pope Francis Preaches Forgiveness in First Public Mass in Myanmar Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:25 PM PST  Pope Francis urged Myanmar's long-suffering people to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured, preaching a message of forgiveness Wednesday to a huge crowd in his first public Mass in the predominantly Buddhist nation.
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| Net Neutrality: The Courts Can Stop the FCC's Plan to Kill the Open Internet Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:45 AM PST  The facts aren't on Ajit Pai's side, and that matters.
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| 22 Stunning Holiday Trifles Posted: 29 Nov 2017 04:03 PM PST |
| 3-Year-Old Girl Disappears In North Carolina, Sparking FBI Search Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:37 PM PST  Federal agents have joined the search for a missing three-year-old girl.
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| Native American Leaders Slam Trump For 'Culturally Insensitive' Pocahontas Remark Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:34 AM PST  Native American leaders fired back at President Donald Trump's referring to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
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| Big California dam's new spillway already has cracks in it Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:12 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Small cracks have appeared in a new concrete spillway at Oroville Dam, a development state officials say was expected but an engineering expert says could lead to serious safety issues.
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| Twitter Responds Perfectly After Marvel Editor-In-Chief Exposed For Posing As Asian Posted: 29 Nov 2017 11:46 AM PST  After news broke that Marvel's new editor-in-chief, C.B. Cebulski, had posed as a Japanese comic book writer for a year, Twitter decided to use its powers for good.
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| Libya says migrant repatriation flights to be stepped up Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:25 AM PST  Libya's UN-backed authorities said Tuesday that flights repatriating stranded migrants will be stepped up, as the International Organization for Migration called on Tripoli to empty its detention centres. The plight of migrants in Libya has garnered fresh attention after an outcry over reports of slave auctions in the country, an enormous transit hub for sub-Saharan Africans seeking to reach Europe. Human-trafficking networks have flourished in the chaos that followed a NATO-backed uprising which toppled long-time Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
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| Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST ![Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed]( "Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed") The head of the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, an elite military demonstration squadron, was removed because of a loss of confidence in his leadership, the military said on Wednesday. In a separate statement, Major Ray Geoffroy, a spokesman for the Thunderbirds, said Heard had not been removed because of a recent crash. "While he led a highly successful 2017 show season featuring 72 demonstrations over 39 show sites, concerns arose that his approach to leading the team was resulting in increased risk within the demonstration which eroded the team dynamic," Geoffroy said.
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| China's Military Is Getting Stronger and Could 'Leapfrog' over America Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:04 AM PST  China's military modernization remains a key concern for the US and its allies. Crucial in that regard has been China's development of forces geared towards preventing uncontested access to its air and maritime approaches by potential adversaries. Such 'anti-access and area denial' (A2AD) capabilities are designed either to prevent an adversary's access to a particular region (anti-access) or to contest its freedom of movement within that theater (area denial).
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| New tests at Jesus's presumed tomb back traditional beliefs Posted: 28 Nov 2017 02:34 PM PST  Scientific testing at what is believed to be Jesus's tomb dates material there to the fourth century, supporting traditional beliefs surrounding the site, an expert involved in the study said on Tuesday. The study offers no further evidence whether or not Jesus was actually buried at the site in Jerusalem, but was consistent with the historical belief that the Romans built a monument there some 300 years after his death. It is the first time such testing has been carried out at the site, located at what is now the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and encased in an elaborate shrine, or edicule. The tests on mortar at the site were done in connection with recent restoration work, which saw the cave where Jesus is believed to have been buried opened for the first time in centuries. Antonia Moropoulou, chief scientific coordinator of the restoration works, said the testing was consistent with historical beliefs that the Romans built a monument at the presumed tomb during the era of Constantine the Great, circa 326. Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles during the ceremony of the "Holy Fire" as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 15, 2017, during Orthodox Easter ceremonies Credit: AFP "This is a very important finding because it confirms that it was, as historically evidenced, Constantine the Great responsible for cladding bedrock of the tomb of Christ with the marble slabs in the edicule," said Moropoulou, a specialist in preservation from the National Technical University of Athens. The dating of the mortar shows historical continuity at the site, stretching through the Byzantine era, the Crusades, the Renaissance period and beyond, she said. Tradition holds that Constantine had the monument to Jesus built on what was thought to be the site of his burial as he began the Roman empire's transition to Christianity in the fourth century AD. Other monuments were built over it in later years. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses the shrine today, along with the nearby presumed site of Jesus's crucifixion – the holiest sites in Christianity. In March, the newly restored shrine surrounding the tomb was unveiled following months of delicate work. A 19th-century edicule surrounds the tomb with an onion-shaped dome above. In October 2016, perhaps the most dramatic moment in the renovation occurred when the cave thought to be the tomb of Jesus was opened for the first time in centuries. The Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic denominations share custody of the church, but disputes between the three had led to renovations being delayed for decades.
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| The Birther's Back: Trump Reportedly Reignites Racist Lie About Obama Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:00 PM PST  President Donald Trump is reportedly reviving the racist "birther" conspiracy theory, which claims that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.
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| Saudi prince freed in $1 billion settlement agreement: official Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:52 PM PST  Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an "acceptable settlement agreement" with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. The official, who is involved in the anti-corruption campaign, said Prince Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching "an acceptable settlement agreement". "The amount of the settlement was not disclosed but it is believed to be more than one billion US dollar equivalent," the official said.
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| Redesigned 2018 GMC Terrain Feels Like a Questionable Value Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:43 PM PST  General Motors redesigned the GMC Terrain with tidier dimensions, bringing it in line with most of the compact-SUV segment. The automaker has positioned the new version as a more premium offering...
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| Saudi hawk minister leads campaign against Iran and proxies Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:54 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince relies on a small core group of advisers, none more provocative than Thamer al-Sabhan, the fiercely anti-Iran government official whose fingerprints were on the hurried and ultimately unsuccessful resignation of Lebanon's prime minister earlier this month.
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| Fastest Four-Doors to Lap the Nurburgring Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:05 AM PST |
| US military says civilians not killed in Somali raid Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:05 PM PST  US military investigators said Wednesday that only enemy fighters were shot dead in a joint US-Somali raid in August, amid allegations that multiple civilians were killed. At issue is an August 25 operation at a farm near Bariire in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, when Somali troops and US special forces attacked a suspected hideout for fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group. Local elders called a news conference in the capital Mogadishu and displayed nine bodies, two of them children, saying they were civilians killed in cold blood by Somali troops.
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| Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Wedding Is A Big Shift For England's State Church Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:15 PM PST  Wedding planning can be stressful for any couple whose families come from different religious and cultural backgrounds.
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| Retired Miner With Black Lung Begs EPA To Save Power Plant Rules: ‘We're Literally Dying' Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:51 AM PST  In 2014, Stanley Sturgill traveled 1,300 miles from his home in Harlan County, Kentucky, to Denver, where the Environmental Protection Agency held one of four public hearings and 11 listening sessions on new rules to limit pollution from power plants.
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| Trump's anti-Muslim retweets prompt backlash in Washington: 'The president is racist' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:27 PM PST  Trump is 'cynically trying to divide people along racial and religious lines', Keith Ellison said. A top Democrat condemned Donald Trump as a "racist" hours after the president retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos on Wednesday that were posted by the deputy leader of a British far-right group.
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| Texas victim's family files first claim against U.S. Air Force over church massacre Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:10 PM PST  Parents of one of the victims killed in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at a Texas church filed a claim on Tuesday against the U.S. Air Force in what appeared to be the first legal action in connection to the incident. The administrative claim, which was filed directly with the Air Force in Washington, said the military acted negligently when it failed to report the criminal record of gunman Devin Kelly to a federal database that would have prevented him from legally purchasing a firearm. Kelly killed 26 people and wounded more than 20 at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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| 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:50 PM PST  First lesson: Steer clear of raccoons.
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| A Student Was Suspended for Sexual Harassment. Now He's Quoting Betsy DeVos to Sue His School Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:57 PM PST  The Education Secretary has rolled back Obama-era guidelines on investigating assault
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| More pressure on Conyers to resign after new accusations Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls for Michigan Rep. John Conyers to resign increased on Tuesday after a former staffer said the longest-serving member of the House made unwanted sexual advances that included partially undressing in front of her in a hotel room and inappropriate touching.
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| 15 suspected communist rebels dead in clash: Philippine army Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:43 AM PST  Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the Philippine military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and threatened to categorise them a "terrorist" group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Manila, prompting authorities to send troops, said local military spokesman Colonel Teody Toribio.
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| Sean Hannity Flips Out After Seeing His NY Times Magazine Cover Photo Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:37 AM PST  Sean Hannity really doesn't like the picture the New York Times chose for its cover story of him in the newspaper's Sunday magazine.
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| New report reveals bear facts about the Yeti Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:37 AM PST  Legend-slaying scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centuries to inhabit inaccessible reaches of the Himalayas. It turns out, they report in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, that the long-sought creature, also known as Yeti, is in fact a bear. "Our findings strongly suggest that the biological underpinnings of the Yeti legend can be found in local bears," said lead scientist Charlotte Lindqvist, associate professor at the University of Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
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| Japan detects radio signals pointing to possible North Korea missile test: source Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:49 AM PST  TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan has detected radio signals suggesting North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, although such signals are not unusual and satellite images did not show fresh activity, a Japanese government source said on Tuesday. After firing missiles at a pace of about two or three a month since April, North Korean missile launches paused in September, after it fired a rocket that passed over Japan's northern Hokkaido island. Japan's Kyodo news agency reported late on Monday that the Japanese government was on alert after catching such radio signals, suggesting a launch could come in a few days.
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