| Judge Rejects Trump Request To Sift Through Cohen Documents First, May Use Mediator Posted: 16 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday denied a request to allow the president and his
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| Meacham: Barbara Bush was ‘First Lady of the Greatest Generation’ Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:25 AM PDT  Former First Lady Barbara Bush is in failing health and according to a family spokesman will not seek additional medical treatment, instead, she remains at home with her loved ones focused on comfort care.
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| Comey: Trump Wouldn't Shut Up About The Inauguration Crowd To Me, Either Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:22 AM PDT  One of Donald Trump's first obsessions in office was the size of his
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| 13 Fresh Mint Recipes that Taste Like Summer Posted: 16 Apr 2018 02:00 PM PDT |
| Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia Posted: 17 Apr 2018 02:50 AM PDT  - A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport. NBC's Jay Blackman reports.
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| Iranian-Backed Militias Set Sights on U.S. Forces Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:52 AM PDT  Airstrikes against Syria may galvanize support against the United States.
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| Boy unearths legendary king Bluetooth's trove who brought Christianity to Denmark Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:44 AM PDT  A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" treasure trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish king Harald Bluetooth who brought Christianity to Denmark. Rene Schoen and his student Luca Malaschnitschenko were looking for treasure using metal detectors in January on northern Ruegen island when they chanced upon what they initially thought was a worthless piece of aluminium. But upon closer inspection, they realised that it was a shimmering piece of silver, German media reported. A dig covering 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) that finally started over the weekend by the regional archaeology service has since uncovered a trove believed linked to the Danish king who reigned from around 958 to 986. Braided necklaces, pearls, brooches, a Thor's hammer, rings and up to 600 chipped coins were found, including more than 100 that date back to Bluetooth's era. Amateur archaeologist Rene Schoen, left, and 13-year-old student Luca Malaschnichenko at the dig where the coins were found Credit: STEFAN SAUER/ DPA "This trove is the biggest single discovery of Bluetooth coins in the southern Baltic sea region and is therefore of great significance," lead archaeologist Michael Schirren told national news agency DPA. The oldest coin found in the trove is a Damascus dirham dating to 714 while the most recent is a penny dating to 983. The find suggests that the treasure may have been buried in the late 980s - also the period when Bluetooth was known to have fled to Pomerania where he died in 987. "We have here the rare case of a discovery that appears to corroborate historical sources," said archaeologist Detlef Jantzen. Bluetooth is credited with unifying Denmark. The Viking-born king also turned his back on old Norse religion and introduced Christianity to the Nordic country. But he was forced to flee to Pomerania after a rebellion led by his son Sven Gabelbart. Bluetooth's lasting legacy is found today in smartphones and laptops - the wireless Bluetooth technology is named after him, and the symbol is composed of the two Runes spelling out his initials R. B.
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| Seven inmates killed at South Carolina maximum security prison after hours of fighting Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:25 AM PDT  The Lee Correctional Institution houses about 1,500 inmates, some of South Carolina's most violent and longest-serving offenders.
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| EPA Spending On Scott Pruitt's Soundproof Phone Booth Broke Federal Law, Government Watchdog Finds Posted: 16 Apr 2018 08:43 AM PDT  Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, broke the law
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| Group accused of gang raping, killing Indian girl plead not guilty Posted: 16 Apr 2018 02:26 AM PDT  Eight men accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Monday to the horrific crime that has sparked revulsion and brought thousands to India's streets in protest. Four police and a Hindu temple custodian are among those accused of gang raping and killing a Muslim girl from a poor tribe in Jammu and Kashmir state where the highly-charged case has stoked long-simmering religious tensions. Ankur Sharma, a lawyer for the accused, said the men had pleaded not guilty were willing to take a lie-detector test.
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| Video footage shows accused killer befriending alleged victim: Authorities Posted: 15 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Lois Riess is suspected of killing her husband and then a woman for her identity.
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| 'Very Angry Badger' Seizes Part Of 500-Year-Old Scottish Castle Posted: 17 Apr 2018 01:55 AM PDT  It's like something from a Monty Python sketch: Portions of a 16th-century
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| Russian Reporter Maxim Borodin Dies After Mysterious Balcony Fall Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:04 PM PDT  A journalist who had been investigating the deaths of alleged Russian
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| Bodies of man, child found in car in Northern California amid search for missing Valencia family Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:11 PM PDT  Searchers looking for a Valencia family whose SUV plunged into a NorCal river found a car and the bodies of a man and a child in it.
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| Democrats losing lead on Republicans in midterm election polls Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:37 AM PDT  Taking Congress back from the Republicans in this year's midterm elections may be more difficult for Democrats than anticipated, according to recent polling. A new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post shows Democrats' advantage is narrowing in a so-called "generic ballot", where voters are asked which party they plan to favour in the coming election. In January, Democrats lead Republicans in a generic matchup by 12 per cent. In April, that lead was just 4 per cent.
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| Korean Air 'water rage' heiress suspended, faces criminal probe Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:33 PM PDT  A Korean Air heiress accused of assault has been suspended by her father's company as police Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into claims she threw water into a man's face in a business meeting. Cho Hyun-min, a marketing executive at the South Korean flag carrier, is the latest scion of its founding family to spark controversy through her hot-tempered behaviour. Four years ago her older sister Cho Hyun-ah made global headlines for angrily kicking a cabin crew member off a plane after being served macadamia nuts in a bag rather than a bowl -- an incident quickly dubbed "nut rage".
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| Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Has Apologized for Remarks Linking a Teachers' Rally to Child Sex Abuse Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:17 PM PDT  Bevin apologized several times in a video and said he was misunderstood
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| New videos released from Stephon Clark shooting Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:14 PM PDT  The Sacramento Police Department has released more video from the March 18 incident where Stephon Clark was shot and killed by officers. Police say the new videos show officers responding to the scene after Clark was shot. Mireya Villarreal reports.
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| Times, New Yorker win Pulitzer for Weinstein scandal Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:26 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set off a worldwide reckoning over sexual misconduct in the workplace.
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| Jeremy Corbyn openly disowned by his own MPs as he is accused of siding with Assad and Russia Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:42 AM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn is being openly disowned by his own MPs amid accusations that he has sided with President Assad and Vladimir Putin over military intervention in Syria. On Sunday the Labour leader called for a "war powers act" which would seek to ensure that all planned use of force would have to be signed off by the Commons, to hold all future governments "for what they do in our name." He has described airstrikes on Syria as "legally questionable" and refused both to directly blame Assad for the chemical weapon attack in Douma and Russia for the suspected nerve-agent attack in Salisbury. Watched Corbyn interview on #Marr again. Sorry to say my Party is led by a man who questions Russian responsibility for Salisbury, who rejects action to stop Assad use of chemical weapons, who opposes Humanitarian intervention and gives Russia a veto on UK action #NotInMyName— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) April 16, 2018 Mr Corbyn's supporters took to Twitter to voice their opposition to UK involvement of the bombing of targets in Syria, by using the hashtag #NotInMyName. Labour MPs have now broken ranks to criticise the Mr Corbyn over his stance. Mike Gapes, a Labour MP, said on Twitter: "Sorry to say my Party is led by a man who questions Russian responsibility for Salisbury, who rejects action to stop Assad use of chemical weapons, who opposes Humanitarian intervention and gives Russia a veto on UK action #NotInMyName." Listened to the Today Programme. I wish my frontbench would spend even a fraction of the energy on Assad and Russia's grotesque slaughter of civilians as they are on inventing new reasons to oppose targeted UK intervention to stop it.— John Woodcock (@JWoodcockMP) April 16, 2018 John Woodcock, a Labour MP, said: "I wish my frontbench would spend even a fraction of the energy on Assad and Russia's grotesque slaughter of civilians as they are on inventing new reasons to oppose targeted UK intervention to stop it." Later today Mr Corbyn is expected to ask for an emergency debate in order to ask the Prime Minister to consult Parliament before future military action, with the possibility of Labour MPs criticising the Labour leader in the House. The Prime Minister will also ask for an emergency debate, but while her bid will not include a request for a vote, Mr Corbyn is likely to ask for a vote which could include a call for Prime Ministers to consult Parliament in future. Although such votes are not binding, any defeat for the Prime Minister would be embarrassing and would make it politically more difficult for her to take military action in future. It is up to the Speaker to decide whether to allow either of the applications. Mr Corbyn told the Andrew Marr show on BBC One on Sunday: "There is precedent over previous interventions where parliament has had a vote, and I think what we need in this country is something more robust, like a War Powers Act, so that governments do get held to account by parliament for what they do in our name. "She could have recalled parliament last week - it is only the Prime Minister who can recall parliament - or she could have delayed until tomorrow when parliament returns." Syria strikes | Read latest
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| Is the F-35 Now the Ultimate Drone Killer? Posted: 17 Apr 2018 06:30 AM PDT  An F-35 used sensors, on-board computers and targeting systems to find, track and destroy two airborne drones at once. Previous test data and observers have confirmed the F-35 identified and targeted the drone with its mission systems sensors, passed the target 'track' information to the missile, enabled the pilot to verify targeting information using the high off-boresight capability of the helmet mounted display and launched the AIM-9X from the aircraft to engage the target drone, a statement from the F-35 JPO said. When a single F-35 used sensors, on-board computers and targeting systems to find, track and destroy two airborne drones at the same time with air-to-air missiles, the emerging 5th Gen fighter transitioned into a new era for offensive attack missions.
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| Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:09 PM PDT ![Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise]( "Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise") WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a pastor who challenged a state law's noise limit that was used to restrict his anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Maine.
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| Philippines to deploy riot police for Boracay tourist closure Posted: 17 Apr 2018 12:53 AM PDT  The Philippines is set to deploy hundreds of riot police to top holiday island Boracay to keep travellers out and head off potential protests ahead of its six-month closure to tourists, the government said Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte has branded the tiny central island and its world-famous white-sand beach a "cesspool". "In any transition, especially for a drastic action such as this, there is always confusion, uncertainties, and low morale," the regional police director, Chief Superintendent Cesar Binag said at a public forum on the island, aired on national television.
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| UPDATE: Washington Detective Given 5 Day Suspension for Drawing Gun on Biker Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:42 AM PDT  UPDATE: Washington Detective Given 5 Day Suspension for Drawing Gun on Biker Today the Washington detective who drew his gun on a motorcyclist back in August will learn his fate UPDATE: After initially covering the story, Detective Richard Rowe of
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| Scientists Accidentally Create A Plastic-Eating Enzyme Posted: 17 Apr 2018 07:50 AM PDT  A Japanese waste dump is an unlikely location for what may be a huge
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| Ford Says The Mustang Was The Best-Selling Sports Coupe Of 2017 Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:01 PM PDT  The Mustang is now sold in 146 countries.
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| 12 of the Weirdest Special Edition Cars Ever Made Posted: 17 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| This Trend In Dating Is The 'Worst Decision Any Single Can Make' Posted: 17 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  If you're single and looking for love, you've probably had nights that played
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| Power to the party: Why political reforms can be bad for democracy Posted: 17 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Over the last half-century, political power has devolved from party functionaries to ordinary citizens voting in primaries. That has made the system more democratic — but also more susceptible to manipulation by populist demagogues. Some political scientists think it's time to take another look.
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| Did China Just 'Activate' Its Latest Carrier-Killer (or Guam Express) Missile? Posted: 17 Apr 2018 07:19 AM PDT  Anti-ship precision strike missile DF-26 fully combat ready amid Pentagon's raid on Syria. Did China Just 'Activate' Its Latest Carrier-Killer (or Guam Express) Missile? The US-led coordinated strikes on Syria last week, in response to the Assad regime's suspected use of chemical weapons, has given the Chinese military more impetus to develop its own precision airborne strike systems.
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| The Latest: Police release call from Starbucks employee Posted: 17 Apr 2018 02:23 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local):
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| Doctors call for urgent research as flesh-eating Buruli ulcer spreads in Australia Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:23 AM PDT  Warning: graphic content Australia is facing a "rapidly worsening epidemic" of gruesome flesh-eating ulcers that have baffled experts and prompted calls for urgent medical research to uncover the cause. Scientists said the Buruli ulcer, a bacterial infection which is most commonly seen in tropical parts of Africa, is being reported in increasing numbers in "temperate" rural areas in the state of Victoria. The number of annual cases has increased more than 400 per cent, with a record 182 cases reported in 216 and 236 in the first 11 months of 2017. "The community is facing a worsening epidemic, defined by cases rapidly increasing in number, becoming more severe in nature, and occurring in new geographic areas," said an article on the outbreak in the Medical Journal of Australia. The infection typically starts as a sore on the arm or leg that fails to heal and slowly enlarges, causing severe lesions of the skin and potentially requiring amputations. Sufferers often initially dismiss the initial symptoms as an insect bite. A severe ulcer on the knee of an 11-year-old boy, which took six months to heal Credit: Medical Journal of Australia "It can really become very severe and eats away at the skin and soft tissue … leading to, often, long-term cosmetic deformities, even mobility issues and occasionally it's actually associated with death," Professor Daniel O'Brien, the article's lead author and an infectious diseases expert, told ABC News. The outbreak has occurred in coastal areas in Victoria, including the Bellarine and Mornington peninsulas. But it has also reportedly spread to some suburbs in Melbourne, the country's second-largest city. It is believed to be the only current outbreak in the developed world. Scientists have called for urgent funding to research the causes of the outbreak. The infection is believed to spread via mosquitoes and possums. "We actually don't know for sure — we have some clues about what may be the causes, but nobody really knows why it's located here, why it moves into new areas, and in fact how we catch it," Professor O'Brien said. Known as Mycobacterium ulcerans, the infection can often be treated with antibiotics, though severe cases can require surgery or amputation. Possum and mosquitoes are believed to help spread the disease Credit: Auscape Gus Charles, a 12-year-old, developed a lump on his knee after visiting the Mornington Peninsula for a family holiday. Several doctors misdiagnosed it before a surgeon sliced into the lump and found a "huge pus-filled abscess", according to a report in Fairfax Media. Gus eventually underwent plastic surgery and spent six months recovering. "When I first saw it after surgery I fainted because it was pretty bad," he told ABC News. His mother, Sally, told Fairfax Media: "He complained about it a bit, but he's a pretty tough kid. And then the lump started to get bigger and bigger." She added: "It was horrible. He's a tough kid, but he was rocked by this." Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security
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| France says Syria attack evidence 'highly likely' to 'disappear' Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:08 PM PDT  The French government said Tuesday that it was "highly likely" evidence would "disappear" from the site of a suspected chemical attack in Syria before weapons experts arrive in the area. Russia has denied trying to obstruct the investigation and said the inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), who arrived in Damascus on Saturday, are due to visit Douma on Wednesday.
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| See Emma Watson's Glorious 'Harry Potter' Reunion With Costars Posted: 17 Apr 2018 03:34 AM PDT  They can still make magic together.
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| U.S. strike on China's ZTE another blow for Qualcomm Posted: 17 Apr 2018 01:15 AM PDT  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A move by the United States to ban American firms selling components to the Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will also hit a target closer to home: Qualcomm Inc, a U.S. company that is a major supplier of chips for ZTE's phones. The U.S. Department of Commerce slapped a seven-year ban on sales to ZTE on Monday for breaking terms of an agreement reached last year after it was caught illegally shipping goods to Iran. Caught in the crossfire is Qualcomm, whose products account for the lion's share of chips inside ZTE smartphones.
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| If You Own Guns You Don’t Want Anymore, We Want To Talk To You Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:59 AM PDT  Americans own a lot of guns. With more than 300 million of them in civilian
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| Why You Might Have to Pay a Tax Penalty Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:38 PM PDT  What's the harm in filing your taxes late? It depends on whether you owe Uncle Sam or Uncle Sam owes you. If the IRS owes you a refund, you face no repercussions, aside from losing the opportunit...
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| Donald Trump ‘felt misled over expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats for Salisbury attack’ Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:44 PM PDT  Donald Trump felt misled by aides over the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats for the Salisbury spy poisoning and pushed back on Theresa May's demands to act, The Washington Post has reported. The paper said the US president was left furious after discovering that Germany and France had only sent home a handful of Russians over the incident. Aides reportedly had to explain that the US was matching the European Union's entire number of expulsions rather than that of major EU countries. Mr Trump was still left fuming, with one source saying that "a lot of curse words" were used, according to The Washington Post. The president was also said to have pushed back on Mrs May's call for Russian expulsions after the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. "Why are you asking me to do this?" he reportedly told the Prime Minister. "What's Germany going to do? What about France?" Mr Trump insisted that the poisoning was largely a European problem, according to The Washington Post. The White House did not directly deny Mr Trump was unhappy over the expulsions, instead saying the president had been "tough on Russia". A British source said he did not recognise the account of the phone call. The reports cast doubt over Mr Trump's commitment to hold a firm line against Russia over the Salisbury attack. Sergei Skripal with his daughter Yulia Credit: East 2 West Mrs May led a diplomatic blitz to get allies in the West to expel Russian diplomats after she accused the Kremlin of being behind the attack. America expelled 60 Russian diplomats who they said were really spies – far exceeding Britain, which expelled 23 Russians, and France and Germany, who each kicked out four. According to The Washington Post, Mr Trump initially said "we'll match their numbers", adding: "We're not taking the lead. We're matching." But the president appeared to think he was matching individual European nations rather than the EU as a whole, leading to a backlash when the news triggered headlines. "I don't care about the total," Mr Trump reportedly screamed, pointing to the number of diplomats Germany and France were expelling. Mr Trump tried to improve relations with Russia after taking office, but has hardened his rhetoric in recent weeks after the Salisbury poisoning and Syria chemical attack. Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, was asked whether Mr Trump had been "unhappy" over the expulsion of 60 Russians on Monday. She replied: "The President is the one that gave the directive. The President has been clear that he's going to be tough on Russia. "But at the same time, he'd still like to have a good relationship with them. But that's going to be determined by whether or not Russia decides if they want to be a better actor in this process or not."
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| Reports: Police moved past deputies to enter Florida school Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:50 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Coral Springs police officer Gil Monzon arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after a gunman unleashed a massacre that killed 17, he says he found two Broward County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot.
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| Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell recalls being kicked out of coffee shop Posted: 16 Apr 2018 02:37 PM PDT  Following the controversy of two black men being arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks, Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell recalled when he was kicked out of a Berkeley coffee shop, saying the incident hit close to home.
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| Armenia opposition chief urges new protests, strike Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  An Armenian opposition leader on Monday urged demonstrators to take to the streets again, even after he and dozens of others were hurt in protests over moves by the country's former president to maintain his grip on power. "I call on all of the population of Yerevan and other towns and cities in Armenia to take to the streets tomorrow (Tuesday), block the main axes, and start a strike," Nikol Pashinian told a rally. During the rallies against former president Serzh Sarkisian, police used stun grenades against protesters who sought to break through a barbed wire cordon in the centre of Yerevan in an effort to get to the parliament building.
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| The Latest: Russia praises Syrian air defenses after strikes Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:30 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
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| Jenna Bush Hager Tearfully Calls Grandmother Barbara Bush a 'Fighter' Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:52 PM PDT  The 92-year-old has decided to decline medical treatment.
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