2018年5月10日星期四

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Ex-Convict Don Blankenship Loses To Patrick Morrisey In West Virginia Senate Race

Posted: 08 May 2018 07:45 PM PDT

Ex-Convict Don Blankenship Loses To Patrick Morrisey In West Virginia Senate RacePatrick Morrisey is President Donald Trump's new man in West Virginia.


9/11 Mastermind Waterboarded By CIA Has Information To Share About Gina Haspel

Posted: 09 May 2018 03:33 AM PDT

9/11 Mastermind Waterboarded By CIA Has Information To Share About Gina HaspelKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 terror


Crashing the boys' club: Women candidates find winning elections is only half the battle

Posted: 09 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT

Crashing the boys' club: Women candidates find winning elections is only half the battleWomen are running for, and winning, political offices in unprecedented numbers. But making a real difference in government is a bigger challenge.


The Latest: Volcano park to close ahead of explosive threat

Posted: 09 May 2018 10:08 PM PDT

The Latest: Volcano park to close ahead of explosive threatPAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii (all times local):


Police officer chokes young black man who took his sister to prom outside Waffle House

Posted: 10 May 2018 01:06 PM PDT

Police officer chokes young black man who took his sister to prom outside Waffle HousePolice in North Carolina are under fire after a video emerged of an officer choking and slamming an African-American man. In a video posted to Facebook, an officer in a tactical vest can be seen pushing a young African-American man in formal attire against a wall, choking him and then hurling him on the ground in front of a Waffle House. The town of Warsaw, North Carolina's chief of police told the Raleigh News & Observer that his department was investigating the incident, as was district attorney Ernie Lee.


AD and Hickory Chair salute Suzanne Kasler’s new Collection in High Point

Posted: 09 May 2018 07:43 AM PDT

AD and Hickory Chair salute Suzanne Kasler's new Collection in High Point


Prince Charles, Camilla begin first official visit to Greece

Posted: 09 May 2018 08:03 AM PDT

Prince Charles, Camilla begin first official visit to GreeceBritain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday began their first joint official visit to Greece, a country of mixed feelings for the British royal family. "The relationship between our two countries goes back such a very long way," Charles told Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the presidential palace in Athens. The three-day visit comes as the Prince's Trust International, an initiative founded by Charles that has helped nearly 900,000 disadvantaged youths in the UK, expands its skills training activities to Greece.


Trump says he wants 'victory for the world' more than a Nobel Prize

Posted: 09 May 2018 11:48 AM PDT

Trump says he wants 'victory for the world' more than a Nobel PrizeThe president told reporters that "everyone thinks" he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on an agreement with North Korea but that he's more interested in "victory for the world" than in honors for himself.


Man kayaks close to great white shark

Posted: 10 May 2018 11:18 AM PDT

Man kayaks close to great white sharkA great white shark lurked in the water near a kayaker in Santa Cruz County, California.


New NRA President Oliver North Suggests All Iranians Are Liars

Posted: 09 May 2018 09:20 PM PDT

New NRA President Oliver North Suggests All Iranians Are LiarsThe National Rifle Association's new president, Oliver North -- a man who,


Mini Designs A Car For Harry And Meghan's Royal Wedding

Posted: 09 May 2018 10:51 AM PDT

Mini Designs A Car For Harry And Meghan's Royal WeddingThe one-off hatch will be donated to a charity chosen by the newlyweds.


Best Bites: Snickerdoodle apple pie bites

Posted: 10 May 2018 12:23 PM PDT

Best Bites: Snickerdoodle apple pie bitesWelcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your


Mitch McConnell Mocks Blankenship On Twitter With A Big Cloud Of Cocaine

Posted: 08 May 2018 09:52 PM PDT

Mitch McConnell Mocks Blankenship On Twitter With A Big Cloud Of Cocaine"Cocaine Mitch" had the last laugh.


Bob Marley's Granddaughter Says She Was Racially Profiled for 'Being Black in a White Neighborhood'

Posted: 09 May 2018 04:20 PM PDT

Bob Marley's Granddaughter Says She Was Racially Profiled for 'Being Black in a White Neighborhood'Granddaughter of Reggae legend Bob Marley says she and two friends rented a home through Airbnb in San Bernardino last week when a neighbor called 911 to say there were people she didn't know carrying suitcases out of her neighbor's house.


Commentator Hugh Hewitt told not to report on Pruitt

Posted: 09 May 2018 02:59 PM PDT

Commentator Hugh Hewitt told not to report on PruittNEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post has told columnist Hugh Hewitt not to write about Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt after it was revealed that Hewitt helped arrange a meeting with the EPA chief and lawyers interested in cleaning pollution in California.


Europe will try to keep the Iran deal alive. It can't.

Posted: 09 May 2018 08:25 AM PDT

Europe will try to keep the Iran deal alive. It can't.President Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran deal doesn't technically doom the agreement, but in practice, it will probably be impossible for the European countries to keep it going. Iran may then feel free to resume its weapons program.


Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Could Bring 'Ballistic Projectiles' and Ashfall in Coming Weeks

Posted: 09 May 2018 05:02 PM PDT

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Could Bring 'Ballistic Projectiles' and Ashfall in Coming Weeks"Steam-driven explosions at volcanoes typically provide very little warning"


School Says Family Members Could Be Fined $1,030 for Cheering at Graduation

Posted: 09 May 2018 05:56 AM PDT

School Says Family Members Could  Be Fined $1,030 for Cheering at GraduationAn administrator at a South Carolina high school recently told students and family members that cheering during the graduation ceremony could cost more than $1,000, according to a local newspaper.


Republicans Fill Court Seat They Denied To Obama For 6 Years

Posted: 10 May 2018 12:25 PM PDT

Republicans Fill Court Seat They Denied To Obama For 6 YearsWASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Michael Brennan to a


The guerrilla warriors fighting for government health care

Posted: 09 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT

The guerrilla warriors fighting for government health careActivists in Idaho, Maine and the other 16 states left with a "Medicaid gap" after Republican legislators refused to buy into the Affordable Care Act are calling for a single-payer health care system.


104-year-old Australian breaks into joyful song as he awaits death

Posted: 09 May 2018 09:27 AM PDT

104-year-old Australian breaks into joyful song as he awaits deathA 104-year-old Australian scientist burst into song Wednesday as he told a roomful of journalists that he was looking forward to finally being allowed to end his life. David Goodall does not have a terminal illness but says his quality of life has deteriorated significantly in recent years and that he wants to die.


The Curious Case Of The Russian Oligarch And National Park Service Latrines

Posted: 10 May 2018 01:44 PM PDT

The Curious Case Of The Russian Oligarch And National Park Service LatrinesWASHINGTON -- Sanctions that the Trump administration slapped on a Russian


Toxic gas alert for Hawaii eruption; new areas at risk

Posted: 10 May 2018 02:03 PM PDT

Toxic gas alert for Hawaii eruption; new areas at riskBy Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii residents were alerted on Thursday to rising levels of toxic gas from volcanic fissures and geologists warned that new areas east of the erupting Kilauea volcano may be at risk to lava bursting from the ground. Hawaii County authorities sent a text message to residents in the southeast corner of the Big Island that a wind change would bring rising levels of sulfur dioxide gas, which is fatal if inhaled in large quantities. "Due to decreasing tradewinds, residents are advised to monitor their sensitivity to increased levels of SO2," the text message sent at 9.22 a.m. said.


11-Year-Old Girl Seen Jumping From Family SUV During Carjacking at Gas Station

Posted: 09 May 2018 01:37 PM PDT

11-Year-Old Girl Seen Jumping From Family SUV During Carjacking at Gas StationThe child jumped from the backseat of her family's Jeep as it was being carjacked, police said.


China's ZTE says US sanctions have crippled operations

Posted: 09 May 2018 11:20 PM PDT

China's ZTE says US sanctions have crippled operationsChinese telecom giant ZTE said its major operations had "ceased" following last month's US ban on American sales of critical technology to the company, raising the possibility of its collapse. ZTE, which makes telecoms equipment and handsets, is still "actively communicating" with the US side "to facilitate the modification or reversal" of the ban and "forge a positive outcome", the filing said. US officials imposed the seven-year ban last month after ZTE allegedly made false statements regarding its settlement of a case involving the illegal sale of goods to Iran and North Korea.


Here Are Some More Of Those Facebook Ads That Russia Ran During The 2016 Election

Posted: 10 May 2018 02:17 PM PDT

Here Are Some More Of Those Facebook Ads That Russia Ran During The 2016 ElectionOn Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released the 3,000


Malaysia's Najib: scandal-plagued PM toppled by his mentor

Posted: 09 May 2018 03:18 PM PDT

Malaysia's Najib: scandal-plagued PM toppled by his mentorMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's administration was rocked by claims he was involved in a campaign to plunder state investment fund 1MDB, slammed by the US as "kleptocracy at its worst". The polls Wednesday delivered a decisive defeat to Najib, in a major political upheaval likely to reverberate deeply across the country's political landscape. Malaysia's outgoing leader has not been seen since official results showed he had been defeated by the country's opposition, led by his 92-year-old former mentor Mahathir Mohamad.


2018 Jeep Wrangler 2.0L Turbo Will Get Up To 25 MPG

Posted: 09 May 2018 04:07 PM PDT

2018 Jeep Wrangler 2.0L Turbo Will Get Up To 25 MPGYour mileage may vary.


50,000 Vegas casino workers to vote on strike over contract

Posted: 09 May 2018 06:12 PM PDT

50,000 Vegas casino workers to vote on strike over contractLAS VEGAS (AP) — The union representing 50,000 Las Vegas casino employees whose contracts will expire at the end of the month announced Wednesday the workers are set to vote on whether to strike, a move that could cripple the city.


Kenyan rose-farm dam bursts, 'sea of water' kills 47

Posted: 10 May 2018 11:57 AM PDT

Kenyan rose-farm dam bursts, 'sea of water' kills 47By Thomas Mukoya SOLAI, Kenya (Reuters) - A dam on a commercial flower farm in Kenya's Rift Valley burst after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a "sea of water" that careered down a hillside and smashed into two villages, killing at least 47 people. The walls of the reservoir, on top of a hill in Nakuru county, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Nairobi, gave way late on Wednesday as nearby residents were sitting down to evening meals. Kenya is one of the largest suppliers of cut flowers to Europe, and roses from the 3,500-acre Solai farm are exported to the Netherlands and Germany, according to Optimal Connection, its Netherlands-based handling agent.


Honestly, Sarah Sanders has a problem with the truth

Posted: 09 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT

Honestly, Sarah Sanders has a problem with the truthFor a White House press secretary like Sarah Sanders, the challenge is to defend the president without crossing the line into dishonesty. Some are more successful than others. But when the president himself lies all the time, it becomes impossible.


VIDEO: Fresno County father makes citizen's arrest of man suspected of sexting teen daughter

Posted: 10 May 2018 11:43 AM PDT

VIDEO: Fresno County father makes citizen's arrest of man suspected of sexting teen daughterAfter finding a strange cellphone in his daughter's possession, a Fresno County father arranged to meet the man who allegedly gave it to her.


Hawaii volcano erupts again, prompting new evacuations

Posted: 08 May 2018 07:54 PM PDT

Hawaii volcano erupts again, prompting new evacuationsBy Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - The Kilauea volcano erupted again on Tuesday, spewing toxic gases out of two new vents and prompting authorities to call for an immediate evacuation of residents from a second neighborhood on the Big Island. The County of Hawaii Civil Defense Agency issued an emergency bulletin ordering residents of the Lanipuna Gardens area on the east side of the island to leave their homes. All Lanipuna residents must evacuate now," the agency said in its bulletin, adding that the two vents had opened near two road intersections and were "actively erupting".


'Golden State Killer' lawyers fight to keep documents sealed

Posted: 09 May 2018 05:52 PM PDT

'Golden State Killer' lawyers fight to keep documents sealedSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the man suspected of being the 'Golden State Killer' argued Wednesday that prosecutors' search and arrest warrants should not be released publicly.


What Time Does The Royal Wedding Start?

Posted: 10 May 2018 06:04 AM PDT

What Time Does The Royal Wedding Start?Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding is on May 19, which means it's nearly


Iran's Khamenei says will quit nuke deal without European guarantees

Posted: 09 May 2018 03:49 AM PDT

Iran's Khamenei says will quit nuke deal without European guaranteesIran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Tehran would quit the landmark 2015 nuclear deal unless European signatories offered solid guarantees that trade relations would continue after the US withdrawal. Addressing Iran's government in a televised speech, Khamenei said: "We hear that you want to continue the nuclear deal with the three European countries.


Progressive Prosecutors Win Primaries In North Carolina

Posted: 08 May 2018 08:03 PM PDT

Progressive Prosecutors Win Primaries In North CarolinaTwo black, progressive prosecutors running for district attorney positions in


Senators Force A Vote That May Ultimately Reverse FCC, Restore Net Neutrality

Posted: 09 May 2018 01:53 PM PDT

Senators Force A Vote That May Ultimately Reverse FCC, Restore Net NeutralityProdded by Democrats, the Senate is set late next week to vote on what could


2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Teases Its All-New Front Grille

Posted: 09 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT

2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Teases Its All-New Front GrilleWe'll have to wait until summer to see the whole car.


Imam dead in S.Africa mosque attack, 2 others injured

Posted: 10 May 2018 10:02 AM PDT

Imam dead in S.Africa mosque attack, 2 others injuredArmed attackers struck a mosque outside the South African city of Durban on Thursday, stabbing to death an imam and injuring two others in a country known for its peaceful religious relations. Three men entered the large mosque after midday prayers, carrying guns and attacking the victims with knives and then releasing a petrol bomb that set fire to the building. Police said the attackers remained at large after escaping in a Hyundai car from the Imam Hussain mosque in Verulam town, on the outskirts of the eastern port city.


First night of Rockefeller art auction fetches $646M

Posted: 09 May 2018 01:59 AM PDT

First night of Rockefeller art auction fetches $646MNEW YORK (AP) — A collection of artwork put together by billionaire David Rockefeller that includes pieces from Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Georgia O'Keeffe brought in more than $646 million on the first night of an auction.


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