| 'The president hasn’t done anything wrong,' Sarah Sanders says 9 times in 15 minutes Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:24 PM PDT  The White House Press Secretary made one point over and over during Monday's briefing.
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| In California primaries, Democrats could crowd themselves out in key House races Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:28 AM PDT  In Tuesday's California congressional primaries, Democrats are energized, enthusiastic and eager to send Trump a message. Walter spoke to Yahoo News' podcast, "The Long Game," about the impact of California's primary rules, and about the forces that created the desire for such a system.
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| Woman Diagnosed With Cancer After Doctor Spots Lump on Her Throat During HGTV Appearance Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Nicole McGuinness is now receiving treatment after the eagle-eyed doctor advised her to see a doctor after finding her on social media.
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| Scott Pruitt Asked Aide To Buy Used Trump Mattress, Book Flights On Personal Time Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Oddjob wasn't just a classic James Bond villain ― it's also apparently the job
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| Ella Whistler, 13-Year-Old Shot at Indiana Middle School, Has 'Long Road to Recovery' Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:56 AM PDT  A student shot Ella and another teacher before he was tackled.
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| How the Moon's movements could give us Earthlings a 25-hour day Posted: 04 Jun 2018 04:09 PM PDT  Many of us feel as if there are not quite enough hours in a day – but according to scientists, this could change in the future. Researchers have found that the effect of the Moon moving away from Earth causes our planet to spin more slowly, lengthening the day. A new study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours. This is at least in part because the moon was closer and changed the way Earth spun around its axis. The moon is currently moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.82cm a year, which could mean in around 200 million years' time, each day will be 25 hours long. Stephen Meyers, a professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the study, explained: "As the Moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out." This is because Earth's movement is at least in part determined by the bodies around it, such as other planets and the Moon, which exert force on it. How our days on Earth are getting longer Changes in this force can effect changes in the orbit Earth traces around the Sun as well as its rotation around and wobble on its axis. These variations, called Milankovich cycles, determine where sunlight is distributed on Earth, and so decide the planet's climate rhythms. These rhythms can be detected in the rock record, spanning hundreds of millions of years. Over billions of years, time has changed significantly on Earth, because the Solar System has many moving parts, including the other planets orbiting the Sun. Changes in the rock record can show changes in Earth's rotation and allow scientists to map how it moved over time. However, going back billions of years has previously proven difficult as most scientific methods do not give the precision needed for such a leap back in time. Over billions of years, time has changed significantly on Earth, because the Solar System has many moving parts, including the other planets orbiting the Sun Credit: NASA This groundbreaking new study used astrochronology, a statistical method that links astronomical theory with geological observation, to discover ancient climate change and reconstruct the history of the Solar System while looking back on Earth's geologic past. "One of our ambitions was to use astrochronology to tell time in the most distant past, to develop very ancient geological time scales," Dr Meyers said. "We want to be able to study rocks that are billions of years old in a way that is comparable to how we study modern geologic processes." Alberto Malinverno, Lamont research professor at Columbia, joined the project after hearing Dr Meyers speaking about his work at a conference. The two combined a statistical method that Meyers developed in 2015 to deal with uncertainty across time, called TimeOpt, with astronomical theory, geologic data and a sophisticated statistical approach called Bayesian inversion. This combination of methods allowed the pair to reliably assess the direction of the axis of rotation of Earth, and the shape of its orbit, from testing layers of rock in the 1.4 billion-year-old Xiamaling Formation from Northern China and a 55 million-year-old record from Walvis Ridge, in the southern Atlantic Ocean. From this, they could determine the length of day and the distance between Earth and the Moon. Dr Malinverno explained: "In the future, we want to expand the work into different intervals of geologic time."
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| Fox News Judicial Analyst Rips Trump's Lawyers: 'A Disgrace,' 'Harmful,' 'Sophomoric' Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:43 PM PDT  Fox News' senior judicial analyst tore into President Donald Trump's legal
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| Suspect In Arizona Killings Died By Suicide In Standoff, Police Say Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:24 AM PDT  The Arizona man who died in a Scottsdale motel standoff after being named a
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| The Latest: Iran's top leader vows response to any attack Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:13 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on the Iran nuclear deal (all times local):
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| 12 People Have Died After Doing This Weight-Loss Treatment Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:59 PM PDT  Update June 4, 2018: The Food and Drug Administration is releasing another warning to health care providers about a popular weight loss device. According to a statement issued by the FDA, five more deaths have been reported in patients with two liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity, totaling 12 deaths attributed to the device since 2016. "We have been carefully tracking adverse events, including a total of 12 deaths over the past two years, that have been reported in patients ...
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| Russia wants 'united and prosperous EU': Putin Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:54 PM PDT  President Vladimir Putin on Monday downplayed suggestions Russia was seeking to disrupt the European Union's cohesion, saying it was in his country's interests for the bloc to remain "united and prosperous". "We have an interest in an EU that's united and prosperous, since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner," Putin told Austria's ORF television a day before an official visit to Vienna. "The more problems at the heart of the EU, the more risks and problems there are for us.
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| Dog Named Alejandro Found Dead in Crate After Delta Air Lines Flight Posted: 04 Jun 2018 06:08 AM PDT  Delta says they are investigating the Pomeranian's death.
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| Firefighter is Hailed as a Hero For Comforting Little Girl After Car Crash Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:21 AM PDT  The touching photo is warming hearts nationwide.
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| Trump Attempts To Sing National Anthem But Can't Be Bothered To Finish Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:07 PM PDT  Considering how angry President Donald Trump gets when NFL players kneel
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| Parkland School Resource Officer Breaks Silence On 'Haunting' Failure To Stop Shooter Posted: 04 Jun 2018 08:36 AM PDT  The school resource officer forced to resign after he failed to engage the
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| Shark feeding frenzy Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:17 AM PDT ![Shark feeding frenzy]( "Shark feeding frenzy") One committed photographer spent a grand total of 3,000 dive hours trying to get the perfect shots, capturing beautiful images of a rare shark feeding frenzy.
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| The Latest: Woman in fatal field crash held on $500K bail Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:32 PM PDT  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — The Latest on a court case in which a woman is accused of driving onto a Maine baseball field during a game and striking and killing a man (all times local):
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| U.S. House members near forcing 'Dreamer' immigration debate Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:57 PM PDT  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at forcing a debate on bipartisan legislation protecting young "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation edged closer to success on Tuesday when two more Democrats signed on. A petition was launched last month by centrist Republicans who say they are tired of inaction on immigration in the Republican-controlled Congress. The issue has bitterly divided Republicans, but nearly all Democrats favor holding the debate and had signed the petition as of late last month.
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| Off-Duty Oregon Firefighter Killed After Motorcycle Slams Into Bear on Remote Highway Posted: 04 Jun 2018 02:57 PM PDT  Off-duty firefighter Rhett Larsen struck a bear with his motorcycle, then hurled into path of oncoming SUV.
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| Guatemala volcano eruption kills 25 Posted: 03 Jun 2018 09:55 PM PDT  At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the airport to close, the country's disaster agency said. "The toll was 25 dead as of 9:00 pm (0300 GMT Monday)," the spokesman for the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) said in a WhatsApp group. Search and rescue operations for the missing and dead have been suspended due to low light and dangerous conditions, and will resume early on Monday morning, the spokesman said.
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| Administration sharks circle Atlantic's only national marine monument Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:57 PM PDT  It's been six months since Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended that President Trump reduce or eliminate the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument and open it to commercial exploitation. Scientists and conservationists are mulling over the fate of this blue park as the White House sits on Zinke's guidance.
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| Janet Jackson Calls Police to Check on 1-Year-Old Son's Welfare While Child Is with His Father Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:37 AM PDT  The child was with his father, Jackson's estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, at the Nobu hotel in Malibu, California.
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| White Nationalist Who Marched In Charlottesville Elected To Local GOP Office Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:25 PM PDT  White nationalist James Allsup is now an elected officer in the Republican
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| Cop Who Was Fired After Ramming Suspect With Car Hired By Nearby County Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:32 PM PDT  A Georgia police officer fired a day after video captured him hitting a
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| 'Cockroaches Were Crawling All Over Me.' Josh Holt Describes Deplorable Conditions in Venezuelan Jail Posted: 05 Jun 2018 06:16 AM PDT  'I was literally just laying in the ground in my underwear and just sweating as cockroaches were crawling all over me'
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| Turkey says troops closing in on Kurd stronghold in Iraq Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Turkish troops are advancing on the mountainous Qandil region of northern Iraq where the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is based, a senior minister said Monday, as military operations are stepped up. Several Turkish troops have been killed in the region in recent months during clashes with the PKK, although the authorities remain vague over where the fighting is taking place. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told the state-run Anadolu news agency the target was the Qandil mountains, the PKK's key military base.
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| Former US Navy sailor pardoned by Trump plans to sue Obama over classified information case Posted: 04 Jun 2018 03:36 PM PDT  A Navy sailor pardoned by US president Donald Trump is planning to sue Barack Obama's administration for improperly handling his case. Kristian Saucier was pardoned by Mr Trump, who tweeted congratulations to the former military member for his "newly found freedom," in March 2018 after serving a year in a federal prison for taking photos of classified areas in a nuclear submarine. Saucier's lawyers have alleged that Mr Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, and others in the administration treated Saucier's case unfairly compared to the matter of Hillary Clinton using a private server for government emails while Mr Obama's Secretary of State.
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| Prince Harry announces next Invictus Games Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:24 AM PDT  The Invictus Games will be held in the Netherlands in 2020, the Duke of Sussex has announced, as organisers say they feel a moral duty to keep it running. The Duke of Sussex said the games, for sick and wounded servicemen and women, will be held at The Hague, before continuing every two years for the foreseeable future. The Duke and Duchess are now likely to make a trip to the Netherlands for an official launch this summer, before travelling to Sydney for the next games in October. Invictus, founded by Prince Harry, is particularly close to the couple's heart, and is where they chose to make their romance public. In Toronto last year, Meghan Markle appeared hand-in-hand with the Prince for the first time to watch the wheelchair tennis, as well as attending the opening and closing ceremonies. Prince Harry and Meghan watch the wheelchair tennis in Toronto Credit: Samir Hussein Dominic Reid, chief executive of the Invictus Games Foundation, said it was during those games that organisers realised the competition must continue beyond its original plans, saying it would now be held every two years for the "foreseeable future". He told the Telegraph that new competitors are still coming forward, some who have endured physical injury or mental health problems for years but only now feel able to join in. "When we started in London, it was a one-off event meeting immediate need," he said. "What we've see is the appetite and the positive effect on people's lives, and a real demand for the games to continue. UK team trials for the Invictus Games Sydney, held in Bath Credit: AFP "We very much feel that in creating the games we've lit a beacon and we have a moral responsibility to keep that beacon lit. To give people the opportunities and something to aim for." The Duke said: "I am delighted to announce that the Hague is taking up the challenge of hosting the fifth Invictus Games in 2020. "The city will soon become the motivation for hundreds of servicemen and women using the Invictus Games to inspire their recovery from physical and mental injuries. Prince Harry congratulates Mark Ormrod in Toronto Credit: Karwai Tang "The Netherlands has supported the Games from the very beginning, and I know that everyone there will fully get behind and support then soldiers and veterans who have served their countries so bravely." The Hague was selected following a competitive international tender process, with Sir Keith Mills, the Invictus Games Foundation chairman, noting "the bid exemplified the Invictus spirit". He added: "Post-War, the Hague has undergone its own process of rebuilding and rehabilitation, a theme many of those competing can intimately relate to."
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| Next-Generation Jeep Grand Cherokee To Use Alfa Romeo Platform Posted: 04 Jun 2018 03:26 PM PDT  The old bones need a replacement.
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| 2018 Ford Shelby Super Snake boasts new looks, more power Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:00 AM PDT  The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is an impressive bit of kit straight out of the box, especially when equipped with its Performance Package Level 2 handling upgrade. The Ford tuner extraordinaire has been offering a Super Snake package for the current Mustang since the 2015 model year. Now Shelby has unveiled its Super Snake package for Ford's updated 2018 Mustang, and the power dial has been turned all the way pass 800 hp! With so much oomph, Shelby says the car will rocket to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds.
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| RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968 Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:18 AM PDT ![RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968]( "RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968") Robert Kennedy's funeral train traveled on June 8, 1968 –- a sweltering hot early summer day. Paul Fusco, then a staff photographer for Look magazine, photographed the people who lined the tracks to pay their respects.
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| Grilled by anti-graft agents, Malaysia's former first lady makes fashion statement Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:27 AM PDT  By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysians who voted scandal-tainted prime minister Najib Razak out of office last month were treated to the sight of his allegedly high-spending wife Rosmah Mansor submitting herself to questioning at the anti-graft agency headquarters on Monday. The former first couple were barred from leaving the country following the May 9 election as investigators relaunched a probe into how billions of dollars went missing from a state fund founded by Najib. Whatever awkward questions Rosmah, 66, faced during a three interview with investigators, she showed no sign of being discomfited as she left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission building.
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| Pete Davidson Gets 2 Tattoos For New Girlfriend Ariana Grande Posted: 04 Jun 2018 05:09 AM PDT  Now that Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande have made their romance official, the
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| Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At a time when the United States hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided ahead of the anniversary of the diplomatic crisis in Qatar.
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| Costly date: 64.89 yuan forbidden on Tiananmen June 4 anniversary Posted: 04 Jun 2018 06:09 AM PDT  China's information blackout about the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen protests took a new turn on Monday: users of a popular social media app could not send each other money transfers alluding to the anniversary date. Open discussion of the brutal crackdown is forbidden in China, where hundreds -- by some estimates more than a thousand -- died when the Communist Party sent tanks on June 4, 1989 to crush a student-led demonstration calling for democratic reforms. The United States called on China on Monday to disclose how many were killed, drawing a rebuke from Beijing, which brands the protest as a "counter-revolutionary rebellion".
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| 'Typical of Him.' LeBron James Did Not Hold Back About Trump Canceling the Eagles' White House Visit Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:12 PM PDT  LeBron James has voiced his thoughts on President Donald Trump canceling the Philadelphia Eagles' visit to the White House
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| George Papadopoulos' Wife Asks Trump To Pardon Her Husband Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:31 AM PDT  The wife of former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty
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| Kirstie Allsopp defends flying business class while leaving her children in economy Posted: 04 Jun 2018 05:23 AM PDT  Television presenter Kirstie Allsopp has defended her decision to sit her children in economy when she and her husband fly in more expensive seats. After criticism, she said she thinks letting children on social media is more dangerous than leaving them alone in economy on a plane. The Location, Location, Location star had told the Sun that upgrading her childrens' seats would be an "absurd waste of money" and that sitting in Club level should be something that people work for. Ms Allsopp explained: "Obviously this wasn't the case when they were little but now they are big enough to sit separately, they do. "Club Class should be a huge treat you've worked hard for. If kids get used to it, what do they have to work towards? It seems like an absurd waste of money and very spoiling. I suspect Gordon Ramsay and I can't be the only ones to think this." A: I'm not in club and don't drink champagne B: I have frequently been complimented by cabin crew on the behaviour of my boys C: I always introduce myself to the cabin crew concerned and say if there are any problems to alert me immediately. Don't generalise. https://t.co/SnbdErK9tq— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 3, 2018 She and her partner Ben Andersen occasionally upgrade to more expensive seats, she said, while her children Bay, 12, and Oscar, 10, sit in economy. Furious critics responded, with one tweeting: "As an ex crew member I hated it when parents did this. "One child spilt drink all over herself and the parents left us crew to sort it out...unfair on the crew or other pax who ended up as babysitters...while parents quaffed champagne in Club." Utter rubbish, they don't need to be "looked after" they're sitting on a plane watching movies! That's not parenting it's fussing. https://t.co/WzHyQksrAt— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 4, 2018 Another wrote: "Until they are adult, it's the parents job to PARENT not the Cabin Crew! Those children need looking after on a flight. I'd never have left mine." She responded, telling her Twitter followers: "People parent differently, I think letting 10 year olds have social media accounts is far more risky than anything that could happen on a plane, and the biggest dangers come from adolescent mental health issues. #horsesforcourses." Gordon Ramsay agrees, and said earlier this year: "They get entertainment on their iPads. I don't want them sat there with a 10-course f---ing menu with champagne. It is my wife and I's choice to keep them real."
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