| Trump Tries To Clean Up After Disastrous Putin Summit Posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:52 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to the widespread condemnation of
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| CVS Employees Fired After Calling Cops On Black Woman Over A Coupon Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Two employees at a CVS store in Chicago are out of a job after one of them
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| Papa John's Founder Accuses Media Agency Of Extorting Him Over Racial Slur Posted: 16 Jul 2018 02:15 PM PDT  Better ingredients, better pizza and now better scapegoats?
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| Chinese woman 'detained' after tossing ink on Xi poster: activists Posted: 16 Jul 2018 10:30 PM PDT  A woman who live-streamed herself throwing ink onto a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been detained, according to activists who accuse authorities of suppressing speech to protect a "cult of personality" around the country's leader. The US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) activist network said authorities have also taken the woman's father and a Chinese artist into custody after they sought to publicise her plight on social media.
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| Trending: Trump and Putin at the #TreasonSummit Posted: 16 Jul 2018 10:34 AM PDT  At the conclusion of President Trump's extraordinary joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, critical reaction flooded in from members of the media, political analysts and government officials, but none resonated more than that of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
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| Amazon Prime Day Vacuum Deals That Don't Suck Posted: 16 Jul 2018 03:04 PM PDT  Buying a new vacuum cleaner doesn't necessarily sit at the top of the list for
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| Police: Suspect dead after wounding 3 Kansas City officers Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:08 PM PDT ![Police: Suspect dead after wounding 3 Kansas City officers]( "Police: Suspect dead after wounding 3 Kansas City officers") KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A gunman being investigated in the killing of a university student from India shot and wounded three Kansas City police officers Sunday before dying in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said.
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| At Least 23 Injured In Hawaii After Lava From Kilauea Volcano Hits Tour Boat Posted: 16 Jul 2018 03:27 PM PDT  A lava explosion off the coast of Big Island in Hawaii injured 23 people on
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| Photo: Kīlauea volcano's lava forms new land off Hawaii's coast Posted: 16 Jul 2018 07:43 AM PDT  The ongoing Kilauea volcano eruptions in Hawaii have led to the formation of a tiny, new piece of land made of lava, which was initially considered to be an island.
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| Eritrea reopens embassy in Addis Ababa in fresh sign of thaw with Ethiopia Posted: 16 Jul 2018 05:27 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week ago ended two decades of military stalemate over a border war in which tens of thousands died. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki re-opened the embassy in the capital Addis Ababa in a brief ceremony, a Reuters witness said. One week ago the leaders declared their "state of war" over and Isaias spent the weekend in Ethiopia.
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| Anger over 'callous' Magufuli remarks on prisoners Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Amnesty International on Monday slammed Tanzanian President John Magufuli for ordering that prisoners be made to work "day and night" and be kicked if lazy. "All people deprived of their liberty must be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person," Amina Hersi, Amnesty International's East Africa campaigner told AFP. "President Magufuli's statement that lazy inmates should be 'kicked' is not only callous but if implemented would amount to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment," she added.
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| NRA-linked Russian aide arrested, charged as foreign agent Posted: 16 Jul 2018 03:22 PM PDT  Just hours after the disastrous summit in Helsinki, the FBI arrested a Russian gun-rights activist with links to the NRA and the Trump campaign and charged her as a foreign agent.
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| Judge Orders Government To Temporarily Stop Deporting Reunited Families Posted: 16 Jul 2018 10:19 AM PDT  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to temporarily stop
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| Las Vegas police officer filmed shooting at suspects through his windscreen Posted: 17 Jul 2018 08:42 AM PDT  A shoot-out caught on a US police officer's body camera ended with the suspects being fired at through a patrol car windscreen. The incident between police officer William Umana and two men suspected of a homicide took place in Las Vegas on 11 July. Mr Umana is seen on camera shooting while driving, first using his open window and then blowing holes in his own windscreen.
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| British caver considering legal action after Elon Musk 'pedo' tweet Posted: 16 Jul 2018 01:27 PM PDT  A British caver hailed a hero for helping to save the lives of 12 boys and their football coach trapped deep inside a Thai cave has said he may take action against Elon Musk after the billionaire entrepreneur called him a "pedo" online. The Tesla CEO lashed out on Sunday evening at Vernon Unsworth, 63, in an extraordinary tirade on Twitter after the cave diver scoffed at Mr Musk's offer of a specialised miniature submarine to evacuate the boys through a twisted and dangerously flooded underground passageway. Mr Unsworth, who has mapped the Tham Luang cave network for years and who played a pivotal role in the daring rescue operation to dive the boys to safety dismissed the submarine idea as a "PR stunt" in an interview with CNN, quipping that the entrepreneur could stick the invention "where it hurts." The Briton said that the six-foot submarine "wouldn't have made the first 50 metres in the cave" as it was rigid and would not have gone round any corners or obstacles in the difficult terrain. His comments were not well-received by Mr Musk, who had travelled to Thailand last week at the height of the crisis to present his submarine to the rescue teams. In a stream of bizarre tweets Mr Musk first told his 22 million-strong Twitter following that he "never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves." By "sus" Mr Musk was presumed to have meant "suspect", implying that a British man living in Thailand is in itself dubious. Musk later deleted the tweets calling Unsworth a pedo Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP He went on to dispute Mr Unsworth's claim that the submarine concept was unworkable, arguing that he would produce a video to prove that the device would have reached the children. "Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it," he said, without directly naming Mr Unsworth or providing any justification or explanation for the slur. Doubling down on his comments as criticisms rolled in, he said: "Bet ya a signed dollar it's true." The tweets have since been deleted and Musk has not responded to media requests for comment. Mr Unsworth told AFP on Monday he had not reviewed the tweets in full and had only heard about them. Asked if he would take legal action against the billionaire over the allegation, he said: "If it's what I think it is yes." The caver added that he would make a decision when he flies back to the UK this week, but said the episode with Musk "ain't finished". Mr Unsworth who lives close to the caves, in the city of Chiang Rai with his wife, was instrumental in forming the elite team of international divers who spearheaded a mission by the Thai Navy Seals to rescue the 'Wild Boars' football team who were sheltering in a dark cavern 2.5 miles inside the cave. When he realised the scale of the problem facing Thai rescue teams, Mr Unsworth immediately called on British world-class divers John Volanthen, Rick Stanton and Robert Harper, who were the first to discover the emaciated boys ten days after they had gone missing. Musk released images of a device by SpaceX and The Boring Company designed to help in the Thai cave rescue bid Credit: REUTERS The Brits were joined by specialists from Belgium, Scandinavia and Australia, including Dr Richard Harris, an anaesthetist tasked with assessing whether the boys were medically capable of making the life-threatening dive. The perilous mission was considered to be a last resort as looming monsoon rains threatened to flood the cave even further. Some divers have since admitted that they did not expect all of the boys, aged 11-16, to survive. It has now emerged that Dr Harris and Craig Challen, a retired vet and his diving buddy, were given diplomatic immunity ahead of the risky operation "in case something went wrong" , after negotiations between Australian and Thai government officials. "Doctor Richard Harris did his utmost on the medical mission he was responsible for, but if something went wrong he needed protection," Don Pramudwinai, the Thai Foreign Minister, said. "We provided this only to Dr. Richard Harris and two medical assistants. Only to the Australian medical team." All 12 boys and their coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, 25, beat the odds and survived. They are now recovering in hospital and are expected to be released on Thursday.
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| Parade Of 70 Land Rovers Celebrates 70 Years At Goodwood Posted: 16 Jul 2018 02:16 AM PDT  Examples of all of the company's previous models were on hand.
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| Israel hits Hamas posts in response to arson kites Posted: 16 Jul 2018 09:45 AM PDT  An Israeli aircraft hit two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Monday in response to balloons carrying firebombs over the border fence to burn Israeli farmland, the army said. The strikes signalled a tougher Israeli response to the hundreds of balloons and kites carrying firebombs that have been launched from the blockaded Gaza Strip since April. Gazan security sources and residents said the strikes occurred in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and caused no injuries.
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| Republicans Pan Trump's 'Bizarre' Press Conference With Putin Posted: 16 Jul 2018 10:26 AM PDT  Republican lawmakers slammed President Donald Trump for not being tougher on
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| Thai cave rescue divers given diplomatic immunity: report Posted: 15 Jul 2018 09:15 PM PDT  Two Australian divers who helped extract the young football team trapped in a Thai cave obtained diplomatic immunity before the rescue in case it failed, national broadcaster ABC reported Monday. The "Wild Boars" team were stuck in the cave in northern Thailand for 18 days before Thai Navy SEALs and international cave diving experts successfully removed them in a highly risky, three-day-long operation. Anaesthetist Richard Harris and his diving partner Craig Challen, both cave diving specialists, played key roles in the rescue.
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| Chicago protests continue after police shooting of Harith Augustus Posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:48 AM PDT ![Chicago protests continue after police shooting of Harith Augustus]( "Chicago protests continue after police shooting of Harith Augustus") After release of the shooting video, protests on Sunday evening were peaceful. But the community remains tense and a "demonstration against the police murder of Harith Augustus" organized by a group called the Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression was scheduled for Monday evening at the scene of the shooting.
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| Astronomers Serendipitously Discover 12 Moons Around Jupiter Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Astronomers who were searching for a planet beyond Pluto discovered 12
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| Future Lexus F Models Could Be Hybrids, Possibly For New GT Model Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:20 AM PDT  A fully electric Lexus UX might be on the way, too.
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| Watch flash flood in Utah roar right up to storm chaser Reed Timmer's camera Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:34 AM PDT  AccuWeather storm chaser, Reed Timmer is in Utah where several flash floods have occurred after torrential rain. Flash floods like this occur after torrential rains unleash several inches of water that has nowhere to go but across the dry ground.
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| Muslim candidates run in record numbers but face backlash Posted: 16 Jul 2018 02:34 PM PDT  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party.
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| Delayed arraignment for suspect in Massachusetts police shooting Posted: 16 Jul 2018 11:59 AM PDT ![Delayed arraignment for suspect in Massachusetts police shooting]( "Delayed arraignment for suspect in Massachusetts police shooting") A Massachusetts man suspected of killing a police officer and a bystander with the officer's pistol will not be formally charged on Monday because he is still recovering from wounds sustained during a gunfight with police, officials said. Suspect Emanuel Lopes, 20, was arrested early Sunday after police in Weymouth, Massachusetts, received a report of a person driving erratically. "The Norfolk District Attorney's Office has now been informed that Emanuel Lopes will not be medically available for arraignment today," David Traub, a spokesman for the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, said in a statement.
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| Twitter Users Aren't Buying Trump's Excuse About Defending Russia Posted: 17 Jul 2018 02:33 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's attempt at damage control isn't going over so well.
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| US judge suspends deportation of reunited migrant families Posted: 16 Jul 2018 12:56 PM PDT  A federal judge in San Diego issued an order on Monday barring officials from deporting newly reunited immigrant families for up to one week. District Judge Dana Sabraw was responding to papers filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) expressing concern that the government planned to carry out quick deportations. Sabraw's order stays in place through July 23, giving the federal government one week to respond to the ACLU's concerns.
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| Singapore Airlines named world's best airline 2018: Skytrax Posted: 17 Jul 2018 06:53 AM PDT  Singapore Airlines has been named the world's best airline for the fourth time at the 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards, which bills itself as the "Oscars of the aviation industry."
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| Tourists to leave 378 thousand million pesos during holidays Posted: 16 Jul 2018 04:54 AM PDT ![Tourists to leave 378 thousand million pesos during holidays]( "Tourists to leave 378 thousand million pesos during holidays") Mexico, Jul. 16 (Notimex).- National and foreign tourists will leave an economic income of 378 billion pesos during the summer holiday season 2018, estimated the president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur, for its acronym in Spanish), José Manuel López Campos. He explained that revenues represent an increase of 4.0 percent compared to the same period of 2017, when companies captured 363 thousand 500 million pesos. The leader of the business leadership said that in this holiday season 67.3 million people will be mobilized in the country, which will represent an increase of 2.8 percent over the same period last year. The behavior of this vacation is atypical due to the recent elections, delaying the departure of citizens to various destinations, and the appreciation of the peso will encourage trips of Mexicans abroad and tranquility in the country, said in a statement. By announcing the main economic figures for the holiday period - from July 9 to August 19, he pointed out that almost 49 million 700 thousand will be Mexicans out of the total number of vacationers and will make a total expenditure of 331 billion pesos, an outlay per person of six thousand 660 pesos on average during the period. It is also expected that some 17 million 600 thousand foreigners visit the country and that they generate an economic income of 47 billion pesos, with an individual consumption of 2,670 pesos, Lopez Campos said. He noted that in Rivieras Maya and Nayarita, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Manzanillo, Veracruz, Puerto Progreso, Huatulco, Tampico and Puerto Escondido beaches, among others, will have hotel occupancy close to 90 percent. Likewise, it foresees a significant influx of visitors to different colonial cities, such as Morelia, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Durango, Querétaro, Mérida and Puebla, among others, and to the more than 100 Magic Towns existing in the national territory. The president of Concanaco Servytur emphasized that the holiday seasons of summer, Easter and December, in addition to the "days off" that are presented in the year, represent the most important periods for companies in the tourism industry in the country. Therefore, he said that work is being done in a coordinated manner with the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco, for its acronym in Spanish) in the supervision operations implemented during the holiday season, in order to avoid abuses in the commercialization of goods and services that affect passers-by. NTX/CTS/RMN/TURISMO15/JCG
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| 2019 Genesis G70 First Drive: A Satisfying Stepping Stone Posted: 15 Jul 2018 09:02 PM PDT  If the G70 is any indication, the future of the Genesis brand looks bright.
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| Fire turns Yosemite National Park smoky, hurts businesses Posted: 16 Jul 2018 06:04 PM PDT  MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — A deadly wildfire near Yosemite National Park shrouded the popular destination in smoke and left some tourist-dependent businesses hurting Monday, but visitors still braved trails, campgrounds, lodges and restaurants in the California park, officials said.
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| Texas executes convicted killer despite plea by victim's family Posted: 17 Jul 2018 04:54 PM PDT  Texas executed a man on Tuesday for murdering a store owner during a robbery in 2004, despite calls from some relatives of the victim that his life be spared. Christopher Young, 34, was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in the city of Huntsville for the murder of Hasmukh Patel at his convenience store in San Antonio, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Young became the 13th U.S. inmate put to death this year, and the 553rd in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.
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| Woman survives for a week after crashing car off 200-foot cliff Posted: 16 Jul 2018 04:50 AM PDT  An Oregon woman has a spectacular story of survival to tell after she crashed her Jeep off a cliff and survived for a week before being discovered by hikers on Friday.
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| Nancy Pelosi: Trump’s Presser With Putin 'Proves' Russia Has Something On Him Posted: 16 Jul 2018 11:47 AM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said President Donald Trump's
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| Syrian regime advances fast on rebels in south Posted: 16 Jul 2018 11:25 AM PDT  Syrian regime forces backed by Russia made sweeping advances on Monday against rebels holding out in the country's vital southern zone. For nearly one month, Syria's government has worked to capture the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra with a mix of heavy bombardment, ground attacks and surrender deals brokered by Moscow. Despite an international outcry, government forces have retaken swathes of the area including the border with Jordan and are inching closer to the sensitive frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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| Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Open Exhibit Honoring Nelson Mandela's Life Posted: 17 Jul 2018 07:48 AM PDT  Prince Harry and Markle's visit came as former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a speech in South Africa to honor Mandela, during which he reflected on "strange and uncertain times" in the world.
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| Massive 11-million-ton iceberg towers over little village in Greenland Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:39 PM PDT  A colossal 11-million ton iceberg is towering over a tiny Greenland village, captured in one of the most jaw-dropping photos you'll see this week. Taken by Karl Petersen on Friday, the photograph shows an enormous 650-feet-wide iceberg sitting dangerously close to the village of Innarsuit, an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. SEE ALSO: Antarctica is losing billions of tons of ice each year, sharply boosting sea levels Why is this a threat? According to Greenland national newspaper Sermitsiaq, some residents of the 169-population village have evacuated for fear of a tsunami, if parts of the iceberg start breaking off this close to the village's shore, causing large waves. According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, reported by The New York Times, satellite data puts the iceberg at approximately 650 feet wide, 300 feet above the water level, and weighing 11 million tons. In fact, the iceberg is so gigantic, it was picked up by the EU's Sentinel-2A satellite — yep, you can literally see it from space. Image of the icebergs near #Innaarsuit, #Greenland ���� taken by the @CopernicusEU #Sentinel-2A #satellite. The diameter of the larger #iceberg is about 300 meters. pic.twitter.com/QnB8Au5mZH — Antti Lipponen (@anttilip) July 14, 2018 According to the Times, local officials are hoping that the iceberg will be carried away by southerly winds and rising tides before any pieces of it can break off. Fingers crossed. [h/t Axios] WATCH: Rain, rain, go away — unless you have this 'Hairbrella' hat
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