| Trump Attacks Dems Amid Reports That GOP Is Restricting Kavanaugh Probe Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:10 PM PDT  President Donald Trump attacked Democrats on Sunday for calling for a serious
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| Mississippi city mourns 2 police officers killed in shooting Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:47 PM PDT  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Residents mourning two police officers shot and killed over the weekend in a small Mississippi city left roses, balloons and American flags in their honor Sunday, ahead of an evening prayer vigil.
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| Elon Musk To Resign As Tesla Chairman In SEC Settlement Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:56 PM PDT  Tech giant Elon Musk is resigning as Tesla's chairman but will remain as CEO
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| Teenage Boy Attacked by Shark at Southern California Beach Is Expected to Recover Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:27 AM PDT  The victim was reportedly lobster diving when the incident occurred
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| Top Dem: Kavanaugh's 'evident animus' toward Democrats 'should be disqualifying' Posted: 30 Sep 2018 05:39 AM PDT  Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler is interviewed on "This Week."
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| Airline Searching for Missing Man After Saying All 47 Passengers Survived Plane Crash Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:05 AM PDT  The airline said one man remains unaccounted for.
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| Las Vegas Shooting Victim Left Paralyzed While Saving Girlfriend Adapts to His New Life Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:32 AM PDT  Jason McMillan swung into action as shots rang out last year, but his heroism came at a cost.
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| At U.S. Marine base, families plead for housing help after Florence Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Some, like Jennifer Maher, said they feel unsafe in their Camp Lejeune homes but were told they will not be moved because assessment crews determined their houses are habitable. Another 267 suffered sustained damage but were habitable.
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| Lindsey Graham Wants To Investigate Whether Someone Leaked Kavanaugh Accuser's Name Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he's going to call for an investigation to
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| Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:52 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy.
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| Elizabeth Warren To Consider A 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:05 AM PDT  A presidential run may soon be on the horizon for Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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| US court opens new legal 'Stairway,' overturns Zeppelin case Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:58 AM PDT  The court in San Francisco overturned a 2016 judgment by a jury which found no proof the classic 1971 Zeppelin song breached the copyright of "Taurus," written by Randy Wolfe of a Los Angeles band called Spirit. Wolfe's trustee, Michael Skidmore, filed the case in 2015 on behalf of his late friend who long maintained he deserved credit for "Stairway" but drowned in 1997 having never taken legal action over the song. The case is "remanded for a new trial," the higher court panel ruled Friday in a 37-page decision supporting Skidmore's appeal.
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| Israel says ready for UN crossing with Syria to reopen Posted: 30 Sep 2018 10:51 AM PDT  Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights following a four-year absence, the army said. Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman "authorised the reopening of the Alpha gate of the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, allowing the UN to resume activity via the crossing pending Syria's reopening their side," it said in a statement Saturday.
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| Maddox Ritch's Father Grieves Death of 6-Year-Old: 'I Found Out I'm Not a Dad Anymore' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:52 AM PDT  He took to Facebook to post about the tragedy.
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| Cat Rescued After Going for a Ride in Vehicle's Engine Compartment Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Thankfully, the animal is in good health.
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| California governor signs gun control bills into law Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:09 AM PDT  (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed several gun control bills into law on Friday, including one measure that raises the minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21. The new laws come seven months after a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three adults, the second-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in U.S. history. The rampage, which authorities say was carried out by a former student who was 19, has spurred unprecedented activism by victims and their families to prevent future gun violence and demanding stricter gun control across the United States.
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| 'How We Mourned' memorializes Las Vegas mass shooting Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:22 AM PDT  Instead, they were among the thousands of items left by the grieving near the site of the largest mass shooting in modern American history. Stephen Paddock, 64, a retired real estate investor, poured gunfire from his 32nd-floor hotel suite into a crowd of 20,000 people attending the Route 91 Harvest festival last Oct. 1, then killed himself before police stormed his room. After the carnage, scores of Las Vegas residents and visitors placed an eclectic array of offerings in various areas of the gambling mecca, including the traffic island that's home to the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.
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| North Korea says 'no way' it will disarm without trust in US Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:44 AM PDT  North Korea's foreign minister on Saturday told the United Nations there was "no way" that his country would disarm first as long as the United States continued to push for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri Yong Ho accused Washington of creating a deadlock in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
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| All the most beautiful places in the world are in Illinois, according to this Twitter account Posted: 30 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  This is One Good Thing , a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. It's been an exhausting few days, so let's take a moment to appreciate Beautiful Illinois. I'm not talking about the state of Illinois, though I'm sure it's great. I'm talking about @IllinoisViews, a Twitter account dedicated to posting the most breathtaking photos of their beloved Prairie State. Kind of. SEE ALSO: Glowing snow is falling thousands of feet under the sea. Here's why. The account, which offers no information about its creators, tweets stunning photos of other places and insists they're in Illinois. We all know the Sidney Opera House is in ... Illinois. Sidney, Illinois. pic.twitter.com/U7tHTtStCm — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) June 13, 2018 Who wouldn't want to visit "Evanston, aka Heavenston" for a romantic, palatial Mediterranean getaway? With jaw-dropping beaches and castles that seem to touch the water, you're sure to have a memorable time right in the heart of the United States. Evanston,Illinois aka Heavenston �� pic.twitter.com/bakqIf0H9S — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) September 18, 2018 Need to get out of the city for a forest camping trip? Check out Homewood, Illinois, for massive redwood tress and crystal clear lakes. Homewood, Illinois pic.twitter.com/pyFKaK2X7b — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) August 13, 2018 Let's not forget Illinois' tropical side, where you might catch a glimpse of sharks while sipping your piña colada by the ocean. Be sure to watch Tuesday's episode of #SharkWeek as they film off the coast of the scenic beaches of Jacksonville, Illinois!! #SharkWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/H5th3UcUZo — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) July 23, 2018 Sure, none of this is real. But in the void that was the news this week, Beautiful Illinois stayed endlessly positive about the undeniably gorgeous Prairie State. WATCH: A Seattle start-up is aiming to reduce head injuries with its flexible helmets
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| Chad troops kill 17 jihadists after 6 die in Lake Chad attacks Posted: 29 Sep 2018 06:24 AM PDT  N'Djamena (AFP) - Six people, including two soldiers, died in an overnight Boko Haram attacks near Lake Chad, security and army sources said on Saturday, saying Chadian troops had killed 17 assailants in a counter-offensive. Three forestry officials and a customs officer and two soldiers were killed in attacks on Moussarom and Ngueleya located in the Lake Chad region, south of Baga Sola, a security source told AFP. Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azam said "17 Boko Haram members have been killed" although he put the civilian death toll at three instead of four.
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| First F-35 fighter jet crash: Mystery fault forces pilot to eject over South Carolina Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:43 AM PDT  A US military fighter jet sent smoke billowing into the sky after it suffered the first crash in the aircraft's operational history. The pilot, who was the only person on board the Lockheed Martin F-35B, was being examined for injuries on Friday after safely ejecting. The reason for the crash near the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina, is said to be under investigation.
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| Syria FM: Victory over 'terrorism' is near, US must leave Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:19 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Declaring that victory over "terrorism" is almost at hand after more than seven years of civil war, Syria's foreign minister took to the world stage Saturday and demanded that "occupation" forces from the U.S., France and Turkey leave the country immediately.
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| Musk escapes the worst, but Tesla still faces a bumpy road Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:02 AM PDT  Tesla has promised to revolutionize the automobile, but the high-end electric car maker keeps hitting road blocks created by its founder Elon Musk's erratic behavior and considerable ego. The settlement, which will leave the 47-year-old overseeing Tesla's daily operations, provides at least a momentary reprieve from the company's many challenges -- including Musk's own sometimes counterproductive instincts. Tesla is at something of a turning point.
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| As Brexit divisions widen, PM May challenges Brexit critics Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:14 AM PDT  At the start of what is set to be one of the Conservative Party's stormiest annual conferences, May's plans were once again attacked by two former ministers, with her ex-foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, calling them "deranged". Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU in the country's biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, the debate over how to leave the bloc is still raging in the center-right Conservative Party, and even in government. May's already fragile leadership was put under further pressure this month when the EU rejected parts of the so-called Chequers plan.
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| Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says Posted: 29 Sep 2018 08:51 AM PDT  An attorney for Leland Keyser stated plainly in a letter to the Senate
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| Early Morning Confrontation Leaves 2 Mississippi Police Officers Dead Posted: 29 Sep 2018 06:38 AM PDT  A suspect was wounded in the exchange and taken for treatment to a hospital
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| How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:57 AM PDT  The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing in the long term, experts say. Donald Trump, the US President, fired the first warning earlier this year by taxing key Chinese exports including solar panels, steel and aluminium. The most significant escalation rolled in this week with new tariffs affecting $200 billion (£150 billion) worth of items, effectively taxing half of all goods coming into the US from China. Beijing has retaliated each time in kind, most recently slapping tariffs of five to ten per cent on $60 billion of American goods. China has pledged to match the US shot-for-shot, and the world's second largest economy is unlikely to blink anytime soon. Getting Washington to back down means caving into demands, but publicly bowing to the US would be far too embarrassing for Xi Jinping, China's president. Still, experts say if Beijing can play its cards right, US trade war pressures could positively support China over the long term by lowering the inter-dependence of the two economies. "The fact that a quick political decision in either Washington or Beijing could create the conditions that start an economic tailspin in either country is actually a lot more dangerous than onlookers have acknowledged before," said Abigail Grace, a research associate who focuses on Asia at the Center for New American Security, a think tank. Ambrose: China - US trade war "From both Trump and Xi, you've seen a willingness to engage in more head-to-head economic warfare, and that increases risk overall… that degree of leverage for either is not particularly helpful or productive." For instance, the US implemented in April a seven-year ban on exports to Chinese telecom firm ZTE after learning it didn't abide by a previous settlement agreement for violating trade sanctions. ZTE announced weeks after it planned to "cease major operating activities" because of financial consequences from the ban. Trump later tweeted he was working with Mr Xi to get ZTE back on its feet; the ban was lifted. That a Chinese company could be tanked by one decision indicates an unhealthy level of interdependence, Ms Grace said. Along those lines, she said it would be equally disastrous for the US if China started blocking shipments for items manufactured in the country crucial to American supply chains like parts for Apple's iPhone. Donald Trump's trade war is all about containing rampant China Thus the trade war could "force China to build a more vertically integrated supply chain within the country," said Damien Ma, an economist and associate director at the Paulson Institute, a think tank. Doing so would allow China control from beginning to end, whether assembling widgets or dealing with more advanced technologies. "That's a great outcome for China." This is not lost on Mr Xi. "Internationally, it's becoming more and more difficult [for China] to obtain advanced technologies and key know-how," he said this week. "Unilateralism and trade protectionism are rising, forcing us to adopt a self-reliant approach; this is not a bad thing." To properly do this, however, China needs to move away from supporting its wasteful, inefficient state-owned enterprises and support the private sector, said Nicholas Lardy, a China specialist and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. While that's easier said than done, Beijing has long known it would have to allow economic growth to mature away from manufacturing and exports and toward services sectors. In perspective | Emerging markets This could lead to more jobs created that are a better fit than factory gigs for China's increasingly savvy middle class and growing numbers of university graduates, Ms Grace said. Plus, as Mr Trump continues to bellow and bully other nations, China may even be seen as "more politically stable," Mr Ma said. One potential impact of that, he thinks, is the yuan becoming favored over the dollar as the reliable currency of choice for investments and transactions. China has long wanted to boost the role of its currency on the global stage. A report released this week by the European Central Bank that simulated the impact of the trade war echoed similar sentiments. It suggested the US would suffer from the brunt of diminished trade and deteriorating business and consumer confidence, whereas China could supplement lost trade with the US by selling to other countries. China is "giving a real, clear alternative - a choice," Mr Ma said. "Before, even if you didn't like the US, there wasn't much of a choice, but China - even if you don't like them that much … they are increasingly saying, we are a legitimate choice; we do offer things that you want and need".
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| Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse Posted: 29 Sep 2018 08:45 PM PDT  Fearing possible gunshots, it took only the collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York music show to send thousands fleeing in panic.
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| Cameroon president hits campaign trail ahead of vote Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:47 AM PDT  Maroua (Cameroon) (AFP) - "It was as if time stood still," said an exuberant announcer as Cameroon's President Paul Biya landed in the country's north to kick-off campaigning ahead of next week's polls. The polls will be held to an unprecedented backdrop of violence, as clashes continue in the country's separatist anglophone regions and Boko Haram fighters continue to threaten Cameroon's northeast -- including Maroua.
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| U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands: U.S. official Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:51 AM PDT  Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war that has seen them impose increasingly severe rounds of tariffs on each other's imports. The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate. China's claims in the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year, are contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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| Man says he was fired by Catholic diocese for gay marriage posts Posted: 30 Sep 2018 05:30 AM PDT  Keith Kozak says he was fired by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland for "liking" a post about a friend's gay marriage on Facebook.
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| Syria rebels deny withdrawing arms from north under deal Posted: 30 Sep 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Syrian rebels on Sunday denied pulling any heavy arms out of a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarisation deal there draws closer. Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed earlier in September to create a buffer zone around the opposition stronghold of Idlib that would be free of both jihadists and heavy arms. The deal has so far averted a massive assault on the region by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, but its implementation is expected to be complex.
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| British PM tells divided party: Don't play politics with my Brexit plan Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:22 PM PDT  Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, but the terms of the departure remain unclear. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper ahead of her party's conference, May took aim at those who have scorned her "Chequers" Brexit proposals accusing them of "playing politics" with Britain's future and undermining the national interest. "Unlike the prime minister I fought for this, I believe in it, I think it's the right thing for our country and I think that what is happening now is, alas, not what people were promised in 2016." May says her "Chequers" proposals are the only viable option, but EU leaders have said parts of them are unacceptable and many Conservative lawmakers have threatened to vote down a deal based on May's blueprint.
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| Kavanaugh Testified That 'The Drinking Age Was 18.' Not In Maryland When He Was 18. Posted: 28 Sep 2018 06:31 PM PDT  Fending off the accusation that he drunkenly assaulted a 15-year-old when he
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| Kanye West is now Ye, but unchanged on backing Trump Posted: 30 Sep 2018 12:29 PM PDT  New York (AFP) - Kanye West has decided that he now wants to be called Ye. But on political matters, nothing has changed for the pro-Donald Trump rapper.
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| After Florence, North Carolina political unity to be tested Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:07 AM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As Hurricane Florence was thrashing North Carolina earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's leadership amid the devastation won widespread praise, including some from Republican politicians who have been passing laws to undercut him ever since he was elected.
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| UK Conservative Chairman Lewis says working for election in 2022 Posted: 30 Sep 2018 01:24 AM PDT  BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain's governing Conservatives are working towards a national election in 2022, the party's chairman Brandon Lewis said on Sunday, saying he hoped Prime Minister Theresa May would lead the party into that vote. Local media have reported May, under pressure over Brexit, could be considering calling an early election. May has said it would not be in the national interest. "The next general election is 2022," Lewis told Sky News. Asked if May would lead the Conservatives into that election, he said: "I hope she will and I think she will. ...
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| Texas governor says 'bathroom bill' no longer on his agenda Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Gov. Greg Abbott last year had supported limiting transgender people's access to bathrooms in public schools.
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| Madrid and Atletico draw in derby, Barcelona stays ahead Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:16 PM PDT  MADRID (AP) — Barcelona is getting some help from its rivals to stay ahead in the Spanish league despite falling into its worst slump in two years.
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| Three years of Russia strikes on Syria kill 18,000: monitor Posted: 30 Sep 2018 10:06 AM PDT  More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian air strikes on Syria since Moscow began its game-changing intervention exactly three years ago, a monitor said Sunday. Russia, for its part, said its "accurate" strikes had killed 85,000 "terrorists". A steadfast ally of Syria's ruling regime, Russia began carrying out bombing raids in the country on September 30, 2015 -- more than four years into the devastating conflict.
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| Palestinians ask UN court to revoke US Jerusalem embassy move Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:27 AM PDT  Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN's top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the occupied city of Jerusalem", he said, quoted by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. In December, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite Palestinian claims on part of the city and breaking with longstanding US policy.
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| Kellyanne Conway Reveals Own Sexual Assault While Defending Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:12 AM PDT  Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway disclosed on Sunday that she is a
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| Security services in Syria's Raqqa uncover Islamic State cell Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:37 AM PDT  Security forces in northern Syria's Raqqa city said on Sunday they had uncovered an Islamic State sleeper cell which was plotting series of large attacks across the devastated city. Raqqa served as the de facto capital of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate until it was retaken by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia alliance last October. A spokesman for the Raqqa Internal Security Forces set up by the SDF said it had killed two members of an Islamic State cell and detained five others during an operation on Saturday.
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| Lawsuit alleging Trump’s private business is violating the Constitution approved by federal judge Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:51 AM PDT  A federal judge on Friday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit filed by 200 congressional Democrats against Donald Trump alleging that Trump has violated the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments while in office. The lawsuit is based on the Constitution's emoluments clause, which bars presidents from taking payments from foreign states without Congress's consent. The president's business, which he still owns, has hosted foreign embassy events and visiting foreign officials at its downtown District of Columbia hotel.
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| 3 dead following car explosion in Pennsylvania Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:04 PM PDT  Police have confirmed that a car explosion has killed at least three people.
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| Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:26 PM PDT  Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release. The two fathers, accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, were jailed for seven years earlier this month, fueling international outrage. Clooney said the journalists' families had already submitted a request for their pardon, adding that the president can grant a pardon following consultation with Suu Kyi.
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