| Trump on Comey's testimony to Congress: 'All lies!' Posted: 09 Dec 2018 11:31 AM PST  President Trump claimed that former FBI director James Comey lied to Congress and questioned why he couldn't remember details about the Justice Department leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
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| 2 Nuns Accused Of Embezzling $500,000 From Catholic School Posted: 10 Dec 2018 02:46 AM PST  Two Roman Catholic nuns have admitted to embezzling $500,000 from a parochial
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| Neon sea creatures light up ocean with vibrant colors Posted: 10 Dec 2018 05:10 AM PST  Incredible neon sea creatures have been captured lighting up the ocean with their vibrant colors – in what looked like a scene from Avatar. Photographer Simon Pierce, 39, took the images over several months after visiting both Nosy Sakatia in Madagascar and Mafia Island in Tanzania recently. He was thrilled to spot the biofluorescence creatures – which produce their own light – he managed to capture, including fireflies and glow worms. Simon, who is also a marine biologist, from New Plymouth, New Zealand, said: "I felt like I was in the film Avatar capturing these images. ...
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| Britain's May will seek further assurances from EU on Brexit backstop Posted: 10 Dec 2018 08:00 AM PST  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she would do all she could to secure further assurances from the European Union on the so-called backstop arrangement in the Brexit deal that has angered so many across parliament. Announcing that she would delay a vote on her agreement with the EU she looked set to lose, May told lawmakers if they wanted an alternative arrangement with the bloc, they must be honest about the downsides of the other options - a second referendum, continued single market membership and a no deal Brexit.
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| Indian tycoon Mallya to find out extradition fate Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:18 PM PST  Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya will appear in a London court on Monday to find out whether he will be extradited to his homeland, where he is accused of fraud. Mallya, chairman of the UB Group drinks conglomerate and chief executive of the Force India Formula One team, will discover his fate at Westminster Magistrates' Court. The loans from the state-owned IDBI bank were intended to bail out his failed carrier Kingfisher Airlines.
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| Trade Bear David Woo Hasn't Been This Nervous Since 2008 Posted: 10 Dec 2018 09:07 AM PST  The Bank of America strategist is the most worried about volatility in global markets -- particularly in the developing world -- since the 2008 financial crisis. "We'll have a $1 trillion budget deficit, a big fight over the debt ceiling, gridlock and the U.S. economy will be slowing at the same time," Woo said from New York.
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| Dan Abrams on Cohen court filing: 'Biggest legal threat we've seen so far' for Trump Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:45 AM PST  Dan Abrams, Chris Christie and Asha Rangappa weigh in on the sentencing memo for Michael Cohen from the Southern District of New York and the special counsel's filing on Paul Manafort.
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| ‘Yellow Jacket’ protests paralyze Paris and threaten Macron’s government Posted: 09 Dec 2018 02:25 PM PST  The fourth weekend of violent protests in France paralyzed the capital, as demonstrators called for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
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| I Drove Drunk And It Cost 6 People Their Lives. Here's How My Own Life Changed Forever. Posted: 10 Dec 2018 06:21 AM PST  On Nov. 1, 2003, I was involved in a drinking and driving accident. I cost six
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| The Best Green Monday 2018 Deals We've Seen So Far Posted: 10 Dec 2018 11:37 AM PST  Regret missing out on some of those Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals last
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| Indian troops kill 3 rebels in 18-hour-long Kashmir fighting Posted: 09 Dec 2018 07:29 AM PST  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian troops killed three rebels on the outskirts of disputed Kashmir's main city on Sunday, ending a nearly 18-hour-long gunbattle, officials said.
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| Anti-Semitic Flyers Found In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Neighborhood: Police Posted: 09 Dec 2018 03:27 PM PST  Police are investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh, including
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| Deal Alert: These Gearhead Essentials Are Heavily Discounted Today Posted: 10 Dec 2018 11:00 AM PST |
| Would Taiwan Fight China Without U.S. Support? Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:32 PM PST  It is in the interests of the United States to send reassuring signals to the public in Taiwan about the U.S. determination to assist and defend Taiwan.
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| Social media tops print as news source for Americans: study Posted: 10 Dec 2018 08:03 AM PST  Social media has overtaken print newspapers as a news source for Americans, researchers said Monday, highlighting the growing importance of services such as Facebook and Twitter as well as the troubled state of legacy news organizations. The Pew Research Center report found 20 percent of US adults say they often get news via social media, compared with 16 percent from newspapers. In 2016, newspapers were more important that social networks and in 2017 the percentages were roughly even for both sources, according to Pew surveys.
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| Jared Kushner Gave Saudi Crown Prince Advice After Khashoggi Slaying: NY Times Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:21 AM PST  Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, flouted
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| Yellow vests protests are 'a catastrophe for our economy' warns French finance minister Posted: 09 Dec 2018 07:02 AM PST  The French finance minister warned that France's worst street protests in decades were "an economic disaster" as burned out cars and debris were cleared from the streets of Paris and other cities on Sunday. "It's a catastrophe for trade. It's a catastrophe for our economy," said Bruno Le Maire, a conservative serving under Emmanuel Macron, the embattled centrist president who came to power last year promising to modernise France with sweeping pro-business reforms. Mr Le Maire promised that the state and insurance companies would foot the repair bill. Tax payments due at the end of the year will be postponed for retailers whose shops were ransacked only two weeks before Christmas, he said. Dozens of cars were torched in Paris on Saturday as protesters roared "Macron resign". Clashes also broke out in Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon and Toulouse during the fourth consecutive weekend of protests. Tourism has suffered a blow, with Paris hotel bookings over Christmas and New Year, normally a busy period, down by at least 20 per cent. Yellow vest protesters clash with police in Paris, in pictures Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy mayor of Paris, said the damage to property was worse than in the previous weekend's riots. "The protests spread over a much larger area, so many more places were hit," he said. But there was less violence thanks to an increase in police numbers and more efficient tactics. Officers swiftly detained hooligans, arresting more than 1,700, a record for a single day in post-war France. Jean-Yves Le Drian, the foreign minister, rebuked Donald Trump for a provocative tweet in which he appeared to back the protesters and claimed they were chanting his name on the streets of Paris. Telegraph reporters, placed across the city, heard no such chants. "We do not take part in domestic American politics and we want that to be reciprocated," Mr Le Drian said. Thousands of protesters continued blockading petrol stations and barricaded roads across the country on Sunday. Thomas Lebrun, a 62-year-old pensioner demonstrating near Vierzon, in central France, said: "We won't stop until our demands are met. We want action not words." The increasingly unpopular president is expected to make a televised address to the nation on Monday or Tuesday. Under fire for remaining silent for the past week, Mr Macron's approval ratings have plunged to record lows of below 20 per cent. With critics accusing him of being arrogant and remote, he faces an enormous challenge in trying to win back public support amid the most serious unrest since students and workers rioted in May 1968. He has already scrapped increases in "green" taxes on fuel, but the protesters want further concessions such as tax cuts for people on low incomes and tax increases for businesses. Such measures would mark a humiliating U-turn for the president, who has been trying to attract foreign investors and entice banks and finance companies to relocate from London to Paris by offering tax breaks. Benjamin Griveaux, the government spokesman, warned: "All the problems of the 'yellow vests' can't be settled by waving a magic wand." But he added that Mr Macron would make "important announcements". According to French media, he may raise the minimum wage and pensions, and introduce a tax-free bonus for workers on low incomes. The "yellow-vest" movement, which takes its name from the high-visibility jackets worn by demonstrators, began as a protest against fuel tax increases four weeks ago. It has since widened to encompass a range of demands such as 40-per-cent increases in the minimum wage and benefits, and the re-introduction of a wealth tax on high earners, scrapped by Mr Macron as part of a drive to promote investment. French intelligence is investigating claims that the movement, which began on social media, spread with the help of Russian trolls. Hundreds of social media accounts linked to Russia allegedly played a role in spreading disinformation, but officials said no evidence of Russian state involvement had been uncovered so far.
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| An '(Unintentional) Grinch' Tried To Ban Christmas From The Classroom Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:37 PM PST  An elementary school principal from Omaha, Nebraska has been placed on
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| Former beauty queen sent nude pictures to 15-year-old student on Snapchat, police say Posted: 10 Dec 2018 01:47 AM PST  A former beauty pageant queen is facing up to 20 years in prison after allegedly sending nude photographs of herself to a 15-year-old boy. Ramsey Bearse, now a teacher at Andrew Jackson Middle School outside Charleston, West Virginia, was arrested and charged with distribution or display of obscene matter to minors after allegedly sending the lewd images to the former student. According to the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office, Ms Bearse sent the teenager at least four topless photos using multimedia messaging app Snapchat over a period of three months.
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| Photos from Our Prototype Drive of the 2020 Volkswagen Passat Posted: 10 Dec 2018 05:15 AM PST |
| 11 Useful Gifts For The Person Who Can't Cook To Save Their Life Posted: 10 Dec 2018 01:54 PM PST  Learning to cook can be intimidating for a lot of people. Maybe they are a
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| UK PM May can stay on if parliament rejects Brexit deal: Brexit minister Posted: 09 Dec 2018 02:51 AM PST  British Prime Minister Theresa May can stay on if she loses a crucial vote on her Brexit deal in parliament on Tuesday, her Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Sunday. Asked about reports May could delay the vote, which she looks set to lose, and go back to the EU and ask for further concessions, Barclay told the BBC the government was focused on the vote, which would go ahead as planned.
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| Why Israel Confronted Hezbollah’s Tunnel Threat Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:35 PM PST  The impact of Israel's operation will have wider regional implications.
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| Rand Paul Calls Trump's Nomination Of William Barr For Attorney General 'Very Troubling' Posted: 09 Dec 2018 10:07 AM PST  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday bashed President Donald Trump's nomination of
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| Be Prepared for a Housing Market Price Dive, OECD Warns Australia Posted: 09 Dec 2018 11:00 AM PST  In its latest survey of Australia, the Paris-based group forecast economic growth of 2.9 percent next year, leading to a gradual pickup in wages and inflation. While it said the housing market's cooling was so far orderly, it warned that high property prices and household debt were potential instabilities. "Risk of an overshoot in the price correction -- a hard landing -- remains," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in its report.
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| Teachers union: Tentative deal to end charter schools strike Posted: 09 Dec 2018 03:31 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's first teachers' strike against a charter school operator will end after their union and management struck a tentative deal Sunday that includes protections for students and immigrant families living in the country illegally.
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| Mexico's new president boosts Pemex budget by $3.7 bn Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:08 PM PST  Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday he would reverse shrinking investment in the state oil company by pouring $3.7 billion into Pemex in 2019, in a bid to boost crude and refined products' output. "We are going to increase investment in Pemex by 75 billion pesos from what was authorized for 2018," the leftist president said in a speech in his home state of Tabasco. The state oil giant has seen a drop in its production since 2004, when it extracted some 3.4 million barrels per day.
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| New Zealand leader apologies for death of British tourist Posted: 09 Dec 2018 09:18 PM PST  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made an emotional apology Monday to the family of a 22-year-old British tourist who police say was murdered.
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| Gavin McInness: Proud Boys founder and far-right activist ‘dropped’ by conservative US TV channel Posted: 09 Dec 2018 08:53 AM PST  A far-right activist linked with English Defence League (EDL) founder Tommy Robinson has reportedly been ditched by an American television channel less than a week after he was recruited as a host. Gavin McInnes, the founder of right-wing group Proud Boys, which the FBI labelled an "extremist organisation with ties to white nationalism", is no longer working with BlazeTV, the company announced. An FBI agent later denied having called the group extremist, saying it had been trying to characterise the potential threat from individuals in the Proud Boys.
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| EU renews Congo sanctions ahead of presidential election Posted: 10 Dec 2018 04:10 AM PST  The decision is likely to worsen relations between the EU and President Joseph Kabila's government, which has lobbied against sanctions it calls an illegal violation of its sovereignty. Kabila has also refused to accredit EU election observers despite concerns by opposition politicians, civil society activists and foreign powers about the credibility of the Dec. 23 vote. Shadary served as interior minister during some of the protests and as a senior official in Kabila's PPRD party.
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| Republicans are undermining democracy state by state Posted: 09 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST  'They are deliberate efforts to undermine democracy and our faith in it. What Republican legislators just did in Wisconsin – passing bills to strip key powers from the governor-elect, Tony Evers, and other newly elected Democratic officials – is a total betrayal of the people of Wisconsin and our nation's democratic ideals. Michigan is passing a similar set of bills and North Carolina Republicans are accused of paying someone to steal absentee ballots and commit election fraud for a US House candidate.
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| Heavy snow batters North Carolina and Virginia, leaving thousands of drivers stranded Posted: 10 Dec 2018 09:26 AM PST  At least four deaths have been blamed on "mammoth" snowstorm in the Southeast, causing drivers to abandon their cars on the road due to dangerous conditions.
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| Trump Scorched Over Tweet Bashing Obama For Burning Through 'Chief Of Staffs' Posted: 08 Dec 2018 07:57 PM PST  Twitter followers piled on President Donald Trump after unearthing his 2012
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| Nation's first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice Posted: 09 Dec 2018 02:31 PM PST ![Nation's first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice]( "Nation's first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice") The strike affected only about 7,500 of Chicago's 371,000 public school students. But it was closely followed by labor leaders and charter advocates around the country.
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| Roger, the internet famous bucket crushing kangaroo, has died Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:17 PM PST ![Roger, the internet famous bucket crushing kangaroo, has died]( "Roger, the internet famous bucket crushing kangaroo, has died") If you've spent quite a bit of time on the internet, you might've stumbled across Roger. The impressively buff red kangaroo has died aged 12, announced by The Kangaroo Sanctuary — the Australian refuge where he lived — in a Facebook post Saturday morning. "Sadly Roger has passed away of old age," reads the post.
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| Indiana teen charged with killing pregnant schoolmate Posted: 10 Dec 2018 04:53 PM PST  MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana high school football player told investigators that he killed a 17-year-old schoolmate because he was angry that she waited so long to tell him she was pregnant with his child that it was too late to get an abortion, authorities said Monday.
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| Heisman Winner Kyler Murray Apologizes After Homophobic Tweets Surface Posted: 09 Dec 2018 10:52 AM PST  Within hours of accepting the prestigious Heisman Trophy, Oklahoma Sooners
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| These Keto Pancakes Will Fuel You Till Lunch Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:58 PM PST |
| Qatar rift overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away Posted: 09 Dec 2018 10:12 AM PST  Qatar sent its state minister for foreign affairs to the annual one-day summit, which was overshadowed by the economic and diplomatic boycott of Doha since mid-2017 by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt over allegations Doha supports terrorism, which Qatar denies. "Qatar's emir should have accepted the fair demands (of the boycotting states) and attended the summit," Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in a tweet. In response, Ahmed bin Saeed AlRumaihi, director of the information office at Qatar's foreign ministry, said: "Qatar can make its own decisions and had attended (last year's) Kuwait summit while the leaders of the boycotting countries did not." He later slammed the final communique for not addressing the boycott, which Qatar says aims to curtail its sovereignty.
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| Brexit Opponents Get EU Court Boost as May Said to Pull Vote Posted: 10 Dec 2018 07:23 AM PST  The U.K. can unilaterally reverse Brexit, the European Union's top court said in a landmark ruling ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to pull a potentially humiliating Parliament vote on her controversial withdrawal deal with Brussels. The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg boosted the hopes of those campaigning for an end to the divorce, saying that Britain is free to revoke its so-called Article 50 notice any time before it's due to leave the bloc on March 29. A few hours later, May opted to postpone Tuesday's planned vote amid concerns a huge defeat could plunge the U.K. into unprecedented political chaos, according to people familiar with the situation.
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| Fox News Contributor: Trump 'Likely To Be Indicted' On Campaign Finance Violations Posted: 09 Dec 2018 01:04 PM PST  Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy has bad news for President Donald Trump:
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| How LSAC's GPA Calculation Differs From Your School's Posted: 10 Dec 2018 08:15 AM PST ![How LSAC's GPA Calculation Differs From Your School's]( "How LSAC's GPA Calculation Differs From Your School's") Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a feature that provides law school admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. In doing my research for applying to law school I've encountered different versions on how LSAC calculates my GPA. Is it possible my GPA when applying to law school is actually higher than my transcript GPA?
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| Delta adds four new routes from Boston as airlines battle for business travelers Posted: 10 Dec 2018 07:33 AM PST  The Atlanta-based carrier plans to offer nonstop flights between Boston and Chicago, Cleveland, Newark and Washington, D.C. in 2019.
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| Italian police probing deadly stampede find pepper spray can Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:35 AM PST  ROME (AP) — Italian police investigating a deadly disco stampede said Sunday they found a pepper spray can and were questioning dozens of witnesses Sunday following accounts by concertgoers that a teenage boy had sprayed an irritating substance, triggering the mad rush by the crowd to flee.
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