| Pompeo Orders ‘Non-Emergency’ U.S. Employees Out of Venezuela Posted: 24 Jan 2019 05:32 PM PST  While Pompeo initially scoffed at a demand by Maduro that all U.S. diplomats depart by Saturday afternoon, the State Department issued an advisory late Thursday that "non-emergency U.S. government employees" should leave. The American Embassy in Caracas will remain in operation with a skeleton staff, but the State Department warned Americans in the country that their government "has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Venezuela" and that they should "strongly consider departing" the country.
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| Nurse arrested after US woman gave birth in vegetative state Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:29 AM PST  A male nurse has been arrested in Arizona for the sexual assault of a woman who gave birth while in a long-term vegetative state, police in the US state said Wednesday. The suspect -- identified as Nathan Sutherland, age 36 -- faces charges of one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse, Phoenix police Sergeant Tommy Thompson told a news conference. Sutherland is a "licensed practical nurse who was responsible for providing care to the victim during this time the sexual assault occurred," Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said.
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| American Airlines kicks Michigan family off plane for body odor Posted: 24 Jan 2019 08:59 AM PST  Yossi and Jennie Adler and their 19-month-old daughter were boarding a plane at the Miami International Airport when they were escorted off.
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| D.C. Is Still Divided Over the Shutdown. But Celebrity Chef José Andrés Briefly Bridged the Gap Posted: 23 Jan 2019 12:50 PM PST  D.C. remains divided on partisan lines on the government shutdown, but celebrity chef José Andrés briefly brought both sides together.
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| Kentucky teen on confrontation with Native American: 'I'd like to talk to him' Posted: 23 Jan 2019 07:49 AM PST  The Kentucky high school student seen in a "Make America Great Again" hat during a confrontation with an elderly Native American protester on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial says he wishes it never happened, but isn't sorry for standing his ground.
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| Boeing's flying car lifts off in race to revolutionize urban travel Posted: 23 Jan 2019 01:53 PM PST  Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest planemaker bids to revolutionize urban transportation and parcel delivery services. Boeing is competing with arch-rival Airbus SE and numerous other firms to introduce small self-flying vehicles capable of vertical takeoff and landing. Boeing's 30-foot-long (9 meter) aircraft - part helicopter, part drone and part fixed-wing plane - lifted a few feet off the ground and made a soft landing after less than a minute of being airborne on Tuesday at an airport in Manassas, Virginia, Boeing said.
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| Florida elections chief resigns when blackface photos emerge Posted: 24 Jan 2019 04:24 PM PST  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's top elections official abruptly resigned Thursday after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim at a 2005 party.
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| This Dyson vacuum is way too powerful to be on sale for $180 Posted: 24 Jan 2019 09:20 AM PST ![This Dyson vacuum is way too powerful to be on sale for $180]( "This Dyson vacuum is way too powerful to be on sale for $180") After years of going back and forth, today is the day you finally upgrade to a Dyson vacuum. The company's vacuums are very expensive, but they're also worth every penny because there's simply nothing else on the market that even comes close. Lucky for you, Amazon is running a killer one-day deal that slashes the Dyson Ball Multi Floor 2 Upright Vacuum to its lowest price ever, just $179.99 if you pick up a refurb. This deal won't last long, so grab one while you still have time. Here are the bullet points from the product page: * This Certified Refurbished product is manufacturer refurbished, shows limited or no wear, includes all original accessories, and a 6 month Dyson limited warranty against original defects in materials & workmanship; warranty covers private household use in accordance with the owner's manual * Unrivaled Dyson suction*. Light to maneuver. Radial root cyclone technology captures more microscopic dust than any other on the market * Self-adjusting cleaner head seals in suction across carpet, wood, vinyl, and tile floors * Instant-release wand allows for cleaning up high or under furniture. Dimensions (HxWxD): 41.93 x 15.59 x 13.39 inches & Weight: 15.6 lbs; Maximum Reach:40ft * Hygienically empty the bin with the push of a button
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| 10 U.K. Designers on How Brexit Will Affect Business Posted: 23 Jan 2019 01:17 PM PST |
| Trump forced to postpone State of the Union until government shutdown ends Posted: 23 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST  Donald Trump has said he will wait to deliver his State of the Union speech until after the partial government shutdown is over, admitting it is the "prerogative" of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to disinvite him from addressing Congress. Mr Trump said: "As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. "I am not looking for an alternative venue for the SOTU Address because there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber.
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| Atlanta nightclub faces backlash over alleged sexual assault that was streamed on Facebook Live Posted: 23 Jan 2019 06:18 PM PST ![Atlanta nightclub faces backlash over alleged sexual assault that was streamed on Facebook Live]( "Atlanta nightclub faces backlash over alleged sexual assault that was streamed on Facebook Live") Police are investigating a video which appears to show a woman being sexually assaulted on the dance floor of an Atlanta nightclub.
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| House Democrats to Seek Testimony From Wall Street CEOs, Sources Say Posted: 24 Jan 2019 12:33 PM PST  The chief executive officers of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp. could be asked to testify before the House Financial Services Committee, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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| The Justice Department Says It Will Seek to Extradite China's Huawei CFO From Canada Posted: 22 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST  Despite appeals from Beijing to stand down
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| Bomb attack hits Syrian capital: state media Posted: 24 Jan 2019 05:20 AM PST  A bomb attack hit a northeastern neighbourhood of the Syrian capital Thursday, state media said, in the third such explosion in a regime-held area in less than a week. State news agency SANA reported "a terrorist bombing in the Adawi area with an explosive device planted in a car, causing material damage but no casualties". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast hit near the embassy of key government ally Russia.
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| Back to school: Los Angeles teachers return to work after six-day strike Posted: 23 Jan 2019 01:42 PM PST  Thousands of teachers in Los Angeles returned to the job on Wednesday, fresh off a six-day strike against the nation's second largest school district that disrupted the education of half a million students. Rank and file members of United Teachers Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly late on Tuesday to approve a 3-1/2 year contract agreement that the union and school district had reached before dawn that day, union officials said. The Los Angeles Unified School District kept schools open during the strike, staffing them with substitute teachers and support staff to supervise students.
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| Migrants seen climbing over border wall in Arizona Posted: 24 Jan 2019 05:02 AM PST  Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona apprehend a group of over 100 Central Americans who illegally scaled the border wall.
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| Swedish teen takes climate activism to jet-setters in Davos Posted: 23 Jan 2019 01:36 PM PST  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — There aren't many people who spend 32 hours on a train to get to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos and plan to sleep in a tent.
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| Venezuela military chief declares loyalty to Maduro and warns US not to intervene Posted: 24 Jan 2019 11:36 AM PST  Venezuela's military chief has declared his support for president Nicolas Maduro and warned the US not to intervene – a move that may be crucial if the man sworn in for a second term two weeks ago is to cling on to power. As Britain became the latest nation to recognise opposition politician Juan Guaido as the country's president, military forces loyal to Mr Maduro took to the airwaves to declare their support for him. In a televised speech on Thursday, defence minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Mr Maduro was the country's legitimate president and that the opposition was seeking to carry out a coup.
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| Moscow arrest of American on spy charges eerily similar to the 1986 case against U.S. reporter Nick Daniloff Posted: 23 Jan 2019 10:40 AM PST  Both were handed materials they thought were innocuous photos or clippings but were purportedly classified.
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| Democrats Launch Probe of Security Clearances for Kushner, Other Trump Aides Posted: 23 Jan 2019 08:43 AM PST  Controversy erupted over the White House's security vetting procedures last year after revelations former Staff Secretary Rob Porter was permitted to keep his security clearance for months even though the FBI said it had provided the White House a report including allegations of domestic violence from his two ex-wives. Kushner and more than 30 other Trump aides lost access to top secret intelligence in February 2018 because they had been working with "interim" clearances and their background investigations had never been completed even though some had been at the White House more than a year.
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| Former Mormon conversion therapist says he will be 'choosing to pursue life as a gay man' Posted: 24 Jan 2019 09:34 AM PST  David Matheson, a once prominent conversion therapist, took to Facebook on Tuesday to say he would be making 'substantial changes' in his dating life.
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| Netanyahu pledges 'lethal' response to Gaza violence after blocking aid Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:33 AM PST  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday of a "lethal" reaction to any renewed Palestinian violence on the Gaza border, after blocking aid to the strip in response to the wounding of an Israeli soldier. Weeks of relative calm in the Gaza Strip ended Tuesday when Israeli soldiers came under fire along the border with the enclave in two separate incidents. Israeli tanks in response struck two Hamas positions in Gaza, killing a militant, while overnight Israeli warplanes struck what the army said was a Hamas military camp in northern Gaza.
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| Marine recruiter charged with sexually assaulting teen girl trying to enlist Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:38 PM PST  A Marine recruiter was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a Lake Village teenage girl looking to enlist.
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| See New 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo Photos Posted: 23 Jan 2019 02:09 PM PST |
| The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple Posted: 23 Jan 2019 02:04 PM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest on the pope's visit to Panama (all times local):
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| The Lesson to Take Away From the Confrontation Between High Schoolers and a Native Elder Posted: 23 Jan 2019 02:21 PM PST  How to tell what is and isn't just noise
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| Where could President Trump give his State of the Union address? Here are some options Posted: 23 Jan 2019 07:14 PM PST  After being disinvited from giving his State of the Union address on the House floor, President Trump is scouting for a new venue to give the annual address.
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| The Irish Border Is Now Giving the EU a Brexit Headache Posted: 24 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST  Its surefootedness and unified communications have helped it get most of what it's wanted since talks started 18 months ago. Mixed messages this week surrounded the Irish border and what would happen to it if the U.K. leaves without a deal.
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| Venezuela crisis: Seven killed in violent crackdown on protests as Maduro digs in for battle with Trump Posted: 24 Jan 2019 02:29 AM PST  At least seven people have been killed during unrest in Venezuela following mass protests against the South American country's president Nicolas Maduro. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country in a bid to topple the socialist leader, who is clinging onto power amid political and economic crisis. Juan Guaido, the new leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared himself the country's interim president as he addressed cheering crowds in the capital Caracas on Wednesday.
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| Davos forum hits turbulence over CEOs' private jets Posted: 24 Jan 2019 08:48 AM PST  Touting its green credentials, the World Economic Forum has pushed back against research that said company bosses are flying to Davos in record numbers on polluting private jets. The study this week from the leasing company Air Charter Service (ACS) forecast that nearly 1,500 such flights would occur over the week of the forum, to and from four airports near Davos in the Swiss Alps.
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| Fears over large-scale job losses after Lloyds reveals shift to new IT system Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:00 AM PST  Lloyds Banking Group could be considering job cuts in the UK after tabling plans to switch some of its IT systems to a new startup as part of cost-cutting measures. The bank, which cut over a thousand roles in the last year alone in two different redundancy rounds as part of its three-year strategy to cut costs, is now planning to remove some back office IT functions to fintech startup Thought Machine, according to internal documents seen by the Financial Times. The British high-street bank has entered into negotiations with regulators about transferring the data of 500,000 customers from its Intelligent Finance brand to test a new core banking system built by UK startup Thought Machine, the documents showed. Lloyds declined to comment on the IT systems transfer or potential job losses. BTU, the union that represents Lloyds Banking Group employees, said that 10,000 jobs are at risk. BTU general secretary Mark Brown said: "What they are building is a completely new IT system, and that won't need anywhere near the number of people that are involved in the current IT system. "If it works and doesn't collapse, it is going to completely change retail banking." Lloyds will roll the technology out more widely if it proves effective, the union has claimed. Lloyds announced an £11m strategic partnership with Thought Machine, which was set up by ex-Googler Paul Taylor, in November of last year. At the time, Zak Mian, group director of transformation at Lloyds Banking Group, said: "A key part of our recently launched three-year strategic plan is applying technology innovation to meet our customers' evolving needs. "I'm really excited to work with the Thought Machine team to explore ways to simplify and enhance our IT architecture and helping on our journey to make banking easy and simple for customers." The bank currently holds a 10pc stake in the startup, which first launched in 2016 and builds cloud-based banking solutions.
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| Russia takes wraps off new missile to try to save U.S. nuclear pact Posted: 23 Jan 2019 08:22 AM PST  Washington has threatened to pull out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), alleging that the new Russian missile, the Novator 9M729 (called SSC-8 by NATO), violates the pact, which bans either side from stationing short and intermediate-range, land-based missiles in Europe. Russia denies that. It says the missile's range puts it outside the treaty and has accused the United States of inventing a false pretext to exit a treaty it wants to leave anyway so as to develop new missiles.
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| The Latest: PG&E objects to judge's proposals on fire risk Posted: 23 Jan 2019 12:57 PM PST ![The Latest: PG&E objects to judge's proposals on fire risk]( "The Latest: PG&E objects to judge's proposals on fire risk") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on proposals by a U.S. judge aimed at preventing Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing any wildfires in 2019 (all times local):
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| 7 of the Best Paying Closed-End Funds Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:01 AM PST ![7 of the Best Paying Closed-End Funds]( "7 of the Best Paying Closed-End Funds") An alternative for some investors.
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| The Latest: Man arrested at bank was a trainee prison guard Posted: 23 Jan 2019 06:30 PM PST  SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting inside a Florida bank that killed five people (all times local):
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| Judge Napolitano: More self-inflicted presidential legal woes Posted: 23 Jan 2019 10:10 AM PST  Judge Napolitano's Chambers: Judge Andrew Napolitano explains how President Trump's legal woes are only worsened after Rudy Giuliani tried to do cleanup after the BuzzFeed News report.
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| Pompeo warns Venezuela's Maduro against use of force Posted: 24 Jan 2019 03:51 PM PST  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro not to use force against mass demonstrations and urged further international support for the self-declared acting president. A day after the United States and major Latin American nations recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the acting president, Pompeo pressed his case at a special meeting of the Organization of American States.
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| Apple cuts hundreds of employees from secretive self-driving car project Posted: 24 Jan 2019 03:59 AM PST  Apple has cut more than 200 employees from its self-driving car team, known internally as 'Project Titan'. Project Titan has been a significant but closely guarded project at the iPhone creator for nearly five years. At its height, it was said that over 5,000 employees were either working on or aware of the self-driving car projects reportedly lead by Ford and Apple veteran Bob Mansfield since 2014. The latest dismissals come as the company restructures its autonomous technology projects. Apple acknowledged the cuts, initially reported by CNBC, but said that it still sees a 'huge opportunity' in the sector. "We have an incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple," said an Apple spokesman. "As the team focuses their work on several key areas for 2019, some groups are being moved to projects in other parts of the company, where they will support machine learning and other initiatives, across all of Apple." "We continue to believe there is a huge opportunity with autonomous systems, that Apple has unique capabilities to contribute, and that this is the most ambitious machine learning project ever." Apple has reportedly been testing its 'Project Titan' vehicles in and around its campus in Cupertino, California. Credit: Reuters It is unclear how many of the 200 employees have left Apple altogether or have been moved to other projects within the company. However, it is reported that the restructure was expected following the August 2018 appointment of former Tesla engineering vice president, Doug Field, to lead Project Titan alongside Mansfield. Apple has regularly said that its autonomous vehicle project was a significant focus for the company, with CEO Tim Cook saying it was the 'mother of all AI projects' in 2017. While the actual tech behind Project Titan has remained a close secret, Apple had the third highest permit applications for self-driving vehicles in California behind General Motor's 'Cruise' and Waymo. Apple has been reportedly testing its self-driving vehicles in and around its Cupertino headquarters, with the goal of an automated shuttle service running throughout its campus. In August 2018, it was confirmed by Californian authorities that an Apple test vehicle had been involved in a minor crash near its base after it was rear-ended by a human Nissan driver. Reports also have it that Apple has restructured Project Titan once before in 2016, scaling back the company's ambitions to build their own vehicle in order to focus on software and AI. Where this latest change leaves Project Titan remains to be seen while Apple continue to deal with the fallout from its shock profit warning earlier this month, cutting sales forecasts for the first time since 2002.
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| China detains Australian on suspicion of endangering security Posted: 24 Jan 2019 02:46 AM PST  Australian officials said Yang Hengjun was detained shortly after he flew in to the southern city of Guangzhou from New York last week, but it did not believe his detention was the result of rising tension between China and the West. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Australia was officially notified after Yang was placed under "coercive measures" - a euphemism for detention - in Beijing. "The Australian citizen Yang Jun, due to being suspected of engaging in criminal acts that endangered China's national security, was recently placed under coercive measures and is being investigated by the Beijing city State Security Bureau," Hua told reporters.
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| Manafort denies lying to investigators after plea agreement Posted: 23 Jan 2019 02:30 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on Wednesday denied allegations he lied to investigators after he began cooperating with them.
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| Aston Martin Valkyrie's 150 Buyers Can Add an AMR Track Performance Package Posted: 22 Jan 2019 09:01 PM PST  Valkyrie buyers can also spec custom color schemes and materials including titanium and 24-karat gold.
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| Tour Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello's Dream House Posted: 23 Jan 2019 07:40 AM PST |
| 5-year-old Delaware boy left on freezing school bus for several hours after multiple safeguards fail Posted: 23 Jan 2019 03:55 PM PST  The 5-year-old boy's mom put him on the bus to Linden Hill Elementary at 8:30 a.m. At 3:10 p.m., she got a frightening call from the school district.
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| The Latest: Los Angeles teachers ratify deal by large margin Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:14 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the end of the Los Angeles teachers strike (all times local):
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