| House Democrats face question: Impeach Pence, or make him president? Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:00 AM PDT  If the House approves impeachment, and if the Senate votes to remove Trump, Pence would become president. Would he make a better president?
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| Tulsi Gabbard is having a moment, and the party is getting nervous Posted: 30 Oct 2019 04:56 PM PDT  Is Tulsi Gabbard planning to run a third-party presidential campaign? And if she does, will it help President Trump win reelection?
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| At-large python found in West Virginia by letter carrier Posted: 30 Oct 2019 10:29 AM PDT  An 11-foot python that was on the loose in West Virginia was found Tuesday, about a month after it got out of its tank, broke through a window screen and slithered outside. Richwood Police Chief Charles Burkhamer says a letter carrier saw the snake laying out in the sun next to a roadway Tuesday, about a block away from where it escaped a month ago.
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| 11 Malware Attacks That Nearly Wrecked the Internet Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:15 PM PDT |
| Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize: 'Climate movement does not need any more awards' Posted: 30 Oct 2019 12:06 PM PDT  Greta Thunberg declined an environmental award worth $52,000 from the Nordic Council. She said she wants leaders to listen to science, not prizes.
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| Chris Christie Among Lawyers Making $15 Million in 1MDB Pact Posted: 31 Oct 2019 09:10 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The biggest recovery ever from an American anti-corruption crackdown is proving lucrative for former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.A major deal struck by the U.S. for fugitive financier Jho Low to give up almost $1 billion in assets allegedly stolen from a Malaysian investment fund comes with a provision to pay his lawyers. As part of the 1MDB settlement, the Justice Department allowed for $15 million to be paid to a group advising Jho Low, including the law firm Christie set up after two terms as New Jersey's governor.Those proceeds will come from Jho Low's stake in EMI Music Publishing, which has grown to about $415 million. That investment ballooned after he initially put in a little more than $100 million stolen from 1MDB, according to prosecutors. The two sides agreed to the provision to allow the lawyers to extract fees from Low, whose assets and accounts have been seized or monitored by authorities across the world."We were pleased to help negotiate this historic resolution in order to preserve the tremendous value of assets involved," Christie said in a statement after the Justice Department announced the settlement agreement on Wednesday. It still needs approval from a federal judge.Christie, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 before dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump, set up his own law firm last year, the Christie Law Firm LLC. The other firms that will receive proceeds of the 1MDB deal for legal expenses are Kobre & Kim LLP and Lowenstein Sandler LLP.The agreement comes even before the criminal charges against Low have been resolved. In the settlement, the Justice Department cautioned that the released funds should be used only for the Low family's legal fees and costs related to the lawsuits, and can't be routed back to Low or his family.The cases were resolved in a "collaborative and fair way that includes payment of our legal fees," said Robin Rathmell, a lawyer at Kobre & Kim.(Updates with lawyer's comment in last paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Sridhar Natarajan in New York at snatarajan15@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Michael J. Moore at mmoore55@bloomberg.net, Daniel Taub, David S. JoachimFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Boeing is facing a fresh crisis after another airline found cracks in a 737 plane, adding to a growing number of airlines grounding some of the planes Posted: 31 Oct 2019 04:18 AM PDT  Qantas found cracks in a 737NG plane that had flown fewer times than the planes the US Federal Aviation Administration had ordered to be inspected.
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| Play To Win A Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye With Horsepower Challenge Posted: 31 Oct 2019 08:29 AM PDT  Take your shot to win one potent Mopar.The Dodge Horsepower Challenge: 5 Weeks. 5 Questions. 5 Challengers. As a thank you to Dodge customers and enthusiasts for reaching the 500 million horsepower goal early, the automaker has launched Brotherhood of Muscle With Horsepower Challenge. The first challenge starts on November 5th and ending on November 11th, and five new owners will compete to take home a special-edition TorRed Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye.Every Tuesday, Dodge.com will post a horsepower-inspired question in multiple choice form. The first weekly "Dodge Horsepower Challenge" will be announced by professional wrestler Bill Goldberg for challengers to win one sweet Challenger. Each Tuesday, Goldberg will announce the question starting at 8 a.m. ET, and the question will remain through Monday until 11:59 p.m. The answer to the week's question can be found on Dodge.com (following Tuesday) a week after its release at 8 a.m.The challenge offers one clue per day, and this comes in the form of hidden hashtags within an image. The clues will be posted in Dodge's Twitter and Instagram social channels to help with the week's question. You must answer one of the weekly multiple choice questions correctly to be eligible to win the Challenger."At Dodge, we know that no matter how much horsepower you have, a little more can't hurt. So we're giving all our loyal fans an opportunity to get one of our highest horsepower Challenger models for free," said Tim Kuniskis, Global Head of Alfa Romeo and Head of Passenger Cars – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA – North America. "Unfortunately, there isn't really any such thing as free horsepower, so these five lucky Dodge fans will have to earn their way in by answering a horsepower question. Ok, the questions are ridiculously difficult, but it is a free Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, and we'll help you along the way." For official rules, visit Dodge.com.Source: FCA North America Read More... * It's Haunting How Much This 275K 2010 Callway Corvette Is Listed For * eBay Find: Jet Powered Batmobile Is A Treat, Not A Trick
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| FBI chief warns Congress of danger from 'self-radicalized' domestic terrorists Posted: 30 Oct 2019 05:54 PM PDT  Federal law enforcement and homeland security officials warned about the growing threat of domestic terrorism at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday.
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| AOC faces challengers on the right and the further right who cite her 'socialism' Posted: 30 Oct 2019 10:09 AM PDT  A Jamaican immigrant businesswoman from Queens and a Latino councilman from the Bronx are among 10 candidates who have filed to unseat freshman Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
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| The Latest: Man accused of arson in California wildfire Posted: 30 Oct 2019 06:21 PM PDT  Authorities say a man was arrested and accused of arson after a crew responded to a report of a wildfire in Northern California. A CalFire statement said engine crews were able to quickly contain the small fire in the Sonoma County community of Geyserville and identified a potential suspect. Authorities reported progress Wednesday in battling the Kincade fire in Sonoma County that started last week outside of Geyserville and forced the evacuation of the entire community, home to about 900 people.
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| Ex-Starbucks manager says she was fired over race Posted: 31 Oct 2019 12:35 PM PDT  A white former Starbucks manager filed a lawsuit against the coffee giant this week, alleging she was the victim of racial discrimination when she was terminated last year after the highly controversial arrests of two black men in a Philadelphia shop.
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| Third deadly quake in weeks hits south Philippines Posted: 31 Oct 2019 03:25 AM PDT  A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing at least five people and sparking searches of seriously damaged buildings that had already been rattled by two previous deadly tremors in recent weeks. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Mindanao, the US Geological Survey said, causing locals to run to safety in the same area where a strong tremor killed eight people on Tuesday.
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| Special Report: In a working-class Hong Kong neighborhood, the protests hit home Posted: 30 Oct 2019 05:05 AM PDT  From the top of Lion Rock, all of Hong Kong reveals itself: the sprawl of the Kowloon Peninsula directly below, the iconic Star Ferry plying the waters of Victoria Harbor, the moneyed heights of Hong Kong island beyond. In the shadow of the revered mountain rise huge monoliths, drab concrete tower blocks far removed from the glittering glass highrises of Hong Kong island's steroidal skyline. Here, in a neighborhood of public housing estates called Wong Tai Sin, seemingly endless stacks of aging windows heave with drying laundry and hum with air conditioners sweating droplets onto the pavement below.
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| South Africa Revives International Criminal Court Withdrawal Plan Posted: 30 Oct 2019 05:31 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on TwitterSouth African lawmakers will debate the government's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court after it was criticized by the Hague-based tribunal for failing to arrest Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir at an African Union summit in Johannesburg in 2015.The International Crimes Bill was introduced to Parliament this week after the High Court ruled the country's proposed withdrawal under former President Jacob Zuma in 2016 was unconstitutional because lawmakers weren't consulted.South Africa argues that it couldn't have arrested al-Bashir as required by signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act because he was in the country for an event that fell under the AU's jurisdiction. The ICC rejected this, saying the country had failed to comply with its international obligation to do so.Al-Bashir was indicted in 2009 and 2010 for his alleged role in atrocities in Sudan's western Darfur region.African nations have criticized the ICC, which tries individuals for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, noting that nine of the 10 investigations it has opened since its formation in 2002 are on the continent.They also note that the ICC didn't act against the U.S. for invading Iraq over claims it had weapons of mass destruction that were never found, or against Israel for crimes committed against Palestinians.To contact the reporter on this story: Nkululeko Ncana in Johannesburg at nncana@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net, Hilton Shone, Helen NyamburaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| 'Very sloppy': Rudy Giuliani, Trump's cybersecurity adviser, went to an Apple store to get his iPhone unlocked Posted: 31 Oct 2019 10:43 AM PDT  Cybersecurity experts told NBC that Giuliani going to a third-party location for technical help violated basic security protocols.
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| How The B-1 Lancer Went From A Nuclear Bomber To an ISIS Killer Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:09 AM PDT  Priorities and capabilities change with time.
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| Tulsi Gabbard says she wants to defeat the 'Bush-Clinton doctrine' on foreign policy Posted: 31 Oct 2019 12:49 PM PDT  "Those who follow the Bush-Clinton doctrine believe the only way to interact with other nations is by bombing them or starving them with draconian sanctions," Gabbard wrote.
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| View Photos of the 2020 Hyundai Palisade vs. 2020 Kia Telluride Posted: 30 Oct 2019 10:59 AM PDT |
| Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse Posted: 30 Oct 2019 03:54 AM PDT  The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury's sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing the trial transcripts and the clemency request by the lawyers of Edward Gallagher, said Cmdr. Nate Christensen, spokesman for Gilday, in a statement. Gallagher's lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, said they are disappointed in the ruling that will cost Gallagher up to $200,000 in retirement funds because of his loss of rank from a chief petty officer to a 1st class petty officer.
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| Why the Tories are cruising toward a big win in Britain Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:50 AM PDT ![Why the Tories are cruising toward a big win in Britain]( "Why the Tories are cruising toward a big win in Britain") The polling is clear. Over the more than three years since they voted to leave the European Union, British voters have come to regret their choice. Polls consistently show a several-point margin in favor of Remain, only one in three voters will endorse the proposition that getting Brexit over with is better than further delay, and two thirds believe that a no-deal Brexit should require another referendum.So why are Boris Johnson's Tories, running on a clearer stance for Brexit than ever before, currently projected to win a decisive victory in the December election?The simplest answer is: the opposition is divided. But that answer obscures more than it reveals, because it presumes that the question of Brexit is as dominant among the opposition as it is among the Tories. And the division of the opposition itself proves that this is not the case. On the contrary: Brexit is a truly existential question for a far larger fraction of Leave voters than it is of Remain voters, and that has had and continues to have material electoral consequences.Consider the largest opposition party. Labour under Jeremy Corbin has trended in an overwhelmingly left-wing direction, not only on economic matters but also on immigration and foreign policy. A "no enemies on the left" approach has even seen extremist illiberal and anti-Semitic elements gain a greater foothold within the party. But on Brexit, Corbyn has taken a somewhat ambiguous stance, reflecting the fact that while a majority of Labourites voted Remain, a not insignificant number had always been skeptical of an economic arrangement that gave financial interests greater influence at both the national and European levels of government.That combination of stridency and straddle hasn't played well in electoral terms, and has opened space for two other parties to establish themselves as alternatives: the Liberal Democrats, a longstanding centrist liberal party that has positioned itself as the unequivocal party of Remain, and the Brexit Party, a newly-minted political faction founded by Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party. At one point this past summer, both parties looked capable of surpassing the Tories, and possibly Labour as well.Since Boris Johnson took the premiership, though, the picture has changed dramatically. The Brexit party has fallen back to 10-12 percent in the polls, while the Tories have surged to the mid-to-high 30s. Moreover, Farage has intimated that he might cooperate with the Tories strategically, targeting constituencies where left-wing Leave voters are concentrated to pull them away from Labour, while staying away from seats that would be contested between the Remain-oriented Liberal Democrats and the Leave-oriented Tories.How could such a strategy work if Brexit is only getting less-popular with time? The answer comes down to intensity and cohesion.If Tory Remain voters -- of which there were many -- cared more about stopping Brexit than they did about the fate of their party, they would defect to the Liberal Democrats, badly damaging the Tories' chances of winning a majority. Similarly, if Labour Remain voters felt that Brexit was the most important issue, they would either have pushed Corbyn to a more decisive Remain stance, or would be working strategically with the Liberal Democrats in the way that the Brexit Party may work with the Tories. And the Liberal Democrats would be doing the same.But while Brexit may be a politically-defining event for the liberal center, for the left this is their first chance at power since the 1970s -- not something to be traded away lightly for the sake of free trade with Germany or even stability in Ireland. Even for liberal centrists, the choice between Corbyn and Johnson may be a tough one. For the right, meanwhile, the party as a whole seems to have come to realize that while the hard Leave voters are a minority in the country, they hold the balance of power within the Tory coalition. If they are not given the wheel, the coach isn't going anywhere.Now they have the wheel, and a Leave coalition looks likely to triumph decisively, in spite of all regrets.What happens then? The opposition could continue to come up with explanations for why the result doesn't truly reflect the will of the people -- blaming the electoral system, for instance (though in current polling the Tory-plus-Brexit coalition outpolls Labour-plus-Lib-Dems by an average of five points, suggesting even proportional representation would give victory to the Brexiteers). But they would be wiser to focus on the future. No longer dependent on the votes of Irish Unionists, nor needing to cater to the concerns of the Scottish Nationalists, a big Tory majority could govern from the center of England rather than Britain.The biggest post-Brexit challenge may not be how to get Britain back into Europe, but how to hold Britain itself together.Want more essential commentary and analysis like this delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for The Week's "Today's best articles" newsletter here.
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| Michelle Obama says white Americans 'still running' from black neighbors Posted: 30 Oct 2019 07:12 AM PDT  Former first lady reflects on her experience of white flight in Chicago and says 'when we moved in, white families moved out'Michelle Obama said: 'I want to remind white folks that y'all were running from us. And you're still running.' Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesMichelle Obama has said that white Americans are "still running" from their non-white fellow citizens during a summit in which she detailed how her own experience of white flight unfolded during her upbringing on Chicago's South Side."We were doing everything we were supposed to do – and better," the former first lady told attendees at the third annual Obama Foundation Summit, reported the Chicago Sun-Times as she talked about her childhood. "But when we moved in, white families moved out.""I want to remind white folks that y'all were running from us. And you're still running," she also said, reportedly making a comparison between white flight and what immigrant families experience when they settle in US neighborhoods.At the meeting, Michelle Obama reportedly touted the benefits of building the Obama Presidential Center on 19.3 acres in historic Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. She said the project would feature a museum, library, gym, and forum."Barack and I wouldn't bring some crap up in our neighborhood," she reportedly said. She pointed out that she hails from the area by birth and that her husband Barack comes from South Side by choice.During his speech at the forum, Barack Obama said: "We joke about it a little bit, like this is the mothership."While they hope the center could anchor a potential economic revival in the area, there have been setbacks.Opponents of the project are pursuing a federal court appeal after losing a lawsuit. Federal authorities must also review the project, as Jackson Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In December, this review will have already spanned two years. It remains unclear when the review will end, according to the newspaper.
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| Fire sweeps Pakistani train, killing 73, after cooking fire Posted: 30 Oct 2019 08:13 PM PDT  A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring nearly 40 after a gas canister that passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, the minister of railways said. The fire destroyed three of the train's carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of Punjab province. It was the worst disaster on Pakistan's accident-plagued railway system in nearly 15 years.
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| Anthony Scaramucci and Steve Bullock trade jabs over prank endorsement Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:35 PM PDT  Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump's former, short-lived White House communications director-turned-detractor, saw his fame exploited Thursday in a campaign stunt by a Democratic presidential candidate. The stunt unfolded on Twitter when Steve Bullock — Montana's governor and a long-shot candidate who's failed to qualify for all but one Democratic primary debate this year — posted a video recorded by "The Mooch" for the celebrity-shout-out site Cameo in which he appears to endorse Bullock's campaign. "We support you, Steve B. I know you got a tough race ahead of you, but you've done this before," Scaramucci says in the 19-second clip filmed from inside a moving car.
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| Auburn tree poisoner fails to appear in court for hearing Posted: 30 Oct 2019 01:48 PM PDT  The University of Alabama fan convicted of poisoning Auburn University's oak trees failed to attend a hearing Wednesday on why he hasn't paid court-ordered restitution. The Opelika-Auburn news reports Harvey Updyke, a retired Texas state trooper who lives in Louisiana, didn't show up for a hearing before Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker. The judge also gave prosecutors a month to review a letter from Updyke's doctor saying the 71-year-old man wasn't well enough to travel to Opelika for court.
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| Police destroyed an innocent man's home during an arrest. But he's owed nothing, court rules Posted: 31 Oct 2019 10:51 AM PDT  A Colorado town owes an innocent man nothing, according to a court ruling, though police destroyed his home while trying to arrest a suspect
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| Israel rearrests Palestinian MP, daughter says Posted: 30 Oct 2019 05:06 PM PDT  Israeli forces on Thursday rearrested a Palestinian lawmaker who was freed in February after being held without trial for 20 months over links to an outlawed leftist group, her daughter said. "My mother Khalida Jarrar was arrested from our house in Ramallah" at about 3:00 am (0100 GMT), Jarrar's daughter Yafa posted on Facebook. Spokespeople for Israel's Shin Bet security service, which generally directs such arrests, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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| North's Kim sends condolences to Moon over mother's death Posted: 30 Oct 2019 11:47 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of condolence to South Korean President Moon Jae-in over his mother's recent death, Moon's office said Thursday. It was later in the day handed over to Moon, who was staying in the southeastern city of Busan where his mother's mourning station was located, Moon's spokeswoman Ko Min-jung said. Ko said Kim expressed his "deep commemorating (of Moon's mother) and condolence" over her death.
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| Authorities Identify ‘Fly Creek Jane Doe’ Through DNA and Now the Real Questions Start Posted: 31 Oct 2019 06:13 AM PDT  On a chilly February Sunday in 1980, a father and son panning for gold along Fly Creek in Clark County, Washington, kicked up the remains of a human skeleton that appeared to have been buried in a shallow grave. They called the authorities who came to collect the skull and what bones hadn't been dragged away by animals, and were able to use the remains to construct a facial reconstruction that produced a picture of a teenage girl. Detectives were able to deduce that she died from a cause that did not seem natural. Calls for information, searches through missing persons reports, and detective work turned up nothing. No one seemed to miss the teen, dubbed the 'Fly Creek Jane Doe,' and, for the last 40 years, that is as far as the case went–until now.This summer Clark County detectives decided to post a DNA sample from the old remains to the Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs, a public genealogy database that has had recent success closing old cold cases. The lab found a tie to a distant cousin of a teen named Sandra "Sandy" Renee Morden who said she was last seen in 1977–three years before her skeletal remains were found. Courtesy of Clark County SheriffThe Oregonian then dug up an old birthday announcement that was tied to the case. On April 29, 1977, in the classified section of the paper, a tiny ad appeared that said: "Sandra Renee Morden, Happy 15th Birthday. Love Always—Mom." Such published greetings were a common way to mark a birthday or anniversary in the era before Facebook and other social media. Morden's parents were divorced, according to the DNA-linked cousin, who does not want to be named and who provided Clark County cold-case detective Lindsay Schultz with the only clues the teen's life. Schultz told the Oregonian that Morden was a "latchkey kid" who was mostly "unsupervised." There is no indication that the parents filed a missing persons report, and, as Schultz says, "We didn't have [the National Crime Information Center] at that time." The detective says Morden's parents came from the San Francisco area and settled in Portland. They split up in the early 1970s, and did not communicate with each other. The girl's mother, identified as Kathryn Irene Morden, apparently lost custody and the cousin said Sandy most often stayed with her father, identified as Andrew Bain Morden, a Marine Corps veteran who fought in the Korean War. Schultz says she likely fell through the cracks when one parent thought the other had her. She last attended Wilson High School in Portland. Schultz told the Oregonian that the father likely thought she was with her mother. He had left her alone for an extended period of time and when he came back, she was gone, so he assumed she had gone to her mother's home. "We don't know for certain," Schultz says. "We know that's what family members believe."Both parents are dead, so there is no way to confirm what either of them knew. Schultz told the Oregonian that it is the birthday greeting that bothers him most. It was posted around the time the extended family says she disappeared. "Was it just a mom who loved her daughter–or did her mom know something and put it out there for that reason?" Schultz said. "It's one of those two, right? You ponder it. You look at it and you think, 'What does it mean?'"Now detectives are looking for the missing puzzle pieces. They are calling on anyone who might have any information about Morden, her parents, or how she might have died to contact the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office or Clark County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Tip Line.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Five hundred goats save the Ronald Reagan library from wildfires Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:27 PM PDT  Animal team charged with eating through 13 acres of scrubland that could have fueled California's Easy fireGoats are released at the Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, during a similar crisis in 2012. Photograph: Juan Carlo/APDiligent work by a team of 500 goats has helped save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from wildfires that are ravaging parts of California.The library deployed the goat squadron during the spring in order to munch their way through around 13 acres of scrubland around the library that could've provided tinder-like fuel to a wildfire.This preventive action created a fire break between the library and the Easy fire, which has menaced thousands of homes in the Simi Valley near Los Angeles. More than 1,000 firefighters are tackling the blaze, which caused flames to approach the presidential library from a nearby hillside. Treasures saved include a piece of the Berlin Wall and Air Force One."We actually worked with the Ventura county fire department in May and they bring out hundreds of goats to our property," Melissa Giller, a spokeswoman for the library, told ABC. "The goats eat all of the brush around the entire property, creating a fire perimeter."The goats were sourced from a firm called 805 Goats, which oversees an army of horned contractors, including Vincent van Goat, Selena Goatmez, Goatzart and, more prosaically, Oreo. The company charges fire-threatened clients about $1,000 per acre of goat-cleared land. It plans to expand its herd to cope with a growing wildfire threat in California, fueled by the climate crisis.Goats are growing in popularity as a tool to combat wildfires across the western US, as they are viewed as cheaper and more environmentally friendly than teams of human workers using chemicals. They are also used for general weed clearance in other parts of the country, such as in New York City's Prospect Park.A heavy dependence upon goats does carry risks, however, as residents of West Boise, Idaho, found out to their cost last year when a herd of more than 100 goats rampaged through the neighborhood. The invaders caused carnage in flowerbeds and lawns before breaking a fence and it took two hours for the goats to be rounded up.
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| Ethiopia says at least 78 people killed in protests last week, number could rise Posted: 31 Oct 2019 07:57 AM PDT  At least 78 people were killed in protests in Ethiopia last week against the treatment of a prominent activist, the prime minister's spokeswoman said on Thursday. Billene Seyoum told a news conference that 409 people had been detained over the unrest and that investigations were ongoing and the death toll and number detained could rise. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was greeted on Thursday with boos by at least 700 protesters during a visit to Ambo, a site of earlier violence located 100 km west of the capital Addis Ababa, three people who were present told Reuters by phone.
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| Philadelphia Man Allegedly Confesses to Killing Four Relatives in Shooting at Family Home Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:32 PM PDT  29-year-old Maurice Louis had bought the shotgun used a day beforehand
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| One War Still Haunts The Chinese Military To This Day Posted: 30 Oct 2019 11:00 PM PDT  China has become stronger by studying its mistakes.
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| A California couple who was forced to evacuate their home and winery share what it's really like to endure the wildfires engulfing the state Posted: 30 Oct 2019 06:53 AM PDT  California's Sonoma wine country dealt with destructive wildfires in 2017. Here's how one winery is dealing with 2019's Kincade Fire.
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| Tomi Lahren dressed up as AOC for Halloween Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:50 PM PDT  "This Halloween I decided to dress up as the thing that scares me most, the Democratic Dimwit Darling herself," the Conservative pundit wrote in an Instagram post.
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| California governor accepted donations from company he now excoriates for 'greed' Posted: 30 Oct 2019 08:27 AM PDT  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has accepted large donations from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a utility company he now excoriates for "greed" and "mismanagement." PG&E has faced widespread criticism for implementing blackouts for millions of customers to avoid sparking wildfires in the midst of California's dry and windy fall weather.
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| Keystone oil pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota Posted: 31 Oct 2019 02:31 PM PDT ![Keystone oil pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota]( "Keystone oil pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota") TC Energy's Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, marking the second significant spill in two years along the line that carries Canadian tar sands oil through seven states, regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday shut down the pipeline after the leak was discovered, said Karl Rockeman, North Dakota's water quality division director. "Our emergency response team contained the impacted area and oil has not migrated beyond the immediately affected area," the company said in a statement.
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| A Louisiana woman has been arrested for selling $20 fake doctor's notes to students trying to skip class Posted: 31 Oct 2019 09:53 AM PDT  The woman's master plan unraveled once the physician whose name was being used to sign off on the notes received complaints from the school board.
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| EXCLUSIVE-Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister -sources Posted: 31 Oct 2019 10:44 AM PDT ![EXCLUSIVE-Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister -sources]( "EXCLUSIVE-Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister -sources") Iran has stepped in to prevent the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi by two of Iraq's most influential figures amid weeks of anti-government demonstrations, sources close to both men told Reuters. Populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demanded this week that Abdul Mahdi call an early election to quell the biggest mass protests in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. Sadr had urged his main political rival Hadi al-Amiri, whose alliance of Iran-backed militias is the second-biggest political force in parliament, to help push out Abdul Mahdi.
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| Pathologist says Epstein's injuries point to murder, not suicide Posted: 30 Oct 2019 09:43 AM PDT  A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother said Wednesday that evidence suggested the disgraced financier had not died by suicide in his jail cell but had been murdered. "I think that the evidence points toward homicide rather than suicide," Baden, a former New York City medical examiner who was present at the autopsy, told Fox News.
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| More than 1,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles county last year Posted: 30 Oct 2019 01:20 PM PDT  The county's public health department has reported 1,047 deaths for last year, a number that has increased steadily since 2013A woman pushes a cart full of her belongings past tents near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesMore than 1,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles county in 2018, double the number of deaths from six years ago. The increase is a stark illustration of the region's severe housing crisis, advocates said.The LA county public health department reported this week that 1,047 homeless people died last year, a number that has steadily increased every year since 2013, when 536 people died. The leading causes of death were coronary heart disease, which accounted for 22% of deaths, followed by alcohol and drug overdose at 21%, transportation-related injuries at 9%, homicides at 6% and suicides at 5%.The data sheds light on a worsening public health emergency in the county, where officials estimate there are now 59,000 people homeless, including more than 44,000 people who are living unsheltered – in cars, tents, or makeshift quarters. The report also follows a string of high-profile attacks against homeless people in the area, including the killing of Darrell Fields, a beloved musician who was burned to death in his tent on Skid Row."We've got three people a day dying on the streets," said Adam Rice, an organizer with Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA Can), a group that had worked closely with Fields. "It is a complete failure of leadership. Darrell didn't need to die. None of these people needed to die. The reason this is happening is because there's not proper housing."Darrell Fields, 62, was a homeless man in Los Angeles known as Mr Guitar. He was killed in August when his tent was set ablaze. Photograph: Los Angeles Community Action NetworkSoaring rents and a major shortage of affordable housing have pushed people out of their homes in the area, with more than half of unsheltered adults in a recent count saying they were experiencing homelessness for the first time. The county estimated that there are now 8,800 homeless families."It brings an overwhelming sadness when you think about precious human beings dying in our streets when it can be avoided," said the Rev Andy Bales, CEO of Union Rescue Mission (URM), which runs a shelter at Skid Row, at the epicenter of the crisis in downtown LA.The county's analysis also found that the mortality rate among homeless people has also jumped: "Put simply, being homeless in LA county is becoming increasingly deadly," the agency wrote.The increase in overdoses represented the largest jump in terms of causes of death, the report found. In addition, the mortality rate among white homeless people has decreased while the rate of deaths for black and Latino residents has increased, the county said. Overall, African Americans are four times more likely to experience homelessness in LA county than other groups.Of the transportation-related deaths, which include vehicle and train collisions, 82% of victims were pedestrians and cyclists.The county and local clinics have increasingly sent healthcare workers to encampments to try to serve people on the streets. More than 21,000 homeless people were also placed in housing last year, an increase from 2017, officials reported early this year.The health department report this week recommended more direct outreach to homeless people, the creation of a "death review team" to study the subject and more traffic safety measures near encampments.Bales predicted that medical visits were not enough to reverse the deadly trends: "What we need most is for everyone to be immediately under a roof and protected from the elements. Until that happens, the death rates will continue to grow … and more and more people will be devastated by homelessness."The crisis demanded a more urgent response, he added: "How much evidence do we need to gather before we decide not to let another human being die on the street?"LA's homeless crisis has recently received national attention, with the Trump administration suggesting it could pursue some kind of law enforcement crackdown, drawing skepticism from some local organizations. Advocates have criticized efforts to further criminalize people living on the streets and have argued that the government needs to put more funding to housing and shelter."It's really a travesty when you think about it. How many deaths could've been prevented?" said Kourtney Milligan, a 29-year-old homeless woman, who has lived on Skid Row. "The resources that they say are out there are so hard to find."
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| SUNK: Britain’s Aircraft Carriers Can’t Stop Russia’s New Hypersonic Missile Posted: 31 Oct 2019 05:42 AM PDT  Russia's hypersonic 3M22 Zircon missile makes it possible.
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| Goats help save Reagan library from destruction as California wildfire threatens Posted: 30 Oct 2019 02:15 PM PDT  Flames from the Easy Fire were within a few feet of the Reagan library. Goats, which graze on grass around the property, helped prevent their spread.
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| Trump impeachment: Official says she was repeatedly urged to oust Ukraine ambassador by Republican lobbyist Posted: 30 Oct 2019 10:42 AM PDT  A US government official has reportedly told politicians leading the impeachment hearings against Donald Trump that she was urged by a Republican-linked lobbyist to remove the US ambassador to Ukraine from her post, as the president's allies launched a smear campaign against her.Catherine Croft, a Ukraine expert who worked at the US State Department, said she was repeatedly contacted by lobbyist Robert Livingston about ousting Marie Yovanovitch, according to prepared remarks obtained by NPR.
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