| Can Trump make good on his pledge to prosecute leaks? Posted: 16 Feb 2017 03:18 PM PST  President Trump vowed today to crack down on "low-life leakers" who set in motion the events that led to the firing of his national security adviser, Gen. Mike Flynn. The leakers — also known to journalists as sources — disclosed that Flynn had spoken to the Russian ambassador during the Trump transition about easing sanctions that had been imposed by then-President Barack Obama.
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| Real leaks bring fake news, Trump says as he blasts media Posted: 16 Feb 2017 01:42 PM PST  Trump's first four weeks have featured the firing of his national security adviser for misleading his vice president, the withdrawal of his labor secretary nominee for lack of Republican votes to confirm him, typo-filled official statements about terrorism, jarring telephone confrontations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia, the chaotic rollout of his order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, reports that the nation's spies are spooked by his team's alleged relations with Russia, a spat with China, and newly belligerent actions by Moscow. At the same time, Trump has forged ahead with some core campaign promises — like starting the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare, moving ahead with building a wall along the border with Mexico, removing undocumented immigrants from U.S. soil, formally pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and taking aim at government regulations.
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| Washington court rules against florist in gay wedding case Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:08 PM PST  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke the state's antidiscrimination law, even though she claimed doing so would violate her religious beliefs.
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| Lithuania probes fake German troops rape claim Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:16 AM PST  Lithuanian prosecutors said Friday they had opened a probe into who was responsible for spreading false allegations of a rape committed by German troops freshly deployed to the Baltic NATO state. Police have described as fake an email sent this week to the speaker of parliament and national police claiming that German-speaking men in uniforms raped an underage girl near a barracks in central Lithuania. Several hundred German soldiers arrived this month as part of a multinational NATO battalion in Lithuania, one of four the alliance is providing on a rotational basis to eastern flank members to deter a militarily resurgent Russia.
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| Michel, GOP leader skilled at deal-making, dies at age 93 Posted: 17 Feb 2017 05:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Michel, an affable Illinois congressman who served as leader of the Republican House minority for 14 years and was skilled at seeking compromise critical in getting many initiatives of two Republican presidents through Congress, died Friday. He was 93.
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| Yahoo fined after news story aborts Australia murder trial Posted: 16 Feb 2017 07:34 PM PST  Australian-US media outlet Yahoo7 was Friday found in contempt and fined over an online story that saw a murder trial aborted, with a judge slamming the website for prioritising profit above oversight. A Sydney-based Yahoo7 journalist, Krystal Johnson, and the company were hauled before court last year over a report about a Melbourne murder trial that contained prejudicial information not heard by the jury. Justice John Dixon of the Supreme Court of Victoria convicted Yahoo7 -- co-owned by US internet giant Yahoo and Australia's Seven West Media -- of contempt of court and fined the news organisation Aus$300,000 (US$230,000).
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| There’s An Eighth Continent That’s Been Hiding From Us This Whole Time Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:35 AM PST  And it was right under our noses.
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| Girl, 7, Gets Letter From Google CEO Posted: 16 Feb 2017 10:10 AM PST  "Dear Google Boss," Chloe Bridgewater, who lives in Hereford, England, started her letter.
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| Tiffany Trump Shunned During New York Fashion Week Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:36 PM PST  During the Philipp Plein show on Monday, Tiffany Trump was left sitting alone after several magazine editors moved so they wouldn't have to be near President Trump's daughter.
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| Michael Anton is the most interesting man in the White House Posted: 16 Feb 2017 01:19 PM PST  At left are Michael Flynn and K.T. McFarland. WASHINGTON — Sitting in a small office in the West Wing last Friday, White House senior national security staffer Michael Anton lamented that he wants to remain behind the scenes.
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| 'Blind sheikh' convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in U.S. prison Posted: 18 Feb 2017 09:54 AM PST !['Blind sheikh' convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in U.S. prison]( "'Blind sheikh' convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in U.S. prison") Abdel-Rahman, 78, died of natural causes at 9:40 a.m. (09:40 a.m. ET) at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, part of a federal prison compound in Butner, North Carolina, according to Greg Norton, a spokesman. The cleric, who had diabetes and coronary artery disease, had been incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, for nearly 10 years, Norton said. Earlier, the cleric's son Ammar said his family had received a phone call in Eygpt from a U.S. representative saying his father had died.
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| Outdoor trade show leaving Utah over public lands stance Posted: 16 Feb 2017 06:57 PM PST  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lucrative outdoor trade show that's been staged in Salt Lake City for two decades announced Thursday it will be leaving Utah over the latest disagreement with state leaders about their stance on public lands.
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| 680 Cubans returned home since end of 'wet foot, dry foot' Posted: 17 Feb 2017 07:43 PM PST ![680 Cubans returned home since end of 'wet foot, dry foot']( "680 Cubans returned home since end of 'wet foot, dry foot'") HAVANA (AP) — About 680 Cubans have been returned to the island from various countries since then-President Barack Obama ended a longstanding immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, state television reported Friday.
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| Red blooms and warm glows at Pyongyang' Kimjongilia flower show Posted: 17 Feb 2017 02:12 AM PST  It is, according to North Korean orthodoxy, the mountainside birthplace of Kim Jong-Il, who inherited power from his father and passed it in turn to his son, current leader Kim Jong-Un. The image of the Day of the Shining Star, as the occasion is known, is a recurring motif at the Kimjongilia flower festival in Pyongyang, appearing in mosaics and models surrounded by the eponymous red blooms. "The great leader general Kim Jong-Il was born in a secret camp on Mount Paektu," she said -– a volcano straddling the Chinese-Korean border seen as the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation.
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| The 2018 Jaguar XE S Makes 380 Horsepower, Is Out for 3 Series Blood Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:43 PM PST  That's a 40-horsepower increase over the current XE 35t.
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| Man’s plan to bomb Target stores to buy cheap stock totally backfires Posted: 17 Feb 2017 06:01 PM PST  Get rich schemes come in all shapes in sizes, but leave it to the always creative "Florida Man" to come up with perhaps the worst money-making scheme in the history of mankind. Mark Charles Barnett is currently in custody and facing up to ten years in prison after planning to blow up several Target retail stores along the East Coast in an attempt to get the company's stock to dip, allowing him an opportunity to grab shares at a reduced cost. Needless to say, things didn't exactly work out as Barnett planned. Barnett built explosive devices into random food boxes, which he intended to be placed at Target stores between Florida and New York. When the bombs detonated, Barnett assumed that the resulting news would cause Target's stock to take a dive, at which point he would load up on the stock and make a hefty pile of profit when the stock eventually recovered. Barnett didn't want to do the dirty work himself, and instead decided to hire a man to plant the bombs for him. Barnett gave the man ten bombs, some gloves and a mask, along with a license plate cover to aid his getaway. For his services, he was paid the sum of $10,000. Unfortunately for Barnett, things didn't exactly work out the way that he had planned. Rather than taking the cash and planting the explosives, the would-be bomber brought all the evidence to local authorities who brought in federal agents to close the case and lock Barnett up. Barnett is currently in custody and awaiting trial.
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| France says U.S. position on Middle East peace 'confused and worrying' Posted: 16 Feb 2017 10:55 AM PST ![France says U.S. position on Middle East peace 'confused and worrying']( "France says U.S. position on Middle East peace 'confused and worrying'") By John Irish BONN, Germany (Reuters) - France considers the U.S. position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "confused and worrying", its foreign minister said on Thursday, reacting to U.S. President Trump's dropping of the America's commitment to a two-state solution. Jean-Marc Ayrault met Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a G20 meeting of foreign ministers in Bonn where, he said, he got some reassurance about Washington's stance on Russia, but little on the Middle East. "I found that there was a bit more precision (on foreign policy) even if I found that on the Israeli-Palestinian dossier it was very confused and worrying," Ayrault said of his meeting.
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| Hong Kong police jailed over attack on democracy protester Posted: 16 Feb 2017 08:58 PM PST  Seven Hong Kong police officers were jailed for two years Friday for what the judge described as a "vicious" attack on a protester during pro-democracy rallies in 2014, captured on film and beamed around the world. All seven were convicted earlier this week of assault causing actual bodily harm to Civic Party activist Ken Tsang, but were acquitted of a more serious charge of grievous bodily harm with intent. It was "a vicious assault", said judge David Dufton as he handed down sentencing at the city's district court, adding that police officers who break the law "have to be made an example of".
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| Powerful storm pounds Southern and Central California Posted: 18 Feb 2017 04:41 AM PST ![Powerful storm pounds Southern and Central California]( "Powerful storm pounds Southern and Central California") A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and electrocuted a man, killed a motorist in a submerged car and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. With the storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the Pacific, precautionary evacuations of homes in some neighborhoods were requested due to the potential for mudslides and debris flows. More than 300 arriving and departing flights were delayed or canceled at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr
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| Trump exchange with black journalist sparks outrage Posted: 17 Feb 2017 03:35 PM PST  Many African-Americans are expressing outrage over a testy exchange between President Donald Trump and a veteran black journalist, with many considering the incident to be the latest indication of his inability to relate to them.
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| Philippine Church in 'show of force' against drug killings Posted: 18 Feb 2017 05:21 AM PST  Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday for a "show of force" in the biggest rally yet to stop extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. More than 6,000 people have died since Duterte took office seven months ago and ordered an unprecedented crime war that has drawn global criticism for alleged human rights abuses, but is popular with many in the mainly Catholic country. Members of one of the nation's oldest and most powerful institutions chanted prayers and sang hymns as they marched to condemn a "spreading culture of violence".
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| Lincoln Ranks As Top President Posted: 17 Feb 2017 07:14 AM PST  Who's in the top five of all time? And who finished dead last?
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| Biologists find weird cave life that may be 50,000 years old Posted: 17 Feb 2017 06:00 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.
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| Lost Winston Churchill Essay Argues That Aliens Exist Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:42 PM PST  The unpublished article lays out a prescient case for extraterrestrial life.
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| 12 of the World’s Most Beautiful Waterfalls Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:05 AM PST  From Niagara Falls to Iguazu Falls, check out the most beautiful waterfalls around the world.
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| Bill to make union dues optional fails in New Hampshire Posted: 16 Feb 2017 11:00 AM PST ![Bill to make union dues optional fails in New Hampshire]( "Bill to make union dues optional fails in New Hampshire") Despite support from New Hampshire's Republican Governor Chris Sununu, even advocates had acknowledged before the vote that it could fail, and the 200-177 margin showed significant numbers of Republicans voted against it. One was a Republican representative, firefighter and Iraq war veteran who told his colleagues at the statehouse in Concord that unions had been instrumental in helping his fellow soldiers find well-paying work after returning home from war. "The arguments used against passage of 'right to work' all have been heard before in other states," said Representative Laurie Sanborn, a Republican.
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| Islamic State-claimed bomb kills 70 at Pakistan shrine Posted: 16 Feb 2017 03:24 PM PST  At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, officials said, after a series of attacks which have shaken optimism over recent improvements in security. The Islamic State group (IS) claimed the attack, the deadliest to hit Pakistan so far in 2017, in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, some 200 kilometres (124 miles) northeast of the provincial capital Karachi. A police source said a suicide bomber entered the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a 13th century Muslim saint, and blew himself up among hundreds of devotees.
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| 2019 Ford Ranger Spied in the U.S.! Posted: 16 Feb 2017 03:27 PM PST  Ford's mid-size pickup rolls through Dearborn.
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| Just 37% Of Americans Say Trump Is Trustworthy Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:45 PM PST  President Donald Trump is viewed as far less trustworthy by Americans than his predecessors in the White House.
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| Belgium train derailment leaves one dead, 27 hurt Posted: 18 Feb 2017 08:44 AM PST  One person died and 27 were injured, three seriously, when a train derailed Saturday shortly after leaving a station east of Brussels, officials said. The train carrying 85 passengers derailed four minutes after leaving Louvain bound for the North Sea coast via the Belgian capital, the SNCB railway authorities said. "Rescue workers confirm the death of one person, three seriously injured and 24 others hurt," a Belgian official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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| Ferrari No Longer Sells a Car Designed by Pininfarina Posted: 17 Feb 2017 09:20 AM PST  With the 812 Superfast replacing the F12, the last Pininfarina-designed Ferrari has been discontinued.
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| Venezuela opposition parties fear election ban as Socialists dig in Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:40 AM PST ![Venezuela opposition parties fear election ban as Socialists dig in]( "Venezuela opposition parties fear election ban as Socialists dig in") By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government is pushing forward with measures that could exclude some opposition political parties from future elections, potentially paving the way for the ruling Socialists to remain in power despite widespread anger over the country's collapsing economy. The Supreme Court, loyal to socialist president Nicolas Maduro, has ordered the main opposition parties to "renew" themselves through petition drives whose conditions are so strict that party leaders and even an election official described them as impossible to meet. Socialist Party officials scoff at the complaints.
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| Federal judge dismisses Mass. defamation lawsuit against Cosby Posted: 16 Feb 2017 02:04 PM PST ![Federal judge dismisses Mass. defamation lawsuit against Cosby]( "Federal judge dismisses Mass. defamation lawsuit against Cosby") A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby by an actress who claimed he raped her, ruling that the comedian acted within his rights when he proclaimed himself innocent of the crime. The civil lawsuit is one of a slew of cases brought against the actor, best known for playing the father in the 1980s television hit "The Cosby Show," by about 50 women who say he sexually assaulted them, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol, in a series of alleged attacks dating back decades. The vast bulk of the claims are too old to be the subject of a criminal prosecution, though Cosby is also awaiting trial in Pennsylvania on charges he sexually assaulted a former basketball coach at his alma mater, Temple University.
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| Almost 500 migrants smash through border fence into Spain Posted: 17 Feb 2017 05:47 AM PST  MADRID (AP) — Almost 500 migrants forced their way into Spanish territory in North Africa early Friday by breaking through gates in the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence that separates Morocco from Spain's Ceuta enclave.
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| Why you should pour a glass and drink up this National Drink Wine Day Posted: 18 Feb 2017 05:00 AM PST  National Drink Wine Day has been celebrated across the country every February since 2011. It started as a way to spread the love and health benefits of wine. Happy drinking!
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| Upcoming HTC Phones For 2017 Won't Be Cheap Posted: 16 Feb 2017 08:09 PM PST  HTC said during a conference call that it wants to drop low-costs phones because there's a slim chance of generating profit from such products.
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| Baghdad car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 55 Posted: 16 Feb 2017 11:21 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb at a Baghdad auto dealership killed at least 55 people and wounded more than 60 on Thursday, Iraqi officials said.
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| Zimbabwe protest pastor Mawarire says may stand against Mugabe Posted: 17 Feb 2017 02:07 AM PST  A Zimbabwean pastor who led a popular protest movement last year against strongman President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he might stand in the 2018 general election. Evan Mawarire was publicly threatened by Mugabe, 92, after starting the "This Flag" internet campaign that triggered the largest surge of anti-government street protests in many years. Mugabe has vowed to run again and has already been chosen as the candidate for the ruling ZANU-PF party, which has been involved in brutal violence and vote-rigging in past elections.
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| 2017 Ram 1500 Posted: 16 Feb 2017 12:00 PM PST  Find out if this pickup is more than just guts and glory.
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| AT&T’s new ‘unlimited’ plan sucks Posted: 17 Feb 2017 02:29 PM PST 
As of this morning, all four major wireless carriers offer data plans described as "unlimited" to all their customers. But while I'm reluctantly willing to describe the Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint plans as unlimited (despite some restrictions), AT&T's plan could better be described as a "22GB data plan but you can't actually use that data to watch pretty videos or do work on your laptop" plan. Admittedly, it's not such a catchy description, but it does have the alternative benefit of being true.
When AT&T announced the plan yesterday, it didn't give us all of the pricing details or restrictions on that unlimited data. But now that the plan is available, we can see specifics, and it suddenly looks like less of a good deal. Let's start with the fine print. There's a lot of it, which you can examine in detail here, but two conditions really stand out: - Tethering and mobile hotspot use are prohibited (except for Connected Cars)
- Stream Saver is included on select plans, including the new AT&T Unlimited Plan. Stream Saver is designed to identify streaming video content so that data speed and resolution of higher definition video can be adjusted to Standard Definition quality (about 480p). This allows customers to stream more video while using the same amount of data.
According to these details, there's no way for you to use the mobile hotspot feature on your phone, even in a limited way. If you ever need to work on the go, forget about AT&T's unlimited plan, in other words. It's particularly bad when you compare it to Verizon and T-Mobile's newly-updated Unlimited plans, both of which offer 10GB of 4G tethering, and unlimited tethering at slower speeds. Stream Saver is phrased as a consumer-friendly way of saving you data, but the end result is probably a little different than what you want: it means that you can't stream video in HD, even if you want to. Again, it doesn't look good compared to T-Mobile or Verizon, both of which actually allow you to choose if you want to stream HD or SD video. 
Then there's the pricing. The spreadsheet above shows the different prices for all the different Unlimited plans, and as you can see, AT&T doesn't compare particularly well. AT&T's pricing is $100 for the first smartphone, and then $40 thereafter for each additional device. The company is promising a bill credit for $40 when you add one more smartphone, which means three or four lines are virtually the same price (although you'll stay pay taxes on the fourth line, we assume). The estimated taxes are a best guess based on the New York zip code, as as none of the customer service teams I contacted could actually give me a firm quote for the taxes and fees on each plan. T-Mobile includes all taxes and fees in the stated price. Based on those prices, AT&T is the most expensive, and is particularly bad if you're just one person wanting unlimited data. Given than Verizon and T-Mobile rank in front of AT&T in network speed and availability, and have plans that are cheaper and more generous with data, there's no actual reason I can see for going with AT&T's new plan.
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| Man Wanted to Plant Pipe Bombs at Target Stores in Stock Scheme: Cops Posted: 17 Feb 2017 09:19 AM PST  Mark Charles Barnett, 48, allegedly wanted to place bombs on shelves in the retail stores to deflate their stock, which he would then buy on the cheap.
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| China’s ‘Left Behind’ Children Posted: 17 Feb 2017 11:16 AM PST ![China's 'Left Behind' Children]( "China's 'Left Behind' Children") Millions of Chinese children are being raised by their grandparents in rural China as their parents left to find work in urban areas. While there are no official figures, a recent government report puts the number of "left behind" children at nearly 10 million, though child welfare experts estimate the number to be closer to 60 million. In the case of the Luo family grandparents, who are elderly and poor, they do what they can to meet the basic needs of four children between the ages of 5 and 11.
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