| How the ACLU is gearing up to take on Trump, one city at a time Posted: 11 Mar 2017 10:56 AM PST  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union wants to take over your town. Trump's administration is currently asking for cooperation from local law enforcement for the president's crackdown on illegal immigration and on immigration from certain predominantly Muslim countries. The ACLU's new strategy is designed to pressure city officials to reject that request.
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| Resistance Report: The fight against the Dakota Access pipeline came to Washington with the Native Nations Rise march Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:35 PM PST  They came from across the United States, and from as far away as Mexico and Canada. Miss Standing Rock H.S., in braces and pale blue beaded moccasins, led the march along with other Standing Rock Sioux youth who had been a critical part of the movement against the Dakota Access pipeline.
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| Multiple Shots Fired During Ferguson Protests Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:14 PM PDT  Protesters gathered around Ferguson Market and Liquor on Sunday after new facts emerged in the Michael Brown shooting case.
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| Major Cheese Recall Announced After Two People Died Posted: 12 Mar 2017 09:31 AM PDT  Back at market with all the usual suspects, come get some! A post shared by @vultocreamery on May 10, 2015 at 7:39am PDT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced a cheese recall after a listeria outbreak that began spreading in September left six people hospitalized. Soft, raw-milk cheese created by Vulto Creamery in Walton, NY, has been recognized as the likely cause of the outbreak. You May Also Like: This Popular Trader Joe's Product Is Being Recalled ...
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| Thousands gather to mourn former Haitian president Preval Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:10 AM PST  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people from around Haiti gathered at a city park Saturday for former President Rene Preval's state funeral capping six days of mourning for the man who led the country during a devastating January 2010 earthquake and its chaotic aftermath.
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| Conway: ‘I’m not Inspector Gadget’ Posted: 13 Mar 2017 08:04 AM PDT  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway responded to a headline in the New Jersey newspaper the Record in a CNN interview today. The paper quoted Conway as saying that surveillance can be conducted with "microwaves that turn into cameras." Conway said to CNN, "I'm not Inspector Gadget. I don't believe people are using the microwave to spy on the Trump campaign. However, I'm not in the job of having evidence. That's what investigations are for."
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| Vietnam demands China stop cruises in South China Sea Posted: 13 Mar 2017 02:03 AM PDT ![Vietnam demands China stop cruises in South China Sea]( "Vietnam demands China stop cruises in South China Sea") Vietnam on Monday demanded that China stop sending cruise ships to the South China Sea in a response to one of Beijing's latest steps to bolster its claims in the strategic waterway. A Chinese cruise ship with more than 300 passengers visited the disputed Paracel Islands earlier this month. "Vietnam strongly opposes this and demands that China respect Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracel Islands and international law and immediately stop and not repeat those activities," foreign ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh told Reuters.
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| Bus in Haiti flees accident, kills 38: officials Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:13 PM PDT  Gonaïves (Haiti) (AFP) - A bus speeding away from a hit-and-run accident plowed into dozens of street musicians in northern Haiti on Sunday, killing 38 people, officials said. Another 13 people were injured in the crash which took place just before 4 am (0900 GMT) in Gonaives, a city of some 300,000 people located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of the capital Port-au-Prince. "We were in the band, having fun! And then the bus passed by crushing people," says Jean-Renald Edouard, lying on an emergency room bed.
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| Nigeria's Buhari tells parliament he has resumed duties: spokesman Posted: 13 Mar 2017 05:27 AM PDT ![Nigeria's Buhari tells parliament he has resumed duties: spokesman]( "Nigeria's Buhari tells parliament he has resumed duties: spokesman") By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has told parliament that he has resumed his duties following seven weeks of medical leave in Britain, his spokesman said on Monday. Nigeria's economy shrank 1.5 percent in 2016, its first full-year contraction for 25 years, largely due to low oil prices and attacks on energy facilities in the OPEC member's Niger Delta oil hub last year. Buhari had made his deputy Yemi Osinbajo acting president during his absence.
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| ‘She’s complicit’: Ivanka Trump torched by ScarJo on ‘SNL’ Posted: 12 Mar 2017 10:00 AM PDT  Alec Baldwin returned as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, imagining how the president would respond to an "Independence Day"-style alien invasion during the cold-open sketch. (Hint: It involves wearing a bomber jacket.) But it was Scarlett Johansson's portrayal of Ivanka Trump that stole the show.
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| The Latest: French candidate Macron condemns Turkey Posted: 12 Mar 2017 12:07 PM PDT  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands (all times local):
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| Ryan, Price Defend Republican Healthcare Plan Posted: 12 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PDT  Sen. Rand Paul suggested Americans be allowed to join buying groups to drive down premiums and guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
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| Gorsuch has ruled for police, and suspects, in crime cases Posted: 11 Mar 2017 05:51 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Neil Gorsuch wasn't convinced that a teenager who made burping sounds in a classroom should be arrested, handcuffed and taken to juvenile detention in a police car.
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| Watch this Mexican volcano blow some serious smoke Posted: 12 Mar 2017 05:00 PM PDT  One of Mexico's most famous volcanos erupted this weekend, sending clouds of ash down on surrounding communities. Popocatépetl has erupted twice since Saturday evening and emitted hundreds of short, low-intensity bursts of gas and smoke, Mexican authorities said on Sunday afternoon. SEE ALSO: A volcano just erupted in Europe and the footage is amazing Unlike Italy's Mount Etna, Popocatépetl hasn't spewed any spectacular lava — much to the relief of residents in Mexico's Puebla valley, which sits about 80 miles east of Mexico City. The area remains under "yellow alert," meaning families should protect their food and drinking water from the volcano's falling ash. But Popocatépetl is still lit up, even if cameras can't capture it. At some points on the night of March 10, the volcano's crater gave off a glow that intensified to a brilliant orange each time the volcano belched smoke, Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention reported. En las últimas 24 horas, el monitoreo del #Popocatépetl identificó 125 exhalaciones de baja intensidad y dos explosiones. pic.twitter.com/97DxsyXit7 — Luis Felipe Puente (@LUISFELIPE_P) March 12, 2017 On a rare smogless day in Mexico City, the white caps of Popocatépetl and its neighboring volcano IztaccÃhuatl can clearly be seen in the distance. According to an Aztec legend, Popocatépetl was a handsome warrior and IztaccÃhuatl a beautiful princess. Like all good love stories, their story ends in tragedy. Elsewhere in North America, Alaska's Bogoslof volcano has also been acting up. #Bogoslof volcano Worldview satellite imgs from Mar 3 and 11, showing changes due to eruption on Mar 8. https://t.co/6LWU4WMH0q pic.twitter.com/nngmtu2J5T — Alaska AVO (@alaska_avo) March 12, 2017 Eruption activity at the underwater volcano last week changed the physical landscape of the surrounding island, the Alaskan Volcano Observatory noted. Satellite images show how the island's central lake had greatly expanded, while deposits of volcanic ash and blocks extended the island's western shoreline. Video credit: webcamsdemexico via Storyful WATCH: Exploring volcanoes with robots: a day in the life of Carolyn Parcheta
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| Bangladesh to fell building deemed "symbol of corruption" Posted: 12 Mar 2017 06:38 AM PDT  Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a move welcomed by activists who considered the structure an enduring symbol of corruption. The 16-story building, long criticised for openly flouting Dhaka's strict construction laws, must be destroyed within six months at a cost borne by its occupants, the Supreme Court ruled. "If they fail to carry out the order, the (government's) capital development authority will demolish the building," Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told AFP.
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| Intel is spending $15.3 billion to acquire the company behind Tesla’s early self-driving tech Posted: 13 Mar 2017 05:48 AM PDT 
Intel on Monday morning confirmed earlier reports that it will acquire Jerusalem-based self-driving technology company Mobileye for $63.54 a share, or $15.3 billion in total. The deal follows successful work the two companies have done on BMW's iNext self-driving platform, which is expected to appear in production vehicles as soon as 2021, just four years from now. Of course, Intel and Mobileeye have their sights set much higher than just on the work they're doing with BMW. The companies are looking to build a scalable architecture that will become an industry standard, powering safe and feature-rich autonomous driving systems in cars and trucks from a wide range of auto makers. By combining forces in this multi-billion deal, the duo will seemingly be better positioned to realize this ambitious vision. "This acquisition is a great step forward for our shareholders, the automotive industry and consumers," Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in a press released announcing the deal. "Intel provides critical foundational technologies for autonomous driving including plotting the car's path and making real-time driving decisions. Mobileye brings the industry's best automotive-grade computer vision and strong momentum with automakers and suppliers. Together, we can accelerate the future of autonomous driving with improved performance in a cloud-to-car solution at a lower cost for automakers." Mobileye is widely known as a market leader in the self-driving car space, though its most recent round of press ahead of this major deal wasn't very positive. Tesla was one of the Israeli company's biggest early partners, but the two firms parted ways after Tesla blamed Mobileye tech in part for the fatal Model S crash that left a Model S driver in Florida dead last year. The car's sensors failed to see a tractor-trailer pulling out onto a highway with Autopilot engaged, and the Model S struck the side of the truck, killing the driver instantly. Both Tesla and Mobileye have independently made significant changes to their self-driving systems since then in an effort to improve safety and performance. "We expect the growth towards autonomous driving to be transformative. It will provide consumers with safer, more flexible, and less costly transportation options, and provide incremental business model opportunities for our automaker customers," Mobileye CEO Ziv Aviram said of the deal with Intel. "By pooling together our infrastructure and resources, we can enhance and accelerate our combined know-how in the areas of mapping, virtual driving, simulators, development tool chains, hardware, data centers and high-performance computing platforms. Together, we will provide an attractive value proposition for the automotive industry." Intel says that it expects the acquisition to close within the next nine months.
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| Scars of looting, destruction all that remain at Mosul museum Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:08 AM PST ![Scars of looting, destruction all that remain at Mosul museum]( "Scars of looting, destruction all that remain at Mosul museum") By Kawa Omar MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - After two and a half years under Islamic State control, all that is left in Mosul's museum are the traces of looting and destruction. Inside the rubble-strewn building, where militants filmed themselves destroying ancient artifacts, the large stone wing of a statue of lamassu -- an Assyrian winged bull deity -- lies on the dusty floor among other broken remnants of the past. A block engraved with Arabic Islamic calligraphy lies close by, and some Islamic manuscripts have been left undamaged.
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| Will gerrymandering ruling turn Texas blue? Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:22 PM PST ![Will gerrymandering ruling turn Texas blue?]( "Will gerrymandering ruling turn Texas blue?") In the ongoing struggle over voting rights in Texas, a federal ruling may have given voting rights advocates reason to hope. On Friday evening, a panel of federal judges in the Western District of Texas ruled 2-1 that three Congressional districts must be redrawn. The ruling affects the districts currently represented by Reps. Blake Farenthold (R), Will Hurd (R), and Lloyd Doggett (D).
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| S.Koreans celebrate Park's removal, but ousted leader silent Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:00 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after a court removed her from power over a corruption scandal, ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye maintained her silence on Saturday as her opponents and supporters divided the capital's streets with massive rallies that showed a nation deeply split over its future.
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| Here Are The Most Adorable Tweets From The Dog Rates Twitter Account Posted: 12 Mar 2017 08:20 AM PDT  The Twitter account is the latest social media account to go viral and land a book deal.
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| President Trump commends US Secret Service for its handling of White House intruder Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:17 PM PST  During a working lunch at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, the president commented on the intruder who scaled a fence to enter the White House grounds Friday.
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| Garbage dump landslide in Ethiopia Posted: 12 Mar 2017 08:10 AM PDT ![Garbage dump landslide in Ethiopia]( "Garbage dump landslide in Ethiopia") A landslide swept through a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, killing at least 35 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials vowed to relocate those who called the landfill home.
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| Slaying of thief fuels Italy's debate on legitimate defense Posted: 12 Mar 2017 10:00 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — Italian opposition politicians from the far right populist parties and other conservative forces on Sunday demanded a new law quickly on legitimate defense to protect law-abiding citizens.
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| Guatemala shelter fire death toll climbs to 39 Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PST  The death toll in a horrific fire at a government-run shelter for Guatemalan teens has climbed to 39, officials said. Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the residence of President Jimmy Morales, alleging that government negligence at the overcrowded facility where staffers were accused of sexual and other abuse allowed the tragedy to happen. Three more adolescent girls succumbed to their injuries while being treated in intensive care, according to hospital officials, who said 14 girls are still in their care, including eight in critical condition.
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| Driving change: Travis Kalanick, the force behind Uber Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:03 PM PST  Uber's rise to the top of the ride-sharing industry is due in large part to its hard-charging founder and chief executive, Travis Kalanick. After a series of missteps and embarrassments for Uber and Kalanick, the San Francisco startup has acknowledged it is searching for a number-two executive to handle some of the day-to-day management tasks. Kalanick, 40, is known for taking a hard line in battles with regulators and taxi operators in markets opposing the entry of a new kind of competitor.
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| Several Killed In Blasts Near Holy Shrine In Damascus Posted: 12 Mar 2017 05:23 AM PDT  The death toll in the twin blasts Saturday, near a pilgrimage site frequently visited by Shiites in Damascus, rose to 74.
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| Great Lakes fund has aided Ohio's algae fight, river cleanup Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:23 AM PDT  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A Great Lakes cleanup program that may be on the Trump administration's chopping block has plunked money into fighting Lake Erie's toxic algae and putting new life into Ohio's polluted rivers.
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| A Teacher Breast-Fed My Baby! Posted: 12 Mar 2017 05:00 PM PDT  What would you do if someone nursed your baby without your permission? That's what happened to one mother, who alleges that a teacher at her infant's daycare offered to breastfeed her son because she thought he might be constipated. When the mom said she wasn't comfortable with that, the teacher was caught on camera nursing the baby anyway!
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| Man faces 10-year sentence after scaling White House fence Posted: 11 Mar 2017 03:21 PM PST ![Man faces 10-year sentence after scaling White House fence]( "Man faces 10-year sentence after scaling White House fence") An intruder carrying a backpack was arrested after scaling a fence around the White House and entering the grounds, the U.S. Secret Service said on Saturday, in the latest breach of security at the president's official residence. President Donald Trump was inside the White House when the male suspect climbed over the fence on the complex's South Grounds at 11:38 p.m. on Friday, and uniformed officers arrested him, the Secret Service said in a statement. The suspect, identified in court documents as California resident Jonathan Tran, 26, is scheduled to appear in federal court on Monday after a judge on Saturday ordered him held without bond, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said.
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| Is Russia Threatening NATO In North Atlantic Region? Posted: 12 Mar 2017 12:57 AM PST  Both NATO and Russia have undergone massive military escalations in recent months with each side accusing the other of provocation.
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| Guy Kawasaki on the most important thing he learned working with Steve Jobs Posted: 12 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT 
Even though Guy Kawasaki has held many hats throughout his illustrious career, his name has been synonymous with Apple for as long as most people can remember. Kawasaki's first stint at Apple dates back to 1983 where he served as the company's Mac evangelist, essentially touting the benefits of the Mac platform to developers and the public at large.
Earlier this year, Kawasaki penned an interesting post on Quora where he detailed what he learned from his time working with Steve Jobs. What makes Kawasaki's perspective so fascinating is that his experience working with Jobs occurred during the mid-1980s, long before Jobs managed to tone down his legendary temper. Based on his time at Apple, Kawasaki relays that being 100% honest at all times was the most valuable thing he learned from working with Jobs. Indeed, we've seen a number anecdotes from former and current Apple employees over the past few years articulating the same, namely that Jobs didn't necessarily demand that everyone agree with him at all times, but rather that he respected complete honesty, no matter how brutal. On the flipside, Jobs himself was never one to shy away from hurting anyone's feelings in the interest of delivering cold hard truths. Laying out the benefits of steadfast honesty, Kawasaki writes: - Telling the truth is a test of your character and intelligence. You need strength to tell the truth, and intelligence to recognize what is true.
- People yearn for the truth—that is, telling people that their product is good just to be positive doesn't help them improve it.
- There's only one truth,so it's easier to be consistent if you're honest. If you are dishonest, you have to keep track of what you have said.
All in all, some wise guidelines for life, both in and out of the workplace.
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| 'Brand Modi' gets thumbs up as PM's party sweeps India polls Posted: 13 Mar 2017 03:09 AM PDT  Rebounding from a self-inflicted banknote crisis to deliver his party a stunning victory in state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dominance mirrors that of India's early independence leaders and bodes well for his re-election in 2019, analysts say. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won a surprise absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh at the weekend, a result not seen in decades in the northern state that's home to 220 million people and seen as a bellwether of national politics. It also won a majority in Uttarakhand and despite coming second will form governments in Goa and Manipur, the latter a remote eastern state where the Hindu nationalist party held zero seats before polling day.
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| Mother plans to file claim over son's killing by police Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:17 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a man who was shot by police after witnesses said he chased children with a broken bottle at a California sports field plans to file a wrongful death claim against the city of Huntington Beach, her lawyer said Saturday.
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| Woman Finds Boy Who Left Heartbreaking Note On Her Doorstep After His Mom Died Posted: 12 Mar 2017 08:12 AM PDT  She plans to meet him soon.
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| Toll in Damascus bombings jumps to 74 dead: monitor Posted: 12 Mar 2017 03:50 AM PDT  The toll from twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the centre of Damascus has risen to 74 dead, a monitor said on Sunday. Among the victims of Saturday's blasts were 43 Iraqi pilgrims who had come to the Syrian capital to visit Shiite shrines in Damascus's famed Old City, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitor said that 11 bystanders and eight children were among those killed, as well as 20 members of pro-government security forces.
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| Intel drops $15B on Mobileye in race for a driverless future Posted: 13 Mar 2017 09:17 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Intel will buy Israel's Mobileye in a deal valued at about $15 billion, instantly propelling the computer chip and technology giant to the forefront of autonomous vehicle technology.
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| Keep Your Complexion Gorgeous Over 40 Posted: 12 Mar 2017 05:00 PM PDT  Mona celebrates her upcoming birthday with a skin-care makeover based on expert advice from Plastic Surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon and Dermatologist Dr. Annie Chu. Mona's a former smoker, which is damaging to the skin, and she's looking to recover that youthful glow.
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| Thailand lays out buffet for elephants in national celebration Posted: 13 Mar 2017 05:30 AM PDT ![Thailand lays out buffet for elephants in national celebration]( "Thailand lays out buffet for elephants in national celebration") Five dozen elephants used their trunks on Monday to scoop up bananas, melons and pineapples from baskets at a special buffet laid on in Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya to celebrate the national animal. For centuries, elephants carried warriors into battle, took a key role in royal ceremonies and provided haulage for logging and other industries, in the absence of machines. "We plan to reduce the exploitation of elephants as much as possible," said Laithongrien Meepan, the manager of the Elephant Kraal and Village in Ayutthaya, where the buffet took place on Thailand's Elephant Day.At the event, a Buddhist monk sprinkled holy water on some of the elephants and their trainers.
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| Police Funds Extended For Madeleine McCann Case Posted: 12 Mar 2017 04:54 AM PDT  The British girl went missing in May 2007 and several efforts to find her have failed so far.
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| Huge number of Twitter accounts are not operated by humans Posted: 13 Mar 2017 02:25 AM PDT  Up to 15 percent of active Twitter accounts are run by bots, capable of liking and re-tweeting.
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| Top Republican challenges Trump to prove wiretapping claim Posted: 12 Mar 2017 03:17 PM PDT  A senior Republican lawmaker on Sunday challenged President Donald Trump to prove his claim that his phone was tapped by predecessor Barack Obama during last year's campaign -- or else retract the unsubstantiated allegation. Senator John McCain, a frequent Trump critic, issued his demand in an interview with CNN. "The president has one of two choices, either retract, or to provide the information that the American people deserve," McCain said.
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| Turkey-Dutch relations shatter after Turkish visits banned Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:44 PM PST  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The escalating dispute between NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country less than a day after Turkey's foreign minister was denied entry, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch "Nazi remnants."
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| Chile's devastating wildfires Posted: 13 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![Chile's devastating wildfires]( "Chile's devastating wildfires") Forest fires are a regular feature of Chile's hot, arid summers, but a nearly decade-long drought combined with historically high temperatures have created tinder-like conditions in the nation's central regions. (Reuters)
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| Coalition official: IS-held Mosul completely surrounded Posted: 12 Mar 2017 09:50 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — The remaining western Mosul neighborhoods held by the Islamic State group are now completely surrounded and IS has lost more than 60 percent of the territory the militants once held in Iraq, according to a senior coalition official.
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| Australia PM, Musk discuss offer to fix power woes Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:30 PM PST  Australia's prime minister held talks with Elon Musk on Sunday after the US innovator offered to solve the energy crisis plaguing a southern region in a hundred days -- or install the technology free. Musk, the entrepreneur behind electric carmaker Tesla, made the pledge in response to power woes in South Australia, which was last year hit by a state-wide blackout after severe winds from an "unprecedented" storm tore transmission towers from the ground. In a Twitter exchange on Friday with Australian software startup Atlassian's co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, Musk said he could solve the energy issue with a battery farm.
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| The Latest: Navajo leader: Mourning with officer's family Posted: 12 Mar 2017 06:44 PM PDT ![The Latest: Navajo leader: Mourning with officer's family]( "The Latest: Navajo leader: Mourning with officer's family") PREWITT, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a Navajo Nation police officer (all times local):
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