| Uber Reportedly Worked Around Police Investigations With a Secret Trick Posted: 03 Mar 2017 02:10 PM PST  The system has been in place on the Uber app since at least 2014.
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| Was Lamborghinis Record-Breaking Nurburgring Lap Legitimate? Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:52 PM PST  Some Ring truthers have a theory about the Lamborghini Huracan Performantes impressive lap time.
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| Trump to students at Florida Catholic school: ‘We’re going to make you famous’ Posted: 03 Mar 2017 02:01 PM PST  On Friday, March 3, President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos met with students at a Florida Catholic School. He took photos with two students and said, "We're going to make you famous."
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| Iraq minister criticises UN efforts for Mosul displaced Posted: 04 Mar 2017 08:14 AM PST  An Iraqi minister on Saturday sharply criticised UN efforts to aid civilians fleeing fighting in west Mosul, even as the United Nations insisted that providing such assistance was the "top priority". Tens of thousands of people have fled west Mosul since Iraqi forces launched an operation to retake it from the Islamic State jihadist group on February 19, pushing into the area from the south. "Unfortunately, there is a clear shortfall in the work of these (UN) organisations," said Jassem Mohammed al-Jaff, the minister of displacement and migration.
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| Trump recasts immigration by taking the 'shackles off' border agents Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:02 PM PST ![Trump recasts immigration by taking the 'shackles off' border agents]( "Trump recasts immigration by taking the 'shackles off' border agents") Minutes after Daniela Vargas spoke to the press in Jackson, Miss., on Wednedsay, the car in which she was riding slowed down and pulled over. Ms. Vargas, a 20-something who came to the United States from Argentina as a 7-year-old, had the day before seen immigration agents detain the rest of her family. As it turns out, she had been late in sending in a $495 renewal fee for the Obama-era program that allows some young undocumented immigrants like her to stay in the country – prompting her detention Wednesday.
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| Italy migrant rescues hit new high as Libya exit rises Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:10 PM PST  The number of migrants rescued at sea this year in operations run by Italy's coastguard topped 15,000 Friday after another 900 people were saved, including eight-month-old Syrian twins and five other babies. The latest operations confirm the pattern of a sharp upward spike in winter departures from troubled Libya. Migrant arrivals in Italy from its former colony are up by between 57 and 81 percent this year in comparison to the opening two months of 2015 and 2016, according to Italian interior ministry figures.
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| Ex-Haitian President Preval dies, first to peacefully hand over power Posted: 03 Mar 2017 04:48 PM PST ![Ex-Haitian President Preval dies, first to peacefully hand over power]( "Ex-Haitian President Preval dies, first to peacefully hand over power") By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Former Haitian President Rene Preval, 74, the first leader in Haiti's history to win a democratic election, serve a full term and peacefully hand power to a successor, died on Friday after falling unconscious at his home. President Jovenel Moise described Preval as a "dignified son of Haiti," in a statement on Twitter. Haiti has been politically turbulent for much of its history since winning independence from France in 1804, punctuated by dictatorships, coups, invasions and natural disasters.
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| Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:08 AM PST ![Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi]( "Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi") Ebrahim Noroozi was born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran. Noroozi has worked in India, Afghanistan and Iran, and served as head of the photo department for the Iran Daily, as well as for the Alvefagh newspaper, Iran Sport, the Iran Photo Agency, the Jamejam newspaper and Jamejam online. Noroozi has sat on the juries of several Iranian photo contests.
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| Body of Indianapolis Woman Found Near River After She Was Reported Missing Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:11 PM PST  Police have not ruled the case a homicide yet.
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| Jeff Bezos Wants to Bring Amazon Prime-Like Delivery to the Moon Posted: 03 Mar 2017 10:29 AM PST  The Amazon and Blue Origin bossman is looking to set up regular lunar deliveries of supplies ahead of human settlement.
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| Arkansas To Execute 8 Men In 10 Days Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:41 AM PST  The last execution carried out by the state of Arkansas was 12 years ago, in 2005.
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| Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippine city Posted: 04 Mar 2017 10:26 PM PST  One person was killed and several others injured on Sunday when a powerful aftershock hit a southern Philippine city still recovering from a quake last month, authorities said. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck the southern city of Surigao and surrounding areas, causing some walls to collapse, government seismologists and civil defence officers said. One woman died of a heart attack while at least 29 people were injured, local television reports added.
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| Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya Posted: 03 Mar 2017 11:44 AM PST ![Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya]( "Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya") BANDARERO, Kenya (AP) — Loko Kalicha Junno says she trekked for a week to save her 10 cattle from dying of thirst and hunger. But none survived. Now, at one of the last watering holes in this remote village, she fears for herself.
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| Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border Posted: 03 Mar 2017 01:43 PM PST ![Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border]( "Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border") By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials. Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the "least restrictive setting" until they can be taken into the care of a U.S. relative or state-sponsored guardian.
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| Pence dismisses town hall criticism during Wisconsin stop Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:46 PM PST  JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence joined House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday in his Wisconsin hometown, promising during an invite-only speech that a replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act would come within days while dismissing recent protests at Republican town halls by people opposed to repealing it.
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| Elephant All-Nighters? Giant Beasts Sleep Only 2 Hours Posted: 04 Mar 2017 06:20 AM PST  A sample size of two is small, but if the two matriarchs are representative of their species, African elephants may be the shortest-sleeping mammals on Earth, the researchers said. "Elephants really don't sleep all that much, and this appears to be related to their large size," said study lead researcher Paul Manger, a professor in the School of Anatomical Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Previous studies have described elephant sleep, but many of those studies have flaws — either using captive elephants, which have different sleep schedules than wild elephants, or failing to consistently distinguish between rest and sleep, Manger said.
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| Grandmother Convicted in Death of Slain Granddaughter Who Kept Diary of Her Abuse Posted: 03 Mar 2017 09:54 AM PST  A Cook County judge convicted Helen Ford in the murder of 8-year-old Gizzell Ford.
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| 7 Ways to Save Money on Retirement Travel Posted: 03 Mar 2017 10:11 AM PST ![7 Ways to Save Money on Retirement Travel]( "7 Ways to Save Money on Retirement Travel") Travel is often a top retirement goal. But travel has to fit into your budget financially. If you want to spend your golden years exploring, but are a bit strapped for cash, here are seven frugal ways to see the world:
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| Should The ‘Obama Phone’ Program End? Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:02 PM PST  The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment following a recent decision to halt the roll out of subsidized broadband internet services through the Lifeline program that offers subsidies to the poor.
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| 2016 Range Rover Td6 Diesel Posted: 03 Mar 2017 11:35 AM PST  A winter wonder but an electronic misanthrope.
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| Trump asks Congress to probe alleged illicit campaign investigations Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:33 AM PST  President Donald Trump is asking Congress to probe "potentially politically motivated investigations" during the 2016 campaign, the White House said Sunday. The announcement came one day after Trump took to Twitter to accuse his predecessor Barack Obama of tapping his phones ahead of the November election, without providing evidence of the explosive charge.
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| Guest lecturer calls protesting students 'seriously scary' Posted: 03 Mar 2017 03:45 PM PST  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — A libertarian author who has been called a white nationalist said college students who protested his guest lecture this week were "scary."
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| Netanyahu to meet Putin, says Iran seeks permanent foothold in Syria Posted: 05 Mar 2017 03:52 AM PST  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice opposition to what the Israeli leader charged were Iran's attempts to establish a permanent military foothold in Syria. "In the framework of a (future peace agreement) or without one, Iran is attempting to base itself permanently in Syria - either through a military presence on the ground or a naval presence - and also through a gradual attempt to open a front against us on the Golan Heights," Netanyahu told his cabinet in public remarks on Sunday. "I will express to President Putin Israel's vigorous opposition to this possibility," he said.
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| Teen Who Learned CPR in High School Class Saved Toddler's Life While At Work Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:51 AM PST  The toddler is now doing well.
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| Deported Korean says Malaysia threatened to harm his family Posted: 03 Mar 2017 07:19 PM PST  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honor.
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| 5 Reasons Too Little Sleep is Bad for Your Health Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:22 AM PST  In this video, we show you five surprising ways sleep deprivation can harm your mind and body.
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| Undocumented Father Snatched By ICE While Dropping Off Daughter At School Posted: 03 Mar 2017 10:18 AM PST  Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, the father of four U.S.-born children, had been in the country for over 25 years.
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| Check out stunning 360-degree views of NYC straight from your browser Posted: 04 Mar 2017 12:15 PM PST 
We all spend plenty of time complaining about whatever wireless carrier we shell out money to every month to keep us connected while on the go, but rarely do wireless customers ever consider how difficult it actually is to provide coverage in any specific area. New York City is one particularly challenging location when it comes to mobile connectivity, and AT&T just launched a pretty cool web experience to explain just why that's the case and what they're doing to make the network stronger.
"In NYC, coverage, quality and capacity is the name of the game," AT&T explains in a blog post for its new Connecting New York City experience. "This means our engineers had to create a living, breathing network that is able to cover both full-time city-dwellers and commuters that depend on connectivity in the bridges, tunnels, and trains. And whether our customers live in Manhattan full time or commute in for work, the need to stay connected is something all New Yorkers have in common." The company filmed high resolution 360-degree video in several iconic locations around New York City including Central Park, 30 Rockefeller Center, and the Brooklyn Bridge. The video — which can be viewed via a VR headset or simply panned around right in your web browser — serves as a backdrop for AT&T to explain the changes and improvements they're making to their hardware around the city in order to improve connectivity. Some of the more interesting tidbits include the difficulty of improving wireless coverage in the heart of central park due to the ban on installing infrastructure — leading AT&T to build cell sites right into the existing light poles, which is apparently totally fine — and the task of improving underground signals by actually building cell sites below the surface of the city.
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| Moon missions continue Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk's rocket-measuring contest Posted: 03 Mar 2017 11:16 AM PST  Another day, another unhinged-sounding plan to fly to the moon announced by an eccentric billionaire. According to a report from the Washington Post, Blue Origin — the spaceflight company founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos — is planning to set up an "Amazon-like" service to send cargo to the moon in the hopes that people will eventually settle there. The first "Blue Moon" mission — conducted with NASA's help — could launch as early as July 2020, according to the report. SEE ALSO: Jeff Bezos-backed rocket landed safely back on Earth after flying to space The Blue Origin news hits just days after SpaceX's Elon Musk announced that his spaceflight company plans to send two unnamed people on a trip around the moon at the end of next year. Is this yet another case of rocket-measuring by Musk and Bezos? Maybe. While these two plans are distinct and Blue Origin's was a case of a news organization breaking a story, rather than a specific announcement by a company, it is a good example of Bezos and Musk following one another around the solar system. Instead of NASA chasing the Soviets during the original space race, we now have billionaires trying to one-up each other, pushing them farther into space. The two billionaires are known for publicly sniping at each other over their respective space plans and accomplishments. In November 2015, for example, Blue Origin announced that its New Shepard rocket made its first trip to suborbital space and then landed back on Earth. This accomplishment came before SpaceX successfully landed its first orbital rocket back on the ground after launching a payload to space, but well after SpaceX launched its suborbital Grasshopper rocket and brought it back to the ground. Musk wasn't happy that Bezos was insinuating that this Blue Origin test flight was a "first" for reusability, and he made it known... publicly. On Twitter. @JeffBezos Not quite "rarest". SpaceX Grasshopper rocket did 6 suborbital flights 3 years ago & is still around. pic.twitter.com/6j9ERKCNZl — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2015 But credit for 1st reusable suborbital rocket goes to X-15 https://t.co/LSb0f8FLJdAnd Burt Rutan for commercialhttps://t.co/TGWlNjsyQz — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2015 Jeff maybe unaware SpaceX suborbital VTOL flight began 2013. Orbital water landing 2014. Orbital land landing next. https://t.co/S6WMRnEFY5 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2015 More recently, however, the billionaires seem to have mellowed. "Great industries are usually built by not just one or two or three companies, but usually by dozens of companies. There can be many winners," Bezos said in April 2016, a sentiment he has echoed many times since. "From my point of view, the more the merrier. I want Virgin Galactic to succeed. I want SpaceX to succeed. I want United Launch Alliance to succeed. I want Arianespace to succeed, and of course I want Blue Origin to succeed. And I think they all can." Although Bezos's plan is not in direct competition with Musk's, the timing of the two announcements is still pretty funny. And oddly enough, it all may have something to do with President Donald Trump. A Trump connection Rumors were swirling in the space industry early this week that Trump would make some kind of announcement about human spaceflight during his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. However, that big space moment didn't come to pass. According to a report by Politico, Trump was expected to include more about his vision for America's future in space, but most of that got cut at the last minute. Instead, Trump's only reference to space in his hour-long speech was the line: "American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream." President Donald Trump, Elon Musk (center) and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Feb. 3, 2017. Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock It's not clear whether Trump's expected speech was the tipping point for SpaceX and Blue Origin, but either way, we know that Bezos and Musk have had time to speak with the new president. Bezos seemed to make nice with Trump at a tech summit held in December 2016. Musk was also in attendance at that meeting, sitting on the exact opposite side of the table from Bezos. Musk is also part of Trump's economic advisory council. Space industry insiders seem to be betting that the U.S. is now on a path back to the moon after former president Barack Obama scrapped the Bush-era plans to send crewed missions back to the lunar surface before heading on to Mars. For now, however, NASA doesn't yet have a new administrator and Trump has said little about the future of the space agency under his administration. However, congressional Republicans, who now hold the majority in both the House and Senate, are eager to see greater participation by private companies in space exploration. BONUS: Relive SpaceX's incredible daytime rocket landing with this video
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| Clock ticking for N.Ireland rivals after fractious vote Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:13 AM PST  Northern Ireland's main political parties on Saturday were facing a three-week deadline to mend fences after snap elections aimed at sorting out the bad blood between them left them deadlocked. In a historic shake-up, unionist parties lost their absolute majority in Northern Ireland's legislature for the first time since the province's creation in 1921. "The unionist majority at the assembly has been ended and the notion of a permanent or perpetual unionist majority has been demolished," said Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, who called the result a "watershed".
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| A look at the threats, vandalism against Jewish institutions Posted: 03 Mar 2017 09:46 PM PST  Jewish community centers, schools and cemeteries have been dealing with waves of bomb threats and vandalism this year. Most of these crimes remain unsolved, though a man in St. Louis was charged Friday with eight of the threats made against Jewish institutions as well as a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League.
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| U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications Posted: 04 Mar 2017 10:10 AM PST ![U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications]( "U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications") Foreigners aiming for temporary jobs at high-tech U.S. companies will undergo a longer visa approval process after the Trump administration announced it will temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that starting April 3 it will suspend "premium processing" for up to six months. Under this expedited procedure, applicants can be eligible for visa approvals within 15 days, instead of a regular review period that can last for up to a few months.
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| Ex-NFL Star Joins the Hunt for Indiana Girls' Killer: 'Let's Rid the World of This Monster' Posted: 03 Mar 2017 01:03 PM PST  Pat McAfee has doubled the reward to find the murderer and has recorded a PSA with police.
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| Woman who streamed Minnesota shooting charged in assault Posted: 03 Mar 2017 05:12 PM PST  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A woman who livestreamed the fatal police shooting of her boyfriend during a traffic stop in Minnesota last year was charged Friday in a reported assault.
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| Best Car Safety Performance Posted: 03 Mar 2017 02:01 PM PST  A vehicle with good braking and emergency handling can help you avoid an accident. Typically, smaller, sportier vehicles perform well in these tests and larger trucks are slower to maneuver. Cons...
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| Google Chromebooks Are Not Dead Posted: 04 Mar 2017 08:17 PM PST  Google hardware senior vice president Rick Osterloh just corrected the previous reports that took his statement about the Chromebooks out of context.
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| 100 Years of Women in Politics: How They've Served Posted: 04 Mar 2017 05:37 AM PST  One-hundred years ago today, on March 4, 1917, Rep. Jeannette Rankin, R-Mt., became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. "I may be the first woman member of Congress," she said following her election in 1916, according to the History, Art & Archives of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin's prediction came true: She certainly wasn't the last woman to serve in Congress.
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| Scientists code a movie, PC software, and $50 Amazon gift card onto DNA Posted: 03 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PST 
DNA makes us what we are, and it holds a ton of information about each and every one of us. Scientists have been slowly making progress on getting it to hold other kinds of information, too, and some brand new research shows just how powerful DNA storage can be. A scientist duo from Columbia University, working with the New York Genome Center, have managed to pack a whole bunch of data onto DNA molecules and then reliably retrieve it in perfect condition. Scientists Yaniv Erlich and Dina Zielinski dramatically increased the capacity of DNA storage while using a new process they dubbed "DNA Fountain." Digital data is converted from binary into chunks of digits that are then translated into DNA base pairs. Each portion of the DNA data is also given an identifier so that it can be easily placed back into the correct order when converting it back into a digital file. So what did the duo decide to use to test their method? A whole bunch of seemingly random things, including a complete "computer operating system," a computer virus, a digital copy of a 1895 French short film called Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, a plaque, a scientific study from the late 1940s, and — wait for it — a $50 Amazon gift card. Once they converted all that data into DNA-compatible information, they sent it to Twist Bioscience, a San Francisco startup specializing in DNA synthesis. The resulting DNA was sent back in a tiny vial and then read via sequencing hardware. The files were able to be recovered in completely perfect condition with zero errors. It's a small but extremely important achievement, and could help pave the way for much more advanced DNA storage concepts in the future. Put simply, your computer hard drive's days are numbered.
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| Body of beheaded German hostage found: Philippines Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:37 PM PST  The body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants has been found, the Philippine government said on Sunday. The Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom network that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, murdered Jurgen Kantner, 70, last week after its demands for 30 million pesos ($600,000) were not met. Military officials said marines found Kantner's body on Saturday evening in the militants' remote southern island stronghold of Sulu.
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| Deadly floods hit southern Zimbabwe, destroying many homes Posted: 05 Mar 2017 03:15 AM PST  TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe (AP) — From kitchen items to livestock and even her house, Assa Mkwananzi says she has "lost it all" to floods that have hit southern Zimbabwe.
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| Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:18 AM PST ![Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use]( "Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use") By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.S. states and European countries who have adopted a similar approach. On the other hand, we understand the dangers and will try to balance the two," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in broadcast remarks. According to the new policy, which must still be ratified by parliament, people caught smoking marijuana would be fined rather than arrested and prosecuted.
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| Dog That Lost Her Babies to Barn Fire Fosters 8 Orphaned Puppies After Their Mom Died Posted: 03 Mar 2017 02:28 PM PST  Daisy was devastated when her seven puppies were killed. That's when fate brought her Lorna Murphy and her eight puppies.
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| The Latest: Reporter says bomb threat suspect harassed him Posted: 03 Mar 2017 04:11 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on an arrest in connection with threats made to Jewish institutions nationwide and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters in New York (all times local):
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| Firefighters Rescue 150-Pound Dog From Rooftop Twice in One Day After He Climbs Out Window Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:53 PM PST  Firefighters helped Maverick the malamute back into the home, but not thirty minutes later, they received a 911 call saying he had done it again.
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| Cast and director of "Wolves" on Donald Trump Posted: 03 Mar 2017 02:08 PM PST  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with "Wolves" writer-director Bart Freundlich and co-stars, Michael Shannon and Carla Gugino about Donald Trump.
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