| Trump’s evidence-free wiretap allegation dominates Sunday talk shows Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:50 AM PST  President Trump's assertion that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones before the election dominated the political talk shows on Sunday. Across the networks, the White House defended the commander in chief's call for a congressional investigation into the matter, while Democratic lawmakers and former Obama administration officials dismissed the accusation as absurd. On ABC's "This Week," White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to reframe Trump's wiretapping claim — which he stated as a fact — as something that may have happened.
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| Iraqi families devastated by chemical attacks in Mosul Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:54 PM PST  ERBIL, IRAQ – At West Emergency Hospital in Erbil, five small children lie in beds, along with their mother, all wrapped in bandages, with chemical burns from a mortar attack that hit their house.
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| Prosecutors: NY man willing to sacrifice self for jihad Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:27 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man was being held without bail on terrorism charges after federal authorities said he was prepared to strap on a bomb and sacrifice himself for jihad and persistently tried to join the Islamic State or another extremist group in Syria.
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| Somalia reports 110 deaths from drought over 48 hours Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:05 AM PST  Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on Thursday and Friday, the first reported deaths since the country declared a national disaster late last month. The deaths over 48 hours were a result of "droughts and acute watery diarrhoea around the southern regions of Somalia, particularly in the Bay and Bakool regions," Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said in a statement. Authorities in the village of Awdiinle in the Bay region said that at least 69 people, most of whom were children or elderly, died after cases of acute watery diarrhoea in the area.
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| Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:41 AM PST ![Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group]( "Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group") Bahrain's justice ministry filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to dissolve a main opposition group on the grounds that it undermined security, state news agency BNA reported. The secular National Democratic Action Society, or Waad, had perpetrated "serious violations targeting the principle of respecting the rule of law, supporting terrorism and sanctioning violence by glorifying people convicted for terrorism cases," the ministry said.
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| Air India claims record with all-female round-world flight Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:47 AM PST  India's national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Air India said its Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back again with an all-female crew last week, the first time such a flight has circumnavigated the globe. The airline, which has faced criticism in the past for grounding dozens of female cabin crew over their weight, said it had applied to Guinness World Records to validate the claim.
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| Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like? Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:01 AM PST ![Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like?]( "Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like?") "We want the (executive order) to have its own 'moment,'" a senior administration official reportedly told CNN. Recommended: How much do you know about Islam and violence? The original order, signed Jan. 27, had temporarily blocked citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen – and all refugees from entering the United States.
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| AP-NORC Poll: Divided Americans fret country losing identity Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:11 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Add one more to the list of things dividing left and right in this country: We can't even agree what it means to be an American.
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| This Week Fast Forward 03.05.2017 Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:24 AM PST  Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."
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| Trump Insists Wiretapping Claims Are Right, Newsmax CEO Says Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:09 PM PST  The president alleged Saturday that Barack Obama's administration snooped on him prior to the 2016 presidential election.
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| Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow? Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:21 AM PST ![Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow?]( "Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow?") Much has been written of late regarding the Dow Jones industrial average 20,000 milestone and whether this will mark a near-term top of the market or perhaps the continuation of the eight-year bull market. Some investors are posing this question because they're wondering if they should get completely out of the market now or stay in, lighten up exposure or make new investments. While history will tell us with certainty, there are prudent decisions which investors can make right now even without knowing the definitive answer.
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| France's Fillon alleges intimidation as fights to keep bid alive Posted: 04 Mar 2017 02:22 PM PST  French conservative candidate Francois Fillon told supporters on Saturday they were victims of a a bid to "intimidate" them as he battled to keep his presidential hopes alive. Marking his 63rd birthday, Fillon struggled to turn the page on a nightmare week that saw a haemorrhage of support after he disclosed he would face charges over allegations he gave his family fake parliamentary jobs. With some members of his own rightwing Republicans party urging him to drop out of the campaign, Fillon ruefully told 1,500 supporters at a rally north of Paris he had had "better" birthdays.
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| Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:47 AM PST ![Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing]( "Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing") Chinese hardliners have parts of their brains missing, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in an interview aired this week, comments likely to infuriate Beijing, which views the Nobel Peace laureate as a dangerous separatist. The Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, denies espousing violence and says he only wants genuine autonomy for Tibet. Speaking to U.S. comedian John Oliver in India's northern town of Dharamsala, where the exiled Tibetan government is based, he also said he might be the last Dalai Lama.
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| How to act when stopped by police? Illinois has some tips Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:48 AM PST ![How to act when stopped by police? Illinois has some tips]( "How to act when stopped by police? Illinois has some tips") RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states want to require driver's education courses to teach motorists about proper traffic-stop behavior. Most bills don't legislate what that behavior should be, but Illinois' 2017 "Rules of the Road" handbook published last month offers some do's and don'ts:
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| Why Keystone XL pipeline won't buy US steel, despite Trump's order Posted: 04 Mar 2017 12:26 PM PST ![Why Keystone XL pipeline won't buy US steel, despite Trump's order]( "Why Keystone XL pipeline won't buy US steel, despite Trump's order") From the start of President Trump's election campaign, two aspects of his political identity – the businessman and the populist – have dueled for dominance. At least in the case of the Keystone XL pipeline, the businessman appears to be winning out. Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One on Friday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the pipeline, which has been in the works for a decade, will be exempt from an executive order Mr. Trump signed in January requiring new pipelines, repairs, or retrofits to use US steel "to the maximum extent possible." The justification for that decision: The pipeline is already under construction, and so is not covered by the executive order.
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| Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors - agencies Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:57 AM PST ![Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors - agencies]( "Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors - agencies") MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nigerian pirates have released seven Russian and one Ukrainian sailors after they were captured last month on the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a human rights activist in Crimea. The sailors were released after talks between the owners of the ship and pirates. Interfax news agency quoted human rights activist Pavel Butsay, in the city of Sevastopol, as saying the sailors were at a Frankfurt airport and planned to return home next week. Butsay told TASS news agency that a ransom was paid but did not reveal the sum. ...
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| Trump Compares Obama To Joseph McCarthy Anti-Communist Hearings Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:10 PM PST  "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory," Trump tweeted Saturday. "Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"
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| Photos of the day - March 5, 2017 Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 5, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 5, 2017") A Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening of the fifth Session of the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing, China; Pope Francis sits on a bus as the Bernini colonnade is reflected on the windscreen, at the Vatican; A Pakistan army paratrooper jumps during the final of the Pakistan Sports League at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| Police find an antique-looking gun on a guy, and people think he's a time-traveller Posted: 06 Mar 2017 12:25 AM PST  Here's an actual blast from the past. The folks at Baltimore Police Department posted a photo of a gun on its Facebook and Twitter accounts Thursday, after it was seized from a 36-year-old man during a traffic stop. SEE ALSO: New smart holster automatically makes police body cams record when guns are drawn Police said it also found drugs inside the vehicle, and that the man was a repeat offender. It's a pretty regular crime story, except people can't seem to get over the gun. It looks like an antique from the Civil War, or something you'd keep next to your chamber pot. And of course, the internet took it away with their hilarious comments. We really mean it. @BaltimorePolice was he attempting to assassinate Lincoln? #IThoughtJohnWilkesBoothWasDead? — Mikey Fahey (@Hooliganmikey) March 3, 2017 @BaltimorePolice I seriously wanna know what antique store this was taken from — -The Staff (@ladymeko) March 4, 2017 Not to be outdone, the Baltimore Police Department also responded with their own comment. Don't you just love the internet? Image: mashable/baltimore police department BONUS: This house was 3D-printed in just 24 hours
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| Tens of thousands flee clashes between Syria army, IS Posted: 04 Mar 2017 12:02 PM PST  Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled ferocious fighting between Russian-backed regime forces and Islamic State group jihadists over the past week in the country's ravaged north. Supported by Russian air power and artillery, Syrian government forces have waged a fierce offensive against IS, seizing around 90 villages since mid-January. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the advance took government forces to around 14 kilometres (9 miles) from IS-held Khafsah, the main station pumping water into Aleppo.
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| 4 children, mother die in Massachusetts blaze Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:13 PM PST  WARWICK, Mass. (AP) — A mother and four children were killed when flames swept through their rural Massachusetts home early Saturday, fire officials said.
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| Galaxy S8 shown off in new leaked hands-on video Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:48 AM PST 
Samsung will unveil its hotly anticipated new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ flagship phones during a big press conference in New York City on March 29th, and the phones are expected to be released less than one month later on April 21st. Of course, we'll already know everything there is to know about the company's next-generation flagship phones long before either of those dates actually arrive. A long string of rumors and leaks led up to last Wednesday, when BGR exclusively gave the world its best look yet at the Galaxy S8 — since Samsung didn't want to unveil the hot new phone during MWC 2017, we figured we would take care of the Galaxy S8 unveiling instead. That exclusive leak might be the biggest one so far, but it's certainly not the last. Galaxy S8 leaks will continue to flow right up until Samsung unveils the new phone later this month, and now we have a new leak to toss onto the ever-expanding pile. A YouTube user by the name of "505nick aka DkDn" posted a video this past weekend of what appears to be a genuine pre-release Galaxy S8. The phone looks exactly like everything we've seen in leaks we've seen so far. In fact, the person who posted the video didn't even bother to obscure what appear to be identification stickers placed on the back of pre-release devices so that Samsung can track them. In other words, someone showed up to work at Samsung on Monday morning in a whole lot of trouble. The video itself is only 5 seconds long, but that's more than enough time to give us an idea of exactly how the phone fits in the hand. Despite the huge 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display on the Galaxy S8, it still appears to be quite comfortable to use thanks to a nearly all-screen design with no side bezels and barely any bezels above and below the display. There's not much else to note that we haven't already seen in previous leaks, but it's still a worthwhile watch considering this very well may be the hottest Android phone of 2017. The full video is embedded below, and check out our earlier Galaxy S8 exclusive for everything you need to know about the phone's specs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv1atGLjKag
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| Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: 'Do you beat your wife?' Posted: 04 Mar 2017 08:51 PM PST  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions — including, "Do you beat your wife?" — before agreeing to meet with them.
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| Confidant of New Jersey governor to be sentenced in airline scheme Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:20 AM PST ![Confidant of New Jersey governor to be sentenced in airline scheme]( "Confidant of New Jersey governor to be sentenced in airline scheme") A former confidant of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be sentenced on Monday for pressuring United Airlines into operating a flight to an airport near his vacation home, a case that grew out of the "Bridgegate" investigation. David Samson, 77, a former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, faces as much as two years in prison on charges that he used his position to coerce United to reverse its cancellation of a route between Newark, New Jersey, and Columbia, South Carolina.
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| 3-Year-Old Dies After 'Freak Accident', Car Rolled Back in Driveway Where He Was Playing Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:58 PM PST  He was in the intensive care unit for four days.
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| Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 5 at 7:35 p.m. EST Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:38 PM PST ![Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 5 at 7:35 p.m. EST]( "Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 5 at 7:35 p.m. EST") (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday: WIRETAPPING ALLEGATIONS The former top U.S. intelligence official rejects Trump's accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him even as the White House urges Congress to investigate Trump's allegation. TRAVEL ORDER Demand for travel to the United States over the coming months has flattened out following a positive start to the year, with uncertainty over a possible new travel order likely deterring visitors, travel analysis company ForwardKeys says. ...
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| Mexican police free 31 Cubans held captive in tourist area Posted: 04 Mar 2017 06:29 PM PST  Federal police in Mexico's Riviera Maya resort area freed 31 Cubans being held by gunmen in a house, authorities said. The Cuban migrants said masked gunmen held them in the home near the Caribbean coast demanding money the Cubans did not have. Police received multiple reports on the situation before moving in to free the 22 Cuban men and nine Cuban women, said Mexico's National Public Safety Board.
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| Sikh Man Shot At Home By White Man After 'Go Back To Your Own Country' Comment Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:56 AM PST  The victim said the shooter told him to "go back to your own country."
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| China defense budget rises at slowest pace in decades: report Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:39 PM PST  China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since 1991 and roughly in line with decelerating economic growth, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The budget is normally included in public documents released at the opening of the country's 10-day annual legislative session, which began Sunday, but was absent this year, adding to perennial concerns abroad over Chinese military transparency. The 2017 budget will be 1.044 trillion yuan ($151 billion), a finance ministry information officer confirmed to Bloomberg News.
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| Liver transplant surgical pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl dies Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:01 PM PST  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Thomas Starzl, who pioneered liver transplant surgery in the 1960s and was a leading researcher into anti-rejection drugs, has died. He was 90.
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| Europe's trend: Austria, once open, now shows migrants door Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:13 AM PST  VIENNA (AP) — Austria was among the first countries in Europe to put out the welcome mat when waves of people fleeing war and poverty reached the continent. Now, its focus is showing them the door.
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| Chevrolet Colorado vs. Toyota Tacoma: Which Should You Buy? Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  Compared with full-sized models, buyers looking for a midsized pickup truck workhorse have far fewer choices. The Nissan Frontier is hopelessly out of date; the next Ford Ranger is on the distant...
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| White House defends wiretapping allegations on morning shows Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:58 AM PST  Members of President Trump's team appeared on several morning news shows Monday to defend his wiretapping accusations against President Obama, which he posted to Twitter over the weekend.
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| Mexico opens migrant defense centers at U.S. consulates Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:25 PM PST ![Mexico opens migrant defense centers at U.S. consulates]( "Mexico opens migrant defense centers at U.S. consulates") (Reuters) - Mexico opened legal aid centers at its 50 consulates across the United States on Saturday to defend its citizens, the Mexican government said, amid worries of a crackdown on illegal immigration under U.S. President Donald Trump. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray exhorted the U.S. government to respect the rights of Mexicans and called for the United States to allow a path to legality for undocumented migrants.
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| Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:10 PM PST ![Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport]( "Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was arrested Sunday at the San Francisco International Airport, where he arrived from a vacation in South America, his attorney said.
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| Iraqi forces battle IS in heavy west Mosul fighting Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:32 AM PST  Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number of people who fled fighting in the area topped 45,000. Iraqi forces have recaptured several areas in west Mosul since launching the push to retake it on February 19, but their pace has slowed amid bad weather which muddies streets and makes air support more difficult. West Mosul is the largest urban population centre still held by the Islamic State group, followed by the city of Raqa in Syria and the town of Tal Afar, which is located between Mosul and the Syrian border.
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| iPad Pro 2: Expected Features And Availability Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:43 AM PST  Apple is expected to launch the tablet at the company's March event ahead of the World Wide Developers Conference In San Jose in June.
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| Expert says Islamic State has badly damaged major Palmyra monument Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:43 PM PST ![Expert says Islamic State has badly damaged major Palmyra monument]( "Expert says Islamic State has badly damaged major Palmyra monument") By Firas Maqdisi PALMYRA, Syria (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have severely damaged a major Roman monument in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, an antiquities official said after visiting the site on Saturday. Under heavy Russian air cover, the Syrian army and allied militias drove the jihadist group out of the UNESCO world heritage site on Thursday, two months after it had seized it in a surprise advance. It was the second time the city had been recaptured from the militants in the course of Syria's six-year war.
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| Poland names counter-candidate to Tusk as EU leader Posted: 04 Mar 2017 04:32 PM PST ![Poland names counter-candidate to Tusk as EU leader]( "Poland names counter-candidate to Tusk as EU leader") WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Saturday proposed a counter-candidate to Donald Tusk as European Council head, saying the Polish incumbent has hurt his country's interests.
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| Israeli experts find 'mystery' Bronze Age dolmen Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:45 AM PST  Israeli archeologists have unearthed a "rare and mysterious" Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday. "This is the first art ever documented in a dolmen in the Middle East," the authority quoted Uri Berger, one of its archaeologists, as saying. The statement did not say when the table-like structure was discovered adjacent to a kibbutz in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel, but dated it to the Middle Bronze Age, about 4,000 years ago.
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| Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:16 PM PST  Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. SpaceX recently announced that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space since the 1970s.
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| Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals' Posted: 04 Mar 2017 02:42 PM PST ![Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals']( "Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals'") Some Republican lawmakers seem to dread their own town hall meetings, where constituents have started expressing their concerns over President Trump's choices. Recommended: Infographic Race equality in America: How far have we come?
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| Trump fans stage series of small rallies across U.S. Posted: 04 Mar 2017 02:04 PM PST ![Trump fans stage series of small rallies across U.S.]( "Trump fans stage series of small rallies across U.S.") By Tim Branfalt LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) - Supporters of President Donald Trump held a second day of small rallies on Saturday in communities around the country, a counterpoint to a wave of protests that have taken place since his election in November. Organizers of the so-called Spirit of America rallies in at least 28 of the country's 50 states had said they expected smaller turn-outs than the huge crowds of anti-protesters that clogged the streets of Washington, D.C., and other cities the day after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. In many towns and cities, the rallies did not draw more than a few hundred people, and some were at risk of being outnumbered by small groups of anti-Trump protesters that gathered to shout against the rallies.
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| Ex-cop links Philippine leader to killings in Senate inquiry Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:21 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine police officer testified Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte and his men were linked to nearly 200 killings that the officer and a "death squad" carried out when Duterte was mayor of a southern city.
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| Opel takeover by Peugeot comes after years of crisis Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:10 AM PST  The imminent takeover of General Motors' European subsidiary Opel by French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen comes after almost two decades of crisis for the historic manufacturer. Recent woes cast a pall over the firm's storied history, dating back to its founding in 1862 by Adam Opel as a sewing-machine and later bicycle manufacturer. Based in Ruesselsheim outside Frankfurt, the company was Germany's largest carmaker for decades before being overtaken by northern rival Volkswagen.
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| The Better One Between Apple iPhone 8 vs. Google Pixel 2 Posted: 04 Mar 2017 05:42 PM PST  Here's a comparison of the speculated specs and features of Apple's iPhone 8 and Google's Pixel 2 smartphones.
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