| Trump embraces GOP Obamacare replacement: ‘Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill’ Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:31 AM PST  President Trump is praising the Republican-proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's signature health care law better known as Obamacare.
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| In the age of Trump, can Democrats turn Orange County blue? Their first target is Darrell Issa Posted: 08 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PST  Republican Representative Darrell Issa enters Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 14, 2016. Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much these days. Since 2001, Issa has represented the coastal suburbs of northern San Diego and southern Orange counties.
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| Chevrolet Announces Monthly Service For Unlimited 4G LTE Data Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:49 PM PST  For those of us that are always on the go.
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| New bomb threats made against Jewish centers across U.S., Canada Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:05 PM PST  By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new round of bomb threats against Jewish community centers across the United States and in Canada forced lockdowns and evacuations on Tuesday, and all 100 U.S. senators asked the federal government to help them enhance security. Threats were phoned in or emailed to JCCs in states including New York, Wisconsin, Illinois and Florida overnight and early on Tuesday. U.S. federal authorities have been investigating a surge of threats against Jewish organizations, including more than 100 hoax bomb threats in five separate waves in January and February against JCCs in dozens of states.
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| Schools Closed As Women Join The 'A Day Without A Woman' Protest Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:15 PM PST  Participants in the A Day Without A Woman protests are expected to wear red, take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor and avoid shopping for one day.
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| ‘Of course they are’: Ben Carson defends calling slaves ‘immigrants’ Posted: 07 Mar 2017 07:36 AM PST  Ben Carson attempted to quell the outrage that erupted online after he referred to African slaves as "immigrants" during a Monday speech on the U.S. as the land of dreams and opportunity. During his debut speech as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Carson discussed immigrants who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island to pursue a better life, and then he turned his attention to slaves forced to come to the country against their will. "There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less," the retired neurosurgeon said.
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| In liberal Boston, College Republicans see club membership triple Posted: 07 Mar 2017 05:59 AM PST ![In liberal Boston, College Republicans see club membership triple]( "In liberal Boston, College Republicans see club membership triple") Perhaps it was only inevitable that in America's most Democratic state, Nilo Asgari's elephant sticker would get her in trouble. Amid the intense fervor of the 2016 election, the Boston University student was eating lunch when a fellow student spotted the Republican emblem on her phone case and accosted her. "He came up and started yelling at me," says Ms. Asgari.
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| U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:08 AM PST ![U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline]( "U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline") Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the tribes' request for an injunction to withdraw permission issued by the Army Corps for the last link of the oil pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners LP is building the $3.8 billion pipeline to move crude from the Northern Plains to the Midwest and then on to the Gulf of Mexico.
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| GOP representative: Trump should ‘purge’ White House Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:46 AM PST  Representative Steve King, R-Iowa, told the New York Times on Tuesday that he believes in the existence of a "deep state" attempting to undermine President Trump's administration. "We are talking about the emergence of a deep state led by Barack Obama, and that is something that we should prevent," King told the Times. The term "deep state," which is relatively new to American politics, has been used to describe a permanent military, intelligence and law-enforcement bureaucracy manipulating government policies in secret.
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| Elusive whale caught on video for the first time Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:32 PM PST  A rare whale species has finally made its cinematic debut. Science students captured two True's beaked whales on camera during an expedition in Portugal's Azores Islands. Their video is the first-ever recording of these elusive whales in the wild. SEE ALSO: Scientists are now spotting whales from outer space using satellites Such live sightings are extremely rare events. Marine experts know so little about these elephant-sized whales that the species is among the least-understood large mammals on the planet. For example, scientists don't know enough about these whales to estimate the population size. That's why researchers in Scotland decided to publish one of the most comprehensive surveys yet on True's beaked whales. Their study, published Tuesday in the journal PeerJ, pulls together much of what we know so far about the torpedo-shaped whales. Their report includes the first-ever video, rare photos of a whale calf (!), as well as data collected from strandings and sightings and genetic analyses of individual whales. True's beaked whales are one of 22 species of beaked whales within the Ziphiidae family. BABY WHALE! Image: Ida Eriksson (Futurismo) (A) Worldwide known distribution of True's beaked whales, and (B,C) locations of the reports included in the paper. Image: peerj The researchers also documented a new color pattern for these whales and defined the species' geographical boundaries in Atlantic Ocean. Once thought to be restricted to more temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the beaked whales' range also includes waters in the southern Indian and South Atlantic Oceans as well as the Tasman Sea. True's beaked whales dive to depth for long periods of time, and they only pop up to the surface once in a while for short breathing intervals. They've been observed to dive all the way to 8,200 feet under the surface. Marine biologists could use these insights to improve their long-term monitoring and conservation work for deepwater whales, according to the team at the Center for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modeling at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. WATCH: Take a dive with a marine biologist working to restore our ecosystem
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| Jihadist tunnels uncover Assyrian winged bulls in Mosul Posted: 07 Mar 2017 05:57 AM PST  Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. The jihadists dug the network of tunnels to plunder artefacts under a hill reputedly housing the tomb of the Prophet Jonah, the Nabi Yunus shrine which they dynamited in July 2014. "We fear it could all collapse at any time," entombing the treasures, said Layla Salih who is in charge of antiquities for Nineveh province.
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| Photos of the day - March 7, 2017 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 7, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 7, 2017") Indian students pose with their faces painted at a college in Chennai, India ahead of International Women's Day; Cattle graze by a wildfire near Protection, Kansas; and, Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. These are just a few of the photos of the day for March 7, 2017. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.
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| Iraq welcomes removal from revised US travel ban Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:37 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq welcomed its removal from a revised U.S. travel ban on Monday, saying the move would strengthen its alliance with Washington as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State group in Mosul.
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| GOP appears divided over Obamacare replacement plan Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:25 PM PST  Less than 24 hours after announcing its plan to replace Obamacare, the GOP scrambles to get its message right.
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| Wikileaks reveals how CIA is targeting your iPhone, Android, and smart TV Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:12 AM PST 
Wikileaks just dropped a massive collection of information detailing how the US government is attacking the devices that many of us use every single day in an effort to gain intel for its own purposes. Tactics for breaching iPhones, iPads, Android devices, PCs, routers, and even smart TVs are included in the leak, which has some serious privacy and security implications if even a fraction of it proves to be accurate.
Much the of the leak confirms what most people assume about the US government's ability to circumvent the built-in security features of computer software and mobile devices — for example, that the organization has many "zero day" exploits for computers running Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and more. The sheer power of the CIA's tools, according to the report, is really the story here. The CIA has developed automated multi-platform malware attack and control systems covering Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux and more, such as EDB's 'HIVE' and the related 'Cutthroat' and 'Swindle' tools.
The report also details the CIA's techniques that allow the agency to "penetrate, infest, and control both Android and iPhone software that has run presidential Twitter accounts" using zero day exploits that are not known to the security community at large. And it's not just the typical communications devices that are on the CIA's target list, according to the leak. Even Samsung smart TVs can be used to eavesdrop on conversations without anyone in the room knowing. The attack against Samsung smart TVs was developed in cooperation with the United Kingdom's MI5/BTSS. After infestation, Weeping Angel places the target TV in a 'Fake-Off' mode, so that the owner falsely believes the TV is off when it is on. In 'Fake-Off' mode the TV operates as a bug, recording conversations in the room and sending them over the Internet to a covert CIA server.
Wikileaks' report even suggests that the CIA was developing tools that could remotely control certain vehicle software and could allow the agency to cause "accidents" which would effectively be "nearly undetectable assassinations." The full details of the leak, which Wikileaks is calling "Vault 7" is available to peruse on the group's website.
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| Angry Over U.S. Missile Defense, China Lashes Out at South Korean Companies Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:18 AM PST  China's response targets shopping stores and tourist travel. So far.
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| Google Home Vulnerable To Fake News Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:16 AM PST  As it turns out, even Google Home is not safe from fake news that's currently plaguing the tech world, especially Facebook.
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| Storms, tornadoes rake Midwest as high winds fuel prairie fires Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:14 PM PST ![Storms, tornadoes rake Midwest as high winds fuel prairie fires]( "Storms, tornadoes rake Midwest as high winds fuel prairie fires") By Timothy Mclaughlin CHICAGO (Reuters) - A line of thunderstorms packing hail and isolated tornadoes rumbled across the Midwest from Oklahoma to Minnesota on Monday as wind-fueled prairie fires forced thousands of people from their homes in Colorado and Kansas. Police and National Weather Service meteorologists reported some power outages but no initial major damage from the storms carrying winds of 60 miles per hour (96 kph) and hail 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter as they rolled east. A tornado touched down in Smithville, Missouri, a Kansas City suburb, damaging 10 to 12 homes and displacing a few families but causing no major injuries, Police Chief Jason Lockridge said.
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| French family of four killed with crowbar: prosecutor Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:03 AM PST  A crowbar was the murder weapon in a French family drama that left four people dead in an inheritance dispute over gold coins, the prosecutor of the western city of Nantes said Monday. The father's brother-in-law Hubert Caouissin, who has confessed to the gruesome killings, went on to cut up the bodies, burning some parts and burying others, prosecutor Pierre Sennes told a news conference. Pascal Troadec and his wife Brigitte, both 49, had gone missing along with their son Sebastien, 21, and their 18-year-old daughter Charlotte on February 16, sparking a mystery that gripped the nation.
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| Amid rising tensions, Iran tests Russian-built missile system Posted: 07 Mar 2017 08:01 AM PST ![Amid rising tensions, Iran tests Russian-built missile system]( "Amid rising tensions, Iran tests Russian-built missile system") Iran says it has successfully tested a Russian-made long-range missile, stoking anxieties as tensions between the nation and the United States continue to climb. A report Saturday from the official IRNA news agency claimed that Iran officials had successfully launched an S-300 System missile from in the nation's central desert during military tests. Recommended: How much do you know about Iran?
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| UK lawmakers to companies: End sexist high-heel dress codes Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:44 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — In a debate that has gone from office corridors to Britain's Parliament, lawmakers put their foot down Monday and told employers to stop making women wear high heels as part of corporate dress codes.
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| This New Material Can Absorb Oil Spills, And Be Reused Over And Over Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:25 PM PST ![This New Material Can Absorb Oil Spills, And Be Reused Over And Over]( "This New Material Can Absorb Oil Spills, And Be Reused Over And Over") Clean water science: A new material can absorb up to 90 times its weight in oil.
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| China vows ‘resolute’ measures after THAAD deployment Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:54 AM PST  China said Tuesday it would "resolutely" defend its security interests as the US began deploying the THAAD missile-defence system in South Korea that Beijing fears will undermine its own military capabilities. "We are firmly opposed to the deployment of THAAD in the Republic of Korea by the US and the ROK," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a regular press briefing in Beijing.
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| White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily briefing on March 7, 2017 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:22 PM PST  On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing with the White House press corp.
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| Deadly Mississippi train-bus collision Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:52 AM PST ![Deadly Mississippi train-bus collision]( "Deadly Mississippi train-bus collision") A freight train smashed into a charter bus in a coastal Mississippi city on Tuesday, pushing the bus 300 feet down the tracks and leaving at least four people dead, authorities said. Rescuers spent more than an hour removing passengers, cutting through the bus's heavily damaged frame to extract the last two. The bus was apparently stopped on the tracks when the 52-car train, pulled by three locomotives, slammed into it, said Biloxi Police Chief John Miller.
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| U.S. ship changed course toward Iranians on Saturday: Iran commander Posted: 08 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST ![U.S. ship changed course toward Iranians on Saturday: Iran commander]( "U.S. ship changed course toward Iranians on Saturday: Iran commander") A U.S. Navy ship changed course toward Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a guard commander was quoted as saying on Wednesday while issuing a warning. A U.S. official told Reuters on Monday that multiple fast-attack vessels from the Revolutionary Guard had come within 600 yards (550 meters) of the USNS Invincible, a tracking ship, forcing it to change direction.
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| Kosovo opposition urged to pass border deal with Montenegro Posted: 08 Mar 2017 03:42 AM PST ![Kosovo opposition urged to pass border deal with Montenegro]( "Kosovo opposition urged to pass border deal with Montenegro") PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo government on Wednesday urged the opposition to approve a border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, following an experts' report showing the country loses no territory, contrary to opposition claims.
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| Report: Syrian children suffering 'toxic stress' Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:08 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian children show symptoms of "toxic stress" and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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| Sanders Doubles Down On Calling Trump A Liar Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:35 PM PST  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders published an essay in response to a Washington Post column on the current state of U.S. political discourse.
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| Love your Bible as you do your cellphone, Pope Francis tells pilgrims Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:57 AM PST ![Love your Bible as you do your cellphone, Pope Francis tells pilgrims]( "Love your Bible as you do your cellphone, Pope Francis tells pilgrims") On Sunday, Pope Francis asked a crowd of pilgrims assembled in St. Peter's Square to consider precisely that question. How Christians treat their possessions speaks volumes to what they care about, Francis suggested. Recommended: How much do you know about Pope Francis?
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| African-Americans more likely to be wrongfully convicted: study Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:05 AM PST  African-Americans are far more likely to be wrongfully convicted of crimes such as murder, sexual assault and illegal drug activity than whites due to factors including racial bias and official misconduct, a study released on Tuesday said. Of the 1,900 defendants convicted of crimes and later exonerated, 47 percent were African-Americans - three times their representation in the population - according to the study from the National Registry of Exonerations, which examined cases from 1989 to October 2016. The study also said black Americans were about seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of murder than white Americans.
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| Boeing developing new mid-range plane to rival Airbus Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:24 PM PST  Boeing is in talks with potential clients about developing a new plane to fit into a niche category now dominated by rival Airbus, a Boeing executive said Tuesday. "Boeing is actively engaged in discussions with customers about the 737 MAX 10X," Boeing's Randy Tinseth said in a company blog post. The new Boeing plane is expected to enter service in 2020, said Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing's commercial division.
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| North Korea leader Kim supervised missile tests: KCNA Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:26 PM PST ![North Korea leader Kim supervised missile tests: KCNA]( "North Korea leader Kim supervised missile tests: KCNA") North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test launches of four missiles by an army unit commissioned with attacking U.S. military bases in Japan, the country's official news agency reported on Tuesday, stepping up threats against Washington as its troops conduct joint military exercises with South Korea. North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan's northwest on Monday, angering South Korea and Japan, days after it promised retaliation over the military drills which it sees as preparation for war.
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| Israel steps up battle against boycott movement Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:07 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has stepped up its battle against outside supporters of an international boycott movement against the Jewish state with a new law that would bar entry to them.
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| A camera made from 23,000 drinking straws offers a very unique perspective Posted: 07 Mar 2017 07:32 AM PST  In an age where we would go to any lengths to get a unique photo, two artists, thirsty for something new, have created a camera that offers peak uniqueness. SEE ALSO: Taking underwater photos with your iPhone just got way easier Michael Farrell and Cliff Haynes have developed something called the Straw Camera. The name of the camera indicates exactly what it is made out of — 32,000 drinking straws. Image: michael farrell & cliff haynes "The Straw Camera, which is a box stacked with approximately 23,000 black drinking straws, produces a multipoint perspective from an array," Cliff Haynes wrote on the camera's website. "The light viewed/collected by each individual tube is recorded onto the photo sensitive material placed at the opposite end." The photos that the camera produces are both thought-provoking and stunning. It's hard to believe that this is what we would see if we looked through thousands of straws. Image: michael farrell & Cliff haynes Image: michael farrell & cliff haynes While Farrell and Haynes first tested the Straw Camera on inanimate objects, their ultimate goal was to capture portraits. "The sitter would have to wait in the dark whilst the camera was loaded," Haynes explained of the process. "They were then asked to take a pose and given a countdown to the firing of the flash." Image: michael farrell & Cliff Haynes "The Straw Cameras gave us a 'net' to catch light with, and a novel view of the world to play with. The portraits depict the sitters at a resolution that is almost on a par with early television pictures," Cliff Haynes wrote. "In a world beset by selfies with their immediate gratification, and HD television in all its glory feeding our visual appetite, a Straw Camera image of an individual, with its engineering projection and disappearance of the subject into the near fog of visual capture, gives the viewer a glimpse of just how transitory perception is." Image: michael farrell & Cliff Haynes Image: michael farrell & Cliff haynes The entire collection of Straw Camera photographs has been gathered together in a book of the same name. BONUS: Keep this mini camera drone inside your phone case for the best aerial selfies
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| Ajit Pai Has Been Nominated By President Trump For A Second Term At FCC Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:52 PM PST  President Donald Trump has nominated Ajit Pai, the current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, for a second term on the commission.
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| Alibaba's Jack Ma blames "outdated" law for fakes Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:57 AM PST  Alibaba's founder Jack Ma urged stronger penalties for selling counterfeits Tuesday in an open letter arguing that "outdated and unrealistic" laws and regulations "encourage" selling and making of fake products. Alibaba has come under fire in recent years for the ease at which knock-off goods are available to consumers on its online Taobao marketplace, which accounts for more than 90 percent of the domestic consumer-to-consumer market. "Outdated and unrealistic" laws and regulations have led to few convictions for counterfeit cases, Ma wrote in a letter on his official social media account.
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| German police search for man over killing of 9-year-old boy Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:14 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — German police launched a major manhunt Tuesday for a 19-year-old man suspected of killing a 9-year-old boy, then posting a photo and video of the slain child and boasting about his crime online.
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