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• Gary Cohn, the not-so-secret Democrat in Trump’s White House, is gaining influence — and critics
• Teen asylum-seeker ID'd as suspect in Norway explosive case
• Suspect in Russia metro bombing traveled to Turkey, say co-workers
• Near Mosul, soldiers and displaced meet at the spa
• Rep. Adam Schiff: Russia 'absolutely' complicit in Syrian chemical attack
• Winconsin Man Sends Manifesto To Trump Saying 'Game Time'
• Indonesia's police kill six suspected Islamic militants
• Man Missing After He Allegedly Jumped Off Cruise Ship on Honeymoon
• Kaine: White House Doesn't Have Authorization to Use Military Force
• ISIS claims responsibility for Egyptian church attacks
• Kremlin, angry at Syria missile strike, says Putin won't meet Tillerson
• Pope raises own mortality in rallying youth to lead church
• Serbian president-elect accused of poll fraud
• 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk: The World's Most Powerful SUV
• Philippine appellate court affirms conviction of US Marine
• Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal
• Behold: The Alexa-enabled smart home controller of your dreams
• Trump’s Humanitarian Intervention in Syria Is Just Getting Started
• Hot air balloon accident in Turkey kills Frenchman; 7 hurt
• U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan amid operations against Islamic State: U.S.
• Teen Dies After Falling Off School Roof While Playing With His Friends
• Iran's Rouhani defends economic record ahead of election
• New York architects are planning this giant electric car charging tower for Shanghai
• Official: Ex-gym employee shoots 2 in Florida, kills self
• A coal museum in Kentucky looks to an unlikely power source: solar energy
• Two new price-crunching handsets from Honor, including top-end Honor 8 Pro
• U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official
• Poland marks anniversary of president's death in plane crash
• Netanyahu says Israel committed to treating Syrian war wounded
• Disturbing video shows man being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight
• Ford hybrid police car: Catches bad guys, saves gas too
• Couple Has 3 Sets of Twins All Born On The Same Day: 'What Are the Odds?'
• Police: Arrest in racially tinged North Carolina arson fire
• Catholic Church in Belgium honors sex abuse victims
• Galaxy S8 vs. iPhone 7 Plus speed test: It’s not even close
• President Trump has 'lightning fast' response to Syrian chemical attack
• India clamps down on Kashmir transport after poll violence kills eight
• Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea
• New Caledonia braces for cyclonic flooding, huge waves
• US soldier killed in anti-IS operations in Afghanistan
• High School Sweethearts Reconnect and Marry After 64 Years Apart
• Trump supporters gather in West Palm Beach and more: April 8 in photos
• Indian police arrest mastermind behind US tax scam
• Tesla wants everyone to know: The Model 3 won’t be more advanced than the Model S
• Ancient Rome treasures discovered during subway dig on show
• Migrants in Turkey pray for return to Syria, work farms to survive
• Witness, cop give different accounts of Chicago teen's death
• Fox to investigate sexual harassment claim against O'Reilly
• Venezuelan protesters clash with police in new demo

Gary Cohn, the not-so-secret Democrat in Trump’s White House, is gaining influence — and critics Posted: 08 Apr 2017 09:48 AM PDT President Trump is reportedly considering replacing chief of staff Reince Priebus, and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn is on the short list.

Teen asylum-seeker ID'd as suspect in Norway explosive case Posted: 09 Apr 2017 08:40 AM PDT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 17-year-old asylum-seeker from Russia was arrested Sunday in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Norway's capital and defused before it detonated, authorities said.

Suspect in Russia metro bombing traveled to Turkey, say co-workers Posted: 09 Apr 2017 05:13 AM PDT (This April 8 story corrects spelling of suspect's family name in paragraphs 26-27) By Polina Nikolskaya and Hulkar Isamova ST PETERSBURG, Russia/OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - The man Russian police believe was the suicide bomber who killed 14 people in a blast on the St Petersburg metro this week developed an interest in Islam and soon after traveled to Turkey, two people who know him told Reuters. The two people said they did not know for sure if the man, Akbarzhon Jalilov, went on from Turkey to neighboring Syria. Turkey has been routinely used by radical Islamists as a route into areas of Syria controlled by the Islamic State group.

Near Mosul, soldiers and displaced meet at the spa Posted: 10 Apr 2017 04:27 AM PDT Hammam al-Alil (Iraq) (AFP) - Hammam al-Alil's sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the civilians fleeing it meet for a rare moment of relaxation. "We fight on the front line and we come here when we get leave," said Sahad Mohammed Jaber, a 32-year-old member of a federal police artillery unit. Hammam al-Alil lies a half-hour drive south of the front line in west Mosul, where thousands of Iraqi forces are attempting to root out diehard Islamic State group jihadists defending their last major bastion in Iraq.

Rep. Adam Schiff: Russia 'absolutely' complicit in Syrian chemical attack Posted: 09 Apr 2017 06:46 AM PDT House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff is interviewed on "This Week."

Winconsin Man Sends Manifesto To Trump Saying 'Game Time' Posted: 08 Apr 2017 10:16 PM PDT A man in southern Wisconsin allegedly sent an anti-government manifesto to President Donald Trump and stole handguns and rifles from a store in Janesville.

Indonesia's police kill six suspected Islamic militants Posted: 08 Apr 2017 09:59 PM PDT Indonesia's police shot dead six suspected IS-linked militants in a gunfight on Java island over the weekend, a police spokesman said on Sunday. Seven men drove up to a traffic police post on Saturday and fired shots at the officers. The seven men then abandoned their vehicle and fled into an agricultural area in Tuban, in East Java.

Man Missing After He Allegedly Jumped Off Cruise Ship on Honeymoon Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:53 PM PDT The ship has since resumed its course.

Kaine: White House Doesn't Have Authorization to Use Military Force Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:20 PM PDT In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) says that he doesn't support military air strikes in Syria because the White House hasn't sought Congressional authorization.

ISIS claims responsibility for Egyptian church attacks Posted: 09 Apr 2017 07:59 AM PDT Two Islamic State militants wearing suicide vests carried out the deadly church bombings in Egypt on Sunday that killed at least 44 people, the group said in a statement on Sunday that warned of future attacks. The Alexandria bombing was carried out by an Islamic State militant it identified as Abu Al-Baraa Al-Masri, while the Tanta church bombing was carried out by an individual it named as Abu Ishaaq Al-Masri.

Kremlin, angry at Syria missile strike, says Putin won't meet Tillerson Posted: 10 Apr 2017 09:31 AM PDT By Maria Tsvetkova and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not meet President Vladimir Putin when he visits Moscow on Wednesday, a move that could point to tensions over a U.S. missile attack on a Syrian air base last week. John Kerry, Tillerson's predecessor, often met Putin as well as the Russian foreign minister when he visited Moscow, and Putin granted several audiences to the Texan when he ran oil major Exxon Mobil before taking his current job. Putin even personally awarded Tillerson a top Russian state award -- the Order of Friendship -- in 2013, and it was widely expected that the former oilman would meet Putin on what is his first trip to Russia as secretary of state.

Pope raises own mortality in rallying youth to lead church Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:37 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged young people to lead the church's future Saturday even as he voiced doubts that he'd be around much longer to see it.

Serbian president-elect accused of poll fraud Posted: 09 Apr 2017 11:27 AM PDT Serbian president-elect Aleksandar Vucic's main poll rival accused the former premier Sunday of "scandalous irregularities" in the election which handed him victory earlier this month. Centre-left candidate Sasa Jankovic, who garnered 16 percent in the April 2 first-round poll compared to 55 percent for Vucic, called for a partial recount. Thousands of demonstrators, mostly students, have gathered daily in Belgrade and other cities to protest Vucic's election, but this is the first time one of his rivals has alleged poll irregularities.

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk: The World's Most Powerful SUV Posted: 08 Apr 2017 09:01 PM PDT The 707-hp Jeep is here, and it's everything we expected.

Philippine appellate court affirms conviction of US Marine Posted: 10 Apr 2017 12:24 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippines appeals court on Monday affirmed a regional trial court's conviction of a U.S. Marine and his sentence of up to 10 years in jail for killing a transgender Filipino, whose heirs he was also ordered to compensate.

Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal Posted: 09 Apr 2017 03:33 AM PDT Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday, spotlighting the threat faced by the rare animals. Officials on Saturday found the male rhino with its horn gouged out in Chitwan National Park, the country's biggest rhino conservation area. "We performed a post-mortem and found that it had been hit by a bullet on its head," the park's spokesman Nurendra Aryal told AFP.

Behold: The Alexa-enabled smart home controller of your dreams Posted: 09 Apr 2017 07:30 AM PDT The ability to control all of your connected devices from your smartphone is great. The ability to control all of your connected devices with your voice is great. The ability to control all of your connected devices from a centralized control panel is great. Now, meet the one device that covers all three of those bases perfectly. NuBryte's Touchpoint All-in-One Family Hub might feature one of the smartest designs we've seen in a long, long time. It replaces a regular old light switch, so it installs anywhere in your home in just a few minutes. From there, you're off to the races — check out everything the NuBryte Touchpoint can do: ALL-IN-ONE HOME AUTOMATION: Make your house a smart home in minutes, one room at a time. Simply replace your light switch with NuBryte Touchpoint. Connect & Protect, from any NuBryte console, or remotely via Nubryte APP. HOME SECURITY: Detract and deter with 100 decibel siren and flashing overhead lights. Instant video alerts to your phone when triggered (with NuBryte APP). Built-in wide-angle camera and advanced motion detection up to 30'. No Contracts/Monthly Fees. SMART LIGHTING: Touch-Free light control, and 5 easy-to-use lighting automation and digital dimming modes. Motion-based on/off, Morning Wake Up, Bedtime dimmer, Night light and Vacation lights. Works with standard dimmable bulbs. INTERCOM: Combine 2 or more Touchpoint consoles for an instant home intercom system. (WiFi) FAMILY HUB: Indoor/Outdoor Temperature & Humidity, 5-Day Weather Forecast, Calendar, Notifications and Event Alerts, Energy Monitoring, and more! Now, with Amazon Alexa voice control with Echo, Dot, and Tap!

Trump’s Humanitarian Intervention in Syria Is Just Getting Started Posted: 09 Apr 2017 04:15 AM PDT But the president might be the last to know it.

Hot air balloon accident in Turkey kills Frenchman; 7 hurt Posted: 09 Apr 2017 05:52 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — A hot air balloon hit a high-voltage transmission line in central Turkey and crashed Sunday near a popular tourist destination, killing a French tourist and injuring at least seven people, the transport ministry said.

U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan amid operations against Islamic State: U.S. Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:55 AM PDT A U.S. soldier was killed while conducting operations against Islamic State in Afghanistan late on Saturday, a U.S. military spokesman said in a message posted on Twitter. "The soldier was mortally wounded late Saturday during an operation in Nangarhar Province" in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. Navy Captain Bill Salvin said in a message on the official Twitter account of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission. The soldier was a Special Forces operator, Salvin told Reuters separately.

Teen Dies After Falling Off School Roof While Playing With His Friends Posted: 09 Apr 2017 07:47 AM PDT He passed away in a local hospital.

Iran's Rouhani defends economic record ahead of election Posted: 10 Apr 2017 03:23 AM PDT Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of formally announcing his candidacy for next month's presidential election. "The Syrian people and army must give a response that makes Americans regret their attack," he said.

New York architects are planning this giant electric car charging tower for Shanghai Posted: 09 Apr 2017 10:29 AM PDT Electric cars are the future of transportation — or at least a big part of the future of transportation — but charging them is still an undeniable hassle. Unlike gas-powered vehicles, electric cars and trucks can't simply get a quick tank full of electricity and then zip off a few minutes later. So what will be the future of gas stations when gas becomes a secondary option? New York's Ennead Architects think they've got a good idea, and it's a giant charging tower that scoops up electric cars so it can move them out of the way while they're being charged. The firm's current concept, which it's planning and brainstorming for potential installation in a new urban center in Shanghai, includes a trio of large towers that will house the vehicles as they're getting charged up. Using modern fast-charging techniques, the cars could conceivably be recharged and back on the road less than a half hour after entering the tower, which would give the passengers enough time to wander around and get only slightly bored before hitting the pavement once again. The conceptual renders are pretty eye-catching, with the semi-transparent towers giving off a very futuristic vibe, but the whole package still manages to feel like some sort of weird roadside attraction which is part of its appeal. The towers have the dual purpose of being aesthetically pleasing while also allowing many more cars to use the facility than would be possible with regular parking and standard chargers. Ennead's concept is still early in its inception, but it's definitely one interesting idea of what the future of "gas" stations may look like.

Official: Ex-gym employee shoots 2 in Florida, kills self Posted: 08 Apr 2017 07:40 PM PDT CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — A former gym employee opened fire inside the facility on Saturday, critically wounding a manager and another person before he killed himself, officials said.

A coal museum in Kentucky looks to an unlikely power source: solar energy Posted: 09 Apr 2017 03:23 PM PDT The tiny town of Benham, Kentucky, was originally built to serve the coal mining industry. Now it's embracing solar energy.  Benham, population 500, will soon get an array of solar panels atop the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum. The decision to go solar is packed with symbolism, but mostly it just made financial sense, the museum's owners said. SEE ALSO: Interior Dept. agency changes website from family visiting park to a giant pile of coal The solar panels could cut the museum's energy costs by between $8,000 and $10,000 a year, Brandon Robinson, a spokesman for Southeast Community and Technical College, which owns the museum, told reporters last week. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is converting to solar power. Great decision! https://t.co/XrEQCdClsa — Al Gore (@algore) April 6, 2017 In the U.S. and globally, solar and wind power prices are plummeting as technologies improve and projects reach economies of scale. In 2016, investors built a record amount of renewable energy for less money than in previous years. Energy analysts say those trends will only accelerate in coming years—even as President Donald Trump begins unraveling U.S. policies to address climate change and boost clean energy.  Trump has also vowed to revitalize the long-suffering American coal industry, though even mining executives say that's not likely to happen, given the stiff competition from natural gas and renewable energy. A bulldozer operates atop a coal mound in Shelbiana, Kentucky.Image: Luke Sharrett/Getty Images"Despite the changes in tone from the new administration, we think solar and wind will expand in the U.S.," said Angus McCrone, chief editor of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  "All signs are that's going to continue," he said by phone from London. Built in 1994, the Kentucky museum is filled with relics from state's coal mining past, including early mining tools, photographs, and a two-ton block of coal. Country music legend Loretta Lynn, who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter," has housed part of her personal collection on the museum's third floor. The solar rooftop doesn't mean this Appalachian town is bucking the black rock that's long been central to its history and economic fate. At its peak, Benham had about 3,000 residents, until coal industry jobs began to dwindle. Men attend a little league baseball game in Benham, Kentucky.Image: mario tama/Getty Images"Coal is still king around here," Robinson, the museum spokesman, told Eastern Kentucky news channel WYMT.  However, the solar switch does show how renewable energy is gaining acceptance in Appalachia and far beyond as it becomes more affordable for homeowners and businesses. "The people here are sort of in awe of this solar thing," Wanda Humphrey, Benham's 85-year-old mayor, told the Associated Press. WATCH: 'Blood on the Mountain' exposes the human costs of coal mining

Two new price-crunching handsets from Honor, including top-end Honor 8 Pro Posted: 10 Apr 2017 03:15 AM PDT The brand's new Honor 8 Pro doesn't have much to envy of the best smartphones on the market, but its price tag defies all competition. The Honor 8 Pro is one of the slimmest smartphones on the market (6.97mm).

U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official Posted: 08 Apr 2017 06:46 PM PDT By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea's advancing weapons program. Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range. The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircraft carrier and will make its way from Singapore toward the Korean peninsula, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity.

Poland marks anniversary of president's death in plane crash Posted: 10 Apr 2017 08:29 AM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Monday observed the seventh anniversary of a plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others, marking the day with wreath-laying ceremonies and prayers — and renewed suggestions from those in power that foul play was involved.

Netanyahu says Israel committed to treating Syrian war wounded Posted: 09 Apr 2017 03:10 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel remained committed to treating war wounded from Syria and reaffirmed his support for last week's US air strike in the neighbouring country. In comments at the start of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu did not specify whether those injured in last week's suspected chemical attack in Syria would be among those treated in Israel. Israel has treated more than 3,000 war wounded from Syria in what it describes as a humanitarian gesture.

Disturbing video shows man being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight Posted: 10 Apr 2017 07:48 AM PDT A passenger was dragged out of his seat and down the aisle of a United Airlines flight after he boarded a flight from Chicago O'Hare to Louisville on Sunday evening. According to eyewitnesses, the airline looked for volunteers because the flight was oversold. When no one volunteered, the airline reportedly selected people at random to be removed.

Ford hybrid police car: Catches bad guys, saves gas too Posted: 10 Apr 2017 05:38 AM PDT Ford Motor Co., which sells more police cars in the U.S. than any other automaker, says it will offer a police pursuit version of the hybrid Fusion midsize sedan, in response to requests from cities nationwide. Police cars spend much of their days idling by the side of a road, and that's where the hybrid has a true advantage, Ford said. Ford said at $2.50 per gallon for gas, the hybrid would save a police department $3,877 per year in fuel costs per vehicle.

Couple Has 3 Sets of Twins All Born On The Same Day: 'What Are the Odds?' Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:58 AM PDT The couple adopted their first two sets of twins.

Police: Arrest in racially tinged North Carolina arson fire Posted: 09 Apr 2017 02:54 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte authorities say they arrested a black man Sunday in what they've described as a racially tinged arson attack on an immigrant-owned store specializing in goods from the Indian subcontinent.

Catholic Church in Belgium honors sex abuse victims Posted: 08 Apr 2017 10:42 AM PDT The Catholic Church in Belgium on Saturday took part in a day of recognition for victims of sexual abuse by priests, seven years after a paedophile scandal rocked the institution. Church leaders and victims of sex abuse spoke to an audience of around a hundred people in a ceremony in the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart also known as the Koekelberg Basilica in the Belgian capital. The event demonstrates the Church's will to "resist a culture of silence", said Cardinal Jozef De Kesel.

Galaxy S8 vs. iPhone 7 Plus speed test: It’s not even close Posted: 10 Apr 2017 06:16 AM PDT Last week we showed you one of the first real world speed test videos to pit the new Galaxy S8 against the reigning speed champion, Apple's iPhone 7 Plus. Unfortunately, we also explained why it was one of the worst speed test videos we had ever seen. None of these YouTube speed test videos are scientific, of course, but some tests are far more controlled than others. In this particular test, the narrator just tapped a bunch of apps and tried to eyeball which one opened faster each time. We were still waiting for some of the more experienced YouTube gadget vloggers to share their speed test results, and now we have a much better test to share. And to be quite frank, the results are shocking. Each year when new flagship Android phones are released, tech fans scratch their heads as they fail to best Apple's iPhones. On paper, iPhones have much less impressive specs, and yet Apple always manages to deliver the smoothest possible user experience time and time again. This year, Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ completely crush Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in terms of multi-core benchmark tests, though they still lagged behind Apple in single-core tests. In theory, that should mean Samsung's new phones might be slower than iPhones at simple tasks, but the new Galaxy S8 phones should be clear leaders when it comes to heavy lifting like launching games and rendering 4K video. According to the results of a new real world speed test from YouTuber EverythingApplePro, that's not the case at all. The speed test video below shows the Galaxy S8 pitted against the iPhone 7 Plus in a number of different ways. While the competition is close at times, it's not close at all in the long run. The most interesting parts of the video show that Apple's iPhone 7 Plus is much faster than the Galaxy S8 when it comes to things like rendering 4K video and launching graphics-heavy games. Anyone who had seen earlier multi-core benchmark tests would certainly have expected the opposite to be the case. Check out the full video, which is embedded below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-2B82B1mg

President Trump has 'lightning fast' response to Syrian chemical attack Posted: 09 Apr 2017 08:27 AM PDT George Stephanopoulos reports the latest about President Donald Trump's decision to respond to this week's chemical weapons attack in Syria.

India clamps down on Kashmir transport after poll violence kills eight Posted: 09 Apr 2017 10:31 PM PDT By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Indian police on Monday imposed curfew-like curbs on movement of people across several parts of disputed Kashmir, a day after clashes with protesters during a by-election killed eight people and injured more than 200. Separatist factions in Kashmir called for a two-day strike in protest. During clashes in Budgam district, police initially used tear gas against protesters who were throwing stones, but then opened fire, killing seven people, a senior police official told Reuters.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea Posted: 09 Apr 2017 10:03 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves:

New Caledonia braces for cyclonic flooding, huge waves Posted: 09 Apr 2017 04:30 PM PDT New Caledonia was bracing for high winds, massive waves, and heavy rain as a powerful cyclone bore down on the French South Pacific territory on Monday. Cyclone Cook had already swept through Vanuatu as a Category one storm over the weekend, causing flooding. The storm was forecast to strengthen to a destructive Category four, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before it makes landfall in New Caledonia on Monday afternoon local time, Fiji's Meteorological Service predicted.

US soldier killed in anti-IS operations in Afghanistan Posted: 09 Apr 2017 01:23 AM PDT An American special forces soldier has been killed while conducting operations against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, the US military said. The US-backed Afghan military has vowed to wipe out the group in its strongholds in the eastern province of Nangarhar as IS challenges the more powerful Taliban on its own turf. "A US soldier was killed in action while conducting operations against ISIS-Khorasan in (Nangarhar) Afghanistan," US Navy Captain Bill Salvin said on Twitter, referring to a regional affiliate of the jihadist group.

High School Sweethearts Reconnect and Marry After 64 Years Apart Posted: 09 Apr 2017 07:06 AM PDT Both of their previous spouses had passed away.

Trump supporters gather in West Palm Beach and more: April 8 in photos Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:51 PM PDT Supporters of President Trump gather outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; participants, one with a dog, take part in the third extreme "La Barjot Run" into the water in Bière, Switzerland; a woman places flowers on a fence after a suspected terror attack in central Stockholm. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)

Indian police arrest mastermind behind US tax scam Posted: 10 Apr 2017 12:42 AM PDT Indian police have arrested the alleged mastermind of a multi-million dollar racket in which callers posing as US officials tricked Americans into paying bogus tax bills, officials said. Sagar Thakkar, 24, was making more than 10 million rupees ($155,000) a day at the height of the scam, which operated for nearly a year before it was exposed last October, police said. Thakkar is accused of calling victims in the United States and berating them for not paying phoney tax bills, threatening them with jail if they did not cough up immediately.

Tesla wants everyone to know: The Model 3 won’t be more advanced than the Model S Posted: 08 Apr 2017 01:30 PM PDT With Tesla poised to begin Model 3 production in just about three months, the company in recent weeks has taken steps to temper unreasonably high expectations surrounding its $35,000 EV designed for the masses. Arguably fueled by Elon Musk's coy remarks about mysterious "reveals" in the future, the speculation surrounding Tesla's Model 3 in recent months was on the verge of spiraling out of control. In a general sense, many people began to assume that the Model 3 would introduce features and technology far more advanced than what is currently available on the company's flagship Model S. Bringing those expectations back down to earth, Elon Musk about two weeks ago indicated the opposite is true, noting via Twitter that the Model 3 is simply a smaller and more affordable version of the Model S with "less range & power & fewer features." For example, the Model 3 dashboard will not incorporate a HUD and will be as sparse as the dashboard we saw when Tesla first introduced the car last year. Additionally, the Model 3 will not feature the "auto extend handles" available on the Model S and the Model X. As far as dimensions are concerned, the Model 3 will be about 20% smaller than the Model S. In effect, Tesla wants current reservation holders and prospective buyers to be fully aware of the fact that the Model 3 will be a lesser version of the Model S in every regard, save of course for cost. Seeking to drive this point home in a manner far more official than Twitter, Tesla this week went so far as to publish a blogpost clarifying that while the Model 3 may be newer than the Model S, it will not be the company's flagship car. The post reads in part: While Model 3 will be our newest car, it isn't "Version 3" or the next generation Tesla. Our higher priced premium models still include the most advanced technology and the best driving experience we have to offer. Model S is the leader in its class in every category, which is why 94 percent of our owners say they will buy Model S again. It has a 5-star safety rating and will continue to be our flagship Model with more range, more acceleration, more power, more passenger and cargo room, more displays (two) and more customization choices... Model S will also continue to be the longest-range vehicle we offer, capable of a landmark 335 miles on a single charge, meaning you can travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco nonstop. Model 3 is smaller, simpler, and will come with far fewer options than Model S, but it makes driving feel effortless and offers a good range of at least 215 miles for our starting model. Indeed, the two areas where the Model 3 will be able to stand toe to toe with the Model S include overall safety features and the option for autonomous driving software. Tesla's framing of the Model 3 in this regard is a smart move. The last thing the company wants is for reservation holders to fork over $35,000+ for a car with wildly outlandish expectations regarding what the car will be able to do. As some folks have opined on Twitter, the Model 3 vs Model S comparison is akin to the difference between the iPhone SE and the iPhone 7.

Ancient Rome treasures discovered during subway dig on show Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:54 PM PDT ROME (AP) — The long-delayed project to extend Rome's subway system has brought treasures of the past to the surface and allowed them to be showcased at one of the city's new subway stations.

Migrants in Turkey pray for return to Syria, work farms to survive Posted: 09 Apr 2017 08:30 AM PDT By Tuvan Gumrukcu REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Ahmad Mustafa fled northern Syria to Turkey four months ago, badly injuring his hand along the way. "We have no hope for Syria at this stage. Mustafa is part of what Ankara says is the world's largest refugee population, many of whom barely eke out a living in places like Reyhanli, a dusty border town in the southern Hatay province that teems with Syrian refugees and where some signs in shop windows are printed in both Arabic and Turkish.

Witness, cop give different accounts of Chicago teen's death Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:33 AM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — A woman has testified that a Chicago teenager didn't appear to be holding a gun when a police officer shot him in the back in 2013, contrary to the officer's account.

Fox to investigate sexual harassment claim against O'Reilly Posted: 09 Apr 2017 05:43 PM PDT Fox News parent Twenty-First Century Fox Inc said on Sunday it will investigate a sexual harassment claim against TV anchor Bill O'Reilly, who has seen several companies pull their ads from his top-rated news show in the past week. The investigation comes after a complaint was phoned in to the network's corporate hotline last week by Wendy Walsh, a former regular guest on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor" TV show, and her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, which the two posted to YouTube.

Venezuelan protesters clash with police in new demo Posted: 09 Apr 2017 03:30 AM PDT Caracas (AFP) - Protesters hurling rocks clashed with police firing tear gas Saturday in Venezuela's fourth demonstration in a week against President Nicolas Maduro and his government.

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