| Trump Camp Dismisses Russia Probe, Yet Panics Posted: 10 May 2017 02:12 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow recounts the instances in which the Donald Trump administration tried to block or derail the Trump-Russia investigation and wonders why they bothered if Trump's claim that there's nothing to the story is true.
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| Measuring the glaciers of Glacier National Park, and watching them disappear Posted: 10 May 2017 01:14 PM PDT  The glaciers in Glacier National Park are majestic, but they're shrinking. Scientists, residents, and visitors all feel a sense of loss.
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| The Latest: Former Rep. Brown found guilty in charity scam Posted: 11 May 2017 11:25 AM PDT  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the fraud trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (all times local):
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| Republican lawmaker key to health bill's passage lambasted at town hall Posted: 11 May 2017 06:37 AM PDT  A constituent asks a question of Tom MacArthur at the tumultuous town hall. Tom MacArthur, the New Jersey congressman who has been celebrated in conservative circles for helping pass the Republican healthcare bill, came back down to earth with a bang on Wednesday night when he was booed, heckled and generally chastised during a nearly five-hour town hall meeting. In Willingboro, hundreds showed up to lambast MacArthur, most fuelled by their congressman's intervention to revive the ailing American Health Care Act (AHCA).
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| Trump says he’s getting ‘A’s and A-pluses’ on foreign policy Posted: 11 May 2017 09:17 AM PDT  In an interview with Time magazine, Trump said ISIS must be humiliated and discussed his overall foreign policy performance so far.
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| Woman Forced To Urinate In Cup During Flight Posted: 10 May 2017 11:25 AM PDT  A Kansas City woman claims that she was forced to urinate in a cup aboard a United Airlines flight.
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| Twenty-four Chibok girls to return to school: Nigerian officials Posted: 12 May 2017 12:04 AM PDT  The 82 girls freed by Boko Haram on Saturday after being held captive for three years are still waiting to be reunited with their families, while all the girls found last year will be heading back to school in September, Nigerian officials said. For more than two years there was no sign of the girls.
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| Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets Trump, and laughs off allegations of election meddling Posted: 10 May 2017 01:42 PM PDT  Lavrov told reporters at the Russian Embassy that he did not talk with Trump about the accusations Moscow meddled in last year's U.S. presidential election.
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| Motorcyclist Miraculously Survives Fiery Crash Into Dump Truck Posted: 11 May 2017 06:18 AM PDT  Chinese CCTV footage shows the terrifying collision.
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| Pope starts pilgrimage to Fatima where thousands await Posted: 12 May 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Fátima (Portugal) (AFP) - Pope Francis arrived in Portugal Friday to join hundreds of thousands of expectant pilgrims in Fatima, the holy site where child shepherds had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago. The Argentine pontiff landed at a military base north of Lisbon to wild applause some 40 kilometres (25 miles) away in Fatima where Catholic faithful watched the arrival of his plane live on giant screens. "This trip is special, it's a trip of prayer and a meeting with God and the Holy Mother of God," he told reporters on the plane, whose pilots put up a small Portuguese flag outside the cockpit on landing, followed by that of the Vatican.
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| Reaction to Comey firing within the FBI Posted: 11 May 2017 01:34 PM PDT  ABC News security contributors Steve Gomez and John Cohen give the internal reaction to the FBI director's firing.
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| Mexican activist who took on drug cartels that killed her daughter murdered in her home Posted: 12 May 2017 02:19 AM PDT  A Mexican activist who pioneered a support network for the parents of missing children has been murdered by gunmen who invaded her home. Miriam Rodriguez Martinez founded a local group of 600 families searching for their relatives five years ago after her daughter Karen was kidnapped and killed by the Los Zetas drug cartel. Mrs Rodriguez lived in the municipality of San Fernando, one of the most crime-ridden areas in Mexico with the highest rate of kidnappings.
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| Helicopter crew warns paddle-boarders about nearby sharks Posted: 11 May 2017 10:52 PM PDT  DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff's helicopter crew warned a group of paddle-boarders to get out of the ocean after spotting more than a dozen great white sharks along the Southern California coast.
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| Photographer captures stunning tulip fields Posted: 12 May 2017 08:13 AM PDT ![Photographer captures stunning tulip fields]( "Photographer captures stunning tulip fields") Professional photographer Albert Dros took these stunning pictures of tulip fields in the Netherlands because he wanted to show the beauty of his country. Dros said: "The flower season started very early in the Netherlands this year because of warm weather, almost one month earlier than the last two years. The flower season in the Netherlands always offers great photo opportunities.
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| Trump’s real undoing may be the creeping fatigue Posted: 11 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Americans want a reordering of the political system. But we appreciate normalcy, too. And if we sought less drama, Trump Tower wasn't the place to look.
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| United Airlines Cancels Man's Flight For Recording Confrontation Posted: 11 May 2017 07:27 AM PDT  "You do not have my permission to videotape," the woman says before adding, "What's his name? Cancel the reservation."
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| White House says Comey committed ‘atrocities’ as FBI director Posted: 10 May 2017 01:24 PM PDT  The deputy press secretary had some trouble explaining why Donald Trump favored FBI Director James Comey last fall but decided to fire him this week.
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| The iPhone 8 We've Been Waiting for Looks Like This Posted: 12 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  New renders are providing a good glimpse of what the iPhone 8 could look like. The renders originated at Gear India and were touted by the Twitter account of well-regarded leaker OnLeaks. In a follow-up tweet, OnLeaks noted that he can't confirm the renders are "100% accurate." Gear India also notes that Apple is reportedly considering several different designs for the iPhone 8 and that this render could be a prototype that ultimately doesn't make the cut.
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| OPEC wants 'collective efforts' to counter US oil output Posted: 11 May 2017 04:28 AM PDT  OPEC said Thursday that oil producers needed to make more joint efforts to match supply and demand in the oil market in the face of rising output in the United States. Ahead of a May 25 meeting of the cartel where its members and Russia are expected to roll over an agreement to cut production, OPEC said in its monthly market report that common policies were needed for market stability. While decreased stocks and an improving global economy were supporting oil demand, "continued rebalancing in the oil market by year-end will require the collective efforts of all oil producers to increase market stability," OPEC said.
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| Middle School Teacher Suspected of Sex With Student Kills Herself in Front of Police Posted: 11 May 2017 11:18 AM PDT  Gretchen Krohnfeldt, 47, was a mother of three.
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| China simulates extended moon stays amid space drive Posted: 10 May 2017 06:02 PM PDT  China is testing the ability for future astronauts to stay on the moon for extended periods, as Beijing accelerates its space program and looks to put people on the surface of the moon within the next two decades. The official Xinhua news agency said volunteers would live in a "simulated space cabin" for between 60-200 days over the next year helping scientists understand what will be needed for humans to "remain on the moon in the medium and long terms". Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for China to become a global power in space exploration, with plans to send a probe to the dark side of the moon by 2018, the first ever such trip, and to put astronauts on the moon by 2036.
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| North Korea says it has right to 'ruthlessly punish' captured American citizens Posted: 11 May 2017 06:45 AM PDT  North Korea has said it has the right to "ruthlessly punish" American citizens it has detained for allleged crimes against the government. Citing North Korea's KCNA news agency, Reuters said the government had declared the crimes the Americans had been accused of would soon be announced. North Korea, or properly the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said it had detained Kim Hak Song, who worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, last Saturday.
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| The Latest: Syrian Kurds take largest dam, town from IS Posted: 10 May 2017 10:13 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times local):
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| The Future Of Confederate Monuments In New Orleans And The Rest Of The US Posted: 11 May 2017 05:47 AM PDT  There are pitfalls in eliminating memorials to the Confederacy.
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| The Latest: White House says Trump pressed envoy on Syria Posted: 10 May 2017 10:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Washington visit of Russian's top diplomat for meetings with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (all times local):
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| Betsy DeVos met by boos at a graduation ceremony Posted: 10 May 2017 12:03 PM PDT  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did not receive a warm welcome from every graduating senior at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. Many in the crowd booed and turned their backs on DeVos during her commencement speech.
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| A mother, a son and a bunch of silly chicks Posted: 11 May 2017 07:50 AM PDT ![A mother, a son and a bunch of silly chicks]( "A mother, a son and a bunch of silly chicks") A mother and son team up to find their chicks a home through the power of photography, creating hysterical portraits of chicks doing silly things.
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| Jihadists snaring starving civilians in Mosul death trap Posted: 11 May 2017 03:50 AM PDT  Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding doors shut on starving families to prevent the population from fleeing, residents say. Iraqi forces are closing in fast on the Old City and its narrow streets, where the Islamic State group is expected to focus its significantly depleted military capabilities. The most violent group in modern jihad has repeatedly resorted to human shields to cover its movements but in Mosul the jihadists appear to be taking the tactic to new levels.
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| Guantánamo detainee to testify on 'unspeakable torture' by CIA agents Posted: 10 May 2017 01:10 PM PDT  Abu Zubaydah was not charged by the US despite being held captive for 15 years at Guantánamo Bay. Abu Zubaydah, the Guantánamo detainee who endured some of the most brutal CIA interrogation techniques in the post-9/11 era including waterboarding, has waived his immunity in order to testify at an upcoming hearing at which he will seek to expose "the unspeakable torture of an innocent man". Zubaydah is set to testify at a pre-trial hearing of the Guantánamo war court that is scheduled to open on 19 May as a precursor to the long-delayed military trial of the five men accused of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
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| A Bible and a cell: a new life for Jakarta's high-flying Christian governor Posted: 11 May 2017 01:43 AM PDT  By Ed Davies JAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta's once hugely popular governor is being held in a simple room at a high-security detention center, his only comforts a Bible and visitors twice a week. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama was hurriedly transferred to the high-security police facility in a suburb of the city early on Wednesday after his supporters surrounded the Jakarta jail he was initially sent to. "The religious people have been saying in the mosques that his blood is haram (forbidden) and that killing him is good," Fifi Lety Indra, the sister and head of his legal team, told Reuters.
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| Flying to Europe? You Might Want to Encrypt Your Laptop First Posted: 11 May 2017 02:48 PM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. With the start of the summer travel season looming, the Department of Homeland Security is considering extending a ban o...
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| Judge orders Trump team to hand over fresh travel ban drafted by Rudy Giuliani Posted: 12 May 2017 02:50 AM PDT  A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to hand over a memo drafted with guidance from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani outlining a proposed new travel ban designed to be more "palatable" to the public as well as legally sound. The latest draft is designed so that it does not obviously target Muslims, in the way that the first controversial ban – ruled unlawful by several judges – was considered to do. Mr Giuliani, a lawyer, is currently an informal adviser on matters of security to the White House and played a leading role in Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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| United Passenger Captures Confrontation With Ticket Agent After He's Charged $300 for Excess Baggage Posted: 10 May 2017 02:30 PM PDT  The worker is heard saying, "You do not have my permission to videotape."
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| White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing on May 10, 2017 Posted: 10 May 2017 11:42 AM PDT  On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing with the White House press corp.
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| Trump's Approval Rating Dips Again After Comey Firing Posted: 11 May 2017 08:01 AM PDT  The president's firing of FBI director James Comey prompted backlash from many Democratic Party officials.
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| China's 'Silk Road' stirs unease over its strategic goals Posted: 11 May 2017 08:07 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — In a mountain valley in Kashmir, plans are under way for Chinese engineers guarded by Pakistani forces to expand the lofty Karakoram Highway in a project that is stirring diplomatic friction with India.
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| Authorities Investigate 8-Year-Old Boy's Suicide After Video Shows He Was Bullied Days Earlier: Cops Posted: 12 May 2017 06:29 AM PDT  An Ohio coroner is reopening the case of Gabe Taye, who killed himself in January.
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| Fatima readies to welcome pope under tight security Posted: 11 May 2017 07:30 AM PDT  Fátima (Portugal) (AFP) - Thousands of police on alert, border controls tightened, anti-drone measures: Portugal is taking no chances with security ahead of a pilgrimage by Pope Francis to the famous shrine of Fatima. The head of Roman Catholic Church will arrive on Friday at the site where 100 years ago apparitions of the Virgin Mary were reported by two child shepherds who the pope will canonise as saints. Pilgrims began arriving Thursday for the event, going through security controls at various access points to the giant esplanade facing the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima.
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| Amtrak to hire private company to manage New York Penn Station concourse Posted: 11 May 2017 01:33 PM PDT  Amtrak said on Thursday that it plans to hire a private company to manage the concourse-level areas it controls in New York's outdated and overcrowded Pennsylvania Station. Amtrak will create a new development entity tasked with selecting a management firm for its concourse areas, President Wick Moorman said at a New York State Assembly committee hearing in Manhattan.
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| Russian fighter jet 'greets' US Navy aircraft by flying past just 20ft away Posted: 12 May 2017 04:17 AM PDT  A Russian fighter jet came within 20 feet of a US Navy aircraft in the Black Sea, according to a Navy spokesperson. The Russian Su-27 approached the P-US 8A Poseidon aircraft that was "conducting routine operations in international airspace," US Naval Forces Europe spokeswoman Captain Pamela Kunze said. Capt Kunze said the interaction had been considered "safe and professional" by US Navy commanders in charge of the mission.
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| South Korea recalls Hyundai cars, asks probe on cover-up Posted: 12 May 2017 05:28 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea ordered Hyundai and Kia on Friday to recall 240,000 vehicles to repair five defects initially raised by a whistleblower, in the country's first compulsory recall for a domestic carmaker.
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| Is Mexico really the second-deadliest country in the world? Posted: 11 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Parts of Mexico have suffered horrific violence since the then president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on organized crime a decade ago. The headlines were as stark as they were shocking: Mexico is the second-deadliest country in the world. According to an annual survey by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Mexico in 2016 was more violent than war zones such as Afghanistan or Yemen, with a death toll surpassed only by that of Syria.
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| US-backed forces prepare for final push on IS-held Raqa Posted: 12 May 2017 08:38 AM PDT  US-backed fighters said Friday they were preparing for a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, likely next month, with new weapons and armoured vehicles promised by Washington. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) earlier this week captured the city of Tabqa and an adjacent dam, a major prize in the offensive for Raqa, the Syrian heart of IS's self-proclaimed "caliphate". "The attack on Raqa will take place in the beginning of the summer," SDF commander Rojda Felat told AFP in Tabqa, which lies on the banks of the Euphrates River about 55 kilometres (34 miles) west of Raqa.
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| Huge rotting sea creature that washed ashore is horrifyingly turning the water red Posted: 12 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Something has washed up on the shore of an Indonesian island. It's huge, it's floating — and it's rotting. A large 15m (49.2 ft) long sea creature was discovered off Hulung Beach, on Seram Island, Indonesia. SEE ALSO: Huge snake falls through gym's ceiling because even indoors isn't safe The creature was discovered by 37-year-old local resident Asrul Tuanakota, reports the Jakarta Globe . Tuanakota initially mistook the huge blob for a stranded boat. Photos and videos of the sea creature have gone viral, and its identity has stumped many locals. People have speculated that it could be a giant squid, or a sperm whale. Giant squid can grow up till 13m (42 ft) long, while sperm whales average 16m (52 ft) in length. Several videos posted by a local villager show the sea creature slowly disintegrating in the water, turning it a dark red: A group of marine scientists were reportedly scheduled to take samples of the creature on Thursday, according to Detik. Residents have since flocked to see the giant carcass, which was estimated to have died more than three days ago. A local military command is keeping watch on the carcass, while residents have asked authorities to help remove the remains so it doesn't contaminate the surrounding area. Expert: It's a baleen whale Marcus Chua, a museum officer at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum told Mashable that the carcass appears to be that of a baleen whale, a subgroup of whales that include humpback whales and minke whales. "[Based] on the images and videos, in the advanced stage of decomposition it is not possible to determine whether that is a humpback whale or not," Chua, who is also a curator of mammals and birds at the National University of Singapore-affiliated museum, added. The carcass is unlikely to be a giant squid, as there has been no record of giant squid from Indonesian waters, he added. When large sea creatures like humpback whales die, they end up floating around at sea, and may be eaten by scavengers like sharks. "Those that hit the shores either decompose along beaches, or may be removed by humans if they are perceived to be a health hazard or for scientific research," Chua said. WATCH: A humpback whale emerges from the water — inches away from a paddleboat
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