| Clapper rebuts Trump: ‘I don’t know if there was collusion or not’ Posted: 12 May 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contradicted President Trump's tweeted claim that Clapper "and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt" said there is no collusion.
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| Full Interview: Tillerson on Russia, Comey, and His Relationship With Trump Posted: 13 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joins Chuck Todd in an exclusive Meet the Press interview.
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| Holder: Sessions’ new tough sentencing policy is ‘dumb on crime’ Posted: 12 May 2017 10:06 AM PDT  "It is an ideologically motivated, cookie-cutter approach that has only been proven to generate unfairly long sentences that are often applied indiscriminately and do little to achieve long-term public safety," Holder said in a statement Friday.
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| FBI: Tad Cummins Had Sex With Elizabeth Thomas 'Most Nights' Posted: 13 May 2017 09:25 AM PDT  The 50-year-old teacher said the two began having a sexual relationship the night they disappeared.
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| How to Protect Yourself as Ransomware Attack Spreads Around the Globe Posted: 12 May 2017 01:01 PM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Hospitals and other healthcare providers across England were forced to cancel countless appointments and divert ambulanc...
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| Who told Trump he was in the clear? Not us, key senators say Posted: 12 May 2017 01:29 PM PDT  President Trump is interviewed by NBC's Lester Holt on Thursday. Just hours after White House spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump had received assurances from a key senator that the idea of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was a "hoax," a spokesman for the senator, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, denied any such conversation. "Sen. Grassley has not spoken to President Trump about what he has learned in briefings related to investigations into Russian interference in our elections, and he has never referred to the notion of collusion as a 'hoax,'" Grassley's spokesman, Taylor Foy, emailed Yahoo News.
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| $10K reward offered for killer of rare Yellowstone wolf Posted: 12 May 2017 03:50 PM PDT  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The reward for information leading to whoever shot a rare white wolf found inside Yellowstone National Park rose to $10,000 on Friday after a wolf advocacy group matched a $5,000 reward offered earlier by the park.
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| Alarm grows over global ransomware attacks Posted: 12 May 2017 12:22 PM PDT  Security experts expressed alarm Friday over a fast-moving wave of cyberattacks around the world that appeared to exploit a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks came in the form of ransomware, a technique used by hackers that locks a user's files unless they pay the attackers in bitcoin. The scope of the attacks was not immediately clear, amid varying estimates from security researchers.
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| Designer Carolina Herrera laments murder of nephew in Venezuela Posted: 13 May 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Venezuela-born fashion designer Carolina Herrera on Saturday lamented the killing of her nephew in the crisis-torn country, in what authorities called an apparent kidnapping. State prosecutors said the bodies of businessmen Reinaldo Herrera, 34, and Fabrizio Mendoza, 31, were found late on Thursday in a vehicle abandoned along the highway connecting Caracas to the Caribbean coast. "Our only hope is that the tragic assassination of our young nephew, Reinaldo and his colleague, Fabrizio will serve to mitigate the terrible carnage and murders that are committed against our youth in Venezuela," Herrera, 78, wrote on the Instagram account of her fashion label.
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| Warner: 'We would love to have Director Comey appear in an open hearing' Posted: 14 May 2017 06:40 AM PDT  Sen. Mark Warner, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is interviewed on "This Week."
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| Two scientists resign from EPA roles in protest at Donald Trump's climate change stance Posted: 12 May 2017 02:09 PM PDT  Two scientists who advised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have resigned over Donald Trump's environmental policies. Dr Carlos Martin, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, and Dr Peter Meyer, President and Chief Economist of The EP Systems Group, both resigned citing political reasons. Mr Martin posted their joint resignation letter on Twitter, and in it the pair said they felt the EPA was "watering down credible science" by putting politics where it did not belong.
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| The Latest: Officials ID gunman, 2 victims in Ohio shooting Posted: 12 May 2017 07:59 PM PDT  KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shootings of an Ohio police chief and two nursing home employees (all times local):
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| 30 Mother’s Day Quotes Posted: 13 May 2017 09:40 AM PDT  "I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood."
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| Ethics experts alarmed by Trump adviser Carl Icahn’s big bet on biofuels Posted: 12 May 2017 12:16 PM PDT  Experts in government accountability warn that billionaire investor Carl Icahn's status as an unpaid White House adviser represents a serious conflict of interest.
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| Berlin backpackers in a bind: To fund Pyongyang or not? Posted: 12 May 2017 08:38 PM PDT  It's an unusual dilemma that tourists in Berlin have to grapple with -- will getting into a hostel bunk bed help finance North Korea's nuclear ambitions? Backpackers staying at the Cityhostel found themselves struggling with precisely this question after learning that Pyongyang owns the property and is making money from it. Cityhostel found itself at the centre of a storm after German media reported Tuesday that the North Korean embassy was not just the guesthouse's neighbour but also the owner of the prime real estate.
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| Historically black university in Texas cancels Senator's speech Posted: 12 May 2017 02:32 PM PDT  U.S. Senator John Cornyn will no longer deliver the commencement address at Texas Southern University this weekend, the school said on Friday, after U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was booed at another historically black university. More than 800 people signed a petition started by a Texas Southern University student who opposed the university's invitation to the Republican senator to speak at Saturday's graduation in Houston. The petition said Cornyn's backing of DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, among other things, showed that he supported "discriminatory policies and politicians." "We have the right to decide if we want to refuse to sit and listen to the words of a politician who chooses to use his political power in ways that continually harm marginalized and oppressed people," the petition said.
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| Pope Francis makes Fatima child shepherds saints Posted: 13 May 2017 03:05 AM PDT  Fátima (Portugal) (AFP) - Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, were declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis. Catholic faithful from all over the world cheered, filling a giant, 400,000-capacity, esplanade that faces the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, some of them crying -- with many more watching the canonisation from adjacent streets on giant screens. "We declare the blissful Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto saints," the Argentine pontiff said in front of the white basilica where the siblings are buried, two giant portraits of the little shepherds hanging in the background.
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| Europe is freaking out about the US’s proposed laptop ban Posted: 12 May 2017 05:00 PM PDT 
Imagine that! The European Union isn't happy with the prospect of having the US ban all laptops and tablets from carry-on luggage on flights heading to America. Recent reports indicated the US is looking to expand the laptop ban to Europe, and it sounds like the EU is taking it very seriously. Local governments will hold talks on Friday with the US Department of Homeland Security.
According to Associated Press, European governments are "alarmed" at the proposed expansion of the laptop ban. European Commission transport spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen confirmed the talks and said the EU had no new information about any security concerns. Security is the main issue here, as EU countries want to know what new threats prompted the proposal. The US Department of Homeland Security organized a telephone conference for Friday afternoon with "key European partners," including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The conference call is supposed to be of ministerial level, with the French attendee expected to be secretary general for defense and national security Louis Gautier. France, apparently, wants to push back against the measure, saying there's no significant increase in the terror threat. The ban on laptops and tablets wasn't based on a specific threat but on concerns about terrorists targeting planes. The UK mirrored the US decision on banning devices from flights from the Middle East, although each country came up with specific countries for the ban.
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| Officer Buys Groceries For Mom Caught Stealing Food For Infant: 'I Felt So Grateful' Posted: 13 May 2017 09:21 AM PDT  The pair now talk daily.
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| China says all welcome at Silk Road forum after U.S. complains over North Korea Posted: 13 May 2017 01:37 AM PDT  By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China welcomes all countries to a forum this weekend on China's new Silk Road plan, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after the United States warned China that North Korea's attendance could affect other countries' participation. Two sources with knowledge of the situation said the U.S. embassy in Beijing had submitted a diplomatic note to China's foreign ministry, saying inviting North Korea sent the wrong message at a time when the world was trying to pressure it over its repeated missile and nuclear tests.
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| 2018 BMW 2-series: Aesthetic Refresh, Manual Saved Posted: 12 May 2017 01:00 PM PDT  The biggest changes come on the inside.
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| Pope greeted by thousands on Fatima pilgrimage Posted: 12 May 2017 02:54 PM PDT  Fátima (Portugal) (AFP) - Pope Francis called for harmony "among all people" Friday after arriving at Portugal's holy site of Fatima where he was greeted by thousands of pilgrims gathered to mark 100 years since child shepherds had visions of the Virgin Mary. The Argentine pontiff flew into the central Portuguese town on board a helicopter, circling twice over a giant, 400,000-capacity, esplanade that faces the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima to enthusiastic cheering. Disembarking in a nearby stadium, he set off in his "Popemobile" for a journey through town followed closely by hovering helicopters, ending up at the sanctuary where pilgrims from all over the world had been waiting eagerly for hours.
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| Trump weighs further US troops for Afghanistan Posted: 13 May 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier drawing deeply on his cigarette. The headline: "How Not to Lose in Afghanistan." The date: April 20, 2009. More than eight years later, the Pentagon finds itself in the same quandary.
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| Final curtain: Haunting images of abandoned theaters across the U.S. Posted: 13 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![Final curtain: Haunting images of abandoned theaters across the U.S.]( "Final curtain: Haunting images of abandoned theaters across the U.S.") A photographer with a passion for decaying buildings has captured a hauntingly beautiful series of images from theaters crumbling across the U.S. after the final curtain has fallen. Matt Lambros, a photographer from Brooklyn, N.Y., began creating his series of images of abandoned theaters across America in 2009. The eerie but stunning photos show the dilapidated buildings, decaying paint and crumbling architecture — and it's hard to believe these venues were once places of glamour and grandeur.
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| AP Explains: Why ex-NFL star's murder conviction was erased Posted: 12 May 2017 01:14 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The ruling this week by a Massachusetts judge erasing the murder conviction of Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots player who took his life in prison, has angered the victim's family and roiled prosecutors.
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| IS downs Iraqi helicopter west of Mosul Posted: 13 May 2017 09:16 AM PDT ![IS downs Iraqi helicopter west of Mosul]( "IS downs Iraqi helicopter west of Mosul") BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi air force helicopter has been downed west of Mosul Saturday afternoon after coming under fire from the Islamic State group, according to Iraq's joint operations command.
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| Hackers exploit stolen U.S. spy agency tool to launch global cyberattack Posted: 12 May 2017 04:32 PM PDT  By Costas Pitas and Carlos Ruano LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - A global cyberattack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday. Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files. The ransomware encrypted data on the computers, demanding payments of $300 to $600 to restore access.
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| 17-Year-Old Taking Pre-Prom Pictures Mistaken for a Princess: 'She Made My Day' Posted: 12 May 2017 10:28 AM PDT  Kwani Taylor, 17, stopped to tell the little girl that the child was the real princess.
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| Engineer in deadly 2015 Amtrak crash charged with manslaughter Posted: 12 May 2017 04:47 PM PDT  In addition to eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, former Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian was charged with one count of causing or risking a catastrophe and numerous counts of reckless endangerment, according to Shapiro's statement. The attorney's general office did not say when Bostian will be arraigned.
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| Six wounded as mutinous I.Coast soldiers cut off key city Posted: 14 May 2017 08:31 AM PDT  Bouaké (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Mutinous soldiers wounded six people in Ivory Coast's second city Bouake on Sunday as fresh tensions gripped the world's top cocoa grower. Five men and a mother of three children were brought to hospital in the central city of Bouake after being struck by warning shots fired to keep residents inside their homes, an AFP photographer saw. The soldiers took to the streets Friday in a revolt over bonus payments and blocked access to Bouake, which served as the rebel headquarters after a failed 2002 coup which split Ivory Coast in half and led to years of unrest.
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| Genes Play An Integral Role In Aging Process Posted: 13 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Genes are important in a person's aging process, just as in the case of 117-year-old Emma Morano, who was the world's oldest living person.
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| The United States and Turkey Are on a Collision Course in Syria Posted: 12 May 2017 01:34 PM PDT  An insider's view on how we got here — and what Trump can do about it.
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| Woman admits to defacing property on Hawaii mountain Posted: 13 May 2017 11:24 AM PDT  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A woman has confessed to writing graffiti on a Hawaii mountain area considered sacred by some natives.
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| Today is the last day you can get the Amazon Echo at its lowest price of 2017 Posted: 13 May 2017 07:30 AM PDT 
Amazon is now a key player in the consumer electronics industry, with products spanning eBook readers, tablets, set-top boxes, and of course, smart speakers. That last category is the latest one that Amazon is solely responsible for popularizing, and the smart speaker that started it all is on sale right now at its lowest price of the year so far. The bad news is that the Amazon Echo discount you can enjoy right now is part of a Mother's Day sale, and tomorrow is Mother's Day 2017. That means today is your last day to take advantage of this special deal, because the price goes back up to $180 beginning tomorrow. Here's what you need to know, from Amazon's Echo page: - Plays all your music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more using just your voice
- Introducing Alexa calling and messaging, a new way to be together with family and friends. Just ask Alexa to call or message anyone with an Echo, Echo Dot, or the Alexa App.
- Fills the room with immersive, 360º omni-directional audio
- Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even while music is playing
- Answers questions, reads the news, reports traffic and weather, reads audiobooks from Audible, gives info on local businesses, provides sports scores and schedules, and more using the Alexa Voice Service
- Controls lights, fans, switches, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, locks, and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, ecobee, and others
- Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino's, and more
And if you want to spend even less money, the refurbished Amazon Echo is on sale right now, too.
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| Quotes from leaders at China's New Silk Road meeting Posted: 14 May 2017 03:42 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — This week's conference in Beijing centered on President Xi Jinping's "One Belt, One Road" initiative has drawn heads of state and government from 29 countries, along with leaders of global organizations including the United Nations and International Monetary Fund.
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| Why Texas ban on 'sanctuary cities' divides local law enforcement Posted: 12 May 2017 12:16 PM PDT ![Why Texas ban on 'sanctuary cities' divides local law enforcement]( "Why Texas ban on 'sanctuary cities' divides local law enforcement") From his 844-square mile territory of Texas cordgrass marshes and mesquite prairies, Jackson County Sheriff Andy Louderback responded to a ban on "sanctuary cities" in his state with a virtual tip of the Stetson. A number of Texas sheriffs and most major city police chiefs opposed the groundbreaking law signed on Sunday by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
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| Mom Arrested After Allegedly Hitting Child For Making Grandma A Mother's Day Card And Not Her Posted: 13 May 2017 07:38 AM PDT  She also allegedly ripped up the card.
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| Egypt uncovers chamber of mummies, sees life for tourism Posted: 13 May 2017 04:59 AM PDT  By Arwa Gaballa MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt has unearthed an ancient burial site replete with at least 17 mummies, most fully intact, the latest in a string of discoveries that the country's antiquities minister described as a helping hand from the crypt for its struggling tourism sector. The funerary site, uncovered eight metres below ground in Minya, a province about 250 km (150 miles) south of Cairo, contained limestone and clay sarcophagi, animal coffins, and papyrus inscribed with Demotic script. The burial chamber was first detected last year by a team of Cairo University students using radar.
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| France's Macron meets supporters ahead of inauguration Posted: 13 May 2017 10:56 AM PDT  French president-elect Emmanuel Macron met party supporters Saturday on the eve of his inauguration and told candidates contesting key parliamentary elections next month that they had an "immense responsibility". The 39-year-old, who beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a second round vote last week, was received "triumphantly" according to tweets by those attending the meeting. "You are the new faces of French politics," they quoted him as saying.
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