| If Trump’s Comey ‘tapes’ exist, top Democrats want them ‘preserved’ Posted: 14 May 2017 10:42 AM PDT  "We have got to make sure that these tapes, if they exist, don't mysteriously disappear."
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| ‘That’s not who we are’: How a besieged heartland community rallied around its refugees Posted: 14 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  It's an example of how the worst elements on the Internet can bleed into everyday life, and a cautionary tale of how the charged politics of immigration can play out in a community that believed it was doing the right thing by welcoming families displaced by conflicts in distant countries.
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| Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest Posted: 14 May 2017 03:19 PM PDT ![Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest]( "Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest") LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an unarmed man has died after police officers used a stun gun and neck grab to subdue him during an arrest on the Las Vegas Strip.
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| Mother dies saving daughter's life in car crash on Mother's Day Posted: 14 May 2017 11:55 PM PDT  A woman died on Mother's Day after saving her daughter's life by pushing her out of path of an oncoming car. Diane Aluska, a mother of three, saw a car reversing fast towards them and managed to get her 16-year-old daughter Jenna out of the way. "There is no doubt she saved her daughter's life," Suffolk County police Detective Sergeant James Murphy told the New York Post.
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| Quake kills two, injures hundreds in Iran: state media Posted: 14 May 2017 08:23 AM PDT  A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported Sunday, citing the country's seismological centre. The quake, which struck at 1800 GMT Saturday in and around the city of Bojnurd, North Khorasan province, killed a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, ISNA news agency reported. The US Geological Survey put the strength of the quake at 5.8 magnitude, and said it occurred at a depth of 12.5 kilometres (7.8 miles).
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| The Latest: Researcher who helped halt cyberattack applauded Posted: 13 May 2017 06:31 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the global cyberattack (all times local):
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| Candidate Trump and President Trump: One and the Same? Posted: 14 May 2017 01:34 AM PDT  NBC's Hallie Jackson briefs NBC's Jordan Frasier on the latest out of the Trump White House in today's Post Game.
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| Trump gives himself a pep talk at Liberty University commencement Posted: 13 May 2017 11:04 AM PDT  President Trump got a badly needed boost of support from a friendly audience Saturday as gave the commencement address at Liberty University.
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| Full Schumer Interview: Future of the Russia Investigation and the FBI Posted: 14 May 2017 01:22 AM PDT  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined MTP this Sunday to discuss the future of the FBI and the Russia investigation.
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| Police Dog Takes A Bullet For Partner, Saves His Life Posted: 13 May 2017 12:10 PM PDT  The dog is expected to survive.
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| Beautiful Milky Way captured over iconic Dorset landmarks Posted: 15 May 2017 07:54 AM PDT ![Beautiful Milky Way captured over iconic Dorset landmarks]( "Beautiful Milky Way captured over iconic Dorset landmarks") A part-time Milky Way hunter has caught breathtaking night skies right on his doorstep. Stephen Banks— who moved to Bridport, Dorset, from Liverpool in 2011 — has spent the last six years photographing the Milky Way across the county in his spare time.
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| Riding high: Toyota eyes 'flying car' future Posted: 15 May 2017 02:35 AM PDT  Toyota has its sights set on a Blade Runner future as the Japanese automaker backs a move to launch a flying car in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The manned vehicle, dubbed SkyDrive, will have four sets of propellors and -- at 2.9 metres (9.5 foot) long and 1.3 metres wide -- is aiming to be the world's smallest flying car, according to the project. A group of young engineers from the auto and aerospace industries are working on the project, which is being funded by a number of investors including Toyota subsidiaries.
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| Osama bin Laden's son vows revenge on the west for killing his father Posted: 14 May 2017 11:14 PM PDT  Osama bin Laden's son has vowed revenge on the west for killing his father and is set to become the next leader of al-Qaeda, a former FBI agent has warned. Ali Soufan, who was the FBI's lead investigator of al-Qaeda after the 9/11 terror attacks, examined documents seized from bin Laden's Pakistan compound when he was killed by US Navy Seals in 2011. "I consider myself... to be forged in steel," Hamza bin Laden, now thought to be around 28 wrote.
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| School nickname change divides Vermont community Posted: 14 May 2017 12:57 PM PDT  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A move to change a high school team name to be more inclusive has sparked death threats, a stalking charge and likely contributed to the defeat of the school budget twice in a Vermont community that has long supported education.
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| Worldwide ransomware attacks: What we know so far Posted: 15 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Security agencies are hunting for those behind a crippling cyberattack which has so far hit hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, including at government agencies, factories and health services. The cyberattacks started Friday and spread rapidly around the globe using a security flaw in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, an older version that is no longer given mainstream tech support by the US giant. The so-called WannaCry ransomware locks access to user files and in an on-screen message demands payment of $300 (275 euros) in the virtual currency Bitcoin in order to decrypt the files.
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| United Airlines Responds To Protocol Breach Posted: 15 May 2017 12:20 AM PDT  The airline, which became the subject of ongoing public scrutiny recently, sent employees a bulletin warning Saturday saying "flight deck access procedures may have been compromised."
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| Air strikes target Islamic State in eastern Syria, kill 23 - monitor Posted: 15 May 2017 04:24 AM PDT ![Air strikes target Islamic State in eastern Syria, kill 23 - monitor]( "Air strikes target Islamic State in eastern Syria, kill 23 - monitor") Dawn air strikes on a Syrian border town in the Islamic State-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed 23 people, most of them civilians, a war monitoring group said on Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said jets thought to belong to the U.S.-led coalition hit the town of Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State could not immediately be reached for comment.
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| Mom of Ohio boy who killed himself vows he "will be heard" Posted: 13 May 2017 11:44 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself after she says he was bullied at school pledges to speak out on his behalf.
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| Family gets kicked off of a JetBlue flight for a birthday cake Posted: 14 May 2017 01:20 PM PDT  Footage of a family getting kicked off of a JetBlue flight over the placement of a birthday cake surfaced on Saturday. Minta and Cameron Burke were heading to Las Vegas from JFK Airport in New York on Flight 611 on May 3 to celebrate Minta's 40th birthday with their children when an incident between the family and the airline caused the entire family to be kicked off the plane, despite the NYPD admitting to the family that they did nothing wrong. According to ABC 7, the incident started when someone in the family placed a birthday cake in the overhead bin, which is not allowed. The family says that a flight attendant told Cameron to move the cake to underneath his seat, which he did, but claims that the situation escalated when a second flight attendant got involved. SEE ALSO: Royal Jordanian Airlines just trolled America's 'laptop ban' Jersey City family kicked off flight over a cake. @JetBlue says passenger was agitated/security risk. Video appears to tell different story. pic.twitter.com/q0zQzNbHoa — CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) May 14, 2017 "You know, you could see the gestures - then she was pointing to her, did you tell him he couldn't put anything in the overhead compartment? I had approached them, and I said everything was fine, and she said, 'sir, this does not involve you. When she told me I had been non-compliant, then I said 'ma'am, had you been drinking?' because her behavior was not normal," Cameron told ABC 7. Eventually, police were called to sort everything out. In the clip, tweeted by ABC 7 reporter CeFaan Kim the family is visibly upset, and their son can be seen crying over the ordeal. "No one's in any trouble," an officer can be heard reassuring the family. "Daddy, I feel scared," Cameron's daughter tells him. After discussing the incident with the airline staff, the officer then returns to the family to break the bad news. Despite reassuring the family that "no one did anything wrong," the airline forced the family to deplane and rebook their flight. "Unfortunately, you know, they're going to have to rebook everyone." The officer was quick to point the finger at the airline, saying JetBlue requested the family be removed. "I'm sorry!" the boy tells the officer as his voice cracks. JetBlue issued Mashable the following statement. Cameron maintains that he never raised his voice or cursed on the plane and says that his family was never given a definitive answer for why they were kicked off the flight. It's unclear what exactly happened before Cameron started filming, but it appears as if his comment about the flight attendant being intoxicated is part of the reason they were booted from the flight. According to Kim, there is an extended video of the incident, and Mashable has requested he post the entire video to YouTube. The family was refunded for their tickets at the terminal immediately after deplaning. Cameron told the New York Daily News that they were able to book another flight to Vegas the next day, but that they want the flight attendant who kicked them off the flight fired. "She has no business serving the public," he told the News. "I hope JetBlue will retrain their staff and recreate the culture I once loved." The incident follows a string of negative experiences for US airlines after a man was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight last month. WATCH: McLaren has a sweet job offer for the world's fastest gamer
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| Man Sets Himself On Fire While Recording on Facebook Live, Later Dies Posted: 14 May 2017 10:18 AM PDT  His ex-girlfriend was present during the entire ordeal, which took place at her job.
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| Pope Francis says he will stand up to Donald Trump on immigration and climate change Posted: 14 May 2017 04:13 AM PDT  Pope Francis has said he will be "sincere" with Donald Trump over their sharp differences on subjects such as immigration and climate change. The Pontiff, who is due to hold his first meeting with the US President at the Vatican later this month, said he would keep an open mind and not pass judgement on Mr Trump until first listening to his views. "Even if one thinks differently we have to be very sincere about what each one thinks," Francis said.
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| US urges tougher sanctions after N.Korea missile test Posted: 14 May 2017 12:47 PM PDT  The United States called for tougher sanctions against North Korea after it test-fired a ballistic missile Sunday in an apparent attempt to test the South's new liberal president and the US administration of Donald Trump. "Let this latest provocation serve as a call for all nations to implement far stronger sanctions against North Korea," the White House said in a brief statement. The United States and Japan called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, and a meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, according to the UN mission of Uruguay, which currently holds the council's presidency.
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| Log in, look out: Cyber chaos may grow at workweek's start Posted: 14 May 2017 09:09 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Employees booting up computers at work Monday could see red as they discover they're victims of a global "ransomware" cyberattack that has created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear.
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| Apple WWDC 2017 Preview: New Hardware and Software Posted: 15 May 2017 05:14 AM PDT  WWDC tends to be a software-focused event, but Apple may be announcing at least two new devices at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 5. There's a remote possibility we'll get a sneak peek of the iPhone 8, but according to a recent report, there's a much better chance we'll see a revamped 10.5-inch iPad Pro and a new Siri-powered speaker that will compete against Amazon's legion of Alexa speakers.Apple CEO Tim Cook will kick off WWDC 2017 on June 5. The annual conference is Apple's chance to give developers — and the people that buy iPhones, iPads, Macs and smartwatches — an early look at what changes the company is making to its many operating systems.
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| Iraqi forces attack Islamic State in Mosul as battle approaches endgame Posted: 14 May 2017 02:30 AM PDT  U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul controlled by Islamic State militants on Sunday as the battle for the city approaches an end after seven months of gruelling urban combat. The militants have now been dislodged from all but a handful of districts in the western half of Mosul including the Old City, where Islamic State is expected to make its last stand, taking advantage of narrow streets and its dense population. Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul said the area controlled by Islamic State was no more than 9 percent of west Mosul, which is bisected by the River Tigris.
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| America’s wondrous waterfalls Posted: 14 May 2017 03:30 PM PDT ![America's wondrous waterfalls]( "America's wondrous waterfalls") Waterfalls are one of nature's most dramatic features. Some are easily found cascading through our national parks while others are tucked away in quieter corners of the country.
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| Police: Mom hits son who didn't give her Mother's Day card Posted: 14 May 2017 11:07 AM PDT  Police say a woman has been arrested for hitting her young son after he gave a Mother's Day card to his grandmother, but not to her.
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| A suicide at age 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable Posted: 14 May 2017 06:31 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom.
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| Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' face deportation: lawyer Posted: 14 May 2017 05:41 PM PDT  A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday. The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after he initiated one of the largest data leaks in US history. "The decisions are completely unreasonable," their lawyer Robert Tibbo told reporters, saying the procedures had been "manifestly unfair" towards his clients.
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| Only 29% Of Americans Approve Of Trump's Firing Of Comey Posted: 14 May 2017 11:45 AM PDT  46 percent of those polled said they think Comey was fired to slow down the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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| Pope says doubts Medjugorje apparitions are authentic Posted: 14 May 2017 10:25 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis has voiced serious doubt about the authenticity of alleged continuing apparitions of the Madonna in Medjugorje, a once-obscure village in Bosnia boosted by the pilgrim business. "These presumed apparitions don't have a lot of value. Six children first reported visions of the Virgin Mary in 1981 in a scenario reminiscent of famous apparitions in the French town of Lourdes in the 19th century and 100 years ago in Fatima, which Francis visited on Friday and Saturday.
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| OnePlus 5 leak shows specs and price that would make it crazy to buy a Galaxy S8 instead Posted: 13 May 2017 11:34 AM PDT 
If any Android phone is going to topple the Galaxy S8 this year, it's the OnePlus 5. Despite the fact that we're likely months out from an official unveiling of the phone from OnePlus, leaks have been springing from all around the internet for the past several weeks. This week is no different, as a listing for the OnePlus 5 at online reseller Geekbuying's site appears to confirm price and specification rumors.
According to the listing, the OnePlus 5 will feature a 5.5-inch QHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU, Adreno 540 GPU, 8GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, 23-megapixel rear camera, 16-megapixel front camera and a 4,000 mAh battery, all running on Android 7.1 Nougat. Each and every one of these specs also appeared on a leaked image posted to Slashleaks earlier this week, which means that Geekbuying is either putting the pieces together for its OnePlus 5 listing based on internet leaks, or the reseller has its own sources that have confirmed the same information. Plus, Geekbuying lists the price of the phone at $449.99, in line with previous leaks. The one sketchy element of the listing is the image that Geekbuying chose to use. Even though the listing itself claims that the OnePlus 5 features a single 23-megapixel rear camera, the render the reseller has decided to use shows a dual camera adorning the back of the phone. In fairness, recent mockups and leaks have shown the OnePlus 5 with a dual camera setup, but the specs sheet doesn't support it. It'll be some time before we have official confirmation of the OnePlus 5's price and specifications, but for now, it still looks like OnePlus is preparing to take on Samsung in a big way in 2017.
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| Turkey-US: strained relations Posted: 14 May 2017 11:59 AM PDT  From the 2003 US invasion of Iraq to Washington's latest decision to arm Kurdish groups in Syria, relations between Turkey and the US have been tested repeatedly. The two NATO allies often have conflicting goals in the Middle East, and Ankara is now cultivating closer ties with Moscow and Tehran. In September 2011, six months after peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were harshly repressed, Ankara cut the Syrian regime loose and began to back selected opposition groups.
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| French agency warns of more cyber attacks after Renault, others Posted: 15 May 2017 12:36 AM PDT  French government cyber security agency ANSSI said on Monday carmaker Renault was not the only entity hit by the ransomware cyber attack at the end of last week and warned of other possible attacks soon. "There are others," Guillaume Poupard, head of the agency, ANSSI, said. Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary.
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| Mother Arrested After Allegedly Starving Children To Raise Money For Fake Illnesses Posted: 14 May 2017 07:20 AM PDT  Police later determined the children did not have the conditions the mother claimed.
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| Tehran's mayor drops out of Iran election to back hard-liner Posted: 15 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran's conservative mayor dropped out of Iran's presidential election on Monday to back a hard-liner believed to be close to the country's supreme leader, consolidating the opposition aiming to unseat moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
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| Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threat Posted: 14 May 2017 09:26 PM PDT  The dried-out oyster shells lie on a landscape parched and cracked by the sun. This is what is left of Lake Atescatempa, once a vast blue-green body of water in southwestern Guatemala. Now the lake is dying, a conspicuous victim of the climate change that is projected to profoundly and irreversibly affect Central America.
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| Memorable Moments From Sean Spicer's White House Briefings Posted: 15 May 2017 02:56 AM PDT  President Donald Trump suggested he might do away with the daily press briefings at the White House and instead have his spokespeople communicate to the public only via "written responses."
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| Western Digital takes legal action to block sale of Toshiba's chip unit Posted: 15 May 2017 03:11 AM PDT  By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Western Digital Corp has sought international arbitration to stop partner Toshiba Corp <6502.T> from selling its chips arm without its consent, potentially derailing a much-needed capital injection for the Japanese conglomerate. The two companies jointly operate Toshiba's main semiconductor plant but Western Digital is not a favored bidder for the world's second biggest NAND chip producer, having put in a much lower offer than other suitors, a source with knowledge of the matter has said. Toshiba is depending on the sale to cover billions in dollars in cost overruns at its now bankrupt U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse.
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| New Details Emerge In Tad Cummins Case Posted: 14 May 2017 05:13 AM PDT  The former teacher is facing charges on taking a minor across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity.
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| 2018 Honda Odyssey Posted: 14 May 2017 09:01 PM PDT  New parent-friendly features, new infotainment, and more seat-configuration options for Mount Odyssey.
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| The Latest: Damascus neighborhood under government control Posted: 15 May 2017 08:12 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times local):
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| The hotdog identifying app in Silicon Valley is real — and it's pure gold Posted: 14 May 2017 10:45 PM PDT  *** Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched season 4 of Silicon Valley *** How great is it when life imitates art? Much of season four of Silicon Valley so far has circled around the boorish charm of entrepreneur Erlich Bachman and his attempt to make something of the young developer Jian-Yang's octopus recipes app. Bachman hastily invested in the app, thinking it had to do with Oculus — not octopus. SEE ALSO: Everyone is pretty grossed out by a Twitter executive desperately wooing Trump With venture capitalists confused as to why anyone would want an app with eight octopus recipes in it, Bachman seized on Jian-Yang's lack of English by explaining its not a seafood app, but rather you can "see food," pivoting the app to become the "Shazam of food" to secure funding. Once the SeeFood app is built, it unfortunately can only correctly identify a hot dog. Introducing "Not Hotdog." It's a hotdog-identifying app that uses your phone's camera tell if a food item is a hotdog... or not. This very app is downloadable from the iOS App Store (but only in the U.S., it seems.) It does the job too, as per the reports of Silicon Valley fans on Twitter. New app from @SiliconHBO: Not Hotdog Well played, Jian-Yang https://t.co/VfcYLpy6ji pic.twitter.com/78gR1EDdV4 — Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) May 15, 2017 Everything about @SiliconHBO is awesome. #NotHotdog #SeeFood pic.twitter.com/B9cgx9JzFS — Ron Schott (@ronschott) May 15, 2017 Even better, there's even a page for the app on Product Hunt, and thoughts from its maker, Jian-Yang. Jian-Yang's thoughts on Not Hotdog on @ProductHunt #SiliconValleyHBO https://t.co/uYUZeocSJo pic.twitter.com/JPUvbNfCIQ — Romain (@imromains) May 15, 2017 And there's even a hilarious mock interview with Emily Chang at Bloomberg, following the app's sale to Periscope. "I am very rich," Jian-Yang tells Chang. WATCH: @EmilyChangTV chats w/ Jian-Yang about his "Not Hotdog" app. Download it today (really): https://t.co/7N6a1Asfge #SiliconValleyHBO pic.twitter.com/99TBhaiHYk — Tech At Bloomberg (@TechAtBloomberg) May 15, 2017 Seriously, give yourselves a pat on the back, Silicon Valley producers. WATCH: Someone drilled a hole in an iPhone to make a fidget spinner because... the internet
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| Jilted Indian man rapes, kills ex-girlfriend: police Posted: 14 May 2017 02:56 AM PDT  A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said Sunday. Police in the northern state of Haryana said the 23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. "We have arrested two men under various sections -- murder and rape also," Jagjeet Singh, spokesman for Sonipat city police in Haryana, told AFP.
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| Chelsea Manning to receive benefits after prison release Posted: 15 May 2017 05:34 AM PDT  Manning will not be paid by the Army but will be eligible for health care
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