| Report: Subject of FBI Probe Kept Advising Trump Team On Russia Posted: 25 May 2017 12:31 PM PDT  Paul Manafort was in contact with Trump's team months after he resigned from the Trump campaign and months after the FBI's Russia investigation began, according to a new POLITICO report. POLITICO's Ken Vogel and Mother Jones' David Corn join Joy Reid.
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| Hillary Clinton: Authoritarian Regimes Attempt to Control Reality Posted: 26 May 2017 02:06 AM PDT  Giving the commencement speech at Wellesley College, Hillary Clinton warns graduates that authoritarian regimes attempt to control reality.
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| San Bernardino attack suspects shot up to 27 times Posted: 25 May 2017 06:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities released a report Thursday detailing the manhunt and shootout with a husband and wife who killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in the San Bernardino attack in December 2015.
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| Man Charged With Trying to Bite Flight Attendant, Jumping Out of Plane: Cops Posted: 26 May 2017 10:56 AM PDT  Tun Lon Sein tried to bite a flight attendant's hand to get to the plane's service door.
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| A day of grief in a city of pain Posted: 27 May 2017 07:06 AM PDT ![A day of grief in a city of pain]( "A day of grief in a city of pain") A native of south side Chicago, Spencer Leak Sr. has watched as his hometown and the neighborhoods where he grew up have been ripped apart by homicides in recent years, the results of an explosion of gun violence police have struggled to contain. Last year, according to the Chicago Tribune, 781 people were killed—a massive jump over 2015 when there were 492 recorded homicides. Leak has more insight into Chicago's violence than most.
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| Texas teacher laughs as she hands out ‘most likely to become a terrorist’ award to 7th-grader Posted: 26 May 2017 09:22 AM PDT  During an end-of-the-year awards ceremony at Anthony Aguirre Junior High in Channelview, Tex., a teacher gave Lizeth Villanueva an award for "most likely to become a terrorist." The seventh-grade student's mom is going great lengths to make sure the teacher gets fired.
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| Sponsors abandon Puerto Rican parade in NY after nationalist honored Posted: 26 May 2017 12:51 PM PDT  Oscar Lopez Rivera, 74, was convicted in 1981 of numerous charges, along with other members of the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), who sought to secure Puerto Rican independence from the United States. Rivera's sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama, and the prisoner was freed this month.
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| Fallen Navy pilot's children hug as remains brought home Posted: 26 May 2017 05:16 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deborah Crosby touched her father's flag-draped casket as her three brothers hugged her in a tearful embrace on the tarmac at the San Diego airport Friday — ending a more than half century search to find and bring home the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Frederick P. Crosby, shot down as a Navy pilot in the Vietnam War.
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| Lawsuit: Zillow ‘Zestimates’ Are Wrong, Preventing Homes from Selling Posted: 26 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT  Zillow estimates values for 110 million homes across America as "zestimates," but many have questioned the company's accuracy, including one homeowner who claims she can't sell her home because of it.
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| Palestinians end mass hunger strike in Israel jails Posted: 27 May 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their mass protest after Israel agreed a deal following weeks of refusing to negotiate, sources on both sides said on Saturday. Some 30 of the more than 800 hunger strikers had been hospitalised in recent days, raising fears of an escalation of clashes with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians hailed the deal as a victory for the hunger strikers after Israeli authorities repeatedly vowed not to negotiate with convicted "terrorists".
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| NOLA Mayor: Monuments ‘Signs of Oppression for 67% of My City' Posted: 26 May 2017 05:42 AM PDT  New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu explains his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city in an interview to air Sunday on Meet the Press.
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| 2 Toddlers Die After Becoming Trapped In Hot Car Posted: 27 May 2017 07:34 AM PDT  The mother said the kids took her keys.
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| How Do Muslims Fast On Ramadan? Posted: 26 May 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Ramadan starts this week, and Muslims across the globe are preparing for the holy month during which they fast from sunrise to sunset.
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| Judge to consider contempt against anti-abortion group head Posted: 25 May 2017 10:10 PM PDT ![Judge to consider contempt against anti-abortion group head]( "Judge to consider contempt against anti-abortion group head") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday he will consider holding the leader of an anti-abortion group in contempt after links to videos that the judge had barred from release appeared on the website of the man's attorneys.
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| Rescue drill turns real as US Coast Guard finds missing Tongans Posted: 25 May 2017 11:40 PM PDT  A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a week, New Zealand officials said Friday. New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre officer Greg Johnston said Tongan police raised the alarm as the US Coast Guard C-130 Hercules was preparing to return to Honolulu following a multi-national rescue drill in Auckland. "The Coast Guard crew spotted the six men in their 12-metre (39-foot) vessel shortly after entering the search area, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) offshore from Tongatapu Island," Johnston said.
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| Trump Is Playing the International Strategy Game Like a Novice Among Experts Posted: 26 May 2017 08:07 AM PDT  An "America first" policy risks leaving America alone.
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| NATO attempts to contain Russia, raising conflict risk: Moscow Posted: 26 May 2017 03:49 AM PDT  Russia on Friday accused NATO of increasing the threat of conflict, insisting attempts by the US-led alliance to curb Moscow have left ties at their lowest ebb since the USSR collapsed. "At present NATO-Russian relations are at their worst since the end of the Cold War," the foreign ministry in Moscow said in a statement. The ministry said NATO was pursuing a policy of "containment" towards Russia that has seen it bolster its forces along the country's border in eastern Europe.
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| 'What you need to know': Jared Kushner Posted: 26 May 2017 11:06 AM PDT  Jared Kushner now a focus of FBI Russian investigation.
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| Day Care Worker Arrested After Death of 8-Month-Old Girl Posted: 25 May 2017 01:46 PM PDT  Leah Walden faces multiple charges related to the death of Reese Bowman.
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| Scientists Watch Star Collapse Into Black Hole Posted: 25 May 2017 01:19 PM PDT  A star suffered an epic fail when it quietly collapsed into a black hole instead of exploding in a brilliant supernova.
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| The Latest: Coroner's office IDs skydiver as California man Posted: 25 May 2017 01:36 PM PDT ![The Latest: Coroner's office IDs skydiver as California man]( "The Latest: Coroner's office IDs skydiver as California man") LODI, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a skydiving death in Northern California (all times local):
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| Turkish Foreign Ministry rejects U.S. resolution condemning street brawl in Washington Posted: 25 May 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected a resolution by senior U.S. lawmakers condemning a street brawl between protesters and Turkish security personnel outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington. Spokesman Huseyin Muftuoglu said the resolution was voted and passed with "a one-sided resolution which distorts the facts" and added the incident, which took place during President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to meet President Donald Trump, was a result of negligence by U.S. authorities.
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| President Trump’s first trip abroad Posted: 26 May 2017 07:45 AM PDT ![President Trump's first trip abroad]( "President Trump's first trip abroad") In contrast to George W. Bush and Obama, President Trump's first overseas trip is a highly ambitious venture. Here's a look at some of the highlights.
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| GM sued over excess emissions in Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra Duramax Diesel Posted: 26 May 2017 07:41 AM PDT  Today's auto news headlines read like a warped version of Oprah Winfrey's infamous car giveaway: "You're getting sued for excess diesel emissions! And you're getting sued for excess diesel emissions! Everyone's getting sued for excess diesel emissions!" We say that because General Motors is now being sued for excess diesel emissions. Fenner et al v General Motors LLC et al The suit filed in Detroit's federal court yesterday alleges that GM illegally outfitted 705,000 pickups with defeat devices similar to those deployed by Volkswagen in 11 million cars worldwide, including 565,000 registered in the U.S. The suit covers 2011-2016 models of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Duramax Diesel. Unlike the lawsuit filed earlier this week against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, this one comes from consumers, not the U.S. Department of Justice. It alleges that GM employed at least three defeat devices that allowed trucks to emit up to five times the legal limit of pollutants while on the road but to keep emissions within legal limits during regulatory tests. Fenner et al v General Motors LLC et al alleges that GM broke a number of racketeering and consumer protection laws. Plaintiffs seek a wide range of compensation, including payouts for lost resale value and buybacks of their vehicles. They're also seeking punitive damages against the automaker. Interestingly, the suit also names German supplier Bosch as a defendant. If the case goes to trial, that could be significant, since Bosch was very closely linked to the Volkswagen scandal. If you follow car news, it probably won't surprise you to learn that plaintiffs in the GM case are represented in part by Hagens Berman law firm, which has been a key player in the Dieselgate settlement and many other auto-related suits. GM has issued a brief statement about the lawsuit that reads, in full: "These claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend ourselves. The Duramax Diesel Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra comply with all U.S. EPA and CARB emissions regulations." It's worth noting that this is one of at least two cases being brought by consumers against GM over its diesel vehicles--the other involving emissions in the Chevrolet Cruze diesel. Our take Who will prevail? We can't say because, much to some of our mothers' chagrin, we're not lawyers. However, we do know that the case puts GM in an awkward position. If the case goes to trial, it might prove GM's innocence, but GM's name would remain in the headlines for months and potentially years. Being associated with a high-profile case related to diesel emissions fraud at this time in history wouldn't do much for GM's diesel sales. That's a real problem, as GM appears to have banked on cornering the diesel market as other automakers retreat. On the other hand, settling this case (and the one involving the Cruze for that matter) out of court wouldn't do anything to exonerate GM. However, in terms of publicity, it might be for the best. Either way, shareholders will want GM to put the case to rest as soon as possible: stock prices took a plunge yesterday after the lawsuit was filed, though some of that value could be regained in trading today.
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| UK hunts for bomber's network amid row over US leaks Posted: 25 May 2017 02:01 PM PDT  Britain hunted Thursday for a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the deadly Manchester bombing as US President Donald Trump threatened to prosecute anyone leaking details from the investigation to US media. London reacted furiously after sensitive details about the probe into Monday's suicide attack, which targeted young concert goers and killed 22 people, appeared in the US press. With the row over intelligence-sharing escalating, a shellshocked Britain held a minute's silence to remember the victims of the latest Islamic State-claimed atrocity to hit Europe.
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| Chinese jets intercept U.S surveillance plane: U.S. officials Posted: 26 May 2017 12:28 PM PDT  Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the South China Sea on Wednesday, with one coming within 200 yards (180 meters) of the American aircraft, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said initial reports showed that the U.S. P-3 Orion surveillance plane was 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Hong Kong in international airspace when the Chinese aircraft carried out the unsafe intercept. One Chinese aircraft flew in front of the American plane, restricting its ability to maneuver.
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| Jesse Ventura's Fight to Legalize Marijuana Posted: 25 May 2017 02:50 PM PDT  The following material contains mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
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| Verizon may have just made the world’s most pointless thing Posted: 25 May 2017 05:00 PM PDT 
Someone, somewhere, deep in the bowels of Verizon's marketing department, has apparently read a study saying that the Internet of Things is going to be the next iPhone. This noble Brand Crusader decided that Verizon should be a Thought Leader in this category, and directed the captive team of engineers to make a Product that demonstrates Verizon's commitment to the IoT. But unfortunately, no one stopped along the way to think about whether this is a thing that anyone will want to buy.
It's called the SmartHub, and it's a 4G LTE modem that turns Verizon's wireless network into a local Wi-Fi network. Verizon positions it as a router for the "smart home," which means it's supposed to connect all your Nests and your Hue bulbs and smart salt shakers to the internet so they can send you endless push notifications. The SmartHub will do that. But you know what else will do that just fine? Your home Wi-Fi network, which comes in over a cable and is probably faster, more reliable, and far cheaper per gigabyte than Verizon's LTE solution. Sure, there are definitely people out there who don't have a fixed-line broadband connection. Depending on the year, about 65-70% of all homes have a broadband connection. But I'm willing to make a purely speculative bet that 99.9% of people who have a $200 Wi-Fi connected thermostat also have a home broadband connection. Statistically speaking, most people who don't have home broadband are either poor (in which case they can't afford smart home gadgets), renters who are moving frequently (who aren't allowed to install smart home gadgets), or old (in which case they won't understand why their thermostat now needs an app). There will be a time in the future, after millimeter-wave 5G becomes common and wireless internet becomes cheap, when you might want to replace your fixed-line broadband with a wireless service. But that day is not today, and no person with a smart home setup is going to run it off an expensive, capacity-limited wireless connection. Verizon did not return a request to explain who the hell the SmartHub is for.
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| Anti-India protests hit Kashmir after top rebel is killed Posted: 27 May 2017 07:28 AM PDT  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — One civilian was killed and dozens of others injured Saturday after massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in Indian-controlled Kashmir following the killing of a prominent rebel commander and his associate in a gunbattle with government forces in the disputed region.
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| Donald Trump's obsession with money means he can never live up to his predecessor Posted: 26 May 2017 07:40 AM PDT  At the same time, 435 miles down the road in Brussels, was his successor in the White House, Donald Trump on his first Nato summit: surly, truculent, ill at ease and looking rather odd, with American diplomats around him looking somewhat embarrassed. Mr Trump had been fawning to Arab Royalty in Riyadh as he sold $110bn in arms to Saudi Arabia and openly asked the Sheikhs of Kuwait and Qatar to buy more American weapons. "Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US and we'll put a stop to that," said Mr Trump, railing about the trade imbalance between the two countries.
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| 3 Homemade Summer Sauces to Put on Everything Posted: 26 May 2017 11:51 AM PDT  This article, 3 Homemade Summer Sauces to Put on Everything, originally appeared on Chowhound.Chowhound
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| China arrests Taiwanese activist for "subversion" Posted: 26 May 2017 08:38 PM PDT  China has arrested a visiting Taiwanese rights activist on suspicion of subverting state power, according to reports. Lee Ming-che, a 42-year-old NGO worker, had been unreachable since March 19 after he entered the southeastern Chinese city of Zhuhai from Macau, according to Taiwan's government. On Friday China's official state news agency Xinhua reported that he was in detention and had "confessed" following interrogation.
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| 3 federal prison guards charged with sex abuse of inmates Posted: 25 May 2017 05:45 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prison guard supervisor charged with repeatedly raping a female inmate who he knew spoke little English and would be turned over to immigration authorities was among three guards arrested Thursday in a prison sexual abuse scandal, authorities said.
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| BlackBerry, Qualcomm decide on final amount to resolve royalty dispute Posted: 26 May 2017 05:56 AM PDT  Canada's BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday that U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc has agreed to pay the software maker $940 million, including interest and legal fees, to settle a royalty dispute. Qualcomm had said in April that it would have to refund BlackBerry $814.9 million, plus interest and attorneys' fees, in an arbitration over royalties for certain past sales. The dispute between the two companies started in 2016 following Qualcomm's agreement to cap certain royalties applied to payments made by BlackBerry under a licensing deal.
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| Fidgeting With The Fidget Spinner Posted: 26 May 2017 11:28 PM PDT  No one's ever studied the impact of fidget spinners specifically on mental health or cognitive functioning. And the related research isn't all that promising either.
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| Sporty 2017 Honda Civic Si Lacks Spice Posted: 26 May 2017 09:28 AM PDT   Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. The 2017 Honda Civic Si has arrived, but instead of the powerful punch of pepper we'd hoped for, it's a little on the ta...
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| US probe finds over 100 civilians killed in Mosul air strike Posted: 26 May 2017 09:05 AM PDT  A Pentagon investigation has concluded that at least 105 civilians died in an anti-IS strike in the Iraqi city of Mosul in March, officials said Thursday, but they blamed the toll on a secondary explosion of jihadist munitions. A US aircraft delivered a single precision-guided bomb into a building in west Mosul on March 17, with the aim of killing a pair of snipers on the second story of the structure in the al-Jadida neighborhood, which at the time was under Islamic State control. "The secondary explosion triggered a rapid failure of the structure which killed the two ISIS snipers, 101 civilians sheltered in the bottom floors of the structure and four civilians in the neighboring structure to the west," said US Air Force Brigadier General Matt Isler, the lead investigator.
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| The Latest: Gianforte wins House race after assault charge Posted: 25 May 2017 09:37 PM PDT  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the misdemeanor assault case against Greg Gianforte, a Republican candidate for a Montana congressional seat in a special election Thursday. (all times local):
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| Brand new Model 3 spy shot surfaces online Posted: 25 May 2017 01:47 PM PDT 
It's probably fair to say that Tesla's upcoming Model 3 is the most anticipated vehicle release in years, if not decades. While new car releases from luxury car makers often drum up excitement, it's rare to see an immense level of curiosity and excitement surrounding the release of a $35,000 car designed for the mass market. And yet, Tesla has managed to create an air of intrigue for the Model 3, a feat made all the more impressive given that Tesla hasn't marketed the car at all. In fact, Elon Musk recently said that Tesla will be "anti-selling" the Model 3, which is to say that it won't even be offering prospective buyers test drives.
Now the reason why the Model 3 has engendered so much interest isn't too hard to figure out. Put simply, Tesla is promising to give users a taste of its luxury Model S for just a fraction of the price, albeit in a slightly smaller design and with fewer bells and whistles. Nonetheless, interest in the Model 3 went through the roof immediately after its unveiling, with early reservations quickly reaching the 380,000 threshold, a feat that surprised even Tesla executives. With so much interest in the Model 3 -- a dynamic partially attributable to the fact that Tesla has yet to reveal what the final version will look like -- it's become something of an activity for Tesla enthusiasts to take photos of Model 3 vehicles out on the open road during testing. Not surprisingly, the frequency with which Model 3 spy shots now seem to surface has increased as we get ever closer to mass production, which Tesla maintains will still begin in July. The most recent Model 3 spy shot comes to us via Reddit and features a white Model 3 with roof racks. The photo isn't terribly revealing but it does give us a really great view of the Model 3's slightly altered front design. 
Some additional Model 3 photos and spy shots that you might have missed over the past few weeks are embedded below. 
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| US-led Syria strikes kills scores of relatives of IS fighters Posted: 26 May 2017 12:22 PM PDT  Dozens of relatives of Islamic State group fighters were killed Friday in Syria in US-led strikes, regime or Russian raids, after the UN urged nations striking the jihadists to protect civilians. Raids by the US-led coalition have pounded IS positions across Iraq and Syria since the jihadist group claimed responsibility for the devastating bombing of a concert in Manchester on Monday. Scores of civilians, many of them families of IS members, have been killed in bombing raids in recent days on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen, held by IS since 2014.
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| South Carolina man who kept woman chained in container pleads guilty to 7 murder charges Posted: 26 May 2017 09:10 AM PDT  A South Carolina man who admitted killing seven people over nearly 13 years while running a successful real estate business has pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder
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