| Trey Gowdy blasts Trump team ‘amnesia’ for Russia meetings Posted: 12 Jul 2017 09:27 AM PDT  "Someone … needs to say, 'From the time you saw 'Doctor Zhivago' until the moment you drank vodka with a guy named Boris, you list every single one of those.'"
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| Rep. Steve King: Build border wall with funds from food stamps, Planned Parenthood Posted: 12 Jul 2017 08:18 AM PDT  Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Wednesday that Congress should pad the budget for President Trump's border wall by cutting funding for Planned Parenthood and food stamps.
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| 1 man jailed, 2 released on bail in tourist beating death Posted: 13 Jul 2017 08:17 AM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Serb man was ordered jailed pending trial and two others were released on bail Thursday after appearing before an investigating judge on the Greek island of Zakynthos in the beating death of an American tourist on a Greek island.
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| Iceberg nearly twice the size of Rhode Island breaks off Antarctica Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:31 AM PDT  A large portion of an ice shelf that was said to be "hanging by a thread" last month has broken off from the Antarctic mainland, creating one of the world's largest icebergs, according to a report by British Antarctic research group Project Midaa. It is measured at 5,800 square kilometers, making it nearly twice the size of Rhode Island.
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| Air Canada jet nearly lands on taxiway in San Francisco Posted: 11 Jul 2017 01:37 PM PDT  US aviation authorities are looking into an incident involving an Air Canada plane which nearly landed on a crowded taxiway instead of a runway at San Francisco airport, officials said Tuesday. The Air Canada Airbus A320 was cleared to land on Runway 28-Right at San Francisco International Airport shortly before midnight on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. "An air traffic controller sent the Air Canada jet around.
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| Woman Arrested After Dead Dog, 2 Other Pets Found in 113-Degree Vehicle: Cops Posted: 11 Jul 2017 11:15 AM PDT  Officers broke the window and immediately began to treat the animals.
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| This Is a Nearly Production-Ready Aston Valkyrie Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:06 PM PDT  This is our first official look at a near-production ready Aston Martin Valkyrie. Wow.
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| Who is Charlie Gard, what is the disease he suffers from and what will the High Court decide today? Posted: 13 Jul 2017 06:42 AM PDT  It has been a heartbreaking legal battle that has captured international attention and drawn offers of support from Donald Trump and the Pope. Now, the parents of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard are preparing for another legal battle with doctors at the UK's most famous children's hospital. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want a judge to rule today that the 10-month-old, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial in the United States. Here is everything you need to know about the case. Who is Charlie Gard? Charlie is a 10-month old patient in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London. On August 4, 2016, he was born a "perfectly healthy" baby at full term and at a "healthy weight". After about a month, however, Charlie's parents noticed that he was less able to lift his head and support himself than other babies of a similar age. Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son Charlie Credit: PA Doctors discovered he had a rare inherited disease - infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. In October, after he had became lethargic and his breathing shallow, he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Why was there a legal fight? Charlie's parents wanted to take him to see specialists in the USA, who had offered an experimental therapy called nucleoside. A crowdfunding page was set up in January to help finance the therapy. Ribbons and hearts tied to trees outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London by well wishers backing a campaign to allow terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to be treated in America Credit: PA But doctors at GOSH concluded that the experimental treatment, which is not designed to be curative, would not improve Charlie's quality of life. When parents do not agree about a child's future treatment, it is standard legal process to ask the courts to make a decision. This is what happened in Charlie's case. What were the stages of the legal battle? March 3: Great Ormond Street bosses asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that life support treatment should stop. The judge was told that Charlie could only breathe through a ventilator and was fed through a tube. April 11: Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing life-support treatment after analysing the case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London He concluded that life-support treatment should end and said a move to a palliative care regime would be in Charlie's best interests. Connie Yates leaves the Supreme Court after a panel of three Supreme Court justices on dismissed the couple's latest challenge Credit: PA May 3: Charlie's parents then asked Court of Appeal judges to consider the case. May 23: After analysing the case, three Court of Appeal judges dismissed the couple's appeal two days later. June 8: Charlie's parents then lost their fight in the Supreme Court. Charlie's mother broke down in tears and screamed as justices announced their decision and was led from the court by lawyers. Chris Gard leaves the Supreme Court after it ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street Hospital Credit: PA June 20: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights started to analyse the case after lawyers representing Charlie's parents make written submissions. A European Court of Human Rights spokeswoman said the case would get "priority". "In light of the exceptional circumstances of this case, the court has already accorded it priority and will treat the application with the utmost urgency," she added. Supporters outside the Supreme Court Credit: PA June 27: On Tuesday, European court judges refused to intervene. A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said the European Court decision marked "the end" of a "difficult process". She said there would be "no rush" to change Charlie's care and said there would be "careful planning and discussion". July 10: Charlie's parents return to the High Court and ask Mr Justice Francis to carry out a fresh analysis of the case. Mr Justice Francis gives them less than 48 hours to prove an experimental treatment works. Why is the case back in court? Charlie inherited the faulty RRM2B gene from his parents, affecting the cells responsible for energy production and respiration and leaving him unable to move or breathe without a ventilator. GOSH describes experimental nucleoside therapies as "unjustified" and the treatment is not a cure. The hospital's decision to go back into the courtroom came after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have "fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment". What did Charlie's parents argue? Richard Gordon QC, who led Charlie's parents' legal team, had told Court of Appeal judges that the case raised "very serious legal issues". Mum of Charlie Gard says five doctors support her 01:33 "They wish to exhaust all possible options," Mr Gordon said in a written outline of Charlie's parents' case. "They don't want to look back and think 'what if?'. This court should not stand in the way of their only remaining hope." Mr Gordon suggested that Charlie might be being unlawfully detained and denied his right to liberty. He said judges should not interfere with parents' exercise of parental rights. Lawyers, who represented Charlie's parents for free, said Mr Justice Francis had not given enough weight to Charlie's human right to life. They said there was no risk the proposed therapy in the US would cause Charlie "significant harm". Ethics professor: If Charlie Gard was my child I would let him die peacefully 01:22 What did GOSH argue? Katie Gollop QC, who led Great Ormond Street's legal team, suggested that further treatment would leave Charlie in a "condition of existence". She said therapy proposed in the USA was "experimental" and would not help Charlie. "There is significant harm if what the parents want for Charlie comes into effect," she told appeal judges. "The significant harm is a condition of existence which is offering the child no benefit." She added: "It is inhuman to permit that condition to continue." A banner hung on railings outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London Credit: PA Ms Gollop said nobody knew whether Charlie was in pain. "Nobody knows because it is so very difficult because of the ravages of Charlie's condition," she said. "He cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise, he cannot move." Interventions from Trump and the Vatican While Ms Yates and Mr Gard said they have been boosted by support from US President Donald Trump and the Vatican, a leading expert has described interventions from high-profile figures as "unhelpful". Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said in an open letter that Charlie's situation is "heartbreaking" for his parents, and "difficult" for others including medical staff, but added that even well-meaning interventions from outsiders can be unhelpful. If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017 The interest of the Pope and Mr Trump in Charlie's case has "saved his life so far", his mother has said. Ms Yates told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Yeah, they have saved his life so far. It turned it into an international issue. "There are a lot of people that are outraged by what is going on. We have got new evidence now so I hope the judge changes his mind." Timeline | Charlie Gard case She said that "sometimes parents are right in what they think" and it is not simply that they do not want to switch off life support. She said the family now have seven specialist doctors - two from the US, two from Italy, one from England and two from Spain - who are supporting them. She added: "We expect that structural damage is irreversible, but I have yet to see something which tells me my son has irreversible structural brain damage."
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| Education Dept. official apologizes for comments on sexual assault Posted: 13 Jul 2017 07:48 AM PDT  The Education Department's top civil rights official has apologized for her characterization that 90 percent of campus sexual assault accusations investigated by the federal government under Title IX stem from drunken regret or the fallout of a broken romance.
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| Policeman pulls over black woman and quickly discovers she is the state attorney Posted: 12 Jul 2017 11:02 AM PDT  A pair of police officers have caught themselves on camera, struggling to explain why they had pulled over Florida's first and only black state attorney. Aramis Ayala, who serves as state attorney in the Sunshine State's 9th Judicial Circuit, was pulled over on 19 June. When he asks what agency she works for, she responds: "I'm the state attorney".
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| Nigerian VP back in Abuja after Buhari meeting Posted: 12 Jul 2017 02:21 AM PDT  Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and will chair Wednesday's weekly cabinet meeting, his spokesman said. Acting President Yemi "Osinbajo now back in Abuja from London & will be presiding over FEC (federal executive committee) this morning," tweeted Laolu Akande. Osinbajo, who has been acting president since Buhari left for medical treatment on May 7, flew to London on Tuesday.
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| Hear the 911 Call of a Priest's Alleged Road Rage Encounter: 'He Pointed a Gun At Me!' Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:33 AM PDT  A mother and son found themselves staring down the barrel of a gun during a Florida encounter with a man cops say was an Episcopal priest.
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| IRS lien shows Floyd Mayweather owes $22.2M on 2015 taxes Posted: 11 Jul 2017 07:35 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The IRS says it's still waiting for its cut from Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his nine-figure payday against Manny Pacquiao.
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| Even some in White House are frustrated by the stonewalling on Donald Jr.’s meeting Posted: 12 Jul 2017 04:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders brought a mixture of defensiveness and obfuscation to her briefing with reporters on Wednesday as she faced continued questions about Donald Trump Jr.'s recently revealed meeting with a Russian lawyer. It's a strategy that has left the press — as well as some in the White House itself — deeply dissatisfied. Since then, there have been a slew of revelations about the meeting — including that Trump Jr. had been told the lawyer would provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to support Trump's candidacy.
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| Best Washers For $800 or Less | Washing Machine Reviews - Consumer Reports Posted: 12 Jul 2017 09:30 AM PDT  How much should you spend on a washer? You don't have to pay $1,500 to get a washer that cleans well. Expensive washers offer a jumbo capacity and extra features, but if you don't need to wash 26...
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| Parents Slam 'Hollow Excuses' From Fraternity Members in Penn State Hazing Death Posted: 12 Jul 2017 10:25 AM PDT  'I don't want to go to jail for this,' fraternity members texted after the ritual
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| Lawsuit claims US has threatened and misled immigrants seeking asylum Posted: 12 Jul 2017 02:23 PM PDT  US border officials have systemically blocked asylum seekers from accessing the asylum process, in violation of US and international law, according to a lawsuit filed by immigration advocates on Wednesday. A collection of legal groups brought the suit, which claims that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have put asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border in grave danger by threatening, misleading or rejecting them.
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| Canadian fisherman killed by whale after rescuing it from a net Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:15 AM PDT  Joe Howlett, from Campobello Island, New Brunswick, has saved dozens of endangered whales after they became entangled in fishing nets. Soon after cutting the last piece of rope from the massive whale, Mr Howlett was struck by the mammal, Mackie Green, of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, said. Mr Howlett has helped rescue around two dozen whales over the past 15 years, his family and friends said.
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| 'Earhart' photo taken years before disappearance: expert Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:34 AM PDT  A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this month is from a Japanese book published years before the famed aviatrix disappeared, a military expert said Wednesday. The blurry image apparently showing a white woman sitting on a Marshallese dock generated worldwide interest when it was included in a History Channel documentary screened last weekend. It renewed interest in the fate of the legendary American and her navigator Fred Noonan who disappeared over the Pacific in July 1937 while attempting an around-the-world flight.
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| Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle: Amnesty Posted: 11 Jul 2017 10:49 AM PDT  By Stephen Kalin ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday tactics used by Iraqi forces and their U.S.-led coalition allies in the battle for Mosul violated international humanitarian law and might amount to war crimes. The rights group said in a report the Islamic State militant group had also flagrantly violated humanitarian law by deliberately putting civilians in harm's way to shield their fighters and impede the advance of Iraqi and coalition forces. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul on Monday, three years after Islamic State seized the city and made it the stronghold of a "caliphate" the Sunni Islamist group said would take over the world.
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| Man Takes His Children on Road Trip With Their Mother's Body Stuffed in Box: Cops Posted: 12 Jul 2017 10:54 AM PDT  Jose Anthony Rodriguez drove around for days with his girlfriend's battered body stuffed inside a cardboard box, police said.
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| Starbucks Is Giving Away Free Drinks This Friday Posted: 12 Jul 2017 11:57 AM PDT  It's rolling out MAJOR changes to its summer menu, too.
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| Russia probe is not a ‘witch hunt,’ FBI nominee Wray tells senators Posted: 12 Jul 2017 08:50 AM PDT  FBI nominee Christopher Wray said that he does not view the federal investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign as a "witch hunt."
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| Police: Man sought in Alabama triple slaying kills himself Posted: 12 Jul 2017 05:45 PM PDT  GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) — A man believed to have fatally shot three relatives, including an ex-wife who had taken out a protective order against him, killed himself Wednesday as officers closed in to arrest him in Florida, police said.
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| Intense video shows elephant stranded at sea being saved by rescuers Posted: 13 Jul 2017 07:24 AM PDT  This wasn't your typical rescue mission. An intense video circulating the internet (a version of which was posted by the Daily Mirror Sri Lanka and embedded above) shows rescuers from the Sri Lanka navy towing an elephant stranded at sea back to shore. SEE ALSO: Elephants run to greet a rescued baby elephant because yes, they are better than us In the video, the elephant can be seen struggling to stay afloat and keep its trunk above water after being carried away by a strong current nearly 16km (9.9m) off Sri Lanka's north-eastern coast. Fortunately, the Sri Lankan navy picked up the elephant after it was spotted by a patrol boat, according to 9 News. Image: MEDIA UNIT HA/REX/ShutterstockThe island country's naval unit then dispatched a fast naval patrol craft and divers to secure the elephant with ropes. It was later safely pulled ashore with the help of two other boats, as well as Sri Lankan wildlife officials. The elephant was likely swept into the sea while trying to cross the Kokkilai Lagoon, which divides two areas of jungle. "They usually wade through shallow waters or even swim across to take a shortcut," navy spokesman Chaminda Walakuluge told AFP. Swimming out so far is definitely not a mammoth task for an elephant, who are good swimmers, with some reportedly swimming distances of up to 48 km (29.8 mi). "Swimming about 15km from the shore is not unusual for an elephant," Avinash Krishnan, a research officer with conservation group A Rocha, told the Guardian. But as elephants burn through a lot of energy swimming, it was plausible that the stranded elephant needed intervention. Elephants use their trunks as natural snorkels, so the fact that the elephant was struggling to keep it's trunk above water seemed to indicate that the animal was in distress. Asian elephants regularly traverse short distances through the water. They were trained to ferry logs between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean, in the 19th century. Before that, elephants often crossed the short distances between islands in the island chain. WATCH: 7 more things you didn't know about 'Planet of the Apes'
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| Wildfires rage in sweltering California Posted: 13 Jul 2017 05:00 AM PDT ![Wildfires rage in sweltering California]( "Wildfires rage in sweltering California") Nearly all evacuation orders have been called off for three major fires across California as dozens of wildfires throughout the West were coming under control. A fire near the Northern California town of Oroville, which drove 4,000 people from their homes was 70 percent contained late Wednesday, allowing all residents there to return. Many of the same people had been forced to flee this spring from the possibility of major flooding from a damaged dam spillway.
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| The Snake in the Lake: Boaters Scared Out of Water by Rattlesnake That Climbed Into Vessel Posted: 11 Jul 2017 01:45 PM PDT  The boaters shared a video of the incident to Twitter in an effort to warn others.
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| 'No Trump zone': Thousands of Paris protesters create area free of the US President ahead of Bastille Day visit Posted: 13 Jul 2017 12:59 AM PDT  Thousands of protesters are preparing to take to the streets of Paris to create a "no Trump zone" for the US President. Donald Trump and the First Lady are visiting France to mark Bastille Day after Emmanuel Macron extended an invitation that surprised many after a series of ideological clashes between the two leaders. The President, who praised far-right leader Marine Le Pen during the French election, said the trip would "celebrate and honour" France's national day and a century since the US' entry into the First World War.
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| China sends troops to its 'support base' in East Africa Posted: 12 Jul 2017 05:40 AM PDT  Ships carrying Chinese troops tasked with setting up the country's first overseas military base are steaming towards the East African nation of Djibouti. China calls its new facility a 'support base' and says it will have mainly logistical functions, however observers see it as a key part of Beijing's plans to expand its global reach through military might. India in particular views the base with suspicion as New Delhi is concerned that China is confronting it with a 'ring of pearls' – a series of assets and alliances across the Indian Ocean and into South-East Asia. A report from the Pentagon recently suggested that China is likely to open a military base in Pakistan, India's main rival in Asia. However, China dismissed this. Chinese sailors on parade China started building its base in Djibouti just over a year ago. It is stationed just a few miles from a US camp, and France and Japan also have bases in the nation, which is about the size of Wales. A report by China's official Xinhua news agency said the decision to set up the base was "made by the two countries after friendly negotiations". The report added: "The base will ensure China's performance of missions, such as escorting, peace-keeping and humanitarian aid in Africa and west Asia. "The base will also be conducive to overseas tasks including military cooperation, joint exercises, evacuating and protecting overseas Chinese and emergency rescue, as well as jointly maintaining security of international strategic seaways." The Chinese flag flies from the ship China's defence ministry said that a ceremony was held at a naval pier in the southern Chinese port of Zhanjiang presided over by navy commander Vice Admiral Shen Jinlong. Neither Xinhua or defence officials gave details on numbers or units of troops travelling to the new base. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing the facility would enable China to make "new and greater contributions" to peace in Africa and the world and would benefit Djibouti's economic development. The People's Liberation Army Daily said in a front-page commentary that the new base would help China fulfil its obligations in ensuring global peace, working with its huge UN peacekeeping force in Africa and its anti-piracy patrols. The Global Times, a newspaper which often takes a nationalist tone, said the new facility was indeed a military base. "We will base troops there," it said. "It's not a commercial resupply point. It makes sense there is attention on this from foreign public opinion." Additional reporting by Christine Wei.
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| Giant, record-breaking Super Soaker can cut through glass Posted: 11 Jul 2017 03:09 PM PDT  Your favorite childhood summertime toy just got the biggest upgrade. Actually, the world's biggest upgrade. Former NASA engineer Mark Rober unveiled his latest mega-invention, the world's largest Super Soaker, just in time for those summer backyard hangouts. This kind of thing isn't new to Rober. He also helped create the world's largest NERF gun last year and the nicest car horn earlier this year. Rober constructed the giant creation with friend, Bob Clagett, with the end result stretching across at seven feet long. The Super Soaker has all the inner workings of a typical Soaker but with "fancier" parts, as he puts it. In action, the super-large Super Soaker can cut through eggs, glass, watermelon, and all other sorts of things. But the nozzle can also be switched to have lower pressure, so you can have the most epic backyard water-gun battle ever.
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| Once-loyal prosecutor emerges as hero in Venezuela protests Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:54 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro who have taken to the streets day after day in Venezuela now find themselves rallying in support of an unexpected hero: the chief prosecutor who helped throw many of them into jail.
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| Sri Lankan navy rescues elephant washed out to sea Posted: 12 Jul 2017 03:30 AM PDT  Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said Wednesday, calling it a "miraculous escape". Chaminda Walakuluge said the navy mounted the 12-hour rescue after spotting the elephant struggling to stay afloat around eight kilometres (five miles) off the island's northeast coast. Divers aided by wildlife officials approached the distressed animal and tied ropes to it before towing it gently to shallow waters near the coast, where it was released late on Tuesday.
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| Man who beat girlfriend unconscious, gouged out her eyes then left her to die has sentence reduced Posted: 12 Jul 2017 05:21 AM PDT  Chile's Supreme Court reduced Mauricio Ortega's jail term from 26 to 18 years, as the court ruled he was not attempting to kill Nabila Rifo when he brutally attacked her. The case has come to be seen as emblematic of the ongoing domestic violence crisis in Chile. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who led the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, visited Ms Rifo in hospital while she was recovering.
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| 'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Goes on Last Hurrah Before Reporting to Prison Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:43 PM PDT  She was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud.
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| Emails Show Trump Jr. Embraced Help Said to Be from the Kremlin Posted: 11 Jul 2017 11:18 PM PDT  Marking the clearest sign to date that Trump's campaign was willing to consider election help from Russia
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| Photographer uncovers Italy’s most extraordinary abandoned buildings Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:37 PM PDT ![Photographer uncovers Italy's most extraordinary abandoned buildings]( "Photographer uncovers Italy's most extraordinary abandoned buildings") A young photographer from the Netherlands has been exploring deserted structures in Italy and has found provocative sights.
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| Russia will retaliate if U.S. does not release property: Lavrov Posted: 11 Jul 2017 11:22 AM PDT  Russia will retaliate in a reciprocal manner if the United States does not heed its demands for a return of diplomatic assets, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. "We hope that the United States, as a country which promotes the rule of law, will respect its international obligations," Lavrov told reporters after a meeting in Brussels with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. This is the law of diplomacy, the law of international affairs, that reciprocity is the basis of all relations." He declined to answer when asked if that meant that Russia would expel U.S. diplomats and seize diplomatic property.
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| Democrat Jimmy Gomez sworn in to House seat from California Posted: 11 Jul 2017 04:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jimmy Gomez was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Tuesday, replacing former Rep. Xavier Becerra, now California's attorney general.
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