| Senate GOP moves forward on health care bill in dramatic procedural vote Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:37 PM PDT  Over the sound of protesters crying "kill the bill," 50 Republican senators cast their votes to begin to debate repealing Obamacare on a razor-thin margin Tuesday afternoon. John McCain cast a decisive vote.
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| Imagining Trump’s big, beautiful wall. You might have to. Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:33 AM PDT  The ever-evolving vision for the wall President Trump wants to build along the border with Mexico got some new details earlier this month, the latest in the growing list of specifications for meeting Trump's signature campaign promise — which is still in need of a source of funding.
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| Ohio executes man after delays over lethal injection drugs Posted: 26 Jul 2017 08:35 AM PDT ![Ohio executes man after delays over lethal injection drugs]( "Ohio executes man after delays over lethal injection drugs") Ronald Phillips was pronounced dead at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville at 10:43 a.m. EDT (1443 GMT), the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in a statement. The execution and had been delayed multiple times as a court fight plays out over the state's use of a drug mixture for lethal injections. The U.S. Supreme Court had denied appeals from Phillips late on Tuesday.
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| Surface Water Seen Trapped in Rocks on the Moon Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:59 AM PDT  And there just might be enough for a moon base.
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| Passengers Stranded In Vegas, Stay In Vegas Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:42 AM PDT  Allegiant Air left over 200 passengers in Las Vegas for four days after a canceled Oklahoma City-bound flight.
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| McCain: ‘I will not vote for this bill as it is today’ Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:12 PM PDT  A week after his brain cancer diagnosis, Sen. John McCain returned to Washington to cast a crucial vote to begin debate on the GOP health care legislation.
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| Boy Scouts defend inviting Trump amid backlash over president’s rambling speech Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:30 AM PDT  The Boy Scouts said it is a tradition to invite the commander in chief to its annual jamboree, defending its decision after Trump delivered a highly political 38-minute address to nearly 40,000 Scouts in West Virginia.
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| No Air, No Water: Surviving Immigrant Recalls Tractor-Trailer Horror The Killed 10 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:31 AM PDT  Adan Lara Vega said screaming children begged for water but received none.
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| Russia deploys forces to police Syria safe zones Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:02 AM PDT  Russia has deployed military police to monitor two safe zones being established in Syria, it was announced on Monday, with officials touting it as a new era of US cooperation. Senior commander Sergei Rudskoi said Russian forces had set up checkpoints and observation posts around a zone in the south-west and in another covering Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus. The two areas are part of a broader Moscow-backed plan to create four "de-escalation zones" in rebel-held parts of Syria.
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| Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations Posted: 26 Jul 2017 08:34 AM PDT ![Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations]( "Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations") French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday.
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| Who is Charlie Gard, what is the disease he suffers from and what has been decided? Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:30 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 have ended their legal battle over treatment for their son. Their lawyer said that recent scans had confirmed that damage to Charlie's muscle and tissue was irreversible and said "it is now too late to treat Charlie". The couple felt that continuing their fight would cause Charlie pain. Great Ormond Street Hospital will now give the parents some precious final hours with their son before withdrawing the ventilator that keeps him alive. 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, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, 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. July 24: Charlie's parents withdraw their request to change the original court order. The baby will have his life support switched off in the next few days. Why was 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". Charlie's parents have now decided to end their legal battle. Grant Armstrong, the parents lawyer, told the court: "for Charlie it is too late." 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". However, Miss Yates and Mr Gard have now acknowledged that the therapy could not help their son get better. Their lawyer, Grant Armstrong, told the court that the delay in offering treatment to Charlie had meant he had no prospect of getting better. Mr Armstrong said damage to Charlie's muscle and tissue was irreversible. "The parents' worst fears have been confirmed," he said "It is now too late to treat Charlie." 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 on July 10: "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 had seven specialist doctors - two from the US, two from Italy, one from England and two from Spain - 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." The parents have now acknowledged that the therapy they were seeking could not help their son get better. Their lawyer said the couple felt that continuing their fight would cause Charlie pain.
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| AP: Brazilians detail abuses by US church, shattered lives Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:35 PM PDT  SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS, Brazil (AP) — At the Word of Faith Fellowship churches in the Brazilian cities of Sao Joaquim de Bicas and Franco da Rocha, the signs of broken families are everywhere: parents separated from their children, siblings who no longer speak, grandparents who wonder if they will ever know their grandchildren.
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| Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Specs Leaked Live; Release Date Not Yet Announced Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:47 AM PDT  New live leak shows Galaxy S8 Active similarities to Galaxy S8.
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| Venezuelan agents seize two more court appointees: opposition Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:46 PM PDT  By Anggy Polanco and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Two more people named to an alternative Supreme Court in defiance of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government were arrested on Wednesday by intelligence agents during a fast-escalating political showdown, the opposition said. Jesus Rojas and Zuleima Gonzalez were seized in central Anzoategui state after another appointee, Angel Zerpa, was arrested at the weekend, the opposition-led National Assembly said. Venezuela's majority-backed opposition is demanding Maduro abandon a Sunday election to create a controversial congress with powers to rewrite the country's constitution and override all other institutions.
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| Lebanese prime minister stays silent as Donald Trump mistakenly says he is fighting Hezbollah Posted: 26 Jul 2017 12:32 AM PDT  Questions have once again been raised over US President Donald Trump's grasp on foreign policy after he appeared to misunderstand the role played by Lebanese militant organisation Hezbollah in the Middle East's complex geopolitics. During a news conference with Lebanese President Saad al-Hariri in the White House's Rose Garden on Tuesday, Mr Trump was asked about his position on the Shia group. "The prime minister and I have just concluded an extensive conversation about the challenges and opportunities facing Lebanon and its neighbours," Trump said.
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| Plane Covered in Nazi Design Lands on Georgia Highway Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:59 AM PDT  The pilot said the Messerschmitt BF 109 design was "just for fun."
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| Progress with Russia over air-defence system: Erdogan Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:37 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced progress in talks to get Russia to supply its latest S-400 air-defence system to Ankara. "We have signed with Russia. God willing, we will see S-400s in our country," Erdogan said in a speech to his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers in parliament.
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| Truck Driver Accused of Smuggling Immigrants Could Face the Death Penalty Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:36 PM PDT  At least 10 people in the truck have died
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| Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes Posted: 26 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes]( "Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes") When Evelyn Lee was applying to colleges as a high school senior, she knew that she would need financial aid to be able to afford to go. At 108 questions, the FAFSA is longer than a 1040 tax form, with questions about student and parent income, savings, family make up, number of students in college and more. "It can seem terribly intrusive , and it can be confusing," says Peter Van Buskirk, former dean of admission at Franklin & Marshall College and founder and president of Best College Fit.
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| This Map Predicts Who Will Die Next in 'Game of Thrones' Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:34 AM PDT  An intelligent machine foresees the rise and fall of kingdoms.
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| Priest at center of clergy sex abuse scandal to be released Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:15 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — One of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal has completed his prison sentence on child rape charges and will be released this week after two experts hired by prosecutors found he does not meet the legal criteria to be held as a sexually dangerous person.
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| China fires back at US accusations over aerial encounter Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:36 AM PDT  China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision.
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| SitRep: Trump Tweets Classified CIA Program; Top WH Officials Burning Out Posted: 25 Jul 2017 04:24 AM PDT  With Adam Rawnsley Facts, secrets, and Tweets. President Donald Trump appears to have declassified a CIA operation to arm Syrian rebels during a furious round of Tweets attacking the Washington Post on Monday night. The president, who previously disclosed classified information to Russian government officials in the Oval Office, (and in another slip-up confirmed ...
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| EU steps up legal cases against east European states over migration Posted: 26 Jul 2017 03:52 AM PDT  The European Commission said on Wednesday it had stepped up its legal case against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over their reluctance to take in migrants from other EU countries. "Despite repeated calls for action... these three countries remain in breach of their legal obligations and have shown disregard for their commitments to Greece, Italy and other member states," the EU executive said. In so-called "reasoned opinions", the Commission has now sent a formal request to these countries to apply EU rules, to which they have one month to respond.
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| EU court to rule on Hamas terror listing Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:18 PM PDT  The EU's top court rules Wednesday on whether Islamist movement Hamas should be taken off the bloc's terror black list, a move that would likely spark anger in Israel and the United States. Washington and Israel were outraged in December 2014 when a lower European court said Hamas should be dropped because the EU had made the decision based on information from the media and internet. Brussels subsequently appealed that decision and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the top judicial authority in the 28-nation European Union, will now have the final say on the matter.
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| Immigrants wept, pleaded for water and pounded on the truck Posted: 24 Jul 2017 08:01 PM PDT  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The tractor-trailer was pitch-black inside, crammed with maybe 90 immigrants or more, and already hot when it left the Texas border town of Laredo for the 150-mile trip north to San Antonio.
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| Used Luxury Cars For Less Than a Toyota Corolla Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:10 AM PDT |
| WATCH: Crocodile Drags An Entire Cow With It While Swimming Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:20 AM PDT  A fisherman using a drone to look for fish in Australia captured a gigantic crocodile dragging a whole cow down the river.
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| After spate of Chinese patrols, Taiwan says it's prepared to defend itself Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:13 PM PDT  Taiwan is prepared to defend itself against China if necessary, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said on Tuesday, in a strongly worded response to recent flybys by Chinese warplanes near the island China claims as a wayward province.
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| German industry says vulnerable to Russia sanctions fall-out Posted: 26 Jul 2017 04:50 AM PDT ![German industry says vulnerable to Russia sanctions fall-out]( "German industry says vulnerable to Russia sanctions fall-out") Plans under consideration in the U.S. Congress to impose tougher sanctions against Russia would hurt German companies, endanger Germany's energy security and appear to be designed to favor American firms, a German industry association said on Wednesday. The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for the plans and to force President Donald Trump to obtain lawmakers' permission before easing any sanctions on Moscow. The warning issued by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce mirrors wider European concerns over potential fall-out from the U.S. moves to punish alleged Russian interference in last year's presidential election.
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| China urges US to stop 'unfriendly' recon flights Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:14 AM PDT  China on Tuesday called on the United States to stop "unfriendly" and "dangerous" military flights after two Chinese fighter jets intercepted an American surveillance plane over the East China Sea. The US Navy EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft took evasive action Sunday after a Chinese J-10 warplane zoomed underneath it, slowed down and pulled up in front of it, the Pentagon said earlier. China's defence ministry said the action of its pilots was "legal, necessary and professional".
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| Scientists Found a Second Giant Garbage Patch in the Pacific Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:01 PM PDT  As if one wasn't bad enough.
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| Seven Observations About Jared Kushner’s Statement Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:01 AM PDT  The president's son-in-law apparently thinks he's pretty safe from investigators. But he threw Don Jr. under the bus.
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| How to Make Zucchini Boats Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:58 AM PDT  Summer is here and the time is right to go overboard with summer squash recipes! One of my go-to summer meals is the zucchini boat, which can best be described as a sort of "flatbread" with a long slice of zucchini standing in for crust. Unlike a real boat, zucchini boats are extremely budget-friendly. This first boat resembles garlic bread, but with zucchini subbing in for the bread.
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| Jahi McMath Case: Family Wants Death Certificate Revoked Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:12 PM PDT  In a court document, a UCLA neurologist declared that recorded videos from the past two years show Jahi McMath is actually alive and that her condition is improving with time.
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| Rex Tillerson 'could quit as Secretary of State amid frustration at Trump administration' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:35 PM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is considering resigning his position amid a rash of staffing changes at the White House, reports have claimed. Sources familiar with Mr Tillerson's conversations tell CNN the Secretary of State has grown increasingly frustrated with the Trump administration, and may be pondering an exit strategy. The sources say Mr Tillerson was especially troubled by President Donald Trump's recent New York Times interview, in which he lamented hiring Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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| GM 2Q profits plunge 42% on overseas restrurcturing costs Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:12 AM PDT  General Motors saw profits plunge in the second quarter after it took a hit from the cost of shuttering less profitable overseas operations, and the rest of the year looks challenging, the company said Tuesday. As car sales dipped in the cooling North American market, net income for the biggest US auto maker dropped 42 percent from the same period of 2016 to $1.7 billion, while revenues fell 1.1 percent to $37 billion. Chief financial officer Chuck Stevens said the automaker viewed adjusting its production as the "first lever" in addressing a weak market, rather than resorting to consumer rebates to drive sales.
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| Car bomb kills seven civilians in Egypt's North Sinai - army Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:12 AM PDT  Seven civilians, including two young children, were killed by a car bomb that exploded at a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, Egypt's army spokesman said. The military said it intercepted the vehicle at a checkpoint near the city of Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, and tried to contain the expected blast by running over the car with a tank. An insurgency in Egypt's Sinai region has gained pace since the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest Islamist movement, following mass protests against his rule in mid-2013.
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