| Chinese Scholar Was Kidnapped and Likely Killed by Illinois Man, Authorities Say Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:38 AM PDT  The FBI alleged that the suspect's phone had been used around April 19 to visit an "Abduction 101" web site.
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| 26-year-old man charged with raping family friends' one-year-old baby Posted: 04 Jul 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Jayson Newlun, a 26-year-old family friend who was babysitting for friends, was caught inappropriately touching the child while pleasuring himself after being left alone with the baby for just 10 to 15 minutes, according to local media. Court documents show that the mother and father had left Mr Newlun alone with their daughter while they went to the store. Once they returned, the mother noticed that Mr Newlun wasn't on the couch where he had been when they left, and that her infant daughter's bedroom door was open.
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| The Trump Russia Political Crisis: A Timeline Posted: 03 Jul 2017 10:59 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow reviews the development of the Trump Russia investigation over past seven months, one breaking news story after another. (Watch the dates!)
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| Qatar finds way round embargo but 'nightmare' continues Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:47 AM PDT  Nearly a month since Qatar was isolated by its Gulf neighbours, residents of the emirate have learned to adapt to the daily realities of living with the embargo. "The government has found alternatives and there is no problem (of shortages)... despite a slight price increase we can cope," says Mohammed al-Chib, shopping at a Doha supermarket. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and moved swiftly to isolate Doha, accusing Doha of supporting extremism.
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| Immigrant to American: What It Means to Be a Citizen Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:19 AM PDT  Hundreds of immigrants celebrated Independence Day by taking an oath of citizenship at the New York Public Library.
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| The Latest: Officer says Iraq troops faced 7 female bombers Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:01 AM PDT  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iraq, where Iraqi forces are closing in on fast-vanishing IS-held territory in the city of Mosul (all times local):
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| Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city' Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:10 AM PDT ![Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city']( "Amid anniversary protests, fears that Hong Kong is 'just another mainland city'") Wing and Gabbie Wong had been thinking about moving abroad even before Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech here on Saturday. "We want to protect our way of life, but it's getting harder year by year," says Mr. Wong, a salesman for a fashion company. Recommended: How much do you know about China?
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| Glitch causes prices of Apple, Google, other stocks to appear off Posted: 03 Jul 2017 07:41 PM PDT ![Glitch causes prices of Apple, Google, other stocks to appear off]( "Glitch causes prices of Apple, Google, other stocks to appear off") By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The prices of several big-name Nasdaq-listed stocks appeared on some websites to either spike or plummet well after the closing bell on Monday, seemingly due to a glitch related to the market data that runs the largely automated markets. At around 6:30 p.m., the prices of Amazon Inc and Microsoft Corp stocks appeared to have lost more than half their value, while Apple Inc shares appeared to more than double. Google parent Alphabet Inc and eBay Inc shares were among others that all appeared to be priced at $123.47 on some financial news websites on Monday evening.
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| Quarters Of Jefferson's Slave Who Bore Him 6 Children Discovered Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:10 AM PDT  Historians have debated Hemings' role in the former president's life, ever since it was claimed during his first term in office that he fathered children with her.
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| Starbucks Worker Who Mysteriously Vanished During Break Found Alive Nearly a Week Later Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:13 PM PDT  Allison Cope, 24, a supervisor at Starbucks in Raleigh-Durham International Airport, was located in Virginia Beach, Va., more than 200 miles away.
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| The Flynn Matter Is Also the Pence Matter Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:48 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow shows how vice President Mike Pence's role as head of the Donald Trump transition team means the Mike Flynn scandal fell within Pence's purview.
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| Why has Iran's investment gold rush been so slow to emerge? Posted: 03 Jul 2017 06:33 AM PDT  When Iran signed its landmark deal with world powers in 2015, curbing its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, many expected an investment gold rush. French car firm PSA was quick off the block, signing a 400-million-euro deal in June 2016 to build Peugeot vehicles with Iranian carmaker Khodro, and a 300-million-euro agreement in October to build Citroens with Iran's SAIPA. Hotel group Accor says it is working on 10 to 15 projects in Iran, hoping to capitalise on the tourism boom since the nuclear deal.
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| Policeman who saved a young boy from extreme child abuse has adopted him Posted: 04 Jul 2017 05:50 AM PDT  A police officer who rescued an abused young boy he founf tied up in a bin has adopted him. Jody Thompson first came into contact with his now son when he was off duty in 2015. Despite not being on duty, Mr Thompson offered to respond to the call, given his experience handling child abuse cases during his time working at the district attorney's office.
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| How Fireworks Became a Fourth of July Tradition Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT  By the time the first Independence Day fireworks were set off in 1777, fireworks were already a centuries-old way of celebrating
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| Three Presidents Die on July 4th: Just a Coincidence? Posted: 04 Jul 2017 03:40 AM PDT  It is a fact of American history that three of the five Founding Father Presidents died on Independence Day. But was it just a coincidence?
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| Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:27 PM PDT ![Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport]( "Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport") Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston's airport does not appear to be an intentional act.
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| US Led Forces Surround ISIS Capital Posted: 03 Jul 2017 07:09 AM PDT  The dismantling of ISIS' physical territory is one step closer.
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| Illinois man held without bond in disappearance of Chinese scholar Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:26 PM PDT ![Illinois man held without bond in disappearance of Chinese scholar]( "Illinois man held without bond in disappearance of Chinese scholar") A federal judge on Monday ordered an Illinois man charged with abducting a Chinese scholar held without bond in a first court appearance that drew hundreds of demonstrators with signs calling for justice. Brendt Christensen, 28, was arrested by FBI agents in Champaign, Illinois, on Friday on charges of kidnapping in the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, 26, on June 9, according to University of Illinois Police. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement that agents overheard Christensen while he was under surveillance "explaining" how he kidnapped Zhang.
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| Stephen Hawking is wrong about runaway greenhouse on Earth and here's why Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:16 AM PDT  Stephen Hawking is a world-renowned theoretical physicist whose landmark contributions to cosmology, general relativity and quantum gravity changed the way we see the universe. SEE ALSO: Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end humankind However, when it comes to climate change, the brilliant physicist is veering on the edge of total inaccuracy. During his interview with the BBC for his 75th birthday celebrations, the Cambridge professor warned that U.S. president Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement may lead to runaway global warming, eventually turning Earth's atmosphere into something resembling Venus. "We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid," Hawking told BBC News. While the prospect of the Earth morphing into Venus makes for a visually striking image, some climate change experts questioned the accuracy of his statement. Among them, Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist and energy systems analyst at Berkeley Earth and Gareth Jones, climate scientist at the Met Office: A good example that even brilliant scientists sometimes say silly things when it's outside their field of expertise (see Nobel disease) https://t.co/QPsmB1bsv0 — Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) July 2, 2017 Unfortunately Stephen Hawking has said this before. Not aware of any evidence for runaway greenhouse on Earth https://t.co/Z0rK27rE7q pic.twitter.com/FHCAtKZVsW — Gareth S Jones (@GarethSJones1) July 2, 2017 The problem with Hawking's answer is that there's no possibility of Venus' runaway greenhouse conditions occurring on Earth as of now (the situation will be different in a billion years with sun becoming 10% brighter). Different story in billions of years time when Sun older and brighter. I suspect our politics will be quite different by then ;-) — Gareth S Jones (@GarethSJones1) July 2, 2017 Hansen's argument The physicist's response may be based on a controversial argument included in famed climate scientist James Hansen's book Storms of my Grandchildren, published in 2009 . In the book, Hansen argues that if we burn all reserves of oil, gas and coal "there is a substantial chance we will initiate the runaway greenhouse". "If we also burn the tar sands and tar shale, I believe the Venus syndrome is a dead certainty," he continues. Scientists think Venus experienced the runaway greenhouse early in its history. Just like the Earth, the planet once had an ocean but being closer to the sun, the atmosphere became so hot that hydrogen could escape from the upper atmosphere. Today, Venus has a think atmosphere that is 96.5% CO2, which keeps its surface at nearly 900°F (482°C), and a surface pressure of 90 bars — as opposed to 1 bar on Earth. Hansen's argument was that the same could happen on Earth based not on the proximity to a brightening sun but from fossil fuel-burning humans. This is because of a positive feedback loop happening now on Earth — carbon dioxide warms the planet through the by trapping more heat in the atmosphere and oceans, causing more water to evaporate into the air, which subsequently amplifies the warming, as water vapor is also a greenhouse gas. Not in a billion years Earlier studies dismissed the possibility of a runaway state as impossible, but a paper published in Nature Geoscience in 2013 argued that "the runaway greenhouse may be much easier to initiate than previously thought." Much easier and theoretically possible, however, doesn't mean it will happen anytime now or for the next billion years, even if we burn all the fossil fuel available. The paper's lead author, Colin Goldblatt of the University of Victoria in British Columbia, explained the conditions according to which the runaway greenhouse could actually happen on this planet: In short, to cause Venus' runaway greenhouse today you'll need ten times the amount of CO2 we could release from burning all the coal, oil, and gas. That will eventually happen as the sun becomes older and brighter, which is "in somewhere between half a billion and a billion years." Hansen himself corrected his theory later on, writing that Venus-like conditions in the sense of 90 bar surface pressure and surface temperature of several hundred degrees "are only plausible on billion-year time scales". It is also worth mentioning that other scientists, such as James Kasting, a geoscientist at The Pennsylvania State University, are still skeptical that an anthropogenic runaway could actually happen. WATCH: Emma Roberts draws Dave Franco in a dress and heels in this crayon masterpiece
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| Austria ready to deploy army at Italy border Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:34 PM PDT  Austria will "very soon" impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna's defence minister was quoted as saying Monday. "I expect that very soon border controls will be activated and that a assistance deployment (by the military) will be requested," Hans Peter Doskozil told the online edition of the Krone daily. Austria introduced checks on its eastern border with Hungary in 2015 and has readied physical measures such as barriers on its Italian border in the south-west, including at the famous Brenner Pass.
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| 10 Fourth Of July 2017 Freebies Posted: 03 Jul 2017 09:31 AM PDT  [HOLD DO NOT PUBLISH] Find out where to get free food, discounted clothes and more deals on July 4, 2017.
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| Romania president backs anti-graft prosecutor amid criticism Posted: 04 Jul 2017 06:41 AM PDT ![Romania president backs anti-graft prosecutor amid criticism]( "Romania president backs anti-graft prosecutor amid criticism") BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president has backed the chief anti-corruption prosecutor after critics sought to get her fired amid a growing scandal over the country's anti-graft drive.
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| Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:05 AM PDT  The banner had a link to a white supremacist website
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| Fourth of July: Which three US Presidents died on Independence Day? Who was Sally Hemings? Posted: 04 Jul 2017 03:49 AM PDT  Today the US celebrates 241 years of independence from colonial British rule, the end of the Revolutionary War and the day a global superpower was born. Three US Presidents have died on 4 July so far, all Founding Fathers and two on the same day: 4 July 1826, the 50th anniversary of the country's foundation. Thomas Jefferson's later years were riddled with ill health and debt.
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| Role Of Women Suicide Bombers In ISIS Posted: 03 Jul 2017 05:07 AM PDT  Two ISIS women suicide bombers targeted Iraqi troops Monday morning, killing one soldier.
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| Trump discusses concern over Qatar dispute with Gulf, Arab states in calls Posted: 02 Jul 2017 09:52 PM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump spoke separately to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar on Sunday to discuss his "concerns about the ongoing dispute" between Qatar and its Gulf and Arab neighbors, the White House said. Trump, who is spending a long weekend at his property in New Jersey, spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz, as well as Abu Dhabi's crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
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| The Latest: California man pleads not guilty to killing son Posted: 03 Jul 2017 09:28 AM PDT  ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a Southern California man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son (all times local):
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| US-backed forces breach wall in Syria IS stronghold Raqa Posted: 03 Jul 2017 10:42 PM PDT  US-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, in what a US official says is a "key milestone" in the war against the jihadist force. Success in Raqa and major advances by US-backed forces in Mosul, a second IS stronghold in Iraq, represent a powerful double blow to the violent extremist group. The SDF faced heavy resistance, as the IS fighters used the wall as a combat position and planted mines and improvised explosive devices against advancing fighters.
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| Rescued Cat Without Ears Looks Exactly Like Its Toy Seal Best Friend Posted: 03 Jul 2017 03:03 PM PDT  Otitis had his ears surgically removed after he grew painful cysts on both sides that caused him so much pain that he could hardly move.
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| Massive layoffs loom over Microsoft Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:40 AM PDT 
When a company as big as Microsoft finds itself in need of a reorganization, there are almost always casualties that result from the changes. That's exactly what is about to happen to the tech giant, as multiple reports from inside sources suggest that the company is poised to downsize its boxed software business, and the changes could result in a sizable layoffs to Microsoft's sales teams around the globe, affecting thousands of employees.
The layoffs, which will be needed due to redundancies in the reorganized sales division, will be "major" according to reports. They will largely affect those responsible for physical software sales, which is rapidly dying as cloud distribution of software becomes the standard across many industries. However, there's little in the way of specifics regarding exactly what teams and regions will be scaled back. This type of thing is becoming the norm for Microsoft, which just last year slashed several thousands of jobs related to its failing smartphone business. In 2015, the company axed even more than that when it began its butchering of the baggage it acquired from Nokia. Failing to catch a much-needed foothold in the incredibly competitive mobile industry has been Microsoft's greatest failure as of late, and while this new round of rumored layoffs isn't directly related to that, the theme of regular layoffs obviously isn't great news for the company. Microsoft has not commented on the reports, but the layoffs are expected to be announced over the next week or so.
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| Why the Media's Defense Against Trump Has Proven So Ineffective Posted: 03 Jul 2017 02:24 PM PDT  The press may never succeed in eliciting popular sympathy—instead, it needs to convince members of the public that the president's rhetoric will hurt them, too.
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| 10 Affordable Plus Size Costumes For the Best Halloween Ever Posted: 03 Jul 2017 09:27 AM PDT |
| 8 wounded in France mosque shooting, not terrorism: prosecutor Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:04 PM PDT  Eight people including a girl were lightly wounded late Sunday in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon, the prosecutor's office said, ruling out terrorism. According to initial accounts taken on the spot, at least two men got out of a car around 10:30 pm near the mosque and opened fire, including with a shotgun, the prosecutor's office said. Witness accounts mentioned four men in the car, all hooded.
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| Damascus rocked by suicide blast, 2 others foiled Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:51 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Security forces chased three explosive-laden vehicles through Damascus Sunday, intercepting two of them at checkpoints but failing to stop the third before it exploded in the city center, killing at least eight people, state media and others reported.
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| Ancient Roman Skulls Reveal Local Groups' Distinctive Facial Features Posted: 03 Jul 2017 08:24 AM PDT  Forensic techniques that are used to solve modern homicide cases helped American anthropologists reveal family resemblances in 2,000-year-old skulls from the Roman Empire. The study used a statistical technique known as geometric morphometrics to identify similarities in skulls from three Italian graveyards dating from between the first and third centuries A.D., when the Roman Empire was at its height. Precise three-dimensional measurements of dozens of skulls from two of the graveyards showed distinct regional differences, which the researchers interpreted as a sign of a common ancestry among many people in those regions.
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| 2 key ways Samsung’s Galaxy Note Fan Edition is better than the original Note 7 Posted: 03 Jul 2017 05:51 AM PDT 
Samsung on Monday finally took the wraps off its revived Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. As we reported earlier this morning, the new Galaxy Note Fan Edition will be released on July 7th in South Korea. 400,000 units will be made available initially, and the company has not yet announced if or when it will release the new phone in additional markets. "New" is perhaps not the proper word to describe the Galaxy Note FE, since the phone is actually a refurbished and updated version of last year's ill-fated Galaxy Note 7. What are the big differences between the update Galaxy Note Fan Edition and the original Note 7? We'll tell you in this post? Plenty of Samsung's biggest fans were upset on Monday morning when they learned that the Galaxy Note Fan Edition would be exclusive to South Korea at launch. We had a feeling that would be the case, of course, but many people apparently still hoped there would be a broader release. The good news is that you're probably not missing much. The Note 7 was a fantastic phone but we're now less than two months away from the next-generation Galaxy Note 8's unveiling. While the Note FE appears to be a solid phone, it's a bit pricey at around $600 for a refurbished device. The new Note 8 is expected to offer a wide range of benefits over last year's model, even in its newly refurbished state. Speaking of refurbishing, people seem to be wondering exactly what's different about the Galaxy Note Fan Edition compared to the original Galaxy Note 7. There are a few differences, but two in particular stand out the most. First, the new Galaxy Note Fan Edition won't explode. Well, it probably won't explode, at least. Samsung pulled out the oversized batteries it stuffed into its original Note 7 models and replaced them with smaller 3,200 mAh batteries. Samsung's attempt to squeeze too much capacity into the original Note 7 is what caused the battery's defects, which led to the explosions several users experienced in 2016. Beyond that, the second biggest difference between the Galaxy Note Fan Edition and the Galaxy Note 7 is the addition of Bixby. Samsung's virtual personal assistant competes directly with the likes of Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa. It's still crippled in the United States and other markets, but in South Korea it supports all of the nifty features Samsung announced when it first debuted Bixby on the Galaxy S8. Long story short, the Galaxy Note Fan Edition is a solid phone and avid fans will jump at the opportunity to buy one. In markets outside South Korea where the phone is not available, however, people can rest assured that they aren't missing too much — especially with the Galaxy Note 8 right around the corner.
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| Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois Posted: 03 Jul 2017 11:24 AM PDT ![Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois]( "Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois") The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday. Twenty cars of the south-bound Canadian National train carrying crude oil were involved in the derailment, while three of the cars leaked, CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said.
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| Republican Voters Blame Congress, Not Trump, For a Lack of Progress Posted: 03 Jul 2017 12:44 AM PDT  Trump and his Republican Party have so far failed to deliver on core campaign promises on health care, taxes and infrastructure
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| 'I Survived a Shark Attack' Posted: 03 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT !['I Survived a Shark Attack']( "'I Survived a Shark Attack'") Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn't hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn't disturb the fish she'd been admiring.
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| Texas Official Charged With Intoxicated Manslaughter in Crash That Killed Father and Son Posted: 03 Jul 2017 05:22 PM PDT  A Texas City commissioner acknowledged she had smoked marijuana after she crashed into a truck, killing two people, police said.
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| Total signs major Iran gas deal, defying US pressure Posted: 03 Jul 2017 07:28 AM PDT French energy giant Total defied US pressure on Monday by signing a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the first by a European firm in more than a decade. Total will invest an initial $1 billion (880 million euros) in the South Pars offshore gas field as part of a consortium with Chinese and Iranian firms. The 20-year project, which will eventually see the firms inject $4.9 billion, is by far the biggest vote of confidence in the Islamic republic since sanctions were lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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