| Don Jr. accuses CNN of ‘blackmail’ over Trump wrestling GIF Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. has taken on the job of defending his father on Twitter, accusing CNN of "blackmail" in extorting an apology from the creator of a controversial GIF.
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| Pres. Trump Arrives in Poland Ahead of Crucial G20 Summit Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:36 AM PDT  "We're going to do very well," Pres. Trump said as he departed the White House for Warsaw, where officials say he will reassure NATO allies ahead of Friday's G20 Summit in Germany.
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| Judge in Minnesota police shooting offers jurors support Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:04 PM PDT  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The judge who presided over the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer acquitted in the fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile took the unusual step of writing to the jurors to tell them that he supports them despite widespread public criticism of their verdict.
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| Police Show a Softer Side When Responding to a Noise Complaint in North Carolina Posted: 04 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The officers did not shut down the Independence Day block party but joined in the festivities.
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| Cambodia deports 74 suspected of internet extortion home to China Posted: 05 Jul 2017 11:59 PM PDT  Cambodia sent home on Thursday 74 Chinese nationals wanted in China on suspicion of extorting money from people there over the internet and by telephone, Cambodian police said. A team of Chinese police arrived in Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh on a China Southern Airline flight to pick up the suspects who had been detained in Cambodia. "They established places to commit crime by extorting money from people over the phone," Uk Heisela, the head of the Cambodian police investigation, told reporters.
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| Child in Germany brings WWII bomb into kindergarten Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:29 AM PDT  A child in Germany sparked the evacuation of a kindergarten Wednesday by unearthing a World War II bomb and bringing it back to the classroom, police said. The youngster "found an incendiary bomb on a walk in the woods and carried it into the kindergarten," a police spokeswoman in the western city of Darmstadt said. Explosives experts rushed to the scene and retrieved the bomb, allowing the children to return to the kindergarten.
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| 5.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Montana Posted: 06 Jul 2017 12:37 AM PDT  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center earlier reported the quake with a magnitude of 6.0.
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| Scientists Have Figured Out How Ancient Rome's Concrete Has Survived 2,000 Years Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:18 PM PDT  Researchers say it could influence modern construction practices
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| Pregnant Woman Critically Injured in Lightning Strike Gives Birth, Is Doing Better Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:57 PM PDT  Meghan Davidson was one week away from her due date when she was struck by lightning while out for a walk.
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| Angela Merkel no longer considers America a friend, election material reveals Posted: 04 Jul 2017 11:23 AM PDT  German leader Angela Merkel no longer considers the US a friend, according to her party's campaign material produced ahead of a September election. The German Chancellor has had an often tense relationship with President Donald Trump since he took office in January. Earlier this year, after Mr Trump said he would pull the US out of the Paris Accord and following the UK's vote to leave the EU, she said European countries could no longer rely on their traditional allies.
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| Austria to control Italy border, send armored vehicles to block migrants: ministry Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:24 PM PDT  Austria to control Italy border, send armored vehicles to block migrants: ministry.
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| The Latest: Mother of slain deputy wants man to be executed Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:12 PM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy in 2006 (all times local):
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| US leads sanctions push after NKorea 'escalation' Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:50 PM PDT  The United States led a push at the UN Security Council Wednesday for tougher sanctions on North Korea, while warning the isolated regime's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile had drastically narrowed the path for diplomacy. In a hard-hitting address to the council, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday's ICBM test had made "the world a more dangerous place," and that Washington was ready to use force if need be to deal with the threat of a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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| Colombia advances toward salvaging treasure from sunken Spanish galleon Posted: 05 Jul 2017 12:00 PM PDT  Colombia is making progress towards salvaging a Spanish galleon carrying jewels and coins that sank more than 300 years ago, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday after receiving a proposal from an investor to bring it to the surface. The ship named San Jose, thought by historians to be carrying one of the largest unsalvaged maritime treasures, sank in 1708 near the historical Caribbean port of Cartagena, and its wreckage was located in 2015. "The discovery of this ship - one of the most important that navigated in our seas during colonial times - begins a new chapter in the cultural and scientific history, not only of Colombia, but of the entire world," Santos said on national television from Cartagena.
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| NASA has a plan for preventing asteroid strikes, and it’s going to test it Posted: 04 Jul 2017 01:11 PM PDT 
The threat of an asteroid striking Earth is pretty scary — and not just in all the ways Hollywood movies have depicted — but human technology has reached a point where it might actually be possible for us to prevent an asteroid impact if we see one headed our way. NASA has a concept for a tool that could do the trick. It's called the DART (short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test), and the agency is finally moving forward with its plan to design and hopefully build the hardware that it needs to save humanity's bacon.
The idea behind DART is that by spotting a troublesome asteroid well in advance, a "kinetic impactor" could nudge the space rock off of its collision course with Earth. The plan includes sending a spacecraft to the asteroid and impacting it in such a way as to alter its orbit. The spacecraft wouldn't have to be particularly large — only about the size of a refrigerator — because even a small change in the asteroid's trajectory would be amplified over time and cause it to miss our planet. The DART plan is currently moving from the concept to design phase, and the actual testing of the hardware is expected to take place in 2024. At that point, a DART spacecraft will be sent to an asteroid that does not pose a threat to Earth, but will perform the same task as it would on a potentially cataclysmic space rock in order to gauge how well it actually works. Eventually, the fear of an asteroid collision could become a thing of the past.
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| Hot Air Balloon Lands In Alligator Pond Posted: 04 Jul 2017 12:04 PM PDT  A hot air balloon makes an emergency landing in an alligator-infested pond. "It was scary. Now we're making fun of it, but it was serious," said a passenger.
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| Peru reconstructs face of woman who ruled 1,700 years ago Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:43 AM PDT  Introducing the Lady of Cao: using high-tech 3-D printing and based on the skull of an ancient mummy, scientists have reconstructed the face of a woman who governed in northern Peru 1,700 years ago. The woman's mummified remains were discovered at the Cao Viejo adobe pyramid in 2006 in the Chicama Valley, just north of the modern city of Trujillo. "Technology allows us to see the face of a political, religious and cultural leader of the past," Culture Minister Salvador del Solar said when he unveiled a life-like bust of the woman on Tuesday in Lima.
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| 'They're Improper Comments.' Retired Supreme Court Justice Criticizes President Trump's Response to Travel Ban Cases Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:59 AM PDT  Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens criticized President Trump's tweets and remarks about court rulings on the travel ban.
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| Man Says He's Getting Death Threats After Video Showed Him Throwing Shark on Dock Posted: 05 Jul 2017 02:43 PM PDT  Alex Winn was subjected to online uproar after thousands of people saw the clip.
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| Police identify Oregon man who tried to seize helicopter Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:22 PM PDT  HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in a Portland, Oregon, suburb released the identity Wednesday of a man who they say tried to steal a helicopter at gunpoint before being fatally shot by police.
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| Arab states angry over Qatar's dismissal of their demands Posted: 05 Jul 2017 11:23 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its alleged support for extremist groups were angered Wednesday by what they said was a "negative" response by the tiny Gulf nation to their demands for ending the crisis roiling the region.
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| South Africa's ANC proposes land expropriation without compensation Posted: 05 Jul 2017 06:55 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress has proposed at its policy conference that land expropriation without compensation should be allowed where it is "necessary and unavoidable", President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. Land will be a key issue ahead of a December conference where a successor to Zuma will be chosen. The two current frontrunners are Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former African Union chair and Zuma's ex-wife. ...
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| U.S. soldier dies in Afghanistan after attack: Pentagon Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:40 AM PDT ![U.S. soldier dies in Afghanistan after attack: Pentagon]( "U.S. soldier dies in Afghanistan after attack: Pentagon") A 19-year-old American soldier has died in Afghanistan's Helmand Province from wounds received in an attack, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Private First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick of Wasilla, Alaska, died on Monday when he was struck by "indirect fire," a military term that usually encompasses rockets, mortars, or artillery, the U.S. military command in Kabul said in a statement. Kirkpatrick was assigned to the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, which is based in Fort Bliss, Texas.
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| Volvo is going all-in on electric cars Posted: 05 Jul 2017 06:39 AM PDT  Volvo is killing the traditional internal combustion engine, the company announced on Wednesday, as it transitions to electric vehicles. That doesn't mean that all of Volvo's future cars will be electric-only, as the company will also make hybrids. But the car maker boldly announced this morning that after 2018, it won't sell a single gas-only car. The move underscores the growing popularity of electric cars among consumers, which will probably convince even more traditional car makers to move to hybrid and all-electric lineups in the years to come. By switching to electric and hybrid cars, Volvo also plans to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to making the cities of the future cleaner, the company said. "This is about the customer," the company's CEO and president Håkan Samuelsson said. "People increasingly demand electrified cars, and we want to respond to our customers' current and future needs. You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you wish." "This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car," he added. Volvo plans to sell one million electric cars by 2025, Samuelsson said. Volvo will launch five fully electric models between 2019 and 2021, including three Volvo-branded cars and two high-performance electric cars from Polestar, which is Volvo Cars' performance car arm. On top of that, Volvo will launch a range of petrol and diesel plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid 48-volt options in coming years. Volvo says its lineup of electrified cars will be one the broadest offerings in the industry. A video explaining Volvo's electric car plans for the coming years follows below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eIaTikUXvQ
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| Appeals grow to pardon mentally ill US killer Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:44 AM PDT  Two top UN rights officials added their voices Wednesday to a growing chorus of appeals to Virginia's governor to spare the life of a mentally disturbed man found guilty of killing a police officer and prison guard. Defenders of 35-year-old William Morva say his fragile psychological condition should preclude his execution, scheduled to take place on Thursday through lethal injection. "We are deeply concerned about information we have received indicating that Mr Morva's original trial did not meet fair trial safeguards, which include reasonable accommodation in all stages of the process, and may therefore have breached international standards," said UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Agnes Callamard, and on right to health, Dainius Puras.
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| Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant Posted: 05 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant]( "Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant") When Brad Lyons' oldest son was a junior in high school, he decided to contact Fred Amrein, a college funding expert. Knowing that he was on the cusp of a whirlwind of college tours, applications, Free Application of Federal Student Aid forms and tuition bills -- and with three more kids to get through college -- Lyons wanted some advice on where to put his resources. Given the complex college funding landscape, families can pay private financial aid consultants to help them through the process of navigating the FAFSA , figuring out which assets to put toward tuition, and weighing the pros and cons of different types of loans.
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| Photographer captures haunting abandoned places of worship in Europe Posted: 06 Jul 2017 08:15 AM PDT ![Photographer captures haunting abandoned places of worship in Europe]( "Photographer captures haunting abandoned places of worship in Europe") This incredibly haunting body of work was created by a committed photographer traveling across Europe to capture the continent's abandoned places of worship. James Kerwin's journey took him from small chapels in Wales to stunning monasteries in Italy, as well as relics in Spain, Belgium and France.
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| This Photo Convinced the Internet That French President Emmanuel Macron Is Actually James Bond Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:39 AM PDT  "My name is Macron. Emmanuel Macron"
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| US renews offer of Syria cooperation with Russia Posted: 06 Jul 2017 01:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renewed an offer to cooperate with Russia in the Syrian conflict, including on military matters, ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin later this week.
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| Bare-chested Pamplona marchers call for end to bull runs Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:26 AM PDT  Around 100 shirtless protesters covered in red powder called for a ban on bullfighting and bull runs as they marched through the streets of Pamplona on Wednesday, in a prelude to the northern Spanish city's famous bull festival. The activists from animal rights groups People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and AnimaNaturalis wore horns on their head and bore slogans including 'Stop Bull Fights' painted in black on their chests. The annual San Fermin festival draws thousands from across the world to brave the 875-metre course through the narrow streets of the medieval city, along which runners in white shirts and red scarves are chased by bulls.
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| Trump supporters attack NPR for tweeting 'propaganda' before finding out it was the Declaration of Independence Posted: 05 Jul 2017 09:17 AM PDT  National Public Radio (NPR) tweeted the Declaration of Independence line by line for the 4 July holiday and Donald Trump's supporters were not impressed. NPR meant the series of more than a 100 tweets as a celebration of the founding document of the country and did it to honour of a 29-year tradition of reading the Declaration on air. Some saw the tweets as particularly relevant to the state of current affairs and praised the action as a reminder of why federal funding for the public broadcaster should not be cut, as the Trump administration has proposed.
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| Photographer Recreates Family Photo for Pregnant Mom to Include Deployed Military Husband Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:19 AM PDT  He is due to return in November.
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| Widow goes after money Canada will give ex-Gitmo prisoner Posted: 04 Jul 2017 03:27 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said Tuesday they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner convicted of killing him will go toward the widow and another U.S. soldier injured.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Impala Posted: 05 Jul 2017 02:55 PM PDT  No need to shout when your reputation precedes you.
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| Brace yourselves: Tomi Lahren and Chelsea Handler are going to face off in a debate Posted: 06 Jul 2017 01:32 AM PDT  Face it: no matter how we try, Tomi Lahren is going to be part of our lives as long as the internet exists. There's no point in resisting. Lahren, the conservative personalty who was recently fired from The Blaze, is scheduled to debate progressive comedian Chelsea Handler at Politicon in Pasadena, California, July 29 - 30. Millions are expected to ask: "Who would watch that?" then watch all the pirated clips on YouTube, hours later. SEE ALSO: Recently fired woman lectures new grads on how to hold a job I don't know who keeps scheduling these torturous debates and otherwise forcing us to re-live the 2016 election. Remember when CNN made us all hate watch Ted Cruz v. Bernie Sanders? Can we live? 1792: Hamilton vs. Jefferson1858: Lincoln vs. Douglas1960: Nixon vs. Kennedy2017: https://t.co/nSoIfPHIV3 — Ian Tuttle (@iptuttle) July 5, 2017 oh sweet eight-pound-six-ounce baby Jesus https://t.co/jEEdKHNlIl — Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) July 5, 2017 Maybe this one will be better. Handler is, after all, a particularly piercing critic of Trump and an increasingly political comedian. She participated in the Women's March on Washington and once called Ann Coulter's book a piece of "sh*t," then invited her to be on her show. And Tomi Lahren is, um, at least not Ted Cruz. Ready to rumble and groan. WATCH: This mixed reality room is so trippy it might leave you questioning reality
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| How the Senate Health Care Bill Would Hurt Seniors in Nursing Homes Posted: 05 Jul 2017 09:12 AM PDT  The Better Care Reconciliation Act, which was released on June 22, has faced harsh criticism over its deep cuts to Medicaid.
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| Hobby Lobby to forfeit ancient Iraqi artifacts in settlement with U.S. DOJ Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:59 PM PDT  The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with national arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby to forfeit thousands of ancient artifacts illegally smuggled into the country from the Middle East. Under the terms of the settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to forfeit the antiquities, which originated from the region of modern-day Iraq, as well as $3 million, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
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| Donald Trump 'rejected plan to defeat Isis because it was too similar to Barack Obama's' Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:01 AM PDT  Donald Trump rejected the US military's plan for tackling Isis because he thought it was too similar to Barack Obama's, reports suggest. Despite the terrorist group having been all but driven out of Iraq and under threat of losing its strongholds in Syria, the White House is said to have asked officials to come up with new proposals in order to show that Mr Trump is different to his predecessor. Military leaders are reluctant to fundamentally change a strategy that appears to be working, according to the Daily Beast, which quoted two US officials and a senior administration official.
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| Man Kills Prison Pen Pal and Her Boyfriend Less Than a Month After His Release: Cops Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:37 PM PDT  Thomas Knuff, 42, was charged with aggravated murder in the stabbing deaths of 65-year-old John Mann and 50-year-old Regina Capobianco, cops said.
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| Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria Posted: 05 Jul 2017 12:59 PM PDT  By Rodi Said and Dominic Evans QAMISHLI, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) - The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus retorted that his country was not declaring war but that its forces would respond to any hostile move by the YPG, which he described as a small-scale army formed by the United States. The mounting tensions between two U.S. allies in northwestern Syria risk opening yet another front in the multi-sided conflict, in which outside powers are playing ever greater roles.
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| Fourth of July: America celebrates Independence Day Posted: 04 Jul 2017 07:48 PM PDT ![Fourth of July: America celebrates Independence Day]( "Fourth of July: America celebrates Independence Day") From flashy firework displays for massive crowds to small-town parades, Americans celebrated the United States' 241st birthday in both joyous and serious ways.
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| China starts regulating bike-sharing as complaints soar Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:13 PM PDT  Authorities in Shanghai and Tianjin will impose regulations on the rapidly growing bike-sharing sector following mounting complaints over an accumulation of millions of the rentable two-wheelers on city streets, state media reported. The two metropolises have drafted rules that will require operators "to adhere to standards on production, operation and maintenance" of bicycles, Xinhua news agency said in a report late Wednesday. The regulations, to take effect October 1, will mandate a service life of three years for bikes and require companies to hire at least one maintenance employee for every 200 bicycles, it said.
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| Hamas' new top leader delivers first speech in Gaza City Posted: 05 Jul 2017 12:23 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The new supreme leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas on Wednesday delivered his first public speech since taking office in May, railing against Israel and the Trump administration while calling for unity with the rival Palestinian Authority.
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| 2016 Range Rover Td6 Diesel Posted: 06 Jul 2017 08:30 AM PDT  A winter wonder but an electronic misanthrope.
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