| Tense scene as Trump supporters meet protesters in Arizona Posted: 22 Aug 2017 06:27 PM PDT  Temperatures and tempers ran hot as President Trump prepared to hold a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday evening.
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| After 'Unhinged' Rally, Worry About Trump Having Nuclear Codes Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:33 PM PDT  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he's questioning Trump's fitness to lead after his Phoenix rally. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to fmr. Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin.
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| Mystery deaths of HL Hunley submarine crew solved - they accidentally killed themselves Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  The mystery of how the crew of one of the world's first submarines died has finally been solved - they accidentally killed themselves. The HL Hunley sank on February 17 1864 after torpedoing the USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, during American Civil War. She was one of the first submarines ever to be used in conflict, and the first to sink a battleship. It was assumed the blast had ruptured the sub, drowning its occupants, but when the Hunley was raised in 2000, salvage experts were amazed to find the eight-man crew poised as if they had been caught completely unawares by the tragedy. All were still sitting in their posts and there was no evidence that they had attempted to flee the foundering vessel. The submarine being raised in 2000 Credit: US Navy Now researchers at Duke University believe they have the answer. Three years of experiments on a mini-test sub have shown that the torpedo blast would have created a shockwave great enough to instantly rupture the blood vessels in the lungs and brains of the submariners. "This is the characteristic trauma of blast victims, they call it 'blast lung,'" Dr Rachel Lance. "You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years." The Hunley's torpedo was not a self-propelled bomb, but a copper keg of 135 pounds of gunpowder held ahead and slightly below the Hunley's bow on a 16-foot pole called a spar The sub rammed this spar into the enemy ship's hull and the bomb exploded. The furthest any of the crew was from the blast was about 42 feet. The shockwave of the blast travelled about 1500 meters per second in water, and 340 m/sec in air, the researchers calculate. The bodies of the crew were found sitting in their positions around the central crankshaft which made the submarine move Credit: Reuters While a normal blast shockwave travelling in air should last less than 10 milliseconds, Lance calculated that the Hunley crew's lungs were subjected to 60 milliseconds or more of trauma. "That creates kind of a worst case scenario for the lungs," added Dr Lance. "Shear forces would tear apart the delicate structures where the blood supply meets the air supply, filling the lungs with blood and killing the crew instantly. "It's likely they also suffered traumatic brain injuries from being so close to such a large blast. "All the physical evidence points to the crew taking absolutely no action in response to a flood or loss of air. If anyone had survived, they may have tried to release the keel ballast weights, set the bilge pumps to pump water, or tried to get out the hatches, but none of these actions were taken." A painting of the HL Hunley Credit: Conrad Wise Chapman The fate of the crew of the 40-foot Hunley remained a mystery until 1995, when the submarine was discovered about 300 meters away from the Housatonic's resting place. Raised in 2000, the submarine is currently undergoing study and conservation in Charleston by a team of Clemson University scientists. Initially, the discovery of the submarine only seemed to deepen the mystery. The crewmen's skeletons were found still at their stations along a hand-crank that drove the cigar-shaped craft. They suffered no broken bones, the bilge pumps had not been used and the air hatches were closed. Except for a hole in one conning tower and a small window that may have been broken, the sub was remarkably intact. Speculation about their deaths has included suffocation and drowning. The new study involved repeatedly setting blasts near a scale model, shooting authentic weapons at historically accurate iron plate and calculating human respiration and the transmission of blast energy. The research was published in PLOS ONE.
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| Headless torso of missing reporter Kim Wall found in Danish waters Posted: 23 Aug 2017 04:36 AM PDT  The headless torso of a woman found at sea was identified Wednesday as a Swedish journalist who likely died aboard a Danish inventor's homemade submarine. In a grisly case that has gripped the nation and drawn parallels with Nordic Noir detective fiction, Danish police confirmed they had made a positive identification of the body, which was found on Monday. Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been accused of the negligent manslaughter of the 30-year-old reporter who went to interview him aboard his 60-foot (18-metre) submarine on August 10.
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| Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:10 PM PDT ![Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards]( "Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards") ENFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Four elderly North Carolina people found shot to death after an apparent home invasion were killed while they played cards, a sheriff said Tuesday.
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| Trump Dossier Testimony Could Be Made Public Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow describes some of the history of the collection of intelligence known as the "Trump dossier," and the apparent likelihood that the Senate Judiciary testimony of the company responsible for that dossier, Fusion GPS, will be made public.
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| 800-Year-Old Coffin Breaks After Some Genius Tries To Put A Kid Inside It Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:44 PM PDT  An 800-year-old coffin smashed to the floor of a U.K. museum last week after someone reportedly tried to put a child inside it for a photo.
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| U.S. Navy suspends sea search efforts for missing USS McCain sailors Posted: 24 Aug 2017 08:06 AM PDT  By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Thursday suspended wider search and rescue operations for sailors missing after the warship USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters near Singapore and Malaysia earlier this week. A statement on the U.S. Seventh Fleet's website confirmed the identities of one sailor killed and of nine sailors still missing following the collision. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers will continue search-and-recovery efforts inside flooded sailors, the statement said.
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| Barack Obama's speeches watched by millions more than Donald Trump's, viewing figures reveal Posted: 24 Aug 2017 08:21 AM PDT  Former US President Barack Obama's speeches were watched by millions more than Donald Trump's, viewing figures have revealed. Roughly 30.6 million people tuned in to watch the former real estate mogul as he was inaugurated as the 45th US president. Nearly 28 million Americans watched Mr Trump's Afghanistan speech on Monday, 32 per cent fewer viewers than Mr Obama's in 2009.
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| Chelsea Manning says she would've been 'better' at military job if she was out as trans Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:12 AM PDT  On the day President Trump announced transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve with the U.S. military "in any capacity," Chelsea Manning found herself outside the White House. Directly speaking to her military service and the culture of the armed services, Manning says she would have been "better" at her military job had she already come out as transgender.
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| All Germany's gold returned from French vaults Posted: 22 Aug 2017 05:44 PM PDT  The Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, said Wednesday it had returned to German soil all of its gold kept in Paris and some reserves from the US, three years ahead of schedule. Some 374 tonnes of the metal, 11 percent of the German stock, left the vaults at the Banque de France, or Bank of France, while 300 tonnes have been removed from the Federal Reserve in New York to the Bundesbank vaults in Frankfurt, board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele told journalists.
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| Barcelona attack: Suspects were planning to bomb Sagrada Familia and other major monuments Posted: 22 Aug 2017 02:58 PM PDT  The Barcelona terror cell behind last week's van attack planned to use explosives against major monuments including the city's famous Sagrada Familia church, one of the suspects has told a court. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 21, who survived an explosion at an alleged bomb factory the day before the van atrocities said the Islamist gang had been preparing "an attack of larger dimensions". He had known of the plans for an attack "at least two months ago", he added. A Spanish High Court judge last night jailed two of the four suspects, Chemlal and Driss Oukabir, charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, murder and possession of explosives. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, one of four arrested in relation to the terrorist attacks in Catalonia is taken to the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid Credit: EFE A third suspect, Salh El Karib, who ran an internet cafe in the town of Ripoll, where most of the members of the cell lived, was remanded in police custody pending further investigation. The fourth suspect, Mohamed Aalla, will be released on certain conditions. Chemlal, who was injured when an explosion ripped through a house in the town of Alcanar, south of Barcelona, last Wednesday, appeared yesterday at the National Court in Madrid, still dressed in blue hospital pyjamas. The blast is believed to have killed two other members of the cell, including the imam thought to be the mastermind behind the plot, which left 15 people dead and scores injured. The court yesterday heard that a plane ticket to Brussels belonging to the imam, Abdelbaki Es Satty, was found in the rubble of the house. An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant document was also found at the site of the blast. Spanish Civil Guards escort a man accused of involvement in the Spanish Islamist cell Credit: JUAN MEDINA/Reuters Isil claimed responsibility for the van attack that and a separate deadly assault, hours later, in the coastal resort of Cambrils, south of Barcelona. Earlier, it emerged that Es Satty, a Moroccan national, was told he was to be expelled from Spain, after leaving prison in April 2014 following a conviction for drug smuggling. But the Islamic preacher, 42, won an appeal against the decision by convincing a judge his forced deportation was not in line with international law. Terror in Spain: Dozens killed and injured in Barcelona and Cambrils Chemlal told the court the terrorist cell had been building bombs in the house, but their plans were foiled when an explosion tore through the property, killing two of his co-conspirators, including Es Satty. Chemlal told the judge the imam had wanted to blow himself up while two other suspects "blamed the imam for the plot while another two denied knowing him", a judicial source said. It was also claimed that Driss Oukabir, the older brother of one of the dead terrorists, told the investigating judge that he had hired the vans used in the attacks. Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot dead in a dramatic end to a massive manhunt Credit: EPA/SPANISH MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR Last week, he reportedly told police his ID and documents had been stolen by his brother, Moussa, 17, but it is now understood that while he admits hiring the vans, he will claim he thought they were to be used for removals. There is mounting anger in Spain over claims that Es Satty should not have even been in the country. He was jailed for four years in 2010 after being caught smuggling hashish between Morocco and Spain. Police: Suspect in Barcelona van attack shot dead 00:48 While in prison, it is thought he became close to Rachid Aglif, aka The Rabbit, one of the ringleaders of the 2004 Madrid train bombings which left 192 people dead. In line with Spanish immigration laws, as a foreign-born national who had been convicted and sentenced to more than a year in prison, Es Satty should have been expelled from the country on his release from jail. But he challenged the ruling and managed to persuade a judge that deportation would breach his international rights. Terror timeline - Ramming attacks involving vehicles
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| NYC Restaurant Fires Server Who Put 'Ching Chong' On Asian Woman's Receipt Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:29 PM PDT  A New York restaurant is getting chewed out on social media after an employee referred to an Asian customer as "Ching Chong" on a takeout receipt.
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| Workers Shroud Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue in Black as City Mourns Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:05 PM PDT  The city council voted to shroud the Lee statue
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| Woman Claims 'False Imprisonment' On 'Burning Hot' Plane: 'We Were Melting' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:23 AM PDT  "It was burning hot," she said. "We were melting."
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| Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:55 PM PDT ![Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China]( "Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China") Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong, Macau and China's Guangdong province. Thousands of residents along the Chinese coast were evacuated.
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| Missouri governor halts man's execution after DNA questions Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:50 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday halted the scheduled execution of condemned inmate Marcellus Williams after DNA testing raised questions about whether he actually killed.
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| Donald Trump accused by CNN Don Lemon of lying 'directly to the American people' at Phoenix rally Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:47 AM PDT  Donald Trump has been accused of lying "directly to the American people" at a rally in Arizona by a CNN anchor. One of those counter protesters, Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when a car drove into a crowd of them. Mr Trump claimed the media had distorted their reporting of his response to the which saw him as he blame "many sides" for the violence and stop short of explicitly condemning the far right.
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| What We Know About the U.S.'s New Nuclear Missile Posted: 23 Aug 2017 06:16 AM PDT  The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent will replace the venerable Minuteman III ICBM, but does the Air Force even need it?
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| Canada to hold emergency hearings on N. Korea missile threat Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:29 PM PDT  A Canadian parliamentary committee will hold emergency hearings on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, an official said Wednesday. A date for the hearing has not yet been set, but is expected by mid-September, Liberal committee member Mark Gerretsen's office said. It will hear from government officials and experts on Canada's ability to defend itself against an attack by North Korea, and whether Canada should join the US ballistic missile defense system.
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| Trans Lives Matters: Car drives through LGBT vigil injuring three protesters Posted: 24 Aug 2017 06:13 AM PDT  "Pix from car that drove through protesters, car stopped was surrounded, then drove through, one person ended up on hood, only minor injuries," wrote David Carson, a photographer with the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Police said that on Wednesday evening, protesters had walked from a Transgender Memorial to an intersection and blocked traffic in all directions. "A vehicle approached, stopped, honked its horn and attempted to drive around the protesters," police said in a statement.
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| Japan's Tepco gets slapped with new U.S. lawsuit over Fukushima Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:45 AM PDT  Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings said on Thursday it has been hit with another lawsuit filed in a U.S. court seeking $5 billion for compensation over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the second filed against the utility in a U.S. court. The suit filed by 157 individuals is seeking that amount to set up a compensation fund for the costs of medical tests and treatment they say they need after efforts to support the recovery from the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The utility, known as Tepco, is being sued regarding improper design, construction and maintenance, claiming compensation for physical, mental and economic damages, the company said in a statement.
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| These Drugstore Face Moisturizers Are Just As Good as the Expensive Ones Posted: 22 Aug 2017 02:32 PM PDT |
| Woman Lost In Woods For Month Was High On Meth, Police Say Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:02 AM PDT  "Me, personally, I think she was on meth," said Bullock County Sherrif Raymond Rodgers.
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| U.S. Warns Cancun Travelers of Rise in Homicides at Resorts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  Quintana Roo alone has seen 169 murders this year
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| California woman feared husband who killed her, took son Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:54 PM PDT  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed his ex-wife and fled with his 9-year-old son had battled with her over money and their former home, according to court documents.
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| Anderson Cooper Mocks 'World's Biggest Victim' Donald Trump Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:04 AM PDT  @andersoncooper is #KeepingThemHonest https://t.co/qrJwn4DIKF
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| Catholic Priest Reveals His Past as Ku Klux Klan Member in Effort to Combat White Supremacy Posted: 22 Aug 2017 01:02 PM PDT  Rev. William Aitcheson admitted to burning crosses and participating in other acts during his time as a member of the hate group more than 40 years ago.
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| The Latest: Russia bristles at US sanctions Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. and North Korea (all times local):
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| IS claims beheading of 11 at Libya checkpoint Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:37 AM PDT  At least 11 people were beheaded Wednesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group on a checkpoint manned by forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Haftar's spokesman Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari said "at least nine soldiers were beheaded... in addition to two civilians" when the jihadists attacked at dawn in the Al-Jufra region about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of Tripoli. IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq propaganda channel on the Telegram messaging app, saying its fighters had killed or wounded "21 members of Haftar's militia".
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| Nigeria's Buhari resumes old habits in days since return Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:42 AM PDT  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has kept a low profile since his grand return from sick leave on Saturday. Buhari disembarked his plane in Abuja on Saturday to a military salute and was cheered by hundreds of people who lined the streets as his motorcade drove to the presidential villa. The refusal to disclose details of Buhari's illness has caused speculation about whether the 74-year-old is well enough to run Africa's most populous country and biggest economy.
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| Casey Anthony Apparently Abandons Caylee’s Gravesite Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:16 AM PDT  The memorial is covered in dirt and overgrown.
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| Mom Who Criticized Louise Linton: She Doesn't Know 'What Everyday Americans Deal With' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:19 PM PDT  "I don't think she has any idea what everyday Americans deal with"
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| Father, Son Arrested for Dark Web Drug Trafficking Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:27 AM PDT  "He got his son, Philip Luciano, involved," states a federal court complaint. "Philip was the one who knew how to use the dark web: Philip set up their account on the dark web and handled the transactions."
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| British tourist held in Turkish prison after being arrested at airport with coins he found while snorkelling Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:39 AM PDT  A British father was arrested in front of his family at a Turkish airport after trying to bring home 13 historic bronze coins he found while snorkelling on holiday. Toby Robyns, 52, was arrested at Bodrun airport on Turkey's Aegean coast and could face up to five years in prison if convicted of trying to take artifacts out of the country. Mr Robyns, an ambulance driver from Southwick, West Sussex, told police he had no idea it was against the law to take the coins. "We were on a daily tour. When our boat stopped I took my goggles and dove into the water. There were broken ceramics in the sea. When I cleaned the sand off with my hand I saw the coins. I never thought that carrying them would be a crime," he said, according to a Turkish police statement. Gold coins found on the ocean floor in Turkey by divers. File picture Credit: Rex Features Police said the coins were 800 years old and were found when Mr Robyns put his luggage through an X-ray machine at the airport. Mr Robyns' wife, Heidi, and two young sons returned to the UK while he was reportedly taken to a prison in Milas, around 30 miles away. Mrs Robyns declined to comment when reached at the family home near Brighton. The family had been on a two-week summer holiday in Bodrun Mr Robyns has not been charged with a crime but is likely to be held in prison until prosecutors make a decision. Turkey's judicial system is on an August break, meaning that Mr Robyns could face several weeks in prison before any decision is made. He appeared before a magistrate's court the day after his arrest but will need to appear before a higher court if he is charged. He could face between three and five years in prison if convicted of smuggling historical artifacts, according to the BirGun newspaper. Milas Prison in Turkey, where Toby Robyns is being held Credit: Google Street View Mr Robyns was snorkelling near the island of Yassi Ada off of Bodrun. The island is sometimes called "a ship's graveyard" because of the number of wrecks that litter the waters around it. Of the dozens of sunken ships the most famous is a 4th century Roman wreck that ran into a reef near the island. Jugs, dishes and lamps were all found onboard. The area was rocked by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on August 8 and it is possible that the coins found in shallow waters by Mr Robyns had been dislodged the tremors. The Foreign Office said it was helping in the case. "We are assisting a British man following his arrest in Bodrum, and remain in contact with his family and the Turkish authorities." Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing & Shoreham he was "helping with the case of Toby Robyns and liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office". James Stoneham, a family friend, told The Sun: "They are accusing him of taking Turkish artefacts which he was obviously unaware of. "It was a huge shock for everybody. This was harmless fun on a holiday you've enjoyed — and now he has been put in prison. He's going to have to be held for possibly a month." Mr Stoneham added: "He found a number of coins among the rocks and sand. When he went to get his flight home they dragged him off and searched his hand luggage."
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| Violence in Charlottesville leads to soul-searching at ACLU Posted: 23 Aug 2017 06:31 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with an angry backlash for defending white supremacists' right to march in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is confronting a feeling among some of its members that was once considered heresy: Maybe some speech isn't worth defending.
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| Northeast States Just Delivered A ‘Major Victory’ Against Climate Change Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:53 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's assault on policies to combat climate change have drawn fierce condemnation over the past few months from states across the Northeast.
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| Firefighters BBQ Sausages Made of Pigs They Rescued From Fire, Then Land in Hot Water Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The fire department apologized and took down the offending sausage images.
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| Me, My Liberal Wife and What Happened When We Went to a Gun Range Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:57 AM PDT  'She wanted to protect herself from the people who had guns to protect themselves'
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| Graphic Video Shows MMA Fighter Beating Champion Weightlifter Posted: 23 Aug 2017 04:20 AM PDT  The fight reportedly took place outside a cafe in the city of Khabarovsk in southeastern Russia's Khabarovsk Krai region.
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| Jenna Bush Hager Hosts a Texas Fiesta Posted: 22 Aug 2017 02:54 PM PDT |
| 6-year-old pulls drowning toddler twin cousins from pool Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:05 PM PDT ![6-year-old pulls drowning toddler twin cousins from pool]( "6-year-old pulls drowning toddler twin cousins from pool") CALHOUN, La. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy pulled his drowning toddler twin cousins from a backyard pool in Louisiana.
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| Donald Trump's 'fitness' to be president openly questioned Posted: 22 Aug 2017 09:32 PM PDT  James Clapper, the former US director of national intelligence and retired lieutenant general, has openly questioned Donald Trump's fitness to be president. Mr Clapper described Mr Trump's address at a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night as "downright scary and disturbing" and that the president may be "looking for a way out". President Donald Trump arrives at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix Credit: AP "I question his fitness to be in this office and I also wonder if he is looking for a way out," Mr Clapper, who has served both Republican and Democratic administrations, said. Trump threatens to 'shut down government' to build Mexico wall 00:57 He added that Mr Trump could be a threat to national security. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: "Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States." Credit: AP "I worry about access to the nuclear codes if he decided to do something, in a fit of pique, to tackle Kim Jong-un... It's pretty damn scary," he said on CNN, the news network that had come under particular attack from the president during his speech. James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, says he questions President Trump's fitness for office https://t.co/IRRXg7paZM— CNN (@CNN) August 23, 2017 Mr Trump defended his response to the Charlottesville white supremacist violence at the rally. He blamed the "crooked media" for misrepresenting his response to the violence, that left an anti-fascist protester dead. The president had said that "many sides" were to blame. Mr Trump re-read his three statements in response to the violence in Phoenix - but did not repeat the "many sides" remark. He said, getting visibly angry, that he had "openly called for healing, unity and love" in his responses. .@POTUS: "Not only does the media give a platform to hate groups, but the media turns a blind eye to the gang violence on our streets." pic.twitter.com/W1pNpjPJfV— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 23, 2017 After the speech, CNN's Don Lemon described the president's address as "total eclipse of the facts".
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