| Rubio: Trump’s new immigration bill won’t pass Posted: 07 Aug 2017 12:47 PM PDT  Sen. Marco Rubio predicted that the new immigration plan backed by Trump will be short-lived, saying that the sweeping proposal wouldn't pass the Senate.
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| Manhunt in Missouri For Accused Police Killer Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:35 AM PDT  39-year-old Ian McCarthy has been on the run since Sunday when he allegedly opened fire on a police officer who pulled him over for a traffic violation.
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| Trump White House scrutinized in Flynn probe Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about Special Counsel Robert Mueller requesting documents on Mike Flynn from the White House.
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| The Latest: US says South China Sea talks will be a key test Posted: 07 Aug 2017 03:40 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Latest on annual meetings of Southeast Asian foreign ministers and their counterparts from the U.S., China, Russia, Japan, the two Koreas and other nations (all times local):
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| Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley Posted: 08 Aug 2017 08:24 AM PDT ![Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley]( "Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley")
These stunning images captured the moment lightning struck over Monument Valley. Jennifer Khordi, 47, was storm-chasing in Arizona when she came across the mesmerizing scenes. Khordi, from New Jersey, watched as the sky turned a deep purple and pink lightning forks pierced through the epic storm clouds. The iconic landmark casts a perfect silhouette against the ferocious storm. Khordi, a semi-professional photographer, said, "The images were taken in Arizona during a trip I took to capture lightning and storm images from their active monsoon season." "I was very lucky to get such good images — I love the whole experience." See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photos, Twitter, and Tumblr.
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| The Curiosity Rover Has Been Exploring Mars For Five Years Now Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:53 PM PDT  NASA's Curiosity has been roving Mars for five years now and has taken more than 200,000 videos.
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| ISIS’ Newest Battleground: The Philippines Posted: 07 Aug 2017 09:11 AM PDT  ISIS captured the city of Marawi in the Philippines three months ago, stirrings fears that the terrorist network is using the city as a springboard into Asia.
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| Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo Posted: 08 Aug 2017 05:15 AM PDT  Julian Assange has offered the Google employee who was fired for writing an anti-diversity memo a job at Wikileaks. Assange, who is currently in the Ecuadorian embassy, tweeted multiple times in support of James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo which went viral. He said: "Censorship is for losers. @WikiLeaks is offering a job to fired Google engineer James Damore. "Women & men deserve respect. That includes not firing them for politely expressing ideas but rather arguing back." He had previously tweeted: "Identity politics 2.0 wars come to Google. Oh no. But mass spying is fine since its equal opportunity predation." 1/ Censorship is for losers. @WikiLeaks is offering a job to fired Google engineer James Damore. https://t.co/tmrflE72p3— Julian Assange �� (@JulianAssange) August 8, 2017 The engineer who wrote the memo was fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes", he said in an email to Reuters on Monday. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told employees in a note on Monday that portions of the anti-diversity memo "violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace," according to a copy of the note seen by Reuters. Mr Damore's memo attacked the idea that gender diversity should be a goal. "The distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and ... these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership," Damore wrote in the internal company memo last week. Inside Google London offices Google's vice president of diversity, Danielle Brown, sent a memo in response to the furore over the weekend, saying the engineer's essay "advanced incorrect assumptions about gender". The 10-page document was initially posted on the company's internal forum. Critics reacted angrily to its argument that the lack of women in tech companies was down to genetic factors, saying it was evidence of Silicon Valley's hostility to women and minorities.
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| Trump claims base is bigger 'than ever before.' Polls suggest otherwise. Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:19 AM PDT  A new Quinnipiac poll shows just 33 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president. His approval among Republican voters dipped to 79 percent.
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| Kidnapped Model Who Was Almost Sold in Online Auction Details ‘Terrifying’ Experience Posted: 07 Aug 2017 07:39 AM PDT  "I've feared for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour"
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| The Latest: Venezuela opposition urges nationwide protest Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:26 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political confrontation (all times local):
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| Road Rage on the Rise, Experts Say Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Police are searching for driver who was caught on camera pointing a gun at another driver in Texas, while a four year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the head in Ohio.
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| Birthplace of Apostle Peter found in Israel: archaeologist Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:08 AM PDT  Researchers may have found the home town of Peter and two other apostles of Jesus near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, an archaeologist said Monday. Israeli and American archaeologists have likely uncovered the lost Roman city of Julias near the banks of the lake, also known as Lake Tiberias, Mordechai Aviam of Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archeaology said.
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| Charity run by Pakistani Islamist with $10 million bounty launches political party Posted: 07 Aug 2017 09:28 AM PDT  A Pakistani charity that the United States accuses of being a front for anti-India militant group that staged the 2008 Mumbai attacks has entered politics by forming a new party, charity officials said on Monday. The new Milli Muslim League party will follow the ideology of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which the U.S. says is a front for banned militant group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) and is run by Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 attacks that killed 166 people. "We have decided to make a new political party, so that Pakistan is to made a real Islamic and welfare state," said Milli Muslim League President Saifullah Khalid.
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| Teen’s feet mangled by carnivorous ‘sea lice’ Posted: 07 Aug 2017 06:33 PM PDT 
Everyone knows the ocean can be a dangerous place, what with all those giant squid roaming about and all, but sometimes it's the things you can't see that really surprise you. That's a lesson Australian teen Sam Kanizay learned the hard way when he took a quick dip on a beach in Melbourne. Upon emerging from the water, Kanizay learned that his feet and ankles had become dinner for some extremely hungry, pint-sized sea creatures.
Bleeding profusely, the 16-year-old was rushed to a local hospital where staff reportedly had absolutely no idea what could have possibly caused his injuries. Not pleased with the thought that his son's legs had been feasted on by some unknown ocean entity, Kanizay's father, Jarrod, went back out to the area where his son was swimming and tossed a chunk of meat into the water. When he retrieved it, the meat was crawling with tiny bug-like creatures, and that's when marine experts believed they knew the culprit. 
Multiple experts have weighed in and the consensus seems to be that tiny crustaceans called amphipods are responsible for the unfortunate incident. The bug-like creatures are scavengers, and the theory at the moment seems to be that the teenager inadvertently disturbed a group of them while they were feeding on someone else, prompting them to latch onto his feet and begin chomping away. Kanizay is expected to be just fine, and the marine scientists who have spoken out about the incident suggest it was just a bit of bad luck.
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| US Navy take part in war games off Scotland's coast as they help train British forces Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:24 AM PDT  Members of Britain's new carrier strike group are engaged with the US Navy and other international allies in Exercise Saxon Warrior, aboard American aircraft carrier the USS George HW Bush. The 97,000-tonne and 1,092ft Nimitz class aircraft carrier was off the coast of Scotland on Sunday in the latest phase of the war game, ahead of the UK's carrier strike group setting up on the Queen Elizabeth in the coming months. F/A-18 Hornet pilots return from a flight during joint military exercise, Saxon Warrior, aboard the USS George H.W. Bush on August 6, 2017 off the north west coast of the United Kingdom Credit: Getty Images Europe/ Dan Kitwood Commander Betton, commander of the Royal Navy's carrier strike group, told the Press Association the two new carriers marked a huge step for UK defence that would "usher in a new era of carrier strike activity". Speaking aboard USS George HW Bush, he added: "Carrier enabled power projection, which is the formal term for this capability, offers strategic choice to Her Majesty's Government. "The ability to scale from humanitarian assistance, response to natural disasters, through to a poise to try and deter a potential conflict and if necessary to engage as a serious tier one partner in the international coalition to take our place at the top table. "As a United Nations permanent security council member, I feel it's firmly the right thing for the United Kingdom to be doing." Timelapse: HMS Queen Elizabeth squeezes out of dockyard with inches to spare 00:44 The Royal United Services Institute recently warned that the £3 billion carrier could be disabled with a single strike from a relatively cheap missile costing less than £500,000, and sunk by multiple missiles. Other recent warnings around the Queen Elizabeth have concerned its technology and vulnerability to cyber attack, as well as the number of ships and maritime aircraft available to protect it. Captain Ken Houlberg, the UK carrier strike group chief of staff, said the capability delivered by an aircraft carrier and strike group "sets that nation on the world map - it's a player". He added: "It's got hard power tools that can deliver capability across the spectrum of conflict, from humanitarian and disaster relief through defence engagement to full high-end war fighting with our coalition allies. "It sets Britain apart." Both men were also confident the UK's two carriers could compete with the American fleet, with the USS George HW Bush one of 10 in the US Navy. Personnel stand in steam created after a plane took off during joint military exercise, Saxon Warrior, aboard the USS George H.W. Bush on August 6, 2017 Credit: Dan Kitwood/ Getty Images Europe Cmdr Betton said the two British carriers would operate at a high state or readiness, with one or the other always available at short notice to undertake carrier strike operations. Cpt Houlberg added: "We've got to get from two carriers the sorts of things the Americans get from a lot more, and that's going to be quite a challenge, but it's something I'm confident we can deliver." Graphic: HMS Queen Elizabeth
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| Pauly Shore delivers pitch-perfect impersonation of Stephen Miller for Funny or Die Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:31 AM PDT  These days, there's ample work for comedic impersonators, including Pauly Shore, who delivered a spot-on impersonation of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller.
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| 6 Ways to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:29 PM PDT  Watch the video to learn 6 ways to lower your risk of breast cancer.
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| Google Has Fired the Employee Who Wrote an Anti-Diversity Tirade, Report Says Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:09 PM PDT  An engineer for the tech giant wrote that biology accounted for gender disparity
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| Maine man sentenced to life in prison for violent rampage Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:09 PM PDT  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man who killed two people and injured four others was sentenced to life in prison Monday for a rampage that left a trail of death and destruction across northern Maine.
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| Report proposes steps to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:05 PM PDT  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal report released Monday proposes a $275 million array of technological and structural upgrades at a crucial site in Illinois to prevent invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and its vulnerable fish populations.
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| Boko Haram kill 31 fishermen in Nigeria Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:37 PM PDT  At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri and Dabar Wanzam in the freshwater lake Saturday, attacking fishermen working in the area and shooting and hacking their victims. "Boko Haram attacked Duguri and Dabar Wanzam islands and killed 31 people," a member of a local militia fighting the jihadists in Maiduguri, Babakura Kolo told AFP.
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| Taliban deny cooperating with Islamic State in Afghan attack Posted: 07 Aug 2017 07:52 AM PDT  The Taliban rejected reports they used foreign fighters and cooperated with Islamic State in fighting at a remote village in northern Afghanistan this weekend where officials said dozens of local police and civilians were killed. The Taliban, fighting to install sharia in Afghanistan and drive out foreign forces, said the claims were intended to discredit it. The movement sees Islamic State, which is fighting to create a global caliphate, as a hostile force.
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| Total solar eclipse 2017: When is it, why is it happening and how can I see it in the UK? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 07:58 AM PDT  What's happening? On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness an eclipse of the sun for the first time in 99 years, where the Moon will pass in front of the Sun casting darkness across swathes of the Earth's surface. Dubbed the Great American Eclipse, the moment will see the Sun, the Moon and the Earth become perfectly aligned in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle seen from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Although we won't see a perfect alignment in the UK, we will be able to see a partial eclipse (where the moon covers only a part of the sun). 10 amazing places in America to watch the 2017 solar eclipse Who will see it? Everyone in North America, parts of South America, Africa and Europe - including the UK - will see at least a partial solar eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun. However, 14 states across the United States will experience a total solar eclipse with more than two minutes of darkness descending in the middle of the day over the course of 100 minutes. More than 12 million Americans live inside the path of totality and more than half of the nation live within 400 miles of it. Millions more are expected to travel to cities along the path to witness the phenomenon. Eclipse path of totality in black. 14 states across the United States will experience it. Credit: Nasa What causes an eclipse? The diameter of the Sun is 400 times that of the Moon but it lies 400 times further away - which means if you are in exactly the right alignment on the surface of the Earth at the right time, you will see the two celestial bodies overlap exactly. Credit: Nasa Where can I see the eclipse in the UK? Sadly Brits won't get a total eclipse like our friends across the pond, but we will be treated to a slight partial eclipse which will still be worth watching. It will be visible in parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from around 19:35 on August 21 - but make sure you're in a spot where there's no cloud. UK eclipse circumstances for August 21 2017 What areas will see total blackout? Anyone within the path of totality will see the sky become dark for several minutes as the moon completely covers the sun. The path is relatively thin, around 70 miles wide, and stretches from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. It will first be seen at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 PDT, with totality beginning at 10:16 PDT. Over the next 90 minutes, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and end near Charleston, South Carolina at 14:28 EDT. The lunar shadow will leave the US at 04:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds. Solar eclipse 2017, in pictures What time can I see the total eclipse? Here are the mid-eclipse times for some of the major towns and cities along the path of totality, according to Nasa. All times are local. Where to see it | The Great American solar eclipse Will there be a live stream? Yes - Nasa will host an Eclipse Megacast for four hours during the eclipse which will be picked up by local, national and international TV stations. You can also follow all the action via the Telegraph. How can I see it safely? Never look directly at the Sun, even through sunglasses or dark material such as a bin liner or photographic negative. Makeshift filters may not screen out the harmful infrared radiation that can burn the retina of the eye risking permanent eye damage and blindness. Also, viewers must never use binoculars or a telescope. Wear special eclipse viewing glasses - not ordinary sunglasses - or construct a simple pinhole camera which projects an image of the Sun onto a blank piece of paper. Solar eclipse: how to watch the eclipse safely When will Britain next see a solar eclipse? There was a pretty spectacular eclipse in Britain in March 2015, but the last total eclipse in the UK was in August 1999. You might be waiting a while for the next decent one too - it won't take place until August 12, 2026. On that date up to 95 per cent of the Sun will be obscured. Britain will not see a total solar eclipse until September 23, 2090. How we watched the 1999 solar eclipse - in 90 seconds 01:42 Total solar eclipses in history Eclipses have both fascinated and terrified civilisations for centuries. When King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror, died in 1133, his death happened to coincide with a total solar eclipse plummeting the nation into darkness for four minutes and 38 seconds. Historian William of Malmesbury wrote in 1140 that "the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending."
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| The strange case of Fox News, Trump and the death of young Democrat Seth Rich Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:09 PM PDT  In the early hours of Sunday 10 July 2016, Seth Rich, a 27-year-old digital campaigner with the Democratic National Committee, was walking home after a long night at his favorite Washington sports bar, Lou's City. Last week, the conspiracy theory that conservatives draped around Rich's lifeless neck – that he was the source of the hacked DNC emails released by WikiLeaks at the height of the 2016 presidential race, and not Russia, as US intelligence insists – was revealed to have received a boost from the highest quarter.
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| More Than 30 Years After Teen Couple Plotted to Kill Her Abusive Dad, They're Still Together Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  Cheryl Pierson and Rob Cuccio hired a hitman to kill her dad in 1986.
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| Arizona woman becomes 55th sent to death row in US Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:55 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman sentenced to death Monday in the killing of a 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small plastic storage box and left to die is one of just dozens of female death-row inmates in the United States.
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| Google Anti-Diversity Manifesto Author Identified And Fired Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:43 PM PDT  Google's CEO and Vice President of Diversity have stated the engineer violated the company's code of conduct.
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| Petition builds against Macron's First Lady plans Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:24 AM PDT  By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - More than 220,000 people have signed a petition against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to create a formal First Lady role for his wife Brigitte. Unlike the U.S. First Lady, the wife of the French president does not have a formal role, although they are often informal champions for charitable causes. Past presidential wives have had small teams working for them at the Elysee presidential palace.
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| Coming to you from a Cairo village: Egypt's first minicar Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:35 PM PDT  KERDASA, Egypt (AP) — In Egypt, where many suffer under economic hardship, 35-year-old entrepreneur Ahmed Saeed el-Feki has been working hard to make something of himself. He has launched his own business building a minicar in a country that relies heavily on imports of small automobiles.
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| What It's Like to Test Drive the 2017 Lamborghini Huracán Spyder Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:06 AM PDT  At nearly $300,000, the fabled Italian brand shows us once more why they are among the very best in producing exceptional supercars
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| Republican senator says he wishes party had stood up to birtherism Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:30 AM PDT  A Republican Senator has said he wished the Republican Party had done more to fight birtherism, the racist conspiracy theory surrounding former President Barack Obama's birthplace. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who was advertising his new book about conservatism on NBC, was asked if the GOP was afraid to put country over party. A lot of people did stand up but not enough," Mr Flake said.
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| Starbucks' New Frappuccino Makes Us So Excited For Fall Posted: 08 Aug 2017 07:15 AM PDT  It's not a PSL.
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| US military bases can now shoot down private drones Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:02 PM PDT  The Pentagon has issued new guidance to the military allowing installations in the United States to shoot down commercial or private drones deemed to be a threat, officials said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the various branches of the military received the new guidance on Friday, and this would be passed on to bases across the country. While details of the new policy remain classified, Davis said personnel on bases that have been designated no-fly areas can now target unmanned aircraft deemed to be a threat to people, facilities or other assets.
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| Mother and Boyfriend Arrested For Keeping Toddler in a Cage: Authorities Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:49 AM PDT  The child was held captive for 23 hours a day and fed only small amounts of food, according to deputies.
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| A Driver Dressed Up as His Car's Seat and People Thought It Was a Driverless Car Posted: 07 Aug 2017 03:18 PM PDT  "Brother, who are you? What are you doing?"
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| Settle Flowerpot Festival Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:32 AM PDT ![Settle Flowerpot Festival]( "Settle Flowerpot Festival") You can choose to follow one of the Flowerpot Trails that are available to purchase from the Tourist Information Centre or you can just explore and take great delight in 'bagging' another display. The Festival is FREE and accessible at all times throughout July and August.
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| Moscow to cut dependence on U.S. payment systems: RIA Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:17 AM PDT ![Moscow to cut dependence on U.S. payment systems: RIA]( "Moscow to cut dependence on U.S. payment systems: RIA") By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will speed up work on reducing dependency on U.S. payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency, RIA news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Monday. It is a response to the new sanctions against Russia reluctantly signed into law last week by U.S. President Donald Trump. The sanctions targeted Russia's energy sector, with new limits on U.S. investment in Russian companies.
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| Russian tycoon Abramovich and third wife announce split Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:37 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich and his wife, art collector Dasha Zhukova, have announced they are splitting up.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71 4WD Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:35 PM PDT  Blacked-out big rig.
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| Jordanian king backs Palestinian leader in rare visit Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:21 AM PDT  Abdullah's first trip to the West Bank in five years was seen as a message to Israel and the United States over the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the stalled peace process. It came less than two weeks after the end of a standoff at the holy site over new security measures, including metal detectors, imposed by Israel following an attack that killed two policemen.
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| Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 12:01 AM PDT ![Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?]( "Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?") A 25-year-old Florida man was arrested Aug. 4 after he touched two girls inappropriately at a Walmart store. Several such incidents have been reported at the Walmart stores across U.S. in the last few years.
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| Mom Takes Hilarious Swimming Pool Photo to Celebrate Kids Returning to School Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Jena Willingham planned the funny photo shoot.
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