| Dalai Lama: Buddha Would Have Helped Persecuted Rohingya Refugees Posted: 12 Sep 2017 02:19 PM PDT  The Dalai Lama has joined world leaders and advocates in calling on the Myanmar government to protect the country's persecuted Rohingya minority, as hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled in recent weeks.
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| Trump sees compromise on extending DACA; 'the wall will come later' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:15 AM PDT  Following a dinner meeting at the White House Wednesday, President Trump and Democratic leaders seemed close to a compromise on extending the DACA program in exchange for increased border security.
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| Parents Who ‘Pranked’ Their Kids On YouTube Sentenced For Child Neglect Posted: 12 Sep 2017 03:11 PM PDT  The Maryland parents behind the viral YouTube channel DaddyOFive – which featured the couple's so-called "pranks" on their five children — will serve five years of probation on charges of child neglect, The Baltimore Sun reports.
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| Behind the fake shark photo that keeps showing up during hurricanes Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:42 AM PDT  The photoshopped image of a great white in shallow water along a flooded roadway has been popping up on Twitter during major storms since 2011.
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| South Africa's Most Expensive Hotel Suites Posted: 12 Sep 2017 02:35 PM PDT |
| One dead, others wounded in Washington state school shooting Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:40 AM PDT  (Reuters) - One person was killed and at least several others wounded when a suspect opened fire on Wednesday at a high school near Spokane, Washington, police and local media said.
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| Boeing lands $600M contract to design new Air Force Ones Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:16 PM PDT  The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday awarded Boeing a contract worth just less than $600 million to begin the preliminary design of the next Air Force One planes.
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| Laci Peterson's mother recalls last time she spoke to her Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Sharon Rocha told "20/20" that the last time she saw Laci, she let her feel the baby kick and said, "Scott doesn't like to do this."
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| Man Posts 'Slaves 4 Sale' Sign Next To Confederate Flag To Prove He's No Racist Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  A Missouri man angered his neighbors by posting a "Slaves 4 Sale" sign right above his Confederate flag.
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| See Stunning Before and After Photos of Hurricane Irma's Impact on the Caribbean Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  These before and after photos below show the physical impact of a storm that left so many struggling in its wake.
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| McConnell Says Republicans Got More Out Of Trump's Fiscal Deal Than People Think Posted: 12 Sep 2017 02:00 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill this week after he claimed that Democrats had prematurely celebrated the fiscal deal they negotiated with President Donald Trump.
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| Witness: Sen. Menendez's friend paid for $8K private flight Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:24 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A wealthy donor on trial for bribery with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez spent more than $8,000 to fly Menendez back to Washington from Florida on a private jet with only the senator as its passenger, a witness testified Wednesday.
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| Cassini spacecraft to end its mission tomorrow with a 70,000mph death plunge into Saturn's atmosphere Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:23 AM PDT  Nasa scientists are preparing to kill off the Cassini space probe with a spectacular suicidal dive into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday. The 22ft robot craft will break into fragments and burn up as it ploughs into the ringed planet's cloud tops, ending a 20-year mission that cost £2.9 billion. Cassini was launched in 1997 and took seven years to travel two billion miles to Saturn, before embarking on a 13-year journey of discovery that delivered a wealth of scientific data on the planet and its moons. The north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is seen in an image from the Cassini spacecraft on 14 October 2015 Credit: NASA Now with the spacecraft running out of fuel, and soon to become impossible to steer, controllers have chosen to bring the mission to a fiery end. Scientists expect to lose contact with the probe at around 12.55pm UK time as Cassini begins to feel the effects of drag from Saturn's atmosphere and starts to tumble, causing its dish antenna to lose sight of Earth. At this point the craft will be roughly 930 miles above the planet's cloud tops. From then on, Cassini will start to burn like a meteor and tear apart. Within two minutes of signal loss the probe will be completely consumed. In brief | Nasa's Cassini mission During the dive Cassini will be travelling at around 70,000mph. Its plunge to destruction will mark the end of a series of 22 daring orbits that allowed the probe to slip between Saturn and its rings. Because Saturn is so far away, the spacecraft's last gasp transmissions will take 83 minutes to reach Earth. Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "The spacecraft's final signal will be like an echo. It will radiate across the solar system for nearly an hour and a half after Cassini itself has gone. "Even though we'll know that, at Saturn, Cassini has already met its fate, its mission isn't truly over for us on Earth as long as we're still receiving its signal." Cassini: Getting to Saturn Right up until it beams its final signals to Earth eight of the spacecraft's 12 scientific instruments will be gathering data from the top of Saturn's atmosphere and transmitting information about its structure and composition. Cassini's cameras will capture their final images of looming Saturn and its moons several hours earlier. They will be radioed to Nasa's Deep Space Network antenna complex in Canberra, Australia, before being posted on the mission website. Cassini: The spacecraft A high point of the mission came in January 2005 when a small European Space Agency lander called Huygens detached from Cassini and descended to the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan. The probe touched down on a pebble-strewn surface with the consistency of wet sand. It was the first successful landing on a world in the outer solar system. Are there lifeforms on Enceladus? | Dr Daniel Brown of Nottingham Trent University analyses the new research As it parachuted down through Titan's thick nitrogen and methane atmosphere, Huygens captured images of features that looked like shore lines and river systems on Earth. Scientists now know Titan has lakes and seas filled with liquid methane and ethane. Another key discovery made by Cassini was a global ocean under the icy surface of another moon, Enceladus, that may sustain life. An image of earth taken by Cassini from within Saturn's rings Credit: PA The decision to send Cassini to its fiery grave was taken in order to avoid any chance of the spacecraft crashing onto Titan or Enceladus and possibly contaminating the potentially life-hosting worlds with Earth bugs. British scientists played a major role in the mission, wholly or partly contributing several of the spacecraft's instruments. Open University planetary scientist Professor Simon Green, who helped develop Huygens' surface science package, said: "The Cassini-Huygens mission has transformed our understanding of the second largest planet in our solar system, Saturn, with its vast ring system and its unique moons. "Landing on Titan revealed a cold, but surprisingly Earth-like landscape, shaped by the flow of methane rather than water, and the icy volcanoes of Enceladus hint at a habitat for life below its frozen surface. "The scientific legacy of the mission will extend long beyond its fiery end in the clouds of Saturn." Google doodle marks Cassini's final mission 01:19
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| Obama announces Chicago summit to gather civic leaders Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:29 AM PDT  The two-day event will bring together hundreds of active citizens to exchange ideas and discuss innovative solutions to common problems, Obama said.
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| Turkey will take its own security measures after Russia defense deal: Erdogan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:05 AM PDT  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday dismissed NATO allies' concern over Turkey's deal to buy a missile defense system from Russia and said Ankara would continue to take the security measures it thought right. Turkey, whose relations with its allies have frayed in recent months, said it opted for the S-400 because Western companies had offered no "financially effective" alternative.
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| Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain's Approval Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.
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| New Pictures Emerge Out Of Florida Keys In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Initial assessments said 90 percent of homes on the island chain were damaged.
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| It's Official: Donald Trump Is The Most Anti-LGBTQ President In U.S. History Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:09 AM PDT  This will be startling only to those who bought the terrible narrative of some of our most influential political reporters, who throughout the 2016 campaign told us Donald Trump was "more accepting on gay issues" than most Republicans.
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| Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 69-year-old mother Maye dazzles at New York Fashion Week Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:05 AM PDT  Maye Musk went out with a bang at New York Fashion Week! The 69-year-old mother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit her last Spring 2018 runway at the Zero + Maria Cornejo show on Tuesday looking absolutely flawless in a striped satin top tucked into matching pants and some leather slides. A great way to end #nyfw #model#justgettingstarted," Maye captioned the snap.
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| Bye bye Basi: World's oldest captive panda dies Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:25 AM PDT  The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 -- more than 100 in human years -- her handlers in China said on Thursday as they gave "Basi" an emotional send-off. The Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center in southeastern China, where she has lived for 33 years, bid a heartfelt farewell to the bear, with a memorial service that featured Basi's body surrounded by yellow flowers with the tip of her tongue sticking playfully out. "With a heavy heart, we solemnly announce today that the original model of 'Pan Pan', the mascot for the first Asian Games (in China, 1990), and an angel of friendship both at home and abroad, giant panda star Basi died at 8:50am on September 13, 2017 at the age of 37," the centre said.
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| Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril Posted: 13 Sep 2017 06:08 PM PDT  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting future generations in peril, researchers said Wednesday.
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| House Rejects Sessions Order Giving Cops More Power To Take Innocent People's Stuff Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:36 AM PDT  U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a trio of bipartisan measures meant to rein in civil asset forfeiture, a controversial law enforcement practice that allows police to confiscate property from individuals without ever convicting them of a crime, and often without even charging them.
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| U.S. will not issue some visas in four nations in deportation crackdown Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:51 PM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to deport. The new policies, laid out in State Department cables reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday and described in a department news briefing, are the latest example of U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to crack down on immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
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| The 103 Most Delish Burger Recipes Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:27 PM PDT |
| Animals Take Refuge in County Jail During Hurricane Irma Posted: 12 Sep 2017 01:32 PM PDT  The animals were given bedding and food.
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| 7 Facts Surrounding The Death Of Kenneka Jenkins Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Here's what we know so far about the developing "death investigation" of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins.
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi To Skip UN General Assembly Amid Outrage Over Rohingya Crisis Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:18 AM PDT  Myanmar's civil leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has announced she will skip the upcoming United Nations General Assembly amid escalating tensions in crisis-torn Rakhine state.
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| North Korea vows to boost weapons programmes after sanctions Posted: 13 Sep 2017 02:43 AM PDT  North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to "evil" sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test. The respected 38 North website in the US raised its estimate for the yield from the explosion, which Pyongyang says was a hydrogen bomb small enough to fit onto a missile, to around 250 kilotons -- more than 16 times the size of the device that devastated Hiroshima in 1945. The detonation, Pyongyang's sixth nuclear blast, prompted global condemnation and came after it carried out two intercontinental ballistic missile launches in July that appeared to bring much of the US into range.
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| 'We’re Having Gang Wars All Over Again' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock's roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well.
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| JPMorgan Chief Admits CEOs Quitting Trump’s Business Councils Was A Sideshow Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:09 AM PDT  Corporate executives took the unusual step of disavowing the sitting U.S. commander-in-chief last month after President Donald Trump failed to unambiguously condemn the white supremacist rally that sparked deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month. The White House disbanded two advisory councils after chief executives, facing intense public pressure, began quitting in protest.
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| 15 Marines injured when vehicle ignites on California base Posted: 14 Sep 2017 08:17 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eight Marines were rushed to a San Diego burn center and seven others were also hospitalized after their amphibious vehicle caught fire during a training exercise at a military base.
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| Plane Collides With Tug Vehicle On Charlotte Airport Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:55 PM PDT  While none of the people present on the flight at the time were harmed, the woman who was driving the tug vehicle had to be hospitalized.
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| Texas calls in U.S. Air Force to counter post-storm surge in mosquitoes Posted: 12 Sep 2017 10:58 AM PDT  By Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas has launched aerial attacks on mosquitoes swarming coastal regions of the state and threatening to spread disease and hinder disaster recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo planes began spraying insecticides over three eastern Texas counties over the weekend and will expand to other areas over the next two weeks, officials from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said. Texas reported 441 human cases of West Nile virus and 21 deaths since the start of 2016, according to figures released on Tuesday.
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| St. John Mom Who Survived Irma Under Mattress Speaks Out: ‘The Smell of Death Is Overwhelming’ Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:38 PM PDT  St. John resident Mary Anne Steele, mother to young sons Arlo, 4, and Ezra, 2, felt first-hand the terrifying effects of Hurricane Irma on the U.S. Virgin Island
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| Anthony Weiner And Huma Abedin Appear In Divorce Court Posted: 13 Sep 2017 12:04 PM PDT  NEW YORK ― Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) met his estranged wife, Huma Abedin, for their first hearing in divorce court Wednesday, months after he pleaded guilty to sending explicit text messages to a minor.
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| Chinese couple with seven daughters 'bought baby boy to carry on family name' Posted: 12 Sep 2017 09:38 AM PDT  AChinese couple with seven daughters allegedly bought a baby boy to carry on their family name. The couple from south China's Guangdong province paid 92,000 yuan (£10,700) for the "abducted" child, a court heard. Tens of thousands of children go missing in China every year, and many are victims of huge trafficking rings that operate in the country. Poor communities often have a traditional preference for male offspring, who can provide support to their elderly parents and carry on the family name. Women join their husband's family tree after they marry, even after death. The husband and wife who are standing trial claim they were repeatedly assured by the people who introduced the child to them that he had not been trafficked. They say they had met a woman who claimed to be the child's mother. Children help their parents harvest beans in a village July 24, 2005 in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China. Credit: Getty However, one of the traffickers told the court that the woman was her niece, who was unrelated to the child. An "adoption agreement" was signed and money for the child's "living expenses" before the "adoption" was handed over. The husband, who is called Chen, said he bought the child to carry on his family name, a report by Meizhou Radio and Television said. "I have seven daughters, and the oldest is 18 and the youngest is two," said Mr Chen. "We prefer boys in my hometown, and that is why we wanted to adopt a boy." The couple are among eight people who are facing child trafficking charges. Chinese media Caixin said that nearly half of all cases of children who are sold in China involve the consent of their own family, including parents who often sell their daughters for cash. Most of the trafficked children in China are boys aged under six who are often sold for adoption, while youngsters aged between 14 and 18 are commonly girls, suggesting that they are being sold into prostitution, Caixin said. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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| Iraq, Turkey step up pressure over Kurd independence vote Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:21 AM PDT  Iraq and Turkey on Thursday stepped up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum, as the governor of oil-rich Kirkuk province that decided to take part in the vote was sacked. Parliament, at Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's request, fired the governor of the northern province, Najm Eddine Karim, in a unanimous vote by 173 MPs present in the house. With tensions rising, the Iraqi parliament this week also voted to oppose plans by leaders of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq to hold the non-binding September 25 referendum.
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| ‘Run, Run!’ Mother Shot to Death in Hospital's Intensive Care Unit Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Travis Frink signed into the visitor center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon and went to the intensive care unit
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| New Yorker Releases Cover It Would Have Run If Hillary Clinton Had Won Posted: 13 Sep 2017 06:50 PM PDT  Ten months after Donald Trump won the presidency, The New Yorker has released its cover for a postelection issue that would have run if Hillary Clinton had claimed the White House.
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| Ready Or Not, Here Comes Bernie Sanders And His Single-Payer Plan Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Or he could present it more as a concept, something he expects progressives to spend the next few years refining, with a greater emphasis on the goal of truly universal coverage than the specific means for achieving it. The latter could ultimately do more to make health care available and affordable.
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| The Burger Joint Everyone Is Talking About In Your State Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:27 PM PDT |
| Fanged Mystery Creature Discovered On Texas Beach Puzzles Internet Posted: 13 Sep 2017 04:56 PM PDT  Several experts struggled to identify the mysterious marine creature.
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| Wednesday's Morning Email: What You Need To Know About Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:53 AM PDT  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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