| Obamacare repeal’s last gasp at '48 or 49 votes,' senator says Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:14 AM PDT  With a deadline approaching in the Senate, two Republican authors of a revised health care bill are pushing their plan and think they're close to having the number of votes they need. But the bill faces long odds.
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| 2 Florida Men Accused Of Stealing Enormous Power Pole After Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Police in Jacksonville, Florida have arrested two men for allegedly trying to steal a gigantic power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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| New Details Emerge on Florida Nursing Home Deaths During Posted: 14 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT  Authorities said one of the eight victims died on Tuesday and had a "do not resuscitate order" leading no one at the facility to call 911. It wasn't until Wednesday at 3 am when the fire department got the first of several 911 calls.
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| This Tiny Florida Island Village Is Pulling Together In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:44 AM PDT  GOODLAND, Fla. - As Florida begins to recover from the impact of Hurricane Irma, residents of some small communities want the public to know that it's not only large cities like Miami or Tampa that were hit hard by the storm. "We're less than a dot on the map," Kelly Kirk told HuffPost. Kirk and her parents are the owners of Kirk Fish Company, a retail and wholesale seafood company in Goodland, which has about 400 year-round residents. "So it's easy to look at big cities that are highly populated and see that, and it's not as easy to see us down here," she added.
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| Hillary Clinton taunts Trump after president revives 'Crooked' jab Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:24 AM PDT  The former Democratic nominee fired back at the president after both he and the White House slammed her explanation for her loss in the 2016 election.
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| Berkeley braces for visit by right-wing speaker Ben Shapiro Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:47 AM PDT  The University of California, Berkeley will seal off large parts of its campus like a fortress with a closed perimeter and a "very large" visible police presence Thursday, when the birthplace of America's free speech movement faces its next potential clashes.
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| The 73 Most Delish Spaghettis Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT |
| How Police Say Scott Peterson Reacted to Wife's Disappearance, Part 1 Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT  After his pregnant wife Laci Peterson disappeared in 2002, police say Scott Peterson kept his cool and called his then-mistress from Laci's vigil.
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| Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union's demand that effectively told the newspaper's reporters to stop doing their job. "Chicago needs a great police force," the board wrote. On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago police officers who violate department policy on alcohol and drug use.
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| North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:13 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance to its rivals.
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| Spokane County Sheriff Blames Everything But Guns For School Shooting Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:35 PM PDT  The day after a Washington state high school student opened fire on his classmates, killing one and injuring three others, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich held a press conference to decry the frequency of such shootings.
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| Melania Trump tweets footage from Marine One of devastating Florida flooding caused by Hurricane Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:04 AM PDT  First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump headed to Florida on Thursday to assess the damage done by Hurricane Irma.
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| Martin Shkreli Jailed After Facebook Post On Hillary Clinton Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:15 PM PDT  Many on Twitter were quick to comment about the sentencing saying he deserved the jail time. However, some users said the punishment was quite harsh for a Facebook post.
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| A Kid Mowed The White House Lawn For Free Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:11 AM PDT  Frank Giaccio, 11, mowed the White House lawn on Friday after sending President Donald Trump a letter saying he'd complete the task "at no charge."
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| Body of British journalist killed by crocodile found in Sri Lanka Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:44 AM PDT  Sri Lankan police Friday found the body of a 24-year-old British journalist, Paul McClean, who is suspected to have been killed by a crocodile. Divers found McClean's corpse in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of the capital Colombo by road, a police spokesman said. "There were six or seven wounds on his right leg," a police official told AFP.
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| North Korean passenger flight takes off 90 minutes after missile launch Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:14 PM PDT  A North Korean passenger flight took off from Pyongyang's international airport about an hour and a half after an intermediate-range ballistic missile was launched from the area. Air Koryo flight 151 departed the airport for Beijing as scheduled at 8.30am local time. About 90 minutes prior to take-off, a missile flew over Japan after being launched from Sunan, the site of the airport. The timing would mean passengers would have been at the airport to witness the launch of the missile. "When passengers are flying back to Beijing departing at 8:30 am, we arrange our group to arrive at 7:00 am to check in, go through customs and immigration…(as) the flights can get fairly busy," Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, told NK News. Air Koryo flight from missile launch site @ Pyongyang Sunan Airport is going to arrive at Beijing in about one hour from now pic.twitter.com/KtyAYiOjSx— Chad O'Carroll (@chadocl) September 15, 2017 The flight landed in Beijing at 9.50am, 10 minutes ahead of schedule, according to FlightRadar24. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile travelled about 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) and reached a maximum height of 770 kilometers (478 miles). It followed a similar launch on August 29 of a relatively untested intermediate-range Hwasong-12 from the runway of the airport. It did not issue a "Notice to Airmen" (NOTAM) prior to that test, nor before the latest launch, raising fears for aircraft flying along the east of the Korean peninsula or near Japan. This is an incredible photo pic.twitter.com/qExSipD2zS— Ben Harris-Roxas (@ben_hr) August 30, 2017 North Korea's missile launches have raised concerns for aircraft in the past. In July, a packed Air France jet en route to Tokyo flew past the location where North Korea's test intercontinental ballistic missile crashed into the Sea of Japan less than ten minutes later, according to a US official cited by ABC news. The airline said it was never in danger but as a precaution Air France-KLM have decided to reroute flights heading north from Japan.
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| Newark Customs Officers Arrested For Alleged 'Rape Table' Assault Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  Three Customs and Border Protection officers working at Newark Liberty International Airport were arrested on Wednesday over a disturbing ritual dubbed a "rape table."
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| Mother of 3 Injured by Falling Tree in Central Park to Sue for $200 Million Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Anne Monoky was walking with her three sons when a 75-foot-tall tree suddenly fell and landed on top of the family on Aug. 15.
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| Trump vows to veto Sanders's single-payer health care plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:11 PM PDT  President Trump assured Republicans that he would veto any bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders moving the U.S. toward a single-payer health care system.
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| Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more. Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday. During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
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| Here's Why You Probably Don't Want To Freeze Your Credit Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:05 PM PDT  In the aftermath of the Great Equifax Breach of 2017, many consumers are asking, "Should I freeze my credit?"
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| We Finally Know What This Hurricane Harvey Sea Creature Actually Is Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:29 AM PDT  The identity of a mysterious sea creature that washed up on shore after Hurricane Harvey has finally been identified. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland).
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| S.Korea's Lotte to sell China shops in face of boycott Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:02 PM PDT  South Korea's Lotte Group is to sell some of its Chinese stores in the face of crippling measures imposed by Beijing over a US missile defence system, it said Friday -- and could dispose of them all. Lotte provided a golf course to Seoul for the THAAD missile-interception system installed by South Korea and the US to defend against the North's missile threats. China strongly opposes the system as a threat to its own security, and has hit the retail giant -- South Korea's fifth-biggest conglomerate -- with unofficial sanctions.
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| Republicans Find More Ways To Avoid Criticizing Trump’s Dealmaking With Democrats Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― After President Donald Trump appeared to set up Republicans for another deal with Democrats, this time on the GOP's most scorching hot-button issue ― immigration ― congressional Republicans were once again putting their faith in Trump on Thursday.
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| The Definitive List of Epic Drives Around the World Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:59 AM PDT |
| Irma's wrath was especially hard on Keys, Jacksonville Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Irma seemed to inflict special wrath on some unlucky communities, even though it didn't cause the catastrophic destruction that was feared in Florida and the rest of the Southeastern United States.
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| Venezuela's president advises malnourished citizens to breed rabbits and eat them Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Venezuela's government has launched a scheme to encouage people to breed rabbits and eat them as a way of countering frequently chronic food shortages and growing child malnutrition. The government of Nicolas Maduro said the so-called Rabbit Plan would help boost food availability. Reuters said Mr Maduro's adversaries dismissed the idea as nonsensical, insisting the real problem is a failed model of oil-financed socialism that was unable to survive after crude markets collapsed.
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| U.S. judge presses Trump administration on Dreamer deadlines Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:40 PM PDT  A U.S. judge on Thursday repeatedly pressed the Trump administration to extend an October deadline for some immigrants to reapply for a program that shielded children brought to the United States illegally by their parents from deportation. President Donald Trump recently decided to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, in March 2018. At a hearing in a federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the administration's "arbitrary" deadline is destructive, and extending it would give Congress time for a legislative solution.
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| 'Fixer Upper' Couple Blasted On Social Media Over New Target Line Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:00 PM PDT  HGTV fans will soon have a new reason to shop at Target.
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| Collection of Wild, Exotic Animals Found in Arkansas Warehouse: 'It's a Really Weird Story' Posted: 13 Sep 2017 02:23 PM PDT  The animals had been purchased from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
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| 20 Sweet-Potato Potato Salads That Bring Fall To The End Of Summer Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:00 AM PDT |
| North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test May Have Been Twice As Powerful As Previously Reported Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:06 PM PDT  New analysis of North Korea's Sept. 3 nuclear test ― the regime's sixth-ever and most powerful to date ― suggests it could have been twice as strong as previously thought.
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| Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
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| Video Captured Police Officer Saying He'd Shoot A Black Man Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:34 PM PDT  Authorities are investigating a police officer who claimed he would shoot a black man after a video of the incident surfaced.
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| Rebuilding tourism after Irma, an epic task for islands Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:35 AM PDT  It's been over a week since hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean -- but for paradise islands overwhelmingly dependent on the tourist trade, the damage is far from over. The French-Dutch island of St Martin, where the massive storm killed 15 people, remains fringed by the white sands and turquoise waters that in happier times drew holidaymakers in their droves. "For the coming tourism season, we're screwed," said Paco Benito, manager of the Riu Palace hotel.
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| Russia's Latest War Games Are Causing Jitters in Europe Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:11 AM PDT  Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's eastern edge.
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| Russian navy fires cruise missiles into eastern Syria Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:21 PM PDT  ABOARD THE ADMIRAL ESSEN (AP) — Russia fired a salvo of cruise missiles from the Mediterranean on Thursday and said they struck Islamic State targets in eastern Syria. Activists there said at least 20 civilians were killed in what they described a "fanatical" bombardment — blaming some of it on Russia and some on the United States.
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| Florida Nursing Home Was Supposed To Be A Refuge. Then It Became A ‘Death Warehouse.’ Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:03 PM PDT  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― Almost every night, Jacqueline Ventura makes the five-minute drive from her house to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to see her mother, who is 82 and has dementia.
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| Donald Trump accuses Scotland Yard of already having Parsons Green attacker 'in their sights' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:01 AM PDT  Donald Trump has suggested Scotland Yard had prior knowledge of the perpetrators responsible for the Parsons Green tube bombing. The US President tweeted that the attack was the work of a "loser terrorist" as he also suggested it might be a good idea to "cut off the internet" to prevent further terror attacks. However, his suggestion that those responsible "were in the sights of Scotland Yard" was slapped down by the Prime Minister. Another attack in London by a loser terrorist.These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017 Mrs May said that such an accusation was not "helpful" and that the police and security services are working to ascertain the "full circumstances" surrounding the attack. Mr Trump said he will call Theresa May "right now" after she criticised him over his "unhelpful" speculation. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, Mrs May said: "I never think it is helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation. "As I have just said the police and security services are working to discover the full circumstances of this cowardly attack and to identify all those responsible." Scotland Yard is yet to have confirmed whether the attacker was on its radar, despite the US President's assertions. It is not the first time Mr Trump has weighed in on terror attacks in the UK. He previously criticised Sadiq Khan over his handling of the London Bridge terror attack. Loser terrorists must be dealt with in a much tougher manner.The internet is their main recruitment tool which we must cut off & use better!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017 The explosion caused by a suspected "bucket bomb" on a London Underground train at Parsons Green is being treated as a terrorist attack by police. No arrests have so far been made and a major manhunt is under way. Witnesses reported seeing people "covered in blood" after a "flash and a bang" from the device that is not believed to have fully detonated, but sent a "fireball" through the packed District Line Tube in west London. Pictures and video posted on social media showed a flaming bucket - which is said to have had wires coming from it - inside a Lidl carrier bag on the floor of a carriage. Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his "no reason to be alarmed" statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017 Scotland Yard has dismissed President Trump's claims. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the US President's comments - which did not correspond with any information released by the UK authorities - were "unhelpful". Mr Trump made the provocative allegation in a trademark tweet as police launched a major manhunt to track down the perpetrators responsible for planting the device on a packed commuter train. Parsons Green London Underground terror attack, in pictures "Another attack in London by a loser terrorist," he wrote. "These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!" His claim threatened to spark a fresh row over US-UK intelligence sharing arrangements which have already come under strain since he entered the White House. Forensics officers can be seen next to the evacuated tube train at Parsons Green Station Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/LNP A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The comments are unhelpful and pure speculation. If anyone has got any evidence or information, please contact the anti-terrorism hotline." His remarks were echoed by former No 10 aide Nick Timothy, who tweeted: "True or not - and I'm sure he doesn't know - this is so unhelpful from leader of our ally and intelligence partner." There was no immediate response from the White House to questions as to the basis of Mr Trump's assertion. "It was quite a terrifying moment" "It was quite a terrifying moment": Parsons Green eyewitness describes aftermath 00:57
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| Typhoon tears across Vietnam, skirting key coffee region Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:40 AM PDT  By Kham Nguyen and Minh Nguyen HA TINH, Vietnam (Reuters) - A typhoon tore a destructive path across central Vietnam on Friday, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, whipping off roofs and knocking out power in the country's most powerful storm in years. Four people were killed, more than 5,000 houses were submerged, 19 collapsed and nearly 24,000 houses in Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces were damaged, the disaster agency said in a report. Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces bore the brunt of Typhoon Doksuri and power cuts were widespread after winds brought down or damaged thousands of electricity poles, trees and billboards.
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| Steve Mnuchin Asked To Use Government Plane For His European Honeymoon Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:09 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin formally requested to use a government plane for his honeymoon to Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer.
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| This Is What Being 30 Looks Like Around The World Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:59 PM PDT  The milestone often prompts all sorts of introspection: evaluating career goals, feeling pressure about finding love or comparing the person you are now to the one you thought you would be at 30.
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| Security guard accidentally shoots himself then invents imaginary black man to blame it on Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:59 AM PDT  A university security officer is facing charges after he made up an imaginary black assailant to avoid admitting to accidentally shooting himself. Brent Patrick Ahlers, shot himself in the shoulder but was worried the blunder might cost him his job. Instead, the 25-year-old claimed told police in a 911 call he had been shot by a black man with a "short afro", wearing black jeans and a navy blue sweatshirt.
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| Truck Driver Says Giving Away Plywood in Irma's Path Got Him Fired: 'I Was Just Being an American' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:27 PM PDT  Tim McCrory says he was doing the right thing, and got fired for it.
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| Mission controllers reacting to the end of the Cassini mission at Saturn will make you emotional Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:09 AM PDT  Scientists aren't exactly known for their public displays of emotion, but sometimes, that's what a moment calls for. On Friday, as the long-running Cassini mission at Saturn came to a close, mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California couldn't help but get a little teary as they said goodbye to a spacecraft that had been in space for two decades. SEE ALSO: Cassini, one of humanity's best spacecraft, is officially dead at Saturn Even though the mission's end was planned for years, it didn't make it any easier to watch lines of data come back indicating that Cassini had broken apart in Saturn's atmosphere, becoming a part of the planet it studied at close range for 13 years. "Things never will be quite the same for those of us on the Cassini team now that the spacecraft is no longer flying," Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker, said in a statement. "But, we take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too." Earl Maize, left, and Julie Webster, right, embrace after the end of Cassini.Image: NASA/Joel KowskySome of the researchers on the Cassini project have been with the mission since it began, as it launched to space in 1997, when Bill Clinton was still president. It arrived at its target planet in 2004. During its time at Saturn, the probe has re-shaped our understanding of the ringed planet and its place in the solar system, sending back amazing photos and scientific data about the world's moons, rings, and environment. For example, the spacecraft is responsible for helping us see the lakes and rivers of methane below the moon Titan's hazy atmosphere. Cassini also helped researchers figure out that Enceladus likely has an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. WATCH: NASA has discovered a water world in our solar system capable of sustaining life
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