| Trump Mentions 'Rocket Man' Kim Jong Un As White House Tries To Be Unified On North Korea Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:12 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Sunday affirmed in a tweet that he was conferring with world leaders on North Korea's growing nuclear program, appearing to refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as "Rocket Man."
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| Kevin Hart publicly apologizes to wife and children after woman threatens to release 'sexually suggestive' video Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:13 AM PDT  Kevin Hart issued a very public apology on Saturday to his pregnant wife and kids after news broke that the actor is involved in a multimillion-dollar extortion attempt.
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| Photo Of Rohingya Woman Mourning Her Dead Infant Underscores Worsening Crisis Posted: 18 Sep 2017 02:52 AM PDT  The bloodshed overtaking Myanmar's Rakhine state forced Hamida, a Rohingya Muslim, to run from her homeland last week.
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| Fatal Baton Rouge Shootings Investigated As Racially Motivated: Police Posted: 17 Sep 2017 12:44 PM PDT  A 23-year-old Louisiana man is reportedly being held as a person of interest in the separate slayings of two black men who police say were gunned down last week in potentially racially motivated attacks.
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| More Florida Keys residents return home to survey Irma's destruction Posted: 16 Sep 2017 03:01 PM PDT  By Carlo Allegri KEY LARGO, Fla. (Reuters) - More residents who had fled the Florida Keys ahead of Hurricane Irma were allowed to return to their homes on Saturday, as authorities prepared to reopen Key West at the end of the devastated archipelago on Sunday. As Florida struggled to return to normal after the powerful storm struck this week, Governor Rick Scott ordered all nursing homes in the state to obtain emergency generators. The order followed the deaths of eight elderly people this week at a sweltering nursing home north of Miami that lost power.
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| College President Apologizes For Cotton Stalk Centerpieces During Dinner With Black Students Posted: 17 Sep 2017 02:51 PM PDT  A university president apologized after he displayed cotton stalks during a dinner with black students.
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| Boeing lands $600M contract to design new Air Force Ones Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:39 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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| Russia touts essential role in Syria's advance against IS Posted: 17 Sep 2017 09:06 PM PDT  As the Islamic State group seems to crumble across Syria, a top Russian commander points to a pulverised tank once used by the jihadists as proof of his country's essential role in their demise. In recent months, Syrian troops have rolled IS back in the country's northern province of Aleppo, Hama and Homs in the centre, and most recently, Deir Ezzor in the east. Jihadists would pack anti-tank mines and TNT into the vehicles, retrofit them with protective armour, then detonate them at Syrian army positions.
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| Alec Baldwin calls out Donald Trump during acceptance speech at 2017 Emmys Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  As predicted, Alec Baldwin won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at Sunday night's Emmy Awards for his turn on "Saturday Night Live" as Donald Trump and, naturally, he took aim at Trump during his acceptance speech.
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| Cuba mystery grows: New details on what befell US diplomats Posted: 16 Sep 2017 11:21 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agonizing sound hit him again. It was as if he'd walked through some invisible wall cutting straight through his room.
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| Christian 'Researcher' Claims The Rapture Starts On Saturday Posted: 18 Sep 2017 02:34 AM PDT  There's yet another doomsday date approaching, with some claiming that the rapture will start on Saturday.
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| What's the Right Punishment for Tearing Down a Confederate Monument? Posted: 17 Sep 2017 05:05 AM PDT  DURHAM, N.C.—As a crowd of protestors put a strap around a Confederate memorial on August 14 and pulled it off its plinth, Durham County sheriff's deputies kept a low profile. They didn't intervene. Instead they stood aside, filming, as the 83-year-old statue crumpled on the lawn of the old court house.
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| 12 Makeup Removers for Sensitive Skin That Derms Love Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT |
| This Couple Eloped At Asheville City Hall, And They're So Glad They Did Posted: 18 Sep 2017 07:34 AM PDT  Amanda Magee first met her now-husband Sean five years ago while working at the department store Belk in Mooresville, North Carolina.
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| Three dead, 16 hurt after buses collide in New York City Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:34 AM PDT  Three people were killed and at least 16 injured when a New York City transit bus and a tour bus collided early on Monday in the city's borough of Queens, spinning around before slamming into a building, fire officials said. Firefighters pulled passengers from the wreckage after the city bus collided with a Dahlia tour bus in the Flushing neighborhood shortly after 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT), according to the New York City Fire Department. The driver of the tour bus and a passenger in one of the buses were later pronounced dead at area hospitals, Lhota and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters at the news conference.
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| Top Democrat says President Trump has 'no ideology' Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:36 AM PDT  House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., responds to the president's tweets and talks investigations into Russia meddling in the U.S. 2016 election.
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| Stowaway Koala Survives 10-Mile Ride Hidden Behind Car's Wheel Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:36 AM PDT  A koala is alive after a driver unknowingly drove for about 10 miles while the animal clung to the inside of his car's wheel arch, animal officials said.
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| Philippine army captures key pro-IS base in besieged city Posted: 17 Sep 2017 02:33 AM PDT  The Philippine military said Sunday it had captured the command centre of Islamic State group supporters who have besieged a southern city for nearly four months. Security forces have engaged in ferocious street-to-street combat and launched airstrikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from Marawi, in a battle that has left 800 dead and raised fears that IS is looking to establish a Southeast Asian base in the Philippines. The military said it had captured the militants' control centre in a deadly operation that began Saturday against a mosque and another building.
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| The Latest: Thousands told to evacuate as Fla. river floods Posted: 17 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
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| Donald Trump To Campaign For Luther Strange In Alabama Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:58 AM PDT  President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he plans to campaign next week for Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.),
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| College Student Shot and Killed by Police After Allegedly Refusing to Drop Knife Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Scout Schultz allegedly continued to advance on officers with the Georgia Tech Police Department outside a dormitory just after midnight Sunday.
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| Blood and embalming fluid seeps onto street outside Baton Rouge funeral home Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:13 AM PDT  Blood and embalming fluid leaked from a storage tank onto the street outside a funeral home before it was spotted by passersby. Images showed the mix of blood and formaldehyde as it seeped onto the street behind the Greenoaks Funeral Home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A blockage in the storage tank had caused the leak, which lasted around 20 minutes.
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| 'You Could Hear the Screaming.' Erratic Porsche Plows Into Crowd at Car Show, Injuring 11 Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:15 AM PDT  At least 11 people were injured
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| California Close To Banning Pet Shop Sales Of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:37 PM PDT  California will become the first state to ban pet stores from selling cats, dogs or rabbits that don't come from a shelter or rescue group if Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs the bill sent to him this week.
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| New Ken Burns Doc Dismisses Origins of the Vietnam War Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:31 AM PDT  Ken Burns aims to win hearts and minds with his epic Vietnam series, but loses sight of how we got involved.
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| Sign Language Interpreter Signed Nonsense During Hurricane Irma Press Conference Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:07 PM PDT  The Deaf community is demanding an apology after a an alleged sign language interpreter failed to deliver a clear message during a press conference for Hurricane Irma
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| Donald Trump Jr. To Testify Publicly In Russia Probe 'This Fall,' Top Democrat Says Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:35 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― One of the congressional committees probing whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in last year's election expects public testimony from Trump's eldest son and may subpoena the president's former campaign chairman, two key figures in the ongoing investigations, according to the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
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| Staying fit: Japan's elderly hits record in challenge to labor market Posted: 18 Sep 2017 03:47 AM PDT  The event to mark Respect for the Aged Day in Japan drew over 200 people in an exercise meant to increase their body strength and balance. The exercise was more than just symbolic, as the number of people aged 65 and above has risen to a record high of 27.7 percent of Japan's population, government figures showed. Japan has been struggling with a declining workforce for decades, and its elderly ratio is the highest among Group of Seven nations, followed by Italy at 23.0 percent, Germany at 21.5 percent, and France at 19.7 percent.
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| Man held over murder of Japanese couple in Bali Posted: 18 Sep 2017 02:42 AM PDT  Indonesian police have arrested a man over the murder of an elderly Japanese couple whose bodies were found burned beyond recognition on the holiday island of Bali. The scorched corpses of Nurio Matsuba, 76, and his 73-year-old wife Hiroko were discovered on September 4 by their Indonesian foster son in Jimbaran, a resort area in the southern part of the island.
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| Angry Viewers Are In No Mood To Laugh At Sean Spicer's Emmy Jokes Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:00 PM PDT  Sean Spicer joked about lying to the American people in a surprise appearance at Sunday's 69th annual Emmy Awards.
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| Philippines: 3 Marawi siege leaders dead, 2 still fighting Posted: 18 Sep 2017 04:13 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief said Monday that three leaders of Islamic State-linked militants who besieged a southern city have been killed in months of fighting but two others, including one of Asia's most wanted terror suspects, were still alive and leading a final stand.
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| 17 Tricked-Out Caramel Apple Recipes You Must Make Posted: 18 Sep 2017 09:01 AM PDT |
| National Security Adviser McMaster says White House 'looking at' new travel ban Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:33 AM PDT  White House National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster tells George Stephanopoulos a new travel ban is something the Trump administration is "looking at."
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| The absolute worst pumpkin-related food crimes Posted: 17 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Some pumpkin foods are delicious: fresh pumpkin cupcakes, for example, frosted with cream cheese icing, or crumbly, barely-sweet pumpkin scones. Pumpkin pie! Others are sick crimes. SEE ALSO: People are mad at Starbucks for its confusing rollout of the Pumpkin Spice Latte While the primary focus of pumpkin-season debate remains the Pumpkin Spice Latte (which is more delicious over ice, by the way), I'd like to posit that there are far more egregious pumpkin products out there. Of course, we can technically blame the PSL for the existence of all these bad, bad foods. So ... maybe the anger is justified? 1. Pumpkin cider I purchased a six-pack of pumpkin cider in the fall of 2013, eager to sip something cold (it was still hot outside) that still tasted like autumn incarnate. Instead, the pumpkin cider tasted exactly like vomit — not just vomit, the noun, but the actual act of vomiting. Image: Totalwine.com2. Pumpkin spice gum This one is doubly offensive: not only must you taste the cloying flavor of the gum, but so must everyone around you when it is on your breath for the rest of the day. Friends, not chewing this gum is a public service. Image: Amazon3. Pumpkin Spice Oreos One Mashable staffer and Pumpkin Spice Oreo survivor compared the specialty cookies to "a Yankee Candle melting in your mouth." Seems bad! Image: Amazon4. Pumpkin pie spice butter A sponsored post about Land O Lakes Pumpkin Pie Spice Butter Spread recommends that you slather it not only on toast and English muffins, but on roasted carrots and pork chops. And a lot of people seem to like the stuff, so it's probably fine, right? Wrong. It is, again, way too sweet. Also, why would you put pumpkin spice butter on toast when cookie butter exists? Image: Land O Lakes5. Pumpkin spice oatmeal Pumpkin spice oatmeal is a bummer because it could have been subtle and nice, even wholesome. Instead, it is sickeningly sweet. A post shared by @doreenas_yums on Jul 22, 2017 at 5:22pm PDT 6. Pumpkin Spice Latte Peeps One of the best parts of fall is that Peeps, which are endorsed by Satan, aren't around to assail us. Unfortunately, Peeps has ruined this with Pumpkin Spice Peeps. To add insult to injury, they are dipped in white fudge. Image: Peeps & Company7. Pumpkin spice candy corn Candy corn is already bad, but pumpkin spice candy corn is truly ghastly. It's an important reminder that life can always get worse! Image: Amazon WATCH: How to respond when your coworker asks you, "How was your weekend?"
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| Dreamers Want Trump to Know They're Not All Mexican Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:00 AM PDT  "To Trump, DACA is an issue of illegal immigration from Mexico, and it's not."
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| Woman sprayed at with acid in Marseille forgives attacker in Facebook post Posted: 18 Sep 2017 03:32 AM PDT  A woman who, along with three friends, was sprayed at with acid while on holiday in Marseille, has posted a message of forgiveness on Facebook for her attacker. Courtney Siverling was targeted by "psychologically disturbed" attacker in Marseille's main railway station yesterday in an attack which left two of her friends with facial burns. Although she was uninjured, she was treated for shock. The young woman wrote on Facebook: "Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out to see if I'm ok and/or has been praying for us. I did not receive any injuries from the attack in Marseille this morning and we are all safe. The French police and the U.S. Consulate have been wonderful and we are so thankful for that. "I pray that the attacker would be healed from her mental illness in the name of Jesus and receive the forgiveness and salvation that can only come from Him. "'This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.' Psalm 91:2". Michelle Krug, who was also targeted in the attack, asked for her Facebook friends to pray for the attacker. She wrote: "I want you all to know that my friends and I are doing okay. To fill in those who have not heard, three of my friends and I were attacked this morning at a Marseille train station by a woman suffering from a mental illness. She threw a weak solution of hydrochloric acid at us from a water bottle, which got in one of my eyes and one of my friend's eyes. We were all treated at a local hospital and are anticipating a quick recovery. "I ask that if you send thoughts and prayers our way, please consider thinking about/praying for our attacker so that she may receive the help she needs and deserves. Mental illness is not a choice and should not be villainized. "I'd like to thank the US Consulate, French police, and all of the wonderful people who helped us today and made us feel safe. "Looking forward to continuing this incredible opportunity to live and study in France!" What to do in an acid attack 01:20 The four women were Boston College juniors in their early 20s taking part in study abroad programmes, with three in the French capital and a fourth based in Copenhagen, Denmark. They were named by their university as Courtney Siverling, Charlotte Kaufman, Michelle Krug and Kelsey Kosten. The director of the Boston College's Office of International Programs, Nick Gozik, said the women have been released from the hospital and "it appears that the students are fine, considering the circumstances". Police arrested a 41-year-old woman immediately after the attack at about 9am local time, judicial sources said. She was said to have a history of mental illness and a police record for theft. The victims, in their early 20s, were rushed to hospital and discharged later in the day. One suffered a partial loss of vision in one eye. The assailant, who reportedly used a canister of cleaning fluid containing hydrochloric acid, told detectives that she herself had been attacked with acid when she was younger. She stayed in the station after the attack and showed photographs of herself with burns, La Provence newspaper reported.
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| Police Face Scrutiny Over Georgia Student Shooting Posted: 18 Sep 2017 12:51 AM PDT  Schultz was shot and killed in a confrontation with police at a Georgia university campus on Saturday.
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| Pot shampoo to cannabis sommeliers: Inside one of America's biggest marijuana business conventions Posted: 17 Sep 2017 07:22 AM PDT  Entrepreneurs looking to cash in on California's new marijuana gold rush flocked to Los Angeles this week for the city's Fourth Annual Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition, taking in advice and pitches from venture capitalists to a marijuana "sommelier". Workshops were conducted, business cards were swapped with more than 200 bustling booths – exhibiting everything from pot paper, to shampoo and even suppositories – at the LA Convention Centre. It was a spirited free-for-all that anticipated one thing: 1 January 2018 – a date that puts dollar signs in many a Californian's eyes.
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| NATO concerned about Russia's transparency on military games Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:51 PM PDT  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A senior NATO official says there's reason to be concerned about the large-scale Zapad 2017 military maneuvers being conducted now by Russia and Belarus, since they could be seen as "a serious preparation for big war."
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| Issa Rae's Unapologetic Support Of Black Stars At The Emmys Is A Mood Posted: 18 Sep 2017 07:24 AM PDT  Issa Rae was unabashed about who she was supporting at the 2017 Emmys.
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| Far-right party likened to Nazis to shake up German parliament Posted: 17 Sep 2017 05:50 AM PDT  By Michelle Martin FRANKFURT AN DER ODER, Germany (Reuters) - The first far-right party set to enter Germany's parliament for more than a half a century says it will press for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be "severely punished" for opening the door to refugees and migrants. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has also called for Germany's immigration minister to be "disposed of" in Turkey where her parents come from, could become the third largest party with up to 12 percent of the vote on Sept. 24, polls show. Leading AfD candidate Alexander Gauland denies they are Nazis, saying others only use the term because of the party's popularity.
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| Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef Posted: 17 Sep 2017 11:14 PM PDT  A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species. Now Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) research has shown they avoid areas where the Pacific triton sea snail -- also known as the giant triton -- is present.
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| US warns N.Korea will be 'destroyed' if threats continue Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:13 AM PDT  Donald Trump's administration ramped up the pressure on North Korea on Sunday ahead of a week of high-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations, warning Pyongyang will be "destroyed" if it refuses to end its "reckless" nuclear and ballistic missile drive. With US officials and their allies scrambling to find ways to contain an increasingly belligerent Pyongyang, the US president will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and then confer Thursday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of the meeting. The Security Council last Monday imposed a new raft of sanctions on North Korea -- but their impact depends largely on whether China, Pyongyang's ally and main economic partner, will fully implement them and on Russia, which is hosting tens of thousands of North Korean workers.
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| Here’s What Kids Should Know About Tattoos and Piercings Posted: 17 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Three in 10 American adults have at least one tattoo
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