| 'Shame on you!': San Juan mayor fires back after Trump warns about disaster relief Posted: 12 Oct 2017 06:25 AM PDT  The president warned on Thursday that he might pull federal relief workers from Puerto Rico even as the island struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria.
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| Cracks Emerge In Rodrigo Duterte's Horrific Philippine Drug War Posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:07 PM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced a major shift in the country's infamous drug war, instructing the national police to end their operations and handing control to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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| Harvey Weinstein banked $1.65M days before bombshell New York Times report Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:06 AM PDT  Harvey Weinstein sold his Westport, Connecticut, home for $1.65 million just days before The New York Times published its damning report accusing the movie tycoon of sexually assaulting and harassing scores of women in the industry.
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| In photos: Luxurious bubble glamping in French wine country Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:08 AM PDT |
| Green vineyards stand out in black of California fires Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:44 PM PDT  Odd pockets of lush green -- grape vines, believe it or not -- stand out amid the ashen landscape left by northern California's wildfires. At the Rocca winery in Napa, a patch of land called the Collinetta is intact, like other vineyards around it. Looking around from inside the vineyard, the scene is practically apocalyptic: in every direction thick choking smoke rises from rolling hills where firefighters tackle blazes that have now killed 31 people, forced thousands from their homes and destroyed more than 3,000 buildings.
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| Californian couple survived in a pool for six hours as wildfire destroyed everything around them Posted: 13 Oct 2017 08:11 AM PDT  A Californian couple survived for six hours as a wildfire raged around them - destroying everything in a five-mile radius - by taking shelter in their neighbours' swimming pool. Jan and John Pascoe tried to flee their home in the hills above the city of Santa Rosa as the conflagration closed in on Sunday night only to discover they had been cut off by a wall of flames. The retired couple had to hold each other for warmth in the cold water even as the fire melted personal effects they left on the poolside. An aerial view shows burned properties in Santa Rosa, California Credit: AFP/Josh Edelson Meanwhile their two adult daughters endured an agonising wait after losing contact with their parents shortly after calling to urge them to evacuate. Mr Pascoe, 70, and Mrs Pascoe, 65, described their escape as the death toll for the wildfires rose to 31, making them the most deadly to ravage the state since 1933. In an interview with the LA Times, the pair said they first smelled smoke around 10pm, yet at the time Mrs Pascoe's phone said the fire was still 11 miles away and they had received no official alerts. They then took a call from their older daughter, Zoe Giraudo, saying her father-in-law's home had burned down 40 miles from theirs and urging her parents to evacuate. Drone footage shows decimated California town 01:10 Mr Pascoe, an artist and retired wine broker, put some of his paintings and Dale Chihuly glass bowls he inherited from his mother in his Toyota Tacoma truck and the couple went to bed. They were woken by another call from their daughter around midnight and by then the wind had picked up and they could see the flames getting closer. "I looked out the window," Jan said, "and all I saw was a red glow. I said, 'John, we've got to get out of here.'" The pair picked up their 17-year-old cat and drove down their driveway to the main road but soon ran into a "wall of flames" and had to head back. When Jan opened her car door the cat leapt out before running off and hasn't been seen since. John and Jan Pascoe returning to the charred remains of their neighbourhood in the hills above Santa Rosa Credit: Los Angeles Times/Brian van der Brug Mrs Pascoe, a retired teacher, said she started to panic and hyperventilate as the couple realised they were trapped. They then remembered that one of their neighbours, who live a third of a mile down the road, had an outdoor pool. At 12.40am they called 911 to report their location and say they were thinking of heading to the pool, the operator told them to "get anywhere safe". When they reached the pool they waited until the last moment before getting into the cold water. By the time they saw their neighbours' house and a big tree next to the pool go up in flames they decided it was time. In the water they used wet T-shirts to protect their faces from the embers and moved to the end furthest from the house. Mr Pascoe said he was concerned they would have to tread water as they waited out the fire, but luckily the pool was only 4ft deep end-to-end. California wild fire The couple faced the strange prospect of needing to keep warm in the cold water as the fire burned around them, so they hugged each other for heat. Mrs Pascoe said: "I just kept going under. It was the only way to survive. And I kept saying, 'How long does it take for a house to burn down?' We were freezing." They waited for six hours for their neighbours' home to be consumed by the flames and the fire to pass before they could get out and warm themselves on the charred patio around the pool. Mrs Pascoe later discovered her phone, which she had left in her shoe on the edge of the pool, had been melted by the flames. As Mr and Mrs Pascoe clung to each other in the water, their daughters Zoe, 38, and Mia, 32, endured an anguished wait to learn their parents' fate. By 7am in the morning Zoe said she was preparing herself for the worst and told her husband: "Do you think they are gone? Do you think I need to prepare myself for this?" John and Jan Pascoe returning to their neigbhours' property Credit: Los Angeles Times/Brian van der Brug An hour and a half later they got word that both their mother and father had survived. Zoe said: "I started screaming. The first thing mom said to me was 'I feel so bad I wasn't able to get ahold of you.' 'You're apologising to me? After all you've been through?'" Mr and Mrs Pascoe are now staying with their daughter Zoe in San Francisco. Their home, which was built in the fashion of a boat with 11 levels and small rooms designed to remind them of places they had travelled, was destroyed in the blaze. Hundreds of people are still missing in California after 22 separate fires have torn through the state's famous wine region. California wildfires, in pictures The fires, which are being battled by 8,000 firefighters, have so far destroyed more than 3,500 homes and displaced around 25,000 people.
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| Wife of Fallen Soldier Asks His Comrades in Afghanistan to Help With Gender Reveal Posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:30 PM PDT  "I wanted them to be the first to know to let them know they're family," Britt Harris said.
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| The Latest: Sheriff says Ohio slayings suspect was worn out Posted: 13 Oct 2017 09:36 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the search for a suspect in four southern Ohio slayings (all times local):
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| Donald Trump Fires Up War-On-Christmas Rhetoric In October Posted: 13 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT  President Donald Trump got a jump-start on the war on Christmas on Friday, telling attendees at the Values Voter Summit, "We are saying 'Merry Christmas' again."
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| Roy Moore Once Compared Preschool To Nazi-Style Indoctrination Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:32 AM PDT  Many states and localities are looking to expand the availability of preschool, but Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore apparently believed this push was misguided and could result in the Nazi-style indoctrination of America's children.
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| Yellowstone supervolcano may be only decades from a catastrophic eruption Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Researchers are saying the supervolcano sitting beneath Yellowstone National Park could erupt sooner than thought -- and could possibly plunge the planet into a "volcanic winter."
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| N. American family kidnapped by Afghan Taliban freed: Pakistan army Posted: 11 Oct 2017 05:24 PM PDT  A North American family that had been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban has been freed following an operation in Pakistan, the Pakistani military said Thursday. "Pak Army recovered 5 Western hostages including 1 Canadian, his US National wife and their three children from terrorist custody" in an operation in Kurram tribal district along the Afghan border, the army said in a statement. It did not name the family, but Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped by the Afghan Taliban during a backpacking trip in Afghanistan 2012, and are believed to have had at least two children while in captivity.
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| Man Stabbed in the Heart Walks 5 Blocks to the Hospital With Knife Sticking Out of His Chest Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:48 AM PDT  Mohamed Ramirez checked himself into a New York City hospital.
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| Philippine anti-narcotics chief warns of drugs war slowdown, police target assassins Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:34 PM PDT  By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The head of the Philippines' anti-narcotics agency on Friday warned of a reduced intensity in the country's war on drugs after a removal of police from the campaign, which he hoped would only be temporary as his unit lacked manpower. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino said he had only a fraction of the personnel and budget of police, and hoped President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to make his agency responsible for all operations would not be lasting. "I hope this is just a temporary arrangement, we need the police." Amid unprecedented scrutiny of police conduct, the mercurial Duterte issued a memorandum on Tuesday ordering police to withdraw.
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| Evan Rachel Wood on Why She Hasn't Named Her Rapist: 'I Want to Do It When I'm Ready' Posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:15 PM PDT  Evan Rachel Wood is opening up about why she has not yet named the people who she says raped her — and standing up for actresses who have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein
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| Turkey blames US envoy for souring ties; won't buy US guns Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:07 AM PDT  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the United States is "sacrificing ties" by supporting its ambassador to Turkey in a diplomatic spat that resulted in the two countries suspending the issuing of travel visas to the other's citizens.
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| Melania Trump and Sophie Trudeau don stylish outfits for White House meeting Posted: 11 Oct 2017 01:22 PM PDT  Melania Trump and Sophie Trudeau met on Wednesday alongside their husbands, President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at the White House.
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| Much Like 'The Dress,' People Can't Decide What Color These Shoes Are Posted: 13 Oct 2017 07:22 AM PDT  Two years after "the dress" divided people over its color, the internet is back with another puzzling wardrobe question.
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| The U.S. Navy Could Attack North Korea from Stealth Submarines (With Almost No Warning) Posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:11 PM PDT  The United States is continuing to up the ante in its confrontation with North Korea. While the vessels are normally hidden from view, the U.S. Navy recently allowed the Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770) to visit US.
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| These Volunteer Nurses In Puerto Rico Fear FEMA Is Failing Posted: 12 Oct 2017 05:26 PM PDT  Grocery stores are lined with empty shelves, if they're open at all.
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| Stunning Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes That Aren’t Pie Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Clearly, here at HuffPost Taste, we're big fans of pie.
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| Hotel worker warned of shooter before Las Vegas massacre Posted: 11 Oct 2017 02:59 PM PDT  A maintenance worker said Wednesday he told hotel dispatchers to call police and report a gunman had opened fire with a rifle inside Mandalay Bay before the shooter began firing from his high-rise suite into a crowd at a nearby musical performance.
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| Trump: DHS secretary nominee needs 'no on-the-job training' Posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday introduced his choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, a former staffer at the sprawling post-9/11 federal agency who he says will need "no on-the-job training" for the lead role.
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| Pakistan official details car chase that freed kidnapped U.S.-Canadian family Posted: 13 Oct 2017 06:07 AM PDT  By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops shot out the tires of a vehicle carrying a kidnapped U.S.-Canadian couple and their children in a raid that led to the family's release after five years of being held hostage, a Pakistani security official said on Friday. U.S. drones were hovering near the northwestern Pakistani area where American Caitlan Campbell, her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle and their three children, all born in captivity, were freed, another security official said. Campbell and Boyle were held by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network after being kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan, and their rescue marked a rare positive note in often-fraught U.S.-Pakistan relations.
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| California wildfires kill 21 and create boiling river of wine as they burn through vineyards Posted: 11 Oct 2017 03:46 PM PDT  Authorities fear the death toll from California's wild fires could rise rapidly from 21, as thousands of firefighters battle blazes engulfing the state's wine country. Hundreds of people have been reported missing in fires that have destroyed more than 3500 homes and businesses. In places the damage to the region's wineries has been so devastating that a boiling river of wine was spotted at the Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa flowing beneath the smouldering ground where barrels have been incinerated. Three days after the first fires were reported, the blazes continue to multiply in number. On Wednesday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said 22 wildfires were burning, up from 17 a day earlier. Ken Pimlott, department chief, said the fires had burned through 265 square miles of ground parched from years of drought. The main building at Paras Vinyards burns in Napa Credit: AFP "We are literally looking at explosive vegetation," he said. "It is very dynamic. These fires are changing by the minute in many areas." Entire residential neighbourhoods have been reduced to blackened rubble in parts of northern California as smoke cloaks the land and turns the sky orange. The dead include a married couple of 75 years, who were found in the charred remains of their home. Mike Rippey said his brother discovered the bodies of his 100-year-old father Charles, who appeared to be heading to the room of his 98-year-old mother Sara, when he was overcome by smoke and flames. The remains of Journey's End mobile home park in Santa Rosa Credit: AP "My father certainly wouldn't have left her," he said in the ruins of their home in Napa, where they lived for 35 years. The couple met in primary school in Wisconin and had been together ever since. Mr Rippey, 71, said he and his four siblings could not imagine either parent living alone. "We knew there's no way they would ever be happy, whoever was the last one. So they went together, and that's the way it worked," he said. Drone captures the aftermath of wildfires in Santa Rosa 01:16 Authorities ordered more evacuations for parts of Sonoma Valley on Wednesday after a blaze grew to 44 miles across. The vast scale of the fires, problematic communications and chaotic evacuations meant the death toll would likely rise, according to Robert Giordano, Sonoma County sheriff. "The devastation is enormous," he said. "We can't even get into most areas. I would expect the number to go up." Burned wine barrels are seen at a destroyed Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa in California Credit: AFP Jerry Brown, the governor, said 8000 firefighters had been deployed with more resources arriving form neighbouring states. "We have had big fires in the past. This is one of the biggest, most serious, and it's not over," he said, adding that climate change would make such disasters more common in the future. Dry, windy weather is forecast for the next 24 hours, offering little in the way of respite. Gusts of up to 50 miles per hour and 10 percent humidity are expected throughout the rest of Wednesday and Thursday.
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| Ryan Coogler Speaks Out Against Harvey Weinstein Posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:11 PM PDT  Ryan Coogler, director of "Fruitvale Station" and the upcoming "Black Panther" movie, has released a statement condemning disgraced movie exec Harvey Weinstein.
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| Mass hysteria may explain 'sonic attacks' in Cuba, say top neurologists Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:20 AM PDT  Diplomatic staff have been withdrawn in response to what the US has called 'sonic attacks'. Senior neurologists have suggested that a spate of mysterious ailments among US diplomats in Cuba – which has caused a diplomat rift between the two countries – could have been caused by a form of "mass hysteria" rather than sonic attacks. The unexplained incidents have prompted the US to withdraw most of its embassy staff from Havana and expel the majority of Cuban diplomats from Washington.
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| Spanish Eurofighter crashes after national day parade, pilot dead Posted: 12 Oct 2017 06:48 AM PDT  A Spanish Eurofighter jet crashed on Thursday after taking part in a military display in Madrid for Spain's national day, killing its pilot, the defence ministry said. It said the Eurofighter went down near a military base at Albacete, 300 kilometres (180 miles) southeast of the capital. The Twitter account for the defence ministry's chief of staff confirmed the pilot's death.
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| Dad Who Allegedly Drowned Daughter Phoned Wife At Her Office To Tell Her: Cops Posted: 11 Oct 2017 11:52 AM PDT  The wife called 911 to say her husband had just killed their toddler, deputies said.
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| 25 Halloween Costumes For Men With Beards Posted: 11 Oct 2017 11:17 AM PDT  Men with beards know how challenging it is to find a clever, smart and unique Halloween costume that works with their facial hair rather than against it.
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| Couple Married 75 Years Perishes in Napa Inferno: 'They Went Together, and That's the Way It Worked' Posted: 11 Oct 2017 01:53 PM PDT  He was 100. She was 98. Both perished when California's Napa wildfire swept through their neighborhood.
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| China Pleads With Trump: ‘Cool It' Already With The North Korea Threats Posted: 11 Oct 2017 11:03 PM PDT  As President Donald Trump continued to spout threats against North Korea, China entreated the U.S. to please "cool it" and "stop with the games."
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| US, Israel to exit UNESCO over its alleged anti-Israel bias Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:18 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it is pulling out of the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for "fundamental reform" in the agency. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel plans to follow suit.
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| A Thousand-Year Volcano in the Pacific Northwest Posted: 11 Oct 2017 10:12 AM PDT  The fumes from that eruption may answer a long-held question about the planet's history.
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| After Weinstein, Mira Sorvino Encourages A 'Mass Speaking-Out' Against Harassment Posted: 12 Oct 2017 01:58 AM PDT  Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino penned an emotional letter detailing her decision to speak out against now-disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who she said sexually harassed her early in her career.
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| Breaking Bad House Owners Put Up a Fence Because People Can't Stop Throwing Pizzas Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:22 AM PDT  The homeowners of this iconic house from the hit TV show Breaking Bad are putting up a big fence because of all the tourist attention.
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| Utah police lieutenant demoted over arrest of nurse over blood draw Posted: 11 Oct 2017 12:46 PM PDT  James Tracy, a lieutenant who was the watch commander at the time of the July 26 incident, was demoted to officer. A lawyer for Tracy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Detective Jeff Payne, accused of assaulting and unlawfully arresting the nurse, was fired from the force on Tuesday, according to Salt Lake City police spokesman Detective Robert Ungricht and police records.
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| Death toll from Mexican prison riot rises to 16 Posted: 11 Oct 2017 01:03 PM PDT  The death toll from a major prison riot in northeast Mexico has risen to 16, authorities said Wednesday. Unrest at the prison in Cadereyta in Nuevo Leon state broke out on Tuesday morning and was put down, but flared again later as inmates started fires that sent up huge columns of black smoke. "Sixteen people were killed, most of them convicted of serious crimes," said Bernardo Gonzales, the state prosecutor on Wednesday.
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| From Jihadi John to White Widow: The Britons killed after joining Islamic State Posted: 12 Oct 2017 01:36 AM PDT  Sally Jones, the British terror recruiter dubbed the White Widow, has reportedly been killed in a US drone strike. The London-born convert is thought to be the latest in an ignoble line of infamous Britons - including her husband - to die after joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) group. Sally Jones A poster girl for Isil, Jones was reportedly killed close to the border between Syria and Iraq by a US Air Force strike in June. The mother, who was previously a member of an all-girl punk rock group, left her home in Chatham, Kent, after converting to Islam. Sally Jones in pictures posted on Twitter Credit: Twitter Along with husband Junaid Hussain, Jones went to Syria in 2013 and used her Twitter account to recruit women and provided practical advice on how to travel to the war zone. Junaid Hussain The computer hacker was described as a key Isil operative before he was killed by a US drone strike on August 24, 2015. The 21-year-old, from Birmingham, was said to have been number three on the Pentagon's "kill list" of IS targets. Junaid Hussain was linked to a plot to attack an Armed Forces Day parade He was linked to a plot to attack an Armed Forces Day parade in south London, which was reportedly foiled after Hussain unwittingly recruited an undercover investigator from The Sun to carry it out. Mohammed Emwazi - aka Jihadi John Emwazi shocked the world when he appeared in a video in August 2014 in which he condemned the West and appeared to behead US journalist James Foley. Known as Jihadi John, he emerged again in a number of other videos released by Isil, including those in which American reporter Steven Sotloff and British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning were murdered. Video: How Emwazi was radicalised Mohammed Emwazi: The road to radicalisation and Jihadi John - in 90 seconds 01:31 Emwazi was reported killed in a November 2015 air strike, with US forces saying they were "reasonably certain" he was dead. Isil later released what appeared to be an obituary to the fighter, who it called Abu Muharib al-Muhajir. Reyaad Khan Khan was 20 when he appeared in an Isil propaganda video titled There Is No Life Without Jihad together with two other Britons, urging Westerners to join the war. The youngster, from Cardiff, is thought to have travelled to fight in Syria late in 2013. Reyaad Khan's mother said she thought he had been 'brainwashed' into joining Isil After appearing in the video with a Kalashnikov assault rifle against his shoulder his mother said she believed he had been "brainwashed" into joining Isil. Former prime minister David Cameron said Khan had been killed on August 21 2015 when he was targeted by an RAF remotely piloted aircraft while travelling in a vehicle in Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of Isil. Ruhul Amin Amin, 26, featured alongside Khan in the Isil recruitment video under the name Brother Abu Bara al Hindi. Also known as Abdul Raqib Amin, he was born in Bangladesh and grew up in Aberdeen before reportedly moving with his family to Leicester. Ruhul Amin grew up in Aberdeen Credit: YouTube In July 2014, he boasted on ITV's Good Morning Britain that he had been "involved in a few combats" in Syria. Amin was killed in the same airstrike as Khan. Abu Zakariya al-Britani Abu Zakariya al-Britani is believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in early 2017 after joining Isil, detonating an explosive-filled vehicle in a village to the south of the Iraqi city of Mosul. A Muslim convert born Ronald Fiddler, he was also known as Jamal al Harith or Jamal Udeen. Abu Zakariya al-Britani was freed from US detention centre Guantanamo Bay in 2004 Credit: Universal News And Sport Suspected of terrorism by the Americans, he was freed from US detention centre Guantanamo Bay in 2004 after lobbying by the British government. Fiddler, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, is believed to have travelled to join IS fighters in Syria in early 2014.
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| Groom Exchanges Vows With Bride's Sister, Who Has Down Syndrome: 'I Promise to Look Out for You' Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:36 AM PDT  Months ago, groom Will Seaton, 25, also proposed to his now-wife's younger sister.
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| US-Canadian couple still in Pakistan after release from Taliban Posted: 12 Oct 2017 04:48 PM PDT  An American-Canadian family that spent years in Taliban captivity was released following a Pakistani operation, officials said Thursday, but refused to immediately board a US-bound jet over concerns about the husband's past links to a former Guantanamo Bay inmate. US President Donald Trump hailed the couple's freedom after five years held in the lawless Afghan-Pakistan border region by the notorious Haqqani network. "The Pakistani government's cooperation is a sign that it is honoring America's wish that it do more to provide security in the region," Trump told reporters.
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| Red Carpet Roundup: Paris Hilton is lovely in lace and Elizabeth Hurley is pretty in pink Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:33 AM PDT  Celebrities on this week's red carpets proved that the neckline can make or break any outfit.
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| Floods and landslides kill 43, leave 34 missing in Vietnam Posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:49 AM PDT  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam, officials said Thursday.
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| Hillary Clinton Announces Vague Plan To 'Donate' Harvey Weinstein Campaign Money Posted: 11 Oct 2017 07:34 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton on Wednesday tore into film producer Harvey Weinstein over the plethora of sexual abuse allegations against him, vaguely suggesting she would give away the money he's contributed to her political campaigns.
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