| Bill O'Reilly On Las Vegas Massacre: 'This Is The Price Of Freedom' Posted: 02 Oct 2017 04:04 PM PDT  Former Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly said Monday that the massacre in Las Vegas hours earlier — the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history — was "the price of freedom."
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| Louisiana police officer slain in shootout, suspect arrested Posted: 02 Oct 2017 03:55 PM PDT  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man is accused of shooting a cashier and then killing the police officer who was sent to investigate, authorities said Monday.
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| Keith Olbermann: The NRA Should Be Branded A Terrorist Organization Posted: 03 Oct 2017 01:21 AM PDT  Keith Olbermann tore into the National Rifle Association for "enabling such massacres" as the one that took place in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
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| 'Fixer Upper' star Joanna Gaines makes major business announcement Posted: 02 Oct 2017 11:24 AM PDT  We can't keep up with Chip and Joanna Gaines anymore!
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| NASA Is Testing Technology to Reach the Metal World of Psyche Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:29 PM PDT  The mysterious, deep space world has captivated scientists.
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| Zimbabwe arrests journalist over Grace Mugabe 'used' underwear Posted: 03 Oct 2017 06:33 AM PDT  Zimbabwe police have arrested a journalist at a privately-owned daily over a story claiming that President Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace had donated second-hand underwear to supporters, lawyers said Tuesday. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said that Kenneth Nyangani, a NewsDay journalist, was arrested on Monday night "for allegedly writing and publishing a story over the donation of some used undergarments by First Lady Grace Mugabe". Nyangani was being detained in the eastern city of Mutare and is likely to face "criminal defamation" charges, the organisation said in a statement.
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| In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world Posted: 02 Oct 2017 07:23 AM PDT ![In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world]( "In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world") An event pitched as the "Oscars for Museums" was held in London over the weekend, where the most innovative and influential museums and institutions were named the world's "Leading Culture Destinations 2017." Taking the top prize of the night was London's Design Museum, a space that explores the power of human invention in product, fashion, industrial and graphic design.
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| Now I Get It: Why haven’t authorities named Las Vegas gunman a terrorist? Posted: 02 Oct 2017 04:02 PM PDT  Police named Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old former accountant, as the gunman who opened fire from a Las Vegas hotel room on a crowd of concertgoers below. Sydney Sievers was there and said, "It was the scariest time of my life. While ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting, the FBI says there's no link.
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| Team Trump Joins The President's Assault On San Juan Mayor Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Top associates of President Donald Trump on Sunday joined his new campaign against the mayor of Puerto Rico's capital city, San Juan, over her appeals for quicker federal help following Hurricane Maria.
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| One mass shooting every day: Seven facts about gun violence in America Posted: 03 Oct 2017 05:56 AM PDT  Yesterday's gun attack at a Las Vegas country music festival has left at least 59 people dead. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, once again highlighting America's extreme rate of gun violence - a rate that other developed nations don't come anywhere near matching. The frequency of this kind of event risks anaesthetising us to the number of people who die from shootings in one of the world's most developed nations. The numbers are staggering. Gun ownership rates per country 1. The Las Vegas mass shooting wasn't the only mass shooting in America on Sunday While the scale of the attack in Las Vegas on Sunday night is unparalleled, it wasn't the only mass shooting to occur in the US that day. Some 13,000 miles away in Lawrence, just outside the University of Kansas in Kansas, two men and a woman were killed and a further two people injured in a mass shooting incident. While none of the three victims were students at the university, all were in their early twenties, with one of the young men recently having become a father, according to the local press. Mass shootings in America - defined as an event where at least four people are shot - are now an every day event. The Las Vegas attack makes October the most deadly month for mass shootings this year - although not by as much as some may think, given the scale of the atrocity. The scale of US mass shootings in 2017 2. One major mass shooting every two months This year's deaths follow a depressing trend, according to data gathered by the Gun Violence Archive. Some 346 people are estimated to have been killed in American mass shootings this year. This compared to 432 in 2016, and 369 in 2015 - more than one person for every day of the year. When it comes to major mass shootings (where more than four people are killed), there have been an average of just 72 days between events during the period of 2010 to 2017 . This is a far more frequent rate when compared to the average gap of 162 days from 2000 to 2010, according to data compiled by Mother Jones. The two worst mass shooting events - this week's Las Vegas shooting and the Pulse nightclub atrocity in Orlando - have occurred in the last two years. More than a person a day have been killed in US mass shootings in recent years 3. Firearms sales go up after mass shootings Data from the FBI shows us that there have been 269.5m firearms background checks since November 1998 - and the number is increasing as time goes by. Such background checks, initiated through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), do not represent the number of firearms sold - but they do give us an idea as to interest in buying guns across the country. In an alarming pattern identified by the New York Times, the fear of firearms restrictions is a significant driver of gun sales - with mass shootings and other attacks being another, although to a lesser extent. For example, December 2015 saw the highest number of background checks to date - at 3.3m. This followed the San Bernardino terror attack in November, in which 14 people died and after which Obama called for tighter restrictions on the purchase of assault rifles. Firearm checks peak after attacks and potential restrictions 4. 270m guns for 320m people In 2007, the Small Arms Survey estimated that there were between 250m and 290m civilian-owned firearms in the US - a rate of around 90 per 100 people. This was the highest rate of civilian guns for any of the 178 countries that were surveyed and was ahead of Yemen (55 guns per 100 civilians) in second place by quite some distance. Higher rates of gun ownership correlate strongly with occurrences of mass shootings with the US emerging at the top of tree when it came to mass shootings per head in a study by Jaclyn Schildkraut of the State University of New York. Countries with more guns have more mass shootings 5. Mass shootings are just the tip of the iceberg Between 2001 and 2013, 406,496 people died as a result of gun violence in America according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Of this number the majority - 237,052 - were actually suicides as opposed to homicides. Homicides accounted for 153,144 deaths over this period while the rest comprised 8,383 accidental deaths, 4,778 deaths from police shootings and 3,200 where the cause couldn't be determined. In this context, mass shootings make up a comparatively small proportion of overall gun deaths in the US, accounting for around three per cent of homicides in 2017 so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Suicides account for most US gun deaths 6. Texas is often at the frontline of mass shootings In 2015, there were 45 deaths from Texan mass shootings. In 2016, the state saw 39 victims. This year, the running total is 28. While individual large tragedies may skew the data for particular years, Texas is consistently bad for gun violence. After the Las Vegas attack, Nevada has suffered the most deaths from mass shootings this year - at 59 deaths - but it is also top when we make the number proportional to a state's population. It being a small state, Nevada has now had 20 mass shooting deaths per one million of its people - with the next highest rates seen in Mississippi (7.4 per million) and Kansas (3.4 per million). Map: America's mass shootings hotspots 7. Americans can't agree on gun control The debate over gun rights and restrictions is not a new one in America - and it's opened up every time another mass shooting catches the public's attention. The latest polling from the Pew Research Centre shows that 47 per cent of Americans support protecting gun rights - compared to 51 per cent who support gun control (6 April 2017). This polling has tightened over the last two decades - when 65 per cent were in favour of gun control in May 1999 - ensuring that the debate continues to rage on. The gun debate is anything but settled At the end of 2016, The Telegraph published a piece called "The face of America's gun problem" which aimed to document all 432 victims of American mass shootings in 2016.
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| The Improbable Story Of 'American Girl,' Tom Petty's Biggest Non-Hit Posted: 03 Oct 2017 05:38 AM PDT  In 1976, the late Tom Petty recorded what was then a relatively unremarkable single.
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| Read Cole Sprouse's Powerful Take On Whiteness And Mass Shootings Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:30 PM PDT  While some celebrities were at a loss for words in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, here's former Disney star and current "Riverdale" actor Cole Sprouse with a particularly cogent reaction to the horrific events.
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| Teens Kicked Off Football Team For Protesting During National Anthem Posted: 01 Oct 2017 11:25 AM PDT  The teens said they wanted to stand up for what they believe in.
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| Australian Authorities Regret the 'Unacceptable' End to MH370 Search Posted: 03 Oct 2017 01:27 AM PDT  The 1,046-day search for the missing Malaysian flight yielded little solid data
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| What's The Difference Between Cardiac Arrest & Heart Attack? Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:02 PM PDT  Cardiac arrest and heart attacks are both serious heart failures, but they are actually two different things. These four questions will help you tell them apart and respond accordingly if you ever encounter one. Watch the video to learn more
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| Court jails Russian opposition leader Navalny for 20 days Posted: 02 Oct 2017 11:21 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to jail for 20 days for calling for an unsanctioned protest, which would keep him away from a major rally this weekend.
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| Dark details on Las Vegas shooter's family history come to light Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:34 AM PDT  The brother of Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old gunman who opened fire on concertgoers during a Las Vegas country music festival on Sunday night, has revealed disturbing information about their family history.
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| Steve Bannon warns it will be 'the end of everything' if Trump supports gun control Posted: 03 Oct 2017 06:01 AM PDT  Steve Bannon has said it will "be the end of everything" for Donald Trump if he supports gun control in the wake of the worst mass shooting in US history. At least 59 people are dead and 515 injured after a gunman fired on a crowd of concert-goers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. The President has been a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, and avoided addressing the issue of gun rights during a White House speech condemning the "pure evil" attack.
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| Parents Are Totally Relating To Jennifer Garner's Exhausted 'Yes Day' Selfie Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:38 PM PDT  Jennifer Garner is not afraid to show her exhausted parent face.
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| The 'Rick And Morty' Finale Blew Off America, And It Didn't End Well Posted: 02 Oct 2017 05:10 AM PDT  "Rick and Morty" took an interesting turn on Sunday when the dimension-hopping duo angered the President in the series' season three finale.
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| Mormon Church Apostle Passes Away Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:17 PM PDT  The New York City native was chosen as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a high-level governing body of the Mormon Church, in 1994 and received his call as a general authority in 1975.
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| As Puerto Rico Begs For Help, Trump Plans To Attend Golf Trophy Ceremony Posted: 01 Oct 2017 11:27 AM PDT  As millions of Puerto Ricans continue to go without basic necessities like food, water and medicine, President Donald Trump is expected to attend the trophy ceremony for the Presidents Cup golf tournament on Sunday.
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| Why North Korea Might Do the Unthinkable: Test a Nuclear Weapon in the Pacific Ocean Posted: 02 Oct 2017 05:04 PM PDT  The Trump Administration may inadvertently be provoking North Korea into conducting a live-fire test of a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. While it is clear that North Korea has both ballistic missile technology and a working hydrogen bomb, the U.S. State Department recently suggested in a tweet that Pyongyang does not have such capabilities. While many prominent international relations experts and former U.S. government officials immediately derided the State Department's tweet, similar statements in previous decades prompted China to conduct a risky live-five nuclear missile test on October 27, 1966.
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| Graphic eyewitness reports from Las Vegas show terrifying scene Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Videos recorded by concertgoers at a Sunday country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas reveal a scene of stunning terror as a gunman let loose with a stream of bullets that police say killed at least 58 and injured more than 500.
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| Suicide attack on police station in Syrian capital kills 17 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:26 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Two suicide bombers stormed a police station in the Syrian capital on Monday, killing at least 17 civilians and police, state TV reported, while a drone strike in eastern Syria killed 10 Hezbollah fighters who were helping Syrian troops battle the Islamic State group.
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| Rock Legend Tom Petty Dead at 66 After Massive Cardiac Arrest Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:07 PM PDT  Tom Petty died Monday of a cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms
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| Supreme Court mulls parameters for deporting immigrant felons Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:02 PM PDT  By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday expressed skepticism toward part of an immigration law requiring the deportation of immigrants who commit violent felonies because of uncertainty over which crimes fit the bill and which do not. The justices heard arguments in the government's appeal of a lower court's ruling that language in the Immigration and Nationality Act calling for deportation of legal immigrants convicted of a "crime of violence" was so vague that it violated their rights to due process of law under the U.S. Constitution.
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| More daytime images of the Larsen C iceberg have come in, and they're amazing Posted: 02 Oct 2017 11:28 AM PDT  In July, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded — measuring in at about the size of Delaware and containing a volume of ice twice the size of Lake Erie — broke off the Larsen C Ice Shelf in northwest Antarctica. The event, which took place during the frigid blackness of the Antarctic winter, was detected using satellite instruments that could pierce the darkness to sense the ice below. As the austral spring dawns, scientists are now being granted their first glimpses of the new iceberg during the daytime. And the images are incredible. SEE ALSO: Just how big is this new, trillion ton Antarctic iceberg, anyway? The first daytime satellite photo to be released by NASA came on Sept. 11, via an instrument on NASA's Terra satellite, which is known as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS. It revealed the massive iceberg, which dwarfs Manhattan yet somehow has taken on its shape, in all its glory. Satellite image showing the massive Antarctic iceberg and its smaller sibling on Sept. 16, 2017.Image: nasaSoon after, other NASA satellites, including Landsat 8, captured detailed images that NASA published on Sept. 30. The new data shows how the massive iceberg has split into smaller pieces since it cleaved off from the floating ice shelf last summer, and reveals that it has begun to push away from the ice shelf that birthed it, thanks to offshore winds. The original iceberg weighed about 1 trillion tons, according to a team of researchers affiliated with a U.K.-based research project, known as Project MIDAS. While the iceberg calving event itself is likely mostly natural, it nevertheless threatens to speed up the already quickening pace of ice melt in the region due in large part to global warming. The wider EW footprint of @ESA_EO 's #sentinel1 gives a nice overview of the drift of iceberg #A68 away from #LarsenC. From-rift-2-drift pic.twitter.com/c6j39bWDBt — Stef Lhermitte (@StefLhermitte) September 21, 2017 In its original shape, the iceberg was about 2,200 square miles in area, Project MIDAS researchers said in a blog post on July 12. In late July, the main iceberg, known as A-68A, lost several chunks of ice as it began to slowly drift out to sea. One of those large chunks is now known as A-68B, according to the National Ice Center, which tracks large icebergs because they pose a danger to ships. Around the same time, scientists revealed that new cracks were developing on the Larsen C ice shelf, potentially signaling additional breakup events in the coming months to years. Scientists are closely monitoring the Larsen C Ice Shelf because of the warming occurring in that region, and the unsettling history of other ice shelves in the area. The icebergs in natural color (left). Thermal image (right) reveals where the colder ice ends and warmer water begins.Image: NASAThe Antarctic Peninsula, which is where the Larsen C Ice Shelf is located, is one of the most rapidly warming parts of the Earth. Two of its neighbors, Larsen A and Larsen B, have already collapsed. (The rapid breakup of Larsen B inspired the opening scene in the disaster flick, The Day After Tomorrow.) Because of that history, there is tremendous scientific interest in seeing how Larsen C responds to losing about 12 percent of its area in a single, trillion-ton iceberg. While the iceberg calving event itself is not likely caused specifically by climate change, it nevertheless threatens to speed up the already quickening pace of ice melt in the region by leaving the ice shelf behind it in a weakened state, with new cracks that may develop additional icebergs in the future. The melting of the ice shelf does not affect global sea levels directly, since the ice was already floating, like an ice cube in a glass, before the calving event. However, when ice shelves like Larsen C melt, they can free up land-based ice behind them to flow faster into the sea, which does raise sea levels. WATCH: An iceberg the size of Delaware broke off Antarctica
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| Russia vs. America in the Sky: Su-35 Fighter vs. F-15C (Who Wins?) Posted: 02 Oct 2017 04:29 AM PDT  Bottom line: unless the F-15 is fighting World War III, the Air Force is probably going to be ok keeping the Eagle in service for another two decades. It might not be the one-sided turkey-shoot the Air Force has gotten used to, but the United States isn't in danger of losing air superiority. The Boeing F-15C Eagle has been in service with the U.S. Air Force for nearly 40 years and will likely serve for decades to come.
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| It's Completely Legal To Walk Around Las Vegas With A Machine Gun Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:56 AM PDT  Sunday's horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas once again shines a light on a nation awash in guns, with relatively few restrictions on their purchase or possession.
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| U.S. Drone Crash in Yemen Captured on Video Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:16 PM PDT  The drone was shot down by Houthi rebels fighting against the Saudi Arabia-backed government.
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| Legendary Rocker Tom Petty Dead At 66 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:13 PM PDT  Tom Petty, lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday, his family announced.
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| The Latest: Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:52 PM PDT  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local):
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| How to Make Miniature Cookie Bowls Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:17 AM PDT  A Mad Genius Tip from Justin Chapple for baking the perfect edible ice-cream holders.
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| GM to launch two new electric vehicles within 18 months, 20 by 2023 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:00 AM PDT  General Motors said on Monday it will unveil two new battery-electric vehicles within the next 18 months, and will offer 20 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2023. The news came in a conference call for reporters with Mark Reuss, GM's executive vice president of global product development. GM's announcement follows similar commitments by other large global automakers, VW Group included, and the news that China is evaluating an end date for sales of new vehicles with combustion engines.
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| What NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Saw Before It Died Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:42 PM PDT  Right before NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere and ended its mission, it sent back photos to Earth of its final moments.
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| Nigeria president denounces Biafran separatists Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:29 AM PDT  President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday railed against separatists seeking Nigeria's "dismemberment" and called for "proper" dialogue after clashes between pro-Biafra activists and security forces in the restive southeast. Speaking as Nigeria marked its 1960 independence from Britain, Buhari also said that corruption remained the African oil giant's "number one enemy". The 74-year-old former general later flew out of the capital for a lightning surprise visit to Maiduguri, the city in northeastern Nigeria that is the epicentre of the bloody insurgency by Boko Haram Islamists.
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| India's Ability to Subdue China May Be a One-Time 'Win' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 06:30 PM PDT  The higher stakes associated with India appear to make China more likely to abandon its expansionist policies when challenged. Let's get this out of the way first—India's apparent victory in the Doklam dispute with China is a remarkable geopolitical achievement. When China attempted to extend a border road through the contested Bhutanese territory in June, Indian troops stormed the area to block the road's completion.
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| Full coverage: At least 58 dead in Las Vegas mass shooting Posted: 02 Oct 2017 04:06 AM PDT  A gunman opened fire at country music concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night, killing at least 58 people and wounding more than 500 others in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
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| Four South Sudanese soldiers killed in fighting with rebels Posted: 02 Oct 2017 03:24 AM PDT  Rebels in South Sudan killed four soldiers when they attacked a strategic northeastern town to try to push the government out ahead of a resumption of peace talks, a government spokesman said on Monday. The soldiers came under heavy fire on Sunday in Waat town and 14 were also wounded, said Dickson Gatluak Jock, spokesman for Vice President Taban Deng Gai. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long civil war.
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| Tom Petty Rushed To Hospital After Being Found Unconscious (UPDATE) Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:25 PM PDT  TMZ is reporting legendary rocker Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital on Sunday.
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| Trump attends golf tournament, defends hurricane response. Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:49 PM PDT  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump spent Sunday afternoon attending a high-profile golf tournament, signaling that he will not be cowed by critics of his response to Hurricane Maria.
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| Severed head of eccentric Jeremy Bentham to go on display as scientists test DNA to see if he was autistic Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:00 PM PDT  The severed head of eccentric philosopher Jeremy Bentham is to go on display for the first time in decades and scientists are using the opportunity to test his DNA to find out if he was autistic. Social reformer Bentham, who died in 1832 insisted that his body be preserved after his death as an 'auto-icon' so that he could be wheeled out at parties if his friends were missing him. He also wished to encourage others to donate their bodies to medical science, believing that individuals should make themselves as useful as possible, both in life and death. And Bentham was a staunch atheist who described church teachings as 'nonsense on stilts' and so was opposed to a Christian burial. The auto-icon which Bentham insisted be made after his death For more than 150 years, his body has been kept on public display in a glass case at University College London, however after a mummification mistake, his head was deemed too distasteful to show, and is now kept in safe where it is removed just once a year to check that skin and hair are not falling off. Now the head will be displayed in a new exhibition looking at death and preservation at UCL, and scientists have taken samples of Bentham's DNA to test theories that he may have had Asperger's or autism, both of which have a strong genetic component. Subhadra Das, Curator of Collections at UCL Culture, said: "I think Bentham would certainly have approved of his head going on public display. It's what he intended. "It has also allowed scientists to test his DNA to see if he was autistic. We have been working with the Natural History Museum who have new techniques of studying ancient DNA. "Studying ancient DNA is like looking at the shredded pages of a book, so much information is missing. And we have found that 99 per cent of the DNA taken has come from bacteria in his mouth. So it may be tricky to come to a firm conclusion. "We want to explore what drove Bentham to donate his body, but also to address the challenges of putting this type of material on display" The head was once displayed in the same case but was deemed to grotesque and is now kept in a safe Credit: UCL Bentham was a leading philosopher and social thinker of the 18th and early 19th century, establishing himself as a leading theorist in social and economic reform. He was pivotal in the establishment of Britain's first police force, the Thames River Police in 1800 which was the precedent for Robert Peel's reforms 30 years later. He also argued for the rights of women, and for homosexuality to be legalised. However he was notably eccentric, reclusive and difficult to get hold of. He called his walking stick Dapple, his teapot Dickey, and kept an elderly cat named The Reverend Sir John Langbourne. The mummified head of Jeremy Bentham Credit: UCL In 2006, researchers Philip Lucas and Anne Sheeran suggested his unique character was driven by Asperger's syndrome, after studying biographies which described a young Bentham as 'having few companions his own age'; and being 'morbidly sensitive.' Now scientist hope to test the theory with science. Recent studies have suggested that autism is around 82 per cent heritable and there are specific regions in the genetic code linked to traits. Other exhibits on display include to new DNA finds from archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) who also asked for his head to be preserved, and mammoth tusk, Hair and tooth dating back around 10,000 years. The exhibition What does it mean to be human? Curating Heads is free and runs until February in the Octagon Gallery, Wilkins Building, UCL.
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