| Top General Says He Would Reject An 'Illegal' Nuclear Strike Order From Trump Posted: 18 Nov 2017 05:29 PM PST  The top nuclear commander in the U.S. said Saturday that he would reject an "illegal" nuclear attack order from President Donald Trump, and would instead steer the commander in chief to other "options."
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| Doubts surface about key witness in Uranium One probe of Clinton Posted: 17 Nov 2017 12:36 PM PST  Federal officials have serious questions about the credibility of a key witness in congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton's role in the Uranium One sale.
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| The FAA Can't Stop People From Throwing Live Turkeys Out Of Planes Posted: 18 Nov 2017 04:28 PM PST  The Federal Aviation Administration has found no violations with an infamous Arkansas event that involves dropping live turkeys from a plane ― but that may be because no one ever thought they'd need a rule about that.
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| Neighbor: Northern California gunman targeted victim, son Posted: 17 Nov 2017 04:37 PM PST  RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A neighbor's account indicates that a Northern California shooter who killed five people this week may have targeted an elementary school as part of his long-running feud with neighbors.
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| Florida fruit growers sour over NAFTA Posted: 17 Nov 2017 11:19 AM PST  With the fifth round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement underway, Florida fruit and vegetable growers are pressing for changes. All sides are trying to make their voices heard as negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico gather in Mexico City to continue the US-initiated effort to revamp the deal. Under NAFTA, exports to Canada and Mexico of food produced in the United States have jumped to $39 billion this year from $8.7 billion in 1992.
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| Russia Nixes Billionaire Plan to Turn the Tu-160 Bomber into the Ultimate Passenger Jet Posted: 18 Nov 2017 05:39 PM PST  Rich businessmen around the world want Russia to turn its Tupolev-160 strategic bomber into a private jet. A senior Tupolev executive claims that the aircraft manufacturer has turned down many requests to civilianize its Tu-160 (NATO codename Blackjack), a long-range strategic bomber that resembles America's B-1 Lancer, and its TU-22M3 Backfire bomber.
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| US warship sustains minor damage after tug drifts off Japan Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:04 PM PST  An American warship has been damaged after a tug boat drifted into the destroyer during a drill off Japan, according to the US navy, the latest in a spate of incidents in Asia. The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold was participating in a scheduled towing exercise in Sagami Bay on Saturday when the Japanese tug lost propulsion, according to the US 7th Fleet. The incident came as Japanese and US forces take part in a 10-day joint naval drill until November 26 in a show of force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions dominated US President Donald Trump's recent Asia trip.
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| Judge Running For Ohio Governor Boasts On Facebook He's Bedded 50 Women Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:47 PM PST  An Ohio Supreme Court justice who is campaigning to become governor of the state took to Facebook on Friday to reveal that he has been "sexually intimate" with 50 "very attractive females."
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| Spain: Ex-Caracas mayor meets leader after fleeing Venezuela Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:47 AM PST  MADRID (AP) — The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela's socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.
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| Black Friday Shopping Experts Reveal Their Winning Strategies Posted: 18 Nov 2017 02:46 AM PST  Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner is a challenge, but gearing up for Black Friday is arguably worse.
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| Americans aged 18-34 most likely to oppose assault weapons ban, poll finds Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST  The previous national federal ban on assault weapons lapsed more than a decade ago, and Congress has not renewed it. Resistance to a ban on military-style assault weapons is strongest among millennials, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week. It's a finding that experts said might be driven by the popularity of first-person shooter video games such as Call of Duty and the increasing prominence of military-style guns in the consumer market.
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| Lebanon FM says Hariri crisis an attempt to create regional chaos Posted: 17 Nov 2017 11:22 AM PST  Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Friday a crisis triggered by the resignation of its prime minister was part of an "attempt to create chaos in the region", in an interview with Russia Today. Saad al-Hariri quit as prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia two weeks ago, saying he feared assassination and criticizing the Saudis' regional arch-rival Iran along with its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The actions of Hariri, a Sunni Muslim leader and long-time Saudi ally, plunged Lebanon into a political crisis, putting the country center stage in the rivalry.
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| World Toilet Day Posted: 19 Nov 2017 04:31 AM PST ![World Toilet Day]( "World Toilet Day") World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste.
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| Trump puts decision to allow elephant hunting trophy imports 'on hold' Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:21 PM PST  Despite Trump's statement, a Fish and Wildlife Service official confirmed that the ban on elephant hunting trophies from Zambia had been lifted effective Nov. 7. And the ban on trophies from Zimbabwe was lifted on Friday morning, about 11 hours before Trump's tweet.
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| We Really Need To Stop Acting Like Heartless Jerks About Gender Identity Posted: 17 Nov 2017 10:55 AM PST  New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority retired the use of "ladies and gentlemen" in its service announcements last week and began using gender-neutral terms like "passengers" and "everyone" to address riders.
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| Pope denounces 'indifference' on first 'World Day for the Poor' Posted: 19 Nov 2017 05:13 AM PST  Pope Francis called on Sunday to fight indifference to poverty on what has been dubbed the first "World Day for the Poor" by the Catholic Church. Celebrating the event in Rome at a mass attended by about 7,000 poor people at St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope urged people not to ignore poverty by believing that "it's not my business, it's the fault of society". To mark the day, Francis had lunch with about 1,500 destitute people inside the immense Paul VI Hall, which adjoins the Vatican Basilica and usually hosts papal audiences and conferences, while another 2,500 were fed elsewhere.
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| Correction: Deadly-California-Shootings story Posted: 17 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST  RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — In a story Nov. 16 about a deadly shooting rampage in Northern California, The Associated Press, relying on information from law enforcement, reported erroneously the name of a shooting victim. The coroner's office said Diana Steele, who was previously involved in an altercation with shooter Kevin Neal, was killed in the shooting. Hailey Poland was not among the dead.
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| 19 Asian-Americans Arrested At Paul Ryan's Office Pushing For Dream Act Posted: 17 Nov 2017 04:17 PM PST  Nineteen Asian-Americans protesting outside Speaker Paul Ryan's office on Capitol Hill were arrested Wednesday while calling for him to move the Dream Act to a vote.
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| Please Click This Story on Tesla Posted: 17 Nov 2017 11:43 AM PST  This is the last Tesla article you need to read today, we swear.
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| What Would Japan Do if They Discovered North Korea Was About to Start a Nuclear War? Posted: 19 Nov 2017 05:51 AM PST  While a preemptive-strike capability for Japan isn't impossible, it is more difficult than many observers realize. Building the force necessary for prosecuting an air campaign would certainly necessitate busting the 1 percent GDP cap on defense spending that Japan currently has in place, but like the prohibition on "offensive" weapons, that too is a policy matter that can be reversed. Another, less lethal national security concern is Japan's debt problem, which is currently north of 200 percent GDP.
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| The Best and Worst Olive Oil from the Grocery Store Posted: 17 Nov 2017 11:01 AM PST  Don't waste your bread on motor oil.
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| Keystone XL Opponents On 210,000-Gallon Spill: We Warned You Posted: 17 Nov 2017 02:51 PM PST  In April 2016, just five months after President Barack Obama rejected the proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline, the existing Keystone pipeline leaked 17,000 gallons of oil onto private land in southeastern South Dakota.
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| Alt-right free speech event in Boston met with counter-protest Posted: 18 Nov 2017 03:30 PM PST ![Alt-right free speech event in Boston met with counter-protest]( "Alt-right free speech event in Boston met with counter-protest") A few dozen free speech advocates rallied peacefully Saturday on Boston Common but just like last summer's event, they were outnumbered by counter-protesters.
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| Mom of 3-Year-Old Sherin Mathews, Found Dead Last Month, Charged With Abandonment Posted: 18 Nov 2017 12:48 PM PST  Her body was found in a culvert last month.
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| Head of Puerto Rico power authority resigns Posted: 18 Nov 2017 12:12 AM PST  The head of Puerto Rico's power authority has resigned amid a scandal over efforts to restore electricity to the hurricane-hit island, its governor announced Friday. Rossello defended Ramos' management but suggested that his resignation was necessary in the midst of the controversy. More than half of the population of Puerto Rico is still without electricity nearly two months after Hurricane Maria ravaged the US territory of more than three million people.
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| Women's Basketball Team Declined Trump's White House Invitation For The Best Reason Posted: 17 Nov 2017 02:26 PM PST  The University of South Carolina women's basketball team has no time for President Donald Trump.
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| Lebanon's PM Hariri says he will be in Beirut within days Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:22 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he will return home in the coming days from where he will declare a political stance for the first time since making a strange resignation announcement from Saudi Arabia that unleashed fears of a crisis in Lebanon.
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| Don't Be That Person Who Wastes Absurd Amounts Of Food On Thanksgiving Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:46 AM PST  It's time to put together your festive Thanksgiving menu ― but this year, try to cook up a way to make sure that most of it actually gets eaten.
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| Lee Harvey Oswald's killer Jack Ruby told FBI informant to 'watch the fireworks' hours before JFK's assasination Posted: 19 Nov 2017 03:01 AM PST  Jack Ruby told an FBI informant to "watch the fireworks" on the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated, the latest release of JFK files reveals. Ruby, who went on to shoot and mortally wound Lee Harvey Oswald two days later, made the comments hours before the President was killed in Dallas, Texas. Although the President was assassinated on 22 November 1963, the interaction between Ruby and the FBI informant, identified as Bob Vanderslice, was not officially relayed to the FBI until March 1977.
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| Trump Family Business Worth A Fraction Of What President Has Touted Posted: 19 Nov 2017 05:01 AM PST  The president's family business is worth about one-tenth of the value he has claimed, according to an analysis of the latest figures he has filed with the federal government.
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| Mugabe agrees to stand down as Zimbabwe president: source Posted: 19 Nov 2017 09:18 AM PST  By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Robert Mugabe agreed on Sunday to resign as Zimbabwe's president hours after the ruling ZANU-PF party fired him as its leader following 37 years in charge, a source familiar with the negotiations said. ZANU-PF had given the 93-year-old less than 24 hours to quit as head of state or face impeachment, an attempt to secure a peaceful end to his tenure after a de facto coup. The source said the Zimbabwe military was working on a resignation statement by Mugabe, without giving details.
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| State Department defends reorganization, admits low morale Posted: 18 Nov 2017 12:27 PM PST  The State Department is hitting back at the growing bipartisan criticism of Rex Tillerson's leadership and accusations he is presiding over a debilitating brain drain of the nation's diplomatic corps
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| Hero police officer saved 'many lives' by bear hugging suicide bomber Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:49 AM PST  A 'hero' Afghan police officer saved "many lives" by putting a suicide bomber in a bear hug, authorities say. Sayed Basam Pacha died when he confronted the man wearing an explosive vest in the Afghan capital of Kabul on 16 November. His brave actions prevented the bomber from getting closer to a security checkpoint outside a hotel where a political meeting of supporters of an influential regional leader had just finished. The bomber killed 14 people, including seven more police officers, and injured 18, when he detonated his device, however the death toll would have undoubtedly been higher without the officer's decisive intervention. "He's a hero, he saved many lives," Kabul police chief Basir Mujahid told the New York Times. "All seven of those policemen are heroes but especially him. "Just think if that suicide attacker got past the gate, what would have happened - well you cannot even imagine." His father, Gen Sayed Nizam Agha, said his son "sacrificed himself to save other people". The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, with the Taliban denying any involvement. Harun Mutaref, who was at the gathering, told AFP, said he saw "many bodies including police and civilians lying in blood". "After lunch as we were exiting the hall a huge explosion shook the hall, shattering glass and causing chaos and panic," he said. In October, a suicide bomber thought to be as young as 12 killed five in Kabul's diplomatic zone, with the Islamic State again claiming responsibility.
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| Here's How to Watch the 2017 Leonid Meteor Shower Posted: 17 Nov 2017 02:03 PM PST  The annual Leonid meteor shower will be clearly visible throughout the U.S.
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| EU to discuss Rohingya crisis with Myanmar's Suu Kyi Posted: 18 Nov 2017 04:10 PM PST  Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) (AFP) - The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sunday she would discuss ways to end the Rohingya crisis with Aung San Suu Kyi when she meets the Myanmar leader in Yangon. Mogherini and foreign ministers from Asia and Europe toured refugee camps along Bangladesh's border with Myanmar and heard harrowing testimony from displaced Rohingya there before their meeting Monday with Suu Kyi.
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| 20 Healthier Chips That Will Satisfy All Your Salty Cravings Posted: 17 Nov 2017 10:04 AM PST |
| White House: The Difference Between Trump And Franken Is Franken 'Admitted Wrongdoing' Posted: 17 Nov 2017 01:38 PM PST  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the allegations of sexual assault against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) are different from those President Donald Trump has faced because Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
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| Turkey launches investigation into U.S. prosecutors over Zarrab case: Anadolu Posted: 18 Nov 2017 02:02 PM PST  Turkish authorities have opened an investigation into the U.S. prosecutors who brought charges against a Turkish gold trader facing trial in New York, state media said on Saturday, after Ankara said the case was based on fabricated documents. The Istanbul prosecutor's office is investigating former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and acting U.S. Attorney John H. Kim, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, following allegations that their case was based on documents Turkey says were fabricated.
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| Egypt warns Ethiopia Nile dam dispute 'life or death' Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:24 AM PST ![Egypt warns Ethiopia Nile dam dispute 'life or death']( "Egypt warns Ethiopia Nile dam dispute 'life or death'") CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, for the second time in as many days, delivered on Saturday a stern warning to Ethiopia over a dam it is building after the two countries along with Sudan failed to approve a study on its potential effects.
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| Hunter mutilated in bear attack has face rebuilt in pioneering surgery Posted: 19 Nov 2017 05:35 AM PST  A hunter left disfigured from a near-fatal bear attack has had his face rebuilt after undergoing months of surgeries. Lee Brooke's nose and moustache were "ripped off" his face during the grizzly attack during a hunting trip in Wyoming in October last year. The 60-year-old told FOX 31 he came across an elk he had shot the day before on his excursion, but quickly realised a bear had already claimed the kill. He turned to leave when the bear suddenly attacked, knocking him unconscious. When he woke he found the aggressive animal standing over him. Mr Brooke recalled the shock of seeing his "nose and moustache laid out on the ground", adding: "Now I knew what was wrong with my face." He underwent months of surgeries Credit: FOX31 Denver (KDVR-TV) He explained: "I felt her sniffing my cheek. I felt her whiskers. "I should've bled to death right there. I should've at least drowned on my blood." With blood in his eyes blurring his vision, he managed to reach for a steak knife in his pocket, later joking: "I don't know that I would have been brave enough to stab her if I could see her. "I had to lean in to stab her in the head. So I was [that] close to her nose." He spent around an hour alone in the woods before help arrived, recalling: "I said 'Lord I could do with a little help about now!'" His brother-in-law, George Neal, eventually found him and remembered seeing Lee's torn-off nose and upper lip on the ground. He grabbed the body parts and stuffed them in Lee's pocket before calling 911. He said the bear "ripped his face right off". A wild bear (not pictured) attacked him in Wyoming Credit: AP Mr Brooke underwent months of reconstructive surgery at the Swedish Medical Center's Burn and Reconstructive Unit in Colorado. Dr Benson Pulikkottil and Dr Lily Daniali removed a fibula and a flap of skin from his leg, then used the bone and skin to rebuild his face. Doctors will eventually reconstruct his nose, possibly even using a part of his own nose they managed to preserve. "They were so confident and compassionate and communicated really well back and forth," said Mr Brooke. "Everybody was phenomenal. They built me up and never let me down. They're the best of the best." Woman's yoga session interrupted by bear licking her neck
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