| 'Zero Hope For Denuclearizing North Korea,' China Expert Says Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:05 AM PST  BEIJING ― President Donald Trump's designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism may not be the best way to quell the country's nuclear ambitions, according to one expert in China.
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| Police Were Told To Keep Roy Moore Away From High School Cheerleaders, Retired Officer Says Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST  A retired Alabama police officer said she and her colleagues were told decades ago to "make sure" Roy Moore "didn't hang around" high school cheerleaders, and confirmed previous reports that the Republican Senate candidate was banned at the time from a local mall for predatory behavior toward teenage girls.
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| Kremlin Scoops U.S. Media on Trump, Again Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:34 PM PST  Rachel Maddow points out the disturbing frequency with which Americans' first notice about Donald Trump's interactions with Russian president Vladimir Putin is from the Kremlin instead of the U.S. media, and wonders why that is.
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| Man who claims Earth is flat says he'll prove his belief by taking flight in a DIY rocket Posted: 23 Nov 2017 02:01 AM PST  Science has long been the target of conspiracy theories, some of which have persisted for centuries.
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| Anita Hill: Joe Biden's Apology Is 'Not Enough' Posted: 22 Nov 2017 11:23 AM PST  Anita Hill said former Vice President Joe Biden's recent apology for his handling of her 1991 Senate testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas is "not enough" to make up for his failure at the time "to show leadership on this issue on behalf of women's equality."
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| Yemen port, airport to reopen to aid: Saudi-led coalition Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:51 PM PST  The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it would reopen a key Red Sea port and Sanaa airport to aid, after a more than two-week blockade following a missile attack on Riyadh. The coalition said it would reopen Hodeida port to receive "urgent humanitarian and relief materials" and Sanaa airport to UN aircraft from midday on Thursday (0900 GMT). Hodeida, which is controlled by Huthi rebels backed by Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, is a key conduit for much-needed food and medicine imports to Yemen.
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| David Cassidy dead at 67 Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:08 AM PST  David Cassidy, whose starring role on "The Partridge Family" made him a teen heartthrob in the 70s, passed away Tuesday night from organ failure.
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| US declares 'ethnic cleansing' against Rohingya in Myanmar Posted: 22 Nov 2017 10:19 AM PST  The United States declared the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be "ethnic cleansing" on Wednesday, threatening penalties for military officials engaged in a brutal crackdown that has sent more than 600,000 refugees flooding over the border to Bangladesh.
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| Trump Celebrates Thanksgiving With 100th Day At One Of His Properties As President Posted: 23 Nov 2017 08:29 AM PST  President Donald Trump is celebrating his first Thanksgiving as president at his members-only resort in Florida, marking the 100th day he's spent at a Trump-owned property since his inauguration. Wednesday and Thursday were the president's 27th and 28th days at his Palm Beach resort, according to a New York Times tracker. He also visited the Trump International Golf Club on Wednesday, where the White House said he handled "a full schedule of meetings and phone calls." Reporters were not invited to join the president, but they were pretty sure Trump's schedule also included some golf. The president started off his Thanksgiving like he does many days ― with a tweet.
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| A Tribute To The Most Cringeworthy Turkey Pardon Of All Time, Featuring Sarah Palin Posted: 23 Nov 2017 02:45 AM PST  This story was first published in 2012, and has been published every year since.
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| Trump Hotel Owner Pays Trumps to Leave Posted: 22 Nov 2017 12:22 PM PST  Andrea Bernstein talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems the Trump family has had with the Trump SoHo Hotel and today's news that the owner has paid the Trump's to exit the contract early, as the Trump name is seen as damaging to business.
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| There Could Be a New Clue in the Search for the Missing Argentine Submarine Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:11 PM PST  A noise that originated 30 miles north of the missing Argentine submarine's last known position could be a clue, officials say
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| Mother charged after putting recording device in daughter's backpack to catch 'bullying' Posted: 23 Nov 2017 03:30 AM PST  A mother has been charged by police in the US after putting a recording device in her daughter's backpack to catch alleged bullying. Sarah Sims, from Virginia, admitted to local news website WAVY she placed the electronic recorder in her nine-year-old daughter's bag to record classroom conversations after suspecting she was being bullied. She claims her emails and calls to Ocean View Elementary school, Norfolk, about the alleged bullying in September went unanswered and so she decided to intervene. However the recorder was discovered and Ms Sims was later charged with the use of a device to intercept oral communication, which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, and a misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. "I tried to be fair, but it's not fair," she told WAVY. "There is nothing fair about this. "The thing that bothers me the most is that I am yet to get a response from anyone in the administration. "If I'm not getting an answer from you what am I left to do?" Ms Sims said she was "mortified" after being charged by police, adding: "The next thing I know I'm a felon. Felony charges and a misdemeanor when I'm trying to look out for my kid." Her solicitor, Kristin Paulding, said the school "aren't making this about that classroom", adding: "There are charges that carry jail time. "Instead of comforting her she's going to a magistrate and being handcuffed." Ocean View Elementary told WAVY it could not comment on an ongoing investigation. The school district said recording devices were banned in elementary schools. Ms Sims is due in court for a preliminary hearing on January 18.
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| Weather improves but clock ticks for Argentine submarine search Posted: 21 Nov 2017 02:44 PM PST  By Walter Bianchi MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - The search for a missing Argentine submarine and its 44-member crew was helped by calmer seas on Tuesday, but there were no new clues about its location and worries multiplied because the vessel may be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said. The ARA San Juan was en route from Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, to its base in Mar del Plata and was about 300 miles (480 km) off the coast when it gave its last location on Wednesday, soon after reporting an electrical malfunction. If the German-built submarine had sunk or was otherwise unable to rise to the surface since it sent its last signal, it would be winding down its seven-day oxygen supply.
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| The Latest: Jurors get San Francisco pier shooting case Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:49 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the San Francisco pier shooting murder trial (all times local):
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| FCC Faces Scrutiny For Refusing To Turn Over Evidence On Net Neutrality Comments Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:38 PM PST  The Federal Communications Commission received millions of suspicious comments in support of its plan to repeal net neutrality, and it ignored multiple requests for evidence that would explain their origin.
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| Russia Wanted Trump As President And It Got Him. Now What Does America Do? Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Russia's tyrant works to help the Republican nominee win America's presidential election.
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| Barron Trump, in Spotlight for White House Holidays, Has Fierce Defenders in Clinton, Bush Kids Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:37 AM PST  President Donald Trump and wife Melania are highly protective of their young son Barron's privacy
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| Venezuela debt defaults pile up with fresh S&P warning Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:11 AM PST  Venezuela moved closer to a possible all-out default on Wednesday, with ratings agency S&P Global saying the country had failed to make repayments on two more loans. The oil-rich, cash-poor South American country failed to make $237 million in payments on bonds due 2025 and 2026, now past their 30-day grace period, the US ratings firm said in a statement. "Two additional coupon payments are overdue, but within their grace period.
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| Lebanon’s Saad Hariri returns to Beirut amid Saudi resignation saga Posted: 21 Nov 2017 05:45 PM PST  Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon late Tuesday for the first time since he stunned his country by announcing from Saudi Arabia that he was quitting as prime minister more than two weeks ago. His resignation, made in an uncomfortable televised statement from Riyadh, set off an international political crisis involving Paris and Washington, who were left without one of their chief partners in a region swirling in conflict. Hariri left Saudi Arabia for Paris on Saturday by invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, before traveling on to Beirut by way of Egypt and Cyprus on Tuesday. President Michel Aoun said he would not accept the resignation until Hariri delivered it in person. Hariri, looking solemn upon his arrival, was driven from the airport to pray at the grave of his father, the late Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. He then retired to his home in central Beirut. Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri visits the grave of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri Credit: AFP He was expected to join Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the army's independence day parade Wednesday. Hariri was leading a coalition government with his political opponents in the militant group Hezbollah when he stunned Lebanon by announcing his resignation on Nov. 4. He accused Hezbollah of holding Lebanon hostage and hinted there was a plot against his life. The announcement pushed Lebanon back to the forefront of a pounding regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which until recently appeared to have a tacit agreement to find an accord to keep Lebanon stable. It also set off speculation that Hariri had been forced to step down by the Gulf kingdom and was being held there against his will. His announcement was accompanied by a sharp intensification of Saudi rhetoric against Hezbollah, which the kingdom accuses of meddling on Iran's behalf in regional affairs. Hezbollah has been fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar Assad in that country's brutal civil war, where many of Assad's enemies are rebels backed by Saudi Arabia. The kingdom says Hezbollah is also advising Houthi rebels waging a war against Yemen's Saudi-backed government. Supporters of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri wave the Future Movement flags as they celerate in Beirut his return Credit: AFP Hezbollah says Saudi Arabia has partnered with Israel to conspire against regional independence. Hariri, in his only in depth interview since announcing his resignation, told his media station Future TV that he could retract his resignation if a deal could be struck with his opponents to distance Lebanon from regional conflicts. Hariri's trek back from Saudi Arabia came by way of Paris, Egypt, and Cyprus, where he met with the presidents of those countries. Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and French leader Emmanuel Macron are reportedly trying to mediate a solution that would involve rolling back Hariri's resignation. A dual Saudi-Lebanese national with vast business interests in the kingdom, Hariri told reporters after talks with the Egyptian leader: "Inshallah (God willing), tomorrow's Independence Day in Lebanon will be a feast for all Lebanese." The celebrations are traditionally attended by the president, the prime minister and the parliament speaker - three pillars of Lebanon's political system, with the president traditionally a Maronite Christian, the speaker a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C) arrives at Beirut International Airport Credit: AFP Hariri met with el-Sissi at the presidential palace in Cairo's upscale Heliopolis district and a cryptic statement by the Lebanese leader's press office later said the two discussed the "latest developments in Lebanon and the region." Separately, el-Sissi spoke on the telephone with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, according to an official Egyptian statement. The two leaders emphasized that preserving Lebanon's national unity and the country's national interests was a top priority, the statement said. Hariri arrived in France on Saturday at the invitation of Macron, who has been trying to calm tensions and avert another proxy conflict in the region, between Saudi-backed and Iranian-backed camps in Lebanon. After meeting with Macron, Hariri said he would return home in time for Wednesday's celebrations in Lebanon, where he said he would "declare my political stance." "As you know I have resigned and we will talk about this matter in Lebanon," Hariri said. Lebanon's president, Aoun, has refused to accept Hariri's resignation, accusing the Saudis of holding him against his will. Hariri denied this. Media reports and analysts say el-Sissi and Macron have been trying to persuade Hariri to negotiate with other Lebanese leaders on a way out of the crisis, thus preventing the country's delicate political balance from unraveling and plunging it into a prolonged crisis that would fuel tension in the region. News of the joint Egypt-French effort was reported by Al-Akhbar, an authoritative Beirut newspaper that takes an anti-Saudi stand. It said in its Tuesday edition that French and Egyptian officials discussed Lebanon's future in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, on the sidelines of el-Sissi's visit to the island nation. El-Sissi returned home from Cyprus on Tuesday afternoon. El-Sissi, a general who has been Egypt's president since 2014, has forged close ties with the Saudis, who are his country's main Arab financial backer. He has, however, managed to pursue regional policies different from those of Riyadh, particularly in Syria and Yemen, without damaging relations with the Saudis. Responding to Riyadh's escalation against Iran and Hezbollah, el-Sissi earlier this month said the region already was so fraught with tension and instability that it did not need a new crisis. But he also renewed his pledge to come to the rescue of Gulf Arab allies and benefactors if their security was directly threatened.
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| Ukraine rebel leader says situation in Luhansk is attempted coup Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:42 AM PST  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The presence of armed men in the streets of the capital of Ukraine's breakaway Luhansk region is an attempted coup by a fired local police chief, Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the self-styled "Luhansk People's Republic" (LNR), said on Wednesday. Plotnitsky sacked Igor Kornet, the local interior minister, on Monday. "How else can you call the situation when the person fired by court from his job is attempting to conduct some operations by force? This an attempt to seize power," Plotnitsky's website quoted him as saying during a meeting with reporters. ...
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| Violent Feud Between California Shooter and Neighbors Brewed Months Before Deadly Rampage Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:00 AM PST  Months before a shooting rampage that killed five people, a violent feud brewed
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| What 3 Creepy Meetings With Charlie Rose Taught Me About Toxic Sexism And Blurred Lines Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PST  A few years ago I belonged to the group of people who thought that working for Charlie Rose represented the holy grail of journalism.
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| Jared Kushner is worried that Robert Mueller will 'get' Trump Posted: 21 Nov 2017 05:38 PM PST  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide, is reportedly worried that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into links between Russia and the presidential campaign, will "get" the US leader. Special counsel Robert Mueller is also leading an independent investigation into whether there were any links between Russia and the Trump campaign. The Kremlin and Mr Trump have repeatedly denied the charges.
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| Putin urges 'compromise' ahead of new Syria peace talks Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:40 PM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that efforts to end Syria's six-year war were entering "a new stage" ahead of a planned meeting of Syrian government officials and opposition leaders, warning both sides that compromise would be necessary. The new talks should happen soon, Putin said after a summit with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, insisting that they would reinvigorate a hobbled peace process. "It is obvious that the reform process will not be simple, it will require compromise and concessions from all parties, including obviously the Syrian government," Putin said after two hours of talks with Rouhani and Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
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| FBI treating border agent's death as assault, for now Posted: 21 Nov 2017 02:36 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — An FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating the death of a border patrol agent and injuring of another as "potential assault," but he wouldn't rule out that they could have been injured in some other way.
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| What To Buy On Black Friday On Amazon Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:05 PM PST  Last week, we shared with you a sneak peek at Amazon's Black Friday deals that we just couldn't wait for.
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| Ann Maguire murder: Parents should be made to sign contracts with Facebook and monitor children's accounts, says coroner Posted: 22 Nov 2017 11:36 AM PST  Parents should be made to sign contracts compelling them to monitor their children's Facebook messages, the coroner in the Ann Maguire murder inquest has claimed. Under proposals due to be presented to the Digital minister Matt Hancock, parents would be given the right to pry on their children's accounts because their "responsibility transcends" a teenager's "entitlement to privacy". The suggestions would also require teens aged 13 to 18 to have a named parent on their application to open an account, and make parents contractually obliged to monitor their communications. Coroner Kevin McLoughlin outlined the proposals yesterday as a jury ruled that the murder of Spanish teacher Ann Maguire could have been prevented. Teenage killer of teacher Ann Maguire told ten friends 'precisely' what he planned to do Delivering a conclusion of unlawful killing, the jury at Wakefield Coroner's Court said that her death had resulted from "missed opportunities to share and record the problem behaviour" of her killer. It comes more than two years after Ms Maguire, an employee of Corpus Christi College, Leeds was stabbed to death by pupil Will Cornick during a lesson at the school on 28 April 2014. During the inquest, the jury heard that Cornick, then 15, had exchanged a series of messages on Facebook with friends in which he professed his hatred for Ms Maguire and his desire to harm her. In one Facebook exchange, he expressed his loathing for the 61-year-old and offered a friend "a tenner" for them to kill her. Another associate of Cornick told police officers in an interview that Cornick had said of Mrs Maguire: "I don't want to hurt her, I want to kill her." Cornick was 15 years old when he stabbed to death Mrs Maguire, 61, as she taught a class at Corpus Christi Catholic College, in Leeds The teenager told 10 pupils of his intention to kill Mrs Maguire and other members of staff, and showed four of them the 34-inch knife he later used in her brutal murder. Despite his litany of threats, none of the pupils reported the outbursts to the school. Their conversations with Cornick only surfaced in pre-inquest hearings, and it later emerged that they had never been questioned about them by police officers or teaching staff after her murder. In statements following Mrs Maguire's murder, Cornick's parents claimed they had no prior knowledge of their son's intentions. Commenting on the disclosures, Mr McLoughlin said that Cornick's online threats had been "sinister and grotesque", adding that he believed that "parents have a responsibility to protect children". In order to do this, he said that they should be given "access to supervise content", adding: "any parent's responsibility transcends any teenager's entitlement to privacy." A Facebook spokesman said: "We want everyone to feel safe when using Facebook. We work closely with online safety experts including the UK Safer Internet Centre and Childnet International to make sure that young people and their parents know how technology works and what they need to think about before sharing online."
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| The Latest: Conyers acknowledges settling staffer complaint Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:47 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Rep. John Conyers (all times local):
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| Rob Schneider: Don't Group Al Franken With Harvey Weinstein And Charlie Rose Posted: 22 Nov 2017 07:41 PM PST  Amid the flood of sexual assault allegations coming from Hollywood and other industries this past month are mounting accusations of misconduct by Sen.
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| More remains of slain US soldier found in Niger Posted: 21 Nov 2017 10:48 AM PST  Additional remains of a US soldier who was killed in an ambush in Niger last month have been found in the West African nation, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said a joint US Africa Command military team on November 12 discovered the remains at the site where Sergeant La David Johnson's body was recovered following the October 4 attack. "Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sergeant Johnson," White said in a statement, without giving any additional details.
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| Notorious gang 'behead man' near Washington Posted: 22 Nov 2017 05:42 PM PST  An ultra-violent Latino street gang that President Donald Trump has vowed to wipe out beheaded a man and cut out his heart before burying him in a park near the US capital, reports said Wednesday. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was stabbed more than 100 times in Wheaton, Maryland just outside Washington DC, according to a statement by the Montgomery County Police Department. Authorities have so far arrested Miguel Angel Lopez-Abrego, 19, on first-degree murder.
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| U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policies Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:09 PM PST  The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school's admission policies violate civil rights laws by discriminating against Asian-American applicants.
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| Experts Break Down The Difference Between Google Home and Amazon Echo Posted: 23 Nov 2017 02:45 AM PST  The world is so full of tech that sometimes it's hard to keep up.
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| Conyers confirms harassment settlement; ethics probe opens Posted: 21 Nov 2017 04:27 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — John Conyers has dealt with various ethics investigations and a public corruption case that landed his wife in prison during a U.S. House career spanning more than five decades — longer than any other current member.
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| How the U.S. Navy Could Beat China in a War Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:39 AM PST  During its westward advance across the Pacific, the U.S. Navy fashioned techniques and hardware to refuel, resupply, and repair ships from dispersed, often improvised island bases. The allies should ransack history for insight—thinking ahead about how to use Japan's many islands and inlets as impromptu logistics hubs. After all, the conventionally powered surface fleets based in Japan need fuel too.
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| Undocumented Immigrant Whose Wife Has Cancer Finally Granted Temporary Stay Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:53 PM PST  Thanks to a large social media push, an undocumented immigrant from Bangladesh will get to stay in the U.S. ― for now.
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