| Jake Tapper: Trump Attacks FBI Only When His Side Is Threatened Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:59 PM PST  President Donald Trump has dramatically different opinions about the FBI — depending on who's being investigated, noted CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
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| LA Times Releases Audio of Roy Moore's Offhand Comment on Slavery Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Moore commented that America was great before the Civil War when "families were united, even though we had slavery."
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| Winds whip California fires as they spread south Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:01 AM PST  Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires in California on Saturday that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the Los Angeles area, as well as outbreaks closer to San Diego. Nearly 700 structures including multi-million dollar mansions have been destroyed by wildfires raging on six different fronts, but despite the intensity of the blazes, authorities have reported only one fatality. Herman was relieved to find her home in Murrieta, east of Los Angeles, still intact.
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| 14 UN peacekeepers killed, 53 hurt in Congo attack Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:34 AM PST  Rebels attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in eastern Congo, killing at least 14 peacekeepers and wounding 40 others in the worst violence against the mission in this Central African country in years.
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| 6 students at New York college arrested in hazing probe Posted: 07 Dec 2017 04:37 PM PST  BROCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Members of an unrecognized fraternity at a state college tortured a rat as part of illegal hazing that occurred inside the group's house, according to police who announced charges against nine men on Thursday.
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| Why America Should Beware a Resurgent China Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:17 PM PST  The world is witnessing a new, more assertive phase in China's foreign engagement under President Xi Jinping. As it makes its presence felt in every corner of the world and posits an alternative to the Western liberal-democratic order that has underpinned international relations since the end of World War II, China is beginning to experience some of the blowback that other global leaders before it have been met with. With doubts over the future of U.S. global leadership rising and democracies worldwide arguably entering a period of fatigue, we are witnessing a new, more assertive phase in China's foreign engagement under President Xi Jinping.
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| In Israel, even the left backs Trump on Jerusalem Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:04 AM PST  Jerusalem has a special status in Israeli life and politics, and with few exceptions, parties from across the political spectrum agreed that it was time for America to recognize their country's capital. But President Trump's decision highlighted differences with mainstream Jewish groups in America.
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| Man Says He's The Famous Rabbit Rescuer, But Some Have Doubts Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:57 AM PST  An unidentified man was widely hailed as a hero — and occasionally reprimanded as foolish — after being filmed plucking a rabbit from the side of a highway while fleeing a Southern California wildfire.
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| Zimbabwe court postpones U.S. citizen's subversion case to January Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:18 AM PST  A Zimbabwean court has postponed to Jan. 4 the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of attempting to undermine the authority of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's government. Martha O'Donovan, 25, who is currently free on bail, denies the charges which center on a Twitter post the state says she wrote in October calling 93-year-old Mugabe a "selfish and sick man". Mugabe resigned a few weeks later in the wake of a de facto military coup and was succeeded by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who Mugabe had sacked as his deputy only a week before.
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| Twitter Users Erupt Over GOP Congressman's 'Diversity Is Not Our Strength' Post Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:03 AM PST  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has sparked outrage on Twitter once again with his views on immigration.
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| Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:59 AM PST ![Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires]( "Striking NASA satellite views of the California wildfires") NASA tweeted photos of the smoke plume drifting over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Four fires are currently blazing through thousands of acres in California, forcing residents to evacuate.
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| Republican Rep. Trent Franks Will Resign After Discussing Surrogacy With Female Staffers Posted: 07 Dec 2017 04:21 PM PST  The Republican said he did not think he would get a fair Ethics Committee investigation
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| Elderly man fights off intruders, fatally shoots one of them Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:47 PM PST  ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — An 84-year-old Pennsylvania man fatally shot a home intruder and successfully fought off another early Friday, police said.
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| Man Pulls Over on Highway to Rescue Wild Rabbit Threatened by California Wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:55 AM PST  The good Samaritan was caught on camera luring the rabbit out of flaming bushes.
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| Cameroon's anglophone crisis spills over into Nigeria Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:44 PM PST  Violence in English-speaking areas of Cameroon over the last year is having a knock-on effect in neighbouring Nigeria, where thousands of refugees are seeking sanctuary. Some are fleeing the unrest while others are suspected to be secessionists in favour of armed struggle, who could use the Nigerian side of the border as a base. John Inaku, head of the Cross River state emergency management agency in southeast Nigeria, said over 28,000 people have arrived from western Cameroon since October.
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| While Trump Celebrates Civil Rights Museum, He's Done Little To Protect One Of Its Most Important Legacies Posted: 09 Dec 2017 06:14 AM PST  As President Donald Trump attends the opening of the Mississippi civil rights museum on Saturday, lawyers for his Justice Department are defending a voting law in Texas that a district court judge found intentionally discriminated against black and Latino voters.
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| Honey Boo Boo's 17-Year-Old Sister Pumpkin Welcomes First Child Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:58 PM PST  Reality TV treasure Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thomson is now an aunt.
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| Seth Meyers Goes After Kellyanne Conway For Absurd Al Franken Criticism Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:48 AM PST  Seth Meyers called out Kellyanne Conway on "Late Night" Thursday after the White House counselor criticized Democratic leaders in Congress for their handling of sexual harassment allegations against Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn.).
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| Oklahoma Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Deaf Man Will Not Face Criminal Charges Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:52 PM PST  The Oklahoma City District Attorney said the shooting was "lawful"
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| Court: 'Making a Murderer' defendant Brendan Dassey's confession stands Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:43 PM PST  A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling that could have freed a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series from prison.
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| 19 Ways To Eat Corned Beef Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:30 AM PST |
| Why are ferocious wildfires plaguing southern California? Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:12 PM PST  A combination of short and longer-term events have conspired to spark a ring of fires that have dotted the Los Angeles area
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| The last hours of Yemen's Saleh Posted: 08 Dec 2017 12:59 AM PST  By Noah Browning DUBAI (Reuters) - A day before they killed Yemen's former president, gunmen from the Iran-aligned Houthi militia group overran one of Ali Abdullah Saleh's fortified compounds in Sanaa. "This is how the traitor (Saleh) and his family lived during a time of war, siege and cholera," Hamid Rizq, a senior Houthi official, said on his official Twitter account. The Houthi gunmen acted fast and mercilessly to punish the 75-year-old Saleh for having appeared to switch sides in Yemen's three-year civil war - a proxy battle for influence between regional powers Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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| Former Cop Acquitted Of Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man Who Begged For His Life Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:49 AM PST  After a former Arizona cop this week was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man, officials released video of the victim's final moments.
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| Archaeologists discover 2 ancient tombs in Egypt's Luxor Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:28 AM PST  LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back some 3,500 years and hoped it will help the country's efforts to revive its ailing tourism sector.
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| Mike Pence's Cat, Pickle, Has Died Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:39 PM PST  Vice President Mike Pence and his family are mourning the loss of their 16-year-old cat, Pickle.
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| Man Charged With Murder After Allegedly Throwing 3-Year-Old For Not Putting on Pajamas Posted: 09 Dec 2017 06:58 AM PST  She died days later.
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| Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST ![Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic]( "Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic") It is, perhaps, human nature to harbor grandiose dreams of fighting a traffic ticket, even to the point of arguing before a local judge. For the past four years, however, an Oregon man has taken that fantasy to extreme levels, ultimately resulting in the state's senior assistant attorney general admitting in federal court that the state violated constitutional right to free speech. What started out as a simple traffic ticket in 2013—issued to the wife of Beaverton, Oregon resident Mats Järlström—resulted in a federal court case involving the first amendment. Ultimately, the Oregon Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying capitulated, agreeing that it violated the constitutional rights of a man who had the audacity to critique the timing of red light cameras. Mr. Järlström, who holds a degree in electrical engineering and served in the Swedish Air Force as an aircraft camera mechanic, wrote to the board in 2014 asking for nothing more than to present his research, which concluded that yellow lights in the state were too short, both creating a public safety risk and increasing state revenue via aggressive ticketing. The board, however, responded with a $500 fine in accordance with an Oregon law that prohibits anyone from practicing engineering unless they are licensed as such by the state. According to court documents, senior assistant attorney general Christina L. Beatty-Walters wrote on behalf of the Board of Examiners, "We have admitted to violating Mr. Järlström's rights," and acknowledged that the state's use of its engineering practice law "was not narrowly tailored to any compelling state interests." The board has since refunded Järlström's $500, and the court has now officially ruled in his favor, but he isn't happy with the result — yet. He and his lawyers intend to seek an injunction against the board from applying the same law to other engineers — licensed or not — when there's no specific state interest in doing so. His attorney, Samuel Gedge, from the Institute for Justice, said "The existence of these laws and the way they've been applied time and time again has violated free speech rights. Past history suggests the board can't be trusted on how the laws should be applied constitutionally."
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| The Contradictions of Good Teaching Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:00 AM PST ![The Contradictions of Good Teaching]( "The Contradictions of Good Teaching") Is a good teacher one who makes students enjoy class the most or one who is strict and has high standards? And are those two types even at odds?
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| 57 Holiday Jell-O Shots That Will Get Your Holiday Party LIT Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:44 PM PST |
| Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax Posted: 08 Dec 2017 07:02 AM PST ![Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax]( "Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax") "We have channels, through which we are conducting a dialogue, and we are ready to deploy them, we are ready to exert our influence on North Korea," Morgulov was quoted as saying at a conference in Berlin. The Kremlin has traditionally protected the reclusive state though the latest Pyongyang tests have irked Moscow.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Gets Blasted For His Al Franken Hot Take. Mike Huckabee Too. Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:57 AM PST  Al Franken's decision to resign from the Senate in light of numerous sexual misconduct allegations may have given women hope that their voices are being heard.
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| The polar bear in this video is dying from starvation. Fortunately, most aren't...yet Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:13 PM PST  After landing on Baffin Island, Canada, wildlife photographer and environmental activist Paul Nicklen captured video of a frail polar bear — dying and foaming from the mouth — as the weak animal collapsed to the ground. The bear will soon be dead — if it isn't already. On Dec. 5, Nicklen posted the grim video to his Instagram account, and since then, it's been stirring emotions around the web. Polar bears are, for better or worse, a symbolic species when it comes to global warming, and many are seeing this video as a new warning sign. Fortunately, however, the condition of this bear is not representative of most polar bear populations — at least not yet. SEE ALSO: Trump shrank 2 national monuments by nearly 2 million acres. He can't do that to Yellowstone. There are 19 different populations of polar bears in the expansive Arctic. The dwindling sea ice here — which these predators need to hunt fat-rich seals — is now affecting different groups of bears in different ways. "It's tough to see a disturbing image like that and not feel sympathy for the animal," U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) polar bear biologist Todd Atwood said in an interview. "It's also tough to see an isolated image extrapolated to some kind of population level effect." The actual cause of the bear's death will remain unknown, but Atwood doubts there's one specific cause. "It's probably a combination of things — it could be an old animal — but it also could be that if it's still on land, that there's not enough sea ice," he said. My entire @Sea_Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. It's a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It's a slow, painful death. When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. The simple truth is this—if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth—our home—first. Please join us at @sea_legacy as we search for and implement solutions for the oceans and the animals that rely on them—including us humans. Thank you your support in keeping my @sea_legacy team in the field. With @CristinaMittermeier #turningthetide with @Sea_Legacy #bethechange #nature #naturelovers This video is exclusively managed by Caters News. To license or use in a commercial player please contact info@catersnews.com or call +44 121 616 1100 / +1 646 380 1615" A post shared by Paul Nicklen (@paulnicklen) on Dec 5, 2017 at 8:52am PST After posting the video, Nicklen told National Geographic that "when scientists say bears are going extinct, I want people to realize what it looks like. Bears are going to starve to death. This is what a starving bear looks like." But while the threat to polar bears is real, all is not yet dire for the Arctic predators. "It's worth noting that there are some subpopulations that are believed to be stable," said Atwood. Polar bears are listed as a threatened species in the United States, which means that while they're not yet on the brink of extinction, they "are likely to be at the brink in the near future," according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which maintains the list. For polar bear populations that are struggling, it's often due to a lack of sea ice. Polar bears can't hunt seals on the open water. "So as the open water season gets longer, there's association between the length of the open water seas and body conditions — body conditions decline," Atwood said. But this isn't the full story. The physical condition of polar bears is also dependent upon how much fish is available for seals. So in places with more fish and seals — places that are more "biologically productive" — there will be more food for bears, and they're likely to be better fed. Unless, of course, there's no sea ice there, either. There is a clear solution to polar bears' vulnerability — and you undoubtedly know it well: Humanity's commitment to limit global warming, which is caused by fossil fuel emissions. These heat-trapping gases warm both the oceans and the air, resulting in vastly diminished sea ice, particularly in the summer and fall. "This requires changing our behaviors relative to our carbon footprint," Atwood said. WATCH: The world's tallest mammal is now threatened with extinction
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| The Latest: San Diego County wildfire surging toward sea Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:46 PM PST  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local):
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| Ryan Zinke Spent $6,250 On A Helicopter So He Could Ride Horses With Mike Pence Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:18 PM PST  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spent thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to use government helicopters to travel to and from Washington, D.C., this summer, including a round-trip flight to meet Vice President Mike Pence for an afternoon horseback ride, according to a report by Politico.
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| Dozens of horses found burned to death in California wildfires Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:55 PM PST  The owners of a California ranch in the path of one of the devastating wildfires in the region have returned home to a gruesome sight. The charred remains of 29 horses were left behind by the Creek Fire, one of five that has led to the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people in Southern California. Patricia Padilla, the owner of the ranch, said she agonized over leaving the horses, but the firemen who knocked at her door and told her to evacuate had made it clear that it was a matter of life and death that she and her family leave immediately.
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| ‘Tis the Season: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals a Reindeer as a Passenger Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:51 AM PST  Reindeer are uncommon in Indiana, according to police.
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| 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:15 PM PST  The first fruit of a turnaround plan.
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| US cop jailed for 20 years in fatal shooting of black man Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:04 PM PST  A white former US cop was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist -- a case that sparked mass protests and anger over excessive use of force by police. The death of Walter Scott in April 2015 was one of the most shocking in a series of high-profile US police shootings, often involving minorities, that have deepened tensions and added to distrust between officers and the communities they serve. Michael Slager, who worked for the North Charleston police department, was charged with murder in state courts, proceedings that ended in a mistrial last year.
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| Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Is Pushing His Country To The Brink. Will It Hold Together? Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:59 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Saudi Arabia in free fall would make the other crises in the Middle East look puny.
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| AP Explains: The US pivot on Jerusalem Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:08 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Breaking with decades of U.S. policy, President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital this week, a declaration that set off a wave of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces and drew sharp criticism from U.S. allies in the Middle East and beyond.
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| Sophie Turner Burns Bright In These First-Look Images Of ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ Posted: 07 Dec 2017 03:08 PM PST  The "Dark Phoenix" will rise again in the next installment of Marvel's "X-Men."
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| The Latest: San Diego fire burns 1,000 acres Posted: 07 Dec 2017 03:25 PM PST  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local):
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| Wildlife Gathers To Eat Thousands Of Pounds Of Feed During Louisiana Snowfall Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:51 PM PST  Wildlife Gathers To Eat Thousands Of Pounds Of Feed During Louisiana Snowfall
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