| The White House Dreamer Deal Isn't A Compromise. It's A Racist Ransom Note. Posted: 26 Jan 2018 07:49 AM PST  As the White House's senior advisor for policy, Stephen Miller seems to have one goal: to take a wrecking ball to the Statue of Liberty and shove the remains into the Upper New York Bay.
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| Missing FBI text messages have been found Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:12 AM PST  The messages between two FBI agents working on the Special Counsel have been found. These messages are important because previous messages between the two agents suggest the possibility of a bias against the president.
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| 13 Sweet Easter Pies To Celebrate Spring Posted: 25 Jan 2018 09:40 AM PST |
| Vegas shooting victim's husband says wife visited him in dream to tell him not to take her off life support Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:33 PM PST  A husband whose wife was critically injured during the Las Vegas shooting on October 1 says she visited him in a dream and told him everything would be okay.
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| Epic Bollywood Movie That Sparked Protests, Court Battles And Burnings Opens In India Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST  A controversial new Bollywood movie is causing security concerns in India as it opens in theaters across the country on Thursday.
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| 'He Kissed My Forehead and Slit My Throat.' Ex-Teacher Attacked Wife Who Discovered His Affair With 14-Year-Old Student, Police Say Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:36 AM PST  James Chelekis slashed his wife's throat after she discovered his affair
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| Official: Missile alert employee not cooperating in probe Posted: 25 Jan 2018 05:14 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii state employee who mistakenly sent an alert warning of a ballistic missile attack has refused to cooperate with federal and state investigators, officials said Thursday.
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| Customers vote on new Krispy Kreme doughnut flavor Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:40 PM PST  Customers got to choose between lemon, blueberry, caramel, and maple.
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| Trump's 24-Year-Old Deputy Drug Czar To Resign After Questions Over Work History Posted: 24 Jan 2018 09:58 PM PST  Taylor Weyeneth, a controversial member of the Trump administration who came under scrutiny in early January over his lack of qualifications, will resign his post later this month, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday evening.
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| Bears badly burned in California wildfires healed with holistic approach Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:04 AM PST  Two bears badly burned in wildfires that raged across southern California in December have returned to the wild following the success of an experimental holistic healing approach. The adult female black bears underwent a number of alternative medical treatments which included wrapping their wounds in fish skin, acupuncture, chiropractic care and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). One veterinarian compared it to wrapping their feet up like "little spring rolls" after the bears were injured in the largest wildfire in the US state's modern history, resulting in the evacuation of more than 100,000 residents in the region. The bears suffered third-degree burns on all of their paws, with one of the animals forced to lay down continuously in its early recovery, left unable to walk due to the severity of the pain. "When I saw the degree of injury that she had and how much pain she was in, as a veterinarian, it just tugs at your heart," said Dr Jamie Peyton. "You want to do everything possible to get these animals feeling better. It's not their fault they were in this horrible fire and they're in a strange environment and they don't know what's going on and they're hurt." The badly burned paws of one of two bears treated by Dr. Laura Peyton Credit: Karin Higgins/UC Davis via AP They stitched fish skin to the animals' burned paws and wrapped them in bandages made from rice paper and corn husks to encourage healing. Dr Peyton decided on a holistic approach after reading about trials in Brazil in which sterilised skins from tilapia, a ubiquitous species of fish, were successfully used to treat burn victims. "The high collagen level in the fish skins helps with healing and acts like a matrix," said Peyton. "It would act as protection and it was pretty inexpensive and available." The team began exploring different treatment possibilities after discovering one of the bears was pregnant, knowing they needed to return the pair to the wild as soon as possible, before they acclimatised to captivity. Dr. Laura Peyton works on the badly burned paws Credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP "That was a game changer for us, because we knew it wouldn't be ideal for her to give birth in confinement," said veterinarian Deana Clifford. "We aren't really set up to have a birth at the lab holding facilities, and we knew there was a high probability that she could reject the cub, due to all the stress she was under." Traditional cloth bandages can also block their intestines if eaten, while getting the bears to take pain medication can also be problematic. The paws were wrapped in fish skin Credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP After weeks of treatment, wildlife officials released the bears back into the burned Los Padres National Forest last week. The bears were treated by experts from the Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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| Elton John Reveals The Moment Prince Harry Confessed: 'I'm In Love' Posted: 26 Jan 2018 07:56 AM PST  Elton John found out that Prince Harry was in love in the unlikeliest of places last year ― during their time together at a camp in Italy.
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| Oregon boy, 8, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after falling off bike Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:00 AM PST  And 8-year-old boy from Oregon has just died days after contracting rare, flesh-eating bacteria.
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| Burger King Takes Jab At Ajit Pai, Explains Net Neutrality With Whoppers Posted: 25 Jan 2018 08:03 AM PST  This is a whopper of a pro-net neutrality advertisement.
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| Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children Posted: 24 Jan 2018 03:50 PM PST ![Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children]( "Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children") A judge on Wednesday barred a Southern California husband and wife from contacting the 13 children they are charged with beating, shackling and starving in their suburban home, a ruling the couple's attorney did not oppose. The judge imposed the restrictions on David Turpin, 57, and his wife Louise, 49, during a brief hearing in a grim case that has drawn worldwide media attention and calls for better oversight of home-schooled children. The parents are accused of keeping their 13 children, ages 2 to 29, in filthy and fetid conditions, chaining some to their beds and using starvation as a weapon to control them.
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| Kurds call on Syrian regime to intervene in Afrin battle Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:55 PM PST  Kurdish militias fighting against Turkey in the Syrian enclave of Afrin have called on the government of Bashar al-Assad to intervene and protect the area's borders. The latest development, nearly a week into Turkey's military offensive, could undermine Kurdish aspirations for self-governance and, if heeded, could set the stage for a direct military confrontation between Ankara and Damascus.
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| Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next? Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:50 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans.
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| Trump Reportedly Tried To Fire Robert Mueller In June Posted: 25 Jan 2018 05:27 PM PST  President Donald Trump attempted to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the FBI's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, in June, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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| North Koreans Can't Escape Human Rights Abuses, Even When They Flee Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  As tensions with North Korea reached new heights in late 2017, an alarming new YouTube genre swept the internet like wildfire: the Korean DMZ escape video.
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| 'Storm Chasers' Star Joel Taylor Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose While on Cruise Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:53 PM PST  The 38-year-old was found unresponsive in his cabin Tuesday on a Royal Caribbean ship, reports said.
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| More than 20,000 LGBT teenagers in US risk subjection to ‘gay conversion therapy’ Posted: 25 Jan 2018 09:54 AM PST  Thousands of young American LGBT people will undergo conversion therapy from a licensed healthcare professional before they turn 18, a study has found. An estimated 20,000 Teenagers aged 13 to 17 will go through an attempt to change their sexual orientation according to researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. It has been widely discredited by health experts for risking causing emotional and psychological damage.
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| Trey Gowdy on recovered FBI texts Posted: 25 Jan 2018 05:20 PM PST  House Oversight Committee chairman sounds off on the Department of Justice has recovered missing text messages between anti-Trump FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the need for safeguards and FBI scrutiny and the call to release the memo on alleged FISA surveillance abuses. #Tucker
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| U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder Posted: 25 Jan 2018 06:57 PM PST ![U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder]( "U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder") Vernon Madison, 67, has spent more than three decades on death row for killing Mobile police officer Julius Schulte. In the appeal this week, Madison's lawyers said he is not competent to be executed because he is legally blind, cannot walk without assistance and is unable to recall the murder or understand his punishment. "His mind and body are failing," lawyers wrote in the petition.
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| Erdogan vows no let-up in Syria campaign as US tensions rise Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:58 PM PST  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed Turkey's campaign against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria would press on for as long as required, after telephone talks with Donald Trump failed to douse soaring tensions with Washington. The six-day campaign against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) has seen Washington's fellow NATO member Ankara attacking a US-allied force, even raising fears of military confrontation between two alliance powers.
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| Engineer says he misjudged train location in fatal wreck Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:14 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — An engineer told investigators he misjudged the location of an Amtrak train before it derailed in Washington state on a new high-speed route while traveling at nearly 80 mph — more than twice the speed limit around a curve, the National Transportation Safety Board disclosed Thursday.
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| Piers Morgan's Interview With 'Friend' Trump Has Everyone Asking The Same Thing Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:26 AM PST  Piers Morgan is set to interview President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
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| Man Claims He's Infamous Alcatraz Escapee In Newly Surfaced Letter Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:04 AM PST  It's one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in U.S. law enforcement: What happened to the three inmates who broke out of Alcatraz in 1962?
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| Why Israel's New F-35 Stealth Fighters Are a Game-Changer Posted: 25 Jan 2018 04:57 PM PST  Something changed in the region last December, when Israel declared its first squadron of F-35s operational. The Israeli Air Force's (IAF) 140 ("Golden Eagle") Squadron has just nine F-35I Adir aircraft, scheduled to grow to fifty over the next three years. What matters here is that neither Iran nor Syria are likely to get the most advanced Russian fighters or antiaircraft missiles (it took Iran ten years before it received Russian S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles in 2017).
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| Simone Biles, Aly Raisman And Jordyn Wieber React To Larry Nassar Sentencing Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:18 AM PST  Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber are happy with the sentence of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who will spend the rest of his life behind bars for molesting children.
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| Oldest human remains outside Africa found in Israeli cave, showing species left continent far earlier than known Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:25 PM PST  A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa, showing that our species trekked out of that continent far earlier than previously known. Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 years old, and said the teeth bore telltale traits of Homo sapiens not present in close human relatives alive at the time including Neanderthals. The fossil of the left part of the upper jaw of a young adult -- the person's sex remains unclear -- came from Misliya Cave on Mount Carmel's western slopes about 7.5 miles (12 km) south of Haifa. Also found inside the large collapsed cave, once inhabited by humans, were blades and other stone tools that were sophisticated for the time, several hearths and burned animal bones. Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa, with the earliest-known fossils roughly 300,000 years old. A key milestone was when our species first ventured out of Africa en route to populating the far corners of the globe. Until now, the oldest Homo sapiens fossils outside Africa had come from two other cave sites in Israel, including one also on Mount Carmel, about 90,000 to 120,000 years old. Misliya Cave is one of several prehistoric cave sites located on Mount Carmel Credit: AFP The new discovery supports the idea that humans migrated out of Africa through a northern route, the Nile valley and the eastern Mediterranean coast, and not a southern route across the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the southern coast of Saudi Arabia, the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, said Tel Aviv University paleoanthropologist Israel Hershkovitz, who led the study. "This is an exciting discovery that confirms other suggestions of an earlier migration out of Africa," added paleoanthropologist Rolf Quam of Binghamton University in New York, a co-author of the study published in the journal Science. Jurassic parks | Four of the best fossil sites "Now we finally have fossil evidence of this migration, in addition to inferences drawn from ancient DNA studies and archaeological sites," Quam said, referring to genetic research suggesting a migration from Africa at least 220,000 years ago and probably earlier. Hershkovitz said he believes Homo sapiens may have originated some 500,000 years ago. The Misliya humans were likely nomadic, moving around the landscape following the movements of prey species or according to the seasons of the year, Quam said. "They were capable hunters of large-game species including wild cattle, deer and gazelles. They also made extensive use of plant materials, including perhaps for bedding," Quam added.
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| Why the Blockchain Is So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:04 PM PST  Looking for Blockchain 101? Look no further.
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| Zimbabwe university releases Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis Posted: 26 Jan 2018 01:27 AM PST ![Zimbabwe university releases Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis]( "Zimbabwe university releases Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis") By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - The University of Zimbabwe has published former First Lady Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis after an anti-corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether the wife of ousted President Robert Mugabe was wrongly awarded a doctorate three years ago. Grace graduated in 2014, the same year she launched her career in the ruling ZANU-PF party, a power push that led ultimately to November's de facto coup by political rivals worried she was set to take over from her husband. In contravention of its normal practice, the university did not publish her 226-page thesis, entitled "The changing social structure and functions of the family: The case of children's homes in Zimbabwe", until this week, when it was released on its website (http://ir.uz.ac.zw/handle/10646/3463).
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| US criticizes Russia for arming Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis Posted: 24 Jan 2018 01:26 PM PST ![US criticizes Russia for arming Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis]( "US criticizes Russia for arming Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis") WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States criticized Russia on Wednesday for approving sales of fighter jets to Myanmar's military despite its deadly operations against Rohingya Muslims, warning that Moscow's actions could make the situation worse.
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| Man Surprises Stepdad With Adoption Papers and Plans to Take His Name Posted: 25 Jan 2018 01:01 PM PST  "I wish I had done it years and years ago," Logan Borden told InsideEdition.com.
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| Even Before Trump Arrives, He's The Elephant In The Room At Davos Posted: 24 Jan 2018 10:23 AM PST  World leaders are serving up some shrewdly veiled criticism of Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, days before the U.S. president is due to speak there.
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| Russell Simmons Is Facing $5 Million Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Rape Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:06 AM PST  A woman is suing media mogul Russell Simmons for $5 million while accusing him of raping her in his California home ― an incident that the alleged victim's attorney says occurred after a separate sexual assault in his New York City home years earlier.
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| Big Apple Circus clown resigns over sexual misconduct Posted: 24 Jan 2018 04:20 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A beloved circus performer known as Grandma the clown has resigned from the Big Apple Circus following accusations that he pressured a 16-year-old aerialist to pose for pornographic photos.
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| Astronomers really hate that bright disco ball satellite secretly launched to space Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:28 AM PST  On Thursday, the rocket company Rocket Lab announced that it had secretly launched the Humanity Star, a satellite in the shape of a reflective sphere that effectively works as a disco ball and could at times become the brightest object in the night sky. The Humanity Star was launched as a way to unite all who see it under the night sky, according to Rocket Lab. SEE ALSO: A satellite secretly launched by a little rocket is expected to be 'the brightest thing in the night sky' "The Humanity Star is intended to serve as a focal point for humanity as every single person on Earth will have the opportunity to see and experience it," Rocket Lab said in a statement. But certain people on Earth aren't exactly pleased. Just after Rocket Lab announced the surprise launch of the satellite, many astronomers tweeted their annoyance that the New Zealand-based company would build and launch this bright object. Looking up at the Moon and the planets in the night sky invokes similar feelings of wonder - why do we need this artificial disco ball in orbit? https://t.co/FDxiR7FyQr — Meg Schwamb (@megschwamb) January 24, 2018 This is stupid, vandalizes the night sky and corrupts our view of the cosmos. https://t.co/KkATT35Kf0 — David Kipping (@david_kipping) January 25, 2018 An unscientific survey of the astronomy folks I follow suggest they all hate this object. https://t.co/zKP94AqISw — M.P. (@OmanReagan) January 24, 2018 "Looking up at the Moon and the planets in the night sky invokes similar feelings of wonder - why do we need this artificial disco ball in orbit?" planetary scientist Meg Schwamb said in a tweet. The Humanity Star isn't expected to stay in orbit for very long, and it won't be visible everywhere. The quickly spinning satellite will orbit the Earth every 90 minutes and its orbit should decay in about 9 months, forcing the Humanity Star to harmlessly burn up in the atmosphere. That said, it could create a bit of a headache for astronomers trying to peer deeply out into the cosmos during the time that it's in orbit. While this is a great idea, there is the problem that having another bright light in the sky, making light pollution that makes it more difficult to see that Universe.... :oS https://t.co/OD21gTbnjb — DJ Dr JJ Eldridge (@astro_jje) January 24, 2018 There are already hundreds of satellites you can see with your naked eye. Launching a disco ball as a PR stunt just increases the odds of the Kessler Syndrome making low earth orbit unusable. — Andy Howell (@d_a_howell) January 24, 2018 I agree, it presumably also adds one more piece of optical noise to the sky (how to ruin nice telescope integration time...) — Caleb Scharf (@caleb_scharf) January 24, 2018 Wow. Intentionally bright long-term space graffiti. Thanks a lot, @RocketLab. https://t.co/jvYBvQGyW3 — Mike Brown (@plutokiller) January 24, 2018 Agree, this is an awful idea. Besides: ISS is naked eye when visible. It's been done. Judging by the past couple decades: putting bright shiny thing in orbit =/= awe and world peace. — Eric Mamajek (@EricMamajek) January 25, 2018 David Kipping, an astronomer who hunts for planets outside of our solar system, made the point that the satellite could create some serious problems if he's trying to catch sight of one of those elusive planets as the Humanity Star flies through his field of view. it's supposed to be the brightest thing in the sky, i'd be pretty annoyed if this thing passed through my field whilst observing a transit... — David Kipping (@david_kipping) January 25, 2018 The intention behind the Humanity Star, however, is certainly something most astronomers can likely understand. "I know many astronomers are upset at this unnecessary object that will cause light pollution, although again we don't know orbit or brightness yet so we don't know how bad it will be," astrophysicist JJ Eldridge said via Twitter message. "But I can also kinda see that maybe we do need something like this with so much negativity in the world at the moment." Rocket Lab, for its part, has been replying to some negative tweets and attempting to clarify just how much of a distraction the Humanity Star will be for those studying the universe. The Humanity Star will blink across the sky for just a seconds, and it won't be visible in your region for the full 9 months in orbit. Our hope is that it draws people's attention to the stars, then leaves them looking to the universe long after The Humanity Star has passed. — Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) January 24, 2018 "The Humanity Star will briefly flash across the sky for a few seconds, reflecting sunlight back to the Earth's surface, creating a fleeting glint of light," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a statement via email. "It is designed to be a brief moment of just a few seconds." The Humanity Star was launched to space during a test flight of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket over the weekend. Update: This story was updated to include a statement from Rocket Lab. WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains if we can dump our trash on the moon
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| 2019 Toyota RAV4: A New Lease on Life for the New Sales King Posted: 25 Jan 2018 10:15 AM PST  Camry who? Toyota's new bread-and-butter crossover prepares for a redesign.
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| Video released of bar fight allegedly involving off-duty CPD officer Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:16 PM PST  Surveillance video was released Wednesday showing a bar fight allegedly involving a Chicago police officer, who could be fired for the shooting deaths of two people 2015.
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| NAACP Cites Trump’s Reported ‘Shithole’ Comment In Lawsuit To Protect Haitians Posted: 25 Jan 2018 09:03 AM PST  The NAACP is suing the Trump administration, accusing Homeland Security of discriminating against Haiti's mostly black nationals in violation of the Constitution's equal protection guarantee.
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| American, Delta revive deal to handle stranded passengers Posted: 24 Jan 2018 12:56 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and Delta are reviving a deal that lets them put passengers on each other's planes when travelers are stranded by disruptions such as winter storms and computer outages.
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| She Was The First Woman To Go Public About Nassar. Read Her Statement In Full. Posted: 24 Jan 2018 05:46 PM PST  In September 2016, Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to go public with accusations of sexual abuse against former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor Larry Nassar.
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