| Ivanka Trump to meet South Korean minister in light of Tillerson firing Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Senior White House adviser and first family member Ivanka Trump is scheduled
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| Man Killed by a 35-pound Boulder While Driving Down a California Freeway Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT  The California Highway Patrol stated that the boulder was purposely moved and thrown from the overpass.
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| Georgia Ski Lift Malfunction Hurls People Into Air, Injuring 11 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:49 PM PDT  A chairlift at a ski resort in the country of Georgia malfunctioned on Friday,
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| United Airlines puts dog on wrong plane, makes unscheduled landing Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:05 AM PDT  For the second time this week, United Airlines has put a dog on the wrong plane, causing flight 3996 headed to Newark from St. Louis to make an unscheduled landing in Akron, Ohio to drop off the dog.
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| Court Just Found Black Victim Of White Supremacist Assault Not Guilty Of... Assault Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:58 PM PDT  Anti-racist protester DeAndre Harris, who was brutally beaten by a group of
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| 6 Great-Looking Room Fans You Can Buy on Amazon Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:30 PM PDT |
| Massachusetts high court to take up suicide texting appeal Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:57 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts will hear the appeal of a young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were both teenagers.
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| French arrest warrant out for Saudi crown prince's sister Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:06 AM PDT  The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the target of a French arrest warrant for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a worker at her Paris apartment, legal sources said Thursday. The warrant against Princess Hassa bint Salman, issued in late December, follows an alleged assault at her apartment on the ultra-expensive Avenue Foch in west Paris in September 2016, sources close to the case told AFP. The case could complicate Macron's efforts to build up a good relationship with Prince Mohammed, one of the most powerful leaders in the Middle East, who is due to visit Paris in the coming weeks.
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| An Engineer Reported Cracks on FIU Bridge 2 Days Before Deadly Collapse. No One Got the Voicemail, Officials Say Posted: 17 Mar 2018 04:25 AM PDT  An engineer left a voicemail two days before a bridge collapse in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span
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| Trump’s Legal Team Says It Can Sue Stormy Daniels For $20 Million Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:07 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has jumped into the lawsuit filed against him by an
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| FIU student Alexa Duran identified as victim of Florida bridge collapse Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:51 AM PDT  Alexa Duran was driving from a doctor's appointment with her best friend Richard next to her in the passenger's seat, when the bridge collapsed on top of them. Her best friend Richard speaks out about his amazing story of survival.
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| Sean Hannity Slams Shepard Smith For Calling His Kind Of Fox Show Strictly Entertainment Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:07 PM PDT  Fox News host Sean Hannity ripped colleague Shepard Smith on Friday after
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| After nerve agent attack, NATO sees pattern of Russian interference Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:35 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO accused Russia on Thursday of trying to destabilise the West with new nuclear weapons, cyber attacks and covert action, including the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in Britain, that blurred the line between peace and war. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters the use of the Novichok nerve agent against Sergei Skripal and his daughter "happened against a backdrop of a reckless pattern of Russian behaviour over many years". Russia denies any involvement and says it is the U.S.-led Atlantic alliance that is a risk to peace in Europe.
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| Praise for 2017 NYC Truck Attack Leads to Suspected Extremist's Arrest in Italy Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:59 AM PDT  A 24-year old Italian man was found to be in possession of explosives after the FBI flagged him as a possible extremist.
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| This Russian Plane Was Carrying So Much Gold That Its Cargo Door Burst Open Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:56 PM PDT  Littering the runway with precious metals
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| Seven US personnel killed in Iraq helicopter crash: official Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:02 AM PDT  Seven US troops were killed when their helicopter crashed during a transport mission in western Iraq, a defense official told AFP Friday. The Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk chopper was on a routine troop transport operation Thursday flying from Iraq to Syria when it went down, the official said. An accompanying US helicopter reported the crash and a quick reaction force comprised of Iraqi Security Forces and US-led coalition members secured the scene.
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| The Latest: Turtle euthanized amid reports it ate a puppy Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:33 PM PDT ![The Latest: Turtle euthanized amid reports it ate a puppy]( "The Latest: Turtle euthanized amid reports it ate a puppy") PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — The Latest on turtle eats puppy (all times local):
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| Republican Food Stamp Plan In Disarray Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:19 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― A Republican plan to shrink food stamp enrollment is in some
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| Natalee Holloway: Man who claimed he dug up missing teenager's body killed in 'attempted kidnap of young woman' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:01 AM PDT  A man who claimed he dug up and cremated the body of missing teenager Natalee Holloway to help his murder suspect friend has himself been killed while attempting to kidnap a woman, police have revealed. The violent death of John Ludwick is the latest strange development in the hunt for Natalee, who was last seen getting into a car after leaving a nightclub at 1.30am on May 30 2005, the day she was due to fly home from a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba. Dutchman Joran van der Sloot remains the prime suspect in the case, but has never been charged with Natalee's murder or disappearance.
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| Trump signs U.S.-Taiwan travel bill; China 'strongly dissatisfied' Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:48 PM PDT  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, angering China, which views Taiwan as a wayward province. The bill, which is non-binding, would have gone into effect on Saturday morning, even if Trump had not signed it, said the White House. The move adds to strains between the two countries over trade, as Trump has enacted tariffs and called for China to reduce its huge trade imbalance with the United States, even while Washington has leaned on Beijing to help resolve tensions with North Korea.
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| See the Moment German Shepherd Is Reunited With Family After He Was Mistakenly Flown to Japan Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:34 AM PDT  United Airlines had apparently sent the family dog, Irgo, to Japan instead of a Great Dane that wound up in Kansas City.
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| Video Shows Parkland Deputy Never Entered School As Mass Shooting Happened Inside Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:10 AM PDT  A Parkland, Florida, sheriff's deputy stood outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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| Hillary Clinton fractures hand on India trip Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:34 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton has fractured her hand during a tour of India, reportedly slipping in a bathtub at a luxury hotel in a former palace. A doctor at the private Goyal Hospital told AFP Friday that Clinton had undergone screening after suffering pain in her right hand following a fall. Local and international media quoted unnamed sources as saying Clinton had slipped in the bath in an accident that comes just five months after she broke her toe in London.
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| Steve Bannon Doesn't Deny Anything He Said In 'Fire And Fury' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 01:57 PM PDT  Former White House strategist Steve Bannon says he doesn't deny anything
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| ProPublica leads media into correction of murky CIA story Posted: 16 Mar 2018 06:45 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The news organization ProPublica issued a detailed correction of a story about Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's choice for the next CIA director, and the waterboarding of a detainee the year after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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| Stephen Hawking's Disability Wasn't Something To 'Overcome' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:26 AM PDT  The official news alert announcing that world-renowned physicist Stephen
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| Arizona teacher shares pay stub, sparking a national debate Posted: 17 Mar 2018 04:45 AM PDT  Fresh off the recent strike by public school teachers in West Virginia, educators in Arizona are demanding more money, saying they're struggling to keep up with the cost of living. One Phoenix-area teacher recently shared her frustration on social media, posting a photo of her pay stub. Carter Evans reports.
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| Donald Trump hits Russia with new sanctions as Western leaders back Theresa May on poisoning Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Donald Trump yesterday hit Russia with new sanctions for election meddling and cyber-attacks as Washington vowed to punish Moscow's "nefarious attacks". Nineteen people and five Russian organisations were targeted in what amounts to the most significant action against Moscow since President Trump took office. The news came shortly after Western leaders backed Britain in blaming Russia for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury 10 days ago. Mr Trump, with France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel, rallied round Theresa May after days of mixed messages, directly blaming Russia for the attack which left double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia hospitalised. Their joint statement represented a major boost for the Prime Minister and came 24 hours after she moved to expel 23 Russian diplomats and suspended high-level contact with Moscow in response to the Salisbury incident. In the unprecedented joint message, Mr Macron, Mrs Merkel and Mr Trump said they agreed with Mrs May's assessment that there was "no plausible alternative explanation" for the attack. The statement, issued by 10 Downing Street, said: "The United Kingdom briefed thoroughly its allies that it was highly likely that Russia was responsible for the attack. "We share the UK assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation, and note that Russia's failure to address the legitimate request by the UK government further underlines its responsibility. "We call on Russia to address all questions related to the attack in Salisbury." "This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War. "It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a State party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law. It threatens the security of us all." Donald Trump, the US president Credit: REUTERS/Leah Millis France's decision to back Britain was in contrast to Paris's response on Wednesday when President Macron's spokesman derided Mrs May's decision to act against Moscow as "fantasy politics". Benjamin Griveaux had told a news conference: "Once the elements are proven then the time will come for decisions to be made." But that hardened overnight with François Delattre, France's permanent representative to the UN, saying: "We have full confidence in the British investigation." In Brussels, Nato member states were briefed by UK National Security Adviser Sir Mark Sedwill at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council. That came shortly after former Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the international response must be collective or it would be a victory for Russia. He told the BBC: "A collective response is very important. Anything short of full solidarity with the UK now will be considered a victory for the Kremlin." Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary, also added to the pressure, saying: "It is absolutely atrocious and outrageous what Russia did in Salisbury. We have responded to that. Frankly, Russia should go away and should shut up." Mrs May yesterday visited the scene in Salisbury for the first time since the attack where she met with members of the emergency services. She said: "We do hold Russia culpable for this brazen and despicable act that has taken place on the streets of what is such a remarkable city." Russia, which has repeatedly denied it is responsible for the attack, was last night preparing its response in the rapidly deteriorating diplomatic row. In Moscow, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warned British diplomats will be expelled "soon" in retaliation to the biggest expulsion of Russian embassy staff since the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the final decision on retaliatory measures "will, of course, be made by the Russian president". He said: "There is no doubt that he will choose the variant that best of all corresponds to the interests of the Russian Federation". On Wednesday night Vasily Nebenzya, the Russian permanent representative to the United Nations, compared the British government to Inspector LeStrade, a "hapless" investigator from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. The Russian Embassy in London claimed it had received death threats after Mrs May's announcement. Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko's told the Russian news channel Rossiya-24 that the embassy had received "a mass of messages", including some from Britons vowing to take revenge. Theresa May in Salisbury Credit: Toby Melville/PA Under the new Washington sanctions, Russia's spying agency the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the KGB, was among those hit. The action punished Russian behaviour that pre-dated the Salisbury attack but Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, said it was part of a "broader effort" to address the country's "nefarious attacks". Mr Mnuchin said: "The administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyberactivity, including their attempted interference in U.S. elections, destructive cyber-attacks, and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure. "These targeted sanctions are a part of a broader effort to address the ongoing nefarious attacks emanating from Russia." The sanctions against Russia will block those affected from travelling to America, freeze any assets they have in the country and bar US companies from working with them. A US Treasury statement said the FSB, Russia's intelligence organisation, "knowingly engages in significant activities that undermine cyber-security on behalf of the Russian government". It added that the FSB had targeted US government officials in cyber-security, diplomacy, the military and the White House, as well as critical Russian journalists and politicians at home. Russia's military intelligence organisation, the Main Intelligence Directorate, was also sanctioned. Many of the individuals targeted allegedly worked for the Internet Research Agency, the Russia 'troll factory' which America believes systematically targeted the 2016 election campaign. More than 40 US Congressmen also signed a letter, seen by The Daily Telegraph, to Mrs May pledging "full support" in taking on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the attack
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| My Lai ceremony highlights peace, but dark memories recalled Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:45 PM PDT  MY LAI, Vietnam (AP) — Talk of peace dominated the 50th anniversary commemoration of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, but among the hundreds in the audience were survivors and a former U.S. Army photographer whose gruesome images galvanized anti-war opinion.
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| S.C. church shooter's sister charged for weapons at school Posted: 15 Mar 2018 03:24 PM PDT  The teenage sister of avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to die for the 2015 massacre at a historic South Carolina black church, was arrested for carrying weapons and drugs at her high school, police said on Thursday. Morgan Roof, 18, had a knife, pepper spray and marijuana when she was searched at A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, on Wednesday, said Richland County Sheriff's Department Lieutenant Curtis Wilson. Roof was charged with simple possession of marijuana and two counts of carrying weapons on school grounds.
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| 'Dogs Must Think We're Magical When We Rub The Wall And The Room Gets Bright' Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:18 AM PDT  The shower isn't just a place to sing. Separated from our cellphones, standing
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| Two undocumented farmworkers die fleeing immigration officials - who were chasing wrong person Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:25 PM PDT  Two undocumented farmworkers died in California while fleeing immigration agents who were pursuing the wrong person. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived in the early morning at a house they believed belonged to a Mexican citizen who had previously been deported. When a man exited the house and got into his vehicle, the agents turned on their emergency lights and pulled him over.
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| Vatican Admits It Altered Photo Of Letter From Pope Francis' Predecessor Posted: 15 Mar 2018 04:47 PM PDT  The Vatican has admitted that it digitally blurred out a portion of a media
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| Missing teen may have flown to Cancun with 45-year-old man Posted: 16 Mar 2018 01:58 PM PDT  Police say a 16-year-old Pennsylvania teen, who went missing after she was signed out of school by a 45-year-old man, may have flown to Cancun with him. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| I was illegally removed from power, says Robert Mugabe Posted: 15 Mar 2018 01:35 PM PDT  Robert Mugabe has denounced his former right-hand man's ascent to president of Zimbabwe as "illegal" as he gave his first interviews since he was ousted in a soft coup last year. "It was truly a military takeover. We must undo this disgrace," Mr Mugabe said of his swift removal from power in November that saw Emmerson Mnangagwa installed in the first transfer of power in almost 40 years. Mr Mugabe told reporters in the mansion he built in the plush Borrowdale suburb, in front of a wedding photo of himself and second wife, Grace, that Mr Mnangagwa was in power illegitimately following a "coup d'etat" in November. Mr Mnangagwa, known as "The Crocodile" during Zimbabwe's early years of independence, took the reigns last year after a power struggle with Mrs Mugabe. He had been expelled from the country as Mrs Mugabe positioned herself to take over her husband's legacy, but was spirited into the country with the backing of the military who put the Mugabes under house arrest in an almost bloodless takeover. Timeline Robert Mugabe as leader of Zimbabwe Mr Mugabe said his dismissal from power must be seen as a coup. "People must be chosen in government in a proper way. I'm willing to discuss, willing to assist in that process - but I must be invited," he said. "I don't hate Emmerson. I brought him into government," he added of the former revolutionary freedom fighter. "But he must be proper. He is illegal." Mr Mugabe said he was ready to engage with Mr Mnangagwa "to correct things", adding: "We don't deserve this. Please, we don't deserve it." Mr Mugabe said he did not watch the celebrations in the streets as his reign came to an end. Speaking of Mr Mnangagwa's rise seizure of power, he said: "[By] not wanting to be democratic [Mnangagwa] has betrayed the whole nation. We are topsy-turvy." Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe gives an interview to journalists Credit: Twitter Mr Mugabe, who served more then a decade in detention - as did Mr Mnangagwa - in what was formerly white minority ruled Rhodesia, came to power after a ceasefire negotiated under Margaret Thatcher. He led an often violent election campaign and won a massive majority in the first elections in 1980 which were supervised by thousands of British policemen. But within three years of independence, violence emerged in the south of the country and several government officials and white farmers were killed. Profile | Grace Mugabe Human rights organisations later investigated killings in Matabeleland where it was claimed about 20,000 died at the hands of government forces. Asked about his human rights record, he said: "Some errors were done. They weren't that bad in comparison to other countries." Mr Mugabe's nearly 38 years in power transformed Rhodesia, which had a well-educated population and sophisticated agriculture, to one of the poorest countries in the world, unable to pay its foreign debt. It abandoned its own currency in 2008 after years of hyper inflation. Credit: PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP He denied running the country into ruin through economic mismanagement, including the seizure of land from white farmers. "Ruined? Of course no. If anyone compares... there is greater prosperity. People have their land." He said he had resigned from his post because of pressure from his wife, who had sowed division as she set her sights on leadership. He now supports a new political party, the New Patriotic Front, which so far has only one known member, a former general in the Zimbabwe National Army, Ambrose Mutinhiri. Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe's new president Mr Mugabe was beaten in elections in 2008 but in the second round, his opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai who died in February, withdrew from the run-off after hundreds of his supporters were killed. So far Mr Mnangagwa has said that Mr Mugabe would be allowed to live well in his retirement and would be shown respect. But that attitude has hardened, "He (Mugabe) has jumped into the fray, so I suspect he is fair game now," a well placed source close to the Mnangagwa administration said. Former first lady Grace Mugabe received a kiss from her husband during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations 2017 Credit: AFP Mr Mnangagwa has so far not said what the government's intentions were about Mrs Mugabe and her unexplained wealth. Mr Mugabe told foreign diplomats last month she "cried every day," since he was obliged to quit. Their two sons, who live a fantastically wealthy life in Johannesburg, also contributed to the former first couple's distress and poor reputation among the largely unemployed population. Mrs Mugabe was wanted by South African police for attacking a young Johannesburg woman last August, but was not called to answer charges because she was granted diplomatic immunity which will be challenged in court in May.
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| As rumors of an exodus swirl, White House pushes back Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:15 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — With whispers of a staffing purge permeating the West Wing, the White House pushed back Friday and insisted that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown.
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| Haley Anderson Case: Police Report Details Murdered Student's Complaint About Suspect Before Her Death Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:21 AM PDT  Binghamton police have released the report made after a call Haley Anderson made regarding Orlando Tercero.
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| Russia 'complicit' in Assad atrocities: Pentagon Posted: 15 Mar 2018 01:13 PM PDT  Russia is "complicit" in atrocities perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of its "deliberate" choice to violate terms of a ceasefire in besieged Eastern Ghouta, the Pentagon said Thursday, in comments hammered home separately by the US national security advisor. Thousands of civilians poured out of Eastern Ghouta as the capture of a key town brought Syria's government even closer to retaking the devastated rebel enclave outside Damascus. "The Russians made a deliberate choice not to restrain the Assad regime.
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| 700-plus-horsepower 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 teased Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] held a press conference to discuss its electrified future today, and during the show the company dropped some news that will prove electric for fans of performance cars. Ford teased the most powerful street legal production model to ever come from the Blue Oval, the next-generation Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Ford only said that the power would come from a supercharged V-8.
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| Here Is What Trump Should Do about the Poisoning of a Former Russian Spy Posted: 15 Mar 2018 04:58 PM PDT  Theresa May is right. Or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others. Both explanations have serious implications for the security of our country and our allies.
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| The New 'Infinity War' Trailer Is Here, Now Set Your Faces To Stunned Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:53 AM PDT  Marvel hinted at, and then promised us, a new "Avengers: Infinity War" trailer
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| Uber’s Biggest Rival Is Experimenting With All-You-Can-Ride Monthly Subscriptions Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PDT  For all-you-can-ride access to the car-hailing service
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