| Ben Carson Removes Anti-Discrimination Language From HUD Mission Statement Posted: 06 Mar 2018 08:37 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is changing the mission statement of his agency, removing promises of inclusive and discrimination-free communities. "An organization's mission is never static," Thompson wrote in the memo, which was shared with HuffPost by a HUD employee.
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| Michelle Obama meets girl in viral portrait photo Posted: 06 Mar 2018 12:22 PM PST  A 2-year-old girl who was seen mesmerized by portrait of Michelle Obama in a photo that went viral last week came face to face with the subject of that painting on Tuesday.
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| Plane crashes through trees into Florida home Posted: 07 Mar 2018 04:30 AM PST  Brother and sister injured in plane crash.
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| Do liberals have a Louis Farrakhan problem for the midterms? Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:27 PM PST  As if on cue, Rev. Louis Farrakhan is back in the political spotlight spouting his familiar anti-Semitic, homophobic views — just in time to make Democrats squirm ahead of a crucial election.
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| Man Went on Stabbing Attack in Vienna Because He Was in a Bad Mood, Police Say Posted: 07 Mar 2018 01:48 PM PST  "He could have stabbed me as well had I been there by chance"
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| Alabama inmate wished for death during botched execution, according to medical report Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:05 PM PST  The state attempted to execute Doyle Lee Hamm by lethal injection last month, but halted the procedure just before midnight, when they were unable to kill him. Hamm's attorney, Bernard Harcourt, has claimed the execution was called off because medical staff were unable to find a vein in which to administer the lethal injection before the death warrant expired. A medical examination report filed by Mr Harcourt this week claims Hamm had at least 11 puncture wound on his body following the procedure.
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| The Latest: New Nashville mayor sworn in after chaotic day Posted: 06 Mar 2018 03:20 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the Nashville mayor's resignation (all times local):
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| Department Of Justice To Sue California Over ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Posted: 06 Mar 2018 06:00 PM PST  The Trump administration will ramp up its fight against so-called "sanctuary" policies by filing a lawsuit on Tuesday against the state of California over its laws meant to protect undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, which Attorney General Jeff Sessions will formally announce on Wednesday, is the latest in a string of moves by the White House, Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to combat local efforts to limit police cooperation with deportation. "The Department of Justice and the Trump administration are going to fight these unjust, unfair and unconstitutional policies that have been imposed on you," Sessions is expected to tell law enforcement officers during a speech on Wednesday, according to prepared remarks.
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| US slaps more sanctions on North Korea 'for using VX nerve agent to kill Kim Jong-nam' in Malaysia Posted: 06 Mar 2018 04:49 PM PST  The United States formally concluded on Tuesday that North Korea ordered the murder of a half-brother and potential rival to ruler Kim Jong-un with the VX nerve agent. The North Korean leader's estranged half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was killed at the airport in Kuala Lumpur in February last year when two women smeared his face with the banned chemical weapons agent VX. Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement the US government made the determination on February 22 under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991. Additional sanctions on Pyongyang went into effect on March 5 after the finding was formally published, she said. "This public display of contempt for universal norms against chemical weapons use further demonstrates the reckless nature of North Korea and underscores that we cannot afford to tolerate a North Korean WMD programme of any kind," Ms Nauert said on Tuesday. The fresh layer of US economic sanctions against Pyongyang came just as South Korea reported that the regime is ready for talks to end a nuclear standoff. Malaysian police have long said Mr Kim was killed as a result of being exposed to the VX nerve agent. It was reveled in December that Mr Kim was carrying vials of the antidote to the toxin but he didn't use it. Testifying before a high court in the city, a Malaysian government toxicologist said Mr Kim had 12 doses of atropine in his carry-on luggage when he was approached by two women who smeared the nerve agent onto his face. Kim Jong-un | A history of executions - family, allies and rivals Doan Thi Huong, a 29-year-old Vietnamese national, and Siti Aisyah, 25, from Indonesia, have pleaded not guilty of the murder of Mr Kim, who was returning to his home in Macau and travelling on a passport in the name of Kim Chol. North Korea has denied arranging the killing of Mr Kim.
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| 2 Parkland Students With Gunshot Injuries Plan To Sue School District, Officials Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:52 PM PST  The families of two Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students injured in the mass shooting at their school announced separate plans on Monday to sue officials in Broward County, Florida, over the incident. In letters of intent released this week, lawyers representing the students and their parents pin blame on law enforcement, Broward County and Broward County Public Schools for failing to protect Stoneman Douglas students from the gunman. Borges remains hospitalized at Broward Health Medical Center, still unable to walk.
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| Kushner to visit Mexico after Trump tirades, testy phone call Posted: 06 Mar 2018 09:55 PM PST  By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, will visit Mexico on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, amid strained relations over trade and Trump's demands that Mexico pay for a border wall. The visit by Trump's son-in-law comes after Trump and Pena Nieto late last month postponed plans for the Mexican leader's first visit to the White House.
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| Chrissy Teigen Says Her ‘Heart Aches’ After Loss Of Beloved Dog Puddy Posted: 07 Mar 2018 01:10 PM PST  Clearly, he was a very good boy.
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| British police hunt culprit in Russian ex-spy's poisoning Posted: 07 Mar 2018 08:01 PM PST  British detectives were scrambling Thursday to uncover who poisoned a Russian former double-agent and his daughter with a nerve agent, as doctors battled to save their lives and that of a policeman who also fell ill after coming to their aid. Sergei Skripal, 66, who moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap, is in a critical condition in hospital along with his daughter Yulia after they collapsed on a bench outside a shopping centre on Sunday. The brazen poisoning in the southwestern English city of Salisbury is already being linked with Russia by British politicians and the media, sparking an angry response in Moscow.
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| 'Never before have we seen any behaviour like this': Appeals court overturns conviction after judge shocks defendant three times with stun belt Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:46 AM PST  A judge administered multiple electric shocks to a defendant on trial as a "punishment" for not answering his questions properly, an appeals court has heard. Judge George Gallagher ordered Terry Lee Morris to be shocked three times during his 2014 trial in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was accused and subsequently convicted of soliciting sexual performance from a 15-year-old girl. The Texas Eight Court of Appeals in El Paso has overturned the judgement on the basis the shocks "violated" Morris' constitutional rights, the Texas Lawyer website reported.
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| The 2018 Pritzker Prize Is Awarded to Balkrishna Doshi Posted: 07 Mar 2018 08:52 AM PST  The Indian luminary, a seminal figure in the world of South Asian architecture, has been awarded the highest honor in architecture
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| Sri Lanka blocks social media as anti-Muslim rioting flares Posted: 07 Mar 2018 05:15 AM PST  MULLEGAMA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Religious violence flared anew in the hills of central Sri Lanka on Wednesday despite a state of emergency, with Buddhist mobs sweeping through towns and villages, burning Muslim homes and businesses and leaving victims barricaded inside mosques.
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| Democratic Turnout Surged In Texas. Here's What That Could Mean For November. Posted: 07 Mar 2018 06:55 AM PST  Since President Donald Trump's inauguration, Democrats have performed better than expected in many special elections, turning out voters who didn't show up in past years and giving many in the party high hopes for this year's midterms. Recent polls give Democrats a generic ballot edge and the early advantage on voter enthusiasm.
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| British Airways seats to shrink as airline squeezes more passengers into Boeing 777s Posted: 06 Mar 2018 01:00 PM PST  British Airways passengers will be squeezed into narrower seats, after the beleaguered airline said it will add an extra passenger space into economy rows on some aircraft. This week the company unveiled its 'make-over' for World Traveller section on its Boeing 777 long haul fleet flying from Gatwick Airport. But although BA announced 'elegant new seats' with entertainment screens that are 50 per cent larger, they failed to mention that economy passengers will be sitting in spaces that are nearly 10 per cent smaller. The World Traveller section will now contain 10 seats per row, instead of nine, moving from a 3-3-3 formation to a 3-4-3 design, which according to industry experts, will bring the size of long haul seats down by 1.5 inches. A diagram showing the changes Credit: British Airways British Airways refused to say what the new size of seats would be, but when its part-owner Qatar Airways 'densified' its own 777 economy seats, their width shrank from 18.5 inches to 17. Experts said the move, which adds 12 more seats into the World Traveller cabin, would make lengthy trips of up to 11 hours more uncomfortable and leave passengers feeling hemmed-in. "The drawback is a combination of physical discomfort and a sense of overcrowding," said travel writer Simon Calder. The revamped aircraft, which are scheduled to be in operation by this winter, will be flying on routes to Cancun in Mexico, the Dominican Republic resort of Punta Cana and the Jamaican capital, Kingston. There will now be four seats in the middle row of World Traveller Credit: Nick Morrish British Airways But from next year, all British Airways long haul flights from Gatwick will use the new layout. The announcement is the latest in a series of changes at the airline which is struggling to compete with budget rivals. In January 2017, BA stopped free food on short-haul flights and introduced a range of paid-for Marks & Spencer sandwiches and snacks, to the consternation of passengers. The following March the airline announced it was reducing legroom from 30 inches to 20 inches on its A320 and A321 Airbus aircraft. Fresh flowers were also scrapped in the First Class Toilets as well as a complimentary amuse-bouche on boarding. BA announced that screens would become larger, but refused to say how much smaller seats would be Credit: Nick Morrish British Airways However the company was forced to reintroduce a second hot meal and free snacks on long-haul flights after customer uproar when they removed them last year. Alex Cruz, the head of BA who was brought in from budget airline Vueling to cut costs, admitted that 'mistakes had been made' On Tuesday the carrier announced that it was planning to launch no-frills "basic economy" fares on its long-haul flights. The tickets which are expected to be between 10 and 20 per cent cheaper, do not include checked luggage or seat selection and are designed to compete with Norwegian on popular routes to North America. It could mean that the cost of a return flight from London to New York could fall from £468 to between £375 and £420. Travellers can already fly from London to New York over the same dates for as little as £265 with Norwegian. British Airways budget travel "In April 2018, we will be introducing a new long-haul basic economy fare on selected transatlantic routes," said BA in a statement. "The new fare will give customers a lower price point and more choice." The airline also announced that travellers in the new 777 World Traveller Plus would enjoy new bespoke lighting to reflect the time of day, helping to lull travellers to sleep at night and wake them in the morning to combat jet-lag. Six hundred million pounds is also to be spent on Club World to improve catering and introduce bedding from The White Company. British Airways has also promised that wi-fi will be available on all flights within the next two years.
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| Parkland Students Disappointed In Betsy DeVos' Brief Visit To Their School Posted: 07 Mar 2018 09:09 AM PST  Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School weren't pleased with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' visit to the Parkland, Florida, school on Wednesday. The brief visit, which was closed to reporters, came three weeks after the mass shooting that killed 17 students and staff members there. DeVos took only a handful of questions at a news conference afterward, not getting into specific details about the visit or what policy proposals she would consider to curb gun violence.
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| U.S. destroyer McCain collision which killed 10 sailors caused by 'sudden turn': Singapore Posted: 07 Mar 2018 09:43 PM PST ![U.S. destroyer McCain collision which killed 10 sailors caused by 'sudden turn': Singapore]( "U.S. destroyer McCain collision which killed 10 sailors caused by 'sudden turn': Singapore") A U.S. guided missile destroyer's deadly collision with an oil tanker near Singapore in 2017 was caused by "a sudden turn" made by the warship that put it in the path of the commercial vessel, said a report by the Singapore government on Thursday. The collision on Aug. 21, which killed 10 sailors and was one of a handful of incidents in the Asia Pacific region involving U.S. Navy warships, raised questions about Navy training and led to the removal of a number of officers. "The collision between the USS John S McCain (JSM) and Alnic MC (AM) as they were transiting through the Singapore Strait happened because of a sudden turn to Port by JSM, which caused it to head into the path of AM," the report said.
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| Australian Woman Discovers Message In A Bottle Sent In 1886 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 01:51 PM PST  An Australian woman happened upon what experts believe is the oldest message in a bottle ever found, dating back to 1886. Tonya Illman of Perth said she walking along the beach on Wedge Island in January when she spied the old glass bottle and picked it up. Using basic German language skills and Google Translate, Kym Illman figured out the person who dispatched the bottle wanted to know where and when it was found.
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| Russia and China Would Gun for America's Achilles Heel in a War: Satellites Posted: 07 Mar 2018 04:23 PM PST  Coats noted that both adversary nations are pressing for agreements on preventing the weaponization of space, however the United States intelligence community is suspicious. Russian and Chinese space capabilities are growing rapidly, but moreover, both powers are developing counter-space capabilities to blunt America's advantage in that domain. "Foreign countries—particularly China and Russia—will continue to expand their space-based reconnaissance, communications, and navigation systems in terms of the numbers of satellites, the breadth of their capability, and the applications for use," director of national intelligence Dan Coats said in his written testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 6.
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| The Latest: Scene of officer's killing was drug house Posted: 08 Mar 2018 08:31 AM PST  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on a Missouri shooting that left one police officer dead and two others wounded (all times local):
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| Pepe the Frog Creator Is Suing InfoWars for Selling Right-Wing Posters Posted: 07 Mar 2018 10:46 AM PST  The cartoon frog has become a symbol of the alt-right
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| Reformist pope, murdered archbishop to be made saints Posted: 06 Mar 2018 04:30 PM PST  Pope Paul VI, who oversaw sweeping reforms of the Catholic Church in the 1960s, will be made a saint along with a Salvadoran archbishop who was shot dead while celebrating mass, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Pope Francis signed decrees giving the go-ahead for the honours on the basis of miracles attributed to each candidate, the Holy See said in a statement. The pope put Paul VI on the path to sainthood by beatifying him in October 2014, while Oscar Romero was likewise elevated to the status of "blessed" in May 2015.
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| Ted Cruz Makes It Too Easy To Point Out The Hypocrisy Of His Latest Campaign Ad Posted: 07 Mar 2018 04:05 PM PST  CNN's Chris Cuomo pressed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to explain on Wednesday why his campaign is attacking an opponent's nickname when Cruz uses one himself. Following the Texas primary race on Tuesday, Cruz's re-election campaign released a new ad mocking Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic challenger for Cruz's Senate seat, for his name. FIRST LISTEN: our new 60-second statewide radio ad introducing our liberal opponent, Congressman Robert O'Rourke, to Texas voters.
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| Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urge schoolgirls to break gender stereotypes on International Women’s Day Posted: 08 Mar 2018 05:25 AM PST  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are celebrating International Women's Day by encouraging schoolgirls to break down gender stereotypes by pursuing careers in science, maths and engineering. The Royal couple travelled to Birmingham to attend an event where young women are taking part in a range of activities from speed networking opportunities with local businesses to a panel discussion. The couple were greeted by John Crabtree, Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands. Ms Markle wore a coat by J Crew, trousers by Alexander Wang and an All Saints jumper. Harry and Meghan went on a walkabout shaking hands and greeting around 300 well-wishers and school children who had waited patiently to meet them. Two elderly sisters, Irene Gould, 82, and her younger sibling June Dickinson, 78, were also ecstatic after meeting Harry and his fiancee. Mrs Gould said: "We were just so pleased to meet them, and how beautiful Meghan is. We thanked Harry for coming to see us and wished them all the best for their marriage." Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chat to two women on their visit to Birmingham Credit: Victoria Jones /PA Student Charlotte Highsmith, from Oxford, was overcome with excitement after meeting Meghan and said: "Oh my God, it was worth the wait - I've missed my lecture." The 20-year-old, who is studying criminology and policing at Birmingham City University, added: "Meghan just thanked us for waiting in the rain for her, but it wasn't a problem." The visit is the latest leg in the regional tours the prince and his fiancee are undertaking in the run-up to their May wedding, and follows trips to Edinburgh, Nottingham, Cardiff and Brixton in south London. Meghan Markle talks to children as she arrives in Birmingham Credit: Chris Jackson /Getty The events are giving Ms Markle a personal education in the issues faced in parts of the UK and nationally, and complement the private visits she is regularly making to organisations as she gets to know the UK charity sector. Thursday's highly-anticipated visit comes after it emerged Ms Markle has reportedly been baptised and confirmed in the Church of England at a private ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Birmingham's visit began with the now familiar walkabout before Harry and Ms Markle chatted to young women as they took part in building apps and touchpads, before hearing more about their motivations to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects. Prince Harry beams as he chats to children in Birmingham Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley for The Telegraph Hosted by social enterprise Stemettes at Millennium Point, the event also offers information on work experience, apprenticeships, A-level choices, and university degrees in Stem topics. Harry and Ms Markle started the event by trying virtual headsets with students from Blessed Edward Oldcorne School in Birmingham. The couple tried on the headsets, which resembled a virtual rollercoaster. Ms Markle asked the students what they wanted to do as a career and was impressed with the answers of surgeons and doctors. The pupils described the experience as surreal after the couple shook their hands and went on to other workshops. Meghan Markle hugs a schoolgirl in Birmingham Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley for The Telegraph After finishing talking through various pieces of technology with the students, the pair sat together to listen to speeches from inspiring women in Stem industries. Ms Markle was shocked by some of the technology on display, including pianos made out of bananas and how to "hack the web". She told some students that the coding they were working on was very impressive, saying: "Wow, that's really cool." Meghan Markle chats to youngsters Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley for The Telegraph Prince Harry shared his finance's thoughts and encouraged the talented students to go into careers in science and maths. The couple left the event after both were given a goody bag which said: "I am not just a bag, I am a Stemettes bag." They received a huge round of applause from the 90 female students as they made their way to their next event. The couple also gave prizes to three winners of a speech-writing competition in which they spoke about their most inspiring women. Harry and Ms Markle nodded in approval after each of the speeches and gave all three a generous clap at the end. Meghan Markle kneels as he chats to flag-waving children Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley for The Telegraph The Coach Core apprenticeship scheme was designed by the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry to train people aged 16 - 24 with limited opportunities to become sports coaches and mentors within their communities. During the year-long apprenticeship, which now operates in 10 cities across the UK, young people learn technical sport skills alongside an inclusive and holistic approach to coaching, with an emphasis on employability and mentoring skills. Ms Markle is due to become the fourth patron of the Royal Foundation when she marries the prince and the couple will chat to the apprentices about their experiences of the programme, launched in Birmingham in March last year, before joining them in the sports hall as they deliver practice training sessions. Royal well-wishers brave cold to greet couple Well-wishers began gathering hours before the prince and his bride-to-be were due to appear at Millennium Point. Despite the cold and wet conditions some in the crowds were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the couple who have been touring the nation since their engagement announcement last year. Stephen McNally, 61, from Stourbridge, said he travelled with a group of friends with many of them carrying bouquets for Ms Markle. Children wave flags as they wait to catch a glimpse of the royal couple Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Commenting on Harry's engagement to the American actress he said: "It will be different for her but I think they've learnt a lot from the past and that is why Meghan is doing these walkabouts and going round the country before she's getting married, I think it's really nice, rather than keeping things a secret like they used to do. "We hope to be going to Windsor for the wedding, on the streets or in the castle precinct." Schoolchildren await the arrival of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Retired teacher Josie Weeks, 62, from Leeds, got up at 5am to travel to Birmingham for the royal visit and carried a posy of white blooms for Ms Markle. She said: "I met the couple in Nottingham and just wanted to see them again and take some photographs. I think Harry's really coming into himself now with his charity work - he's stepped it up in the last few years. "The main thing is if he's happy with Meghan, that's all you want for him." Prince Harry: 'We want to get away from idea it's all men in overalls and oily rags' On Wednesday, Prince Harry met young people from the Williams F1 Engineering Academy during a visit to Silverstone. Talking to female students Tara Vooght and Lauren Bull, both 15, who are studying there with the hope of going on to be engineers, he told them: "It's a great choice, we want to get away from [the idea] that it's all men in overalls and oily rags. "Do you think think that girls want to be [in engineering] and there aren't opportunities or it is not really considered by them?" "There are a lot of stereotypes," said Tara. "What men covered in grease?" asked Harry. "Yes, but it's not like that. There was a bit of adjustment at first from being at school but we are loving it." Duchess of Cornwall also marking International Women's Day The couple are not the only members of the Royal Family to mark International Women's Day. The Duchess of Cornwall will host a reception at Clarence House to celebrate the day, in her role as president of the Southbank Centre's Women of the World festival. Women Mean Business | Read about our campaign Guests are expected to include Annie Lennox, Mary Portas, Kate Mosse OBE, Fatima Manji, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Kathy Lette, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Baroness Valerie Amos, Jo Swinson MP and Jess Phillips MP. Telegraph Women Facebook Group banner
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| Adam Rippon Is Changing His Tune On Mike Pence Meeting Posted: 07 Mar 2018 03:26 PM PST  Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon says now is the right time to meet with Vice President Mike Pence. "I agree with so many people that you don't get to make any sort of change if you don't try to at least reach across and have the opportunity to speak," Rippon said. Rippon had previously said that he has nothing personally to say to Pence, who has pushed an aggressive anti-LGBTQ agenda during his political career.
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| Trump economic adviser Cohn quits after dispute over tariffs Posted: 06 Mar 2018 03:38 PM PST  U.S. President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, said on Tuesday he was resigning, a decision that came after he lost a fight within the White House over plans to impose hefty steel and aluminum tariffs. White House officials said the dispute over tariffs contributed to Cohn's decision to resign but was not the only reason. The White House said the timing of Cohn's departure from his role as director of the National Economic Council had not been finalized but was still a few weeks away.
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| The Latest: UN chief urges Syria parties to begin cease-fire Posted: 06 Mar 2018 05:54 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the war in Syria (all times local):
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| Police looking for suspect who assaulted man at Times Square subway station Posted: 06 Mar 2018 12:14 PM PST  Police are searching for a suspect accused of beating up a subway rider at a station in Manhattan.
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| Wild Otter Attacks 77-Year-Old Woman Kayaking on Florida River Posted: 07 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PST  Sue Spector received stitches and is undergoing rabies treatment.
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| Former student indicted on 17 counts of murder in Florida school shooting Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PST  No date was set for an arraignment, at which Cruz will be allowed to enter a plea, said Constance Simmons, a spokeswoman for the Broward County state attorney's office. The 19-year-old former student is accused of using a semiautomatic assault rifle to kill 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14.
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| Joe Biden says Democratic candidate 'reminds me of my son Beau' while campaigning in close congressional race Posted: 06 Mar 2018 07:29 PM PST  Former Vice President Joe Biden has compared Democratic candidate Conor Lamb to his late son Beau while campaigning for the Democratic nominee in a tight congressional race in Pennsylvania. Mr Biden's appearance on the campaign trail shows that Democrats are pulling out all the stops in their mission to recapture majorities in Congress. The special election on March 13 is being widely watched to see if it's another sign that Democrats may sweep the midterm elections in November.
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| Four people seriously injured in Vienna knife attacks Posted: 07 Mar 2018 04:25 PM PST  Four people were seriously injured in two knife attacks in one district of the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday evening but any motive or connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said. The stabbings - the first of which took place at 6.45pm (GMT), occurred in Vienna's Second District, which includes the famous Prater park as well as the Praterstern transport hub. It also houses much of Vienna's small Jewish community. "A man attacked a family - a father, a mother and their 17-year-old daughter - with a knife. The three people were seriously injured and their lives are in danger," the spokesman said. "And half an hour later there was another attack ... at Praterstern and here a person was also seriously injured and their life is in danger. We do not know to what extent there is a connection here and any motive remains unclear," he said. Police cordon off the area of the attack Credit: Ronald Zak/AP Witness Silvia Franke said she was about 100 metres away when the incident happened. "I saw how someone in the middle of the street was screaming and shouting - I thought he was beating his dog judging from his hand movements," she said. "And in reality he was stabbing this man." "He could have stabbed me as well had I been there by chance," Franke said. "He had lost all control." Another knife attack shortly afterwards in the same area seriously wounded a 20-year-old Chechen, Mr Maierhofer said, adding a male with Afghan nationality had been arrested. Officers were investigating whether the two attacks are linked. Vienna has not experienced deadly attacks by Islamist militant like the ones that have struck Paris, Berlin and Brussels since 2015.
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| The 2019 Jaguar I-PACE Might Be the Best Valued All-Electric SUV on the Market Posted: 06 Mar 2018 03:08 PM PST  For starters, it's $10,000 cheaper than Tesla's Model X and can zip from zero to 60 m.p.h. in a mere 4.5 seconds
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| People Sent A Lot Of Racist Email To UCLA After 3 Athletes Were Arrested In China Posted: 06 Mar 2018 11:18 AM PST  In the days after three UCLA men's basketball players were arrested in China for allegedly shoplifting during a November visit, emails and letters poured in to university Chancellor Gene Block from angry fans, alumni and people with no connection to the school at all. The three players ― LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill ― are black. Many of them were clearly spurred on by the involvement of President Donald Trump, who was just then initiating a feud with LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo.
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| Reports: Syrian troops split rebel-held enclave near capital Posted: 07 Mar 2018 02:24 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces seized vast swaths of territory including farmland in the opposition-held suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday, effectively dividing the besieged enclave in two and further squeezing rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside, state media and a war monitor reported.
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| Prosecutor: After boy, 8, shot sister, mom went back to work Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:53 PM PST ![Prosecutor: After boy, 8, shot sister, mom went back to work]( "Prosecutor: After boy, 8, shot sister, mom went back to work") ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — An 8-year-old boy loaded a rifle, repeatedly shot his 4-year-old sister at home and then informed their mother, who left work to check the girl's injuries, cleaned up a bloody bed cover and returned to work, leaving the children alone again, a prosecutor said.
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| UK rolls out red carpet for Saudi crown prince amid protests Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PST  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday at the start of a controversial state visit where he faces questions over Riyadh's involvement in the Yemen war. The crown prince lunched with the queen at Buckingham Palace ahead of talks with Prime Minister Theresa May, but his arrival drew protests on the streets of London over the brutal Yemen conflict. May defended the invitation when she was grilled in parliament over why Prince Mohammed was being afforded the red carpet treatment during his three-day visit.
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| Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk, Accused of Raising 3 Kids in Desert Shack, Speak Out Posted: 07 Mar 2018 06:52 AM PST  Panico and Kirk face felony child abuse charges.
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| Turkey, Iraq to carry out joint operation against Kurdish militants in Iraq: Turkish formin Posted: 08 Mar 2018 03:20 AM PST  Turkey and Iraq's central government in Baghdad will carry out a joint operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Thursday. Cavusoglu's comments came as Turkey pushed ahead with a cross-border military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria's Afrin region.
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| We Just Got One More Clue About Amelia Earhart's Final Resting Place Posted: 07 Mar 2018 01:06 PM PST  Bones found in 1940 on Nikumaroro Island may indeed be hers
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| How using 'dog-speak' can help you bond with man's best friend Posted: 07 Mar 2018 07:24 AM PST  If you think your dog really does understand you then you may be right according to a new study, which found that using "dog-speak" to talk to your pet helps boost communication and bonding. Carried out by researchers at the University of York, UK, the team recruited 37 adult dogs for a series of speech tests with humans.
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| Court rules Seattle homeless man's truck is a home Posted: 06 Mar 2018 11:01 AM PST  King County judge's decision shines spotlight on homeless people living in vehicles.
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