| Benjamin Netanyahu's Big Speech On Iran Was Aimed Directly At Trump Posted: 01 May 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a dramatic speech on
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| Parkland Suspect’s Brother Jailed On Probation Violation Charge Posted: 02 May 2018 06:47 AM PDT  The younger brother of the accused Parkland, Florida, mass shooter has been
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| Ex-Trump Doctor: Trump bodyguard, lawyer ‘raided’ my office, took medical files Posted: 01 May 2018 02:40 AM PDT  Trump's former doctor says President Trump's bodyguard and lawyer "raided" his office and took medical records. NBC's Anna Schecter discusses her exclusive reporting.
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| Rare eye cancer detected in 18 people from two small communities in North Carolina and Alabama Posted: 01 May 2018 01:03 PM PDT  Eighteen people have been diagnosed with the same type of rare eye cancer - including three university friends - leading researchers to push for funding to find connections, a cause, and a cure. The melanoma, a type of cancer that develops in melanin - the pigment that gives skin its colour, only occurs in about six out of one million people but at least 18 people have been diagnosed with ocular melanoma recently - curiously all have ties to one or both of the communities in Huntersville, North Carolina or Auburn, Alabama. To add to the mystery, three friends who met at Auburn University: Juleigh Green, Allison Allred and Ashley McCrary are all being treated for the disease.
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| Roy Moore Files Complaint Claiming He Was Targeted By Political Conspiracy Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:30 PM PDT  Former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a complaint on Monday
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| Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan Posted: 01 May 2018 01:49 PM PDT ![Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan]( "Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan") DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A principal at a Michigan Catholic high school has rescinded a plan to require female students to wear "modesty ponchos" at prom if their dresses are too revealing.
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| Tammie Jo Shults, Who Safely Landed Southwest Plane After Engine Explosion, Honored at White House Posted: 01 May 2018 11:50 AM PDT  It's the first time Shults has been seen publicly since the pulse-pounding incident.
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| Mike Pence Praises Sheriff Joe Arpaio As 'Champion' Of The Law Posted: 02 May 2018 08:52 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence appeared at an event in Tempe, Arizona, on Tuesday,
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| Lobbyist Friend Helped Scott Pruitt Plan $100,000 Trip To Morocco: Reports Posted: 02 May 2018 03:31 AM PDT  Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt's costly visit to Morocco
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| Emmanuel Macron's 'delicious wife' comment leaves people scratching heads Posted: 01 May 2018 10:49 PM PDT  There's no doubting French President Emmanuel Macron's excellent grasp of English. But given French and English share numerous words that sound similar but have different meanings, there's bound to be some expressions that get lost in translation. SEE ALSO: French dude sues France for seizing France.com domain Macron, who is currently visiting Australia, left people scratching their heads when he referred to the Australian prime minister's wife, Lucy Turnbull, as "delicious" at a press conference on Wednesday. "I want to thank you for your welcome, you and your delicious wife," he said. Sometimes translation is tough. "I want to thank you for your welcome, you and your delicious wife" @EmmanuelMacron says to @TurnbullMalcolm pic.twitter.com/bIn6kokiYW — ABC Sydney (@abcsydney) May 2, 2018 Given that "delicious" primarily refers to food and can be construed as having a sexual connotation, people couldn't help but snigger at the odd translation. "I want to thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome" - French President to Malcolm Turnbull. Not sure if this was something lost in translation or just something very ~French~ pic.twitter.com/OuzAG82Wwm — James O'Doherty (@jmodoh) May 2, 2018 Did Macron just say to Turnbull he wanted to thank his "delicious wife"? — Matthew Doran (@MattDoran91) May 2, 2018 Macron just said he wanted to thank Malcolm Turnbull and his "delicious wife".You can take the man out of France but... — Alice Workman (@workmanalice) May 2, 2018 The French President @EmmanuelMacron just referrened to @TurnbullMalcolm 's "delicious wife", in a slightly awkward mistranslation I imagine — Nadia Daly (@nadiasdaly) May 2, 2018 Of course, délicieux in French translates to delicious in English. While the primary definition in French is to indicate something is tasty, it can be used to describe someone as delightful. This might help explain the awkward mistranslation of the French President describing Malcolm Turnbull's wife as "delicious". pic.twitter.com/CTDE7ANunY — Jamie McKinnell (@jamie86) May 2, 2018 For English speakers, it'd be like using the French word "excité" to describe yourself as excited, but in French that means you're sexually aroused. You learn something everyday. Even if you're the President of France. WATCH: Google researchers are using AR microscopes to detect cancer
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| Iran will respond to 'Israeli aggression', MP says after Syria attacks Posted: 01 May 2018 09:30 AM PDT ![Iran will respond to 'Israeli aggression', MP says after Syria attacks]( "Iran will respond to 'Israeli aggression', MP says after Syria attacks") A senior Iranian member of parliament vowed on Tuesday that his country will react to "Israeli aggression" against it in Syria, issuing his warning following a missile strike on Syrian military bases at the weekend. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy committee, made the comments in Damascus after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work, but later insisted he was not seeking war with the country.
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| 57 White Supremacists In Texas Indicted In Meth, Kidnapping Cases Posted: 01 May 2018 11:59 AM PDT  Authorities have charged 57 white supremacists with crimes related to a
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| Russian fighter jet reportedly intercepts US military plane Posted: 01 May 2018 10:08 AM PDT  A Russian fighter jet has reportedly intercepted a US surveillance plane in international airspace. The Russian Su-27 jet performed an "unprofessional" but not unsafe interception of a US Navy P-8 plane that was flying over the Baltic Sea, defence officials told CNN and Fox News. "Due to standing DOD policy, we do not release the details of safe interactions," said Lieutenant Commander Zach Harrell, a spokesman for US Naval Forces Europe.
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| In New Accusations, Netflix Producer Says Harvey Weinstein Raped, Threatened Her Posted: 01 May 2018 04:26 PM PDT  A producer on the canceled Netflix show "Marco Polo" has accused disgraced
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| British safari park owner attacked by lion after entering South Africa enclosure in front of tourists Posted: 02 May 2018 06:12 AM PDT  The British owner of a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa has been severely mauled by a lion he hand-reared from a cub in an attack witnessed and filmed by his tourist clients. Michael Hodge, who is 71, was attacked as he walked into the enclosure of the Marakele Animal Sanctuary's star attraction, a male lion named Shamba. Video footage of Saturday's incident shows Mr Hodge, who moved to South Africa in 1999, walking in a relaxed manner towards the lion whilst a ranger outside the fence attempts to distract the animal. Mr Hodge, who founded the sanctuary in South Africa's Limpopo region with his wife Chrissy and her daughter Emma in 2010, was reportedly investigating a strange smell that had been upsetting the lion. Suddenly, Mr Hodge is seen running for the gate of Shamba's enclosure before being brought down just short, his body crashing against the fence. Mike Hodge has been running the animal sanctuary in South Africa since 2010 Credit: Facebook A woman can be heard sobbing and screaming "Oh my god!" and "somebody help, please!" as the lion drags Mr Hodge away into a thicket. Mr Hodge is heard to cry out: "help me please". Shots ring out, fired by the ranger, prompting Shamba to drop the injured Mr Hodge. The lion retreated a few yards from the bush where the Briton lay, but not far enough to allow a safe rescue attempt to be made. Shamba was then killed, a family friend, Bernadette Maguire, said, before Mr Hodge was rushed to a clinic 3m away in the town of Thabazimbi. He was later airlifted to a hospital in Johannesburg. Mrs Hodge said her husband had been hurt was now recovering. "He has a broken jaw and several lacerations, but is recovering well," she said in a statement. Michael Hodge is attacked by the lion She added that the family were "devastated" over Shamba's death. The lion, born in 2008, had been hand-reared since it was a month old, with Mrs Hodge nursing it through a near-fatal dose of colic, according to friends. Shamba was one of the most popular of the dozen or so big cats housed in the sanctuary's "predator park". Tourists could pay an extra fee to be locked into a cage on the back of a pick-up vehicle. Shamba had been trained to leap onto the cage to eat freshly slaughtered chickens hung from the bars. Tourists would then photograph Shamba from just inches away as the feathers flew. "Come and take a ride on the wild side in our purpose-built Lion Mobile," the sanctuary's website reads. "I can promise you that Shamba will jump up and look you in the eye." Mike Hodge and his wife Chrissy, who had reportedly nursed the lion who later launched the attack Previous visitors and volunteers said that Mr Hodge had long experience with lions, having hand-reared three from cubs. One, a lioness named Nina, even slept on his bed, according to Emerita Abadilla, a former volunteer. "She slept in Mike's bed, washing his face and giving him a spit-bath daily at 3am," she wrote in a blog post two years ago. Apart from lions, the sanctuary also housed at least two tigers, a species not native to South Africa. Some visitors to the sanctuary's Facebook page criticised the manner in which Shamba was killed and the park run — but friends also came to Mr Hodge's defence, saying he had a "special bond" with the dead lion.
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| More Than 60 Roller Coaster Riders Left Upside Down as Universal Studios Ride Gets Stuck Posted: 01 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  The ride in Japan reportedly became stuck some 65 to 100 feet above the ground.
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| Alleged Sexual Predators Don't Need Letters Of Support Posted: 01 May 2018 04:13 PM PDT  Veteran NBC journalist Tom Brokaw has not followed what's become a typical
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| US, Israel condemn Palestinian president over 'anti-Semitic' comments Posted: 02 May 2018 03:54 AM PDT  US and Israeli officials have condemned Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over alleged anti-Semitic comments, after he suggested the "social function" of Jews in the banking sector had led to past massacres. "Apparently the Holocaust denier is still a Holocaust denier," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday on Twitter, calling on the international community to condemn Abbas's remarks.
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| Philippine workers march in protest at short-term contracts Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:33 PM PDT  By Romeo Ranoco MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of Philippine workers and activists marched in a May Day rally in Manila on Tuesday in protest against what they said was President Rodrigo Duterte's failure to keep a campaign promise to get rid of short-term employment contracts. There were no reports of violence, but the presidential palace complex was locked down, initially denying journalists' access as protesters burned Duterte's effigy with a sign "Liar King" several hundred meters outside. A pledge to act against employers who hire workers short-term and without adequate benefits helped Duterte, a former city mayor, win the presidency in May 2016.
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| Most Americans Don't Want Businesses To Discriminate Against LGBTQ People: Study Posted: 01 May 2018 03:30 PM PDT  As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether business owners with religious
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| Trump administration removes language on freedom of the press from Justice Department handbook Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:08 PM PDT  The Trump administration has removed language about freedom of the press from its guidebook for US attorneys. The US Attorneys' Manual is a guide to Justice Department policies written for US attorneys and other department employees. Gone is a section on the need for free press and public trial.
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| Chip Gaines Slams Claim That He And Joanna Don't Put Family First Posted: 01 May 2018 10:22 AM PDT  Chip Gaines dismissed an online article that accused him and his "Fixer Upper"
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| Is Golden State Killer Also Behind Santa Barbara's 'Original Night Stalker' Slayings? Posted: 01 May 2018 07:28 AM PDT  Joseph DeAngelo's arrest has caused cops to take a fresh look at another cold case investigation.
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| Documents show ties between university, conservative donors Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:53 PM PDT  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents.
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| US troops 'will stay in South Korea' even if peace treaty is signed with North Posted: 02 May 2018 07:24 AM PDT  South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday dismissed claims that US troops stationed in the country would have to leave if a peace treaty was signed with the North. Seoul and Pyongyang have remained technically at war since the 1950s but Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed at a landmark summit last week to work towards a permanent treaty to replace a 65-year-old armistice agreement. "US Forces Korea (USFK) is a matter of the South Korea-US alliance. It has nothing to do with signing a peace treaty," Moon said, referring to the agreement that sees 28,500 US forces based in the South. Moon's comments came after a presidential adviser publicly suggested the presence of US soldiers, sailors and airmen would be called into question if a peace treaty were to be agreed with Pyongyang. Moon Chung-in had written in Foreign Affairs magazine that it would be "difficult to justify (US forces) continuing presence in South Korea" after the adoption of a peace treaty. The 'Max Thunder' joint US-South Korea military drill will kick off on May 11, ahead of Mr Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un Credit: JIM WATSON/ AFP The Blue House - President Moon's office - has warned the adviser "not to cause any more confusion," with such comments, spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said. The rebuttal came as Seoul's defence ministry confirmed that several US fighter jets had arrived in the country to take part in a regular joint exercises. The F-22 "Raptor" stealth fighters last came to the South in December when Seoul and Washington staged their largest-ever joint air exercise, days after North Korea test-fired a missile believed to be capable of hitting the US mainland. Local media reported eight F-22 jets had arrived Sunday at an airbase in the southern city of Gwangju. The North customarily reacts with anger to the deployment of American stealth fighters, which it fears could be used for surgical strikes against its leadership and strategic facilities. Rocket man: How Kim Jong-un emerged from his father's shadow to silence the doubters However, Kim Jong Un has recently shown a more conciliatory attitude, telling Seoul envoy Chung Eui-yong in March that he understood the need for the US-South Korea joint exercises. The "Max Thunder" drill will kick off on May 11 for two weeks, with the reported participation of 100 aircraft from both countries. The defence ministry urged news media to refrain from producing "speculative reports" about the move. That request came after the conservative Chosun Ilbo daily claimed the aircraft deployment could be intended to heap pressure on Pyongyang ahead of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. "Max Thunder is a regular exercise that has been on the docket long before a planned US-North Korea summit," the defence ministry said in a statement. The Panmunjom truce village in the demilitarised zone between North and South, where last week's inter-Korean summit was convened, has emerged as a possible venue for the Kim-Trump meeting. The Chosun Ilbo daily suggested the arrival of F-22 jets could also be aimed at bolstering security in case the North Korea-US summit takes place at Panmunjom.
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| New Mom Kylie Jenner Explains Why She Loves Changing Diapers Posted: 02 May 2018 10:05 AM PDT  Kylie Jenner talked about why she enjoys changing diapers, how she and
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| Students sickened after attending prom at Shedd Aquarium Posted: 01 May 2018 05:02 AM PDT  About 90 students who attended Victor J. Andrew High School's prom at Shedd Aquarium last week became sick with flu-like symptoms over the weekend, school officials said Monday.
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| Activists, workers mark May Day with protests Posted: 01 May 2018 10:36 AM PDT ![Activists, workers mark May Day with protests]( "Activists, workers mark May Day with protests") International Workers' Day on May 1 is a public holiday in many countries, though some governments have clamped down on rallies and protests. Anti-capitalist protesters torched a McDonald's restaurant and clashed with police in Paris on the fringes of a May Day rally in Paris. Shouting slogans such as "Rise up, Paris" and "Everyone hates the police", over 1,000 youths with black jackets and face masks joined the traditional union-led demonstration for worker's rights.
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| Israel says Iran lied on nuclear arms, pressures U.S. to scrap deal Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:13 PM PDT  By Stephen Farrell TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday stepped up pressure on the United States to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, presenting what he called evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program in a primetime address on Israeli TV. Intelligence experts and diplomats said he did not seem to have presented a "smoking gun" showing that Iran had violated the agreement, although he may have helped make a case on behalf of hawks in the U.S. administration who want to scrap it. Most of the purported evidence Netanyahu unveiled dated to the period before the 2015 accord was signed, although he said Iran had also kept important files on nuclear technology since then, and continued adding to its "nuclear weapons knowledge".
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| Marvel At The Greatness Of These Bootleg Avengers Action Figures Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:18 AM PDT  "Avengers: Infinity War" is disassembling box offices around the world right
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| Chaplain Ouster Shows What Version Of Christianity Controls The GOP Posted: 01 May 2018 11:59 AM PDT  There was an uproar last week among Democrats, and even some Republicans,
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| The hottest hotel openings of the last year honored in CN Traveler's Hot List Posted: 02 May 2018 05:44 AM PDT  Editors at CN Traveler magazine have released a list of what they call the hottest, trend-setting properties around the world, which include hotels that create customized meditation treatments, to properties that have become neighborhood "town squares" for locals.
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| Armenian opposition leader calls for strike after losing PM vote Posted: 01 May 2018 10:15 PM PDT  Armenia's political crisis deepened Wednesday as opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan called for protesters to block key transport links after lawmakers rejected his bid to become prime minister. Pashinyan supporters have pledged to ramp up pressure on authorities to force the ruling Republican Party, which withheld support for the protest leader despite tens of thousands massing in the streets, to quit power. "A revolution of love and tolerance is continuing," he said, also urging people to block an airport and turn out for a huge rally Wednesday evening as the crowds chanted "Nikol! Nikol!".
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| Guitar Fans Fret As Legendary Maker Gibson Files for Bankruptcy Posted: 01 May 2018 07:02 AM PDT  The company has supplied guitars to B.B. King and Elvis Presley
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| Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson 'Keep Love Alive' With Charming Throwback Anniversary Pic Posted: 01 May 2018 01:37 AM PDT  Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on
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| Gallery: 70 Years Of Land Rover Posted: 02 May 2018 01:57 AM PDT |
| The Latest: UN report says IS expanded control near Damascus Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:52 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
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| Accused Florida airport shooter to avoid death penalty in plea deal Posted: 01 May 2018 08:07 AM PDT  A U.S. Iraq war veteran agreed on Tuesday to plead guilty to killing five people at a Florida airport last year in exchange for prosecutors not pursuing the death penalty, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said. Esteban Santiago, 28, is accused of opening fire in the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale airport on Jan. 6, 2017. U.S. prosecutors said in federal court on Tuesday that they would not seek the death penalty for Santiago.
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| Trump Left Nearly 4,000 Applicants For Central American Refugee Program Stranded Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:52 AM PDT  WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration's decision to end a program that helped
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| Porsche improves new Cayenne E-Hybrid in every measurable way Posted: 02 May 2018 02:11 AM PDT  With the current popularity of all things SUV, the third-generation Cayenne is what probably generates the most to keep the lights on in the GT-division, so keeping it ahead of the game is vital. This is no superficial facelift though, as the new Cayenne E-Hybrid is going to be an improvement on the current incarnation in just about every measurable way. When using a 230-volt 32-amp connection and the optional 7.2 kW onboard charger, the battery in the new Cayenne E-Hybrid is capable of being recharged in just 2.3 hours.
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| Iran nuclear deal: UK backs 'vitally important' agreement despite Israel and US accusations of lying Posted: 01 May 2018 03:09 AM PDT  The nuclear deal with Iran is "vitally important" to ensure the country's atomic programme is "exclusively peaceful", the UK has said, despite accusations from Israel and the US that the agreement has been breached. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, unveiled what he claimed were documents which reveal Tehran covertly pursued nuclear weapons before signing a deal with world powers in 2015. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said the information showed Iran's leaders lied about a nuclear weapons programme known as "Project Amad".
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| Young couple murdered in their Churchville home, police say Posted: 02 May 2018 09:44 AM PDT  Police in Bucks County are searching for a missing vehicle belonging to the husband and wife who were found dead inside their home.
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| Tyson Foods backs Israeli startup to grow meat in the lab Posted: 02 May 2018 04:49 AM PDT  Tyson Foods , the largest U.S. meat processor, has invested in an Israeli biotech company developing a way to grow affordable meat in a laboratory that takes live animals out of the equation. Future Meat Technologies focuses on producing fat and muscle cells that are the core building blocks of meat, and is one of several firms working on technology to match rising demand for meat without adding more pressure on land from livestock. The firm's founder and chief scientist, Yaakov Nahmias, said cultured meat typically had a production price of about $10,000 per kg but so far his company had reduced that to $800/kg and had "a clear roadmap to $5-$10/kg by 2020." Tyson's venture capital arm has supported the Jerusalem-based startup by co-leading $2.2 million in seed investment.
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