| Korean Americans Respond To 'Surreal' Trump-Kim Summit Posted: 12 Jun 2018 04:02 PM PDT  Tuesday's historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean
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| California's Gavin Newsom wants to lead the way to a post-Bernie, post-Hillary party Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Gavin Newsom, the charismatic former mayor of San Francisco, is almost certain to become the next governor of California and a major force in the Democratic Party. Can he deliver on his progressive agenda while moving the party into a post-Bernie, post-Hillary future?
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| Bode Miller’s 19-month-old daughter dies after drowning in pool Posted: 12 Jun 2018 08:53 AM PDT  Olympic champion Bode Miller confirmed on Instagram that his daughter Emeline passed away in an accidental drowning on Sunday, writing "we are beyond devastated."
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| Michigan man gets 40 years in prison in deaths of 5 cyclists Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:46 PM PDT  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A man buzzed on painkillers and other drugs when his pickup truck plowed into a pack of Michigan bicyclists, killing five, was sentenced Monday to at least 40 years in prison after he tearfully expressed regret over the rural road tragedy.
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| 55 People, Some Children, Have Been Found in a Tractor-Trailer in Texas Posted: 13 Jun 2018 01:45 AM PDT  Homeland Security is investigating the incident
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| Waitress Arrested on First Day on Job After Allegedly Skimming Customers` Credit Cards Posted: 12 Jun 2018 10:31 AM PDT  A server`s first day on the job at an Oklahoma restaurant didn't last long after she was arrested for allegedly using a credit card skimmer on customers` cards.
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| Surviving The Pulse Massacre Propelled This Gay Man Into Gun Reform Activism Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Brandon Wolf is one of a group of survivors who made it out of Pulse nightclub
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| Colorado wildfires displace thousands, prompt national forest closure Posted: 12 Jun 2018 10:02 PM PDT ![Colorado wildfires displace thousands, prompt national forest closure]( "Colorado wildfires displace thousands, prompt national forest closure") By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Firefighters battled to gain control over several large wildfires in Colorado on Tuesday, including two blazes at opposite ends of the state that have prompted the evacuation of more than 3,500 homes and the closure of a national forest. The largest and most threatening blaze, a 12-day-old conflagration dubbed the 416 Fire, has scorched more than 23,000 acres (9,461 hectares) of drought-parched grass, brush and timber at the edge of the San Juan National Forest near the southwestern Colorado town of Durango. Fire crews made some headway against the blaze on Tuesday, managing to extend containment lines to 15 percent of the fire's perimeter, up from 10 percent on Monday, despite persistent hot, dry conditions and fierce winds of up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h).
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| Historic summit between Trump and North Korea's Kim in Singapore Posted: 11 Jun 2018 06:27 PM PDT ![Historic summit between Trump and North Korea's Kim in Singapore]( "Historic summit between Trump and North Korea's Kim in Singapore") President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging unspecified "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." Meeting with staged ceremony on a Singapore island, Trump and Kim came together for a summit that seemed unthinkable months ago, clasping hands in front of a row of alternating U.S. and North Korean flags, holding a one-on-one meeting, additional talks with advisers and a working lunch. Both leaders expressed optimism throughout roughly five hours of talks, with Trump thanking Kim afterward "for taking the first bold step toward a bright new future for his people." Trump added during a free-flowing news conference that Kim has before him "an opportunity like no other" to bring his country back into the community of nations if he agrees to give up his nuclear program.
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| Sage grousing: Senators charge Interior is holding up conservation grants Posted: 12 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Democratic senators are demanding to know why the Department of Interior has been delaying the disbursement of grants and cooperative-agreement funding for conservation projects. According to a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, written by Democrats Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and signed by 10 colleagues, a political appointee has been put in charge of vetting payments of more than $50,000. Interior has not yet responded to the letter, which was obtained exclusively by Yahoo News.
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| With Harry Reid’s Help, Moderate Democrat Triumphs In Nevada Governor Primary Posted: 12 Jun 2018 10:07 PM PDT  Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak won the Democratic nomination for
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| Disabled teenage daughter found in soiled nappy dies in house smelling of 'rotten food, human waste and death' Posted: 13 Jun 2018 08:26 AM PDT  The week before Brianna Gussert died, her mother called the local middle school to say her daughter would not be in class for the next five days. A week later, Nicole Hussert walked into her daughter's room – allegedly for the first time in days – and found her dead. Ms Gussert now faces 25 years in prison for the death of her 13-year-old daughter, who suffered from a chromosomal condition that required constant care.
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| Tesla cutting 9% of staff; layoffs not to affect Model 3 production Posted: 12 Jun 2018 12:57 PM PDT  Electric carmaker Tesla Motors announced Tuesday it was cutting nine percent of its workforce to enhance profitability but said the move would not affect an ambitious production ramp-up of its Model 3 sedan. The job cuts are part of a company-wide restructuring to address excess staff in some areas due to the company's speedy growth, Tesla chief Elon Musk said in an email to employees. The cuts concern salaried staff but not production workers and will not affect Model 3 output targets, said Musk, who characterized the downsizing as an acknowledgement of the need to focus more on costs.
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| High-Climbing Raccoon Finally Reaches Top Of St. Paul Skyscraper And America Exhales Posted: 13 Jun 2018 01:19 AM PDT  A raccoon who captured the nation's attention by climbing 20 stories up the
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| In Macedonia, scepticism and hope as country set to change its name Posted: 13 Jun 2018 06:09 AM PDT  By Marko Djurica SKOPJE (Reuters) - The "Republic of Northern Macedonia" - the proposed new name for the country once part of Yugoslavia - is meant to settle a diplomatic standoff with Greece, but will not satisfy some nationalists on either side of the border. When it declared independence in 1991, many Greeks felt the country had hijacked their ancient cultural heritage as Macedonia is the birthplace of Alexander the Great as well as the name of a province in northern Greece. The new name, agreed by politicians from both countries on Tuesday, should end decades of diplomatic conflict and make it easier for Macedonia to join the European Union and NATO.
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| Jeff Sessions' Changes to Asylum Law Will Put Some Women in 'Great Danger,' Say Experts Posted: 11 Jun 2018 04:42 PM PDT  "It's part of an overall pattern of gutting the refugee system"
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| Maine Gov. Paul LePage 'Probably' Won't Certify Primary Election Results Posted: 12 Jun 2018 03:36 PM PDT  Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said he would "probably not" certify the results of
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| Veteran Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, With Obamacare Lawsuit Possibly A Factor Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:12 PM PDT  A highly respected career lawyer at the Justice Department has decided to
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| Hero police officer honoured after saving toddler who ran into busy highway traffic Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:57 AM PDT  A police sergeant is being lauded as a hero after stopping traffic just outside of Chicago and saving the life of a toddler who had slipped away from his mother's watchful eye. Video from a dash cam of the incident shows the officer approach the small child running in the right side lane of a busy road in the Chicago suburbs, before the officer stops the car and gets out. The sergeant, Anthony Mannino, was celebrated on the Facebook page for the Naperville Police Department.
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| Alligator on Tarmac Holds Up Spirit Airlines Flight at Florida Airport Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:17 AM PDT  The gator was in no hurry.
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| In volcano's wake, Guatemalan town became a cemetery Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:32 AM PDT ![In volcano's wake, Guatemalan town became a cemetery]( "In volcano's wake, Guatemalan town became a cemetery") Guatemalan authorities reacted slowly to signs of the Fuego volcano's impending eruption on June 3, contributing to one of the most tragic natural disasters in recent Guatemalan history. At least 110 people have died and close to 200 are thought buried under the rubble in the hamlet on the fertile lower slopes of the volcano.
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| Trump Says North Korea Summit Agreement Is Far More 'Comprehensive' Than It Actually Is Posted: 12 Jun 2018 04:45 AM PDT  SINGAPORE ― President Donald Trump hailed the summit agreement signed by him
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| Authorities find dozens of immigrants in tractor trailer in San Antonio Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:40 PM PDT  Authorities are investigating after undocumented immigrants were found in a truck Tuesday night in San Antonio.
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| Kim Jong Un Utterances Among First Ever Heard by World Audience Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:44 PM PDT  Sue Mi Terry, former director for Korea, Japan, and Oceanic affairs at the National Security Council, points out that the mere fact of hearing Kim Jong Un speak out loud in public is a rare occurrence.
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| Larry Kudlow suffers heart attack, Trump says Posted: 11 Jun 2018 05:45 PM PDT  The White House economic adviser had spent the past day defending his remarks over the president's appearance at the G7 meetings in Canada.
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| Israel police evict wildcat settlers as deadline looms Posted: 12 Jun 2018 10:15 AM PDT  Israeli police evicted settlers from homes in a West Bank outpost on Tuesday ahead of a court deadline to leave structures built on Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent reported. Boys in tears were followed by a young woman holding a baby, as they were escorted out of their home in the Netiv Haavot neighbourhood of Elazar settlement, south of Jerusalem. In February, Israel's Supreme Court gave the settlers until June 15 to vacate 15 homes found to have been built without the relevant permits in the wake of a petition by rights groups that claimed they were built on private Palestinian land.
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| Italy's new leaders get tough on migrants; Spain steps up Posted: 11 Jun 2018 04:12 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — Italy's new "Italians first" government claimed victory Monday when the Spanish prime minister offered safe harbor to a private rescue ship after Italy and Malta refused to allow it permission to disembark its 629 migrant passengers in their ports.
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| Florida Home Depot Employee Bloodied After She's Attacked by Spider Monkey Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:56 AM PDT  Spanky's owner may face charges in the shocking attack.
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| Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee Perform Poorly In Crash Tests Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:19 PM PDT  Bigger isn't always safer.
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| Kremlin says all welcome when asked about U.S. World Cup invite Posted: 13 Jun 2018 01:58 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be glad to host everyone in Moscow, when asked if he would invite high-ranking U.S. officials. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a journalist who asked if Putin would invite officials from North America to Moscow if the United States won a bid to host a future soccer World Cup. On Friday Russian state news agency RIA cited a diplomatic source as saying Moscow and Washington were discussing a possible meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. ...
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| AT&T Just Got Cleared to Buy Time Warner in a Massive $85 Billion Media Merger Posted: 12 Jun 2018 01:55 PM PDT  The deal could pave the way to further consolidation
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| North Korea state media plasters front pages with leader's Singapore trip Posted: 12 Jun 2018 01:38 AM PDT  Just hours after Kim Jong Un wrapped up a surprise evening sightseeing tour of Singapore on Monday, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun crammed its front page with photographs snapped of the reclusive leader. The official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea featured 14 photographs, covering more than half of the front page of its Tuesday issue, showing Kim jovially walking with oficials from the city-state at a tropical garden as well as beside an infinity pool. The speed of the coverage in Rodong Sinmun and other state media is unusual in a country where events are often reported a full day, if not longer, after they happen. The sense of fun in the reporting is also a contrast with the more sober way in which the North Korean media would usually handle an official trip. It appears to reflect a new confidence among officials in North Korea that the isolated country has really been accepted onto the world stage. This is the furthest Kim is known to have traveled since he came to power in 2011 and there has never previously been a meeting between a US president and a North Korean leader. Kim Jong Un's late night stroll through Singapore makes the front page of the Rodong Sinmun back home - very unusual to see them report at this speed pic.twitter.com/qGcIuV7ssH— Martyn Williams (@martyn_williams) June 11, 2018 Despite all pomp and circumstance, ordinary North Koreans are not confident that improvement in relations between the North and the United States will last long and give them a better economy, defectors say. "They weren't too excited about the summit. North Korea had rice and medicine aid from the United States and other countries before, but that did not trickle down to ordinary people," said Park Hyun-sook, a defector who spoke to two relatives inside the North by phone on Saturday. "Under sanctions, we have figured out the way to live on our own. Even under any better relationship with the U.S., it would be the same," Park told Reuters. Park used to smuggle North Korean goods into China to make a living near the border. North Korean TV just aired a report on Kim's Sunday departure, arrival and meet with Singapore PM. 5 repeats scheduled today. If you're curious what "Donald J Trump" sounds like in Korean, see if you can hear Ri Chun Hee say his name. Full video: https://t.co/LpEIyUOAwUpic.twitter.com/jE9u3Nhaiy— Martyn Williams (@martyn_williams) June 11, 2018 Many North Koreans are still filled with deep-rooted distrust towards Trump, which state media previously called a "lunatic old man", said Daily NK, a news website run by North Korean defectors who retain contacts with sources inside. North Korea's official media brought a large number of reporters and camera operators to Singapore for the Kim trip, and they had access to various locations that was denied to media from elsewhere in the world. For previous trips by Kim to China, state media had mostly reported the visits after Kim had returned to Pyongyang. In the case of the inter-Korea summit - which began on the morning of April 27 - the coverage was largely delayed until early the next day. In addition to the pictures of Kim on the tour on Tuesday, separate landscape shots of the Marina Bay Sands hotel, and a bird's-eye view of Singapore from the hotel's observation deck were also shown. The meeting was played out on huge screens in central Tokyo Credit: Koji Sasahara/ AP KCNA reported Kim as saying of the sightseeing tour that "Singapore is clean and beautiful and every building is stylish as he heard of in the past, adding he is going to learn a lot from the good knowledge and experience of Singapore in various fields in the future." On Monday, Rodong Sinmun had shown Kim just before departing Pyongyang for Singapore, shaking hands with his officials and waving his hand inside the entrance of an Air China airplane ahead of takeoff. State television aired the same photographs of Kim's departure as well as his arrival in Singapore and the North Korean leader's meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Presidential Palace. Protests, however, were held in South Korea where president Moon Jae-in watched on hopefully Credit: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP The North Korean media still faces some barriers, though. It doesn't go live for such sensitive events. In the capital of Pyongyang, North Koreans watched a big TV screen playing still photographs of Kim's visit to Singapore and read a newspaper about the trip at a subway station, media photographs showed. But, on Tuesday, while all other international networks went live with Kim and Trump's first handshake and opening remarks at their meeting, the official Korean Central Television remained blank, choosing not to break with its usual broadcast schedule that usually begins five hours later.
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| Lawrence: Trump accomplished 'nothing' at summit with Kim Jong Un Posted: 12 Jun 2018 01:03 PM PDT  Lawrence reacts to Donald Trump saying the murderous dictator of North Korea "loves his people." Nicholas Kristof says Trump is acting like a "spokesman" for North Korea by praising the country's dictator.
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| Domestic, gang violence no longer grounds for US asylum Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:44 PM PDT  US Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Monday that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum, in an effort to stem a flow of illegal immigrant families from Central America. In a deciding opinion on a case of an unidentified woman from El Salvador who was raped and beaten by her husband for years, Sessions said that asylum seekers must prove that they suffer persecution arising from their membership in a distinct group. Such a group cannot be overly broad or diffuse, Sessions said, overruling a previous asylum decision which accepted married women who are victims of violent relationships as a persecuted group.
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| 'Diversity Is A Bunch Of Crap And Un-American,' Says GOP Congressional Candidate Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:22 AM PDT  A GOP candidate is taking heat for comments he made calling diversity "crap"
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| George H.W. Bush becomes 1st US president to turn 94 Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:48 PM PDT  KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — George H.W. Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday on Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president to turn 94.
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| Ex-'Bachelorette' Star Andi Dorfman Sports Bandage After Serious Case of 'Avocado Hand' Posted: 11 Jun 2018 10:50 AM PDT  She needed reconstructive surgery as a result of her injuries.
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| Aston Martin Rapide AMR Packs 580 HP, Gets Carbon Fiber Body Posted: 12 Jun 2018 04:02 PM PDT  Accelerating to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds puts the rapid in Rapide.
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| Watch Painfully Shy 13-Year-Old Singer Slay On ‘America’s Got Talent’ Posted: 13 Jun 2018 07:05 AM PDT  Courtney Hadwin took the stage on Tuesday's "America's Got Talent" as a
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| Michael Cohen's Lawyers Expected To Stop Representing Him In FBI Probe: Reports Posted: 13 Jun 2018 09:16 AM PDT  Attorneys for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime personal
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| Michigan Man Sentenced for Driving into Group of Bicyclists, Killing Five Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:42 PM PDT  Charles Pickett, Jr. was sentenced to 35 to 55 years in prison for each of the five counts of 2nd degree murder.
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