| President Trump's empathy-free week Posted: 22 Jun 2018 02:19 PM PDT  This week in Trump's America, the White House struggled to answer a simple question: Don't you have any empathy?
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| Antwon Rose Police Shooting Sparks Second Night Of Pittsburgh Protests Posted: 22 Jun 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Hundreds of protesters enraged over an East Pittsburgh police officer's fatal
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| Multiple States Sue Trump Admin to Stop Family Separation Policy Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:48 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports on a lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and joined by several other states to stop Donald Trump's migrant family separation policy.
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| Fox News Pundit Charles Krauthammer Dead At 68 Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:10 PM PDT  Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer has died, The Washington
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| Crying Girl at Border, Who Became a Symbol of Immigration Debate, Wasn't Actually Separated From Parents Posted: 22 Jun 2018 10:37 AM PDT  A border agent at the scene claims the girl stopped crying as soon as her mother picked her up.
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| U.S. centers force migrant children to take drugs: lawsuit Posted: 21 Jun 2018 11:27 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after being detained and in some cases separated from parents, according to a lawsuit. Children held at facilities such as the Shiloh Treatment Center in Texas are almost certain to be administered the drugs, irrespective of their condition, and without their parents' consent, according to the lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles-based Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law. The Shiloh center, which specializes in services for children and youths with behavioral and emotional problems, did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
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| This Is What a 200-MPH Volkswagen Jetta Looks Like Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:59 AM PDT |
| No Narcotics In Anthony Bourdain's System When He Died: Report Posted: 22 Jun 2018 12:57 PM PDT  Anthony Bourdain had no narcotics in his system when he killed himself this
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| Order on family separation offers no relief for thousands already being held Posted: 21 Jun 2018 11:19 AM PDT  Despite a federal policy change that will affect the detention of new families caught illegally entering the country, children who've already been separated from their parents will remain so.
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| Migrant Children Report Physical, Verbal Abuse In At Least 3 Federal Detention Centers Posted: 21 Jun 2018 02:51 PM PDT  Migrant children as young as 11 years old have reported suffering physical and
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| Conservative Columnist George Will: Vote Against GOP In Midterms Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  Longtime conservative columnist George Will is making a case against voting
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| This massive pile of barrels will break your bourbon-loving heart Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:22 AM PDT  To the bourbon fans out there: I'm sorry for what you're about to witness. I know it will pain you to see thousands of barrels piled up in a mess of broken wood and metal scraps rather than stacked neatly along the walls of your favorite distillery, but that's the unfortunate reality down in Bardstown, Ky. right now. SEE ALSO: 7 smoky beers to challenge your taste buds As the Courier-Journal reports, part of a warehouse at Barton 1792 Distillery collapsed on Friday, sending an estimated 9,000 barrels tumbling to the ground. No one was hurt. In a statement provided to the newspaper, the company said it's in the process of assessing the damage and determining which barrels can be saved. An image snapped by the Bardstown, Kentucky Fire Department shows the aftermath of the collapse.Image: Chief Billy Mattingly/AP/REX/ShutterstockStill, there's concern that leaking bourbon could contaminate the ground water. As the New York Times reports, though initial testing "came back clean," state officials from the Division of Waste Management and from the Division of Water plan to continue testing. Despite the collapse, the Courier-Journal reports that the distillery plans to stay open on Saturday for tours, as usual. The paper reports that the warehouse is just one of 29 warehouses on the distillery's property. While we're thrilled no one was hurt in the collapse, we'll be busy mourning the loss of what could be a serious amount of nice liquor. I mean, just look at the aerial footage, courtesy of CBS DFW: Pour one out for the barrels we've lost. WATCH: This gadget lets you pour wine without uncorking the bottle
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| SEC judge appointments unconstitutional, U.S. high court says Posted: 21 Jun 2018 01:30 PM PDT  By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court gave presidents more control over key jobs in federal agencies on Thursday, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws violated the U.S. Constitution. The justices agreed with President Donald Trump's administration that the SEC, in having low-level staff install administrative law judges, infringed upon powers given to the president in the U.S. Constitution's "appointments clause" regarding the filling of certain federal posts. The ruling could reverberate through the federal government, which has nearly 2,000 administrative law judges who decide matters as varied as unfair trade practices, veterans benefits and patent infringement.
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| Five Charity Workers Were Kidnapped and Gang-Raped in East India Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:56 AM PDT  Five women were kidnapped and gang-raped at gunpoint while doing charity work in a remote part of India.
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| Self-Driving Uber Driver May Have Been Watching Hulu During Crash, Cops Say Posted: 22 Jun 2018 12:21 PM PDT  The backup driver in a fatal accident between a self-driving Uber and a
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| Michael Cohen Sends Mixed Signals as Case Reaches Turning Point Posted: 22 Jun 2018 03:09 PM PDT  Emily Jane Fox, senior reporter for Vanity Fair, talks about the pressures facing Donald Trump confidant Michael Cohen as his case enters a new phase with a new lawyer and a new feeling of betrayal about Trump.
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| Alec Cook Case: Former University of Wisconsin Student Gets 3 Years for Campus Sexual Assaults Posted: 22 Jun 2018 11:02 AM PDT  Cook broke down in tears as he was sentenced for sexual assault, choking and stalking.
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| Protesters Outside Kirstjen Nielsen’s House Play Audio Of Detained Migrant Children Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:40 AM PDT  ALEXANDRIA, Va. ― Protesters gathered outside Homeland Security Secretary
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| US Border Patrol sets up surprise immigration checkpoint in Maine Posted: 22 Jun 2018 05:29 PM PDT  US Border Patrol set up a temporary inland checkpoint on a Maine interstate, a move civil rights advocates say raises concerning questions about constitutional protections under the Trump administration. The inland checkpoint was first reported by the Bangor Daily News, which sent reporters to drive through the Interstate 95 stop and ask a few questions of the Border Patrol officers there. Drivers arriving at the checkpoint, which was there for 11 hours, were being asked citizenship questions before the agents were allowing them to proceed.
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| Portion of Kentucky bourbon warehouse collapses Posted: 22 Jun 2018 12:28 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Thousands of bourbon barrels were piled in a massive heap Friday after a large section of a whiskey storage warehouse collapsed at a distillery in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country.
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| Melania Trump Wore a Jacket That Said 'I Really Don't Care' on It Ahead of Visit to Child Detention Center Posted: 21 Jun 2018 05:27 PM PDT  First Lady Melania Trump wore a jacket that read, "I really don't care. Do U?" ahead of her unannounced visit to a child detention center in Texas, drawing criticism from those who saw the wardrobe choice as insensitive.
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| Take a look at the $2.6 billion 'ultra high-end' museum-retail complex coming to Hong Kong Posted: 22 Jun 2018 04:48 AM PDT |
| Fox News, North Korean State TV Mashup Shows Scary Similarities In Coverage Posted: 22 Jun 2018 07:06 AM PDT  "The Daily Show" posted a mashup on Twitter Thursday that compared the
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| Parents in California torture case ordered to stand trial: prosecutors Posted: 21 Jun 2018 02:47 PM PDT  A judge on Thursday ordered a married couple to stand trial on 49 counts of torture, false imprisonment and abuse over the treatment of 13 siblings who were found imprisoned and starving in their suburban California home, prosecutors said. David and Louise Turpin were bound over for trial after a two-day hearing in Riverside County Superior Court in which the court heard tape of an emotional 911 call by a 17-year-old girl who climbed out a window and dialed police on a borrowed and deactivated cell phone, said John Hall of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. Officers who went to the Turpins' home in Perris, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles, found 12 siblings ranging in age from two to 29 inside, suffering from malnourishment, muscle wasting and other signs of severe abuse.
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| Pentagon agrees to provide space for 20,000 migrant children Posted: 21 Jun 2018 02:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a spokesman said Thursday.
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| Electric scooter-sharing moves into the fast lane Posted: 21 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  Fast enough to be declared a nuisance and kicked off the streets of San Francisco and a handful of others cities to allow local officials to mull regulations. The scooters are "dockless," meaning they can be rented and left at any location, unlocked with a smartphone app which also indicates the location of the vehicles, in a model similar to new-style bike-sharing startups. Most systems charge $1 to unlock the scooter and 15 cents per minute, so a 10-minute trip would cost $2.50.
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| Disturbing Video Shows California Police Officer Dragging Woman Out of Car Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:33 AM PDT  The woman, Samantha Luna, claims she did nothing to elicit such a reaction from the police officer.
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| Tesla recycling machine catches fire at Fremont, California campus Posted: 22 Jun 2018 10:45 AM PDT  The fire occurred after a cardboard baling machines that is used for recycling overheated, and was contained, Fremont Fire Department Division Chief Diane Hendry said on Friday. In a tweet earlier this week, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk touted a new tent on the campus that is being used for the production of the Model 3. The Tesla spokeswoman said the production tent was not affected by the fire.
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| Mystery extinct ape discovered in ancient Chinese imperial tomb Posted: 22 Jun 2018 03:22 AM PDT  An entirely new species of ape has been discovered buried in an ancient tomb in central China. The remains of the now-extinct gibbon, which researchers have named Junzi imperialis, were found in a burial chamber in Shaanxi Province that dates back around 2,300 years. Researchers believe it may be the first ape species to have perished as a direct result of human activities such as hunting. "All of the world's apes - chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons - are threatened with extinction today due to human activities, but no ape species were thought to have become extinct as a result of historic hunting or habitat loss," note scientists at the Zoological Society of London, who led the research. "However, the discovery of the recently extinct Junzi changes this, and highlights the vulnerability of gibbons in particular." The skull of the extinct Junzi gibbon Credit: ZSL The Junzi are believed to have completely died out less than 300 years ago and could be one of a number of now-extinct gibbon species that once inhabited central China. Lead author Dr Samuel Turvey said the discovery suggests we are currently "underestimating the impact of humans on primate diversity". "These findings reveal the importance of using historical archives such as the archaeological record to inform our understanding of conservation and stress the need for greater international collaboration to protect surviving populations of gibbons in the wild," he added. A cranial reconstruction of the Junzi gibbon Credit: ZSL The partial cranium and lower jawbone of the ape were found in the burial chamber believed to belong to Lady Xia, the grandmother of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, who ordered the building of the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta Army sculptures. First excavated in 2004, the tomb contained 12 burial pits that contained animal remains, including leopards, lynx and black bears. Archaeologist Hu Songmei, of the Shaanxi institute, told Science that imperial Chinese burial chambers were commonly arranged in this manner so that the departed could "continue to enjoy the life they knew" in the afterlife. The Junzi gibbon was discovered in an ancient Chinese imperial tomb Credit: ZSL Gibbons were also regarded as high-status pets and considered to be wise and noble animals during the period of Emperor Qin's rule up until 210 BC. Today, gibbons are the most endangered of all the ape species due to a loss of their forest habitat, the illegal wildlife trade, the use of their body parts in Chinese medicines and poaching, according to the WWF. The world's most endangered species The Hainan gibbon, found on Hainan Island in southern China, is considered to be the world's rarest mammal, with only 26 still in existence. The full research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
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| The Coolest Hybrids Ever Built Posted: 22 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| Melania and Ivanka attempt to play nice cops on family separation Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:41 AM PDT  The day after the White House began a retreat from a border crisis of its own making, the Trump women began a charm offensive to blunt the impact of images of young children separated from their parents.
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| John Oliver Is Blocked By China After He Makes Fun Of Its President Posted: 22 Jun 2018 09:31 AM PDT  On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight," covering China and its President Xi Jinping,
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| XXXTentacion murder: Police reveal how killers tracked rapper in final moments before fatal shooting Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:17 AM PDT  The killers of rapper XXXTentacion tracked his movements before shooting him dead in a robbery, police have revealed. CCTV footage studied by detectives showed two men, one in orange sandals, following XXXTentacion into a motorbike dealership, where they bought a red mask, according to court documents. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murdering the rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy, after he was ambushed and fatally shot in his BMW electric car in Florida.
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| Fatal fight sets off anti-India protests, clashes in Kashmir Posted: 22 Jun 2018 05:42 AM PDT  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least four rebels, a counterinsurgency police official and a civilian were killed during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir on Friday, triggering anti-India protests and clashes in which several people were injured.
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| Senior Netflix executive axed over use of the N-word Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:34 PM PDT  Netflix sacked its chief spokesman Jonathan Friedland, he revealed on Friday, after he used the N-word twice in the space of a few days during meetings with staff. The head of communications announced his departure after being upbraided for a second time for using the racial slur, which is controversial for its ubiquity in hip-hop culture and completely taboo in almost every other context. Former journalist Friedland -- not to be confused with Jonathan Freedland, a prominent columnist at the London-based Guardian newspaper -- had served in communications roles for Disney.
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| Italy says Malta not taking in migrant ship is 'inhumane' Posted: 22 Jun 2018 01:13 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Friday Malta had refused to take in a Dutch-flagged ship carrying more than 200 rescued migrants and said the decision was "inhumane", 10 days after shutting its own ports to a migrant vessel. The new stand-off between the neighboring Mediterranean countries arose as Italy's new government has been pressuring European partners to shoulder more of the burden of immigration from North Africa. Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli criticized tiny Malta on his Facebook page, where he also posted a photo of an email full of nautical information and signed by the Armed Forces of Malta inferring that it was not responsible for the latest ship as it was not in a "SAR (Search and Rescue) Situation".
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| Hawaiians Blame Misunderstanding of Volcano and 'Doomsday' Headlines for Big Drop in Tourism Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:52 PM PDT  Kilauea's lava flow encompasses only 9.5 square miles on an island the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined
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| National Enquirer Consulted Cohen, Trump on 2016 Stories: WaPo Posted: 21 Jun 2018 03:49 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow shares reporting from the Washington Post that the National Enquirer sent stories about Donald Trump to Michael Cohen for approval before publishing and took suggestions for stories about Hillary Clinton from Trump.
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| Engine and Transmission Posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:05 AM PDT  2018 Ford EcoSport Review
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| Patrolling the border, where immigrants wait to be caught Posted: 21 Jun 2018 12:37 PM PDT  Photojournalist Sergio Flores was on assignment for Yahoo News to document the scene along the Mexico border near McAllen, Texas.
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