| Rescued Thai Boys To Be Ordained As Novice Buddhist Monks Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Two weeks after their dramatic rescue from a cave in northern Thailand, young
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| Trump threatens to revoke security clearances of ex-U.S. intel chiefs who have criticized him Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:50 PM PDT  The White House announced on Monday that President Trump is exploring the possibility of revoking security clearances of former U.S. intelligence officials who have sharply criticized his administration.
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| 14 Cool Police Cars From Around The World (And 3 That Kinda Suck) Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:17 PM PDT |
| U.S. Airlines to Comply With Beijing's Demand That Taiwan be Labeled as Part of China Posted: 24 Jul 2018 08:35 PM PDT  The U.S. carriers affected by the mandate will begin to change the Taiwan references over the next day or two
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| Flooding from Laos hydroelectric dam leaves hundreds missing Posted: 24 Jul 2018 09:32 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Massive flooding from a South Korean-constructed hydroelectric dam in Laos left several people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government officials rushed to the site and public appeals were launched for aid.
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| How the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program everyone loves, became a political football Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  If the Land and Water Conservation Fund enjoys widespread support among Democrats and Republicans, why is it so close to expiring?
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| Suspect Charged In Young Woman's Horrific Stabbing Death On Oakland Transit Posted: 23 Jul 2018 11:30 PM PDT  A man with a history of violence has been charged in what police said appears
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| Michael Cohen Not Seeking Pardon From Donald Trump, Attorney Lanny Davis Says Posted: 25 Jul 2018 06:13 AM PDT  Michael Cohen is no longer seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump,
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| U.S. envoy Haley attacks Arab, Islamic states over Palestinian aid Posted: 24 Jul 2018 12:52 PM PDT  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday slammed Arab and Islamic states for talking a lot about supporting the Palestinians but not giving more money to help, calling out countries like Egypt, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Haley listed how much those countries, along with Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Oman, Iran and Turkey, had given - or not given - to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which helps Palestinian refugees.
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| Fiat boss Marchionne dies aged 66 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:42 AM PDT  Fiat Chrysler's visionary boss Sergio Marchionne has died, after driving the Italian auto giant to success for 14 years, holding company Exor announced Wednesday. "It is with the deepest sadness that EXOR has learned of the passing of Sergio Marchionne," Exor, which is owned by the Agnelli family, said in a statement. Its CEO, John Elkann, said: "Unfortunately, what we feared has come to pass.
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| Trader Joe's Employee Killed In Hostage Situation Was Shot By Police Bullet Posted: 24 Jul 2018 12:20 PM PDT  A 27-year-old woman killed in a hostage situation at a Los Angeles Trader
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| Las Vegas Shooting Survivors Say MGM's Suit Hits Victims at Their Most Vulnerable Posted: 24 Jul 2018 12:13 PM PDT  "There are people who survived this that are on suicide watch and with this lawsuit they're killing people, making sure they give up hope"
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| Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:47 AM PDT ![Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume]( "Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume") LONDON (AP) — A man who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent Novichok has described how his partner sprayed it on her wrists thinking it was perfume, and collapsed minutes later.
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| Syria blasts evacuation of White Helmets as 'criminal' Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:53 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government on Monday condemned a multilateral operation to evacuate hundreds of rescue workers from the war-torn country as a "criminal process" intended to de-stabilize Syria.
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| Trump says the Russians 'definitely don't want' his reelection Posted: 24 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT  President Trump suggested Tuesday that he believes the Russian government has tired of his leadership and is now rooting for the Democrats in the 2018 midterms and against his reelection in 2020.
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| Ebola infects woman's husband, sons, a year after she recovered: study Posted: 23 Jul 2018 10:09 PM PDT  A woman who survived Ebola in July 2014 may have infected her husband and two sons more than a year later, said a study Tuesday, highlighting the need for "continued surveillance". The boy tested positive for Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, on November 19, 2015, and died four days later, it said. Further tests "suggested that she survived an acute Ebola virus infection in July 2014," said a press statement.
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| 220-Pound Stone Drops From Western Wall, Narrowly Missing Worshipper Posted: 23 Jul 2018 05:43 PM PDT  An elderly woman narrowly escaped tragedy at Jerusalem's Western Wall on
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| 23 Boozy Popsicles That Will Make Your Summer Posted: 23 Jul 2018 02:37 PM PDT |
| Kuwaiti social media star dropped by cosmetics brands after bemoaning days off for domestic workers Posted: 23 Jul 2018 10:42 AM PDT  A Kuwaiti social media star ignited a backlash after criticising a law allowing domestic workers one day off a week, prompting cosmetic brands to sever ties with her. Sondos Alqattan, a make-up artist, had uploaded a video on social media earlier this month bemoaning new regulations that allow domestic workers a day off every week and the right to keep their passports, which employees often confiscate. "How can you have a servant at home who has her passport with her?," Ms Alqattan asked indignantly in a video posted on Instagram to her 2.3 million followers. "She will have a day off a week, and work six days a week. And of course you won't know happens on these days, while her passport is with her." Social media users decried Ms Alqattan's comments as racist, and demanded cosmetic brands cut their ties with her. Chelsea Beautique, a make-up company, announced it would remove a video sponsored by Ms Alqattan from its social media channels. Several companies have cut ties with the social media star Credit: @sondos_aq/Instagram "We believe that decent working conditions should be provided to everyone and such behavior does not represent our brand's core beliefs," the company posted on Twitter. A spokesman for French perfume brand M Micallef said his company was "shocked" by Ms Alqattan's comments and would end their relationship, Gulf News reported. Ms Alqattan defended her remarks in another video. "What do human rights have to do with (the worker) keeping her passport? Even our kids don't hold on to their passport," she said. Kuwait employs almost 700,000 domestic workers, out of a population of four million. Many of them come from the Philippines, which temporarily banned its citizens from domestic work in Kuwait after a maid was murdered and concealed in a freezer. The ban was lifted this year after Kuwait agreed to grant the workers some protections, after years of complaints by human rights groups against abuses faced by domestic workers in the Gulf emirate. In 2017, Kuwaiti authorities charged a woman after she filmed her domestic worker clinging to a window and pleading for help before falling several stories on to a small metal awning. The woman could be heard taunting the worker, calling her a "lunatic."
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| NY Daily News slashes half its newsroom staff Posted: 23 Jul 2018 04:56 PM PDT  The New York Daily News, the century-old tabloid known for its provocative headlines, made its own news Monday by slashing half its editorial staff, in the latest retrenchment in the newspaper sector. A source familiar with the matter told AFP the cuts represent "nearly 50 percent" of newsroom staff. Tronc declined to comment on the cutbacks or confirm precisely how many staff were affected, but the rival New York Post said the Daily News had some 85 editorial staff before the layoffs.
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| Massachusetts Passes Repeal of 173-Year-Old Abortion Ban Amid Fears for Future of Roe v. Wade Posted: 23 Jul 2018 01:56 PM PDT  It's the first state to act on abortion after Justice Kennedy's retirement
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| Family says suspect in Toronto shooting had mental problems Posted: 23 Jul 2018 08:51 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — A man whose family said he suffered from psychosis and depression fired a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others in an attack that has shaken the confidence of many in the normally safe city.
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| Sessions laughs as 'Lock her up!' chant breaks out at high school leadership conference Posted: 24 Jul 2018 08:51 AM PDT  While addressing a high school leadership summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions laughed as students broke into the "Lock her up!" chant usually reserved for Donald Trump rallies.
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| Japan heat wave deaths climb to 80 as authorities weigh preventive measures Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:49 AM PDT  Two weeks into Japan's blistering heat wave, at least 80 people have died and thousands have been rushed to emergency rooms, as officials on Tuesday urged citizens to stay indoors to avoid temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in some areas. The government said it may pay to help state schools install air conditioners and suggested extending summer vacations, which started this week for many students. While most schools in Tokyo have coolers, few in rural areas do.
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| US may have deported nearly 500 migrant parents without their children Posted: 24 Jul 2018 01:24 AM PDT  The Trump administration said in a court filing on Monday that 463 parents of migrant children are no longer present in the United States, indicating that the number of mothers and fathers potentially deported without their kids during the "zero tolerance" border crackdown could be far larger than previously acknowledged. The progress report to US District Judge Dana Sabraw cautioned the 463 cases are "under review", meaning the filing was not a definitive tally of all migrant parents who have been deported while their children remain in US government shelters. Mr Sabraw has issued the Trump administration a 30-day deadline – expiring on Thursday – to quickly reunite as many separated families as possible, and last week he asked the government to clarify how many of the more than 2,500 parents eligible for reunions are no longer in the country.
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| The Latest: Macedonia: Probe begun of anti-Greek hate speech Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:13 AM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on deadly wildfires in Greece (all times local):
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| People are hilariously upset about the Goldfish recall Posted: 24 Jul 2018 02:29 PM PDT  We are living in trying times. Not even our favorite childhood snacks are safe. Pepperidge Farm announced a voluntary recall on Monday for four different flavors of Goldfish Crackers due to a fear of salmonella. According to a CBS report, an ingredient supplier for Pepperidge notified the company that the whey powder used in the cracker's seasoning could have been contaminated with the bacteria. SEE ALSO: We need to talk about the Keebler cookie Twitter account Here's the company's official statement: Please take a moment to read this important message regarding four varieties of Goldfish crackers and our voluntary recall decision. For more information visit: https://t.co/Z3NHVJ2k65 pic.twitter.com/tmYvbgAU1I — Pepperidge Farm (@PepperidgeFarm) July 23, 2018 The affected flavors of Goldfish Crackers, aka all of the really good ones, have hurt the souls and stomachs of consumers across the country. With Goldfish Gate underway, many people have expressed strong feelings about their favorite snack being recalled. My lawyer will be giving you a phone call today — Austin (@FlNEST_) July 24, 2018 I quite literally put the last two I had for my snack today in my mouth when I read this headline��♀️https://t.co/lWRX00LjaZ — Alanna (@flakypickle) July 24, 2018 Some users who enjoy feasting on the cheddar fish feel personally attacked and are devastated by the warning. I just want one more person to tell me that 4 bags of goldfish have been recalled. — Katie Harris (@ktthach) July 24, 2018 Xtra cheddar goldfish were recalled because the cheese powder could possibly give you salmonella. My life is ruined. — Lindsey Jones (@lindseyjones10_) July 24, 2018 if anyone knows me they know that often times in undergrad I would go for days eating only Flavor Blasted goldfish for breakfast, lunch, and dinner so yeah I'm feeling personally victimized. pic.twitter.com/ToAFS4TvXl — kyborg: mostly girl/little bit metal (@BOSSKyJo) July 24, 2018 Some people just don't seem to care and will continue consuming the crackers, salmonella and all. Goldfish are being recalled and I have a package at my desk and I literally just considered eating them and getting salmonella just to get out of here rather than checking the info, so that's how my day's going, how about you — H_Ram (@H_Ram) July 24, 2018 U can recall goldfish crackers all u want but all this talk about goldfish only gonna make me wanna eat em more!!!!!! — natalie (@natalamb) July 24, 2018 And of course there were plenty of jokes and "Pepperidge Farm remembers" memes. The snack that fires back. Goldfish. https://t.co/eumFLqXb9U — Matt Napolitano (@MattNapolitano) July 24, 2018 pic.twitter.com/zGr23MfDgq — Scotty K (@pwsoldier) July 24, 2018 Goldfish and Little Debbie Sweet Cakes recalled in the same week...My family will starve! — Peggy M Bracey (@Pegmelia) July 24, 2018 My kids reacting to the @PepperidgeFarm Goldfish recall. pic.twitter.com/WmXAPCbJi7 — Eric Cowan (@ericcowan4DISD) July 24, 2018 Y'all remember when Obama took a tiny sip of Flint water and said it was safe, but it wasn't and he lied about it on TV?Pepperidge Farm does. ���� — Mathis Wellz (@MathisWellz) July 24, 2018 Remember when you could eat goldfish and not die? #PepperidgeFarm pic.twitter.com/1b27ilcTAF — Tom Meismer (@tommeismer) July 24, 2018 We can only hope that Pepperidge Farm will not let this happen again. WATCH: Sorry goldfish, looks like the jellyfish is here to upstage you
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| Nearly 50 Dead as Two Wildfires Burn Near Athens Posted: 23 Jul 2018 06:11 PM PDT  More than 100 other people have been injured
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| Gunman in Deadly Florida Parking Lot Shooting Won’t Be Charged Based on ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Posted: 23 Jul 2018 10:52 AM PDT  Markeis McGlockton was fatally shot while defending his wife.
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| In photos: Beaches with the most 'wow factor' around the world Posted: 25 Jul 2018 04:16 AM PDT |
| Pompeo says North Korea test site reports consistent with commitments Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:55 AM PDT  By Alexandria Sage STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Reports that North Korea has started dismantling facilities at a rocket test site are consistent with a commitment Pyongyang made at a summit last month, but it must go further and fully denuclearize, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Pompeo said after meetings with his Australian counterpart in California that the United States had been pressing North Korea to allow inspectors on the ground when the Sohae site was dismantled, something also "consistent" with a commitment by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Singapore summit in June with U.S. President Donald Trump Asked at a joint news conference what further steps were needed by North Korea, Pompeo said: "They need to completely, fully denuclearize.
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| Tronc Fires New York Daily News Social Media Team, But They Tweet The Last Laugh Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:07 PM PDT  In the hours after the New York Daily News, a 99-year-old tabloid known for
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| Russia offers to keep Iran forces in Syria far from Golan: Israel Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:15 AM PDT  Russia has offered to keep Iranian forces in Syria away from the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights but Israel wants Tehran to completely withdraw, an Israeli official said Tuesday. Moscow made the offer -- which would see Iranian forces stay 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Syria's border with the Golan -- during talks Monday in Jerusalem between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the official said.
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| The Latest: Desperate Greeks search for missing after fires Posted: 24 Jul 2018 04:56 PM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest on wildfires raging in Greece (all times local):
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| Thai bride wins battle to share 'secret' relationship with US economist on Facebook Posted: 25 Jul 2018 12:51 AM PDT  A married US economist lost a High Court battle against his Thai bride over a Facebook picture she uploaded that he feared would out his secret relationship with her. Economic analyst Harlow Higinbotham, who lives and works in the US, married his first wife in 1991 before meeting Wipaporn Teekhungam in Bangkok in 2001, and they began a relationship. He said he loved her, gave her an engagement ring and told her she was the perfect age to bear his children, the judge told the court. He visited her whenever he was travelling in south-east Asia and, in January 2004, after meeting her parents and paying a dowry, they got 'married' at a ceremony in Thailand, although Ms Teekhungam knew he already had a wife. They then had triplets in 2008, who were named after Mr Higinbotham's family and took his surname. But after the relationship broke down at the end of 2009, child support proceedings began in Thailand and the US. Five years later, Ms Teekhungam created the Facebook profile, which featured a photo of her and Mr Higinbotham with the triplets on their laps. Facebook usage in Asia Even though his other wife knew of their relationship by the time the photo appeared online, he decided to bring a privacy case against Ms Teekhungam at the High Court for misuse of private information, breach of confidence and alleged breaches of the Data Protection Act over her uploading of the photograph. The case was heard in the UK as Ms Teekhungam was now living with her new husband Winton Perry, and they now live in Norfolk. Mr Justice Nicklin endorsed an earlier decision that the claim should be struck out, saying it "has been brought, not for any legitimate reason, but as an act of harassment or revenge". Describing the claim as "worthless", he added: "In many ways, this case is extraordinary. But it is also very sad. Caught in the crossfire are three young children." The judge said that by the time of the online posting, Mr Higinbotham had already told his wife of the relationship and the triplets and the affair was widely known in her circle. Dismissing Mr Higinbotham's appeal, he said that, objectively judged, the Facebook profile was anodyne and inoffensive, if maybe mischievous. "It is said that every photograph tells a story. But the story in this photograph is one the claimant did not want told. He wanted to keep secret the fact that he had a separate family in Thailand. "He contends that the eight-year-relationship with (Ms Teekhungam) was undertaken on 'the express understanding that their relationship would at all times be kept secret from the claimant's family - in particular the claimant's wife - friends and business associates "This is perhaps where the unreality begins. Most rational people would recognise that the chances of keeping secret the existence of a second 'wife' and three children were slim to non-existent. "It is plain, however, that the claimant was confident that he could do so, perhaps relying on the fact that they were over 8,000 miles away from his first wife and life back in Illinois." He concluded that the information Mr Higinbotham sought to protect was so firmly embedded in the public domain because of the Thai and US proceedings that it was "Canute-like" to think the case could achieve anything of value. The judge also discharged an anonymity order granted to Mr Higinbotham in December 2016.
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| A Package Labeled 'Anne Thrax' Was Sent to Rep. Maxine Waters' LA Office, Authorities Say Posted: 25 Jul 2018 12:21 AM PDT  The Los Angeles Fire Department determined that the package was not dangerous
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| Family of woman killed by Minneapolis officer sues for $50M Posted: 23 Jul 2018 07:50 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of an Australian woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year after she called 911 to report a possible assault filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the officer conspired with his partner to hide what really happened.
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| Beach umbrella impales woman in chest leading to helicopter evacuation Posted: 23 Jul 2018 03:34 PM PDT  A woman is expected to make a full recovery after she was impaled by a beach umbrella in a freak accident. The 46-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was hit in the chest by the beach umbrella during a visit to the resort town of Ocean City, Maryland, where she was reportedly lounging in a beach chair on Sunday afternoon. The beach umbrella had to be cut in half by emergency responders before it could be removed, local media reported.
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| BBC Reporter Grills Sean Spicer For Pushing Trump's Lies Posted: 24 Jul 2018 08:18 PM PDT  Sean Spicer's tenure as President Donald Trump's press secretary may have been
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| Alibaba's Ele.me goes on 3 billion yuan summer spending spree to fight competition Posted: 23 Jul 2018 09:04 PM PDT  China's Ele.me, the online food delivery company acquired by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, will spend one billion yuan ($147.31 million) each month this summer on subsidies and marketing as competition in the sector reaches fever pitch. Ele.me will spend a total of 3 billion yuan over three months from July to September in an effort to lift its market share to more than 50 percent, Chief Executive Lei Wang told Reuters on Monday. Alibaba bought the remaining stake of Ele.me it did not already own in April in a deal that valued the startup at $9.5 billion yuan.
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