| Mike Pompeo Gets Testy In Response To Questions About Trump's Meeting With Putin Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got into several heated exchanges
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| Judge demands more information from U.S. on family reunifications as deadline approaches Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:56 AM PDT  "Some of this information is unpleasant..." said Judge Dana Sabraw. "It's the reality of a policy that was in place that resulted in large numbers of families being separated without forethought as to reunification and keeping track of people. And that's the fallout we're seeing."
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| Toronto shooting: Isis claims responsibility for attack which killed two people and wounded 13 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 05:25 AM PDT  The attacker "was a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the attack in response to calls to target the citizens of the coalition countries", a statement by the Islamic militant group said. Investigators have yet to determine why 29-year-old Faisal Hussain fired a handgun into crowds in the Canadian city's popular Greektown neighbourhood. The wording of Isis's statement was generic and has been used previously in relation to attacks where the group has had no direct interaction with perpetrators.
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| Mystery Shrouds Disappearance Of Iowa College Student Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:09 AM PDT  A 20-year-old University of Iowa student is still missing Tuesday after
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| US lawmaker pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen to resign Posted: 25 Jul 2018 07:32 AM PDT  A US state lawmaker is resigning after a humiliating appearance on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's television show during which he exposed himself and shouted racial slurs. Others included former vice president Dick Cheney, who signed a "waterboarding kit" and former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In the episode of "Who Is America" with Spencer, Cohen pretends to be an Israeli anti-terrorism expert, Colonel Erran Morad, offering self-defense training.
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| 11-year-old girl catches piranha relative in Oklahoma lake Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:30 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother in an Oklahoma lake.
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| The largest dinosaur foot ever belongs to 'Bigfoot' Posted: 24 Jul 2018 10:24 PM PDT  The largest dinosaur foot ever found, belonging to one of the largest land animals this planet's ever seen, surely deserves the title "Bigfoot" more than Sasquatch. Excavated in 1998 by an expedition from the University of Kansas, and described in a new study published in PeerJ – the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, "Bigfoot" was discovered in the Black Hills area of Wyoming. Scientists determined the dinosaur — a very close relative of Brachiosaurus — had the biggest feet of any sauropod, and roamed the area 150 million years ago. Crew member Anthony Maltese, who is also the lead author of the study, writes that the foot was nearly 1 meter wide. It didn't belong to the largest dinosaur ever discovered, the study said, but "Bigfoot" did have particularly large feet. Maltese and his team of researchers from the U.S., Switzerland, and Germany have identified the enormous foot as belonging to an animal related to Brachiosaurus, a member of the sauropod family — you know, the dinosaurs with the long necks and tails. It's not only the largest sauropod foot ever identified, but also the first confirmed brachiosaur foot from the Late Jurassic period of North America. A rendering of Brachiosaurus-araucaria, or "Bigfoot."Image: Davide BonadonnaThe Black Hills, famous for Mount Rushmore, were home to plant-eating giants like Camarasaurus and Diplodocus, some of the largest land animals that ever lived on Earth. Photograph from the excavations in 1998, with the brachiosaur foot bones below a tail of a Camarasaurus. A University of Kansas expedition crew member is in there for scale.Image: KUVP archivesSo, just how did the team connect "Bigfoot" to sauropods, and then determine it was, in fact, related to Brachiosaurus? Maltese and team members Emanuel Tschopp, Femke Holwerda, and David Burnham used 3D scanning and highly detailed measurements to compare the large specimen to various species of sauropod, including Camarasaurus and Diplodocus. By comparing elements of the foot — like metatarsals and phalanges — with existing examples, the scientists determined it was neither of those two, but more likely that of a brachiosaurid. And there's still plenty to discover. Maltese said in a press statement that the rock outcrops that produced this fossil hold many more "fantastic dinosaur skeletons," and that the research team will press on with their studies from there. Personally, I'd like to know if "Bigfoot" sneezed as dramatically as the Brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park. WATCH: The work behind the T-Rex chase in 'Jurassic Park' is mind-boggling
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| Republicans denounce Trump plan for 'welfare' for farmers hit by tariffs Posted: 24 Jul 2018 01:59 PM PDT  The president's plan to offer $12 billion in government assistance to farmers impacted by his trade war with China drew swift criticism from members of his own party.
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| Ferguson Fire Forces Yosemite Valley To Evacuate All Visitors Posted: 24 Jul 2018 05:39 PM PDT  Fire officials announced Tuesday that Yosemite Valley, the heart of
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| Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:02 AM PDT ![Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens]( "Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens") Sorrow became tinged with anger in Greece on Thursday as rescuers searched scorched land and the coastline for survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a small town outside Athens and killed at least 83 people.
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| Brock Turner sought 'outercourse' with victim, says lawyer for ex-Stanford student Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Brock Turner appears in court in Palo Alto, California, in 2015. A lawyer for Brock Turner, the former Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, argued in court during an appeal hearing that his client was seeking "outercourse" with his victim. The attorney's appeal of the high-profile case, which led to international outrage after Turner received a lenient sentence in 2016, advanced in a California court this week, with an unusual legal claim that experts said was shocking and hurtful to survivors of sexual violence.
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| ICE Steps Up Workplace Arrests Of Undocumented Immigrants Under Trump Posted: 25 Jul 2018 07:18 AM PDT  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are arresting more undocumented
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| Japan’s ninja heartland flooded with job applications from round world after mix-up Posted: 25 Jul 2018 11:00 PM PDT  The hopes of dozens of wannabe ninja have been dashed after officials in the Japanese city of Iga - famed as the of home of the legendary warriors - said media reports that they were hiring trainee ninja were incorrect. The confusion began last week, when a reporter with National Public Radio in the United States claimed that Japan is suffering from a shortage of workers due to the declining national birth rate. The report quoted Sakae Okamoto, the mayor of Iga, as saying the problem has even affected Iga's ninja, who work for the local tourist association to promote the city as a destination for visitors. Unhelpfully, the report added that ninja in Mie Prefecture can earn as much as £65,000 a year, although it never claimed that the city is looking to hire more black-clad assassins. The report was seized upon by social media and news sites that embellished the mayor's words to suggest that Iga is recruiting. Children dressed as ninjas pose for a souvenir picture during a ninja festival in Iga Credit: Reuters City officials arrived at work on Monday to find 115 emails from would-be ninja offering their services and asking when they could start. Other applications were sent to a nearby ninja museum, the regional tourist board and a research institute at Mie University that documents ninja. Applications for positions - many including CVs and photos of the applicant - have been received from 14 nations, including Italy, India, Ecuador and the US. No fewer than 16 people from Spain expressed a desire to become a ninja. On Tuesday, Mr Okamoto was forced to call a press conference in which he expressed surprise at the amount of interest in becoming a ninja - but flatly denied the reports. "The news was totally groundless", he said. "Iga city is not recruiting any new employees to work as ninja". The city has also placed a message on its website reiterating that it is not looking to hire ninja are incorrect. In an attempt to cash in in on the inadvertent advertising, however, it adds that anyone interested in the mysterious warriors is welcome to visit to learn about ninja history and culture.
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| S. Korea firm says Laos dam damage found day before collapse Posted: 24 Jul 2018 06:54 PM PDT  The South Korean partner in a Laos hydropower dam said Wednesday it discovered the upper part of the structure had washed away 24 hours before it collapsed, engulfing villages and leaving hundreds missing. SK Engineering & Construction, a South Korean builder that is one of the partners in the project, said it discovered the damage to an auxiliary dam at around 9:00 pm Sunday local time.
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| Expert explains how to survive the unlikely event of a shark attack Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:49 AM PDT  Chances are most people who have swam in the ocean have been very close to sharks and didn't even know it; however, some haven't been so lucky.
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| Trump And Putin Won't Hold U.S. Summit Until Next Year, White House Says Posted: 25 Jul 2018 11:56 AM PDT  The White House said it is pushing back a second planned meeting between
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| U.S. appeals court upholds right to carry gun in public Posted: 24 Jul 2018 08:14 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment guarantees a right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, finding that Hawaii overstepped its authority to regulate firearms possession outside the home. The ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, makes the San Francisco-based court the sixth U.S. circuit court to interpret the Second Amendment that way and could set the issue on a path toward the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not taken up a major gun rights case since 2010. In a 2-1 decision on Tuesday, the panel found Hawaii infringed on the rights of plaintiff George Young when it twice denied him a permit the state requires to openly carry a gun in public.
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| Boy, 10, pinned to ground by police in Georgia Posted: 24 Jul 2018 03:36 PM PDT  A video showing two police officers holding a 10-year-old boy on the ground has gone viral on Facebook, sparking an investigation into the conduct to determine if proper protocol was followed. The incident in Georgia, which was first posted on Facebook by Ariel Collins, who says she is a cousin of the child, has been viewed more than 500,000 times and shared more than 14,000 times – though the clip on Facebook does not show the events leading up to the boy being pinned down. After spreading across the internet, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said they were reviewing the incident, and then provided footage from one of the officer's body cameras.
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| People Can't Get Enough Of This Baby's Epic Hair Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:08 AM PDT  An adorable Japanese baby is winning hearts around the world, thanks to her
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| Pakistan election in disarray as incumbent rejects result Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:18 AM PDT  'Our democratic process has been pushed back by decades', says Shahbaz Sharif (centre), the younger brother of the ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan's general election has been plunged into chaos after the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) said it would reject the result amid widespread allegations that the military was rigging the ballot in favour of the party led by the former cricketer Imran Khan.
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| Red planet and 'blood moon' pair up to dazzle skygazers Posted: 24 Jul 2018 07:57 PM PDT  The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on Friday, astronomers say. For about half the world, the moon will be partly or fully in Earth's shadow from 1714 to 2328 GMT -- six hours and 14 minutes in all. The period of complete eclipse -- known as "totality", when the moon appears darkest -- will last from 1930 to 2113 GMT.
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| Cincinnati clears, sanitizes downtown homeless camp Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:38 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — City officials early Wednesday cleared out a downtown Cincinnati homeless camp, and workers began cleaning it up in the latest development in a long-running debate on such encampments.
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| Trump Is Pursuing A Totally Incoherent Iran Strategy, Experts Say Posted: 24 Jul 2018 04:59 PM PDT  When President Donald Trump sent off an all-caps tweet threatening Iran around
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| Winning Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold in California Posted: 25 Jul 2018 07:46 AM PDT  Eight other tickets have been declared partial winners.
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| Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:46 AM PDT ![Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded]( "Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded") A bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, wounding the lone assailant, the embassy said in a statement, but police described the weapon merely as a "fireworks device."
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| A Fatal Shooting Is Sparking New Debate About Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. It Could Be Even Harder to Prosecute This Time Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:14 PM PDT  "Stand Your Ground shouldn't make Florida the Wild West"
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| China to pull approval for Facebook's planned venture: NYT Posted: 25 Jul 2018 10:12 AM PDT  Facebook said on Tuesday it planned to create an "innovation hub" to support local start-ups. The subsidiary was registered in Hangzhou, according to a filing approved on China's National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System last week and seen by Reuters on Tuesday. A Chinese government database showed that Facebook had gained approval to open a subsidiary.
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| Erdoğan rebuked for claiming Israeli officials have 'Hitler spirit' Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said that "Hitler's spirit" was resurgent among Israeli officials, while Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Turkey was becoming a "dark dictatorship" as the two regional powers clashed over a new law defining Israel as a Jewish state.
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| Fiat boss Marchionne dies aged 66 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:12 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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| Progressive Hawaii Candidate Channels Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In New Ad Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  Kaniela Ing, a progressive Hawaii state representative running for Congress,
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| Family says Oakland murder suspect mentally ill Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:28 PM PDT  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A paroled robber who allegedly stabbed to death an 18-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack at a California train station is mentally ill and failed to receive proper treatment, his family said Tuesday.
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| White House Will Stop Publishing Reports Of Trump's Calls With World Leaders: CNN Posted: 24 Jul 2018 06:26 PM PDT  The White House will no longer publish public summaries of President Donald
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| Shark Week Experts Reveal Science Behind History's Deadliest Shark Attack Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:08 PM PDT  "They're quick to respond to stimuli like a big sinking ship"
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| The surface of Mars Posted: 25 Jul 2018 10:08 AM PDT ![The surface of Mars]( "The surface of Mars") Scientists announced Wednesday they've detected a salty lake underneath ice on Mars, the first time a stable body of liquid water has been found there. In honor of that, here are photos showing the remarkable variety that the surface of Mars presents.
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| At Least 27 People Have Been Killed in Laos Dam Collapse. Here's What to Know Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:46 PM PDT  Rescuers are searching for hundreds missing after a dam under construction in Laos failed
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| U.S. court weighs challenge to Boston gun restrictions Posted: 25 Jul 2018 11:46 AM PDT  A federal appeals court on Wednesday weighed whether the U.S. Constitution guarantees a right to carry guns in public for self-defense in a lawsuit challenging the firearm licensing policies of two Massachusetts municipalities including Boston. The arguments before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston marked the latest instance in which a federal appeals court has weighed the extent the Constitution's Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms outside of a person's home. Gun-rights activists hope that appellate court rulings prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its first major gun rights case since 2010.
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| South Sudan foes sign 'preliminary' power-sharing deal Posted: 25 Jul 2018 10:08 AM PDT  South Sudanese arch-foes on Wednesday signed a "preliminary" power-sharing deal aimed at ending the civil war, with a Sudanese minister saying it sees rebel leader Riek Machar reinstated as first vice president. Khartoum, as part of regional efforts to end the conflict in the world's youngest country, has hosted a round of peace talks since June between South Sudan's warring leaders President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Machar. On July 7 they agreed on a power-sharing deal but its signing was delayed due to differences over the contents of the accord.
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| Federal immigration officials detain registered sex offender Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:24 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal agents arrested an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally after a North Carolina sheriff declined their request to keep the registered sex offender in custody, immigration officials said Wednesday.
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| Trump Reportedly 'Caused A Stir' When Melania's TV On Air Force One Was Turned To CNN Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:35 AM PDT  President Donald Trump caused "a bit of a stir" on Air Force One while in
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| Ford Ranger Raptor With V6 Engine Is Out Of The Question Posted: 25 Jul 2018 04:41 PM PDT  Enthusiasts may have to settle for diesel power.
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| Bobcat Goldthwait Asks Disney To Remove His Voice From Attraction To Support James Gunn Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Comedian turned director Bobcat Goldthwait has found a fiendish way to support
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| Demi Lovato 'Awake' and 'With Her Family' After Apparent Overdose Posted: 25 Jul 2018 06:28 AM PDT  The statement did not say what led to the singer's hospitalization.
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| Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:14 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people.
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