| Reality Winner, National Security Agency Leaker, Sentenced To 5 Years Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:57 AM PDT  A former government contract employee who leaked information to the press
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| Trump aides' felony convictions spur calls to oppose Kavanaugh nomination Posted: 22 Aug 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Again and again, Democrats termed the president as an alleged "co-conspirator" in campaign finance crimes.
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| Oregon earthquake: Magnitude 6.2 offshore quake shakes Portland Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:19 PM PDT  A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has hit off the coast of Oregon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake occurred just after 1:30 a.m. local time over 170 miles west of Coos Bay and nearly 220 miles southwest of Portland. There are no reports of damage or injury and a tsunami warning has not been issued for the surrounding areas.
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| 7 Luxurious Hotels with Rooftop Bee Gardens Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT |
| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urges followers to wage 'jihad' Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:10 PM PDT  Islamic state leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to persevere, according to a statement posted on the group's media outlet. "For the Mujahideen (holy warriors) the scale of victory or defeat is not dependant on a city or town being stolen or subject to that who has aerial superiority, intercontinental missiles or smart bombs," Baghdadi said in a recording posted on his al-Furqan media group. Reuters was unable to verify whether the voice on the recording was Baghdadi's. Islamic State, which until last year controlled large areas in Syria and Iraq, has since been driven into the desert following successive defeats in separate offensives in both countries. Baghdadi, who declared himself ruler of all Muslims in 2014 after capturing Iraq's main northern city Mosul, is now believed to be hiding in the Iraqi-Syrian border region after losing all the cities and towns of his self-proclaimed caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in an image released in July 2014 The secretive Islamic State leader has frequently been reported killed or wounded since leading his fighters on a sweep through northern Iraq. His whereabouts are not known but Wednesday's message appears to suggest he is still alive. One of his sons was reported to have been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group's news channel reported earlier this year. Baghdadi's last message came in the form of an undated 46-minute audio recording, released via the al-Furqan organisation in September, where he urged followers across the world to wage attacks against the West and to keep fighting in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.
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| Woman arrested again for alleged vandalism of Buddhist temples in Orange County Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:00 PM PDT  A woman who has already served time for vandalizing a Buddhist temple in Orange County has been arrested again and questioned about new temple vandalism.
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| Former U.S. CDC director Frieden arrested for sexual abuse Posted: 24 Aug 2018 09:29 AM PDT  Frieden, who also once served as New York City's health commissioner, turned himself into a Brooklyn police station on Friday morning, Arlene Muniz, a police spokeswoman, said. A 55-year-old woman filed a complaint against Frieden in July, accusing him of grabbing her buttocks against her will last October at his apartment in Brooklyn Heights, Muniz said. As New York's health commissioner from 2002 to 2009, he oversaw efforts to ban smoking in public places.
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| Giraffe Pillows And Bible Covers: New Report Details Booming Trade In U.S. Posted: 23 Aug 2018 06:00 PM PDT  More than 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported into the United States in
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| Majority-Black Georgia County Rejects Plan To Close Nearly All Its Polling Places Posted: 24 Aug 2018 05:18 AM PDT  Officials in a rural southwest Georgia county on Friday voted down a proposal
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| How Cohen and Manafort will redefine this fall's 'corruption' campaign. (Plus: A reality check on Trump's 'red wave') Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:17 AM PDT  Everything you need to know this week about Election 2018.
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| Merkel eyes German EU chief: report Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a compatriot as the next president of the European Commission, local media reported Wednesday, apparently backing away from a demand that the European Central Bank installs a German as head. "The highest priority for Merkel is no longer the ECB but rather the Commission," reported the business daily Handelsblatt. The paper said Germany's leader views the head of the Commission as more politically relevant than the same role within the ECB.
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| Death Of Mollie Tibbetts Caused By 'Sharp Force Injuries' Posted: 23 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  The death of Mollie Tibbetts, a college student whose body was found hidden in
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| Russia's Putin visits site of decisive WWII battle in Kursk Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT  KURSK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, in which the Red Army routed the Nazis.
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| Knifeman kills mother and sister near Paris, IS claims attack Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:27 PM PDT  A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The 36-year-old had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters after visiting the scene in the town of Trappes. The motive for the violence remained unclear despite a claim by the Islamic State (IS) group that it was an attack by one of its fighters responding to the terror organisation's propaganda.
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| Irish church's fall from grace haunts pope's Ireland trip Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:35 AM PDT  BLESSINGTON, Ireland (AP) — When St. John Paul II visited Ireland in 1979, the Catholic Church wielded such power that homosexuality, divorce, abortion and contraception were barely spoken of, much less condoned. Catholic bishops had advised the authors of Ireland's constitution, and still held sway.
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| Time magazine releases its first list of top 100 places in the world Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:33 AM PDT  In the top places to visit category, Tianjin Binhai Library in Tianjin, China made the cut for its gleamingly white, terraced design that elevates the humble public lending library into an architectural marvel and travel destination.
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| John McCain Will Not Continue Treatment For Brain Cancer, Family Says Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:20 AM PDT  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for
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| An Air Force Stealth B-2 Spirit Just Test-Dropped a Nuclear Bomb Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:20 AM PDT  This is what it could do in battle.
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| Woman Fights Off Alligator While Swimming in Florida Lake Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:07 AM PDT  Felicitie Gillette was swimming in Lake Hernando about 1 a.m. when an alligator, estimated to be between 5- and 6-feet, grabbed her left arm.
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| Trump Suggests Cooperating With Prosecutors Should Be A Crime Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:26 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that "flipping" to make a deal
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| Manafort juror says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A juror in Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts.
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| The truth about illegal immigrants and crime Posted: 23 Aug 2018 06:24 PM PDT  Some advocates argue that, despite breaking the law just to enter the United States, illegal immigrants are far less criminal than U.S. natives. But what do the stats say? #Tucker
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| The 78 Most Delish Skinny Pastas Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:36 AM PDT |
| Displaced Puerto Ricans Face Dire Situations As FEMA Housing Aid Nears Its End Posted: 24 Aug 2018 02:46 AM PDT  Since fleeing her native Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria tore through her
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| Gaza running out of fuel, medicine: UN Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:40 AM PDT  The United Nations has run out of funding to pay for fuel needed for hospitals, water plants and other critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, the UN political chief said Wednesday. The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the United Nations was working with Egypt to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and halt the violence.
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| Ex-Facebook Security Chief: 'It's Too Late To Protect The 2018 Elections' Posted: 23 Aug 2018 05:16 AM PDT  Facebook's former security chief warned that attacks on the American electoral
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| New Jersey High School Installs Free Laundry After Homeless Students Are Bullied for Dirty, Smelly Clothes Posted: 22 Aug 2018 04:19 PM PDT  The high school principal said homeless students were being bullied because their clothes stank.
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| South Africa Admonishes Trump's Racist Conspiracy Theory Tweet Posted: 23 Aug 2018 10:01 AM PDT  South Africa's government slammed President Donald Trump after he tweeted that
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| Mom was Neanderthal: Fossil shows mix of humankind's cousins Posted: 22 Aug 2018 09:09 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they've found the remains of a prehistoric female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as Denisovans.
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| Spanish police smash Europe's 'biggest' illegal turtle farm Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:11 PM PDT  Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe's biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species. Officers arrested two German men suspected of operating the farm on the holiday island of Mallorca, as well as a Spanish owner of an exotic pet store in Barcelona who sold the animals raised on the farm, police said in a statement. A "land turtle" is more commonly called a tortoise in English.
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| Australia's Prime Minister Says He Could Quit Soon as Pressure to Resign Mounts Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:47 PM PDT  Australia's beleaguered prime minister warned he will quit Parliament on Friday if his disgruntled party continues to try to oust him
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| This Is the New 2020 Ford Explorer—in Cop-Car Form Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:52 AM PDT  New Police Interceptor Utility hybrid gives us our first glance at the new SUV.
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| 18 Soups You Can Make In Your Slow-Cooker Posted: 23 Aug 2018 10:38 AM PDT |
| How To Survive (And Even Thrive) As An Introvert At Work Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:42 PM PDT  At work, long meetings can leave me feeling drained of mental energy. I can't
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| DNC Says Previously Reported 'Sophisticated' Cyberattack Wasn't An Attack After All Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:01 AM PDT  The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that what it initially
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| Security Guard Filmed Cops Struggling With Suspect as Officers Pleaded for Help Posted: 23 Aug 2018 10:48 AM PDT  The guard was later fired.
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| Fox News Host: Trump Said He'd Consider A Pardon For Manafort Posted: 22 Aug 2018 10:38 PM PDT  Donald Trump will consider a pardon for former campaign manager Paul
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| Netanyahu welcomes airlines decision not to fly to Iran Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:23 AM PDT  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a trip Thursday to Lithuania, welcomed the decision by major international airlines to end their direct flights to Iran's capital of Tehran in September.
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| 'Green hajj' slowly takes root in Mecca Posted: 23 Aug 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia. The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels -- black for organic waste and blue for cans and plastics for recycling. It's all part of an initiative to reduce the environmental footprint of the hajj, one of the world's largest annual gatherings.
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| Face recognition nabs fake passport user at US airport Posted: 24 Aug 2018 06:25 AM PDT  Facial recognition technology was credited with the arrest this week of a man attempting to use a fake passport to enter the United States at Washington's Dulles airport, officials said. Officials said that on the third day of deployment of the new technology, border agents were able to determine that the man was using a fake French passport. US Customs and Border Protection, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said Dulles is one of 14 "early adopter airports" using facial recognition technology for the entry process, and began deploying it Monday.
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| Engine and Transmission Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:00 PM PDT  2018 Mercedes-AMG C43 Review
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| Country star Scotty McCreery on sharing wedding with fans in 'This Is It' video Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:15 PM PDT  The former "American Idol" winner married his high school sweetheart and longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal in June.
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| Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Needs China For A Huge 2019 Posted: 24 Aug 2018 06:29 AM PDT ![Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Needs China For A Huge 2019]( "Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Needs China For A Huge 2019") China has been one of the biggest concerns for Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) investors in 2018 due to the escalating international trade war. If AAPL stock is going to continue its march higher in fiscal 2019, analysts say China will play a critical role. GBH Insights head of technology research Daniel Ives says there are 350 million iPhones around the world that will be in need of an upgrade within the next 18 months.
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| Top court confirms Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa presidential election victory Posted: 24 Aug 2018 07:16 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's top court on Friday dismissed an opposition bid to have presidential election results annulled over alleged rigging in favour of Robert Mugabe's successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. In a verdict widely predicted by analysts, Chief Justice Luke Malaba strongly criticised the MDC party's case and upheld Mnangagwa's win. "The court finds the applicant has failed to place before it clear, direct, sufficient and credible evidence" of irregularities, Malaba said in his ruling at the Constitutional Court in Harare. "There was no proof of the happenings of these irregularities as a matter of fact." Mnangagwa, of the ruling ZANU-PF party, won the July 30 election with 50.8 percent of the vote - just enough to meet the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off against MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who scored 44.3 percent. His inauguration would now take place on Sunday, justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told AFP. Lawyers for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had argued that the results should be annulled due to alleged "massive doctoring" of the vote. Africa's tarnished jewel: how four decades of Robert Mugabe left Zimbabwe's economy reeling But the court backed lawyers representing Mnangagwa, ZANU-PF and the election commission who rubbished claims that the opposition had produced any substantial evidence of fraud. "I once again reiterate my call for peace and unity," Mnangagwa said in a television address after the ruling. "Let us put whatever differences we might have behind us. It is time to build our nation and move forward together." Paul Mangwana, a ZANU-PF spokesman, said outside the court: "We are ecstatic... President Mnangagwa won and that can no longer be disputed. "He is now ready to deliver on his mandate to usher in a new Zimbabwe." Mnangagwa, who has vowed to revive Zimbabwe's ruined economy, had hoped the elections would draw a line under Mugabe's repressive 37-year rule and open up a stream of foreign investment and aid. Campaigning was more open and peaceful than previous votes under Mugabe. But the election was marred by the army opening fire on protesters, killing six, allegations of vote-rigging and a violent crackdown on opposition activists. The MDC had cited a catalogue of alleged discrepancies including incorrect counting, fake "ghost" polling stations, and at some polling stations more ballots being counted than there were registered voters. Police gather outside the Constitutional Court after the court upheld Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s narrow victory in Harare Credit: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi The party issued a statement saying it would respect the court verdict despite being the victim "of chicanery and electoral pilferage". "The sombre mood in the country in the wake of today's court verdict is in itself a telling statement," it added. Derek Matyszak, a legal expert at the University of Zimbabwe, had predicted that the opposition faced an uphill struggle given the courts' historic tilt towards ZANU-PF, which has ruled since independence from British colonial rule in 1980. "The outcome (was) pretty predictable," Matyszak told AFP. The MDC's appeal, which was lodged hours before the deadline on August 10, forced Mnangagwa's inauguration - planned for August 12 - to be postponed. International monitors largely praised the conduct of the election itself, although European Union observers said that Mnangagwa, a former long-time Mugabe ally, benefited from an "un-level playing field". After the ruling, the EU issued a statement saying all parties should accept the verdict, adding that the new government needed to push through electoral reforms after a vote that had "revealed improvements as well as challenges." Some ZANU-PF supporters celebrated at the party headquarters in Harare. The nine judges delivered the unanimous verdict at the court amid tight security, though no protests were reported after the case. Armed police patrolled in the second city of Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold. The court could have declared a winner, called another election, or ordered a run-off or recount. In a first for the country, the proceedings were broadcast live on state television.
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| Ohio State Suspends Urban Meyer For 3 Games After His Silence On Domestic Abuse Posted: 22 Aug 2018 06:29 PM PDT  Ohio State University football coach Urban Meyer has been suspended for three
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| Lawyer For Suspect In Mollie Tibbetts Death Condemns Trump's ‘Poison’ Comments Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:02 PM PDT  Government officials are damaging any future effort to seat an unbiased jury
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| North Carolina will keep 3 Confederate monuments at Capitol Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:39 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three Confederate monuments will remain on the North Carolina Capitol grounds, but with newly added context about slavery and civil rights. That's the decision from a state historical panel, two days after protesters tore down another rebel statue at the state's flagship university.
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