| Trump Fumes Over Puerto Rico Toll As Death Count Rises For Hurricane Florence Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:09 PM PDT  As Tropical Storm Florence thrashed through the East Coast on Friday,
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| Headbanging, Flag-Waving Hero Returns For Hurricane Florence Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:47 AM PDT  Lane Pittman captured the spirit of a nation two years ago when he stood
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| Anita Hill Weighs In On Kavanaugh: It's Still 'Incredibly Difficult' For Accusers Posted: 14 Sep 2018 06:23 PM PDT  Hill discusses the current controversy years after accusing Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.
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| Hundreds rescued from flooding in historic NC city Posted: 14 Sep 2018 06:12 PM PDT  More than 360 people had been rescued in New Bern, North Carolina, but another 140 were still waiting for help.
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| Bird's-eye abstraction: Iceland viewed from above Posted: 16 Sep 2018 06:14 AM PDT ![Bird's-eye abstraction: Iceland viewed from above]( "Bird's-eye abstraction: Iceland viewed from above") Florian Ledoux captured these rare aerial views of the hills, water and craters of Iceland that look like abstract art compositions.
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| The week in Trumpland: Hurricane Donald rages on Posted: 14 Sep 2018 11:40 AM PDT  The president battles hurricanes and public perception.
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| Hoaxes Run Amok On Social Media As Hurricane Florence Moves Inland Posted: 14 Sep 2018 02:29 PM PDT  Hurricane Florence has begun her slow, water-logged move inland. As
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| Before-And-After Photos Show How Florence Flooding Has Left Areas Unrecognizable Posted: 15 Sep 2018 01:49 PM PDT  Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical storm, swept through the
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| Botham Jean's Family Attorney Calls Discovery of Marijuana in Victim’s Apartment a 'Smear Campaign' Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:58 AM PDT  Police had taken out multiple search warrants for the victim's apartment.
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| London Mayor Pushes For Second Brexit Vote Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:08 AM PDT  Alarmed by the possibility of a bad or "no-deal" Brexit, London Mayor Sadiq
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| Five deaths in mariachi plaza shootout pose test for Mexico's new government Posted: 15 Sep 2018 05:29 PM PDT ![Five deaths in mariachi plaza shootout pose test for Mexico's new government]( "Five deaths in mariachi plaza shootout pose test for Mexico's new government") At Plaza Garibaldi in the capital's historic downtown on Friday night, gunmen said by witnesses to be dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire with pistols and rifles, injuring eight and sending onlookers running and screaming. Homicides have surged since 2014 in Mexico City, an arts, food and culture hotspot for tourists from around the globe that has been spared much of the drug violence plaguing cartel strongholds, which has even hit resort towns Cancun, Los Cabos and Acapulco. The capital is on track to register a record number of homicides this year, and reversing that trend is part of incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's enormous challenge to stem crime and violence nationwide.
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| The Latest: Bank donates $1M to help shooting victims Posted: 14 Sep 2018 02:24 PM PDT ![The Latest: Bank donates $1M to help shooting victims]( "The Latest: Bank donates $1M to help shooting victims") CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the Sept. 6 shootings in a Cincinnati bank building (all times local):
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| What does Paul Manafort's plea deal mean for Trump? Posted: 14 Sep 2018 11:04 AM PDT  Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors, which could spell serious trouble for the president, former prosecutors agree. Although the precise nature of Manafort's cooperation remains unclear, reaction to the news on Friday was swift. "Manafort's guilty plea – with cooperation! – is an absolute nightmare for Trump, and his family," former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega told the Guardian in an email.
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| Palestinian teen dies from wounds in Gaza unrest: ministry Posted: 16 Sep 2018 04:10 AM PDT  A Palestinian teenager has died after being shot by Israeli forces last month during protests and clashes along the Gaza border, the health ministry in the enclave said. Saheeb Abu Kashef, 16, died late Saturday after being shot on August 3 east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the ministry. An Israeli military spokesman has meanwhile raised questions over the death of a 12-year-old Palestinian in the Gaza Strip during protests and clashes on Friday.
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| American professor detained by Israel in West Bank scuffle Posted: 15 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — An American law professor was detained by Israeli police for allegedly trying to block Israeli troops in a West Bank village slated for demolition, his Israeli lawyer said Saturday.
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| This Is How the U.S. Military Wants to Shoot Down Russian or Chinese Hypersonic Missiles Posted: 15 Sep 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Kill a bullet with a bullet—hypersonic style.
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| The Latest: Lawyer says Manafort has agreed to cooperate Posted: 14 Sep 2018 02:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local):
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| Hurricane Florence: Homeland Security suspends immigration arrests during storm Posted: 14 Sep 2018 11:43 AM PDT  U.S. immigration officials say they won't do any active enforcement during evacuations or in shelters during Hurricane Florence.
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| Cardinal says women should train priests to fight abuse 'crisis' Posted: 15 Sep 2018 10:08 PM PDT  Women should play a greater role in training priests to fight the child abuse "crisis," a Canadian cardinal has said.
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| Optimism trumps despair at climate summit Posted: 14 Sep 2018 04:56 PM PDT  Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate summit in San Francisco: global warming is making the planet unliveable -- but we know how to fix it. "We are using the sky as an open sewer, it's insane," former US vice president Al Gore told the conference, noting that humanity belches 110 million tons of heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere every day.
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| Defying dangers, Idlib residents protest Syria's Assad Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:28 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — In cities and towns across Syria's last opposition-held province, Idlib, residents poured into the streets on Friday to demonstrate against President Bashar Assad's government in defiance of an expected offensive to retake the territory.
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| The new vinegars: too good to splash on fish and chips Posted: 15 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Pucker up, food lovers: we're rediscovering our taste for tart. Since fermented foods are now recognised as being not only delicious but also good for the gut, vinegar has enjoyed a resurgence, emerging more flavourful and versatile than ever. Long relegated in Britain to being doused on fish and chips (dear old malt) or splashed in salad dressing (red or white wine, or balsamic), the condiment is now a feature ingredient in its own right. Chefs are making vinegars from scratch, infused with fruit, flowers and herbs, or, more bizarrely, wood ant and burnt toast. And for home cooks, supermarkets and specialist food shops now stock vinegars made from vintage grapes or perfumed with petals, and craft versions matured in oak barrels. Online food retailer Sous Chef reports a 23 per cent increase in sales of speciality vinegars in the past year, with balsamic growing by a whopping 75 per cent. Waitrose stocks 38 different varieties of the sharp stuff. The word "vinegar" comes from the Latin for "sour wine"; Roman legions valued its sharpness as a thirst quencher and drank it with water. Vinegar is sour because it is diluted acetic acid, created by the natural fermentation of wine or other forms of alcohol. This makes it a good preservative; the microorganisms that destroy food cannot survive in such an acidic environment. So, if you embalm ripe fruit, vegetables or herbs in vinegar, you freeze-frame the produce at its peak and imbue the vinegar with its flavour. Pasteurised or distilled vinegar has been heated to kill all the bacteria, but "live" varieties contain "the mother" – the cloud of live organisms that are good for gut health. Jars of different vinegars at Scully restaurant in east London For centuries, British cooks made good use of vinegar (think mushroom ketchup and piccalilli), according to food historian Angela Clutton, author of the forthcoming book The Vinegar Cupboard (Absolute Press, Feb 2019). So why did it fall out of favour? "Because it wasn't very good," Clutton admits. "We lost our craftsmen vinegar producers. Machine-made took over for speed and cost, so most of what was available was just not that great." In the basement kitchen of Scully restaurant in London, chef-proprietor Ramael Scully has buckets of vinegars burbling away. In the restaurant, gleaming jars fill the shelves, made with tayberries, kumquats, blackberry leaves, gooseberries and more. There's burnt toast vinegar on the go, made from charred sourdough and cider vinegar. What will he use this for? "I've no idea! That's the exciting thing," he says. But it will eventually add sparkle to one of his dishes. "I believe anything rich needs a bit of acidity," Scully says. "Vinegar brings balance." At Carters of Moseley in Birmingham, Brad Carter's cooking is firmly anchored in British-grown ingredients, so lemons are out and vinegar is vital to brighten and add flavour. He anoints fresh rhubarb with rhubarb vinegar, the sour notes teasing out hidden sweetness, and brushes roasted meat with a vinegar paste to snip through the richness. "Every dish should have an element of acidity – that's what elevates it," Carter says. Great vinegars Vinegar features on the best drinks menus, too. Kate Hawkings, author of Aperitif (Quadrille, £16.99), says shrubs are the perfect antidote to sweet cocktails. "The sourness makes them more appetising, more grown up," she says. Hawkings runs Bellita bar and restaurant in Bristol, where she serves shrubs – strawberry and black pepper, say, or pineapple and kaffir lime leaf – with a splash of soda, or spirits. "They cut the alcohol nicely," she says. Thom Eagle, head chef and fermenter at The Picklery in east London, thinks the popularity of vinegar is a sign that British palates are finally learning to appreciate a sour element in food. "Mediterranean chefs add a squeeze of fresh lemon, and in far-eastern cooking there's a tradition of balancing sweet and sour," he says. "Here, people are only just realising that adding a dash of vinegar at the end of cooking is a way to round out the seasoning." He suggests adding a splash of good vinegar at the start of cooking and finishing with a dash of a more complex vinegar, such as a sherry or red wine version. "It allows different aspects of the flavour to come through," Eagle says. So next time your dinner tastes like it's missing something, reach for the vinegar, not the salt: a dash of sour might be just what it needs. Ramael Scully's crispy salt and vinegar potatoes with lime and cardamom yogurt SERVES Four INGREDIENTS 500g Maris Pipers, lightly scrubbed with skin left on 100ml white wine vinegar, plus 1 tbsp 200g Greek yogurt 1 tbsp olive oil Zest of 1 lime and juice of ½ 2 tsp ground cardamom 300g masa harina, plus a little extra for dusting 100g cornflour 700-800ml soda water 1 litre vegetable oil, for frying Grated lime zest, to serve METHOD Slice the potatoes into 1cm-thick medallions. Add to a medium-sized saucepan and cover with water. Add 100ml vinegar and a teaspoon of salt. Bring to boil, turn heat down and simmer for 10- 25 minutes, until al dente. Mix together the yogurt, olive oil, lime zest and juice, cardamom and some salt and pepper to create a thick paste. Leave paste in the fridge until needed. To make the batter, mix together the masa harina, cornflour and a teaspoon of salt. Make a well in the middle and add the soda water and tablespoon of vinegar. Mix to a very thick batter. Place in the fridge. Drain the potatoes gently and spread on a baking tray lined with a dry J-cloth. Preheat the vegetable oil to 180C in a large saucepan or frying pan. Cook the potatoes in batches, coating them first in a layer of masa harina, then dip into the batter, then submerge in the oil. Fry to golden brown (any longer and the batter will turn bitter). Remove with a slotted spoon, dry on kitchen paper and serve sprinkled with salt and lime zest, to dip in the yogurt.
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| Palestinian official says U.S. will never present Middle East peace plan Posted: 15 Sep 2018 06:54 AM PDT  Echoing deep scepticism among the Palestinians, Arab countries and analysts, Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said that the Trump administration was siding with Israel on the core issues of the decades-old conflict, burying all chances for Middle East peace. Doubts have mounted over whether Trump's administration can secure what he has called the "ultimate deal" since December, when the U.S. President recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and then moved the U.S. Embassy there. Jerusalem is one of the major issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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| Mom Struck and Killed by SUV on 2-Year Anniversary of Daughter's Death by Gang Violence Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:57 AM PDT  Evelyn Rodriguez, 50, was organizing a memorial service for her daughter Kayla Cuevas when she as hit.
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| Texas company gets $300M loan for high-speed train project Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:57 AM PDT ![Texas company gets $300M loan for high-speed train project]( "Texas company gets $300M loan for high-speed train project") DALLAS (AP) — A Texas company has secured a $300 million loan for a proposed high-speed rail project from Dallas to Houston.
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| It's Like a Rainbow Exploded in This Danish Home Posted: 14 Sep 2018 11:46 AM PDT  News flash: Hygge can be modern
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| Spanish-speaking worker fired after refusing to help English-speaking customers at Taco Bell in Florida Posted: 15 Sep 2018 02:17 PM PDT  A Spanish-speaking Taco Bell worker in Florida has been fired after video showed her refusing to serve some English-speaking customers.
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| US sits out stock market rally after report of more Trump tariffs Posted: 14 Sep 2018 02:03 PM PDT  Wall Street stocks treaded water Friday after a fresh report of new US tariffs on Chinese imports blunted enthusiasm about new negotiation possibilities that had lifted equities in Europe and Asia.
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| Combat Troops Have Been Complaining about the M4 And M16 for Years. Now The Pentagon Is Doing Something about It. Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Thanks to Jim Mattis, that is.
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| Skepticism rising in S. Korea ahead of 3rd summit with North Posted: 15 Sep 2018 06:26 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The shine is starting to come off South Korean President Moon Jae-in's engagement strategy with the North.
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| Before and after a storm, the supply stores are critical Posted: 15 Sep 2018 10:30 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe's. And many other hardware and building supply outlets.
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| Germany's Seehofer still optimistic about migrant deal with Italy Posted: 15 Sep 2018 04:38 AM PDT  German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Saturday said he remained optimistic about completing a deal on migrants with Italy despite pushback from Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. Salvini on Friday denied having reached a deal to take back migrants who had already applied for asylum in Italy, saying he wanted more concessions from Berlin. Seehofer had announced on Thursday that he had secured an accord with Italy over the issue in line with similar deals negotiated with Greece and Spain.
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| Trump Says Democrats Are Playing GOP 'Like A Fiddle' On Border Wall Posted: 15 Sep 2018 08:08 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at Republican legislators for
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| Husband arrested in death of wife missing for 7 years Posted: 14 Sep 2018 03:50 PM PDT ![Husband arrested in death of wife missing for 7 years]( "Husband arrested in death of wife missing for 7 years") Seven years after a Belgian woman living in Louisiana went missing, authorities have arrested her husband and recovered the couple's daughter in an investigation that authorities described Friday as spanning three countries and requiring years of patient investigation.
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| Citigroup to pay $12 mn in US for misleading on 'dark pool' Posted: 14 Sep 2018 09:51 AM PDT  US securities regulators announced Friday that Citigroup would pay $12 million for misrepresenting practices on a private exchange to clients. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Citigroup with falsely leading users to believe high-frequency traders were not permitted on Citi Match, a premium-priced "dark pool," a private marketplace separate from the New York Stock Exchange and other public markets. In fact, two of Citi Match's most active users were high-frequency traders and executed more than $9 billion in orders on the exchange, the SEC said.
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| Little girl dancing in front of Michael Myers to the 'Halloween' theme is peak fall Posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:16 AM PDT  The season of spook is slowly approaching, and that means Halloween pop up shops across the country are gearing up for another month of horror. While I was genuinely terrified of these places as a kid, there are children out there who are embracing all things creepy. Take this little girl who not only fearlessly approaches a prop of Michael Myers, but also dances to his theme song from Halloween right in front of him. SEE ALSO: The new 'Halloween' is everything you'd want out of a new 'Halloween' A video of this blood-chilling encounter was uploaded onto Twitter by a user named @BadassKimberly_. Despite the creepy imagery, it's quite honestly the cutest and most hilarious thing ever. We're not sure who this little girl is, or if she really understands whats going on, but you can totally tell she's feeling the spirit of Halloween. What also makes this video even better is the slight rumbling of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by the Eurythmics in the background. Not to sound alarming, but we need a "Halloween Theme" and "Sweet Dreams" mashup STAT. People on Twitter also found this girl to be extremely relatable, and a true Halloween icon. This is how much of a fan of Michael Myers I am https://t.co/auY5WQpq6m — cecy (@cecygf_) September 14, 2018 I never see a kid soo happy with Michael Myers since the last Shrek. Also: ������������ https://t.co/qiBibh3zhw #Halloween — DCU Movie Page #ReleaseTheSnyderCut (@dcumoviepage) September 14, 2018 The new Halloween movie looks good, but it seems the people aren't afraid of Michael Myers anymore https://t.co/Ow7Ctzz14e — Tony DeMarco (@DeMarcoDraws) September 14, 2018 me after I changed my ringtone to the michael myers theme song �� https://t.co/ayROcQqvZp — ����♀️ (@CARIISSS) September 14, 2018 The little girl dancing in front of the Michael Myers prop is literally ducking ME it's not even funny — wednesday⚰������������♂️��♂️ (@peculiarjoc) September 14, 2018 I mean, what else are you supposed to do when you see Michael Myers and hear the Halloween theme? https://t.co/3PQ2AqYpgl — Blain Hefner (@hefnatron) September 14, 2018 Someone please give this little girl a starring role in the next Halloween movie. WATCH: We made that scene from 'The Shining' a lot less scary with bad foley
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