| He Created 3D-Printed Guns And Funded Neo-Nazis. Now He's An International Fugitive. Posted: 20 Sep 2018 12:21 PM PDT  There's an international manhunt underway for Cody Wilson, the guy credited
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| Watch This If You're Confused About Why Kavanaugh's Accuser Didn't Speak Up Sooner Posted: 20 Sep 2018 09:48 AM PDT  A commentator just made a powerful plea to the Senate Judiciary Committee
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| Exclusive: With more immigrant children in detention, HHS cuts funds for other programs — like cancer research Posted: 19 Sep 2018 04:02 PM PDT  The government is diverting millions of dollars from programs including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health.
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| Mother of baby swept away by Hurricane Florence floodwaters: 'I did everything I could' Posted: 20 Sep 2018 01:11 PM PDT  The mother of a child who died after he was swept away by Hurricane Florence's
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| A Family Seeks Answers After 2 Mental Health Patients Drown In Police Custody Posted: 20 Sep 2018 10:23 AM PDT  The family of one of two mental health patients detained in South Carolina who
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| Queens stabbing: Three infants among five people stabbed at 'illegal' New York day care centre Posted: 21 Sep 2018 07:01 AM PDT  At least five people, three of them infants, have been stabbed at an in-home daycare centre in New York City, according to police. The stabbings occurred just before 4am in the Flushing neighbourhood, of the Queens borough at what authorities described as a "short-term residential facility" where all of the victims and suspect lived. Police said a 52-year-old woman allegedly stabbed a woman who works as a staffer in the facility eight times in the torso, then one of the babies' fathers, as well as the three infants.
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| Trump surveys Florence storm damage in North Carolina Posted: 19 Sep 2018 11:30 AM PDT ![Trump surveys Florence storm damage in North Carolina]( "Trump surveys Florence storm damage in North Carolina") Handing out hot dogs, hugs and comforting words, President Trump sought Wednesday to soothe those who suffered losses in Hurricane Florence, declaring that "America grieves for you" as he surveyed damage the powerful storm left behind in parts of North Carolina.
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| Germany's Merkel sees a lot of work to do on Brexit by October Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:04 AM PDT  Substantial progress must be made on Brexit by October if a deal is to be struck in November, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday after leaders discussed a possible final Brexit summit for November. Merkel said British Prime Minister Theresa May's so-called Chequers plan, hashed out at her country home in July, offered a good basis for negotiations but there was still a lot of work to do on the issue of future EU trade relations with Britain. "It was clear today that we need substantial progress by October and that we then aim to finalise everything in November," Merkel told reporters at an informal European Union summit.
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| Harvard Law Students Say School Should Reconsider Brett Kavanaugh's Teaching Job Posted: 20 Sep 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Four Harvard Law students are calling on their school to reconsider whether
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| Gavin Williamson commits extra British troops in Ukraine to stop Russia 'reversing Cold War outcome' Posted: 20 Sep 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Only a month ago, a Ukrainian soldier was killed by sniper fire at the spot where Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary, is now standing. This is the front line of the West's new war with Russia. Two hundred yards away, Russian-backed separatists are in position, their sniper rifles at the ready. Protected by helmet and body armour, Mr Williamson is surveying the remains of a hospital, its walls bullet-riddled and the windows blown out. Separatist fighters had targeted it with mortars and machine gun fire from across the fields that now represent an illegal de facto border between Ukraine and Russian-occupied territory outside Marinka, a satellite town about three miles to the west of Donetsk. Mr Williamson had deployed forward from the safety of Kiev, Ukraine's capital city, to see for himself the effects of what he called Russia's "brazen and reckless" act of initiating the conflict in the east of the country. Britain will increase military support to its ally by sending Royal Marines later this year and increase the presence of Royal Navy patrols in the Black Sea in 2019. Odessa, Ukraine's biggest port, located in the west of the country, is expected to come under pressure from the Russian Navy over the coming months as they try to effect an economic blockade. Gavin Williamson with troops in the contested region of Ukraine. September 18th 2018. Tension with Russia after Ukraine's Maidan Revolution in 2014 led to separatists, backed by regular Russian military units, seizing Crimea and a large swathe of Ukrainian territory along the border. More than 10,000 lives have been lost in the conflict. Mr Williamson's Ukrainian hosts watched nervously as the Secretary of State surveyed the damage, mindful that he stay on the paved surface. The fields either side are now feared to have been planted with landmines hidden beneath the soil. The Ukrainian soldier killed last month had been shot at from a house on the Russian separatist side of the frontline. Mr Williamson became on Tuesday the first western minister outside of Ukraine to experience the frontline - and Vladimir Putin's land grab - at such close proximity. He may as well have been sauntering down Whitehall. "The Kremlin is trying to undermine our values, destroy our way of life, and reverse the outcome of the Cold War," said Mr Williamson, 42. "Its behaviour only increases the risk of miscalculation and the prospect of crisis turning to chaos." There needs to be a response to Russian encroachment. We've got to make it clear that there is a price to be paid for such actionsDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson The Mi-8 Hip helicopter taking us east towards the 300 mile-long Line of Control, the new, illegal border with Russia, had raced forward at 120 knots, pulling up sharply to get over trees and power lines. Twenty-six Ukrainian aircraft have been shot down by Russian-supplied surface to air missiles since the conflict started, so the pilots take no chances and cling to the safety of the folds in the earth. Some 35,000 Russian-backed separatists and an estimated 4,000 regular Russian troops are located in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine. Holding them back are around 60,000 Ukrainian forces. The Kremlin tried to break the will of the Ukrainian people, Mr Williamson said, but the nation came together against such a blatant act of aggression. "What you've seen is an independent free nation that has been attacked by a powerful neighbour and we've seen men and women come together to repel that invasion and push back those that would wish to do them harm," he told the Telegraph, accompanying him on the visit. "Vladimir Putin and his cronies around him want to abuse their power. This is not the type of behaviour we expect of any nation, let alone one that sits as a permanent member of the Security Council. [Russia is becoming] a pariah nation." The Defence Secretary receives a brief in a hardened bunker from the Ukrainian General in command of the operational area. Around 300,000 people live without clean water after the treatment plant supplying this region of Ukraine was destroyed by shelling. Just inside Russia an estimated 700 tanks are available to push further into Ukraine should the order come. Cyber attacks are common with Ukrainian military personnel regularly harassed on their personal mobile phones. The message from Russia is clear: we can get to you any time we want. Russia's military intelligence arm, the GRU, blamed by Britain for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, is also present. Two GRU operatives were caught inside Ukraine in 2016 and exchanged for a pilot that had been shot down. They are all constant reminders of how easily Russia and the separatists can raise or lower the pressure, according to the wider agenda of destabilising Ukraine and making it an unattractive prospect for Nato or EU membership. Gavin Williamson stayed at the front line for about 20 minutes, accompanied by Ukraine's Joint Force Operation Commander, Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev. The protection party of around 50 soldiers, scanning the scrub and battered buildings nearby for signs of movement, were eager to move on. Four years of war in Europe: A photo dispatch from the frontline in Ukraine Despite all the security measures, including having two Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships cover our approach, the soldiers admitted Russia probably knew the British Defence Secretary was here. To attack the British minister would, of course, be an outrageous and provocative act, but after Salisbury all rules have changed. Mr Williamson was undeterred and happy to stay chatting with Ukrainian troops. "We have common values and we believe in standing up for those common values," he said, "It's important that we stand up for the international rules-based order. "There is a constant pattern where Russia is pushing the boundaries of acceptable behaviour [and] there needs to be a response to Russian encroachment. We've got to make it clear that there is a price to be paid for such actions." Mr Williamson is in no doubt that blame lies directly with Mr Putin. "The behaviour of the Putin-led regime is not acceptable. We want to be able to ensure that the people who are on the front line, where we are today, have the best ability to survive and defend their homeland." He also fears Mr Putin is widening his new Cold War with the West. Mr Williamson added: "We're seeing Russian aggression, not just on the front line but an increasingly more assertive posture in the Black Sea. They want to open up new fronts." Gavin Williamson is shown the last checkpoint on the Ukrainian side of the contested Line of Control. The Russian-backed separatist checkpoint is 300m further down the road. The Defence Secretary is pledging to stand firm. "We're going to be upping our training and support efforts with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, making sure that the Ukrainian Navy and Ukrainian forces have the skills and the technical ability to deal with these increasing threats." Mr Williamson was criticised in the past for saying Russia should "go away and shut up". Invited by the Telegraph to repeat his suggestion at full volume towards the trenches just a few hundred yards away, he politely declined. It was time to get back in the heavily armoured vehicles and head West, to the relative safety of Kiev. Mr Williamson's full-throated support for his Ukrainian hosts and promise of increased British military personnel had earned much praise. "You are very brave for coming here," one Ukrainian soldier told him. "Our commitment remains unwavering," Gavin Williamson said. "As long as the danger lasts we will continue to stand by your side. The safer you are here, the safer we are in the UK."
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| 4 Dead In Shooting At Maryland Rite Aid Facility Posted: 20 Sep 2018 08:02 AM PDT  Four people, including the shooter, were killed when a 26-year-old woman
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| Yes, Yandy Really Made A 'Sexy' 'Handmaid's Tale' Halloween Costume Posted: 21 Sep 2018 08:04 AM PDT  Welp: If you ever wanted to know what a "sexy" "Handmaid's Tale" costume looks
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| Hezbollah defies Israel, says has 'precision missiles' Posted: 20 Sep 2018 08:54 AM PDT  Lebanon's Hezbollah said Thursday it had acquired "precision missiles" despite extensive efforts by neighbour and foe Israel to prevent the Shiite movement developing this capability. The resistance now owns precision missiles" as part of its weaponry, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address during the key Shiite commemoration of Ashura. Israel this month acknowledged carrying out more than 200 strikes over the past 18 months in war-torn Syria, where Hezbollah fights alongside Israel's arch-foe and Shiite powerhouse Iran in support of the Damascus regime.
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| Arrest made in fatal stabbing of jogger in Washington, DC: Police Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:47 AM PDT  An arrest was made in the slaying of Wendy Karina Martinez and the suspect is expected to appear in court later today.
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| 'Calm before storm,' Trump warns South Carolina after Florence deluge Posted: 19 Sep 2018 02:08 PM PDT  "Over the next couple of days, it's going to get rough in South Carolina... Whatever you need from Washington, we are there," Trump told an official briefing in Conway, South Carolina. "Now it looks nice, but it's really the calm before the storm," he said referring to water draining into rising rivers after Florence's epic deluge over the weekend. Trump visited a neighborhood in Conway where residents were loading moving vans in anticipation of more flooding.
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| Peugeot 504 coupe re-imagined as e-Legend concept Posted: 20 Sep 2018 01:52 AM PDT  The Peugeot 504 coupe was revealed in 1968 with handsome Pininfarina looks. 50 years later, Peugeot pays homage to the car with a new all-electric concept with retro styling
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| Republicans refuse to delay Kavanaugh hearing as Trump defends nominee Posted: 19 Sep 2018 03:53 PM PDT  Senate Republicans are refusing to delay a high-stakes public hearing with the supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who accused him of sexual assault, as Donald Trump offered a vigorous defense of his embattled nominee. The hearing was thrown into doubt when Ford's lawyers demanded an FBI investigation as a prerequisite to her appearance on Capitol Hill on Monday, setting up a showdown with the Senate judiciary committee chairman, Chuck Grassley. "I have reopened the hearing because I believe that anyone who comes forward with allegations of sexual assault has a right to be heard," Grassley said in the letter, referring back to Kavanaugh's original, tumultuous hearing earlier this month.
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| 4 Big Revelations from the Kim-Moon Summit Posted: 20 Sep 2018 01:39 PM PDT  Can Seoul achieve North Korean denuclearization and keep its alliance with Washington too?
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| A Troll Doxxed Christine Blasey Ford. Twitter Let Him Back On Its Platform In Hours. Posted: 20 Sep 2018 09:14 AM PDT  Twitter allowed tweets that listed Christine Blasey Ford's address and phone
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| Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare center Posted: 21 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  A female worker stabbed three babies at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday before slashing her own wrists and being taken into custody, police said. The unidentified woman, who also stabbed two adults in the predawn incident in the borough of Queens, was in stable condition, Juanita Holmes, assistant chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department, said at a news conference.
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| Netanyahu hits out at Iran after Syria friendly fire incident Posted: 20 Sep 2018 08:24 AM PDT  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday Israel will defend itself against Iran, after a friendly fire incident in Syria this week linked to Israeli strikes on Iranian targets there. Syria accidentally downed a Russian plane late Monday, killing all 15 people on board, the same evening Israel launched strikes in the war-torn country. Israel says it was targeting a Syrian military facility where weapons manufacturing systems were "about to be transferred on behalf of Iran" to Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.
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| Pot 'enthusiasts' wanted to sample cannabis in Canada, hundreds apply Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:18 AM PDT  A Toronto marketing company is looking to recruit six "cannabis enthusiasts" to test strains of pot and report back on their characteristics. "A self-avowed interest in cannabis together with the ability to distinguish the often nuanced characteristics of different strains is desirable," said the job posting. The selected pot "connoisseurs" will form a "cannabis curation committee" whose advice will help determine which strains the company includes in sample packages once recreational-use pot becomes legal on October 17.
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| 'Hotep' — community action in East New York Posted: 21 Sep 2018 04:42 AM PDT !['Hotep' — community action in East New York]( "'Hotep' — community action in East New York") East New York, a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of Brooklyn, has battled poverty since the 1950s. In April 2018, I began documenting grassroots community action in response to the social problems associated with poverty — from street crime and drug addiction to gun violence. In this series, which is part of a long-term urban project I started in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2012, I have been following the efforts of a local organization called ManUp Inc. Members use the Egyptian word "hotep," which means "to be at peace," to greet people in their community.
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| Girl, 4 others shot during memorial service expected to live Posted: 21 Sep 2018 08:24 AM PDT ![Girl, 4 others shot during memorial service expected to live]( "Girl, 4 others shot during memorial service expected to live") SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police searched Friday for suspects who witnesses said opened fire on dozens of people gathered for a memorial service outside a Syracuse home, wounding an 8-year-old girl and four other people.
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| Christine Blasey Ford's Attorneys Lay Out Conditions For Senate Hearing Posted: 20 Sep 2018 09:42 PM PDT  Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the professor accusing Supreme Court
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| Alibaba Backpedals On Promise To Bring 1 Million Jobs To U.S., Blames Trump Tariff War Posted: 20 Sep 2018 05:04 AM PDT  Chinese tech giant Alibaba will no longer bring the 1 million jobs it had
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| 'It's hyped up': climate change skeptics in the path of Hurricane Florence Posted: 19 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Scientists warn that human-induced climate change is responsible for an increase in the number and severity of storms – such as Hurricane Florence, which has engulfed the Carolinas in the last week. The couple live six miles south-west of Fayetteville and weren't hit too badly by the storm, but much of the city was, as the Cape Fear river reached record flood levels, spilling over its banks into neighborhoods and roads.
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| Hizbollah chief boasts of moving 'high-precision' weapons under Israel's nose Posted: 20 Sep 2018 10:22 AM PDT  The leader of Lebanon's militant Hizbollah has boasted the group now possesses "highly accurate" missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from acquiring such weapons. Hassan Nasrallah did not offer specifics on the precision weapons, but his comments prompted a reply from Israel's Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Hizbollah leader that "if he confronts us, he will receive a lethal blow that he can't even imagine." Israel worries that Hezbollah has been improving its capabilities and Israeli officials have said they will not allow "game-changing" weapons, such as guided missiles, to reach the group. In recent months, Israel has acknowledged carrying out scores of strikes in Syria, most of them believed aimed at halting suspected arms shipments for Hizbollah from Iran, its main backer and Israel's archenemy. Female supporters of Lebanon's Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah chant slogans as he addresses his supporters via a screen Credit: Reuters On Thursday, Nasrallah claimed Israeli strikes in Syria to prevent Hizbollah from acquiring precise missiles were ineffective. "I tell (Israel) no matter what it did to cut the route, it is over. It has already been achieved," he said, adding that Hizbollah "now possesses precision missiles and non-precision and weapons capabilities." Nasrallah was speaking during a traditional televised speech at the end of Ashoura, a top religious holy day for Shia Muslims that lasts for 10 days. He told supporters to be confident and Israelis to be concerned of Hizbollah's capabilities. Nasrallah said the balance of power in the region has changed. Hizbollah has thousands of fighters in Syria supporting President Bashar Assad's forces in the civil war. "If Israel imposes a war on Lebanon, Israel will face a destiny and reality it didn't expect any day," Nasrallah said. A general view shows Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria Credit: AFP Nasrallah's speech was broadcast on a large screen to supporters in Beirut's majority-Shia suburb of Dahiya. On Wednesday, Nasrallah said Israeli claims to have targeted a shipment to Hezbollah in Syria's Latakia province earlier this week were "lies." Hizbollah fighters will continue to be deployed in Syria, he said, but perhaps in lesser numbers due to reduced fighting there after Syrian government forces regained control of most rebel-held areas. Nasrallah also urged supporters to rally behind Iran, saying it's facing hard times as more US sanctions take effect in November.
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| Hindu group offended by GOP ad: 'Would you worship a donkey or an elephant?' Posted: 19 Sep 2018 12:54 PM PDT  The Hindu American Foundation is calling on the Fort Bend Republican Party to apologize for the ad about the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival.
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| US hits Chinese unit with sanctions for buying Russian jets, missiles Posted: 20 Sep 2018 11:51 AM PDT  It was the first time the Trump administration targeted a third country with its CAATSA sanctions, designed to punish Russia for its seizure of Crimea and other activities. The State Department said it was applying the 2017 legislation against the Equipment Development Department of the Chinese Ministry of Defense for its purchase of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and S-400 surface-to-air missiles.
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| Official: More possible victims of California doctor found Posted: 19 Sep 2018 05:42 PM PDT  Investigators have identified three more possible victims after a California surgeon was charged with drugging and raping two intoxicated women.
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| Jogger Seeks Shelter at Chinese Restaurant After She’s Brutally Stabbed: Authorities Posted: 20 Sep 2018 10:42 AM PDT  Customers tried to revive the newly-engaged woman before she died.
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| Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper released from prison Posted: 19 Sep 2018 11:13 AM PDT  Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart's captors, was released from prison on Wednesday. Her attorney Scott Williams says she's been ordered to have absolutely no contact with any member of the Smart family. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Obama Photographer Taunts Trump And GOP Senators With FBI Abbreviation Explainer Posted: 20 Sep 2018 03:25 AM PDT  Former White House photographer Pete Souza used Instagram to explain to
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| Student gives professor an awkward nickname, accidentally submits paper without changing it Posted: 21 Sep 2018 05:01 AM PDT  We've all had embarrassing written word-related misfortune in our lives, whether it be accidentally sending the wrong text off to the wrong person or hitting send on an email before we finished editing. But this college student just took text related awkwardness to the next level. SEE ALSO: Tinder launches Tinder U for the college kids Twitter user @zoeyoxley shared a major edit blunder on Twitter with the caption "a series of unfortunate events." After submitting a paper to her professor, Oxley noticed she had not changed the placeholder name she'd given the professor in question. That would not have been the end of the world, was it not for the fact that Oxley had chosen the placeholder name "Professor whats his nuts." A series of unfortunate events: pic.twitter.com/xSnT0JTYPV — zo !!! (@Zoeyoxley) September 20, 2018 Let's see a close up of some of those screen shots... Image: @zoeyoxley Image: @zoeyoxley Image: @zoeyoxleyOxley was not the only one who found this placeholder name fail funny enough to share on social media. The professor – Professor whats his nuts, if you will – also tweeted about the the placeholder name incident. A student emailed me, profusely apologizing for getting my name wrong at the top of their paper, and I was like, "Thanks, whatever, nbd." Then I got to their paper and saw their instructor was "Professor whats his nuts" — John Hendel (@Hendyhendel) September 19, 2018 People on Twitter had a lot of feelings about this name mix up. Look, fair warning, any human I meet whose name I can't remember will now be referred to as Professor What's His Nuts. https://t.co/1OaIwc5qqJ — Linda Sawicki (@bookishcoquette) September 20, 2018 "Professor What's His Nuts" was my father's name. Please, call me Deez. — Ben (@benhdudley) September 20, 2018 *Laughs out loud*.*Suddenly has a thought**Checks I have put the right names on my dissertation submission**Realises this is another thing now that I will now be checking continuously*#deadlinelooming #studentlife https://t.co/oYJYy496Jg — grace (@GraceREThomas) September 21, 2018 This could happen to anybody, honestly! WATCH: Architects are building floating neighborhoods on city canals to create affordable housing for students
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| Arizona head-on crash kills eight, including four illegal immigrants Posted: 20 Sep 2018 03:26 PM PDT ![Arizona head-on crash kills eight, including four illegal immigrants]( "Arizona head-on crash kills eight, including four illegal immigrants") A sport utility vehicle carrying seven suspected illegal immigrants was hit head-on by another car on an Arizona highway, killing eight people, state police said on Thursday. Three other people were seriously injured in the collision on Wednesday when a Chevrolet Suburban, containing seven immigrants and two U.S. citizens, was hit by a Buick passenger vehicle near Florence, Arizona, about 125 miles (200 km) from the border, a police spokesman said. The state Department of Public Safety earlier had reported nine people were killed in the accident.
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| With a calmer Syria, Hezbollah may reduce its fighters there Posted: 19 Sep 2018 01:12 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia said Wednesday his group may reduce the number of its fighters in Syria because of an easing of the conflict, particularly after a recent Russian-Turkey agreement that prevented an offensive on the last rebel stronghold.
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| Police Shot and Killed a Gunman Who Injured Four People in a Pennsylvania Courtroom Posted: 20 Sep 2018 12:14 AM PDT  The suspect was due in court on charges related to a domestic violence incident
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| 4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting Posted: 20 Sep 2018 06:35 PM PDT  A temporary worker at a drugstore warehouse got into an argument before shooting, authorities and witnesses said.
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| US ready to negotiate with N.Korea 'immediately': Pompeo Posted: 19 Sep 2018 12:23 PM PDT  In a statement, Pompeo said he spoke with his North Korean counterpart Wednesday morning and invited him to meet in New York next week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The statement came after the North's leader Kim Jong Un agreed to make a historic visit to Seoul soon and close a missile testing site in front of international inspectors in a meeting with the South's President Moon Jae-in.
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| DOJ Convinces Trump To Back Off Declassifying Secret Russia Probe Documents, For Now Posted: 21 Sep 2018 08:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department has succeeded, for the moment, in
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| Puppies With Hair Ties Around Their Mouths Rescued From Kansas Apartment Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:46 AM PDT  The pups are now in a foster home.
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