| Tweeters Stir Over Donald Trump's Claim He 'Fell Asleep' To Barack Obama's Speech Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:54 AM PDT  People online mocked President Donald Trump after he joked about falling
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| Kavanaugh’s views on affirmative action draw scrutiny Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:31 AM PDT  Brett Kavanaugh's views on race and equality have become a major focus of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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| Cops Raid Home Of Couple Who Raised GoFundMe Money For Homeless Vet Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Authorities executed a search warrant to swarm the home of the South Jersey
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| US police officer walks into wrong apartment, kills man Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:26 AM PDT  Protesters in Texas are demanding immediate jail for a Dallas police officer who entered the wrong apartment mistaking it for her own and shot dead the black man who lived there. The officer, who police have yet to identify and has been placed on leave pending official charges, will face criminal charges for the fatal shooting, officials said Friday. A racially-mixed crowd gathered near the crime scene for a candlelight vigil late Friday to honor the victim, identified as Botham Shem Jean, 26, an immigrant from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia.
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| Tucker Carlson Has No Idea How Diversity Strengthens America Posted: 07 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson sees absolutely no benefit to diversity.
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| Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on ceasefire for Syria's Idlib Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:49 PM PDT  Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Iran's Hassan Rouhani, meeting in Tehran for a summit of key foreign players in Syria's war, agreed in a final statement that there could be no military solution to the conflict and it could only end through a negotiated political process. The Turkish leader said he feared a massacre and Turkey could not accommodate any more refugees flooding over its border.
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| California wildfire spreads with flames shooting 300 feet high as evacuations continue Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:55 AM PDT  A wildfire spreading across forest land in California has threatened hundreds of homes and prompted evacuations across several counties, officials have said. The Delta Fire in northern California near the Oregon border has burnt more than 34 square miles (89 square kilometres) of timber and brush, as local residents evacuated scattered homes and buildings in three counties in and around the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. At times, flames shot up 300 feet (91 metres) high.
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| New York Times Beefs Up Security Amid Anonymous Op-Ed Controversy Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:44 PM PDT  The New York Times has beefed up its security in light of the controversial
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| Dallas officer in wrong apartment fatally shoots neighbor Posted: 07 Sep 2018 05:37 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — Authorities are seeking a manslaughter warrant for a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, police said Friday.
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| Susan Collins Downplays Brett Kavanaugh Email About Abortion Rights And 'Settled Law' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday downplayed the
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| Taylor Smith Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Endangerment After Pushing Friend Off 60-Foot Bridge Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:56 AM PDT  'All I can do is hope for the best,' the teen has said.
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| Jack Ma: English teacher turned internet tycoon Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Jack Ma was a cash-strapped Chinese entrepreneur and former English teacher when he convinced friends to give him $60,000 to start a Chinese e-commerce firm called Alibaba in 1999. Almost two decades later, Alibaba is an internet juggernaut and Ma is among the world's richest men, with a net worth of more than $40 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer transactions and Taobao, China's most popular online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed.
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| 'Final' Canada trade issues unresolved as talks push on Posted: 06 Sep 2018 11:40 PM PDT  U.S. and Canadian negotiators push ahead in grinding talks to rescue the North American Free Trade Agreement but a few stubborn issues stand in the way of a deal. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland tells reporters "we are making good progress." No reporter narration.
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| Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:48 AM PDT ![Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati]( "Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati") A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three other people dead, police said.
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| Passengers screened after suffering flu-like illness on separate flights to Philadelphia Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:55 PM PDT  Passengers and crew on two flights arriving in Philadelphia from Europe on Thursday were screened by medical teams after 12 people aboard became ill with flu-like symptoms, a day after a similar outbreak on a flight from Dubai to New York. All 250 people on separate American Airlines flights from Munich and Paris were "held for a medical review" as a precaution, and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified, Philadelphia International Airport spokeswoman Diane Gerace said. Flight 717 from Munich Airport and Flight 755 from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris both arrived in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, she said. The CDC worked with Philadelphia health officers, emergency responders and Customs and Border Patrol agents to evaluate the sick passengers for influenza and other respiratory illnesses, CDC spokesman Benjamin Haynes said. "Twelve passengers from the two flights reported sore throat and cough, none were identified with fever. None of the passengers are severely ill, and they will be released and informed of test results in 24 hours," Mr Haynes said. Passengers leave an Emirates airplane at New York's Kennedy Airport amid reports of ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai Credit: AP The rest of the passengers from the two flights were allowed to continue on to their destination, he said, adding that the CDC would provide further information when tests results were confirmed. No one on either plane was quarantined, American Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott said. She said members of the crews had not contacted medical personnel ahead of landing to alert them of sick passengers on board. On Wednesday, at least 19 people aboard an Emirates airlines double-deck Airbus 380 flight from Dubai were confirmed ill when the aircraft landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Ten of them were treated at a local hospital. A press secretary for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday that test results had confirmed influenza. "Some tests came back inconclusive on other viruses, which is common," de Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips said on Twitter, adding that the tests were being re-administered. "All 10 patients will be kept in the hospital as a precaution until we know those final results," Phillips said. There was no indication the incidents, which occurred over two days at separate U.S. airports, were related. In an another apparently unrelated health scare, passengers on four Southwest Airlines flights in Texas may have been exposed to measles in the last 16 days. Southwest Airlines confirmed passengers on two flights in and out of Dallas Love Field may have been exposed and they were working with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to inform those affected, NBC 5 reported.
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| Donald Trump Asks New York Times To Investigate Op-Ed He Already Said Was Fake Posted: 06 Sep 2018 05:13 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has a question: When is The New York Times going to
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| Off-Duty Texas Cop Enters Wrong Apartment, Kills Man Inside: Police Posted: 07 Sep 2018 01:52 PM PDT  A Dallas police officer who entered the wrong apartment, having allegedly
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| High-stakes diplomacy as battle for Syria's Idlib looms Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:42 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military campaign to retake the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria as Turkey pleaded for a cease-fire, narrowing the chances of a diplomatic solution to avoid what many say would be a bloody humanitarian disaster.
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| Chris Watts Case: Shanann Watts' Brother Details Family Heartache as He Thanks Well-Wishers Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:18 AM PDT  Frankie Rzucek shared a heartfelt message of thanks for those who have supported his family.
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| Court scraps multi-billion-dollar Ecuador damages against Chevron Posted: 07 Sep 2018 10:25 AM PDT  An appeals court in The Hague cancelled $9.5 billion in damages handed down by an Ecuadoran court against American energy giant Chevron for causing oil pollution in the Amazon jungle, Ecuador's public prosecutor said Friday. The original ruling dates back to 2011 and was twice upheld on appeal in Ecuador, but Chevron took its protest to The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration, claiming it had already been exonerated of any wrongdoing.
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| Power returning to Hokkaido, but quake exposes flaws of Japan grid Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:44 AM PDT  Graphic: Earthquake in Hokkaido - https://tmsnrt.rs/2oJz6zd The blackout that hit Japan's northern island of Hokkaido after early Thursday's quake was the nation's worst in seven years, but it would have been less extensive if the utility was not so reliant on one large power station, had spread its plants more widely, and could transfer power more easily from other areas, specialists and energy executives said. In the aftermath of Japan's March 2011 disaster, when an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns and widespread power outages, the government mandated a boost in renewable energy supplies, opened up a roughly $70 billion retail electricity market to competition and created a grid oversight company to address these issues. "That is odd and dangerous, considering the multiplicity of hazards Japan confronts and has experienced in recent years." While not as many people were affected by this week's outage as after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, it was the first time a regional utility in Japan lost its full network, according to the country's Federation of Electric Power Companies.
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| Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Hearings Have Been Shrouded In Secrecy Posted: 06 Sep 2018 08:50 PM PDT  From the outset of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings,
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| Britain's Brexit trade deal with Beijing put at risk by South China Sea 'provocation', state media warns Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:30 PM PDT  China yesterday warned the UK it had jeopardised post-Brexit relations by sailing a British warship close to islands in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing last week. Britain has been working to boost trade with the world's second-largest economy as Brexit looms, talking up a "golden era" in ties. The two nations agreed last month to look at the possibility of a post-Brexit free trade deal that, if struck, would be a key achievement for Prime Minister Theresa May. "What the British side did is wrong," said Chinese Foreign MInistry spokeswoman Hua Chunying in a daily press briefing. "It will have a negative impact on the development of China-UK relations." Chinese state media specifically cautioned that a post-Brexit trade deal was at stake. "China and the UK had agreed to actively explore the possibility of discussing a free trade agreement after Brexit, but any act that harms China's core interests will only put a spanner in the works," said an English-language editorial in state-run newspaper China Daily. "But by trying to revive the 'special relationship' in this way now it is no longer the gateway to continental Europe, the UK risks losing more than it can gain," said the editorial. British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, left, meets Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing last month Credit: Reuters Warship HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious warship carrying a contingent of Royal Marines passed by the Paracel Islands on Aug. 31, where it was confronted by the Chinese military. The Albion was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City where it docked Monday after a deployment in and around Japan. The Paracels have long been disputed and were the site of a major naval battle in the 1970s between China and Vietnam, after which Beijing claimed sovereignty. The group of more than 30 islands in the South China Sea are now occupied entirely by China though Beijing's claims remain contested by Vietnam and Taiwan. China has laid claim to other groups of disputed islands in the South China Sea, where roughly $3 trillion in trade pass through each year. Q&A | South China Sea dispute Britain's decision to send a warship into contested waters was a move to "curry favor with the United States," said the China Daily editorial. The move "obviously runs counter to the consensus and spirit put forth by the leaders of our two countries that we are willing to join hands to build a 'golden era' of China-UK ties," Hua said. Adding to the tension, China's Foreign Ministry also said it was "ridiculous for the UK to pose as a 'supervisor'" and that Britain should stop interfering in Hong Kong, a former British colony. podcast promotion - brexit The comments came after the UK issued issued its latest biannual report on the special administrative region. In it, Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Secretary, noted the "growing concern about the extent of freedom of speech in Hong Kong, particularly in the context of discussion of independence", while also stating that Britain does not think independence is a realistic or desirable option. China said the issue of independence had nothing to do with freedom of speech and was a serious violation of China's constitution and Hong Kong law. "It fundamentally is not within the scope of freedom of expression," the ministry said. "The central government has zero tolerance for 'Hong Kong independence' and will never indulge it." podcast promotion - brexit
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| Jared Kushner's Awkward Wait Outside A Locked Door Becomes Perfect 'Veep' Spoof Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:06 AM PDT  Jared Kushner was caught on camera awkwardly waiting for almost two minutes to
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| Trump Speculates About His Impeachment During Rally: 'If It Does Happen, It's Your Fault' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 07:54 PM PDT  President Donald Trump went on a bizarre tangent during a rally Thursday night
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| Officer Who Killed Neighbor After Allegedly Mistaking His Apartment for Her Own Will Be Charged Posted: 08 Sep 2018 07:18 AM PDT  Police said it's not clear what prompted the shooting.
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| Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area Posted: 08 Sep 2018 08:49 AM PDT ![Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area]( "Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area") A California official says a stretch of major highway near the California-Oregon border hit by a roaring wildfire will remain closed through the weekend.
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| Arizona Cardinals Pick Cindy McCain As Honorary Captain For Season Opener Against Washington Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:56 PM PDT  Cindy McCain is the latest member of her family to get the tribute treatment
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| Mugabe reconciles with the man who ousted him after Mnangagwa sends private jet to pick up Grace Posted: 07 Sep 2018 12:32 PM PDT  Robert Mugabe has forgiven Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man who threw him out of power last year, and says that the new president is the right man to rule Zimbabwe. Mr Mugabe, 94, on Thursday said: "There was an election. Zanu-PF was represented by Emmerson Mnangagwa and [Nelson] Chamisa represented MDC-Alliance and results came out saying the person who won was Emmerson Mnangagwa. "We have accepted the result and we hope that we will continue respecting the will of the people. The gun does not and should not lead politics." He added that he was grateful Mr Mnangagwa, 75, had hired a luxury aircraft to take his wife Grace from Singapore to Harare for the funeral of her mother, Idah Marufu, who died last week. His remarks were markedly different to those he made just six weeks ago, on the eve of the first election since he was ousted, when Mr Mugabe said he would vote for the opposition candidate and that he had not trusted Mr Mnangagwa since they began their political relationship more then 50 years ago. Africa's tarnished jewel: how four decades of Robert Mugabe left Zimbabwe's economy reeling He also previously complained that he was short of money since the soft coup d'etat last November put him and his family under house arrest within their vast estate in Harare's northern suburbs. Mr Mugabe claimed he lacked funds to repair the roof of his Chinese-style mansion and needed to move house. Mrs Mugabe, who lead the campaign within Zanu-PF against Mr Mnangagwa to prevent him from becoming her husband's successor, this week gushed: "He [Mnangagwa] loves us. He knows we we love him too. We pray for him because it's God's will that he is president. We pray that he be given the wisdom to lead the country." Mr Mnangagwa fled to Mozambique after he was sacked as vice president last October following months of humiliations when he was criticised at rallies by Mrs Mugabe, often when he was sitting in the front row. Grace Mugabe | A life in controversies Months earlier the armed forces airlifted him to hospital in South Africa because he said he was poisoned at a rally he attended with the Mugabes. In June this year, a grenade exploded at a rally addressed by Mr Mnangagwa, killing two security aides and injuring Kembo Mohadi Kembo, vice president, and Oppah Muchinguru-Kashiri, a cabinet minister. Many of Mr Mugabe's supporters encouraged voters to support the opposition MDC Alliance and Mr Chamisa at elections on July 30. The elections went off peacefully but the army opened fire at an anti-Mnangagwa demonstration the next day and killed six people. Now Mr Mugabe, who was in power for 38 years, says that Mr Mnangagwa won the elections and the results were confirmed by the constitutional court two weeks ago. Mr Mnangagwa appointed his cabinet Friday and included Olympic star, Kirsty Coventry, a white swimmer, as his sports minister, while ignoring most of those previously favoured by Mr Mugabe.
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| NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT  A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:
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| 18-Year-Old Plunges to His Death While Taking Selfie at Yosemite National Park Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:25 AM PDT  Officials ruled his death an accident.
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| Carl Bernstein Calls For Congressional Hearings To Determine Trump's Fitness Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:23 PM PDT  Watergate investigation legend Carl Bernstein called on Congress to hold
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| Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:23 PM PDT ![Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case]( "Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case") DALLAS (AP) — The brother-in-law of a Dallas woman raped and slain more than two decades ago while her infant daughter slept in a playpen nearby has pleaded guilty, bringing an end to a case that was re-opened when that daughter as an adult went to police to push for an investigation.
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| How to Keep Last-Minute Wedding Expenses from Ruining Your Finances Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:32 AM PDT ![How to Keep Last-Minute Wedding Expenses from Ruining Your Finances]( "How to Keep Last-Minute Wedding Expenses from Ruining Your Finances") Instead of waking up on your wedding day to a crisis that you simply throw money at, then regret later, here are four steps you can take beforehand and on the big day to minimize the financial impact of a last-minute wedding issue. Your wedding will not be perfect. The thing to remember is that your wedding day isn't about perfect flowers or a perfect dress or a perfect meal or anything else.
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| Republicans Temporarily Abandon Their Most Republican Policies Ahead Of Midterms Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Before lawmakers left for their August recess, the House
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| The Ford Fiesta Says Goodbye to the U.S. with a Sporty Appearance Package Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:33 AM PDT  An ST-Line model joins the lineup for 2019, which is the Fiesta's last year.
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| Brett Kavanaugh hearing: Confirmation likely after witnesses speak for, against nominee Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:32 PM PDT  After two marathon days questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, senators concluded his confirmation hearing Friday by listening to others talk about him.
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| North Korea's Kim sets denuclearization time line, prompting thanks from Trump Posted: 06 Sep 2018 12:34 PM PDT  Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang on Sept. 18-20 for a third summit and discuss "practical measures" toward denuclearization, Moon's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, said a day after meeting Kim. The summit could provide renewed momentum to talks over denuclearization between North Korea and the United States, after Trump canceled a visit to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last month citing lack of progress.
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| 6 Years Gone: Myanmar woman escapes brutal China captivity Posted: 06 Sep 2018 12:30 PM PDT  GUCHENG, China (AP) — They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last.
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