| Over nearly a century, Rose Mallinger saw the best and worst of America. Until Saturday. Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:31 PM PDT  The oldest victim of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting had seen anti-Semitism rise and fall over the years, but was shielded from the worst of it. Until Saturday.
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| Trump Says He’ll Put Any Asylum Seeker From Migrant Caravan In ‘Tent Cities’ Posted: 29 Oct 2018 08:33 PM PDT  President Donald Trump said Monday on Fox News that he planned to put any
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| Man says traffic made him miss doomed Lion Air crash, believed to have killed everyone on board Posted: 30 Oct 2018 09:33 AM PDT  A man who was supposed to be on the Lion Air jet that crashed on Monday
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| The Bizarre And Failed Attempt To Smear Robert Mueller Posted: 30 Oct 2018 04:20 PM PDT  It's hoaxes all the way down in what appears to be an effort to discredit
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| Uncle of girl who died in bus stop crash remembers her as 'mother hen' to her twin brothers Posted: 31 Oct 2018 07:29 AM PDT  The uncle of the Indiana girl who was tragically killed alongside her twin
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| Death of mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger ruled a homicide Posted: 31 Oct 2018 02:29 AM PDT  The FBI is investigating Bulger's death, while new details reveal the notorious criminal was badly beaten in his cell. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports.
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| FedEx Ends NRA Discount Program, Citing Low Shipping Volume Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:38 PM PDT  FedEx has used the slogan "The World on Time" in varying capacities since
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| Erdogan opens new Istanbul Airport, planned to be world's largest Posted: 30 Oct 2018 02:37 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday opened Istanbul's new international airport, which his government says will eventually become the world's largest, with great fanfare. "The new airport will be the pride of our country and an example to the world," Erdogan said at a lavish opening ceremony featuring several heads of state. At the inauguration -- which coincided with the 95th anniversary of modern Turkey's founding by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- Erdogan also revealed that the airport would be named "Istanbul".
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| Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba? Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:34 PM PDT  The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers.
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| Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack Posted: 30 Oct 2018 06:46 AM PDT ![Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack]( "Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack") Across the country, prayer vigils and ecumenical services were held in tribute to the 11 victims of the bloody assault on a Pittsburgh synagogue as words of solace and commiseration poured in from the U.S. Jewish community -- the largest outside Israel -- but also from the pope and European leaders.
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| GOP State Senate Contender Accused Of Sending Anti-Semitic Mailer Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:50 PM PDT  A Connecticut Republican running for a seat in the state Senate faced charges
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| White woman fired after video of her harassing her black neighbor goes viral Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:13 AM PDT  A white woman was fired from her North Carolina job after a video of her
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| Visit JetBlue's 'JetBoo' house this Halloween for a free surprise Posted: 30 Oct 2018 02:17 PM PDT  Not every lucky Halloween-er will have the chance to hit the pavement this
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| Travel blogger who warned against dangerous selfies dies 'taking cliff edge photo' Posted: 30 Oct 2018 08:53 AM PDT  A travel blogger who fell to her death alongside her husband while apparently taking selfies on a cliff edge had previously warned tourists against attempting to capture dangerous photographs. Rangers at Yosemite National Park in California found the bodies of Vishnu Viswanath and Meenakshi Moorthy around 800 feet below Taft Point, where visitors can gaze over an unguarded cliff face. Viswanath's brother, Jishnu Viswanath, told reporters on Tuesday the pair had set up a tripod close to the sheer ledge shortly before they apparently fell.
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| WikiLeaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum Posted: 29 Oct 2018 02:51 PM PDT  During the hearing, Assange said the new rules were a sign Ecuador was trying to push him out, and said Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno had already decided to end his asylum but had not yet officially given the order. "If Mr. Assange wants to stay and he follows the rules ... he can stay at the embassy as long as he wants," said Attorney General Inigo Salvador, adding that Assange's stay had cost the country $6 million. Foreign Minister Jose Valencia declined to comment on Assange's assertion that Ecuador sought to hand him over to the United States.
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| James 'Whitey' Bulger, Boston Mob Kingpin, Killed In Federal Prison: Reports Posted: 30 Oct 2018 10:00 AM PDT  James "Whitey" Bulger -- who ruled Boston's criminal underworld for a quarter-
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| China's yuan hits decade low on trade, economy fears Posted: 30 Oct 2018 03:10 AM PDT  The Chinese yuan weakened to a decade low on Tuesday on concerns over China's slowing economy and the US trade war, but Beijing was expected to prevent it breaking the psychologically important 7 yuan per dollar barrier. Breaking 7 could further undermine market confidence and potentially trigger fresh US accusations that China was allowing the yuan to weaken to blunt the impact of tariffs that Washington has imposed on Chinese goods. A weaker yuan makes Chinese exports less expensive overseas, ameliorating some of the higher costs brought by the tariffs.
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| The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say? Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:31 PM PDT  Karen Struble Myers of the Fred Rogers Center reflected on what Rogers's message for America would be in the aftermath of the shooting in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, where lived in and filmed his famous TV show.
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| Migrants to rest, hope to win mass transport to Mexico City Posted: 31 Oct 2018 08:39 AM PDT  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan that has already advanced 250 miles (410 kilometers) into Mexico hope they won't have to walk anymore, at least for a while.
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| ‘Goodnight, Kepler’: NASA’s Planet-Hunting Telescope Has Finally Run Out Of Fuel Posted: 31 Oct 2018 05:38 AM PDT  NASA is saying "goodnight" to its pioneering Kepler telescope, which a few
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| Former nurse admits to killing 100 patients in Germany's biggest serial killing case Posted: 30 Oct 2018 06:49 AM PDT  A former male nurse admitted murdering 100 patients as he went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, making him postwar Germany's most prolific serial killer. Niels Högel is accused of deliberately administering 100 patients in his care with lethal doses of medication between 2000 and 2005. Prosecutors allege the 41-year-old deliberately put the patients in life-threatening situations so he could show off his resuscitation skills. The judge on Tuesday promised to shed light on the case, which he referred to as "a house of dark rooms". Although there are no formal pleas in the German legal system, Mr Högel chose to admit the killing on the first day of his trial. Asked by the judge whether the charges against him were true, he answered: "Yes. All I have admitted is true." Mr Högel is already serving a life sentence after being convicted of the murder and attempted murder of six patients in similar circumstances. This is his third trial, but the first time he has been charged with mass killing. Former nurse Niels Hoege may be Germany's most prolific post-war serial killer Credit: www.theapricity.com He is accused of deliberately administering 100 patients between the ages of 34 and 96 with overdoses to cause cardiac arrest, so he could resuscitate them. The killings took place at two hospitals in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, both in north-western Germany. All of his victims were in intensive care at the time. Mr Högel was first convicted of attempted murder in 2006, after he was caught by hospital authorities injecting a patient with unauthorised medication and reported to police. In the course of the first trial, evidence began to emerge of a pattern of behaviour. Mr Högel allegedly boasted to fellow prison inmates that he had killed more than 50 patients. At a second trial in 2015 he was convicted of murdering two patients and endangering the lives of three others. During that course of investigations, Mr Högel admitted to a psychiatrist that he had administered potentially lethal doses to around 90 patients and claimed around 30 had died. In the run-up to the new trial, relatives agreed for the bodies of 130 of Mr Högel's former patients to be exhumed and tested. "We will do our utmost to learn the truth," Judge Sebastian Buehrmann told the court on Tuesday. "This case is like a house of dark rooms. We want to bring light into the darkness." More than 120 relatives of former patients are taking part in the trial as co-plaintiffs, and yesterday's hearing had to be delayed to find space for them all in the courtroom. Four former colleagues of Mr Högel are facing charges of failing to report evidence that could have prevented the killings. A former heart surgeon at Oldenburg is alleged to have had Mr Högel transferred rather than report his concerns. A former chief nurse is accused of giving Mr Högel a glowing reference despite later testifying that she knew doctors were concerned he was involved in too many resuscitations. Two senior surgeons are accused of covering up an incident in which Mr Högel was caught administering a potentially lethal overdose to a patient rather than reporting it to police. Mr Högel faces possible further life sentences if convicted. The trial continues.
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| Joe Kennedy praises Republican in close House race, but endorses Democrat Posted: 30 Oct 2018 11:50 AM PDT  Rep. Joe Kennedy III picks an odd time to praise Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, and the campaign of her Democratic challenger, Carolyn Long, issues a response.
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| Priyanka Chopra's Bridal Shower Looked Like An Awesome Mini Wedding Posted: 30 Oct 2018 03:09 PM PDT  Here comes the bride-to-be!
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| Baidu profit grows 56% as apps and AI lift revenues Posted: 30 Oct 2018 07:10 PM PDT  Chinese online search giant Baidu on Wednesday said net profit for the third quarter jumped 56 percent on continued robust growth in revenue and traffic to its mobile app. The Beijing-based, Nasdaq-listed company credited "impressive" gains in its search function, news feed, and the new artificial intelligence (AI) projects that Baidu is staking its future on. Quarterly revenues remained strong, growing 27 percent year-on-year to 28.2 billion yuan, Baidu said in an statement.
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| Top 10 pet Halloween costumes sold on eBay Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:04 AM PDT  Picking the perfect Halloween costume for yourself is already a lot of work --
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| Nature pushed to the brink by 'runaway consumption' Posted: 30 Oct 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- were wiped out by human activity, according to WWF's "Living Planet" report, based on an ongoing survey of more than 4,000 species spread over 16,700 populations scattered across the globe. "The situation is really bad, and it keeps getting worse," WWF International director general Marco Lambertini told AFP.
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| After years of fighting insurgencies, the Army pivots to training for a major war Posted: 30 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  After 17 years of fighting grinding counterinsurgencies in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is shifting its gaze.
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| South Korea asks U.S. for 'maximum flexibility' on Iran sanctions waiver Posted: 29 Oct 2018 08:44 PM PDT  The sanctions against Iranian crude oil exports are set to take effect on Nov. 5 as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to force Tehran to accede to a more restrictive deal on curbing its nuclear and missile program. South Korea, a U.S. ally and one of Asia's biggest buyers of Iranian oil, has already stopped crude imports from Iran. South Korean building firms have also canceled energy-related contracts in Iran due to financing difficulties.
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| Teen charged in fatal high school shooting appears in court Posted: 30 Oct 2018 04:09 PM PDT  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The teenager accused of fatally shooting a fellow student at a North Carolina high school appeared before a judge Tuesday as his public defender requested a low bond and permission for the boy to stay home with his mother while awaiting trial.
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| Indonesia protests after Saudi Arabia executes domestic maid Posted: 31 Oct 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Indonesia has filed an official protest to Saudi Arabia after it executed an Indonesian maid without notifying its consular staff or her family. Tuti Tursilawati, a mother of one, had been convicted of murdering her employer, who workers rights' group Migrant Care said was trying to rape her at the time. Joko Widodo, the Indonesian president, criticised Saudi Arabia's action on Wednesday, saying that his government had demanded better protection of Indonesian workers in the country. "We have called Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and conveyed our protest," Mr Widodo was quoted as saying by the office of his cabinet secretary. Ms Tursilawati, who was convicted in 2011, was executed on Monday in the city of Thaif, marking the fourth such case of Saudi Arabia carrying out the death sentence on an Indonesian migrant worker without prior notice in the past three years. Eighteen more Indonesians remain on death row. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has criticised a Saudi decision to execute an Indonesian maid Credit: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP The controversy over her death comes at a time when Saudi Arabia continues to face harsh questions over the brutal murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul. Indonesia's frustration has been heightened by the timing of the execution, which was carried out less than a week after Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, met with his counterpart in Jakarta to discuss migrant workers rights. During the meeting, Retno Marsudi, the Indonesia's foreign minister, stressed the need for mandatory consular notification before any capital punishment of Indonesian citizens. "[The execution] is evidence that Saudi Arabia does not fulfil the terms and conditions pertaining to the protection of domestic workers," Wahyu Susilo, executive director of Migrant Care told Australia's ABC news channel. Saudi Arabia remains the world's biggest destination for Indonesian maids after the government lifted an earlier ban on domestic workers going to the Middle East over reports of torture and abuse. #Indonesian#migrantworker#TutiTursilawati was executed in #SaudiArabia on Monday (29/10) after being sentenced to death in 2011 for murdering her employer. The Saudi government failed to give any prior notice of the execution, flouting the rules of international diplomacy. pic.twitter.com/4iPxOcLutm— The Jakarta Globe (@thejakartaglobe) October 31, 2018 Many Indonesians took to social media to protest Ms Tursilawati's execution. "Tuti Tursilawati case again demonstrates the weak protection of human rights in Saudi Arabia," said Fina, an Indonesian student on Twitter. "Bring justice for our country, our people!" said another protestor. The Saudi ambassador to Indonesia has been summoned by the authorities but the Saudi embassy has not commented publicly. "The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ignored principles of human rights, including a right for everyone to live," said Abidin Fikri, a member of Indonesia's parliament, told Reuters.
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| Rabbi Has One Haunting Question For Trump Defender After Synagogue Shooting Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:17 PM PDT  A former aide to President Donald Trump ran into a wall of opposition on a CNN
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| US indicts 10 Chinese over scheme to steal aerospace tech Posted: 30 Oct 2018 03:18 PM PDT  The United States indicted 10 Chinese, including two intelligence officers, over a five-year scheme to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms by hacking into their computers. The indictments came 20 days after the Department of Justice obtained the unprecedented extradition of a senior Chinese intelligence official from Belgium to stand trial in the United States for running the alleged state-sponsored effort to steal US aviation industry secrets. The Justice Department said the Chinese Ministry of State Security, through its Jiangsu province unit, engineered the effort to steal the technology underlying a turbofan engine used in US and European commercial airliners.
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| 2018 Midterm Spending Setting A Record Thanks To Small Donors, Women And Billionaires Posted: 31 Oct 2018 02:45 AM PDT  The 2018 midterm congressional elections will be the most expensive
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| New Tallest Statue in the World Is Twice the Size of the Statue of Liberty Posted: 30 Oct 2018 01:13 PM PDT  The world's tallest statue was unveiled Wednesday in India.
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| Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Stock Posted: 30 Oct 2018 03:49 AM PDT ![Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Stock]( "Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Stock") Earnings season has been rocky for major U.S. tech companies, and Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) investors are likely uneasy heading into the company's third-quarter report on Nov. 2. Consensus analyst estimates are calling for fiscal fourth-quarter earnings per share of $2.78, up from $2.07 in the same quarter a year ago. Analysts are predicting Apple will report 48 million iPhones sold in the quarter, up from 46 million last year.
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| Iranian spy service suspected of assassination plot in Denmark: security chief Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:03 PM PDT  The alleged plot, which Denmark's foreign minister said he believed the Iranian government was behind, prompted the Nordic country to call for fresh European Union-wide sanctions against the Islamic Republic. A Norwegian citizen of Iranian background was arrested in Sweden on Oct. 21 in connection with the plot and extradited to neighboring Denmark, Swedish security police said. The Norwegian has denied the charges and the Iranian government also denied any connection with the alleged plot.
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| Violence prompts churches to weigh security vs. welcoming Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:06 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Before he was accused of shooting and killing two black people in a Kentucky grocery store last week, Gregory Bush knocked on the door of a predominantly African-American church.
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| General Motors Offers Buyouts Just after Posting Massive Net Profit Posted: 31 Oct 2018 08:30 AM PDT  After slashing overseas divisions, GM cost-cutting has finally come home to North America.
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| The Most Stunning Red Buildings Around the World Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:46 PM PDT |
| Born in the USA? Not so fast: Trump takes aim at birthright citizenship Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:51 PM PDT  In an interview scheduled to air Sunday, President Trump said he believes he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order, but legal scholars disagree.
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| Quake rattles New Zealand as Harry and Meghan visit Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:20 PM PDT  A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of central New Zealand Tuesday, where British royals Meghan and Harry are on tour, but officials said it caused no major damage. The quake was felt in Wellington during a session of parliament, prompting lawmakers to stop deliberations and seek refuge as a precaution. Reporters travelling with the couple said they did not feel any tremors during the quake, which the US Geological Survey (USGS) gave a magnitude of 6.1.
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| Democrats Are Going Bland To Beat Scott Walker — And It Might Just Work Posted: 30 Oct 2018 10:45 AM PDT  MILWAUKEE -- On back-to-back days last week, some of the most exciting
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