| Trump’s NAFTA Revision Ignores Climate Change, Bolsters Oil And Gas Industries Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:44 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's deal to tweak the trade agreement among the United
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| Applebee's Customers Reportedly Stiff Waitress: 'We Don't Tip Black People' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 11:27 AM PDT  Stiffing a waitress on her tip is bad enough, but giving a racist excuse is
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| Micronesia air crash turns fatal as passenger's body found: airline Posted: 01 Oct 2018 06:38 AM PDT  The body of a passenger on a flight that crashed on the tiny Pacific island nation of Micronesia last week has been discovered by divers.
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| Best Bites: Fall chicken avocado pear salad Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:05 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Macedonia: Referendum approves name change, but turnout low Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:06 PM PDT  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A referendum on changing Macedonia's name as part of a deal that would pave the way for NATO membership won overwhelming support Sunday, but low voter turnout highlighted the hurdles that still remain for the Balkan country to join the alliance.
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| Cardi B Turns Herself In to New York City Police After Strip Club Brawl Posted: 01 Oct 2018 08:51 AM PDT  The rapper covered her face as she arrived at a precinct in Queens, New York.
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| 15 Boo-tiful Halloween Cakes To Bake This Fall Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:27 PM PDT |
| Mass Burials to Begin After Earthquake and Tsunami Strike Indonesia Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:10 PM PDT  The toll of more than 800 dead is largely from the city of Palu and is expected to rise
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| GOP Moderates Flex Muscle As White House Broadens Scope Of Kavanaugh Probe Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The White House on Monday authorized the FBI to interview any
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| Police say a 12-year-old Boy Scout has died after being buried in sand Posted: 01 Oct 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Gage Wilson was flown to a Kalamazoo area hospital, where he later died.
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| Laser pioneers win Nobel Physics Prize Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:02 PM PDT  Three scientists on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize, including the first woman in 55 years, for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery, the jury said. Arthur Ashkin of the United States won one half of the nine million Swedish kronor (about $1.01 million or 870,000 euros) prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada shared the other half. Strickland is just the third woman to win a Nobel Physics Prize since it was first awarded in 1901, while Ashkin, 96, is the oldest person to win a Nobel, beating out American Leonid Hurwicz who was 90 when he won the 2007 Economics Prize.
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| Iran strikes 'terrorist' targets in Syria in retaliation for Revolutionary Guards attack Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:28 AM PDT  Iran launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria on Monday in response to last month's shooting attack on a military parade which killed 24 people, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said. The pre-dawn strikes with surface-to-surface missiles and drones were aimed at the area around Abu Kamal, where the last remnants of Islamic State (Isil) are still holding territory, according to Iranian media. The Revolutionary Guard said the strike targeted "the headquarters of Takfiri terrorists", a term that Iran's government uses to describe to Sunni jihadists like Isil. "Many Takfiri terrorists and the leaders responsible for the terrorist crime in Ahvaz have been killed or wounded in this missile attack," the Guard said in a statement. The US-led military coalition confirmed that Iran had carried out strikes near Albu Kamal but said that it was "still assessing" if the missiles hit their targets. Iran initially blamed Arab separatists backed by the US and Gulf Arab states for the September 22 attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, later implied that Isil was to blame. Both the Arab separatists and Isil claimed responsibility for the attack and Monday's strikes appeared to be aimed at Isil. Missiles being launched from western Iran to target militants in eastern Syria Credit: AFP Iran carried out similar strikes in Syria in June 2017 in response to an Isil attack on the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency said six Zolfaqar and Qiam class missiles were fired from western Iran and flew 350 miles through Iraqi airspace to strike targets in eastern Syria. At least one of the missiles was painted with the slogans "Death to America", "Death to Israel", and "Death to al Saud" - a reference to the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, according to Fars. The agency said that seven Revolutionary Guard drones attacked minutes after the missiles struck. General Mohsen Rezai, former head of the Guard, said the attack "was only a jab against these criminals. The real punishment is yet to come." A Revolutionary Guard member carries a wounded boy after a shooting during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Credit: AP Iran has a history of making false claims about the success of its missiles and there was no independent confirmation of the Guard's claims to have killed jihadist fighters. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles struck the town of Hajin, where Isil fighters are battling against US-backed Kurdish and Syrian forces. Families of victims of Saturday's terror attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, that killed 25 people mourn at a mass funeral ceremony Credit: AP Colonel Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said Iran gave no notice ahead of the strikes. "At this time, the coalition is still assessing if any damage occurred and no coalition forces were in danger," he said.
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| Renault presents infotainment system for the vehicles of the future at 2018 Paris Motor Show Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:03 AM PDT  Renault has a new immersive experience in store for this year's Paris Motor Show, October 4-14, taking visitors into the multimedia world of the vehicles of the future by means of a spectacular capsule on the French car manufacturer's stand. Renault has chosen to unveil its Augmented Editorial Experience (AEX) at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. This exclusive voice assistant prototype uses artificial intelligence to propose customized and contextualized content, as well as multimedia experiences, to enrich onboard travel time.
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| Trump praises Kanye West for 'leading the charge' after anti-Democrat speech on 'SNL' Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:31 AM PDT  President Trump praised Kanye West after he gave an impromptu pro-Trump speech while wearing his "Make America Great Again" hat on "Saturday Night Live."
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| The Latest: Death toll rises to 1,234 in Indonesia disaster Posted: 02 Oct 2018 08:53 AM PDT  PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit part of central Indonesia (all times local):
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| Kavanaugh On How To Be A Good Judge: Keep Emotions 'In Check,' 'Don't Be A Jerk' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 07:02 PM PDT  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh described to law school students what it
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| Three people killed in car explosion Posted: 01 Oct 2018 09:34 AM PDT  Police called an explosion in Allentown, Pa. a "criminal incident."
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| SEC’s focus on U.S. corporate bosses pays off with Musk settlement Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:46 PM PDT  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-profile settlement with Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk exemplifies a recent push by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go after executives and not just their companies, securities law experts said. In the last week, the SEC announced charges or penalties against eight corporate officials at six companies, including Tesla. The SEC pursued each on different grounds, but securities lawyers said they highlight a shift to an emphasis on personal wrongdoing that has accelerated under Jay Clayton, an appointee of U.S. President Donald Trump who has served as SEC chairman since May 2017.
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| A woman has just won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time in 55 years Posted: 02 Oct 2018 04:29 AM PDT  The Nobel Prize in Physics has just been awarded to three scientists for their "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics." And, for the first time in more than half a century, a woman — Donna Strickland — is one of the winners. SEE ALSO: Scientists learn bacteria in your gut can produce electricity Canadian Donna Strickland, Gerard Mourou from France and American Arthur Ashkin will share the £998,662.97 [$998,662.97] prize. BREAKING NEWS⁰The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Physics 2018 "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland. pic.twitter.com/PK08SnUslK — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 2, 2018 The committee recognised the scientists for their use of light to create miniature tools. Arthur Ashkin invented the "optical tweezers," highly focused beams of light that allow you to manipulate microscopic objects and living organisms. Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland developed a method of generating high intensity ultra-short optical pulses. Strickland is the third female physics laureate to win the prize, and the first since Maria Goeppert-Mayer who won 55 years ago for her discoveries about the nuclei of atoms. The only other female winner is famed historical physicist Marie Curie. "I thought there might have been more but I couldn't think. Obviously we need to celebrate women physicists because we're out there. Hopefully it will start to move forward at a faster rate. I'm honoured to be one of those women," Strickland said at a press conference after being presented with the fact that she was only the third woman ever to win. Upon the hearing the news, Donna Strickland said: "I thought there might have been more but I couldn't think. Obviously we need to celebrate women physicists because we're out there. Hopefully it will start to move forward at a faster rate. I'm honoured to be one of those women." — Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) October 2, 2018 People on social media were very excited by the fact that a woman was among the winners this year. FIRST WOMAN IN 55 YEARS. YES Donna Strickland! Nobel Physics Prize — Hannah Devlin (@hannahdev) October 2, 2018 Woo hoo! ⚡️����The third woman ever to get a #NobelPrize in Physics is Donna Strickland! The last one was Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963 ... https://t.co/zjN4XPrVCq — Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0) October 2, 2018 Journalist: You are the third woman ever to win a Nobel prize in Physics. What do you think of that?Donna Strickland: "Is that all, really? I thought there were more of them." *starts crying* — Tamás Görbe ������������ (@TamasGorbe) October 2, 2018 Many (presumably under the age of 55) pointed out that this was the first time in their lifetime a woman had won the award. the first time since i have been born a woman got the physics nobel price. i am so happy. so happy for donna strickland, 3rd woman to receive it! #iluvphysicsnmath — lizvlx (@lizvlx) October 2, 2018 The first female Nobel physics laureate in my lifetime, hopefully not the last. Congrats Donna Strickland: laser badass. https://t.co/fwxALbgGtc — Siân Culley (@SuperResoluSian) October 2, 2018 Laser badass, indeed. WATCH: Octopuses are being given ecstasy in the name of science
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| Syria rebels deny withdrawing arms from north under deal Posted: 30 Sep 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Syrian rebels on Sunday denied pulling any heavy arms out of a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarisation deal there draws closer. Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed earlier in September to create a buffer zone around the opposition stronghold of Idlib that would be free of both jihadists and heavy arms. The deal has so far averted a massive assault on the region by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, but its implementation is expected to be complex.
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| Barack Obama Backs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In New Round Of Endorsements Posted: 01 Oct 2018 12:58 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama is putting his name behind 260 more Democratic
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| Man Pops the Question on Colorado Mountain Top, Then Couple Gets Lost Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:30 AM PDT  The couple had to be rescued after suffering altitude sickness.
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| Indonesia tsunami death toll rises above 1,200 as anger grows over aid response Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:51 AM PDT  Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered more rescuers to be sent in to find victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday as the official death toll rose above 1,200 and looting raised fears of growing lawlessness. Most of the dead have been from the small city of Palu, 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta, but some remote areas have been cut off since Friday's 7.5 magnitude quake triggered tsunami waves, leading to fears the toll could soar. "There are some main priorities that we must tackle and the first is to evacuate, find and save victims who've not yet been found," Widodo told a government meeting to coordinate disaster recovery efforts on the west coast of Sulawesi island. A woman makes her way through the rubble of houses in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu Credit: AP He said he had ordered the national search and rescue agency to send more police and soldiers into the affected districts, some cut off by destroyed roads, landslides and downed bridges. The Ministry of Defence confirmed to The Telegraph on Tuesday that six military personnel have been sent to the region to establish a command and control centre. A Royal Navy frigate is also being sent to the area and an A400M Atlas transport aircraft is being readied in the UK to deliver aid by parachute if needed. "Things will start moving soon," an MoD spokesman said. The official death toll surged to 1,234, Indonesia's national disaster agency said. The Red Cross said the situation was "nightmarish" and reports from its workers venturing into one cut-off area, Donggala, a region of 300,000 people north of Palu and close to the epicentre, indicated it had been hit "extremely hard". Rescue teams carry bodies to a mass grave in Palu Credit: Tatan Syuflana/AP Four badly hit districts have a combined population of about 1.4 million. In Palu, tsunami waves as high as six metres (20 feet) smashed into the beachfront, while hotels and shopping malls collapsed in ruins and some neighbourhoods were swallowed up by ground liquefaction. Among those killed were 34 children at a Christian bible study camp, a Red Cross official said. The government has ordered aid supplies to be airlifted in but there's little sign of help on Palu's shattered streets and survivors appeared increasingly desperate. 'Liquefaction' adds to devastation in Indonesia earthquake A Reuters news team saw a shop cleared by about 100 people, shouting, scrambling and fighting each other for items including clothes, toiletries, blankets and water. Many people grabbed diapers while one man clutched a rice cooker as he headed for the door. Non-essential goods were scattered on the floor amid shards of broken glass. At least 20 police were at the scene but did not intervene. The government has played down fears of looting saying disaster victims could take essential goods and shops would be compensated later. Indonesia is all too familiar with earthquakes and tsunamis. A quake in 2004 triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed 226,000 people in 13 countries, including more than 120,000 in Indonesia. It has said it would accept offers of international aid, having shunned outside help earlier this year when an earthquake struck the island of Lombok. Indonesia tsunami in pictures: Big waves leave Sulawesi coastline in ruins More than 65,000 homes were damaged and more than 60,000 people have been displaced and are in need of emergency help, while thousands have been streaming out of stricken areas. Commercial airlines have struggled to restore operations at Palu's damaged airport but military aircraft have taken some survivors out. But thousands of people have been thronging the airport hoping for any flight out, and authorities have said a navy vessel capable of taking 1,000 people at a time would be deployed to help with the evacuation. Sulawesi is one of the archipelago nation's five main islands.
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| Trump Attacks Dems Amid Reports That GOP Is Restricting Kavanaugh Probe Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:10 PM PDT  President Donald Trump attacked Democrats on Sunday for calling for a serious
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| California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards Posted: 30 Sep 2018 07:59 PM PDT  California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors.
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| Divers Find Body of Passenger Who Died Escaping Micronesia Flight That Crashed in Lagoon Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Air Niugini had initially said all 47 passengers and crew had survived
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| One year after Las Vegas massacre, gunman's motive a mystery Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:12 PM PDT  One year after a heavily armed gunman embarked on the deadliest mass shooting in US history, raining automatic weapons fire from a hotel window down onto a country music concert, Las Vegas is no closer to knowing why. Mynda Smith, whose sister Neysa Tonks was killed at the concert, spoke at the event. In Washington, President Donald Trump marked the anniversary.
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| Classmates mourn boy shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza border Posted: 30 Sep 2018 09:51 AM PDT  The school friends of Nassir al-Mosabeh sat tearfully in their classroom in Khan Younis on Sunday and mourned their 12-year-old friend who was killed in a protest on the Gaza-Israel border. Gaza health officials said Israeli soldiers on Friday shot dead seven Palestinians, who were among thousands who thronged to the fortified border as part of weekly protests launched six months ago. Mosabeh's classmates in the school in the southern Gaza Strip decorated his chair with his picture ringed by red and white flowers and green leaves, the Palestinian colors.
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| Kyrie Irving Wishes He Had Never Said The World Is Flat Posted: 01 Oct 2018 04:10 PM PDT  Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is sorry he ever said the Earth was flat.
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| Maddox Ritch Case: Witness Says Boy Was Running Toward Park's Office on Day He Vanished Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:52 AM PDT  When she heard that a little boy had disappeared, Brooke Sheppard said she knew it was the same child.
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| 2 Koreas begin removing DMZ mines to ease military tensions Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:58 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean troops began removing some of the land mines planted at their heavily fortified border on Monday, Seoul officials said, in the first implementation of recent agreements aimed at easing their decades-long military standoff.
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| Indonesia: Death toll tops 1,300 after destructive earthquake, tsunami Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:42 AM PDT  Over 1,300 people have died after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday and triggered a devastating tsunami.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Says Brett Kavanaugh Hearing Has Him Fearing For His Sons Posted: 01 Oct 2018 06:37 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. has weighed in on the Brett Kavanaugh hearing, telling
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| Elizabeth Warren To Consider A 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:05 AM PDT  A presidential run may soon be on the horizon for Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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| These 6 Habits May Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer Posted: 01 Oct 2018 09:41 AM PDT  Lifestyle choices can make a big difference
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| The 5 Interiors You Loved the Most This September Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:02 AM PDT  Kitchen renovations, upstate getaways, and more start-of-fall Pinterest fodder
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| Las Vegas marks 1-year shooting anniversary Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:12 AM PDT  A memorial will be held Monday where survivors of the deadly mass shooting will gather to heal and honor the victims. ABC News' Maggie Rulli reports.
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| Cameroon tense on anglophone 'independence' anniversary Posted: 01 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT  Yaoundé (AFP) - Cameroon's restive anglophone regions were in lockdown on Monday as separatists marked the first anniversary of a symbolic "independence" declaration just a week before a nationwide presidential poll. A 48-hour curfew was imposed on English-speaking towns in the regions which have been rocked by deadly clashes sparked by the majority francophone country's sensitive linguistic divide. Gunfire was reported on Monday in three built-up areas of flashpoint town Buea in the country's southwest which has been at the heart of the nascent insurgency.
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| Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll tops 1,200 Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:11 PM PDT  More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to clamp down on looting by survivors taking advantage of the chaos. There were reports of officers firing warning shots and tear gas to ward off people ransacking shops in Palu, a coastal city ravaged by a 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned. Almost 200,000 people are in need of urgent help, the United Nations says, among them tens of thousands of children.
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| Confirming Brett Kavanaugh Now Would Destroy The Supreme Court As We Know It Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:47 PM PDT  The Senate should not confirm Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to serve as an
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| North Korea tells US it will not denuclearise in return for peace treaty Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:45 AM PDT  North Korea has ruled out dismantling its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the US declaring an end to the Korean War, saying on Tuesday that a peace treaty should "never be a bargaining chip." The North has for decades demanded that the US formally declare the end of the 1950-53 conflict that was halted only with an armistice, saying an official end to the war would ease tensions on the flashpoint peninsula. At a summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in last month, the North's leader Kim Jong-un offered to shut down its main Yongbyon nuclear complex if Washington takes "corresponding measures". Kim did not elaborate on what those measure might be, but state news agency KCNA said in a commentary that some US experts have suggested trading the end of the war for denuclearisation. It flatly described that as only the "most basic... process" to restore ties, not a point for negotiation. "The end of war... is not just a gift from a man to another at all. Furthermore, it can never be a bargaining chip for getting the DPRK denuclearised," it said, using the North's full name. KCNA said that Pyongyang was willing to take "such... steps as eternal dismantlement" of its nuclear complex "if the US takes a corresponding measure" but again did not elaborate. Inside North Korea: fascinating images of the world's most secretive state Cho Sung-ryul, analyst at the Institute of National Security Strategy, said the commentary may be aimed at limiting Washington's room for manoeuvre. "The North is trying to reduce the negotiating value of Washington's potential offer of a peace treaty, by suggesting that 'it's not good enough to make us denuclearise'," he told South Korea's news agency Yonhap. A landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in June led to a warming of ties, but there has been little concrete progress toward denuclearisation. The North's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho also told the UN last month that there was "no way" his country would disarm first as long as the US pushes for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang. Trump however lauded Kim, saying last week the pair had fallen "in love" - their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he recently received from the young leader. The ceasefire that halted the bloody conflict and divided the Korean peninsula was signed by the North, its military ally China and the US - which fought on the side of the South. The South did not take part as its then-leader refused to end the war unless the whole peninsula was unified. On Tuesday a top South Korean official told MPs that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul's first public comment about the size of the North's secrecy-clouded weapons arsenal. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament the estimates on the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal range from 20 bombs to as many as 60, saying the information came from the intelligence authorities. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, did not immediately comment and it is believed Cho may have revealed the information unintentionally. His ministry said on Tuesday that Cho's comments didn't mean that South Korea would accept North Korea as a nuclear state, suggesting Seoul's diplomatic efforts to rid the North of its nuclear program would continue. North Korean missile ranges The South Korean assessment on the North's arsenal is not much different from various outside civilian estimates largely based on the amount of nuclear materials that North is believed to have produced. According to South Korean government reports, North Korea is believed to have produced 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of weaponised plutonium, enough for at least eight bombs. Stanford University scholars, including nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker, who visited North Korea's centrifuge facility at Nyongbyon in 2010, wrote earlier this year that North Korea is estimated to have a highly enriched uranium inventory of 250 to 500 kilograms (550 to 1,100 pounds), sufficient for 25 to 30 nuclear devices. Many foreign experts say North Korea is likely to be running additional secret uranium-enrichment plants.
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| Wearing a Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness? Here's How Awareness Ribbons Became a Thing Posted: 01 Oct 2018 04:00 AM PDT  Awareness ribbons now exist for a multitude of causes, but experts trace their beginnings back to a single source
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