| Official at center of Florida vote controversy says she may leave job after recount Posted: 13 Nov 2018 11:08 AM PST  Brenda Snipes has been found at fault in a number of disputes over her handling of elections over the past few years, exasperating both Republicans and Democrats in the state.
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| Ryan Zinke Says California Wildfires Are Getting Worse But Won’t Mention ‘Climate Change’ Posted: 14 Nov 2018 04:29 PM PST  After Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited Northern California communities
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| U.S. troops help fortify southern border as migrant caravan approaches Posted: 15 Nov 2018 08:56 AM PST ![U.S. troops help fortify southern border as migrant caravan approaches]( "U.S. troops help fortify southern border as migrant caravan approaches") Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the use of active duty troops on the U.S.-Mexican border, saying that in some ways it provides good training for war. The Pentagon chief said that within a week to 10 days the 5,800 troops currently deployed for the border mission will have accomplished all the tasks initially requested by Customs and Border Protection, although additional tasks are now being worked out between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security. In addition to the 5,800 active duty troops in the border area, about 2,100 National Guard troops have been providing border support since April.
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| Wisconsin company gives employees handguns for Christmas: 'The perfect gift' Posted: 14 Nov 2018 07:34 AM PST  A Wisconsin family-owned company decided to forgo traditional cash bonuses
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| Michael Avenatti Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence Posted: 14 Nov 2018 06:52 PM PST  Avenatti was arrested earlier Wednesday and remained in custody, said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Mike Lopez, who declined to provide further details. "I have never been physically abusive in my life nor was I last night," Avenatti said in a statement issued by his law office.
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| Mitch McConnell’s Spectacularly Tone-Deaf ‘Partisan Politics’ Rant Backfires Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:00 PM PST  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) published an op-ed on Tuesday
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| Northern California Fire Victims Are Suing The Power Company Posted: 14 Nov 2018 03:26 PM PST  Northern California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has once again found itself
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| California wildfires - live: Firefighters tackle new Woolsey blaze as deadly Camp Fire spreads Posted: 13 Nov 2018 02:30 PM PST  At least 42 people have died in a fierce wildfire which largely incinerated the town of Paradise in northern California, the largest loss of life from such a blaze in state history. The latest death toll, was announced by Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea at an evening news conference in the city of Chico after authorities found the bodies of 13 more victims of the devastating blaze dubbed the Camp Fire. The fire already ranked as the most destructive on record in California in terms of property loss, having consumed more than 7,100 homes and other structures since it ignited on Thursday.
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| Retired Firefighter Sentenced For Shooting At Black Teen Who Sought Directions Posted: 13 Nov 2018 02:16 PM PST  A retired white firefighter who fired a shotgun at a black teenager after the
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| Amazon HQ Move Criticized by New York City Council, U.S. Senator Posted: 14 Nov 2018 04:13 PM PST  About 250 people huddled against the cold wind in Long Island City Wednesday, near the East River site where Amazon plans to move in. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand later used a Twitter posting to join the chorus of critics. The gathering in Queens included dozens of elected officials, including City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who represents the district that includes Long Island City and who said he'd been shut out of any negotiations and only learned the deal had been consummated by reading about it in the newspaper.
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| Democrats and Republicans offer dueling narratives in recount as Thursday deadline nears Posted: 14 Nov 2018 01:15 PM PST  Democrats protested at the Broward County elections office Wednesday, demanding that every vote be counted, while a small group of Republicans chanted "stop the steal."
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| Trevor Noah Provides 'Presidential Harassment' Training For House Democrats Posted: 14 Nov 2018 08:05 PM PST  With Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, Trevor Noah
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| Duterte defends need to 'power nap' after summit no-shows Posted: 15 Nov 2018 03:54 AM PST  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday made light of his penchant for daytime dozes after his office said "power naps" had caused the gruff leader to miss a number of key meetings at a Singapore summit. Duterte is attending the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting alongside a string of world leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin, Japan's Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and US Vice-President Mike Pence.
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| Gaza-Israel frontier calms as enemies warily cease fire Posted: 13 Nov 2018 12:12 PM PST  Fighting died down at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) and a Palestinian official briefed on the negotiations said Gaza factions ceased firing as part of a deal proposed by Egypt. Since Monday, Israeli air strikes had killed seven Palestinians, at least five of them gunmen, and destroyed several buildings used by Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists. Rocket attacks from Gaza sent residents of southern Israel to shelters, wounding dozens and killing a Palestinian laborer from the occupied West Bank.
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| Brexit Deal Helps Lock U.K. Into Customs Union the EU Wanted Posted: 13 Nov 2018 09:00 PM PST  For months, the struggle to work out a temporary fix for the Irish border stood in the way of a Brexit deal. Now, it turns out the solution looks neither temporary nor solely for the Irish border. As the agreement gets picked over by Theresa May's Cabinet, it will become clear that in signing up to the so-called backstop to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, the U.K. may be committing itself to something more permanent.
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| Family charged with murders of eight people on marijuana farm Posted: 13 Nov 2018 05:01 PM PST  Four members of one family have been arrested in connection the massacre of another family on an Ohio marijuana farm. The eight victims, who ranged in age from 16 to 44, were found dead in four separate homes on their farm in Pike County in 2016. Parents George "Billy" Wagner III, 47, and Angela Wagner, 48, were arrested alongside their two sons George Wagner IV, 27, and Edward "Jake" Wagner, 26.
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| Fox News backs CNN in lawsuit against Trump, wants Acosta's access reinstated Posted: 14 Nov 2018 09:12 AM PST  The president of Fox News said on Wednesday that the media outlet is joining more than a dozen other media outlets in supporting rival CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump.
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| Deadly wildfires continue to burn in California Posted: 13 Nov 2018 12:53 PM PST  Deadly wildfires are continuing to burn in Northern and Southern California. The Camp Fire in Northern California is now the deadliest fire in the state's history, having killed at least 42 people. The Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire continue to burn in Southern California. All three fires began on Thursday.
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| Death Toll Rises To 56 In Northern California Camp Fire, Deadliest In State History Posted: 14 Nov 2018 07:12 PM PST  At least 56 people have been killed in the devastating Camp fire in Northern
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| Watch California's powerful, relentless winds stoke the state's fires Posted: 14 Nov 2018 09:49 AM PST  It's the time of year when winds really kick up in California, and firefighters on Tuesday night captured footage of relentless gusts driving a new blaze over the parched terrain. Firefighters in San Bernardino County — an arid region east of Los Angeles — spent the night combatting the newly-born Sierra Fire amid potent seasonal winds, known as Santa Anas. Though this particular fire (147 acres and well-contained), is quite small compared to the expansive Camp and Woolsey fires, it shows how persistent 50 mph gusts can whip fire over the land — land that has been parched by a confluence of dry winds and a long, scorching summer. #SierraFire: Footage from earlier this evening. In #SantaAnaWinds, Dozers can often engage where it's too dangerous for handcrews. A decisive force multiplier in tonight's firefight. ^eas pic.twitter.com/gtqmJB5pk6 — SB County Fire (@SBCOUNTYFIRE) November 14, 2018 In the video, a bulldozer, which had been clearing vegetation to limit the spread of fire into an adjacent community, can be seen working while the winds blow smoke through the air and stoke brush fires in the background. Santa Ana winds are notorious for stoking fall fires in California. These dry winds, traveling east from the great U.S. deserts, pick up in the fall and eventually peak in December, Sasha Gershunov, a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said in an interview. But typically by mid-November — and certainly December — some rains will wet the dry California vegetation. The winds will always blow, but these days they're increasingly gusting over dried-out terrain. This makes for perfect fire conditions. SEE ALSO: When will this terrible wildfire season in California end? "Now we're in our traditional fire season, but the fuels are untraditionally dry this late into the season," said Gershunov. "This seems to be getting more common as the climate changes," he added. Some of the most destructive, deadliest wildfires occur in Southern California, a place not defined by pine forests, but shrubs and grasslands. Here, a confluence of Santa Ana winds, development in fire-prone areas, and climate change have boosted the state's growing wildfire woes. Overall, the amount of land burned in the United States has more than doubled over the last 30 years, and predictably, these fires have been enhanced by a warming globe. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| Skip the Sauce and Put One of These Cranberry Relishes on Your Thanksgiving Table Posted: 13 Nov 2018 12:37 PM PST |
| The Latest: Judge rules on requests by Abrams campaign Posted: 14 Nov 2018 06:43 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the still unresolved election for Georgia governor (all times local):
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| Pound plunges as UK ministers quit over Brexit deal Posted: 15 Nov 2018 02:25 AM PST  The pound plunged against the dollar and euro Thursday after ministers, including Britain's Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, quit in protest against a draft deal to exit the EU. The latest market gyrations came as the nation's business sector gave a lukewarm verdict to the proposed agreement, and amid worries that British Prime Minister Theresa May could soon face a no-confidence vote. London's FTSE 100 index of major companies meanwhile dipped 0.1 percent to 7,026.17 points.
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| Howard Dean: Republicans will 'have a terrible time because they’re getting older and whiter' Posted: 14 Nov 2018 02:00 AM PST  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was pleased with the party's performance in last week's midterm elections — and not just because it regained control of the House.
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| X-ray images show tools Khashoggi killers brought to Istanbul, Turkish paper claims Posted: 14 Nov 2018 10:58 AM PST  The 15-strong Saudi kill team responsible for the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi carried luggage containing scissors, syringes and a stun gun, a pro-government Turkish paper has claimed. Sabah, a daily newspaper headquartered in Istanbul, published images on Tuesday purported to be airport X-ray scans of the team's bags as they left Istanbul for Riyadh on October 2, the day of Mr Khashoggi's murder. A number of tools and pieces of equipment can be seen, including walkie-talkies, a signal jammer and a pair of scissors. The bags were loaded onto two private jets but police were not able to open them due to diplomatic immunity, according to the report. The paper, which is close to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is one of a number of outlets that has published a steady stream of leaks providing lurid details of Khashoggi's death, a tactic seemingly designed to keep pressure on Riyadh and its allies. How the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi unfolded Mr Khashoggi, a regular contributor to the Washington Post, was killed in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate while attempting to secure paperwork that would allow him to remarry. According to Istanbul's chief prosecutor, he was strangled and his body dismembered soon after entering the building. Saudi officials initially denied all involvement but in the face of mounting international outrage admitted that the columnist had been killed as part of a "rogue" operation. The X-ray images were published as the New York Times reported that in an audio recording of the killing, one of the team responsible can be heard instructing a superior to "tell your boss" after the murder takes place, a suspected reference to Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince. Khashoggi was once close to the royal family but went into self-imposed exile last year and had since been critical of the Crown Prince in his writing. Mr Erdogan described the tape as a "calamity" this week and said it shocked even a Saudi intelligence officer who listened to it, according to local media. The Turkish president added that orders for the killing came from the highest levels of the kingdom.
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| Woolsey Fire damage coming into focus Posted: 13 Nov 2018 07:57 PM PST  Residents are returning home to find desolation after an evacuation order was lifted.
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| Michelle Obama Says She And Barack Are 'Finding Each Other Again' In Post-White House Romance Posted: 14 Nov 2018 09:26 AM PST  Michelle Obama is getting candid about her relationship with her husband of
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| 10 Cheap Stocking Stuffers Under $10 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 08:50 AM PST  If you're reading this, it's not too late. At least, not for inexpensive,
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| Troops sift through California wildfire ruins amid fears death toll will rise Posted: 15 Nov 2018 08:48 AM PST  More than 9,000 personnel from many U.S. states are fighting the Camp Fire, which incinerated Paradise, and the Woolsey Fire hundreds of miles to the south. Authorities attributed the high number of casualties to the staggering speed with which the wind-driven flames blew through Paradise. Nearly 8,700 homes were destroyed and 15,500 buildings threatened, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Thursday.
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| 12 Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes That Don't Sacrifice Flavor Posted: 14 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  Ah, Thanksgiving ― the one day of the year when we take advantage of our free
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| Georgia Legislator, Arrested At Work, Says She Was ‘Singled Out As A Black Female Senator' Posted: 13 Nov 2018 06:01 PM PST  Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) was arrested along with more
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| Lion Air: a deadly crash and a whole lot of questions for Boeing Posted: 14 Nov 2018 05:33 PM PST  Questions swirled Wednesday about how Boeing had failed to tell airlines and pilots about changes to an anti-stall system suspected in last month's fatal crash in Indonesia. Investigators are examining whether the system, which is meant to prevent aircraft from stalling, was tied to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. The Boeing 737-MAX plunged into the Java Sea on October 29, killing all 189 people aboard.
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| Trump calls on Florida Democrat to concede, implies fraud Posted: 13 Nov 2018 07:13 PM PST  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to intervene in Florida's legally mandated vote recount Tuesday, calling on the state's Democratic senator to admit defeat and again implying without evidence that officials in two pivotal counties are trying to steal the election.
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| Khashoggi murder: US hits 17 Saudis with sanctions Posted: 15 Nov 2018 07:54 AM PST  The United States on Thursday placed punishing economic sanctions on 17 Saudis allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including top aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sanctions were declared after Riyadh's public prosecutor announced that five officials face a possible death sentence in the case but exculpated the prince. "The Saudi officials we are sanctioning were involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
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| New York Taxpayers Are Buying A Helipad For The Richest Man In The World Posted: 13 Nov 2018 01:01 PM PST  New Yorkers, take note: While you commute in dilapidated and decaying subways,
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| What To Buy On Black Friday At Walmart Posted: 14 Nov 2018 04:03 PM PST  Black Friday and Cyber Monday are near, but that doesn't mean there aren't
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| Iran's president: U.S. chose wrong path on sanctions, will be defeated Posted: 14 Nov 2018 02:34 AM PST  The United States has chosen the wrong path in reimposing sanctions on Iran and will be defeated, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, according to the Tasnim news agency. Washington reinstated sanctions targeting Iran's oil industry on Nov. 5 as it seeks to force the Islamic Republic to accept tougher curbs on its nuclear program, halt its development of ballistic missiles as well as its support for proxy forces in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. The path they have chosen is wrong and incorrect," Rouhani said.
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