| Subject of Mueller probe boasts of ties to acting AG Matt Whitaker Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:18 PM PST  An obscure conservative podcast recorded by a former Trump administration official last Sunday provided a unique window into acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker and the reasons some have found his appointment alarming.
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| GOP Senator Says Voter Suppression Is A 'Great Idea' Posted: 16 Nov 2018 05:10 AM PST  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) appeared to endorse voter suppression during a
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| Leaked chat logs on hacks may be part of case against Julian Assange Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:43 PM PST  While transparency advocates and First Amendment activists have consistently worried that Assange's arrest and conviction would set a bad precedent for the media if Assange is charged with espionage for publishing classified documents, it's possible the charges will have to do with his solicitation of those materials.
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| Camp Fire’s Missing Person List Climbs To 1,011 As Statewide Death Toll Rises To 74 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:54 PM PST  The number of names on the missing person's list for Northern California's
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| New Jersey couple and homeless man whose feel-good story went viral charged with GoFundMe scam Posted: 15 Nov 2018 11:34 AM PST  Prosecutors say Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. fabricated the tale in an effort to raise money for themselves.
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| Photos of the week: 11/9 - 11/16 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  Devastating wildfires continued to ravage parts of Northern and Southern
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| Indonesian jet crash victim's family sues Boeing Posted: 15 Nov 2018 10:32 PM PST  The family of an Indonesian man killed in a Lion Air jet crash is suing Boeing, alleging that the accident may have been caused by a problem with the flight-control system in its newest 737 plane. The father of Rio Nanda Pratama filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the US state of Illinois, where the plane manufacturer is headquartered, over the death of the young doctor who was to have married his high-school sweetheart this week. Pratama's fiance Intan Syari, 26, has made headlines after she posed alone for photos in a wedding gown that she was to have worn at the couple's nuptials in Indonesia.
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| Nancy Pelosi Has A Math Problem But Plenty Of Potential Answers Posted: 15 Nov 2018 04:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insists she's still on track to be the
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| 78-year-old man in California claims he killed at least 90 people over four decades Posted: 17 Nov 2018 05:51 AM PST  A man now thought to be one of the most prolific serial killers in the US claims he killed as many as 90 people over four decades. Investigators have been able to close four unsolved murder cases because of the confessions of Samuel Little. The 78-year-old, also known as Samuel McDowell, was already serving a life sentence in California for three murders when he confessed to a Texas investigator.
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| California wildfires: List of missing passes 600 as hunt for victims continues Posted: 15 Nov 2018 08:28 PM PST  A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the number of those reported missing in the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. At least 63 people have been confirmed dead in the Camp Fire, which erupted a week ago in the drought-parched Sierra foothills 175 miles north of San Francisco and now ranks as one of the most lethal single US wildfires since the turn of the last century. Authorities attributed the high death toll in part to the staggering speed with which the wind-driven flames, fueled by desiccated scrub and trees, raced with little warning through Paradise, a town of 27,000. Nearly 12,000 homes and buildings, including most of the town, were incinerated last Thursday night hours after the blaze erupted, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has said. A property reduced to ashes is seen in Paradise, California Credit: AFP What was left was a ghostly, smoky expanse of empty lots covered in ash and strewn with twisted wreckage and debris. Thousands of additional structures were still threatened by the blaze, and as many as 50,000 people were under evacuation orders at the height of the blaze. An army of firefighters, many from distant states, labored to contain and suppress the flames. The revised official roster of 630 individuals whose whereabouts and fate remained unknown is more than double the 297 listed earlier in the day by the Butte County Sheriff's Office. California wildfires in pictures: Flames ravage Paradise and celebrity enclave of Malibu Sheriff Kory Honea said nearly 300 people initially reported as unaccounted for had been found alive. He said the list of missing would keep fluctuating with names being added and others removed, either because they turn up safe or are identified among the dead. The higher confirmed death toll, and rising number of those unaccounted for, were revealed at an evening news briefing by Honea, who said the remains of seven more Camp Fire victims had been located since Wednesday's tally of 56. How the wildfire in Paradise developed The sheriff has asked relatives of the missing to submit DNA samples to hasten identification of the dead. But he acknowledged some of those unaccounted for may never be conclusively found. The Butte County disaster coincided with a flurry of smaller blazes in Southern California, including the Woolsey Fire, which has been linked with three fatalities and destroyed at least 500 structures in the mountains and foothills near the Malibu coast west of Los Angeles. The latest blazes have capped a pair of calamitous wildfire seasons in California that scientists largely attribute to prolonged drought they say is symptomatic of climate change. The cause of the fires are under investigation. But two electric utilities have said they sustained equipment problems close to the origins of the blazes around the time they were reported. The White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump, who has been criticized as having politicized the fires by casting blame on forest mismanagement, plans to visit the fire zones on Saturday to meet displaced residents. 10 California wildfires with largest death toll Cal Fire said that 40 percent of the Camp Fire's perimeter had been contained, up from 35 percent, even as the blaze footprint grew 2,000 acres to 141,000 acres (57,000 hectares). Containment of the Woolsey fire grew to 57 percent. But smoke and soot spread far and wide. Public schools in Sacramento and districts 90 miles (145 km) to the south, and as far away as San Francisco and Oakland, said Friday's classes would be canceled as the Camp Fire worsened air quality. Those who survived the flames but lost homes were moving in temporarily with friends or relatives or bunking down in American Red Cross shelters. At a shelter set in a church in nearby Oroville, a bulletin board was plastered with dozens of photos of missing people, along with messages and phone numbers. Church officials posted lists of names they received in phone calls from people searching for friends and family. Evacuees are asked to check the boards to see if their names appear. Volunteer rescue workers search for human remains in the rubble of burned homes in Paradise Credit: AP Many others found haven at an encampment that sprang up in the parking lot outside a still-open Walmart store in Paradise, where dozens of evacuees pitched tents or slept in their cars. Part of the lot was roped off as a distribution center for clothes, food and coffee. Portable toilets were also brought in. Evacuees milling in the parking lot faced morning temperatures that dropped to just above freezing and many wore breathing masks for protection from lingering smoke. Nicole and Eric Montague, along with their 16-year-old daughter, showed up for free food but have been living with extended family in the neighboring city of Chico, in a one-bedroom apartment filled with 15 people and nine dogs. They recounted being stunned at how swiftly the fire roared through Paradise the first night. "We didn't have any time to react," Eric said. "The news didn't even know the fire was coming. It just happened so quick." Nicole said she fled once her home's mailbox caught fire and neighbors' propane tanks began exploding. Facing walls of flames and traffic gridlock, her evacuation with her daughter was so harrowing that she called her husband to say farewell. "I called him and said, 'Honey, I'm not going to make it. I love you,'" Nicole said.
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| How Florida’s recount will work Posted: 15 Nov 2018 11:38 AM PST  No, Florida isn't going to go through 8 million ballots one at a time. Here's how the rest of the recount process will work.
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| Gov. Scott Walker On Students Who Gave Nazi Salute: 'They're Idiots.' Posted: 15 Nov 2018 02:45 PM PST  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) mustered a lukewarm response when asked about
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| Toxic Bay Area air quality is among worst in world right now Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:46 AM PST  Schools across the Bay Area in California are closed due to bad air quality.
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| Days after cease-fire, Gaza border demonstrations to resume Posted: 15 Nov 2018 10:08 AM PST  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian organizers of the weekly demonstrations in the Gaza Strip along the Israeli border said they will hold another protest on Friday — in a key test of this week's cease-fire between Israel and Gaza militant groups.
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| Facebook Faces Uproar on Crisis Response That Attacked Soros Posted: 15 Nov 2018 12:07 PM PST  In the wake of a scathing newspaper report on the company's approach to managing a deepening crisis, Facebook said Thursday that it ended its work with a Republican public affairs firm that had drawn links between enemies of the company and billionaire financier George Soros. The move to cut ties with Definers Public Affairs came after the New York Times detailed the firm's work amid widespread turmoil at the social media giant as it dealt with the discovery of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential elections and data privacy breaches. The newspaper said Definers tried to deflect criticism of Facebook by encouraging reporters to look into rivals like Google and to pursue stories about Soros stoking anti-Facebook backlash in Washington.
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| Melania Trump's Hotel Charges Were $174,000 For A Day Trip To Toronto: Records Posted: 16 Nov 2018 06:36 PM PST  First lady Melania Trump's hotel bills for a day trip to Toronto last year
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| Federal judge sides with CNN, orders White House to restore Jim Acosta's press pass Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:46 AM PST  U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who was appointed by President Trump, ordered the White House to reinstate CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass.
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| FBI, Aruba Police Probing Royal Princess Cruise Ship Death Posted: 15 Nov 2018 11:47 AM PST  The FBI and authorities in Aruba are investigating whether the tragic death of
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| Betsy DeVos proposes new sexual assault reporting rules for US campuses that ‘could help shield rapists’ Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:26 PM PST  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has proposed a major change in the way American universities deal with campus sexual assault and harassment allegations in a move rights groups say could harm survivors. Ms DeVos has wants to add protections for those accused and limit situations in which schools would be required by law to investigate complaints brought forward by alleged victims, changes she said will treat both sides fairly. The requirements for investigation include only incidents which occurred on the universities' campuses or property under the school's authority and in those cases, only if the incident is reported to certain officials.
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| Rouhani sees Iran, Iraq expanding trade despite U.S. sanctions Posted: 17 Nov 2018 08:12 AM PST  Iran and Iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current $12 billion, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, despite concerns over the impact of renewed U.S. sanctions. Rouhani's remarks, after a meeting with visiting Iraqi President Barham Salih, came two weeks after the United States restored sanctions targeting Iran's oil industry as well as its banking and transportation sectors. "... through bilateral efforts, we can raise this figure (for bilateral trade) to $20 billion in the near future," Rouhani said in comments broadcast live on state television.
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| Ford, Lincoln SUVs Recalled for Second-Row Seat Issue Posted: 16 Nov 2018 11:39 AM PST  Ford is recalling approximately 38,000 of its 2018 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs because of a faulty second-row seat. The second-row bench seat may be missing a reinforcement bracke...
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| Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world’s last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers Posted: 17 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PST ![Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers]( "Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers") These stunning photographs of the world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers show the incredible bond between man and bird. The images, taken last month by photography tour guide Daniel Kordan, 29, show a group of 10 eagle hunters traveling between West and South Mongolia and across the Gobi Desert. The hunters train eagles from an early age and look after the majestic birds until they reach the age of 12.
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| Raccoons Who Police Assumed Had Rabies Were Actually Just Drunk Posted: 15 Nov 2018 10:11 AM PST  If raccoons could talk, these ones would be slurring their words
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| Melania Trump Knows It’s Ironic That She Advocates Against Bullying Posted: 15 Nov 2018 04:37 PM PST  Melania Trump acknowledged the irony that she is advocating against bullying
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| North Korea Says Kim Guided Test of New ‘High-Tech’ Weapon Posted: 15 Nov 2018 07:29 PM PST  Kim inspected the "successful" test during a visit to North Korea's Academy of Defense Science, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Friday morning local time. KCNA didn't provide any details on the type of weapon, whether it was related to Kim's nuclear program, or when the test occurred. "The testing of the high-tech tactical weapon has been carried out successfully, meeting all superior and powerful designing indicators," KCNA said.
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| David Hockney pool painting soars to $90 million, record for living artist Posted: 15 Nov 2018 08:18 PM PST  An iconic 1972 painting by British artist David Hockney soared to $90.3 million at Christie's on Thursday, smashing the record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by a living artist. With Christie's commission, "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)," surpassed the auction house's pre-sale estimate of about $80 million, following a bidding war between two determined would-be buyers once the work hit $70 million. The previous record for a work by a living artist was held by Jeff Koons' sculpture "Balloon Dog," which sold for $58.4 million in 2013.
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| 'Start Here' podcast: 4 military members charged with Green Beret's death Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:36 AM PST  The incident happened last June when the two Navy SEALs and two special ops Marines were stationed in Mali. ABC News' Brad Mielke reports.
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| Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ Posted: 15 Nov 2018 03:33 PM PST  The U.S. Justice Department said it is planning to prosecute controversial
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| Honda Recalls 64,000 SUVs and Minivans for Brake Issue Posted: 16 Nov 2018 04:15 PM PST  Honda is recalling 64,785 SUVs and minivans because an improper coating on a brake component may lead to reduced braking performance, which raises the risk of a crash, according to the National H...
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| Number of missing hard to peg in deadly California wildfire Posted: 16 Nov 2018 07:06 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 1,000 people are unaccounted for after a deadly Northern California wildfire, but authorities warned Friday that the roster is fluid and contains "raw data," including the names of people who are safe.
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| Judge Orders White House To Reinstate Jim Acosta's Press Credentials Posted: 16 Nov 2018 07:31 AM PST  A federal judge on Friday ruled to immediately reinstate CNN reporter Jim
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| British PM fights rebellion over Brexit deal Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:11 AM PST  British Prime Minister Theresa May battled Friday to salvage a draft Brexit deal and her own political future. The Conservative leader said she believed with "every fibre of my being" in the Brexit course she had set, after facing a hostile parliament and seeing four ministers, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, quit the government. Members of parliament on all sides warned her there was no way the plan could win their approval, but she dismissed calls to quit, saying: "Am I going to see this through?
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| FDA to ban flavored e-cigarettes at U.S. convenience stores Posted: 15 Nov 2018 01:15 PM PST  The much-anticipated announcement will mean that only tobacco, mint and menthol e-cigarette flavors can be sold at most traditional retail outlets such as convenience stores. The FDA also plans to seek a ban on menthol cigarettes, a longtime goal of public health advocates, as well as flavored cigars. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the moves are meant to prevent young people from continuing to use e-cigarettes, potentially leading to traditional cigarette smoking.
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| 18 Candles You Should Really Be Giving as Gifts Posted: 15 Nov 2018 01:56 PM PST  To yourself included!
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| Hundreds Missing In California Fire Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:48 PM PST  The numbers of people missing and killed in the Northern California Camp Fire continue to rise.
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| One-off 1980 Mercury Cosworth Capri joins collector auction Posted: 16 Nov 2018 05:06 AM PST  This show car built by Ford and modified by metal fabricator Ron Fournier is the only one in existence – and it's on sale for the first time in 24 years
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| Father: Threats to driver won't bring justice for slain kids Posted: 15 Nov 2018 01:48 PM PST  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — The father of one of three Indiana children who were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a road to board a school bus said Thursday that threats against the driver and her family won't bring justice for his daughter or help those she left behind.
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| California's DIY firefighters battle alone as the richest hire private teams Posted: 16 Nov 2018 11:00 PM PST  As officials battled blazes elsewhere, residents of Cornell, California, chose to take on the fires rather than flee Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law's home leveled by the Woolsey Fire, in Agoura Hills, near Cornell, California. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP
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| Scott Lead Holds as Florida Begins Tally of Questionable Ballots Posted: 16 Nov 2018 09:58 AM PST  Florida's secretary of state ordered counties to tally ballots by hand after a machine recount that ended Thursday showed Republican Rick Scott leading incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson by just 12,603 votes out of 8.2 million cast, well under the 0.25 percentage point threshold to trigger a hand recount. Republicans will continue to hold a majority of Senate seats after last week's midterm election, even though a tight race in Arizona ultimately went to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
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| Emmanuel Macron On Donald Trump: ‘I Do Not Do Policy Or Diplomacy By Tweets’ Posted: 15 Nov 2018 10:35 AM PST  French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a subtle burn toward President
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| ‘Green New Deal’ Gains Momentum, But Few Progressive Caucus Democrats Pledge Support Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:10 PM PST  Just three Democrats in the Congressional Progressive Caucus have pledged this
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| May's Brexit deal won't get through parliament: former Brexit sec Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:48 PM PST ![May's Brexit deal won't get through parliament: former Brexit sec]( "May's Brexit deal won't get through parliament: former Brexit sec") LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's draft European Union divorce deal will not get the approval of the UK parliament, former Brexit Secretary David Davis said on Friday. "What's more likely to happen than a confidence vote (in May) is this deal will be rejected by the House of Commons... There's no way I can see it getting through," Davis told CNBC. "Therefore she'll have to come up with another alternative." Davis resigned as Brexit secretary in July in protest at May's plans for a long-term relationship with the bloc. (Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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