| Trump Wanted DOJ To Prosecute James Comey And Hillary Clinton: Report Posted: 20 Nov 2018 02:31 PM PST  President Donald Trump wanted to order the Department of Justice to prosecute
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| Mississippi Republican apologizes for 'hanging' remark in Senate runoff debate Posted: 20 Nov 2018 07:01 PM PST  Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith apologized Tuesday evening during a debate for a recent remark that evoked the South's ugly past of racial terror against African-Americans.
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| White Man Accused Of Pulling Gun On Muslim Teens At Minnesota McDonald's Posted: 20 Nov 2018 06:15 PM PST  Police are investigating an incident at a Minnesota McDonald's in which a man
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| Yahoo News Explains: Is Nancy Pelosi going to be House speaker again? Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:28 AM PST  Nancy Pelosi is running a fierce campaign to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives. The current minority leader of the House — and only woman to be speaker — has been in the political sphere for more than four decades. Pelosi, who started as a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1976, slowly worked her way up to the House after a 1987 special election.
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| Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings Posted: 21 Nov 2018 04:30 AM PST ![Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings]( "Vintage illustrations as Thanksgiving greetings") Here's a look at some vintage Thanksgiving postcards, greeting cards and illustrations from the turn of the century to 1923. They don't make them like that any more!
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| Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:01 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2015.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Says He Wants to Work With Sheryl Sandberg for Decades Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:57 AM PST  Following a damaging report on Russian interference
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| Meet the 5 Best Gun Manufacturers on the Planet (Sig Sauer and Glock Made the Cut) Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:08 PM PST  Let the debate begin.
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| India struggles to recover American killed by tribe Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:34 PM PST  Indian authorities said Thursday that it may take "some days" to recover the body of an American killed in a hail of arrows shot by a tribe untouched by modern civilisation. John Allen Chau, 27, was attacked as he set foot last week on the remote North Sentinel Island, one of the Indian Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal that is off limits to visitors, according to police. Dependra Pathak, the head of the region's police, told AFP that authorities sent a helicopter to the area and then a ship to identify where the incident took place.
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| How To Have A Sustainable Thanksgiving Posted: 20 Nov 2018 11:33 AM PST  If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, your mind is likely occupied with
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| Officer, please let this patient and rather important cat into 10 Downing Street Posted: 20 Nov 2018 05:15 PM PST  Reporting from the steps of 10 Downing Street, one expects to be upstaged by the sudden appearance of the UK's Prime Minister Theresa May. But one news reporter found his broadcast instead overshadowed by a very patient cat waiting to be let inside the London premises by a police officer. SEE ALSO: A firefighter rescued a cat from the Paradise fire and she won't leave him alone The moment, which the BBC called "the most British thing you'll see today," was caught on Tuesday during a news report from Sky News' political correspondent Tom Rayner, discussing Brexit and May's future outside her famous residence. On such a characteristically rainy London day, this patient feline had every right to be let in. But folks, this is not just any cat. It's Larry, the 12-year-old tabby and official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, who has been in residence at 10 Downing Street since February 2011. Larry, chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, and patient waiter outside doors.Image: UK GOvernment/wikicommonsLarry gained notoriety for being a general badass when reports of a beef with the Foreign Office's chief mouser, Palmerston, emerged in 2016. According to the UK government's website, Larry's official duties include "greeting guests to the house, inspecting security defences, and testing antique furniture for napping quality. His day-to-day responsibilities also include contemplating a solution to the mouse occupancy of the house." So, let this rather important cat in, officer. The most British thing you'll see today happened in Downing Street this morning, and it involved @Number10Cat and a thoughtful police officer[tap video to expand] pic.twitter.com/patlVNAFQW — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 20, 2018 Sky News' Rayner was fine with being upstaged, acknowledging the importance of the four-pawed attention-seeker. I'm just glad you're being treated with the respect you deserve — Tom Rayner (@RaynerSkyNews) November 20, 2018 The moment was not lost on Twitter, which saw countless posts from people unpacking the complexities of Larry's conundrum. The cat's looking at the camera like 'can you do something about this, mate?' https://t.co/jaG20w6KW7 — Shannon Power (@shannonjpower) November 20, 2018 Everybody keeps finding this cute. What I see is a reminder of all the systems in Britain that don't work because people won't set aside antiquated traditions and adopt simple solutions like installing a cat door. https://t.co/zXHY5uuCj1 — Matt Steinglass (@mattsteinglass) November 20, 2018 Can almost hear the copper's thoughts.. "Will I, won't I, should I?" https://t.co/EDR8haxPlh — Marty Miller�� (@MartyMtweets) November 20, 2018 WATCH: This robot dog has better dance moves than you
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| Holiday Gift Guide 2018: 100 Gift Ideas of Our Dreams, Under $100 Posted: 21 Nov 2018 08:53 AM PST  Welcome to our personal wish list
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| Cyber Monday Deals On Nintendo Switch Bundles, Games And Accessories Posted: 20 Nov 2018 02:27 PM PST  The hunt is on for some of Black Friday and Cyber Monday's best gaming deals,
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| Suspected Chicago Mercy Hospital Gunman Had a History of Making Threats Posted: 20 Nov 2018 05:25 PM PST  Juan Lopez had threatened to shoot up the Chicago Fire Academy and was fired for "improper conduct toward women"
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| Saudi Arabia Allegedly Tortured Women's Rights Activists Before Khashoggi Murder Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:23 AM PST  In the wake of the brutal torture and murder of Saudi journalist Jamal
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| The Latest: California wildfire missing list rises to 870 Posted: 20 Nov 2018 08:13 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California's wildfires (all times local):
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| The 27 Best New York City Landmarks to Visit Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST |
| US troops limited to batons on Mexico border Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:12 PM PST  US troops stationed on the border with Mexico ahead of the expected arrival of a Central American migrant caravans can intervene to quell violence but will be armed only with batons, Defense Minister Jim Mattis said on Wednesday. The White House has given almost 5,800 troops posted along the frontier guidance that they can come to the aid of any Customs and Border Protection agents who come under attack, Mattis told reporters. In all, some 8,000 migrants are currently crossing Mexico in several caravans, according to the Mexican interior ministry.
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| What To Know About The Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Ahead Of Thanksgiving Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:08 AM PST  Following an E. coli bacterial outbreak in 11 states and Canada that has
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| Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer Banned From Twitter After Attacking Muslim Congresswoman Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:02 PM PST  Far-right figure Laura Loomer was banned by Twitter on Wednesday after attacking newly elected Democratic representative Ilhan Omar. According to Loomer, she was banned by the social media site after tweeting about the Minnesota politician. "Isn't it ironic how the twitter moment used to celebrate 'women, LGBTQ, and minorities' is a picture of Ilhan Omar?" Loomer wrote.
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| Star Trek-style 'ionic wind' plane hailed as most significant advance in flight since the Wright brothers Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:00 AM PST  A revolutionary Star Trek-style electric plane that flies silently and has no moving parts has completed its first test flight, in what is being hailed as one of the most significant advances in flight since the early experiments of the Wright brother more than 100 years ago. The battery-powered plane, which was developed and tested by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, is not kept in flight by propellers or a turbine but by an ionic wind system. The 16ft aircraft is completely silent and colliding electrically charged air molecules provide the thrust needed to make it fly, opening the door to new generation of emissions-free passenger aircraft and silent drones. Professor Steven Barrett, lead researcher on the project at MIT in Massachusetts, told the Telegraph that the plane's first flight, which is detailed in the journal Nature, was "super exciting". The battery-powered plane, which was developed and tested by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is powered by an ionic wind system He said: "This is the first time an aeroplane with no moving parts has flown. It's taken nine years of work to get here, and it's a hundred years since the ionic wind was first discovered". In the tests, the battery-powered unmanned aircraft, that weighs just five pounds, managed sustained flights of 197 ft in an MIT gym hall. Professor Barrett was inspired to launch the project after watching sci-fi series Star Trek as a child. He was especially impressed by the show's futuristic shuttle crafts that skimmed through space with "just a blue glow and silently glide". The project was inspired by the shuttlecraft featued in sci-fi series Star Trek Credit: Sportsphoto Agency "This made me think, in the long-term future, planes shouldn't have propellers and turbines," he said. "They should be more like the shuttles in Star Trek." Ionic wind, also known as electroaerodynamic thrust, was first identified in the 1920s and explored by scientists and engineers in the US and at Britain's Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in the 1960s, but they were only able to produce very low levels of thrust, insufficient for flight. To overcome this obstacle, the MIT test aircraft carries an array of thin wires strung beneath the front end of its wings. A high voltage current passed through the wires via a lightweight power converter strips negatively charged electrons from surrounding air molecules. This produces a cloud of positively charged ionised air molecules that are attracted to another set of negatively charged wires at the back of the plane, like a giant magnet attracting iron filings As they flow towards the negative charge, the ions collide millions of times with other air molecules, creating the thrust that pushes the aircraft forward. How ionic wind is generated One of the biggest challenges faced by the MIT team was designing a power supply that would generate 40,000 volts from the plane's battery output, one of the biggest stumbling blocks in adapting the technology for large-scale commercial use. Prof Barrett told the Telegraph that while it will take "several decades" for the technology to be advanced enough to power passenger aircraft, unmanned aircraft with wingspan of up to 80 ft will be possible in the "nearer term". The silent aircraft has obvious applications as a stealth drone, as it would not be detected by infrared scanners. Defence giant Lockheed Martin has reportedly already expressed interest in the project. Guy Gratton, an aerospace engineer and visiting professor at Cranfield University, said: "It's clearly very early days: but the team at MIT have done something we never previously knew was possible, in using accelerated ionised gas to propel an aircraft. "Aeronautical engineers around the world are already trying hard to find ways to use electric propulsion, and this technology will offer something else that in the future may allow manned and unmanned aircraft to be more efficient, and non-polluting."
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| Brother of Man Killed in Suspicious N.J. Fire Charged With Arson for Setting His Own Home Ablaze Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:48 AM PST  Paul Caneiro has been charged with aggravated arson
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| Trump May Move Ahead With Plans To Make Asylum Seekers Wait In Mexico: Report Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:28 PM PST  The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a plan that would force asylum
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| Renault stands by 'incapacitated' Ghosn but names deputy Posted: 20 Nov 2018 04:07 PM PST  After an emergency board meeting prompted by Ghosn's arrest Monday on charges of under-reporting his pay at Nissan, Renault said chief operating officer Thierry Bollore would become deputy CEO, with the "same powers" as Ghosn. Saying it was unable to comment on the "evidence seemingly gathered" against Ghosn, the carmaker asked Nissan to share all information stemming from its internal inquiry against him. Nissan has already signalled it will move to remove Ghosn as chairman, after alleging that an inquiry prompted by a whistleblower found "significant acts of misconduct," including millions of dollars in undeclared pay.
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| Meet the 5 Best Smith & Wesson Handguns Ever Made Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM PST  What would you choose?
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| This rally-honed Renault R8 Gordini is a long way from home Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:04 AM PST  We don't think the Renault 8 Gordini was designed with Californian coastal highways in mind – but that's exactly where this rally-inspired classic has ended up
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| The Latest: Gunman killed himself after shot by police Posted: 21 Nov 2018 02:58 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shootings at a Chicago hospital (all times local):
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| Dubai Design Week 2018: The Best Exhibits, Installations, and Collaborations Posted: 21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM PST |
| Doctors Slam NRA's Directive to 'Stay in Their Lane' After Chicago Hospital Shooting Posted: 20 Nov 2018 11:30 AM PST  'Every shooting is a preventable cause of death'
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| U.S., South Korea to reduce scope of 'Foal Eagle' military drill: Mattis Posted: 21 Nov 2018 09:39 PM PST  "Foal Eagle is being reorganized a bit to keep it at a level that will not be harmful to diplomacy," Mattis told reporters. The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves thousands of combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, takes place every spring. South Korea's defense ministry said on Thursday the allies were still in talks over next year's drill and they would formally announce their decision early next month.
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| 7 Ways to Lower Your Cable Bill Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:28 AM PST ![7 Ways to Lower Your Cable Bill]( "7 Ways to Lower Your Cable Bill") Cable TV is expensive and getting more so all the time. According to recent market research from Leichtman Research Group, the average monthly cable or satellite bill is now up to $107, yet 78 percent of U.S. households still pay for TV service. For those who want to keep cable, read on for a few ways to lower your cable bill.
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| France advised to change heritage law to allow return of African art to former colonies Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:54 AM PST  Franceshould change heritage law to facilitate the return of thousands of African artworks pillaged or bought during the colonial era, a government-appointed report is to advise President Emmanuel Macron. If approved, it would amount to a radical policy shift that could pile pressure on Britain and other ex-colonial powers to hand back long-held artifacts to their countries of origin. The report follows a groundswell of calls to return cultural treasures in Africa, amid estimations that up to 90 per cent of its cultural heritage is in foreign hands. France alone possesses around 90,000 African artworks, some 70,000 of which are at Paris' Quai Branly museum, founded by ex-president Jacques Chirac, a fan of African and Asian art. Currently, French law strictly forbids the government from parting with what amounts to state property, even in clear-cut cases of pillaging. But President Macron signalled he was prepared to consider change in a speech in Burkina Faso last year in which he said:"Africa's heritage cannot just be in European private collections and museums. "Within five years, I want the conditions to be met for the temporary or definitive restitution of African heritage to Africa." Mr Macron tasked French art historian Benedicte Savoy and Senegalese writer Felwine Sarr to draw up a report on the issue. It is estimated that up to 90 per cent of Africa's cultural treasures are held outside the continent Credit: GERARD JULIEN/AFP Due for release on Friday but leaked to French media on Wednesday, the report suggests amending French law to enable the restitution of cultural works if bilateral accords are struck between France and African states. The change would apply in particular to works held in museums which were "transferred from their original territory during the French colonial period," the report said. "We propose changing heritage laws so that all types of cases can be taken into account, and the criteria of consent can be invoked," Ms Sarr told French daily Libération. The experts said such collections were in effect depriving Africans of their artistic and cultural heritage. Advocates of such restitutions welcomed the report. Marie-Cecile Zinsou, a daughter of Benin's former prime minister and president of the Zinsou Art Foundation in Cotonou said that while it would spark "howls of disapproval" from some quarters in France, notably the far-Right, it could unleash a cultural "shockwave" throughout Europe and Africa. "Today it feels as if we're just a step away from recovering our history and being finally able to share it on the continent," she told AFP. The UK has resisted numerous and often impassioned calls to return artifacts to their countries of origin, including the Elgin Marbles to Greece and the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. On Tuesday, the governor of Chile's Easter Island in the Pacific implored the British Museum to return the Hoa Hakananai'a, one of its most important statues and held for 150 years.
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| The 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor Desert Racer Becomes a Better Rock Crawler Posted: 20 Nov 2018 10:35 AM PST  The high-flying F-150 gains Trail Control, active dampers, and a higher price for 2019.
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| The Latest: Police go to island to look into US man's death Posted: 21 Nov 2018 07:00 PM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Latest on the death of an American who was killed by an isolated Indian tribe (all times local):
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| Trump Thanks Saudi Arabia For Low Gas Prices After Jamal Khashoggi's Killing Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:51 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked Saudi Arabia for the declining
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| This Porsche 914 has clocked only 1141 miles in 43 years! Posted: 22 Nov 2018 03:43 AM PST  This 1975 Porsche 914 2.0 was placed in dry storage over 40 years ago, clocking up only 1141 miles beforehand. It's now up for grabs with RM Sotheby's on December 8
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| After Airbnb, Booking.com asked to remove West Bank listings Posted: 20 Nov 2018 10:45 AM PST  Rights activists on Tuesday urged Booking.com to follow the example of Airbnb and withdraw listings for rentals in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, even as Israel called the move "disgusting" and threatened legal action. Airbnb said Monday it will remove such listings, just ahead of the release of a Human Rights Watch report criticising the inclusion of settlements. Israel strongly denounced Airbnb's decision and threatened legal action against the company, while Palestinian officials welcomed it.
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| Chief Justice rebukes Trump on 'Obama judge' comment Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:46 AM PST  President Donald Trump has fired back at Chief Justice John Roberts, who defended judicial independence by saying, "we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges." ABC News' Emily Rau reports.
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| Khloe Kardashian Reveals Her Biggest Struggle With Breastfeeding Posted: 21 Nov 2018 10:24 AM PST  Khloe Kardashian recently opened up about a problem so many mothers can relate
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