| 'Hero' firefighters, Spanish tourist killed in Paris gas blast Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:55 PM PST  A powerful gas explosion tore through a building in central Paris on Saturday killing a Spanish woman and two firefighters hailed as heroes by French President Emmanuel Macron. Dozens more were injured in the blast which also badly damaged nearby apartments, officials said. Around 200 firefighters were mobilised to battle the fire that broke out after the explosion and evacuate victims and residents in the area, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene.
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| The Latest: Israeli PM confirms weekend strikes in Syria Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:54 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on Israel's operation along its border with Lebanon (all times local):
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| Storm dumps piles of snow on Midwest as it moves East; 5 people dead in crashes Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:28 PM PST  A bitter winter storm that dumped at least 10 inches of snow on St. Louis Saturday left five people dead in crashes on slick roadways in Kansas and Missouri as it spread eastward across the country.
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| SCOTUS: Ginsburg Is Cancer-Free but Will Miss Oral Arguments Next Week Posted: 11 Jan 2019 12:24 PM PST  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss oral arguments again next week but is now cancer-free, the Supreme Court announced Friday. "Post-surgery evaluation indicates no evidence of remaining disease, and no further treatment is required," said Supreme Court spokesperson Kathleen Arberg in a statement, which noted that Ginsburg is "on track" in her recovery from surgery to remove two cancerous spots in her left lung. This week, Ginsburg missed oral arguments at the Court for the first time in her over 25 years as a justice.
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| Elon Musk's SpaceX said to be planning to cut 10 per cent of workforce Posted: 11 Jan 2019 06:02 PM PST  Elon Musk's SpaceX will lay off about 10 percent of its more than 6,000 employees, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The company did not comment on the number of layoffs but said in emailed comments that it needs to become a "leaner" organisation for which it would "part ways" with some of its workforce. "To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based Internet, SpaceX must become a leaner company", a SpaceX spokesman said. SpaceX launched its first rocket of 2019 early Friday. It has a busy year ahead, with a critical demonstration flight scheduled for February for its Crew Dragon spacecraft that will eventually carry American astronauts to the International Space Station. Last week, SpaceX disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had sold $273 million in equity as part of plans to raise a total of $500 million. The Wall Street Journal reported in December that the rocket company was planning to raise the funds at a $30.5 billion valuation.
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| FBI 'investigated whether Trump was secretly working for Russia' Posted: 12 Jan 2019 03:02 AM PST  Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump's behaviour in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been working for Russia against US interests, The New York Times reported on Friday. The report cites unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. The inquiry forced counterintelligence investigators to evaluate whether Mr Trump was a potential threat to national security, and they also sought to determine whether Mr Trump was deliberately working for Russia or had unintentionally been influenced by Moscow.
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| The Real 'Wall' America Needs Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:50 PM PST  U.S. coasts are a terrorist's best hope of wreaking havoc on America.
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| Florida Key lime pie: So popular it's got its own festival Posted: 11 Jan 2019 06:00 PM PST ![Florida Key lime pie: So popular it's got its own festival]( "Florida Key lime pie: So popular it's got its own festival") The eighth annual Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will be Jan. 19 at Veterans Memorial Park on Merritt Island.
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| China's Huawei fires employee detained in Poland Posted: 12 Jan 2019 06:41 AM PST  Huawei said Saturday it has fired a Chinese employee who was arrested in Poland on espionage allegations, as China's telecom giant distanced itself from the case amid Western concerns that it could act as a proxy for Chinese security services. This week's detention of Wang Weijing follows the December arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer in Canada and US efforts to blacklist the company internationally over security concerns. While China's government has vociferously defended Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and demanded her release, the firm swiftly sacked Wang, who works at its representative office in Poland.
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| Snow storm marches toward Washington, after pummeling Midwest Posted: 12 Jan 2019 11:39 AM PST  The weather system is forecast to affect an 1,800-mile corridor of the United States from Colorado to the mid-Atlantic.
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| Rep. Steve King rejects the 'label' and 'evil ideology' of white supremacy Posted: 11 Jan 2019 01:04 PM PST  Iowa Republican Steve King tries to explain the context behind racist remarks attributed to him in the New York Times.
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| Kamala Harris’s Outrageous Assault on the Knights of Columbus Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:30 AM PST  Kamala Harris is set to announce her candidacy for president sometime around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Well, here's your first clue: On December 5, Harris posed a series of written questions to Brian Buescher, President Trump's nominee for district court in Nebraska. Since 1993, you have been a member of the Knights of Columbus, an all-male society comprised primarily of Catholic men.
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| Aunt of Jayme Closs 'can't wait' to see her, thanks authorities for all their hard work Posted: 11 Jan 2019 12:29 PM PST  Kelly Engelhardt, whose brother and sister-in-law were murdered, says her family is overjoyed and extremely grateful for the safe recovery of her niece, Jayme Closs.
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| Opposition-controlled Venezuela legislature calls for protest to oust Maduro Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:24 PM PST  Maduro, 56, was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, having won a controversial election in May that was boycotted by the opposition and branded a fraud by the United States, European Union and Organization of American States. The president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, said Friday that the constitution gives the legislature the right to assume transitional power after declaring Maduro a "usurper," but said it would need military backing and for people to take to the streets to demand change.
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| Eating more fiber and whole grains may mean a lower risk of death and disease, study finds Posted: 12 Jan 2019 09:03 AM PST ![Eating more fiber and whole grains may mean a lower risk of death and disease, study finds]( "Eating more fiber and whole grains may mean a lower risk of death and disease, study finds") Higher fiber diets were associated with a 15 to 31 percent reduction in the risk of death and disease, new research published in The Lancet has found.
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| Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria's Assad Posted: 13 Jan 2019 09:06 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed at toppling him. Now Syrian President Bashar Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations, a feat once deemed unthinkable as he forcefully crushed the uprising against his family's rule.
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| Man arrested after abuse of British pro-EU lawmaker Soubry Posted: 12 Jan 2019 10:20 AM PST  A man was arrested on Saturday after a video of a group of men verbally abusing pro-European lawmaker Anna Soubry prompted calls for the police to do more to protect politicians outside parliament. A group of Brexit supporters was filmed on Monday asking Soubry questions about her pro-European Union stance and support for a new Brexit referendum, with some calling her a fascist and chanting "scum". Earlier in the day, a BBC interview with Soubry was interrupted by chants that she was a Nazi, and lawmakers wrote to London's police chief to express their concern about the "deteriorating public order and security situation" around parliament.
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| US approved thousands of requests to bring child brides into country over the last decade Posted: 11 Jan 2019 02:55 PM PST  In one of those cases, a 49-year-old man applied to admit a 15-year-old child bride into the US. The are no set minimum age requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The data obtained by the Associated Press, however, prompts scrutiny on whether the immigration system is enabling forced marriages, and how American laws are exacerbating the problem despite its attempts to curb child and forced marriages.
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| The top 5 benefits that make the American Express Platinum Card a must-have Posted: 11 Jan 2019 04:30 PM PST  BGR has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. BGR and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. With large banks like JP Morgan and American Express poised to start significantly changing up how they structure rewards associated with premium credit cards, consumers may find it trickier than ever these days to figure out how to wade through the choices of plastic available to them and come to a decision. These kinds of cards, in particular, come with generally high fees to go along with the abundance of perks. Large financial institutions have historically enticed borrowers to spring for their most luxe credit options by offering incentives like free air travel and tons of points, though as The Wall Street Journal reported in recent days some banks are now looking to tweak that model -- changing up the rewards so that you get less on the front end and you're induced to actually use the cards more to get the benefits over the long term. All of which is to say, when you consider all of the above and the various options on the market available to you, there are several reasons why the Platinum Card® from American Express is a smart choice for consumers who want the best mix of price and rewards. Here's some of what it offers. An impressive domestic lounge network One of the easiest reasons to cite for why it's worth it to spring for the Amex Platinum Card is the lounge access you're afforded. This card gets you into any of the more than 30 Delta Sky Clubs around the globe plus American Express' own luxurious Centurion Lounges -- which also happen to be multiplying. Examples include the new 12,500-square-foot Centurion Lounge at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's Terminal D that opened in the fall and which offers a full bar menu that features local wines and beer as well as a menu with Texas-themed dishes. In all, this card unlocks access to more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries. The Platinum Card's Priority Pass membership also makes free food and drinks available at a growing number of airport restaurants and bars, so this benefit definitely helps take the sting out of getting hit with a long layover between flights. Tons of points, baby! The Platinum card is also offering a whopping 60,000-point bonus that kicks in once you make $5,000 in purchases within the first three months of your card membership. By one estimate, those points are worth up to $1,200 according to The Points Guy's recent valuation, and come on top of the card's other benefits like lounge access. When you book through an airline or via American Express Travel, you can earn 5 points for every dollar you spend on flights and hotels. This particular benefit has also been singled out for praise as being the best offering in its category among all cards, given that the 5x multiple on points for airfare can be earned even when you book through any airline - whereas you need to book through Amex Travel to get the 5 points for every dollar benefit. A combined up to $400 in airline fee and Uber credits Among the other ways this card's benefits more than offset that $550 fee each year, you also get up to $200 airline fee credit that can pay for everything from checked bag fees to in-flight food and drink purchases. The only caveat is you have to choose one airline each year that you'll direct your fee credit to, but it's a small price to pay. And as if that wasn't enough, Amex is also throwing in up to $200 in Uber savings each year. It's structured as a $15 Uber credit each month, with up to an additional $20 extra in December - which, while frequent travelers will have no problem using that up quickly, is still one more welcome perk to have. You've got to connect the card to your Uber app, and the monthly benefit is of the use-it-or-lose-it variety, but don't worry. If you don't have need of an Uber ride during a particular month, you can always use that month's credit on an UberEats delivery, instead. Complimentary premium status and memberships galore, from hotels to car rentals The Amex Platinum also has a ton of hotel-related perks alone that will quickly offset the costs that rack up from frequent travel, including complimentary gold status at Hilton and Starwood Hotels, which lets you enjoy benefits at hotels and resorts within the Hilton chain and which can also be matched with Marriott Gold status. Likewise, Platinum card members can also upgrade to Starwood Preferred Guest Gold Elite Status without having to meet any minimum stay requirements. And as if that wasn't enough, other elite member benefits include being given an enhanced room at check-in, when available. For car rentals, it's the same story. You get complimentary elite status with brands like Avis and Hertz, giving you the ability to take advantage of free membership in premium car rental programs that include special upgrades and discounts. The verdict: As the industry-leading charge card, the Platinum Card from American Express is the quintessential credit card. It's not even hard to not only over the card's annual fee, but actually come out ahead. If you travel a lot during the course of a year, or even if you're only on the road and hopping flights sporadically here and there, the Amex Platinum Card definitely is worthy of serious consideration. Benefits span beyond travel, like the card's stellar purchase protection, which reimburses you if you use it to buy an item that's later lost, stolen or damaged accidentally. Amex will cover you for the amount you paid, up to $10,000 per item with a $50,000 yearly maximum, for starters. You'll get plenty of use out of this card, in other words, and then some.
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| LA TEACHERS STRIKE: Teachers union rejects LAUSD's new offer Posted: 12 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST  A teachers strike scheduled to begin Monday appears imminent after United Teachers Los Angeles on Friday rejected a revised offer by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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| Experts Say Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency' Posted: 11 Jan 2019 11:42 AM PST  "It's not supposed to be used just because you can't reach a deal"
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| May warns MPs against 'catastrophic' failure to deliver Brexit Posted: 13 Jan 2019 02:37 AM PST  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday warned MPs preparing to vote down her EU divorce deal that failing to deliver Brexit would be a "catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy". May, who is fighting to save her withdrawal agreement negotiated with the bloc over 18 months of talks, told lawmakers they must not let down Brexit-backers in a crunch parliamentary vote Tuesday. "Doing so would be a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy," May wrote in the Sunday Express.
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| GM CEO Mary Barra: Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't want unionized workers Posted: 11 Jan 2019 02:30 PM PST  General Motors CEO Mary Barra dismissed the possibility that Elon Musk's Tesla could acquire one of GM's soon-to-be-idled U.S. factories.
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| Pompeo confident of US deal with Turkey to protect Kurds Posted: 12 Jan 2019 06:21 AM PST  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Despite Turkey's vows to the contrary, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday he was confident the two nations can agree on a way to protect U.S.-allied Kurdish rebels in Syria after American troops withdraw from the country.
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| Jayme Closs kidnapping suspect Jake Patterson accused of killing her parents Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:58 AM PST  Jayme was found by a neighbor Thursday, and Patterson, 21, was arrested a short time later in Gordon, Wisconsin.
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| Labour Vows Confidence Vote as May Faces Defeat: Brexit Update Posted: 13 Jan 2019 03:41 AM PST  Lawmakers are set this week to reject the Brexit deal Theresa May agreed with the European Union, plunging Britain deeper into crisis with less than 11 weeks remaining before Britain is due to leave the bloc.
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| Shareholders sue Google execs over handling of Andy Rubin sexual harassment claims Posted: 11 Jan 2019 05:08 PM PST ![Shareholders sue Google execs over handling of Andy Rubin sexual harassment claims]( "Shareholders sue Google execs over handling of Andy Rubin sexual harassment claims") When Android founder Andy Rubin left Google in 2014, the departure was unexpected, if not shrouded in mystery. A few years later, a New York Times expose revealed that Rubin was essentially forced out of the search giant due to a handful of sexual misconduct claims from other Google employees. In ousting Rubin, Google paid the famed engineer a whopping $90 million when it could have simply fired him outright. Naturally, when the story surfaced, Google received an avalanche of criticism for not only keeping quiet about the allegations, but for paying Rubin such a generous sum of money. The Times story first surfaced this past October and now, just a few months later, a pair of shareholder suits on the matter has emerged. Originally brought to light by the San Francisco Chronicle, both lawsuits effectively accuse the company's board of allowing the harassment to continue while also chastising board members for approving Rubin's exit payout. A complaint from one of the lawsuits reads in part: > The individual defendants knew about sexual harassment by numerous senior Google executives, including defendant Andy Rubin (the creator of Android mobile software), against who credible allegations of sexual misconduct were confirmed through an internal investigation. Instead of disciplining these senior executives, however, the individual defendants protected them. The individual defendants failed to timely disclose the harassment, and then attempted to cover up the harassment when news reports began to suggest that egregious sexual harassment and discrimination had occurred at Google. > > ... > > While at Google, Rubin is also alleged to have engaged in human sex trafficking - paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to women to be, in Rubin's own words, "owned" by him. Google, meanwhile, had paid lobbyists to oppose legislation in Washington that had bi-partisan support and south to combat human sex trafficking. "There has been substantial evidence of sexual harassment at Google, and yet there hasn't been the appropriate follow-through," one of the plaintiff's attorneys said during a recent press conference. "In fact, quite to the contrary, the perpetrators of the sexual harassment have been awarded handsomely." It's also worth noting that Google's handling of Rubin's case elicited quite a response from Google employees as well, culminating in a coordinated global walkout among employees in November. "Employees have raised constructive ideas for how we can improve our policies and our processes going forward," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in the wake of the protests. "We are taking in all their feedback so we can turn these ideas into action."
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| FBI 'probed whether Donald Trump secretly worked for Russia after Comey firing' Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST  The FBI secretly launched an investigation into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia while in office, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The decision was said to have been taken after Mr Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director leading the Russia election meddling investigation at the time, in May 2017. FBI agents had been weighing up the move for months but decided to act when Mr Trump linked the firing to the relief it would bring from the Russia probe, according to the paper. The move would have put the FBI in an extraordinary position - having to consider whether the US president himself posed a national security risk to the country he was leading. The investigation reportedly was only a few days old when Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to take over the Russia investigation. It is unknown whether he is still pursuing that line of inquiry. Mr Trump on Saturday morning sent six tweets hitting out at the Russia probe. Referencing the New York Times article, the US president said FBI leaders had launched the investigation "for no reason and with no proof". Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin' James Comey, a total sleaze!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019 The reported decisions date back to the chaotic days in Washington DC after Mr Trump fired Mr Comey just four months into his presidency. The investigation into Russian election meddling - which included whether Trump campaign figures had conspired with the Kremlin - was already up and running, being led by the FBI. Mr Trump reportedly wanted to reference Mr Comey's handling of the Russia investigation in the letter announcing his dismissal. The US president also made the connection in a TV interview, saying "this Russia thing" was a reason he acted. Those two events convinced FBI leaders that they had to investigate whether Mr Trump was knowingly working for or unwittingly being influenced by Moscow, according to The New York Times. Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller speaks during an interview at FBI headquarters Credit: AP As well as investigating whether Mr Trump has committed obstruction of justice in firing Mr Comey - a criminal offence - the bureau looked into whether he was a national security threat, which is a counterintelligence matter, the paper reported. Mr Mueller's appointed as special counsel around a week after Mr Comey's firing meant that the FBI handed all aspects of its investigation over to his team. Rudolph Giuliani, a lawyer for Mr Trump, played down the significance of the investigation to The New York Times, saying: "The fact that it goes back a year and a half and nothing came of it that showed a breach of national security means they found nothing." Mr Comey wrote later on Saturday morning: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made." — FDR— James Comey (@Comey) January 12, 2019
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| Secretary of State Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift Posted: 13 Jan 2019 06:54 AM PST  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and their regional foe Shi'ite Muslim Iran -- something Doha denies. The United States, an ally of the six-nation Sunni Muslim GCC, sees the rift as a threat to efforts to contain Iran and has pushed for a united Gulf front. "When we have a common challenge, disputes between countries with shared objectives are never helpful," Pompeo, who is on an eight-day tour of the Middle East, told a news conference in the Qatari capital Doha.
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| Palestinian president plans anti-Hamas measures as split widens Posted: 12 Jan 2019 07:40 PM PST  The decade-long Palestinian split looks set to deepen in the coming months, with president Mahmud Abbas poised to take multiple measures against Gaza to squeeze its Islamist rulers Hamas. The moves raise concerns of more suffering for Gaza's two million residents, already under an Israeli blockade and facing severe electricity shortages, while a cornered Hamas could renew violence against Israel. Analysts say the measures will also widen the gap between Hamas-run Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where Abbas's government has limited self-rule.
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| GM offers bold earnings forecast, and stock price soars Posted: 11 Jan 2019 05:05 PM PST  Meanwhile, union workers protest closures, as Barra says Tesla buying Lordstown is 'moot'
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| Democratic Hawaii Rep. Gabbard running for president in 2020 Posted: 11 Jan 2019 04:34 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has announced that she is running for president in 2020.
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| Analysis: Cyntoia Brown, R Kelly and the refusal to recognize black and brown female victims Posted: 11 Jan 2019 01:32 PM PST  The cases of Cyntoia Brown and R Kelly's alleged victims highlight how women of color are victims of gender-based crimes without being treated as such
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| Flu is widespread in US with 7.3 million people sick, but experts see a milder season Posted: 11 Jan 2019 01:26 PM PST  As many as 7.3 million people have been sick with the flu since the season began in October, with between 69,000 and 84,000 people hospitalized for treatment, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
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| 2020 Cadillac XT6 Nails the Three-Row Part, Needs Work on the Luxury Part Posted: 12 Jan 2019 09:01 PM PST  It may lack luxury panache, but the XT6 at least looks handsome and is usefully packaged.
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| Donald Trump hits back amid claims he concealed details of meetings with Vladimir Putin Posted: 12 Jan 2019 10:30 PM PST  Donald Trump's dealings with Russia have come under fresh scrutiny amid claims the US president concealed details of his conversations with President Vladimir Putin. Mr Trump came out fighting on Saturday night, dismissing as "insulting" an explosive report that claimed the FBI secretly launched an investigation into whether the president was working on behalf of Russia while in office. Even as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said his panel would look into the report, fresh claims emerged about a lack of transparency surrounding encounters with Mr Putin. After a 2017 meeting with the Russian president in Hamburg, Mr Trump took possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructed the linguist not to discuss what had transpired with other administration officials, the Washington Post reported, citing current and former US officials said. US officials discovered Mr Trump's actions when a White House adviser and a senior State Department official sought details about the meeting from the interpreter beyond a readout shared by Rex Tillerson, the then-Secretary of State, the newspaper reported. In what would be considered unusual for any presidency, US officials reportedly said there was no detailed record, even in classified files, of the president's face-to-face interactions with the Russian leader on five different occasions. In a telephone interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on Saturday night, Mr Trump said he did not take particular steps to conceal his private meetings with Mr Putin. "Anyone could have listened to that meeting. That meeting is open for grabs," he said, without elaborating. Asked if is or has ever been working for Russia, Mr Trump replied: "I think it's the most insulting thing I've ever been asked. I think it's the most insulting article I've ever had written, and if you read the article you'll see that they found absolutely nothing." "I think it's the most insulting thing I've ever been asked...the most insulting article I've ever had written & if you read the article, you'd see that they found absolutely nothing."- @realDonaldTrump on NYT FBI report pic.twitter.com/cIB4Sk9ZA1— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) January 13, 2019 Mr Trump went on to say that no president had taken a harder stance against Russia than he had. "If you ask the folks in Russia, I've been tougher on Russia than anybody else, any other ... probably any other president, period, but certainly the last three or four presidents," he said. The New York Times reported on Friday that the FBI launched the previously undisclosed counterintelligence investigation to determine whether Mr Trump posed a national security threat, at the same time that it opened a criminal probe into possible obstruction of justice by the president. The decision was said to have been taken after Mr Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director leading the Russia election meddling investigation at the time, in May 2017. The FBI investigation was subsequently folded into the broader probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is thought to be in the final stages of an investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible collaboration by the Trump campaign. No evidence has publicly emerged that Mr Trump was secretly in contact with or took direction from Russian officials, the newspaper said. At a glance | Who has been charged by the Russia investigation The president had earlier hit out at the FBI on Twitter, saying the agency had "no reason" and "no proof" to launch such an investigation. Mr Nadler said such standard reactions from Mr Trump "do nothing to address the incredibly serious nature of these allegations". "There is no reason to doubt the seriousness or professionalism of the FBI," Mr Nadler said in a statement which said his committee "will take steps to better understand both the president's actions and the FBI's response to that behaviour, and to make certain that these career investigators are protected from President Trump's increasingly unhinged attacks." Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was CIA director at the time the investigation was launched, declined to comment on The New York Times report, but insisted in an interview with CBS that "the notion that President Trump is a threat to American national security is absolutely ludicrous."
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| Turkey's military reinforces on border with Syria's Idlib Posted: 12 Jan 2019 09:51 AM PST  Turkish troops and tanks carried out military exercises on the border with Syria on Saturday, state-run media reported, while a monitoring group said a Turkish convoy had crossed the frontier into northern Syria. Turkey's military sent tanks and armored vehicles to the border in the second day of reinforcements near the province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria. On Friday, a Turkish security source said the Turkish army had been rotating forces in and out of the region, and declined to say whether the latest movement was in preparation for an operation inside Syria itself.
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| World stocks end strong week on tepid note Posted: 11 Jan 2019 01:45 PM PST  Stock markets in Europe and the United States slipped on Friday after several days of gains as investors took a breather in the absence of fresh news on trade talks between Beijing and Washington.
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| Congo election runner-up to press fraud dispute in court Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:55 AM PST  The vote was intended as Congo's first democratic transfer of power in six decades, but instead threatens to reawaken violence in the huge and tumultuous nation where millions have died during civil wars since the 1990s. "When you know you are in the right, you are not allowed to remain home," Martin Fayulu said, urging supporters to "rise up" and contest the results with him. The influential Catholic Church has also rejected the official result based on tallies by its bishops conference's (CENCO) 40,000-strong observer mission.
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| Police release strange letter from deceased man accused of killing Davis Officer Natalie Corona Posted: 12 Jan 2019 09:06 PM PST  EERIE: Police say the man accused of murdering the 22-year-old officer left behind this letter.
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| Shutdown puts strain on hundreds of Native American tribes Posted: 12 Jan 2019 10:23 AM PST  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fallout from the federal government shutdown is hurting Native Americans as dwindling funds hamper access to health care and other services. The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family.
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