| 'Not the greatest crisis': Trump's EPA pick downplays climate threat Posted: 17 Jan 2019 02:27 AM PST !['Not the greatest crisis': Trump's EPA pick downplays climate threat]( "'Not the greatest crisis': Trump's EPA pick downplays climate threat") Trump nominated EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week to run the agency permanently, seeking a strong advocate for his pro-fossil fuels agenda - a choice that cheered business interests and drawn scorn from environmentalists. "I would not call it the greatest crisis," Wheeler said at his confirmation hearing when asked if he believed the increasingly urgent warnings from scientists about the threats from global warming. Wheeler's confirmation is expected to sail through the Republican-controlled Senate despite Democratic opposition.
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| Belarus model who claimed Trump info deported from Thailand Posted: 16 Jan 2019 11:06 PM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president was deported from Thailand on Thursday, police said.
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| Republican congressman Steve King defiantly supports vote rebuking his own racist remarks Posted: 15 Jan 2019 03:35 PM PST  Steve King defiantly rejected what he described as an "unprecedented assault" on his freedom of speech while simultaneously supporting a resolution in Congress condemning his own racist remarks. The Iowa Republican — whose has a history of controversial rhetoric — sparked a backlash after an interview with the New York Times was published last week in which the congressman appeared to lament why language like white nationalist and white supremacist had "become offensive". Mr King took to the House floor to seemingly clarify his controversial statements before the vote.
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| Kirstjen Nielsen says Secret Service is fully prepared to secure the State of the Union Posted: 16 Jan 2019 01:33 PM PST  Campus Reform editor-in-chief Lawrence Jones, GOP pollster Lee Carter and Democratic strategist Suraj Patel weigh in on Nancy Pelosi's comments that the president should cancel his State of the Union address.
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| JetBlue wants to fly you to Puerto Rico and take you to 'Hamilton' for free -- Here's how Posted: 15 Jan 2019 10:47 AM PST  JetBlue, the largest operating airline in Puerto Rico, is doing more than just encouraging travelers to visit the island.
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| Los Angeles teachers strike for second day as mayor seeks to restart talks Posted: 15 Jan 2019 09:16 PM PST  Some 30,000 Los Angeles teachers on strike for higher pay, smaller classes and more staff walked picket lines in the rain for a second day on Tuesday as Mayor Eric Garcetti embraced their cause while trying to nudge the two sides back to the bargaining table. The walkout, with teachers garbed mostly in red braving two days of rainy weather to stage mass rallies downtown, has shattered 30 years of labor peace by Los Angeles teachers but has not completely idled schools.
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| Mega Gallery: Every Photo from 2019 10Best Trucks and SUVs Posted: 16 Jan 2019 05:40 AM PST |
| New York's Gillibrand Takes First Step Toward Presidential Race Posted: 15 Jan 2019 03:43 PM PST  Gillibrand plans to make stops this weekend in Iowa, where caucuses a little more than a year from now will mark the start of the nominating race. Gillibrand has positioned herself as a leader of the #MeToo movement. "I'll fight for other people's kids as hard as I would fight for my own, which is why I believe health care should be a right and not a privilege," Gillibrand said, listing her reasons for running.
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| How William Barr Tried to Reassure Democrats at His Confirmation Hearing Posted: 15 Jan 2019 01:51 PM PST  As a private lawyer in the twilight of his career, William Barr argued that he can serve as attorney general without fear of consequences.
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| Sniffer dogs, bomb experts comb through Kenya attack site Posted: 17 Jan 2019 07:03 AM PST  Kenyan police aided by bomb experts and sniffer dogs on Thursday resumed their search of the Nairobi hotel complex struck by Islamists as police arrested nine more suspects over the attack which left 21 dead and 28 injured. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were confident there were no more people trapped inside the hotel or surrounding office buildings after the 20-hour assault unleashed on Tuesday, during which some 700 civilians were rescued. Five gunmen with the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Al-Shabaab attacked the DusitD2 hotel and office complex on Tuesday afternoon.
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| Southwest Airlines flights canceled, delayed due to computer issue in Baltimore Posted: 16 Jan 2019 09:39 AM PST  A data connectivity issue with Southwest Airlines phones and computer systems Tuesday resulted in delayed flights to and from BWI.
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| California storms: At least five people killed after heavy rain and snow cause devastation Posted: 17 Jan 2019 04:18 AM PST  At least five people have died in severe rain and snowstorms that blanketed parts of California with at least five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains this week, besides triggering flooding and mudslides, officials said. Forecasters expect the bitter weather to push eastwards into the Rockies and US Midwest through the weekend, while the California Highway Patrol said rain-slicked highways led to two fatal accidents that killed four people. A family of three, including a one-year-old baby, died in El Dorado County on Tuesday, after their car spun across a rain-soaked freeway to hit another car, the San Francisco Chronicle said.
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| Manchin Calls Pelosi’s Request for SOTU Postponement the ‘Wrong Approach’ Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:57 PM PST  Democratic senator Joe Manchin said Wednesday that he thinks House speaker Nancy Pelosi made the wrong move in asking President Trump to postpone his State of the Union address until the government is reopened, or give the address from the Oval Office instead of the capitol. "I'm not sure what her intentions are," Manchin said on NBC. "I have the utmost respect for Speaker Pelosi. Pelosi cited security concerns in a letter to Trump on Wednesday asking that he postpone the State of the Union address to Congress until the government reopens, or deliver it from the Oval Office instead.
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| Turkish prosecutor seeks extradition of NBA's Kanter over Gulen links: Anadolu Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:40 PM PST  Turkish prosecutors are seeking the extradition of New York Knicks center Enes Kanter over his links to the U.S.-based cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, state-owned Anadolu news agency said. Kanter, a vocal critic of President Tayyip Erdogan, was indicted by a Turkish court last year over alleged membership of an "armed terrorist group" after being contacted repeatedly by people close to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. Anadolu said on Tuesday prosecutors had sought the issue of a "red notice" for Kanter, an Interpol request to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition.
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| Marriott is rolling out a brand new rewards program -- Here's everything you need to know Posted: 16 Jan 2019 01:05 PM PST  When you're a frequent traveler, it's almost self-sabotage to not join some
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| Fortnite left players exposed to 'massive invasion of privacy' Posted: 15 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST  Children playing Fortnite were exposed to a potential "massive invasion of privacy" thanks to an oversight in the game's security, researchers have revealed. The popular shooting game enjoyed by more than 80 million people around the world left users vulnerable to a flaw that if exploited, allowed hackers to steal virtual currency and read private conversations online. The bug was fixed in mid-December, according to researchers who shared their findings with Fortnite's developer, Epic Games. To take control, the researchers sent a message to their victim over social media including a malicious link. Once clicked, the user's Fortnite authentication token - code that confirms a user is logged in - could be captured by the attacker without the user entering their username or password. "Fortnite is one of the most popular games played mainly by kids. These flaws provided the ability for a massive invasion of privacy," said Oded Vanunu, head of products vulnerability research for Check Point, who found they were able to access target accounts. Fortnite | Read more It comes as the police's fraud arm warned that scammers are using the multiplayer Battle Royale-style game to trick young players into handing over their parents' bank details. Criminals are increasingly targeting children on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube with adverts claiming to offer free "V-bucks", a currency used to buy extras like character outfits. After clicking the link, victims can be asked questions about their account, which the perpetrator uses to log in, and steal credit or debit card details that are stored there. Fortnite fever has gripped the nation since it launched in July 2017, with parents growing concerned that their children have become "addicted" to the multiplayer title. Users could protect themselves in future using by turning on two-factor authentication which prompts the player to enter a security code sent to their email address upon logging in. Epic Games have been contacted for comment.
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| Timeline of key events leading up to Brexit vote Posted: 15 Jan 2019 12:05 PM PST  LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain's decision to leave the European Union:
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| U.S. eyes Taiwan risk as China's military capabilities grow Posted: 15 Jan 2019 09:26 PM PST  The senior U.S. defense intelligence official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, did not predict that China's military, known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA), would take such a step but said such a possibility was the top worry as China expands and modernizes its military capabilities. "The biggest concern is that ... they are getting to a point where the PLA leadership may actually tell Xi Jinping that they are confident in their capabilities," the official said, referring to China's president. Pressed on whether the official was referring to Chinese confidence in its capabilities to be able to successfully win a battle with Taiwan, the official said, "Well, specifically that would be the most concerning to me." Taiwan is only one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, including a trade war between the countries, U.S. sanctions on the Chinese military, and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea.
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| El Chapo trial: Joaquín Guzman paid former Mexican president $100m bribe, witness claims Posted: 15 Jan 2019 12:58 PM PST  Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, a witness has claimed in court. Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was a close associate of Guzman for years, discussed the alleged bribe as part of the accused Mexcan drug lord's trial. Mr Pena Nieto, commonly known by his initials EPN, was president of Mexico from December 2012 until November 2018.
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| Iconic US retailer Sears saved from the brink - for now: reports Posted: 16 Jan 2019 07:46 AM PST  Historic but failing US retail chain Sears got a reprieve on Wednesday after a billionaire hedge fund manager won an auction to keep the remaining stores alive -- for now, according to reports. Edward Lampert, who steered the company into bankruptcy last year in order to restructure it, won the bid to buy the remaining assets, beating out others who would have killed off the brand, according to news reports. The deal with Lampert's ESL hedge fund could keep up to 50,000 people in work and 425 stores open, but requires approval from a bankruptcy court.
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| California storms bring mudslide fears, blizzard warning Posted: 15 Jan 2019 07:55 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Pacific storm that brought fears of dangerous mudslides and a rare blizzard warning in the Sierra Nevada was less fierce than expected but hundreds of homes in fire-scarred California areas remained under evacuation orders as more rain was expected.
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| Barr Could Block Mueller Report Release But Would Risk Backlash Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:28 PM PST  "Under the current regulations, the special counsel report is confidential," Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee, told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing Tuesday. Barr's justification for keeping Mueller's findings from the public appears to rest on a technical reading of federal regulations governing special counsels, as well as Justice Department policy for handling criminal and counterintelligence investigations, the officials said.
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| New Richard Branson-backed cruise line Virgin Voyages to have 'massive' suites Posted: 16 Jan 2019 10:50 AM PST ![New Richard Branson-backed cruise line Virgin Voyages to have 'massive' suites]( "New Richard Branson-backed cruise line Virgin Voyages to have 'massive' suites") Virgin Voyages, the new cruise line backed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, will have some of the biggest suites at sea.
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| Atlanta airport says ready for Super Bowl crush despite shutdown Posted: 15 Jan 2019 09:24 PM PST  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), already the world's busiest, expects to see an additional 125,000 passengers ahead of the Feb. 3 game and is bringing in reinforcements to meet the additional numbers, said Elise Durham, the airport's director of communications. More than 1,800 volunteers will help passengers navigate the airport while additional customer engagement agents will be on hand to assist people entering and exiting the city, she added. Durham said the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the federal agency responsible for airport security screening, had committed additional resources for the Super Bowl, before the government shutdown.
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| Mayday: The Prime Minister's Brexit Plan Has Crashed Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:12 AM PST  Theresa May now faces a vote of no confidence, but it won't be enough to oust her from Britain's most powerful political position.
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| Congressional Democrats move to stop U.S. Census citizenship question Posted: 16 Jan 2019 01:57 PM PST  Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday were moving ahead with legislation to prevent the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, following a court decision this week blocking inclusion of such information. Representative Carolyn Maloney, a senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told reporters that she is re-introducing her bill, which was ignored by Republicans in 2017-2018 when they controlled the House of Representatives.
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| Ford forecasts $112 mn Q4 loss amid restructuring costs Posted: 16 Jan 2019 08:10 AM PST  Ford said Wednesday it expected to post a $112 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2018 as the automaker implements a massive restructuring in the United States and Europe. For the full year, Ford will post a net profit of $3.7 billion, less than half the 2017 result. Adjusted earnings per share are expected to be $1.30 across the year, right at the lower end of its $1.30-1.50 estimate in October.
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| No One Is More Elated About Meghan Markle Than This Kid Posted: 15 Jan 2019 10:50 AM PST  This kid had the most relatable reaction ever
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| William Barr defends Robert Mueller and says he won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump as next Attorney General Posted: 15 Jan 2019 10:56 AM PST  William Barr has told Congress that he would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling from political pressure, despite his past criticism of the inquiry. Donald Trump's nominee to become the next attorney general was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during his first day of confirmation hearings. Mr Barr, who was attorney general under President George Bush in the 1990s, also faced questions about an unsolicited, 19-page memo he wrote last year that called Mr Mueller's probe "fatally misconceived" for examining whether the president obstructed justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey in 2017.
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| Russia's Lavrov: We're not rubbing our hands with glee over Brexit Posted: 16 Jan 2019 03:51 AM PST  Russia's foreign minister said his country's aim was to have a strong and united European Union, whether or not Brexit happens. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
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| Al-Qaeda Hotel Attack Kills 21, Shaking Kenya Economy Pillar Posted: 16 Jan 2019 11:41 AM PST  Using hand grenades, automatic rifles and a suicide-bomber, the militants stormed 14 Riverside in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon, a venue popular with business travelers and Kenya's elites and home to offices of companies including Pernod Ricard SA and Dow Chemical East Africa Ltd. That precipitated an 18-hour siege around the DusitD2 hotel, which President Uhuru Kenyatta said ended about 9 a.m. Wednesday with the attackers dead. Somalia-based al-Shabaab took responsibility for the assault, the latest in a recent wave of jihadist strikes across Africa, including in Nigeria and Mali, which a loose coalition of African, Western and United Nation troops are struggling to stop. It's al-Shabaab's first significant assault in Kenya since it killed 147 people at a northeastern university in April 2015 and echoed a September 2013 attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall that left 67 dead and rocked the tourism industry.
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| Plans revealed for a massive atom smasher that dwarfs the Large Hadron Collider Posted: 16 Jan 2019 12:32 PM PST ![Plans revealed for a massive atom smasher that dwarfs the Large Hadron Collider]( "Plans revealed for a massive atom smasher that dwarfs the Large Hadron Collider") The famous Large Hadron Collider, an insanely massive particle accelerator that's helped scientists crack some of the most deeply hidden mysteries of the universe, is about to be dwarfed by an atom smasher that's much bigger and more powerful. European physicists have just unveiled their proposal for the construction of a new particle smasher that calls for a 62-mile circular collider costing roughly the equivalent of $10 billion. Plans for the so-called Future Circular Collider were revealed Tuesday in a report by officials associated with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known by its acronym of CERN. Among other things, they're proposing that the collection of 23 member nations which currently comprise CERN would likewise oversee this next-generation accelerator. An accelerator, we should note, that would be four times bigger and up to 10 times more powerful than today's Large Hadron Collider, which is part of a particle accelerator facility on the French-Swiss border and which helped scientists in 2012 confirm the existence of the so-called God particle, the Higgs boson. It's a particle that gives mass to electrons and protons, which scientists regard as a kind of building block for the world as part of their so-called Standard Model. That's a body of knowledge describing some of the most basic forces at work in the physical world. Ironically, this highly sought after class of particles can reveal such depth of understanding about the world around us -- but the particles are also so small that it takes insanely massive machines to wrench them loose, in a manner of speaking, enough for scientists to be able to study them. The way the Large Hadron Collider works involves a loop of superconducting magnets that shoot streams of protons at each other fast enough for these key particles to emerge from the impact. And among the questions scientists hope these kinds of machine can answer are things like why gravity is so weak compared to other forces. As if on cue, meanwhile, China has plans to build its own version of one of these machines. According to a report from ScienceAlert, its creation could be operational by the 2030s and present "a head start (on) the multiple collisions needed to amass the enormous bank of statistics necessary for finding flaws in the Standard Model. Japan is also taking a look at building a particle collider." The ScienceAlert report also makes clear that there's no guarantee this new collider in Europe will ever get built. The Large Hadron Collider apparently hasn't produced enough fodder for scientific discoveries yet to satisfy some officials that the need is there and investment is warranted for the development of a new collider.
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| British Prime Minister Theresa May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit humiliation Posted: 16 Jan 2019 02:13 AM PST  It was the worst defeat in modern British history, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU.
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| Markets Right Now: Banks lead stock gains on Wall Street Posted: 16 Jan 2019 01:07 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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| What to Know About the 2020 Toyota Supra Posted: 16 Jan 2019 05:05 AM PST  It's the return of the almighty Supra, but this Japanese car has a German flair.
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| 'Gingers unite!': Prince Harry bonds with 4-year-old redhead Posted: 16 Jan 2019 07:45 AM PST  Prince Harry got a big surprise on Monday when a 4-year-old red-head presented him with a special sign.
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| 'Indefensible.' Why Republicans Finally Condemned Steve King Posted: 15 Jan 2019 07:09 PM PST  When Rep. Steve King wondered aloud when white supremacy became offensive, he crossed a line for many in the Republican Party.
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| Russia and Japan 'far from partners': Lavrov Posted: 16 Jan 2019 05:17 AM PST  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow and Tokyo are still "far from being partners" despite renewed efforts to resolve a decades-old conflict over disputed islands. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are to meet in Moscow next Tuesday for talks on the strategic Kuril islands seized by the Soviet army in the final days of World War II. Lavrov, speaking during an annual conference, set a confrontational tone however.
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| See the New 2019 McLaren 600LT Spider in Photos Posted: 16 Jan 2019 04:58 AM PST |
| Get ready: Taco Bell's Nacho Fries are coming back January 24 Posted: 17 Jan 2019 05:00 AM PST ![Get ready: Taco Bell's Nacho Fries are coming back January 24]( "Get ready: Taco Bell's Nacho Fries are coming back January 24") It's been nearly a year since Taco Bell released its popular Nacho Fries nationwide. The menu item returns January 24.
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| US air traffic controllers say system ‘eroding’ beneath them due to government shutdown Posted: 16 Jan 2019 06:59 AM PST  Federal air traffic controllers have warned that the government shutdown is going to make travel delays worse given its dwindling workforce, which has already suffered from record low employment rates in recent years. With the federal closure well into its fourth week, officials with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) say that dysfunction in Washington is causing undue stress for their members who already have precious little room for error in their jobs. Without money coming in, air traffic controllers who have been required to come to work and oversee the delicate dance between planes as they take off, land, and taxi at high speeds must now also worry about whether they have money to pay for their mortgages and child care payments.
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| California mother charged in stabbing death of 2-year-old son Posted: 17 Jan 2019 02:02 AM PST  A Covina woman has been charged with stabbing her own 2-year-old son to death, officials said Wednesday.
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| Factbox: How will the confidence vote in UK PM May's government work? Posted: 16 Jan 2019 07:41 AM PST  British lawmakers will on Wednesday vote on whether they have confidence in the government, after Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal suffered a heavy defeat in parliament. The opposition Labour Party, backed by other smaller opposition parties, has put forward a motion which states "That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government." Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will open the debate on the motion at around 1300 GMT. May's government needs 318 votes to win the vote, as seven members of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party do not sit, four speakers do not vote and four lawmakers who help count votes, known as tellers, are not counted.
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| JPMorgan misses estimates, caused by trading troubles Posted: 15 Jan 2019 11:46 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s fourth-quarter profits badly missed analysts' forecasts on Tuesday, caused by weakness in the bank's bond-trading business.
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| Netflix Price Hike Points to the Changing Math of Cord Cutting Posted: 16 Jan 2019 11:46 AM PST  Here's some bad news for those looking forward to the season 3 premiere of "Stranger Things": The demogorgon isn't the only thing on the rise. Netflix is planning to boost prices for all of its m...
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