| Recent developments surrounding the South Sea Posted: 07 Jan 2019 02:36 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves:
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| Authorities warn people to not eat chicken tenders spilled on roadside Posted: 07 Jan 2019 06:39 PM PST  We get it, cheapskates, free food is hard to resist. Especially when it comes in the form of delicious chicken tenders, but Alabama authorities have warned people to not eat any from boxes that were spilled from a 18-wheeler truck on Sunday. SEE ALSO: An 18-inch pizza has more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas, and people are losing it The crash on Highway 35 in Cherokee County prompted motorists to stop and pick up the truckload of spilled tenders, according to the Associated Press. Quick to say nope was the Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency, who warned on Facebook that it's a crime to stop and impede the flow of traffic with your chicken tender pilfering efforts. The agency also cautioned that the cases of tenders had been on the ground for more than 24 hours, and are thus unsafe to eat. Food poisoning ain't fun, people. According to one commenter on the post, the exact location of where to get the free chicken was shared on the Dekalb Buy and Sell Facebook page. "All the people commenting and the guy that posted it were so serious," the commenter wrote. Seems like they weren't the only ones who were keen. > Waiting for a rig hauling bbq sauce to get involved. > > -- Michael Carter (@mtnmedic64) January 7, 2019 > Oh my god there are free highway tenders in Cherokee County, I am going down there RIGHT NOW > > -- Buddy Luv (@TwiterPowerUser) January 7, 2019 > This is some real gov't overreach if you ask me https://t.co/QVtbzLVNV2 > > -- Max Lederman (@Max_Lederman) January 7, 2019 > but...CHICKEN TENDERS https://t.co/cCXV2U34mN > > -- Sheri Lynch (@sherilynch) January 7, 2019 If the roadside, likely off chicken wasn't enough to deter people from trying to get it -- as of Monday, there was none left. The spill had been cleaned up, according to another Facebook post by the Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency. So, if you scored some of the free roadside chicken tenders, maybe put it in the bin, not your mouth. ## WATCH: PepsiCo is using robots to deliver snacks to college students
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| Carnival Cruise Line delays plan to charge for more room service after backlash Posted: 08 Jan 2019 08:38 AM PST ![Carnival Cruise Line delays plan to charge for more room service after backlash]( "Carnival Cruise Line delays plan to charge for more room service after backlash") Cruise giant Carnival has pushed back a plan to add charges for more room service items on its ships.
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| Israel launches further Hamas strikes after Gaza rocket fired Posted: 07 Jan 2019 12:19 AM PST  The Israeli army said Monday it had carried out further air raids against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket being fired over its border. The Israeli air defence system intercepted the rocket which was fired overnight from the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave, the army said. Planes and a helicopter gunship then raided "terror targets within the organisation's military camp in the northern Gaza Strip," the statement said.
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| Flu Season Got Off to a Slow Start. But Now It's Widespread in Almost Half the Country Posted: 07 Jan 2019 08:13 AM PST  It's not too late to get a flu shot
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| Man is 'outraged' to find out the ice-cream he just ate at Pizza Hut was not, in fact, vegan Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:37 PM PST  23-year-old Kori Paul Swabey of Plymouth, England just wanted some dessert
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| Every Angle of the 2018 Porsche 911 Turbo S Posted: 07 Jan 2019 12:44 PM PST |
| Another Reason Why the F-22 Raptor Is the Most Dangerous Fighter in the Sky Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:26 AM PST  The Air Force and Lockheed Martin have now "validated" several new weapons on the F-22 Raptor to equip the stealth fighter with more long-range precision attack technology, a wider targeting envelope or "field of regard" and new networking technology enabling improved, real-time "collaborative targeting" between aircraft.
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| White House says Trump position unchanged as Syria withdrawal plans slow Posted: 07 Jan 2019 04:20 PM PST ![White House says Trump position unchanged as Syria withdrawal plans slow]( "White House says Trump position unchanged as Syria withdrawal plans slow") Trump's abrupt announcement last month that he was bringing home the roughly 2,000 troops in Syria, saying they had succeeded in their mission to defeat Islamic State there, sparked concern among officials in Washington and allies abroad and prompted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to resign. In recent days, Trump administration officials have applied the brakes, making clear the withdrawal will not happen quickly. The president himself said last week that the United States would get out of Syria slowly "over a period of time." "The president hasn't changed his position, as he mentioned his primary goal is to ensure the safety of our troops and the safety of our allies as well," White House spokeswoman Mercedes Schlapp told Fox News on Monday.
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| Prosecutor: Duo attacked wrong car in deadly drive-by Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:38 PM PST  HOUSTON (AP) — Two men suspected in a drive-by shooting that killed a 7-year-old black Houston girl and that was initially investigated as a possible hate crime mistakenly thought they were attacking people whom they had fought with at a club hours earlier, a prosecutor said Monday.
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| Tucker: Democrats say walls are only good for other countries Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:35 PM PST  Democrats claim the the border wall is 'immoral'; what are the actual arguments for and against a wall?
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| Mexico defends hands-off stance on Venezuela Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:25 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his administration's hands-off policy on Venezuela Monday, saying it marked a return to the country's longstanding policy of non-intervention.
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| Harley-Davidson's LiveWire Electric Bike Is Here—And Very Expensive Posted: 07 Jan 2019 02:35 PM PST  It's expensive, but fast and tech savvy.
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| Erdogan blasts Bolton's 'unacceptable' comments on Syrian Kurdish militia Posted: 08 Jan 2019 07:27 AM PST  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned comments by a key US envoy over the future of a US-allied Syrian Kurdish militia as a "grave mistake", as tensions flared over Washington's planned withdrawal from war-torn Syria. Erdogan's comments came shortly after US National Security Adviser John Bolton held talks in the Turkish capital with Erdogan's adviser Ibrahim Kalin, in a key meeting focusing on the surprise US decision to withdraw its troops from Syria.
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| Hawaiian Airlines says 'so long' to the Boeing 767 Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:58 AM PST ![Hawaiian Airlines says 'so long' to the Boeing 767]( "Hawaiian Airlines says 'so long' to the Boeing 767") Hawaiian's last Boeing 767 widebody was sent into retirement after completing Hawaiian Airlines Flight 19 from Sacramento, California, to Honolulu.
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| California storm brings power outages, shuts down highway Posted: 06 Jan 2019 10:24 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of people lost power Sunday after a powerful winter storm swept through Northern California, while another storm system in the southern part of the state unleashed mudslides in wildfire burn areas and trapped motorists on a major highway.
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| Saudi woman 'under the care' of UN agency: Thai official Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:47 AM PST  The Saudi woman who made a desperate plea for asylum after landing at Bangkok airport has been placed "under the care" of the United Nations refugee agency, a Thai official said late Monday. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun told AFP she ran away from her family while travelling in Kuwait because they subjected her to physical and psychological abuse. The 18-year-old said she had planned to seek asylum in Australia and feared she would be killed if repatriated by Thai immigration officials who stopped her during transit on Sunday.
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| U.S. top court declines to take up Trinity Industries guardrail case Posted: 07 Jan 2019 11:19 AM PST  The justices left in place a 2017 decision by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturning a 2014 verdict by a federal jury in Texas that found Trinity had defrauded the government. Joshua Harman, a competitor of Dallas-based Trinity, filed the lawsuit in 2012 under the False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers to sue companies on the government's behalf to recover fraudulently paid-out taxpayer money. Because of Joshua Harman's efforts, there is more federal and state scrutiny than ever before to ensure the safety of our nation's roads and highways," said Nicholas Gravante, one of Harman's lawyers.
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| In-Depth Photos of the 2019 Lamborghini Huracán Evo Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:44 AM PST |
| Elizabeth Warren Bashes Banks and Billionaires in First 2020 Campaign Swing Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:50 AM PST  Warren's critiques of Wall Street's political influence struck a chord with many of the Iowans who came to see her, 13 months ahead of the Iowa caucuses that formally kick off the nomination race. "Trump says Make America Great Again, but he's making corporations great -- he doesn't give a sh_t about us, and his flunkies don't care either," said Dana Evans, 69, of Aurelia, Iowa, president of Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Iowa. More than two dozen Democrats are believed to be seriously contemplating bids for the party's 2020 nomination, although none -- with the possible exception of former Vice President Joe Biden -- are obvious front-runners.
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| IS suicide bomber kills 5 in Syria's Raqa: monitor Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:33 AM PST  An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a centre for Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Raqa on Monday, killing four civilians and an anti-jihadist fighter, a monitor said. The attacker blew himself up after entering the centre run by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "A suicide attacker wearing an explosives belt blew himself up inside a YPG centre after opening fire on a security checkpoint at its entrance," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
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| Travel nightmares: What to do if an airline damages your checked luggage Posted: 07 Jan 2019 08:01 AM PST  Airlines must repair, replace or reimburse you for your bag if it is damaged. Here's how to make sure that happens.
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| US teen sex trafficking victim granted clemency over murder Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:55 PM PST  A US trafficking victim serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was a teenager was granted clemency Monday following a celebrity-backed viral campaign for her freedom. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said Cyntoia Brown, now 30, had been given "too harsh" a sentence for the 2004 murder of a real estate agent in the city of Nashville. Johnny Allen had picked up Brown, who was 16 at the time and a runaway under the influence of a dangerous pimp, and taken her to his home for sex.
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| Suspects sought in California bowling alley triple homicide Posted: 06 Jan 2019 02:09 PM PST  TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Police searched for suspects Sunday in a shooting that killed three men and injured four during a brawl at a popular Los Angeles-area bowling alley and karaoke bar.
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| Sears to ask bankruptcy judge for approval to liquidate -sources Posted: 08 Jan 2019 06:31 AM PST  Sears will ask a bankruptcy judge if it can proceed with liquidation after it could not reach an agreement on Chairman Lampert's $4.4 billion takeover bid.
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| Trump Eyes Untested Emergency Power to Fund Wall, Skirt Congress Posted: 08 Jan 2019 07:46 AM PST  Trump raised the sense of urgency with an announcement he will address the nation in prime time Tuesday on the "national security crisis" at the border. Some White House insiders believe Trump may act even if the move is sure to face a legal challenge -- raising the stakes in a partial federal government shutdown that is stretching into its 18th day.
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| Ukraine's newly independent church holds 'historic' first service Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:56 AM PST  Ukraine's newly created independent Orthodox Church held its first service in Kiev on Monday after a historic break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attended the service in Kiev's most ancient church, the 11th-century Saint Sophia's Cathedral, as Ukrainian Orthodox believers celebrated Christmas Day according to the Julian Calendar. The service came a day after the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew based in Istanbul handed over a formal decree that finalised recognition of Ukraine's new Church.
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| Photos of the Original Shelby GR-1 Performance Concept Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:01 AM PST |
| SCOTUS rejects Exxon in climate change document dispute Posted: 07 Jan 2019 12:23 PM PST  The Supreme Court cleared the way for officials to obtain records to probe whether Exxon hid its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
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| Trump to take over airwaves, and Democrats demand equal time Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:54 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking over the nation's airwaves Tuesday night to argue his case for a U.S.-Mexico border wall — and Democrats are not happy about it.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggested a 70% Tax Rate on the Rich. Here’s How It Would Work Posted: 07 Jan 2019 02:35 PM PST  Should the richest Americans pay a 70% marginal tax rate? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old New Yorker who recently became the youngest Congresswoman in history, says it's worth considering.
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| US military confirms airstrike killed USS Cole bombing suspect Jamal al-Badawi in Yemen Posted: 07 Jan 2019 06:13 AM PST  On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers drove a small boat loaded with explosives into the hull of the USS Cole, killing 17 sailors.
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| Tesla CEO Musk breaks ground at Shanghai Gigafactory to launch China push Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:46 AM PST  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla Inc broke ground on Monday for its Shanghai Gigafactory where it plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localising production in the world's largest auto market. At a ceremony at the site of the plant on the outskirts of Shanghai, Chief Executive Elon Musk joined the city's mayor and other local government officials to formally begin construction of a factory that Tesla has said will cost around $2 billion. "We think with the resources here we can build the Shanghai Gigafactory in record time and we're looking forward to hopefully having some initial production of the Model 3 towards the end of this year and achieving volume production next year," Musk said at the event.
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