| Twitter dustup, apology not firsts for Minnesota Rep. Omar Posted: 11 Feb 2019 06:34 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has relished the attention attached to becoming one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, eagerly engaging with supporters and critics on social media.
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| Trump again confuses climate change with weather in tweet attacking Amy Klobuchar Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:10 AM PST  Donald Trump attacked Amy Klobuchar on Sunday, in a tweet that appeared to demonstrate a lack of understanding about climate change. The Democratic senator had announced that she was running for the presidency earlier that day, in a speech delivered as snow fell around her in Minneapolis. The Minnesota senator added that on her first day as president she would have the US rejoin the Paris climate agreement, which Mr Trump withdrew the country from in 2017.
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| Catalan separatist trial gives Spanish far right global platform Posted: 10 Feb 2019 06:41 PM PST  Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as a "popular prosecutor" -- a Spain-specific legal mechanism that has left Madrid embarrassed. Vox burst on to the political scene by winning 12 seats in southern Andalusia's regional parliament in December. Its involvement in the upcoming trial of Catalan separatist leaders will be as so-called "popular prosecution", a set-up which allows any citizen or organisation to be an accuser in court alongside public prosecutors.
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| 'And I did inhale': Kamala Harris admits marijuana use Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:29 AM PST  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said in a new interview that she supports the legalization of marijuana — admitting that she has not only smoked pot, she has inhaled.
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| Hawaii storm brings 60-foot waves, damaging winds, power outages Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:37 AM PST  A winter storm reached Hawaii over the weekend, bringing dangerous surf conditions in some parts of the state and gusty winds throughout.
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| Saudis don't know where Khashoggi's body is: official Posted: 10 Feb 2019 02:39 PM PST  Riyadh does not know the location of dissident Jamal Khashoggi's body, despite having detained the Saudi team that murdered him, a high-ranking foreign affairs official in the kingdom said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, said the murder was carried out by Saudi officials "acting outside their scope of authority" and that 11 people have been charged with the crime. Jubeir was interviewed Friday, the same day President Donald Trump ignored a congressional deadline for reporting on who assassinated Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post who had been openly critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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| Recycled Plastic Pendants, Yves Klein Blue Paint, and Other Great New Products Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:02 PM PST |
| China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:57 AM PST ![China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death]( "China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death") BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday condemned Turkey over its claim that a celebrated musician from China's Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group has died in custody, releasing a brief video clip that it said proved he was alive and in good health.
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| The Latest: Bahrain says it could still pursue refugee Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:56 AM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the release of Bahraini soccer player with refugee status in Australia who was released from Thai detention after extradition request was withdrawn (all times local):
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| Zimbabwe teachers' unions suspend national strike Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:36 AM PST  Zimbabwean teachers have suspended a national strike seeking better pay, unions said on Sunday, but warned that they could walk out from their jobs again if the government did not meet their demands. Teachers went on strike on Feb. 5 after negotiations between the government and public-sector workers broke down, heightening political tension after last month's violent protests that were met by a security crackdown. Teachers' unions met Education Minister Paul Mavima in Harare and agreed to return to work on Monday.
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| Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan meets Afghan president in Kabul Posted: 11 Feb 2019 11:31 AM PST  Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan Monday, where he met with President Ashraf Ghani as the United States leads a push for peace talks with the Taliban. The visit comes after Washington held major talks with Taliban officials in Qatar last month that negotiators hope could herald a breakthrough in the grinding 17-year conflict. US President Donald Trump is pushing to end US involvement in Afghanistan, where 14,000 American troops are still deployed -- raising Afghan fears that Washington could exit before securing a lasting peace between the Taliban and the Kabul government.
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| Burning Man nixes 'Fyre Festival-style' camp that charged up to $100,000 Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:31 PM PST  Burning Man, the annual weeklong arts and culture event in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, prides itself on the principle of "radical inclusion." But that may no longer apply to exclusive camps for wealthy attendees that offer luxury amenities while fouling up the environment. In a blog post this weekend titled "Cultural Course Correcting," Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell revealed a number of changes to ticket sales and camp placement for Burning Man 2019, to be held in August, that were widely praised by attendees. And for the first time in the event's history, she publicly disinvited an entire camp.That camp's name was Humano the Tribe, one of the so-called "turnkey" or "plug and play" camps that caters to high-rolling attendees with prefab pads and personal "sherpas." Some attendees have compared Humano's presence to the Fyre Festival -- both in terms of its audacious pricing and its incompetence.A price list for Humano's camp at Burning Man 2018, obtained by Mashable, shows accommodation starting at $25,000 for a 160 sq. ft. "Single Bedouin Tent" with minibar and AC. Prices go all the way up to $100,000 for a "Moon Village" with two bedrooms, a private bathroom, and "super-powerful AC." That's on top of a "tribal fee" of $2,000, the cost of "initiation."A 2018 Camp Humano brochure offers the "Maximum Comfort Arctic Cocoon," which reportedly costs $50,000 and was sold out at last year's event.Image: humano To put that in perspective, the price of a Burning Man ticket starts at $190 for low-income attendees and tops out at $1,200, a voluntary price for those who can afford it. "Main sale" tickets are $425. Median personal income for attendees in 2017, the latest year for which census data are available, was $60,000. Still, there has been an uptick in wealthy attendees in recent years, particularly those from Silicon Valley. Debate has raged for years about whether turnkey camps should be allowed, and the extent to which the rich are "participating" rather than "spectating" (spectators are a big Burning Man no-no). Humano, with its Facebook and Instagram pages full of models in basic Burner attire, and a camp layout that does not appear inviting to neighbors, would seem to be the poster child for everything that old-school Burners say has gone wrong with the event.The Humano brochure tells attendees to "honor the Burning Man principles" -- without saying what they are.Image: HUMANO brochureHumano did not respond to requests for comment. Reportedly the camp's founders have claimed to the Burning Man organization that the price list is the work of a third-party concierge that added its own exorbitant fees. However, the price list document appears to have been created in the name of Humano co-founder and restaurant investor Santiago Gomez.In any case, it was not the outrageous price list that was responsible for Humano's de-invitation. It was the camp's ignorance of the most sacred Burning Man tenet: Leave No Trace. Goodell described the camp as a "strain on resources" with multiple environmental citations from the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), which owns the land on which Burning Man is held, and multiple complaints from neighboring camps at the 2018 event.What she didn't mention, however, is that the camp was literally leaking toilet water. Humano's brochureImage: humanoThose private toilets were supposed to save $100,000-tier guests from the indignity of using the event's many public Porta Potties. However, Burning Man sources say Humano arrived with PVC piping that did not properly connect to its toilets. Instead of fixing the problem with proper plumbing available 90 miles away in Reno, Humano simply duct-taped the piping. That led to what is euphemistically termed black water leaking onto the playa, which is about as much of a health hazard as you can get. Ironically, Humano's brochure had promised a "green theme camp" with a workshop devoted to waste. The camp also had problems containing its post-washing grey water, and neglected to clean its dance floor of trash for several days after the organization inspected and requested it. Burning Man takes trash so seriously that it produces a "MOOP [matter out of place] map" every year, designed to shame camps that leave so much as a bottle cap. It is no spoiler for the as-yet-unreleased 2018 map to say that Humano's location is deepest red.SEE ALSO: Make Burning Man suck again!The hits keep coming. Humano's brochure claimed that its private chefs would focus on "raw and organic ingredients" from "local farms," despite the fact that there are no farms local to the Black Rock Desert. Its art car vehicle, the "Tribe Car," was said to be returning from a "one-year hibernation." Left unsaid: that was because Burning Man's own DMV ("Department of Mutant Vehicles) had banned it the previous year for various infractions. Image: humano brochureA lengthy Reddit thread devoted to Humano features various camp neighbors accusing them of "ruining multiple blocks" with MOOP and leaving trailers in areas zoned for other camps. There are also allegations that Humano's packages were priced to include the companionship of multiple female models. Mashable was also shown unmet requests for refunds from Humano attendees who paid upwards of $130,000 for a stay in a luxury RV and didn't get what they bargained for. And all this may be just the tip of the iceberg of bad camps. "There are a dozen other camps that have been sent warnings," Goodell wrote. What remains to be seen is whether the organization can hold the worst excesses of such groups at bay before they destroy the host organism. WATCH: Forget body painting--body marbling turns your skin into a psychedelic work of art
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| Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe Posted: 11 Feb 2019 09:21 AM PST ![Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe]( "Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe") Cruising might not be for everyone, but it's an economic, efficient and popular of mode of travel in Europe and beyond.
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| The Latest: Washington state braces for more now Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on winter weather in the United States (all times local):
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| Nigerian widows sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths Posted: 12 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The widow of a Nigerian activist executed by their country's government more than two decades ago accused oil giant Shell of complicity in his death at a civil case in a Dutch court Tuesday.
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| Black Leaders Call for Forgiveness, Second Chance for Virginia Gov. Northam Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:13 PM PST  Five black leaders from across Virginia gathered in Richmond Monday to support Gov. Ralph Northam`s following his blackface photo scandal.
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| Trump defends 'executive time' after schedule leak Posted: 10 Feb 2019 02:19 PM PST  Donald Trump pushed back Sunday at the suggestion he spends much of his work day taking it easy, as the White House kept up the hunt for the person behind an embarrassing leak of the president's schedule. According to details published last week by Axios, 60 percent of Trump's work life is categorized as "executive time," meaning unstructured time to make phone calls, read newspapers, tweet and watch television. "When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing," Trump tweeted.
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| Venezuela Oil Czar Courts India After $20 Billion U.S. Hit Posted: 11 Feb 2019 06:18 AM PST  Manuel Quevedo, who's also the head of state producer Petroleos de Venezuela SA, said on Monday his nation wants to sell more crude to India, and that U.S. measures have resulted in a $20 billion loss to the Latin American country's economy. PDVSA is seeking to retain buyers in other big consuming countries such as China after American refiners halted purchases.
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| The 10 days that changed Iran forever Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:37 AM PST  From the return to Tehran of exiled revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to the fall of the shah's last government, Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution was over in 10 days. Here are the highlights of what has become known as the 10 Days of Dawn, or Daheh Fajr in Farsi, which ended 25 centuries of monarchy and are officially celebrated in Iran every year. On February 1, 1979 Shiite opposition leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini makes a triumphant return to Tehran after more than 14 years in exile, mostly in Iraq.
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| The 2020 BMW 7-series Sedan's Kidney Grille Is 40 Percent Bigger Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:40 AM PST  The BMW flagship sedan also gets revised engines and plenty of new tech.
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| Have You Shopped Walmart's New MoDRN Collection Yet? Posted: 12 Feb 2019 07:41 AM PST |
| Man pleads guilty to 2 murder counts in 1998 triple-murder Posted: 11 Feb 2019 12:43 PM PST  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Monday, the same day jury selection was set to begin in his third trial in a 1998 triple-murder .
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| The Latest: Denver mayor says striking teachers deserve more Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:26 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the Denver teacher strike (all times local):
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| Withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria likely to start in 'weeks': U.S. general Posted: 10 Feb 2019 07:14 PM PST  U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, cautioned that the exact timing would depend on the situation in Syria, where U.S.-backed fighters have launched a final assault against Islamic State enclaves near the Iraqi border. The U.S. military has already started withdrawing equipment from Syria. Asked whether the withdrawal of America's more than 2,000 troops would begin in days or weeks, Votel said: "Probably weeks.
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| Elizabeth Warren suggests President Trump 'may not even be a free person' by 2020 Posted: 11 Feb 2019 05:55 AM PST  On a tour of eastern Iowa on Sunday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren suggested her 2020 opponent may not be Donald Trump.
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| Thai junta chief decries coup conjecture as 'fake news' Posted: 10 Feb 2019 11:03 PM PST  Thailand's junta chief on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as "fake news", as speculation ricocheted across a kingdom unsettled by the ill-fated political union between a princess and a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan. Conjecture has coursed through Thailand since Friday when the Thai Raksa Chart party proposed Princess Ubolratana, King Maha Vajiralongkorn's elder sister, as a candidate for premier after the March 24 election. Hours later, a royal command from the king appeared to put a pin in her unprecedented political aspirations.
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| 2019 Volvo S60 Is Sophisticated and Comfortable Posted: 11 Feb 2019 10:33 AM PST  All-New 2019 Volvo S60 Is Sophisticated and Comfortable The 2019 Volvo S60 is a stylish compact luxury sedan that's new from the ground up. In fact, it's an entirely different car than the outgo...
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| 20-year-old jet skier dies after going missing for hours off coast of Long Beach Posted: 10 Feb 2019 11:53 PM PST  A jet skier died not long after rescue crews found him in the ocean following an hourslong search for him off the coast of Long Beach Sunday.
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| US strikes IS-held mosque as Syria battle intensifies Posted: 12 Feb 2019 09:05 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday it struck a mosque that had allegedly been used as an Islamic State control center, as American-allied Syrian forces battled the extremists in their last stronghold in eastern Syria amid reports of more civilian casualties.
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| California pulls most National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border Posted: 11 Feb 2019 03:57 PM PST  Newsom said most of the roughly 360 National Guard members deployed to the border would be reassigned to other duties in the state, with about 100 remaining behind as part of a task force targeting drug trafficking and cartels. The governor, a Democrat who took office in January, said border crossings were at their lowest level since 1971 and that the state's undocumented population had dropped to a more than 10-year low.
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| U.S. Warships Patrolling Beijing-Claimed Waters Prompt Chinese Protest Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:31 AM PST  China's foreign ministry said the country's navy "warned off" off the U.S. warships Monday as they attempted to assert free navigation rights in the disputed South China Sea. The ships sailed close by Mischief Reef, where China has built an airbase on reclaimed land, and the adjacent Second Thomas Shoal, which is occupied by the Philippines.
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| 1 dead as powerful Kona low slams Hawaii with high winds, rain and life-threatening surf Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:39 AM PST  A major storm sweeping through the Hawaiian Islands has left one person dead and tens of thousands without power.
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| Britain's Prince Philip gives up driving license after crash Posted: 10 Feb 2019 04:00 PM PST  Police confirmed that Philip voluntarily surrendered his license.
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| Police used stun gun 11 times, Arizona couple's lawsuit says Posted: 10 Feb 2019 12:09 PM PST ![Police used stun gun 11 times, Arizona couple's lawsuit says]( "Police used stun gun 11 times, Arizona couple's lawsuit says") GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A man and his wife are suing a Phoenix suburb and three of its police officers, alleging they used excessive force during a 2017 traffic stop.
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| McDonald's brings Donuts Sticks to breakfast starting next week Posted: 11 Feb 2019 12:47 PM PST  McDonald's is launching McCafé Donuts Sticks nationally for a limited time on Feb. 20. They'll be sold daily until 10:30 a.m.
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| Try this dimpled, chewy, herb-topped deep-dish focaccia Posted: 11 Feb 2019 07:59 AM PST  Centuries ago, focaccia began as a by-product: When bakers needed to gauge the heat of the wood-fired oven_focaccia stems from focolare and means "fireplace"_they would tear off a swatch of dough, flatten it, drizzle it with olive oil, and pop it into the hearth to bake as an edible oven thermometer.
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